Category: Current Events

Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!

Monday, November 26

• Tampa Cybersecurity Meetup — Expert Series: Jeff Toth @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM

Tuesday, November 27

• Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — War Games: Network Security 2—Network Hijacking @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
• Suncoast Developers Guild — Crash Course: Intro to LINQ @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• IEEE Professionals of the Florida West Coast — Attacking and Defending the Internet of Things (IoT) @ St Petersburg Yacht Club, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Agile — Heart of Agile: Exploring Reflect and Improve @ KForce Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Tampa iOS Meetup — Where am I? Building apps with geolocation @ Sourcetoad, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup — AI Study Group Meeting @ Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• NerdBrew Trivia: All Fandoms! @ The Lowry Parcade and Tavern, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Wednesday, November 28

• OPEN/Women’s Networking Event – 1 Million Cups @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
• Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — 4 Key Strategies to Landing your Next Job Offer @ Computer Coach Training Center, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Open code @ Tampa Bay Wave, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Digital Marketing Tampa Bay Meetup — How to Start a Corporate Blog that Doesn’t Suck @ Geographic Solutions, 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
• Tampa Bay UX Group — TBUX Member Appreciation: A UX Happy Hour @ World of Beer, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Mobile Application Developer Tampa Bay/Xamarin Tampa Bay — How to build video streaming iOS and Android apps @ Microsoft, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Sarasota .NET Software Engineer Group — Hangfire (Opensource) – background processing in .NET and .NET Core @ Station 2 Innovation, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Build a Web App with JavaScript & jQuery @ Secureset Academy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Crypto Investors Club @ Panera Bread (1908 4th Street North, Saint Petersburg), 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• St. Pete Podcasters — Nov Meeting: Lisa Demmi @ Pinellas Ale Works, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Lowry Parcade Night! @ Lowry Parcade & Tavern, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Harder Fun Code Challenges! @ PROforma, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• IPA’s & API’s — Version 3.0 @ Southern Lights Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s! @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Blockchain Group — Bitcoin Cash @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Thursday, November 29

• Geek Breakfast @ Jimbo’s Pit Bar-B-Q, 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
• Tampa Bay IIBA — Connecting Two Worlds – Bridging the Divide When Teams Are on Different Planets @ Facebook Live, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — War Games: Network Security 3—DDOS and Countermeasures @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
• TAB | Tampa Tech and Beer @ Tampa Bay Brewing Company, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Brandon Boardgamers — Let’s Game on Thursdays @ Panera Bread (3490 Lithia Pinecrest Road, Valrico), 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• Tampa SQL User Groups — Hillsborough – Monthly Meeting @ Corporate Center I, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Seffner D&D Meetup — 1st ed AD&D Campaign. Open to new players. @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Dunedin Beers & Board Games — Game Night @ Cueni Brewing Co., 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM

Friday, November 30

• Demo Day at Suncoast Developers Guild! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
• Geekocracy! — New Member Night at Peabody’s Pool Hall and NO-SHAVE NOVEMBER contest! @ Peabody’s Billiard & Games, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
• Kakkoii-Otaku Clan — DC Animated Movie Night @ Perkins, 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Saturday, December 1

• Game Club Tampa Meetup — 18XX Stock Railroad Game @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Lunch at the Armature Works (plus Brunch Brainstorm)! @ Armature Works, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
• Remote Professionals & Self-Employed of Tampa Bay — Newcomers Welcome Lunch (new & old alike) @ Panera Bread (3181 Curlew Road, Oldsmar), 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — 97X Next Big Thing concert – Day 1 @ MidFlorida Credit Amphitheater, 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM
• 2018 Portkey to Magic Yule Ball: An Evening in Paris @ City of Gulfport: Gulfport Casino Ballroom, 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
• Geekocracy! — Star Wars: A New Hope – Live in Concert @ Ruth Eckerd Hall, 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM

Sunday, December 2

• Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5E campaign (Full), bi-weekly @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — 97X Next Big Thing concert – Day 2 @ MidFlorida Credit Amphitheater, 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM
• Kids & Families Open Make Day @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Let’s watch ‘A Christmas Story’ at Tampa Theater! @ Tampa Theater, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM
• Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — Ghost Busters – RPG Event @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM

Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!

