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Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 26 – Sunday, September 1, 2024)

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 26 through Sunday, September 1, 2024. That’s right — September is starting! This list includes both in-person and online events.

Note that each item in the list includes:

✅ When the event will take place

✅ What the event is

✅ Where the event will take place

✅ Who is holding the event

But first, a quick promo:

This week’s events

Monday, August 26

Event name and location Group Time
Business Networking Meeting
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Business Networking Luncheon
Rinehart
Innovantia Marketing Agency 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Intro to Mobile Videography (FREE for Hillsborough County residents)
TBCN Media Center
Tampa Bay Community Network 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698
Online
Toastmasters District 48 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Root w/Advanced Setup
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)
Lazy Moon Pizza
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night
Village Inn
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Three bridges brewing
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration
Online
Business Owners and Professionals 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Chess! At Driftwood Kava and Roastery
Driftwood Kava & Roastery St. Pete
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos
none
School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
DigiMondays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup
Online
Beginning Web Development 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Day 01 – HTML – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, August 27

Tuesday at 10 a.m., online: Computer Coach’s webinar, webinar, Professionalism Rebooted: Reviving the Basics of Business Etiquette, will refresh your knowledge of essential business etiquette, elevate your professionalism and help you stand out in any professional setting. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Coffee & Connections
Tenth Street Coffee
The Ark Network Group Events 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
v-Lean Coffee
Online
Tampa Bay Agile 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486
Online
Toastmasters District 48 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Professionalism Rebooted
Online
Tech Success Network 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Abusing Windows EFS to steal data using PowerShell
Online
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete
Applebee’s Grill + Bar
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Monarch Strategies Presents: Entrepreneur Network Event
Serendipity Labs Private Offices & Coworking
TNT – Orlando Entrepreneurs Trying New Things 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
6 PowerShell tricks to discover critical network assets
Online
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Soft Launch: Drinks at Calusa Brewing
Calusa Brewing Taproom
Coastal Connections | Gen X & Millennial Professionals 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
August OrlandoJS meetup
CREDO Conduit
OrlandoJS 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Florida Center for Creative Photography 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group
Black Bean Deli
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom)
Online
Pinellas Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Laser certification
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Toast of Celebration Toastmasters
305 Campus St
Toastmasters Division E 6:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Bingo at Back Nine and $2 Taco Tuesday Night!
The Back Nine
Adventure Group of Central Florida 6:45 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Computer Society TechSIG (Please join us!!)
Online
Central Florida Computer Society 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
[Hybrid] Workshop: Designing for the Future: AI User Experience Design
StarterStudio
DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Pythonic Monthly Meeting
Online
The Orlando Python User Group 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome
Unity Community Church
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Euchre
Bar 23fifty
Suncoast Euchre club 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Moose Lodge
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
End of Book Celebration (August 27, 2024)
Joybird Books
Page’s Edge Book Club 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
This Summer Will be Different – August 2024
Sixty Vines
Literate Ladies of Orlando…Well Bred…Well Read 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom
Online
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Day 02 – HTML – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, August 28

Wednesday at 2 p.m., online: Join Gen AI Tampa as they participate in Data Science Connect’s “Generative AI for Data Executives” webinar series with the latest installment, Harnessing Generative AI for Predictive Maintenance and Anomaly Detection. This will be a deep dive into how Generative AI is revolutionizing data observability, enhancing predictive maintenance, and detecting anomalies for more resilient operations. Find out more and register here.

Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., Embarc Collective (Tampa): Join Tampa Bay Innovation for Idea 2 Product, an intimate fireside chat with Ned Pope. He’ll share his insights on turning ideas into successful products,  and you’ll be able to network with like-minded innovators and gain valuable knowledge from a seasoned entrepreneur and thought leader. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
Sons of Italy Lodge
BNI Tampa -Referral based networking 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
FREE Tele-Class with Nancy Matthews – *WOW* Wednesday
Anywhere You Want!
Women’s Prosperity Network | Baton Rouge Chapter 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup
UCF Executive Development Center Downtown
1 Million Cups – Orlando 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
NPI North St. Pete Networkers Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM EDT
Lunch Hour Meetup
Online
Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Heart of Agile MONTHLY Coffee Corner
Online
Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Harnessing Generative AI for Predictive Maintenance and Anomaly Detection
Online
Gen AI Tampa 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup
Online
Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
Online
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Mastering Client Attraction in The Age of AI
Online
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Introduction to Data Detection and Response (DDR)
GuidePoint Security Facility
TampaBay ISSA 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center
Bay Pines Toastmasters 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Fireside Chat with Ned Pope: “Idea 2 Product”
Embarc Collective
Tampa Bay Innovation 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Game Nights 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night
Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup
Emerson Plaza
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Innovation Stories
CREDO Conduit
Orlando Innovation League 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Backgammon Casual Games
Online
Sanford Backgammon Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUPPER AT AMOB LANDSIDE IN PRIVATE ROOM
Anna Maria Oyster Bar Landside
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup
Online
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Southern Lights Brewing Company
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – FINAL
Inner Compass Brewing Company
The Weirder Things Book Club 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group
Online
Tampa Writers Alliance 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club 6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
MakerFX Monthly Membership Meeting
MakerFX Makerspace
MakerFX Makerspace 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
CitrusSec Meetup
10 Ten Brewing Co.
Central Florida CitySec 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Improve Your Communication and Presentation Skills
Online
Communication Skills for Interviews and Presentations 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Hispanic Professional Business Networking en Español (in Spanish)
Online
Exito Empresarial Hispano Hispanic Networking Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
Grove Soho
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Stone Temple Pilots & +LIVE+ – The Jubilee Tour
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Gen Geek 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
Online
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
Grove Soho
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People
Online
Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Orlando Word Lab
Winter Park Library
Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Day 03 – CSS – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, August 29

Thursday at 12 p.m., online: Computer Coach presents A Professionally Evil Intro to Prompt Injection, where Information Security Consultant Cory Sabol will show you  the essentials of recognizing and defending against prompt injection attacks. Find out more and register here.

Thursday at 6 p.m., Coppertail brewing (Tampa): Cocktails and Security is a vibrant monthly meetup where cybersecurity enthusiasts gather to enjoy free beverages and engage in lively discussions on the latest information security issues. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting, you’re welcome here! Find out more and register here.

