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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!
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
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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 8
- Tampa Bay Cyber Security Meetup — (ISC)² Security Congress @ Monday, 8:00 AM to Wednesday, 7:00 PM
- YouTube Support Group – Tampa @ Village Inn Restaurant (215 N Dale Mabry Hwy, near Kennedy), 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Cybersecurity Career Convos: Let’s talk about job security! w/ Mike Korman @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Games Developer Guild — Monday Monthly: Understanding Game Performance in Unity @ AgileThought, Inc., 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Wesley Chapel Speaks Toastmasters @ Nissan of Wesley Chapel, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Thinkers — Let’s discuss the issues and players on the Florida ballot this November! @ Carrollwood Cultural Center, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Trivia — 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
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Tuesday, October 9
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Snowflake Users Group – Talk Data Analytics Strategies with Airlines Reporting @ Jackson’s Bistro Bar & Sushi, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- DTCC Tampa Technology — Fintech: Embracing Innovation to Maximize Value @ The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, 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
- Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! @ IHop (4910 Spruce Street, Tampa), 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
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Fun Code Challenges! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds & Geeks — AMC $5 MOVIES – VENOM! @ 7:00 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
- Woodshop Safety (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:15 PM to 9:15 PM
Wednesday, October 10
- Tampa Bay Cyber Security Meetup — Florida Cyber Conference @ Wednesday, 8:00 AM to Thursday, 6:00 PM
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete — AcroApp / i911 @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — Dropzone Gunner / Ways Security – Companion Call for Help @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Open/FREE Coworking for Women Tech Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay GIS User Group — October Meeting @ FDOT District 7 Auditorium, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Tech — Florida Cyber Conference 2018 @ Tampa Convention Center, Wednesday, 3:30 PM to Thursday, 5:00 PM
- Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Night @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Empowered Business Networkers of Tampa Bay — Open Networking: October @ Leo’s Italian Grill, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile — Product Owner Group – Oct: Selling your Idea: Create a Compelling Elevator Pitch @ South University – Tampa, 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
- Tampa Bay Data Science Group — TBDSG Standard Meeting @ Alessi/Vigo Foods Bacardi Memorial Tasting Room, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Getting Started in Tech @ Secureset Academy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us Weekly Meetup @ John F Germany Library, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Suncoast Developers Guild — Open Code @ Marble Side Building, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- St. Pete Shopify 101 — Intro meeting and basic overview of Shopify @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Introduction to Fusion 360 @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Cryptocurrency Tampa Meetup — Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Meetup: News, Q&A, Networking, Social @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
- The Suncoast Linux Users Group Meetup @ New HDR Location, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Suncoast Skeptics — Think + Drink at South Florida Museum @ South Florida Museum, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Trivia — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s! @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Carrollwood Toastmasters @ Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Thursday, October 11
- Big Data Developers in Tampa — IBM Community Day: Artificial Intelligence @ Online, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Zoho Tampa User Group — Tips and Tricks in Zoho CRM @ Marriott Westshore Hotel, 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5E (Looking for Players) — New Campaign @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Azure User Group — Kubernetes on Azure from Kinect Consulting @ Microsoft Corporation, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Lean Beer for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Pour Tap Room, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Game Drive — Game Drive’s Video Game Ironman Challenge Development @ John F. Germany Public Library, 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
- Front-End Design Meetup — React Native Up and Running @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Professionals (IT, Sales, HR & more) — FOR ALL PRO MANAGERS – The Performance Coaching Process: step by step @ WebEx Live-Online Session, 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Clearwater/Dunedin Women’s Business Networking & Empowerment — Networking & Empowerment for Women @ RMT Construction, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- IPA’s & API’s — Beta @ Dunedin Brewery, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Thirsty Theater: Halloween (2018) & Halloween (1978)! @ Villagio Cinemas, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Friday, October 12
- 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
- Café con Tampa — All for Transportation: The Charter Amendment to Address Hillsborough’s Transportation Problems @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- The Green Asterisk Coworking @ The Pearl, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Demo Day at Suncoast Developers Guild! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
- Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Open House Anniversary 3 Year Party @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Beginner’s Intro to Capture The Flag @ SecureSet, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- MARS ASTRONOMY CLUB — Dinner & Social before the M.A.R.S Meeting @ Perkins Restaurant (5002 E Fowler Ave, Tampa), 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Capture the Flag: Cybersecurity Hackathon @ SecureSet, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — New 5e Campaign – Heroes of Faerun (LFP) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Strategy board game night and take-out from Cuban Breezes! @ Peral’s PC Repair, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- MARS ASTRONOMY CLUB — M.A.R.S: Evidence for Planet Nine presented by Shirley Vuille from SPAC @ Perkins Restaurant (5002 E Fowler Ave, Tampa), 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Saturday, October 13
- Escape the Grind — Discover What’s Possible Empowerment Workshop @ Empower PT, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- R Ladies Lab! @ The Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Christmas Ornament Craft Class #1 @ Tampa Hackerspace, 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
- Geekocracy! — 2018 Tampa Oktoberfest Celebration! @ Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — NNO Book Club: The Jemima Code @ Haveli Indian Kitchen, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Cyber-Jedi’s — Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) aka Information Gathering @ Cisco WebEx Webinar, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Christmas Ornament Craft Class #2 @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
- St. Pete Makers — Open Make Night / Open House @ St. Pete Makers, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Doctors & Masters — Tampa Octoberfest! @ 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Portkey to Magic — Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert @ David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Sunday, October 14
- Geekocracy! — Disc Golf at 22nd St. Park! @ 22nd St Park, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Drones Meetup — Open Fly Day – Come Fly With Us! @ Sheffield Disc Golf Park, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Permaculture Tampa Bay — Introduction to Permaculture @ Our Permaculture Farm, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Sunday Game Development and Design @ Cool Stuff Games, 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Play Dungeons & Dragons! @ 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Blazblue Big-Screen Tournament! @ Villagio Cinemas, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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My ARKit tutorial at RwDevCon 2018
Earlier this year, I gave both a 4-hour workshop and a two-hour tutorial on ARKit, the iOS augmented reality framework, at RwDevCon 2018, the latest edition of a mostly-tutorials conference put on by the premier mobile development site RayWenderlich.com. It got some of the conference’s highest reviews, and the video of the two-hour tutorial has been made available on YouTube:
Here’s the video…
…and here are the starter and finished projects that go along with the tutorial.
If you’d like to see the four-hour workshop, which includes two extra projects — one using ARKit’s image recognition, and another than harnesses Core ML to recognize real-world objects and rooms — you can see it and all the other conference tutorials and workshops by getting the RWDevCon 2018 Vault Video Bundle, available for $199.99 at the RayWenderlich.com store.
And for even more RayWenderlich.com ARKit goodness featuring Yours Truly, check out ARKit by Tutorials, the book that goes even deeper into ARKit with games, augmented reality portals, face detection, and more. I was a technical editor on this book, for the opening chapters, in which you build an augmented reality “Poker Dice” game.