Now witness the power of this fully-operational Darth Vader statue
by clicking on it to see it at full size.
Someone gave an old Darth Vader statue to one of my co-workers’ toddlers, and it didn’t work out so well. That’s how it came into my possession, and I plan to make the most of it. It’s now standing proudly beside my desk at the Sourcetoad office, awaiting amusing photo opportunities.
Update: Banana for scale
George “@gortok” Stocker suggested that I include a banana in the photo for scale, and I’m more than happy to oblige:
The Thunder Nerds describe their podcast as “A conversation with the people behind the technology, that love what they do… and do tech good.” I had the privilege of doing an interview with them at last year’s DevFest Florida…
…and I’m looking forward to chatting with them both tonight and at this year’s conference.
The Thunder Nerds, who have over 160 podcasts under their collective belt, are Jenell Pizarro:
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 (especially Wednesday, which has a whopping 22 events), and here they are!
This weekly list is posted as a voluntary service to the Tampa tech community. With the notable exception of Tampa iOS Meetup, which I run, most of this information comes from Meetup.com,EventBrite, and other local event announcement sites. I can’t guarantee the accuracy of the dates and times listed here; if you want to be absolutely sure that the event you’re interested in is actually taking place, please contact the organizers!
Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. The week starts with New Year’s Eve, so while events may be sparse at its start, thing pick up pretty quickly!
Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. It’s the holidays, so there aren’t as many ones this week, but there are still some happening!
Before you decide to attend an event on this list, it might be a good idea to double-check with the organizers that it’s actually happening. Event announcement systems like Meetup get a little ambitious, and once they notice a pattern in an event’s schedule (say, the last Tuesday of every month), they get a little ambitious and try to pre-schedule events.
It’s not a proper birthday party without Happy Birthday being played in some form, so we did just that. Maria started a DJ set with a more acoustic-sounding mix 50 Cent’s In Da Club (which many people know only as “Go shawty, it’s your birthday”). In the spirit of agile, I decided to play along with an improvised accordion line, and the result was captured in the video at the top of this article.
After the set, and as is my tradition whenever I meet someone who signed the Agile Manifesto, I had to ask Alistair my standard question: “Was the gathering at Snowbird anything like Hot Tub Time Machine?”
Alas, he said no.
So far, I’ve asked this question to three Agile Manifesto signers:
From left to right: Joey deVilla, Lyssa Adkins, Alistair Cockburn, Anitra Pavka.
Tampa Bay has a lot of agile goings-on, thanks to a lively community of agile practitioners and gatherings, including:
Tampa Bay Agile, which organizes a great many local meetups and is managed by some great people: Stephanie Davis, Evy Vicioso, Becky Hartman, Julee Everett, Adam Ulery, Tami V., Carol Dekkers, and of course, Alistair Cockburn,
Agile Social, organized by Jennifer Cullen, Ashlie Stevens, and Maria Matarelli,
A number of Lean Coffee events — these are morning pre-office-hour events where agilists get together to discuss issues on their minds,
Lean Beer, the after-work agile event that’s like Lean Coffee, but with beer, and created by Fred Mastropasqua.
Want to find out more about events like this in the Tampa Bay area? Follow this blog and my Twitter account (I’m @AccordionGuy) — I post a weekly round-up of upcoming tech events, and agile gatherings are a part of that list!
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!