Thursday at 6 p.m., 501 E. Kennedy (Tampa): Tampa Bay AWS Group presents Hands-on: Build a GenAI Chatbot with Amazon Q for Business. This hands-on workshop will teach you how to build chatbots using cutting-edge generative AI technology. You will learn how to create conversational AI that can understand natural language and generate human-like responses. By the end, you will understand the skillset needed to deploy smart and useful chatbots for real-world applications. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!
The Happy Hangar Café
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Entrepreneur Round Table 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!
The Breakroom Bar & Grill
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in.
Chili’s Grill & Bar
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Lakewood Ranch RGANetwork Business Networking Lunch
Station 400
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Tokenized Zero Knowledge Machine Learning and Its Applications
Online
Hyperledger Tampa 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Professionally Evil Intro to Prompt Injection
Online
Tampa Cybersecurity Training 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters District 48 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
Online
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Alchemist Virtual Networking!
Online
Tampa Professional Networking Meetup 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective
The Collective: A Comic & Game Community
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Happy Hour at RockPit Brewing
Rockpit Brewery
Young Professionals for the Orlando Science Center 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11)
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Cocktails and Security at Coopertail Brewing
Coppertail Brewing Co.
Cocktails and Security 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
The Blueprint for Crafting a Successful Services Page – Tampa SEO Meetup
Online
Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
ODevs Social at Stardust
Stardust Video & Coffee
Orlando Developers Meetup 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hands-on: Build a GenAI Chatbot with Amazon Q for Business
501 E Kennedy Blvd
Tampa Bay AWS User Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hands-on Build with GenAI: Build Your Own Chat Assistant with Your Data!
Online
Orlando AWS User Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
TBDEG – Apache Iceberg REST Catalog with Alex Merced!
Online
Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Cocktails and Connections – Orlando
The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes
Cocktails and Connections Orlando 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District
Hourglass Brewing at Hourglass District
Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board game night!!!
Online
Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board Game Thursday at Great Southern Box Company
Great Southern Box Company Food Hall
The Inaccurately Named Secret Nerd Society 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
The Fallen Lands
405 Mahogany Dr
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)
Nerdy Needs
Hosted By Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Spunky Reporters and Con Artists
Lam’s Garden
Cult, Mystery & Suspense Movie Club 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Brews N Board Games 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Wine Tasting at Wine on Water Street – Chile & Argentina Edition
Wine on Waterstreet
Tampa Bay Happy Hour 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Career PathFinder Workshop
AGILEST®
Florida Agile Innovators 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
August’s Book Club at 6:30
Raining Berries South Tampa
The Gloss: Tampa 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Introverts Go to the Arcade
Dave & Busters
O-Town Introverts 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Writing Meetup
HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House
Tampa Free Writing Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Girls Who Code Interest Session AND Enrollment
4935 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
Wilder’s Pizza
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Pathfinder Society
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
FABulous Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
“You Should Be So Lucky” by Cat Sebastian
Georgies
SRQ Ladies Book Club 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave
Live streaming production and talent 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Day 04 – CSS – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Friday, August 30

Event name and location Group Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills
Winter Park Community Center
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! 7:15 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals
Online
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME
Online
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros
Online
Brandon Biz Pros 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together
Online
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
CashFlow: Mastering the Science of Sales and earning more money in your business
2704 Rew Cir
Business Owners and Professionals 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
AWE Nite Orlando: Danny Tapia talk at UCF CREOL / Networking Social
CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics
AWE Nite Orlando 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night
Bridge Club
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Friday Night Games!
Coliseum of Comics
East Orlando Board Gamers 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Singles Mixer on August 30
Mutts and Martinis
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night
Industrious
Nerd Night Out 6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF
Studio Movie Grill Tampa
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night
911 Charlotte St
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 7:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe – Fun events all the time!
3101 SW 34th Ave
Meeple Movers Gaming Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Friday night game night
Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge
Indica Cafe Events Friday, August 30, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, August 31

Event name and location Group Time
Green Mountain Scenic Byway
Wawa
Central Florida Motorcyle Riders 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Coffee and Crypto
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Early Bird Ocala
Marion County Literacy Council
Toastmasters Division G 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS
Online
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
There will be no schedule events from now until September
Online
Suncoast Drone Club 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Wood Shop Router Table 101 (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Boost Your Business
50 SE 1st Ave
Ocala Business Development Meetup Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Board games at Stardust video & coffee
Stardust Video & Coffee
Orlando 20 40ish board games art things and etc 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Hands-on: Learn Kubernetes (K8S) together
CREDO Conduit
Orlando DevOps 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Casual Meet and Greet
CFS Coffee Oviedo
Oviedo Codes 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Silver Glen springs
Silver Glen springs
Gen Geek 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Wood working safety & Intro
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Winning The Week 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Labor Day (Weekend) Smörgås-Board Games!
Summit Church Herndon
East Orlando Board Gamers 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation
Faulhaber Fab Lab
Suncoast Makers 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
CNC EMCO Mill
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Y Read: Book Read Aloud
Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center
Library Book Clubs – OCLS 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Introverts’ Journal Reflections
Seminole County Public Library West Branch
O-Town Introverts 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Meet and greet. Catching up on the book.
Online
Alice’s Fantasy Book Club ONLINE ONLY 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Writers Meet-Up: Hang Out and Write
The Study Wine & Beer Lounge St. Pete
Prose Society Writers Group 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Dice Throne Tournament
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: The Pocket Stoic by John Sellars, Chapter 7 continued
Panera Bread
Orlando Stoics 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Saturday Board Game Night at The Collective
520 W State Rd 436
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Golf Group – RPG One-Shots
Online
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!
Online
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Meet and Greet @ Wink Wink Lounge
Sarasota Modern Hotel
Coastal Connections | Gen X & Millennial Professionals 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
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Sunday, September 1

Event name and location Group Time
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum
1001 S Tamiami Trail
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day!
Brick City Adventure Park
Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Plotter CriCut vinyl cutting
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup
Emerson Plaza
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Laser engraver -cutter basics
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers
Venice
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Euchre Tournament!!!!!
Online
Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Battletech Alpha Strike Demo Day!
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Sunday Gaming
Tampa Bay Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
T-Shirts and Caps printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Painting On A Whim – Whimsical Workshops
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Winter Park Chess Meetup
Barnie’s Coffee and Tea
Winter Park Social Chess Club 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure
Nerdy Needs
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Continuing adventures in the setting of Symbaroum.
Online
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night
Discord.io/Nerdbrew
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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About this list

How do I put this list together? It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.

In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.

What goes into this list? I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:

  • Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
  • Tech project management / agile processes
  • Video, board, and role-playing games
  • Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
  • ️ Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
  • Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
  • Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
  • Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
  • Anything I deem geeky
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Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 19 – Sunday, August 25, 2024)

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 19 through Sunday, August 25, 2024. This list includes both in-person and online events.