Monday, November 19

• Tampa Unity User Group — Unite LA 2018 Recap @ AgileThought, Inc., 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Welcome to SpeakEasy Toastmasters Club Meetup Group! @ Hibachi Buffet, 6:15 PM to 8:00 PM
• Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Largo Board Games Meetup — Gloomhaven @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• 3D Printer Orientation @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Pints & Pixels Gaming Night! @ Brew Bus, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM

Tuesday, November 20

• Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Night @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Tampa SQL User Groups — Pinellas – Monthly Meeting @ St Pete College – EpiCenter, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Machine Shop Mill and Chill (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• WordPress St. Petersburg — Ask Us Anything – WordPress Project & Support Crowdsourcing Meetup @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — Tuesday Nite Roleplayers (RPGs) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• Spirited Toastmasters @ St Stephens Catholic School, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Trading Tuesday! @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Machine Shop Safety and Cleanup (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• CNC Your Way to a DIY Lawn Reindeer (Members only) @ Tampa Hackerspace West, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar: Getting Started in Data Science @ online, 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Wednesday, November 21

• Tampa Bay WaVE — OPEN/FREE Coworking for Veteran Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
• The Suncoast Linux Users Group — SLUG – Pinellas @ Pinellas Park Public Library, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Blockchain Group / Cryptocurrency Tampa Meetup — Blockchain/Cryptocurrency Meetup: News, Q&A, Networking, Social @ Coastal Cantina & Grill, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s! @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Thursday, November 22

• Game Club Tampa Meetup — Celebrate Thanksgiving together with your GAME family @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM

Friday, November 23

• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Westshore) @ Panera Bread (112 S Westshore Blvd, Tampa), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• The Green Asterisk Coworking @ The Pearl, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — New 5e Campaign – Heroes of Faerun (LFP) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM

Saturday, November 24

• Game Club Tampa Meetup — Ghost Busters – RPG Event @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM
• Tampa Otaku — Pokemon the Movie: The Power of Us @ Studio Movie Grill, 12:55 PM to 2:55 PM
• MR103 Aerial Drone Workshop @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — See “Robin Hood” at AMC Westshore @ AMC Westshore 14, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Sunday, November 25

• Tampa Drones Meetup — Open Fly Day – Come Fly With Us! @ R E Olds Park, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Kids’ Open Make Day @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Remote Professionals & Self-Employed of Tampa Bay — Thanksgiving Weekend Walk @ John Chestnut Park, 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
• Geekocracy! — AMF Bowling @ AMF University Lanes, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

 

The scene at BarCamp Tampa Bay 2018 last Saturday.

Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!

Monday, November 12

• Geekocracy! — Disc Golf at 22nd St. Park – the back nine! @ 22nd St Park, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Career Convo: Bill Gauvin @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

 

Global Entrepreneurship Week — Happy Hour + Florida Innovation Discussion @ Factory 114, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

 

• Tampa Bay DevOps Meetup — TBDevOps Meetup: Terraform: pros, cons, alternatives @ Wolters Kluwer, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• YouTube Support Group – St. Petersburg — Village Inn (9107 4th Street, St. Petersburg), 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Thinkers — What Can Be Done About Climate Change? @ Carrollwood Cultural Center, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Let’s watch Overlord AKA Return to Castle Wolfenstein @ AMC Theatres – Veterans 24, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM

Tuesday, November 13

• Global Entrepreneurship Week — TECH Talk November 2018 @ Tampa Bay Innovation Center , 8:30 AM
• Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Night @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — War Games: Applied Cryptography 2 @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
• Social Media Branding for Entrepreneurs ⚡ Babe Crafted + Startup Sisters @ Factory 114, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• .NETwork | St. Pete @ Rising Tide Innovation Center, 6:15 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup — AI Study Group Meeting @ Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! @ IHop (4910 Spruce Street, Tampa), 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Ybor Tech — November OpenHack @ Zydeco Brew Werks, 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
• Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Fun Code Challenges! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Anime, Nerds & Geeks — OVERLORD – AMC $5 MOVIES @ 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — Pre-Release Gameshow: Fantastic Beasts 2! @ Villagio Cinemas, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Woodshop Safety (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:15 PM to 9:15 PM

Wednesday, November 14

• Global Entrepreneurship Week — 6th Annual Building Entrepreneurship Around TampaBay (BEAT) Event @ USF CONNECT, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Open/FREE Coworking for Women Tech Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
• 1 Million Cups St. Pete — YogaLoka / CommonWorks Development Co. @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
• 1 Million Cups Tampa — Mentorem Technologies / Kerns Defense @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
• Gulf Coast GIS User Group — GIS Day @ State College of Florida, 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Tampa Entrepreneurs Network — How Professionals Around the World Generate a Weekly Flow of New Client Leads @ Online, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
• Twilio Talks Tampa – St. Pete @ 3 Daughters Brewing, 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Open code @ Blockspaces, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay UAS and Drone University — Saint Petersburg College UAS Meetup- November Meeting @ St. Petersburg College EpiCenter, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
• Global Entrepreneurship Week — Spark Sessions: The Untapped Power of Diversity @ Factory 114, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Tampa Community Connect Meetup Night @ Keiser University, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Women Who Code Tampa — Tech Tool Night ⚡ Get-Together to Share Your Favorite Coding Resources @ CoLabs, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Nerd Night Out — Beer and Board Game Night St. Pete @ Avid Brew Co., 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Build Your Own Website with HTML/CSS @ Secureset Academy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Data Science Group — TBDSG Standard Meeting @ Alessi/Vigo Foods Bacardi Memorial Tasting Room, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• Suncoast Developers Guild — Open Code @ Marble Side Building, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• The Suncoast Linux Users Group — SLUG – Tampa @ New HDR Location, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Women In Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Introduction to Fusion 360 @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s! @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Blockchain Group — Bitcoin Cash @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Chess With Cochez — Chess Night @ The Bricks – Ybor City, 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Thursday, November 15

