With all the Hurricane Ian memes on my personal blog, The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century (I’m based in Tampa), I thought I’d post one here!
Maybe you’ve run into this Android Studio problem lately. You’ve created a brand new project, and when you run it — even if you haven’t made any changes — you get the dreaded Android Gradle plugin requires Java 11 to run error:
Here’s the “quick and dirty” fix. It assumes that you already have JDK 11 installed.
- On Linux and Windows, open the File menu and select Settings… to get to the Settings window (you can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + s).
- On macOS, open the Android Studio menu and select Preferences… to get to the Preferences window (you can also use the keyboard shortcut ⌘ + , ).
Once the Settings or Preferences window is open, select Build, Execution, Deployment → Build Tools → Gradle from the menu on the left side.
You can change the JDK that Gradle uses in the Gradle projects section’s Gradle JDK menu. Changing the current selection from JDK 1.8 to JDK 11 works for me:
The Android Studio on my Windows machine already defaults Gradle to JDK 11, but on my Mac, it’s still insisting on JDK 1.8. I’m sure there’s some config file floating around somewhere that I need to edit — does anyone know which one? — but in the meantime, I’m using the quick and dirty fix.
Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 26 through Sunday, October 2, 2022.
Every week, with the assistance of a couple of Jupyter Notebooks that I put together, I compile this list for the Tampa Bay tech community.
As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:
- 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 (because nerds really need to up their presentation game)
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Anything I deem geeky
By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.
This week’s events
I try to keep this list up-to-date. I add new events as soon as I hear about them, so be sure to check the latest version of this week’s list here on Global Nerdy!
Hurricane Ian update
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UPDATE — Monday, September 26: With Hurricane Ian expected to pass near Tampa Bay around Wednesday evening/Thursday morning, expect events scheduled for later this week to be disrupted. Check with event organizers before going to make sure the event’s still happening!
Monday, September 26
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome! | 7:45 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome! | 8:45 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | In person at Fords Garage St Pete | 11:00 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s | 11:30 AM |
| Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday | 11:30 AM |
| SCIPS, a 50+ Tampa Bay Singles Club | EUCHRE, Rummy Q and other Board Games for ENTHUSIASTIC GAME PLAYERS | 4:00 PM |
| Ways to Generate Extra Income In A Recession | How To Start An E-commerce Business | 4:00 PM |
| Brews N Board Games | Board Game Night at Persimmon Hollow Flamingo Crossings | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Tabletoppers | Monday Feast & Game Night | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | MTG: Commander Night | 6:00 PM |
| Crypto Convo | Crypto Convo – Kickoff Event | 6:00 PM |
| Sarasota “Doctor Who” Fan Meetup | September Viewing Party | 6:00 PM |
| Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar | Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location) | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698 | 6:15 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | Tomb of Annhilation (APL 3 Forgotten Realms) – DM Carson | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!! | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Motorworks Brewing Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters Division G | Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731 | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Stoics | ONLINE: “A Stoic Review of Digital Minimalism” | 7:00 PM |
| Meet New People As Adults – Which is Harder Than Expected | Trivia Night to Meet New People – Leader needed | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Board Game Night at Armada Games | 7:00 PM |
| Learn-To-Trade Crypto – Online (As Seen on Orlando Sentinel) | Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE) | 7:00 PM |
| Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop for Emerging Pros | Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos | 7:00 PM |
| Geekocracy! | $5 Unlimited credits Night at Parcade | 7:00 PM |
| Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots | 7:30 PM |
| The Nomadic Entrepreneur Group Sarasota | Learn How to Create a Ridiculously Easy Second Income on LinkedIn | 8:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | $200 Texas Holdem Freeroll Onlike | 8:00 PM |
| Hosted By Defcon813 | Cert Study Session | 8:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 9:00 PM |
Tuesday, September 27
Wednesday, September 28
Thursday, September 29
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Breakfast Thursday’s | 7:30 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday Morning All WElCOME | 7:30 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday Morning All WElCOME | 7:30 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM |
| Business Networking Weekly Meeting for Local Professionals | Business Networking for Local Professionals | 8:00 AM |
| TampaBayNetworkers | Suncoast Networkers | 8:30 AM |