Note that each item in the list includes:

✅ When the event will take place

✅ What the event is

✅ Where the event will take place

✅ Who is holding the event

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This week’s events

Monday, August 19

Event name and location Group Time
Business Networking Meeting
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Intro to Mobile Videography (FREE for Hillsborough County residents)
TBCN Media Center
Tampa Bay Community Network 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Orlandopreneur Monthly Startup Happy Hour
Blue Martini Lounge
Orlandopreneur Startup Happy Hour: Connect, Learn & Grow! 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night
Village Inn
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Arcs – with Leaders and Lore
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)
Lazy Moon Pizza
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs
Nerdy Needs
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Three bridges brewing
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
FREE Bar Poker at Gators Dockside Highland City
Gators Dockside -Highland City
Polk County Poker & Social Group 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration
Online
Business Owners and Professionals 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
[LIVE] Monster Learn-To-Trade: Daily Training
Online
[LIVE] Monster Learn-To-Trade Crypto 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 | Public Speaking & Leadership Development
Online
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Virtual Event: Hiawassee Book Club
Online
Library Book Clubs – OCLS 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos
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School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
ONLINE: Ajahn Chah: Training the Heart and Mind, Part 3
Online
Orlando Stoics 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Unleash Your Creativity: Spontaneous Writing Group
Online
Hosted By Tampa Bay Area Next Culture Network Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
DigiMondays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup
Online
Beginning Web Development 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, August 20

Tuesday, 10 – 11 a.m., online: Computer Coach presents Boost Your Career Journey with Confidence, a live webinar where you’ll discover how confidence can drive your perseverance and resilience in landing your dream job. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486
Online
Toastmasters District 48 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Boost Your Career Journey with Confidence
Online
Tech Success Network 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Boost Your Career Journey with Confidence
Online
Tampa Cybersecurity Training 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Boost Your Career Journey with Confidence
Online
Front End Creatives 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
SWAT Networking Bradenton Luncheon
Anna Maria Oyster Bar Landside
SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Networking at Glory Days Grill
Glory Days Grill
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
The Power of Stillness in the Algorithmic Age – Live! John Havens interviewed
Online
Tampa Bay Area Next Culture Network Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Online | Zoom Networking with a Twist!
Anywhere You Want!
Women’s Prosperity Network | Baton Rouge Chapter 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM CDT
5 IGA essentials for modern enterprise security
Online
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
3-Hour AI Crash Course for Founders and Business Owners
Online
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
TBSSUG Monthly Meeting
1150 Assembly Dr suite 500
Tampa Bay Microsoft Fabric Analytics User Group (TFAB) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Florida Center for Creative Photography 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group
Black Bean Deli
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom)
Online
Pinellas Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
August Saint Petersburg Meetup Book Club
pho ha tien
Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
The Sarasota Creative Writers
Sarasota Alliance Church
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome! (Happy Hour to Follow)
Unity Community Church
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Moose Lodge
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Transcendent Tuesday (August 20, 2024)
Joybird Books
Page’s Edge Book Club 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting
2079 Range Rd
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason is disbanded 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!
2705 54th Ave N
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom
Online
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
ALIEN ROMULUS
AMC Sundial 20
Tampa Otaku 7:50 PM to 9:50 PM EDT
ALIENS ROMULUS
AMC Sundial
Anime and Nerds 7:50 PM to 9:50 PM EDT
Game Night!
Online
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, August 21

Wednesday, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Computer Coach (Tampa): Tampa Bay User Experience presents UX Stories: Finding a UX Job, featuring a panel of local UXers who’ve recently landed a new UX-related job. You will get to listen to their stories about how they went about finding a job, the application and interview process, and if expectations have met reality since they’ve started working. Find out more and register here.

Wednesday, 7 – 9 p.m. at Armature Works (Tampa): It’s time for another Tampa Devs “Meet and Greet!” Join the gang — and it’s a big gang — at Tampa’s food hall and gathering place and meet your fellow developers, technologists, and geeks for food, drink, and socializing. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
Sons of Italy Lodge
BNI Tampa -Referral based networking 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
ALIGN AI EXECUTIVE SUMMIT NEW YORK CITY
Online
Gen AI Tampa 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM EDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup
UCF Executive Development Center Downtown
1 Million Cups – Orlando 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Career Transition & Job Seeker Networking & Support Meeting – In Person Meeting!
Corporate Center One
Career Rebound – New Job or Career Search for Professionals 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
7 best practices for effective log management
Online
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
NPI North St. Pete Networkers Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup
Online
Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
Online
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center
Bay Pines Toastmasters 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night
Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Game Nights 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
AI in Business – how companies are transforming their operations
Rosedale Golf & Country Club
AI Sarasota 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Digital DeLand Monthly Meeting
Abbey
DigitalDeLand 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup
Emerson Plaza
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Backgammon Casual Games
The Sullivan Public House
Sanford Backgammon Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Critique Night (Get Feedback On Your Work!)
Station House
Prose Society Writers Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
UX Stories: Finding UX Jobs
Computer Coach Training Center
Tampa Bay UX Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Happy Hour for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders
Bar Louie – Tampa
Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Game Night!
Southern Lights Brewing Company
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Virtual Feedback!
Online
We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club 6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
3D Printing Orientation: Models and Slicers
Online
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
TDevs – Meet & Greet @ Armature Works
Armature Works
Tampa Devs 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community
Online
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
CigarCitySec Meetup
Cigar City Brewing
Central Florida CitySec 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Mastering Amazon Creator Connections & Brand Deals
1207 N Himes Ave suite 1
Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers Meetup 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
Grove Soho
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Magic Pioneer Event
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
Online
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Mastering Communication: A Key to Professional Success
Online
Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
Grove Soho
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, August 22