• Tampa Bay Area – Bootstrappers Breakfast @ Starbucks Reserve in Univ Of Tampa’s Lowth Entrepreneurship Center Building, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
• Global Entrepreneurship Week — DESIGN THINKING: Develop meaningful solutions through a process of innovation @ Hillsborough Community College, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
• Global Entrepreneurship Week — Effectuation: Learn about the Entrepreneurial Method. What makes an entrepreneur, entrepreneurial? @ Hillsborough Community College, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
• Global Entrepreneurship Week — Who Owns the Ice House–8 Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur – Learn how to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset @ Hillsborough Community College, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
• The Green Asterisk Coworking @ The Pearl, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — War Games: Network Security 1—ARP Poisoning @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
• Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa) @ The Pub (at Bay Street in Int’l. Plaza), 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Speakers, Presenters, Managers & Leaders — Become a Great Speaker – this week – Story Telling @ The Alley at South Shore, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa SEO and Internet Marketing Monthly Meetup with Steve Scott @ In The Loop, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Sarasota Science, History, and Current Event Book Club — 1861: A Civil Awakening @ Yuniku Endless Sushi & Hibachi, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Cloud Security Alliance Tampa Bay Chapter — Rethinking Cybersecurity For the Digital Transformation Era @ South University, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Seffner D&D Meetup — 1st ed AD&D Campaign. Open to new players. @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Tampa JUG — The Java Language: Looking to the Future While Keeping Its Foundations @ PSCU, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Crash Course: Active Storage @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Geekocracy! — ‘3rd Thursday’ Food Trucks and Live Music @ The Grand Central at Kennedy, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

 

Tampa Bay Cocoaheads — Writing a parser in pure Swift @ ActSoft, Inc., 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

 

• The Tampa Ruby Brigade — Tampa.rb: Mystery Meetup! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Tampa R Users Group — R with Power BI and Tableau v2 @ Southern Brewing & Winemaking, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Florida Podcasters Association — Orlando Full Sail YouTube & Podcasters Meetup @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Nerd Night Out — Thirsty Theater: Fantastic Beasts Double Feature! @ Villagio Cinemas, 7:00 PM to 11:45 PM

Friday, November 16

• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Downtown Tampa & Seminole Heights) @ FOUNDATION coffee co., 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• Café con Tampa @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
• Tampa Bay Agile — Grow Financial Agile Tour @ Grow Financial, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

 

Global Entrepreneurship Week — Techstars Startup Weekend Tampa Bay, powered by KnowBe4 @ Factory 114, Friday 5:00 PM to Sunday, 8:00 PM

 

• Empowered Business Networkers of Tampa Bay — Laughter is the Best Medicine after a Busy Week of Business! @ Snapper’s Grille & Comedy Club, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Portkey to Magic — Private Theater Rental: The Crimes of Grindelwald @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Latinos Cocktail Informativo — Latinos Connection @ Sheraton Tampa East Hotel, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tampa Doctors & Masters — Ybor City! @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Saturday, November 17

• Make THS Better Workday and Pot Luck @ Tampa Hackerspace, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Let’s eat DIM SUM! @ China Yuan, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Microcontrollers and Robotics — Microcontroller Monthly Meetup (M3) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Tampa Unity User Group — Game Project Therapy @ Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — See “Fantastic Beasts” at AMC Westshore @ AMC West Shore210 Westshore Plaza, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
• Tampa Hackerspace Monthly Board Game Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Nerd Night Out — KARAOKE NIGHT! @ Fat Cat Tavern, 8:30 PM – 12:30 AM

Sunday, November 18

• Game Club Tampa Meetup —  D&D 5E campaign (Full), bi-weekly @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Tampa Python Meetup — Pet Projects @ PANERA, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Learn about Token Curated Registries @ Tampa Bay Wave, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
• Brandon Boardgamers — Sunday Board Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — *RSVP Early* ‘Geeksgiving’ – Hogwarts-themed potluck feast! @ Seven Oaks Club House, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!

Monday, November 5

• OK! Transmit Art & Technology Meetup — Art + Technology Meetup No. 5 @ Duncan McClellan Gallery, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

 

• Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Largo Board Games Meetup — Xia: Embers of a Forsaken Star @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
• Geekocracy! — Celebrate National Doughnut Day at ‘Datz & Dough’! @ Datz & Dough, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Tuesday, November 6

I’m not eligible to vote in the U.S. (I’m a Canadian citizen here on a green card), but if you are, go vote before you do anything extracurricular today!

• Dreamit X BISNOW Innovation Summit 2018 @ Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina, Tuesday 8:00 AM to Wednesday 5:00 PM
• Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Network & Learn – Stone Soup – Finding the Power of Community @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
• Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — War Games: Intro to Strategy & GRC @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Agile — Living Off an Agile Landscape: Agile Farming vs Gardening (Quincy Jordan) @ KForce Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Hackerspace member meeting @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Sarasota Entrepreneurs Meetup — How Can I Create a Business From Idea to Making Revenue? Learn in 6 Month Class @ John Greer Auto Sales, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

 

• Tampa Bay Ethical Accelerator Meetup @ Sourcetoad, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

 

• Game Club Tampa Meetup — Tuesday Nite Roleplayers (RPGs) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• CLEARWATER eMarketing Groups — Internet Marketing for Business Owners @ ihop (30200 US Hwy 19, South of Curlew Rd, Clearwater), 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Wednesday, November 7

• Open/FREE Coworking for Latino Tech Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
• 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Overcome the Barrier, Inc / Showered and Empowered, Inc. @ 9:00 AM
• 1 Million Cups Tampa — American Freedom Distillery / Raise the Bar Design @ 9:00 AM
• Suncoast Developers Guild Open House @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
• TampaBay Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology Meetup — SOFWERX Security Summit @ SOFWERX Underground, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Night @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Business Intelligence and Data Analytics — Monthly Meeting @ AgileThought, Inc, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — SecureSet Info Night Tampa @ SecureSet Tampa Campus, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Agile — Tampa Bay Scrum Masters Guild @ KForce Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup Monthly Meeting @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Web Development vs Data Science @ Secureset Academy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Design St. Pete — How to give and receive design feedback @ Rising Tide Innovation Center, 6:45 PM to 8:45 PM
• Laser Cutter Orientation @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• St Pete .NET Meetup — .NET Core and Containers with Shayne Boyer @ Bank of the Ozark’s Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s!, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Women In Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Thursday, November 8

• The Green Asterisk Coworking @ The Pearl, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Coffee & Code @ Pour House at Grand Central, 11:15 AM to 1:00 PM
• Tampa Python Meetup — Student Mentoring @ SecureSet in Tampa @ 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — War Games: Applied Cryptography 1 @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tampa Software QA and Testing Meetup — Artificial intelligence and testing in the digital age @ Sogeti Tampa, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Lean Beer for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Pour Tap Room, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
• Joomla! User Group Tampa — Making your Joomla site fly – Optimizing your website for Google page speed. @ SiteWit Corporation, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Azure User Group — IoT – Concepts, Practical Use Cases and Azure @ Microsoft Corporation, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Lakeland) @ Swan Brewing, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Tampa Bay AWS User Group @ Happy Hour with AWS Experts, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Seffner D&D Meetup — 1st ed AD&D Campaign. Open to new players. @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Tampa Bay UX Group — World Usability Day Tampa Bay 2018 Workshop: Avoiding ‘Accidentally Evil’ Design @ Keiser University Tampa, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Front-End Design Meetup — Accessible By Design with Tim Knight @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Front-End Design Meetup at SDG: Accessible By Design with Tim Knight @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Geekocracy! — Feast at Mr. Dunderbak’s Biergarten! @ Mr. Dunderbak’s, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• IPA’s & API’s — Version 2.0 @ Arkane Aleworks, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Friday, November 9

• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Waters Location) @ Panera Bread (6001 W Waters Ave, Tampa), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (St Petersburg / Tyrone) @ Panera (2420 66th St North, St Petersburg), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• Florida Funders Institute Lunch & Learn @ USF Health, CAMLS, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
• Game On – Gaming — Storm Kings Thunder (Subject to interest) @ Game On Movies & Games, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — New 5e Campaign – Heroes of Faerun (LFP) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM
• Tampa Monopoly Meetup @ Panera Bread (112 S Westshore, Tampa)
• Geekocracy! — National Louisiana Day! @ Tibby’s New Orleans Kitchen, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
• Geekocracy! — Tampa Theater: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure! @ The Tampa Theater, 10:30 PM to 12:30 AM