Thursday, 5 – 7 p.m. at the rooftop at Sage (Sarasota): Tampa Bay Infragard Members Alliance — a alliance of technologists and the FBI whose mission is to mitigate criminal and terrorist threats, risks and losses — is having their bi-monthly social event on the rooftop at Sage. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!
The Happy Hangar Café
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING
The Happy Hangar Café
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Professional Alliance – Local Networking Meeting
DUO58 Community Coffee Bar & Cafe
Professional Alliance – Local Networking Group 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Automate user provisioning across any identity ecosystem
Online
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Lakewood Ranch RGANetwork Business Networking Lunch
Station 400
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in.
Chili’s Grill & Bar
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters District 48 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
Online
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Podfest Podtour Special One time Event of Video Podcasting Location!
Evotion Studios
Florida Podcasters Association 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club: 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
Green Light Cinema
St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club 3:45 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Infragard – August MeetUp
Sage
Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Happy Hour & Headshots
227 Central Avenue
Suncoast Business Network 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Business Networking Expo
AdviniaCare at Paddock Ridge
Business Networking and Other Events 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective
The Collective: A Comic & Game Community
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
The Entrepreneur’s TRUE Networking Community – Ocala
Horse & Hounds Restaurant
The Entrepreneurs True Networking Community 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
August Happy Hour!!
Evie’s Tavern On Main
Business and Social Networking 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11)
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Technical SEO Fundamentals – Part 2
Online
Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Warhammer Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
The Fallen Lands
405 Mahogany Dr
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)
Nerdy Needs
Hosted By Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board game night!!!
Online
Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
The Girl in the Wall – by Alex Sigmore
Barbara S. Ponce Public Library
Mystery and Thriller St Pete Book Club 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Brews N Board Games 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Navigating Office Politics and Negotiation
AGILEST®
Florida Agile Innovators 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Fusion 360 Introduction
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Relaxed Social for Young Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders
Cres Community
Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Chess night!
Online
Lakeland Chess Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Introverts do Trivia
Duffy’s Sports Grill
O-Town Introverts 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group
Barnes & Noble Carrollwood
Tampa Writers Alliance 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Creative Writing Critique Group
Panera
North Port Creative Writers 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
WordPress
Online
Tampa Bay Technology Center 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
3D Printing Guild
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
How to Get Rid of Unwanted Thoughts and Emotions
Online
Communication Skills for Career Advancement Group 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
WordPress Monthly Meetup
Online
WordPress Clearwater FL 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
Wilder’s Pizza
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
One Piece Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!
54th Ave Kava House
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave
Live streaming production and talent 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Weekly Hacks
Online
Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Online
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Friday, August 23

Event name and location Group Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills
Winter Park Community Center
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! 7:15 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
FOURTH Friday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – August 2024
Axum Coffee
West Orlando WordPress Meetup 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals
Online
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Aug 2024 Homebrew Hillsborough: Tampa Bay Economic Development Council
2nd Floor Conference Room
Homebrew Hillsborough 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME
Online
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros
Online
Brandon Biz Pros 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
A Purposeful Pivot to Cybersecurity
Online
Tech Success Network 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together
Online
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
S Orlando/Dr Phillips: Join us for fun connection growth & networking too!
Orlando, Florida
Powerful Women Networking 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Business Cards Exchange and Network
Rinehart
Innovantia Marketing Agency 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Music and Mindset
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Friday Night Games!
Coliseum of Comics
East Orlando Board Gamers 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night
Bridge Club
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Divergent Leadership – How to Lead from Within
The 5th Floor
Divergent U – Visionaries 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MeGa Health Jam 2024
M2 Innovation / Former LeAD Sports & Health Accelerator Building
Indienomicon Friday, August 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM to Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT
Euchre Tourney
Clubhouse
Suncoast Euchre club 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night
Industrious
Nerd Night Out 6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Guild
MakerFX Makerspace
MakerFX Makerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF
Studio Movie Grill Tampa
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
3D Printing Hang Out
MakerFX Makerspace
3D Printing Orlando 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Horror Friends Movie Night – Strange Darling!!!
AMC Veterans 24
Horror Fan Fun Time Gang 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
✨Free Workshop | Mastering Storytelling in Video Games Fri, 23rd Aug 2024
Online
Orlando Unity Developers Group 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Every Friday–Dance Under the Stars @ The Pier
THE ST PETE PIER
Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
High Notes & Elevated Vibes
16 W Pine St
High Spirits Cannabis Club Friday, August 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 1:00 AM EDT
Friday night game night
Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge
Indica Cafe Events Friday, August 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, August 24

Saturday, 9 a.m. – noon at Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea in Midtown (Tampa): It’s time for Tampa Bay Techies’ monthly study group at Joffrey’s in Midtown! As they describe it: “This is a space to socialize, show off your current projects, ask questions with others studying for similar topics, and enjoy a nice cup of coffee!” Find out more and register here.

Saturday, 7 – 8 p.m., online: Florida Software School presents Building a JSON API with Golang! Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Coffee and Crypto
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Early Bird Ocala
Marion County Literacy Council
Toastmasters Division G 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS
Online
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
August Study Group + Student Meet and Greet
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company
Tampa Bay Techies 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Mises Club Tampa w/ Tho Bishop
Bitcoin Bay Foundation
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Wood Shop Lathe 101 (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Orlando AI/ML Study Group
Online
Orlando Ai Ml Study Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Comic Con
The Tampa Bay Convention Center
Gen Geek 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Coffee, Donuts, and Behavior Science
All Units
Coffee, Donuts, and Behavior Science 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Craft Saturdays
The Writers Room
We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
NETWORKING SKILLS VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: Create More Connections & Opportunities
Online
Beast Mode Networking Orlando 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Bravo Group Campaign Continues
Online
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Winning The Week 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Intro to Sewing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Online | VIRTUAL Mastermind Experience: Connecting, Creating & Collaborating
Anywhere You Want!
Women’s Prosperity Network | Fort Lauderdale Chapter 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Boost Your Business
50 SE 1st Ave
Ocala Business Development Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Twilight Imperium – with POK & Codex
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
OA Basics – Learning How to Buy Profitable Inventory from Home!
Online
Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
HackCFL Meetup (Common Adversarial TTPs by Edwin)
Meta Humans Winter Park
Meta Humans Orlando Meetup Group 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation
Faulhaber Fab Lab
Suncoast Makers 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Y Read: Book Read Aloud
Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center
Library Book Clubs – OCLS 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Painting Get Together
Coliseum of Comics Clermont
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
“Sushi & Sumo Battle” in Tampa
Armature Works
Tampa Japanese Meetup 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
How To Make £5k+ Per Month From Social Media Using AI and Automation
Online
Orlando – Digital Nerd Entrepreneurs 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Alien: Romulus @ AMC Veterans 24 – IMAX WITH LASER
AMC Veterans 24 Theaters
The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Where August Go Game Night
IHOP
New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group! 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Saturday Board Game Night at The Collective
520 W State Rd 436
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Sushi & Sumo at Armature Works!
Armature Works
Geekocracy! 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Building a JSON API with Golang
Online
Florida Software School 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!
Online
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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Sunday, August 25

Event name and location Group Time
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum
1001 S Tamiami Trail
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day!
Brick City Adventure Park
Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
4th Sunday Board Games at Unrefined Brewing
Unrefined Brewing
Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers
Venice
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monthly Gaming at the DELAND Library!
DeLand Regional Library
Board Gamers of West Volusia 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
4TH SUNDAY OF THE MONTH BOARDGAMING AT NERDY NEEDS
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
CNC Router-Engraved-Milling
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Disney Trivia with Kim!
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
New Players Night: Layton Gaming – Tier 1 (Various DMs)
Layton Gaming
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Silent Clowns(1917-1929) With live organ music @ Tampa Theater
The Tampa Theatre
The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Laser certification
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 2:05 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Traveller – Science Fiction Adventure RPG
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure
Nerdy Needs
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Alphabet Soup 2024 | Finding Letters in the World Around Us
Online
Florida Center for Creative Photography Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
Let’s Learn to Turn Pens!
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Find Your Funny Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters Division E 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night
Discord.io/Nerdbrew
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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About this list

How do I put this list together? It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.