Saturday, November 10

• BarCamp Tampa Bay @ University Mall – West Wing (near the old J.C. Penney store), 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

 

• Tampa Drones Meetup — Racing Drone Free Fly @ Highlander Park, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Tampa Drones Meetup — FPV Experience – MOSI Volunteer Opportunity @ MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry), 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
• Toastmasters District 48 — The Order of Smedley .. Advanced Club @ 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — G.A.M.E RPG Convention @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Tampa School of AI — Catch up on projects and ideas @ Starbucks (3619 W Gandy Blvd, Tampa), 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
• Nerd Night Out — NNO Book Club: The Fifth Season @ Origami Sushi, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
• Holiday Robotics Meetup | For Adults | Novices Welcome — First Meetup! @ Glory Days Grill, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
• Critical Hit Games — Keyforge Prelaunch Event #1 @ Critical Hit Games, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton — Games at Kelly & Scott’s House @ 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• St. Pete Makers — Open Make Night / Open House @ St. Pete Makers, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Critical Hit Games — Keyforge Prelaunch Event #2 @ Critical Hit Games, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Sunday, November 11

• Geekocracy! — Orbital Paintball! Veteran’s Day Specials. @ Orbital Paintball, 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
• Tampa Drones Meetup — Open Fly Day – Come Fly With Us! @ R E Olds Park, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Play Dungeons & Dragons! @ 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!

Monday, October 29

• Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Night @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — EXPERT SERIES: BARRY MILLER AND RAFFLE! @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
• Nerdy 30 Girls — Dave & Busters Meet & Greet @ Dave and Busters, 7:45 PM to 9:45 PM

Tuesday, October 30

Tampa iOS Meetup — Adventures in iOS machine learning, part 2: Let’s build our own Core ML models!

In the last Tampa iOS Meetup, we built a simple app that could analyze a photo and say if it was a picture of healthy or unhealthy food. It used a CoreML model that someone trained by giving it hundreds of photos of food and classifying each as healthy (mostly photos of fruit) and unhealthy (photos of pastries, cookies, and other sugary foods).

Someone asked “How do make our own models?” at the end of that meetup. In this meetup, we’ll answer that question by going through the steps to build our own model using Python and Turi Create, and then incorporating that model into a Core ML app.

If you’ve always wanted to get into machine learning, but found the material on it intimidating, you’ll want to join us at this friendly meetup, where you’ll get than hang of machine learning, iOS-style!

• Tampa iOS Meetup — Adventures in iOS machine learning, part 2: Let’s build our own Core ML models! @ Sourcetoad, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Other meetups

• USF’s Cybersecurity for Executives Certificate Program @ USF Muma College of Business, Tuesday 8:00 AM to Wednesday 5:00 PM
• Partner Event: VISIONS Tampa @ Microsoft Corporation, 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
• Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Tech on Tap Tampa — Tech on Tap is BACK! Feel free to wear your costumes if you dare @ The Canopy @ The Birchwood, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Network & Learn – The Dance of Leadership @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Halloween War Games Kick-off and Raffle! @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tampa Bay IIBA — Requirements Validation: A Business Analyst’s Perspective @ KForce Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Agile — Heart of Agile: Experience Report from Big Sea @ Keiser University, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Weekly Open Make Night with Laser Pumpkin Carving @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Nerd Night Out — Scary Movie Trivia @ Jacks London Grill, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Blockchain Enthusiasts — Trading Tuesday! @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — RChain Tampa Bay Meetup: Coin Faucet & Pocket Network @ Grassroots Kava House, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Anime, Nerds & Geeks — Pho-tactic Tuesday- $5 Pho! @ 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
• NerdBrew Trivia: Horror & Scary Parodies! @ The Lowry Parcade and Tavern, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Wednesday, October 31

• 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Doggery Craft Ice @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
• 1 Million Cups Tampa — Prisma Imaging / LeapCaller @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
• Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group — Lunch Hour Meetup @ Maharaja Restaurant, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Blockchain 101 Lunch & Learn: 10th Anniversary Special Edition @ Tampa Bay Wave, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
• Tampa Bay GIS User Group — October Meeting and Map Competition @ FDOT District 7 Auditorium, 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
• NerdBrew Halloversary Party 2! @ Villagio Cinemas, 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM
• Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Harder Fun Code Challenges! @ PROforma, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Women in Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Blockchain Enthusiasts — Bitcoin Cash @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Thursday, November 1