In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.

What goes into this list? I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:

  • Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
  • Tech project management / agile processes
  • Video, board, and role-playing games
  • Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
  • ️ Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
  • Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
  • Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
  • Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
  • Anything I deem geeky
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Career Video What I’m Up To

New video: “Surviving a Layoff: Mental Health Tips & Tricks”

Thumbnail for Global Nerdy YouTube video: “Maintaining Mental Health While Laid Off.” Features Joey de Villa with his head in his hands.
Tap to watch the video.

The newest video on the Global Nerdy YouTube channel is now online! Its title will and thumbnail will evolve over the next couple of days, but as I write this (the evening of Sunday, August 11, 2024), the thumbnail looks like the one above and the title is Surviving a Layoff: Mental Health Tips & Tricks.

(YouTube titles and thumbnails can be changed even after the video is posted, and many YouTubers change them as they figure out which versions attract “search” and “browse” viewers.)

Selected moments from the video

Near the start of the video, I suggest to viewers that they try to come up with their own mantra to help them through their layoff journey:

I also remind viewers that there’s a difference between being fired and being laid off:

Here are some layoff stats to reassure you that if you’ve been laid off, you’re not alone:

Making things worse is the fact that shareholders love layoffs — they’re cost savings, which can boost stock prices:

Remember this motto:

I also go through some of the items in the Life Events Inventory, a ranked list of the most stressful events in life. Guess where getting laid off is in the list — I won’t show you kere, though; you’ll have to watch the video!

Here’s the most pithy advice I have for expressing the emotions you may have in the aftermath of being laid off, courtesy of Scott Hanselman:

I talk about the benefits of exercise…

…remind the viewer that it’s always 5 p.m. somewhere…

…and yes, I make a reference not just to “That Site,” but That Site’s identifying drum riff:

You don’t need a unicorn gratitude journal to make it through a layoff, but you should practice gratitude to help you through the process:

I suggest that it might be therapeutic to get rid of at least some of your (former) company swag, but hang on to the stuff that’s useful. I’m hanging on to the Patagonia sweater they sent to me (ironically, a week or so before they laid me off) because it’s nice and warm, and I’m willing to put up with the “VC Bro’ vibes it gives off:

And finally, here’s one of the images I use to explain that if you need therapy or counseling, get it:

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Meetups Process Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Product Group meetup this Tuesday!

Banner for Tampa Bay product Group meetup: Om Patel | Brian Orlando | Mike Miller Panel Discussion: Driving and Executing Product Strategy August 13 - 6 pm to 8 pm KForce - Midtown TampaThis month’s Tampa Bay Product Group meetup happens this Tuesday, August 13 at Kforce’s offices in Midtown Tampa. The topic: a panel discussion on driving and executing product strategy featuring:

  • Om Patel
  • Brian Orlando
  • Mike Miller

Want to know more, or attend the meetup? Find out more and register here.

Here’s a little bit about each of the panelists:

Om Patel
Om is an enterprise business agility consultant with many years of experience coaching teams and leadership at clients in several industries. He has played different roles in his career from developer, product manager, project manager, and scrum master. Om has led agile transformations at companies like Walt Disney World, Atex Global, EY and PwC. He is actively involved in the agile community.

Brian Orlando
An expert in business agility, product, and an advocate for product-led growth. Brian builds and connects teams to vision and strategies, and continually transition my organizations toward a product-led culture.
Brian is also host of the Arguing Agile podcast, where he shares learnings, experiences, and stories from across his career. He strives to create quality products that solve real problems for the users and the business.

Mike Miller
Mike Miller is the kind of product nerd you’re glad you have around. With nearly 20 years in IT and 12 of those years dedicated to agile product management, he has seen just a out everything under the sun. Working on digital products in RMM, eComm, manufacturing, and finance* has blessed him with an inside track on the most common dysfunctions in agile product management – and how to solve them!
*Previous recipients of Mike’s wisdom include IBM, Connectwise, Ashley Furniture, PwC, Gerdau, Trellance, Discover, and quite a few more.

 

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Current Events Meetups Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 12 – Sunday, August 18, 2024)

Happy Friday, Tampa Bay! Hopefully, you’ve emerged from Tropical Storm Debby unscathed. I had a little yard clean-up to do, but that’s about it.

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 12 through Sunday, August 18, 2024. This list includes both in-person and online events.

Note that each item in the list includes:

When the event will take place

What the event is

Where the event will take place

Who is holding the event

But first, a quick promo:

This week’s events

Monday, August 12

Event name and location Group Time
Business Networking Meeting
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research
Online
Tampa Startup Founder 101 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Intro to Mobile Videography (FREE for Hillsborough County residents)
TBCN Media Center
Tampa Bay Community Network 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)
Lazy Moon Pizza
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Stationfall
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night
Village Inn
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Three bridges brewing
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 | Public Speaking & Leadership Development
Online
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration
Online
Business Owners and Professionals 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
August in-person Meetup at Penera’s
Panera Bread
The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos
none
School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
ONLINE: Ajahn Chah: Training the Heart and Mind, Part 2
Online
Orlando Stoics 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
MONDAY NIGHT GAME NIGHT
Executive Sanford
Craft Cocktail Lounge Events and Activities 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
DigiMondays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup
Online
Beginning Web Development 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, August 13

On Tuesday morning, there are a couple of interesting online meetup options…

Tuesday at 7:30 a.m., online: The Lean Coffee meetup will get together to discuss whatever puzzles you about Lean & Agile topics, as well as other workplace challenges. Find out more and register here.

Tuesday at 10 a.m., online: Computer Coach will host their webinar, Career Changing Without Resetting Your Journey, where they’ll cover recognizing your current skills and seize new opportunities without starting from scratch. Find out more and register here.

Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Kforce (Tampa): Tampa Bay Product Group will hold their monthly meetup, and it’ll feature a panel discussion titled Driving and Executing Product Strategy with panelists Om Patel, Brian Orlando, and Mile Miller. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
v-Lean Coffee
Online
Tampa Bay Agile 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486
Online
Toastmasters District 48 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Career Changing Successfully
Online
Tampa Cybersecurity Training 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Career Changing Successfully
Online
Front End Creatives 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Career Changing Successfully
Online
Tech Success Network 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Career Changing Successfully
Online
Career Success Academy 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
SWAT Networking Lakewood Ranch Luncheon
Seasons 52
SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
August Sarasota Software Developers Lunch Meetup
Online
Hosted By Sarasota Software Developers 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Together we are stronger
Online
Friends with skills and resources 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Executing Product Strategy Panel – Tampa Bay Product Group
Kforce
Tampa Bay Product Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom)
Online
Pinellas Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group
Black Bean Deli
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Orlando ServiceNow Developers Meetup Tournament Tracker App
12900 Science Dr
Orlando ServiceNow Developer Meetup 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Advance Resin 3D Printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Learn About Podcasting and How to Monetize Your Interest!
IHOP
Tampa eMarketing Groups 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!!
IHOP
Florida Podcasters Association 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Guest Speaker Seminar for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders
Cres Community
Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
August Book Club: “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe
Sarasota
Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
August 2024 Book Club Meeting
Mandola’s
Oldsmar Reads Between The Lines 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Weekday Writing Get Down
The Writers Room
We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Python Dinner
Orlando
The Orlando Python User Group 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Woodshop Safety (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Moose Lodge
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Florida Center for Creative Photography 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Let’s Meetup and Discuss “The Long Walk” by Stephen King
Burntwood Tavern
Central Florida Books and Brews 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!
2705 54th Ave N
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom
Online
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
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Wednesday, August 14

Wednesday at 6 p.m., online: Google Developer Group Central Florida is hosting A Fireside Chat about Potential Legislation for Artificial Intelligence, fetauring a panel including Congressman Darren Soto from the 9th District in Florida. Find out more and register here.

Wednesday at 6 p.m., online: Tech4Good Tampa Bay is relaunching with a kickoff meeting! This is a fantastic opportunity for our existing members to connect with the new team, learn about their expanded mission, and share your insights and ideas for the future, as well as for new members to learn more about Tech4Good and how to get involved. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
Sons of Italy Lodge
BNI Tampa -Referral based networking 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup
UCF Executive Development Center Downtown
1 Million Cups – Orlando 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Coffee & WordPress at Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch
Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch
WordPress Orlando 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Networking at Just Love Coffee!
Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
NPI North St. Pete Networkers Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM EDT
Free Webinar: Mastering Multilingual and International SEO
Online
Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM EDT
How To Build A Multi-Channel Empire
Online
Downtown Networking Community by Serendipity Labs Orlando 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
How to build a multi channel empire? Step by step approach to selling online.
Serendipity Labs Private Offices & Coworking
Central Florida Small Business & Entrepreneur Group 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup
Online
Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
Online
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
How to Build a Multi-Six Figure Business Through Social Media
Online
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
SwanCitySec Meetup
Cob & Pen
Central Florida CitySec 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Happy Hour at Texas Tony’s
Texas Tony’s Rib & brewhouse
SWFL-Happy-Hour 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center
Bay Pines Toastmasters 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night
Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Game Nights 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup
Emerson Plaza
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
A Fireside Chat about Potential Legislation for Artificial Intelligence
Online
Google Developer Group Central Florida 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM EDT
Tech4Good Relaunch
Online
Tech4Good Tampa 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup
Online
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Southern Lights Brewing Company
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – MIDWAY
Inner Compass Brewing Company
The Weirder Things Book Club 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport Tales and Cocktails
Gulfport Brewery + Eatery
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group
Online
Tampa Writers Alliance 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club 6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community
Online
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Embrilliance Study Group
MakerFX Makerspace
MakerFX Makerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Call for presenters
100% Remote
Broward Drupal Users Group 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Mastering Amazon Creator Connections & Brand Deals
1207 N Himes Ave suite 1
Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers Meetup 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Magic Pioneer Event
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
Grove Soho
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Mothership: A one-shot of a sci-fi horror RPG
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
Online
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
FREE MEETUP: How You Can Use The Technique Of Thirds To Improve Your Photography
Online
Hosted By Tampa St Pete Photography Community 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People
Online
Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
Grove Soho
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour
Stardust Video & Coffee
Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, August 15

Thursday at 5:00 p.m. at DTCC (Tampa): The Tampa Java User Group will feature Taking Off with the Java Flight Recorder, a presentation by Billy Korando, a Java Developer Advocate with the Java Platform Group at Oracle. He’ll show how this powerful and low-overhead observability tool built into the JVM that can help you track down those performance issues and difficult-to-understand bugs. Find out more and register here.

Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Bar Louie at the International Plaza (Tampa): Lean Beer is happening on the Tampa side of the bay! Discuss any topics on Agile and Lean that are of interest to whomever is gathered. You suggest the topics, then they prioritize that list democratically, through a good ol’-fashioned vote. They manage our discussions via time boxes, and a Roman vote (drinks up/drinks down). Vegas rules apply! Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!
The Happy Hangar Café
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Entrepreneur Round Table 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!
The Breakroom Bar & Grill
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in.
Chili’s Grill & Bar
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Lakewood Ranch RGANetwork Business Networking Lunch
Station 400
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Life After Agile
Online
Career Success Academy 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters District 48 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
Online
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Effortless Quality Social Media: DFY by AI & Virtual Assistants
Online
Productivity, Profit, AI, Delegation Group – San Antonio 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Taking off with the JDK Flight Recorder
DTCC New Tampa
Tampa Java User Group 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Alchemist Virtual Networking!
Online
Tampa Professional Networking Meetup 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective
The Collective: A Comic & Game Community
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Summer Social at The Axe Trap
Online
Orlando Christian Technologists and Entrepreneurs 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11)
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Ari Krzyzek – Made to Sell: Creating Websites that Convert
Online
West Orlando WordPress Meetup 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District
Hourglass Brewing at Hourglass District
Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Brews N Board Games 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Writing Meet-Up: Let’s Get to Work!
The Study Wine & Beer Lounge St. Pete
Prose Society Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Games
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Introverts Go to the Arcade
Dave & Busters
O-Town Introverts 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Writing Meetup
HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House
Tampa Free Writing Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Bitcoin and State Politics w/ Nathaniel Snyder
Bitcoin Bay Foundation
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only)
4935 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa)
Bar Louie at Bay Street in International Plaza
Tampa Bay Agile 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Book Club: “Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits” and Thai food
Jasmine Thai
Geekocracy! 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
One Piece Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
Wilder’s Pizza
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Pathfinder Society
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!
54th Ave Kava House
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave
Live streaming production and talent 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
August Book Club DOUBLE FEATURE – Wuthering Heights & Jane Eyre
The Capital Room
Sanford Book Club 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir
Three Birds Tavern
St. Pete Booze and Book Club 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Networking for Career Growth
AGILEST®
Florida Agile Innovators 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
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Friday, August 16