• The Green Asterisk Coworking @ The Pearl, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Leadership Book Club — “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader”. Come join our Leadership Book Club @ Sardo’s Pizza, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
• Florida Funders & SunTrust Bank Present Thirsty Thursday @ Armature Works, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Technology and Marketing Mastermind — FREE Head Shot Photo Shoot | Networking | Luxury Menswear 80% Discount @ McB’s Menswear Shop – Downtown St Pete, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• High Tech Connect — Happy Hour and Ask the Cloud Experts @ Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• Code Lakeland — Predictive Analytics by Leah Hacker, Head of Research for Accomplice @ Qgiv, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour- Meet Up — Cocktails and Connections ~ 1st Thursday of the Month @ Cafe Delanie, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Everything eCommerce Meetup — Building a High Performing Website @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• WordPress Tampa — Is your WordPress website secure? @ Charles J. Fendig Public Library, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Drupal Website Development, Design & Technologies Meetup — Modern Web Design & Development Meetup, focusing on Drupal CMS @Panera Bread (2285 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater), 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Blockchain Enthusiasts — Build an Insurance Blockchain with Corda @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Friday, November 2

• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Carrollwood) @ Maple Street Biscuit Company, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Panera Bread (2285 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• Tech4Good Tampa — WordPress Web Dev Day for 4 Nonprofits (Hackathon) @ Friday 6:00 PM to Saturday 4:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Karaoke at Tampa VIP with WOB afterwards @ Tampa Karaoke VIP, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM

Saturday, November 3

• Girl Scout STEM Class (Private-4931 Main Room) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — Advanced Civilization Board Game @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM
• Remote Professionals & Self-Employed of Tampa Bay — Monthly Meet & Greet (new & old alike) @ Whiskey Joe’s Bar and Grill, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — BlizzCon Watch & LAN Party! @ Villagio Cinemas, 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM
• Geekocracy! — See ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ at AMC Westshore! @ AMC Westshore, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Sunday, November 4

• Tampa Drones Meetup — Tampa Drones Photography Tour @ Freedom boat club, 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM
• Girl Scout STEM Class (Private-4931 Main Room) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup @ D&D 5E campaign (Full), bi-weekly @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Brunch Brainstorm @ Keke’s Breakfast Cafe – Carrollwood, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Kids’ Open Make – Prep for Maker Faire Orlando @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!

Monday, October 22

• Startup Space Tampa Bay Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses — How to Set Up a Business Without Wasting Your Money @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Career Convos: Felice Flake @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Entrepreneurial Trendsetters — Women in Entrepreneurship: Turning your Passion into a Business | Tammy Charles @ The Attic, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• SpeakEasyToastmasters Meetup — Welcome to SpeakEasy Toastmasters Club Meetup Group! @ Hibachi Buffet (7610 49th Street North, Pinellas Park), 6:15 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay DevOps Monthly Meetup: Successful DevOps Adoption-best practices @ Salesforce Tampa, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Wesley Chapel Speaks Toastmasters @ Nissan of Wesley Chapel, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — Pints & Pixels Gaming Night! @ Brew Bus, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM

Tuesday, October 23

• Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Night @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Girl Develop It Tampa Bay — Design Sprint 101: Design Better User Experiences & Products … Faster @ Suncoast Developer’s Guild, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tech4Good Tampa — Website Best Practices Roundtable Discussion with Jim True @ Power Design, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• St. Pete Scrabble Night 3: Hallow-Scrabble! @ Pinellas Ale Works, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Power BI Tampa – October 2018 Updates on the Power Platform @ Microsoft Office, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Weekly Open Make Night and Halloween Project Showcase @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup — AI Study Group Meeting @ Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — Tuesday Nite Roleplayers (RPGs) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Women Who Code Tampa — WWC Leadership Planning Meeting – All Are Welcome @ Green Bench Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tampa R Users Group — R with Power BI and Tableau @ Southern Brewing & Winemaking, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Blockchain Enthusiasts — Trading Tuesday! @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Wednesday, October 24

• OPEN/Women’s Networking Event – 1 Million Cups @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
• 1 Million Cups St. Pete — The Nickel Ride / Om the Go @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
• 1 Million Cups Tampa — Dropzone Gunner / Thrive Therapy @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
• Women Who Code Tampa — 5 hábitos importantes para un equipo móvil efectivo @ online, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
• TBBJ Elite Headshot Happy Hour @ Vaco, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay UAS and Drone University — Saint Petersburg College UAS Meetup- October Meeting @ SOFWERX Underground, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Digital Marketing Tampa Bay Meetup — This Ain’t Your Father’s Analytics: Improving Google Analytics & Tag Manager Use @ PowerChord, Inc., 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
• Defcon813 — Boot-n-rootbeer MrRobot pt2 @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• St. Pete Podcasters | Oct Meeting: Bruce Wawrzyniak @ Station House, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
• Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet @ Secureset Academy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Suncoast Developers Guild — Crash Course: Intro to Git @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us Weekly Meetup @ Tampa Bay Technology Center, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Tampa Bay UX Group — When Qualitative & Quantitative Research Join Forces w/ Kat, Optimal Workshop @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Getting Your Project from VCarve to CNC (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• IPA’s & API’s — Version 1.0 @ The Woodwright, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• ST PETE SHOPIFY 101 — Intro meeting and basic overview of Shopify @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Blockchain Enthusiasts — Blockchain/Cryptocurrency Meetup: News, Q&A, Networking, Social @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Android Developers Group — TBD @ Bank of the Ozarks’ Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Women In Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Carrollwood Toastmasters @ Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Thursday, October 25

Worth checking out on Thursday: The Mainframe @ Microsoft office, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM.

The Mainframe continues Tampa’s first interactive event series designed to immerse black tech entrepreneurs, innovators, professionals, technologists and enthusiast in the Bay Area’s local start up ecosystem.

This quarterly after-work event connects you with Tampa’s most notable innovators and business leaders over drinks and appetizers. While getting a sneak peek at new products and an opportunity to share your area of expertise.

Who should attend? Tech innovators, start-up founders, tech employees, app developers, gamers, software engineers, graphic designers, IT professionals, web designers, cryptocurrency/blockchain technologists, cloud and cybersecurity specialists, tech enthusiasts, community supporters, etc.

• Geek Breakfast @ Jimbo’s Pit Bar-B-Q, 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
• The Green Asterisk Coworking @ The Pearl, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Design St. Pete — Design Lunch @ Craft Kafe, 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
• October 2018 StartUp Xchange @ St. Pete Brewing Co., 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
• WITI – Tampa Bay (Women in Technology International) — 6th Annual Geek Glam @ Bryan Glazer Family JCC, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
• The Mainframe @ Microsoft office, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa SQL User Groups — Hillsborough – Monthly Meeting @ Corporate Center I, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Tampa Bay AWS User Group — User Case Study – Accusoft SaaS Product on AWS @ Accusoft, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Everything eCommerce Meetup — Building a High Performing Website @ Stoney Pointe Club House, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
• Seffner D&D Meetup — 1st ed AD&D Campaign. Open to new players. @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• NEW BEGINNING TOASTMASTERS @ First Baptist Chr-St Ptrsbrg, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• 3D Printing Guild @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Social Media Meetup — WordPress @ Tampa Bay Technology Center, 7:00 PM TO 9:00 PM

Friday, October 26

• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Westshore) @ Panera Bread (112 S Westshore Blvd, Tampa), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• Agile Open Florida @ Polk State College, Lakeland Campus, Building LTB, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Café con Tampa @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
• Oct 2018 Homebrew Hillsborough @ Digital Hands, 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
• Open Source Hack and Chill @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Halloween Party at the Lowry Parcade! Barnyard Bonanza Group Costume Theme! @ The Lowry Parcade and Tavern, 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM
• Kakkoii-Otaku Clan — Junji Ito Collection @ Perkins @ 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Saturday, October 27

• Tampa Bay Social Media Meetup — Free Computer Repair and Social Networking Event @ Tampa Bay Technology Center, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
• Defcon813 — Boot-n-rootbeer MrRobot pt2 @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — Halloween Themed Games both role playing and board games @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM
• MR103 Aerial Drone Workshop @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Machine Shop Milling 101 (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — ‘Hallogeek’ – Halloween House Party and Geekocracy Costume Contest plus Potluck! @ 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Sunday, October 28

• Kids’ Open Make Day @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Nerd Night Out — Spooky Karaoke @ Gaspar’s Patio @ Gaspar’s Patio Bar & Grill & Liquor, 7:30 PM to 12:00 AM

 

Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!

Monday, October 15

• The Self-Empowerment Network — Sales Strategies for Busy Entrepreneurs @ Meadows Village Pub, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Bradenton “Sassy Sisters” Professional Networking for Women — Lets meet for our monthly social in Bradenton! @ Beef O’Brady’s (1795 Lakewood Ranch Blvd, Bradenton), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Hacking 101: Network Security with Roger A. Grimes @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Karma is The New Rich — Is Kindness Important in Your Business and Personal Life? @ Stonewood Grill, Sarasota, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour- Meet Up — Open Business Networking at Irish 31 Wesley Chapel @ Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Largo Board Games Meetup — Gloomhaven @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Nerdbrew — Pints & Pixels Gaming Night! @ Brew Bus, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• 3D Printer Orientation @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin @ Mining Mondays, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Tuesday, October 16