Event name and location Group Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills
Winter Park Community Center
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! 7:15 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals
Online
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME
Online
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros
Online
Brandon Biz Pros 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together
Online
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
TBUX Virtual: Lunch Break Book Club
Online
Tampa Bay UX Group 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Friday Night Games!
Coliseum of Comics
East Orlando Board Gamers 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night
Bridge Club
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Wesley Chapel community networking
Eden Chiropractic
Wesley Chapel Community Entrepreneur Networking 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Commander Night
Critical Hit Games
Hosted By Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete 6:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
3rd Friday – Team Zipties – FTC Robotics Demo
Meta Humans Winter Park
Meta Humans Orlando Meetup Group 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night
Industrious
Nerd Night Out 6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Rays game with T-Pain post game concert!
Tropicana Field
Gen Geek 6:50 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace Woodshop Guild
MakerFX Makerspace
MakerFX Makerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night
911 Charlotte St
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 7:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe – Fun events all the time!
3101 SW 34th Ave
Meeple Movers Gaming Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF
Studio Movie Grill Tampa
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Nihongo De Okay
Tsaocaa Tampa 朝茶
Tampa Japanese Meetup 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: “Musonius Rufus” Lectures 9-21
Jason’s Deli
Tampa Stoics 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Horror Friends Movie Night – Alien Romulus!!!
AMC Veterans 24
Horror Fan Fun Time Gang 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Friday night game night
Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge
Indica Cafe Events Friday, August 16, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
Monthly Cell Phone Photo Showcase
Online
Florida Center for Creative Photography Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11:59 PM to Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:01 AM EDT
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Saturday, August 17

Event name and location Group Time
Coffee and Crypto
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Early Bird Ocala
Marion County Literacy Council
Toastmasters Division G 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS
Online
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Boost Your Business
50 SE 1st Ave
Ocala Business Development Meetup Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader Tournament (RTT/ITC)
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Winning The Week 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Understanding Camera Lenses – Online Class
Online
Bradenton Photo Group 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Understanding Camera Lenses with OurPhotoTribe
Online
Our Photo Tribe Workshops 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
JOIN our Facebook Group, LIKE our Fan Page and Invite your Friends
Online
Florida Center for Creative Photography 12:00 PM to 12:15 PM EDT
Check out the new Microsoft Planner App for Microsoft Teams
Orlando Public Library (downtown)
Central Florida Microsoft 365 User Group 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
How to Make Money with Government Contracts
Online
Orlando Amazon Sellers Meetup Group 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Bitcoin for Beginners Bootcamp
Real Freedom CoLab
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
August Book Club
Clear Sky on Park
Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Table read screenplays
Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library
Screenwriters of Tomorrow (SOT) Critique Meetup 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation
Faulhaber Fab Lab
Suncoast Makers 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Y Read: Book Read Aloud
Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center
Library Book Clubs – OCLS 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
August 2024 Studio Photography Workshop
La Vie Bridal
Largo Studio Photography Workshop 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Hippie Fest in Tarpon Springs
Docks Waterfront Bar & Seafood Grill
SR54 Singles Mingle: Social Club for 40s, 50s, 60s + 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
How Lucky by Will Leitch – 2022 Edgar Winner
New World Tampa
Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Game Project Therapy (Virtual)
Online
Tampa Games Developer Guild 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Elevate your portfolio with Olga!
1516 E Colonial Dr
Sunstone Studios 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Blood on the Clocktower – Trouble Brewing and more!
The Liquid Garage Co.
Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: The Pocket Stoic by John Sellars, Chapter 7
Panera Bread
Orlando Stoics 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
ALPHA Group – Pathfinder 2nd Ed – KING MAKER – Game 21
DM Johnny House
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Saturday Board Game Night at The Collective
520 W State Rd 436
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace Board Game Night and Potluck
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 6:30 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!
Online
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Online Game Night! TF2 and Monster Hunter!
Online
Gaming.net 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
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Sunday, August 18

Event name and location Group Time
Shell key paddle
Shell Key Launch Site
Gen Geek 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum
1001 S Tamiami Trail
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day!
Brick City Adventure Park
Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup
Emerson Plaza
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Laser class 3 – Fiber Laser & practice
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers
Venice
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Call of Cthulhu – Mystery Horror RPG (One Shot – Dead Man Stomp)
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Sunday Gaming
Tampa Bay Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Large format printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Winter Park Chess Meetup
Barnie’s Coffee and Tea
Winter Park Social Chess Club 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Casablance @ Tampa Theatre
The Tampa Theatre
The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous presents Sunday Funday!
Gravity Taproom
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Direct to Film Digital Printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
August Meeting
Bubble & Co
The Old Quill and Tea Club 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure
Nerdy Needs
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night
Discord.io/Nerdbrew
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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About this list

How do I put this list together? It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.

In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.

What goes into this list? I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:

Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing

Tech project management / agile processes

Video, board, and role-playing games

Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs

️ Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events

Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game

Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms

Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies

Anything I deem geeky

Categories
Career Humor

Why “It depends” is a consultant’s go-to answer

Ancient Chinese artwork depicting Confucius, with the caption “Solve a client’s issues, and you bill them for a day. Keep saying ‘It depends,’ and you bill them for a lifetime.”

Two notes:

  1. “It depends” is actually true in most cases, but you can use it to stretch out a consulting contract.
  2. “Confucius” is a Latin name given to him by Jesuit missionaries — in Chinese, he’s generally referred to as Kǒngzǐ (pronounced KONG-zuh).
Categories
What I’m Up To

Joey de Villa’s content portfolio post (August 2024 edition)

Because I’m in the middle of a job search — like about 1 in 11 techies who’ve been laid off since that start of 2023, I’ve been asked for links to my portfolio. Here’s the current version of my content portfolio as of August 2024, which showcases my developer relations / tech advocate / technical writing experience.

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Current projects

Creating the Python for AI course for Kodeco

I’m currently contracted to create the first of several new courses for Kodeco that will be available in October. Kodeco is expanding beyond their usual mobile development tutorials and into tutorials covering the development of AI applications.

My course will be a thorough introduction to Python for experienced programmers who want to get into AI development.

Teaching Python for Computer Coach

I’m nearly done teaching an online 40-hour / five-week / two-nights-per-week introductory Python course for Tampa Bay’s go-to tech training center, Computer Coach (it will conclude on August 14). This course is aimed at people who are new to programming, but by the end of the course, they’ll have built Python applications in Jupyter Notebook, command-line applications, and even web apps in Flask!

The Global Nerdy YouTube channel

I’ve recently been working on building up the Global Nerdy YouTube channel, where I plan to post long-form videos on technology, software development, and life as a developer.

I published this video in July 2024, the first in a series on surviving the recent tech industry layoffs:

In response to the recent CrowdStrike outage, I posted this video explaining how it happened:

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Recent work

Unified.to

I had a short contract stint as the Developer Advocate for Toronto-based startup Unified.to during April and May 2024. My first assignment at Unified.to was to write their 2024 State of SaaS APIs, a 44-page white paper on various aspects of how APIs are designed and implemented. It covered a wide range of topics, including:

  • API designs and specification formats
  • API documentation — generated manually, or with automated tools?
  • URLs in APIs: static base URLS, custom domain-/subdomain-based URLs, and versioned URLs
  • Data centers
  • Authorization and authentication
  • Webhooks
  • Pagination
  • Glossary

Here are a couple of screenshots from the 2024 State of SaaS APIs, which you can download for free from Unified.to:

In addition to the 2024 State of SaaS APIs paper, I wrote articles for their blog at the rate of about one per week, including What is a Unified API?, for which I also made the diagrams (pictured below):

From the article What is a Unified API?
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From the article What is a Unified API?
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From the article What is a Unified API?
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From the article What is a Unified API?
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From the article What is a Unified API?
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From the article What is a Unified API?
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My other articles for Unified.to are:

From the article Introducing Unified.to’s Messaging API.
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From the article Introducing Unified.to’s Messaging API.
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From the article Introducing Unified.to’s KMS API.
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From the article Introducing Unified.to’s KMS API.
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From the article Introducing Unified.to’s GenAI API.
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From the article Introducing Unified.to’s GenAI API.
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From the article Introducing Unified.to’s GenAI API.
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I also created a couple of tutorial videos for their channel:

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Auth0 by Okta

In my most recent full-time position, I was a member of Auth0 by Okta’s Content team in their Developer Engagement group. I was there for over three years, and my primary responsibility was to create content for mobile developers — articles, tutorials, videos, and other material.

Prior to my arrival at Auth0, there hadn’t been much new content for mobile developers for the prior three years, during which time Apple and Google had made significant changes to iOS and Android.

During my tenure as Senior Developer Advocate, I started writing Auth0’s first new mobile development articles in years, focusing on native iOS and Android development. For React Native and Flutter, I worked with guest authors to produce articles for developers building mobiel apps with those platforms. I also worked with the Developer Experience and SDK teams to update some long-neglected “quickstart” toolkits to help mobile developers become acquainted with Auth0’s “login as a service” more quickly and easily.

In my three years at Auth0, I brought the mobile development section of the Auth0 development blog from 0 pageviews/month to 20,000 pageviews/month.

I ended up producing one long-form article a month that bore my name on the byline (I ended up rewriting or ghost-writing a number of guest articles as well). My Auth0 articles are listed below, with some annotations for notable articles.

Not all of my articles were about the Auth0 platform. I wrote some articles simply to gain the attention from mobile developers and on mobile development topics I felt didn’t receive enough attention.

My series of articles on working with dates and times in the Swift programming language remains popular among iOS developers — in fact, in Google searches for the search terms swift dates times still rank my articles in the top five:

I also wrote articles that went outside my usual topic of mobile development, including these two articles, which are still in the top five results for searches on EXIF and Python and EXIF and JavaScript:

Here are my other Auth0 articles:

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Kodeco (formerly RayWenderlich.com)

I learned mobile development from reading the first edition of The iOS Apprentice, a book produced by RayWenderlich.com (which eventually became Kodeco), the premier mobile development tutorial site, and I’ve been a fan ever since.

So when they put out a call for authors for Android articles, I took it as an opportunity to learn Android development so that I could be a contributor to the site. They gave me a choice of assignments that I could take on for my “audition,” and I chose one of the trickier ones: “Write an article showing how to make an augmented reality Android app.”

The result was Augmented Reality in Android with Google’s Face API (screenshots from the app a re pictured above).

Thanks to my success with that augmented reality article, I was selected to be the technical editor for their book ARKIt by Tutorials. I was also selected to make not one, but two presentations at their RWDevCon 2018 conference: a two-hour presentation and a four-hour deep dive:

These presentations were the top two most highly-rated presentations at the conference.

When they sought out authors for the 8th edition of The iOS Apprentice, I threw my hat in the ring because I wanted to revise the book that taught me mobile development. Shortly after I was selected as one of the co-authors, Apple introduced the new SwiftUI framework, which necessitated completely rewriting major portions of the book.

I have also written the following articles for Kodeco, the most recent one in March 2024:

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Presentations from the past 12 months

In November 2023, I gave an hour-long presentation to the Tampa Devs group that explained how computers work “under the hood.” I starting by explaining what transistors are and how they work, worked up to microprocessors, and finally covered programming in assembly language:

In February 2024, I gave a presentation on getting into AI development at the Civo Navigate North America 2024 conference. My time slot was on Day 1, immediately after the opening keynote:

Based on the success of my AI talk at Civo Navigate North America, the Austin Forum on Technology and Society invited me to give a more in-depth online version of the talk for their “AI April” event in April 2024:

A few days after the “backdoor” to the xz Utils utility was discovered, I proposed giving a last-minute lightning talk about the incident to the organizers of the BSides Tampa 2024 cybersecurity conference in April 2024. It ended up turning into a full presentation:

As a result of the response to my presentation at Civo Navigate North America 2024, Civo also invited me to give a lightning talk at Civo Navigate Local Tampa 2024 in April 2024:

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Past work

My tech blog, Global Nerdy

I’ve been publishing Global Nerdy, my personal blog on technology, tech news, and software development since August 2006. To this day, it gets about 30,000 pageviews per month.

Here’s a sampling of articles on Global Nerdy:

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My short-lived children’s show, Developer Jr.

And finally, while this is from a while back, I’m including it in this portfolio simply because I’m sure no other candidate will be able to show you something like this: my short-lived children’s show about technology. Just like Sesame Street, there’s a puppet co-host:

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