• Tampa Bay Azure User Group — Cross Promotion: Azure AppDev Hackfest @ 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Tampa Small Business Owner Workshops — The Entrepreneurs Growth Seminar @ Suntrust Building, Suite 3300, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
• Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Agile — QA THE AGILE WAY:Mind Mapping in Software Testing – Make Testing More Fun! @ TEK Systems, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa SQL User Groups — Pinellas – Monthly Meeting @ St Pete College – EpiCenter, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• WordPress St. Petersburg — UX 101: Intro to User Experience and Applying it to your Websites @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Spirited Toastmasters @ St Stephens Catholic School, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Ybor Tech — October OpenHack @ Zydeco Brew Werks, 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
• Women Working It! — Networking and Mexican food @ Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Kakkoii-Otaku Clan — MFKZ Anime Movie (Sub) @ 7:00 PM to 8:45 PM
• Machine Shop Safety and Cleanup (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Wednesday, October 17

• Tampa Bay WaVE — OPEN/FREE Coworking for Veteran Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
• 1 Million Cups St. Pete — AcroApp / St. Petersburg Science Festival @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
• 1 Million Cups Tampa — Full Stack Talent / Revolution After Dust-off, LLC @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
• Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Open code @ Blockspaces, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Bradenton Blockchain Business And Development Meetup — Come share ideas and listen to experts in the field of blockchain technology @ Connect Bradenton, 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — 1 on 1 Tech Careers – Resume Review @ Computer Coach Training Center, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• High Tech Connect — October Tech Fest @ Concerto Cloud Services, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• The Suncoast Linux Users Group — SLUG – Pinellas @ Pinellas Park Public Library, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Free Frontend Crash Course: HTML & CSS @ Secureset Academy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Suncoast Developers Guild — Crash Course: Intro to CSS @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s! @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Blockchain Enthusiasts — Bitcoin Cash @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Women In Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — ‘Geeks who Drink’ Pub Trivia at District Tavern! @ District Tavern, 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM

Thursday, October 18

• Southern Data Science Conference @ Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Area – Bootstrappers Breakfast @ Starbucks Reserve in Univ Of Tampa’s Lowth Entrepreneurship Center Building, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
• Tampa JUG — An Introduction to Micronaut @ Nielsen, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa) @ Zydeco Brew Werks, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Speakers, Presenters, Managers & Leaders — Become a Great Speaker – this week – Story Telling @ The Alley at South Shore, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa SEO and Internet Marketing Monthly Meetup with Steve Scott @ In The Loop, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Seffner D&D Meetup — 1st ed AD&D Campaign. Open to new players. @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• GDG SunCoast — Bill Bensing will share his approach for a rich snippets SEO strategy @ Rising Tide Innovation Center, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Fermidox – Tampa’s Premier Digital Marketing Social Club — Fusion Reactor Mixer for Digital Marketing Influencers @ Armature Works, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
• The Tampa Ruby Brigade — Tampa.rb: Mystery Meetup! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Nerdbrew Events — Thirsty Theater: Halloween (2018) & Halloween (1978)! @ Villagio Cinemas, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Friday, October 19

• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Downtown Tampa & Seminole Heights) @ FOUNDATION coffee co. (1607 North Franklin Street, Tampa), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• Café con Tampa — Florida’s Proposed Constitutional Amendments w/ The League of Women Voters of Florida @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
• Women Who Code Tampa — Women in Tech Breakfast @ Factory 114, 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM
• Tampa Bay Agile — Grow Financial Agile Tour @ Grow Financial, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — *Ladies Only* Wine and Paint Night! @ Pinot’s Pallette, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Saturday, October 20

• Tampa Community Connect @ Keiser University, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Tampa Drones Meetup — Open Fly Day @ Ed Radice, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Girl Scout STEM Class (Private-4931 Main Room) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — Learn to Game Master @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — ‘Geekdogcracy’ – Dog Park & Picnic Day! @ Rowlett Park, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
• Microcontroller Monthly Meetup (M3) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Tampa Unity User Group — Game Project Therapy @ Perkins Restaurant & Bakery (2626 Gulf to Bay Boulevard, Clearwater), 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Tampa Hackerspace Monthly Board Game Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Nerd Night Out — KARAOKE NIGHT! @ Fat Cat Tavern, 8:30 PM to 12:30 AM
• Geekocracy! — Rocky Horror Picture Show – Live Show by ‘Hell on Heels’! @ Villagio Cinemas, 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM

Sunday, October 21

• Girl Scout STEM Class @ Tampa Hackerspace, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5E campaign (Full), bi-weekly @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Halloween Gamenight @ 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Geekocracy! — ‘Howl-o-Scream’ at Busch Gardens! @ Busch Gardens, Busch Gardens