| NTi Port Richey, FL | NTi New Port Richey – Business Referral Network | 9:00 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| Business Game Changers Group | Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | How to Cut Product Development Costs by up to 50%! | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! | 11:00 AM |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only | 11:00 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift | 11:00 AM |
| ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups | 3 major ransomware attacks and how you can detect them in your network | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals | Wesley Chapel Grill Smith Professional Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 11:30 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Chuck Lager America’s Tavern | 11:30 AM |
| Women Who Code Tampa | Find Your Company Green Flags and Choose the Best Position for You | 12:00 PM |
| “Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking | Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking! | 12:00 PM |
| Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | YouTube Basics (ONLINE CLASS) – FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 3:00 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 5:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 5:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 90: Triangles | 5:00 PM |
| Remote Collective SARASOTA | Social Club for Remote Workers | Oktoberfest Hang @ 99 Bottles | 5:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group | TBDEG – Open Source and the Lakehouse with Alex Merced! | 6:00 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | 1st ed AD&D Campaign. | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup | Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective | 6:00 PM |
| Sarasota Strategy Board Game League | Dice Forge – Thursday September 29th | 6:00 PM |
| Elite Business Professionals and Entrepreneurs | Business Professionals Network and Mingle | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 6:00 PM |
| Summerfield Board/Card Game Night | Summerfield Tabletop/Board/Card Games | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Clearwater Community Toastmasters | 6:00 PM |
| Black Orlando Tech (BOT) | Intro to NFTs | 6:00 PM |
| Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events | Tampa at Irish 31 – Hyde Park | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Warhammer Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Ybor Free Writing Group | Writing Meetup | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay AWS User Group | Modern SDLC with GitOps on AWS | 6:30 PM |
| Google Developer Group Central Florida | Ionic/Capacitor wizardry with Angular | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Bitcoin | Bitcoin Only – Bitcoin Workshop | 7:00 PM |
| Live streaming production and talent | Live streaming production and talent | 7:00 PM |
| Cocktails and Convo: Book club for RomCom Lovers | The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling | 7:00 PM |
| Geekocracy! | Book Club – Annihilation | 7:00 PM |
| Gen Geek | Line Dance Lessons at the Dallas Bull | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Girls Who Code for Grades 6-12 | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Learn to Solder Your Own Pocket Metal Detector | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | $200 Texas Holdem Freeroll Onlike | 8:00 PM |
Friday, September 30
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! | Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills | 7:15 AM |
| Agile Orlando | Agile in the Morning | 7:30 AM |
| Laid Back Leads Group | Laid Back Leads Group | 8:00 AM |
| Homebrew Hillsborough | September 2022 VIRTUAL Homebrew Hillsborough: CareerSource Tampa Bay | 8:30 AM |
| Brandon Biz Pros | Build your Business with Brandon Biz Pros | 8:30 AM |
| Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | GrogCon (part of Crucible X) | 9:00 AM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | GrogCon Road Trip!! | 9:00 AM |
| Hosted By Toastmasters District 48 | Real Talkers #7306 | 9:15 AM |
| Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence | 9:25 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | International Professionals Networking Meeting | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli | 11:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | In PERSON Networking Lunch Sabal Park/Brandon Reserve your seat | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Friday Business Introductions! | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | International Professionals Networking Meeting | 11:30 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | Friday Business Introductions JOIN us at Cafe Delanie All Welcome | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Online Cashgame | 12:00 PM |
| Orlando Power BI User Group | Connecting Reports in Excel | Alejandra Horvath | 1:00 PM |
| Clermont Nerd Games | Board Game Night! | 5:00 PM |
| Tampa Gaming Guild | Friday Board Game Night | 5:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | MESSAGE CRAFTERS | 5:30 PM |
| Nerd Night Out | Taps & Drafts | 6:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | Taps & Drafts | Casual Two-Headed Giant Tournament | 6:00 PM |
| New Wealth CoLab | Real Estate Investing Workspace | SQFCoin & New Wealth Colab Kickoff Party | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Board Game night at The Strange Realms in Carrollwood Friday, 6 PM | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Urban Professionals Meetup Group | Social Friday!!! Come for a Drink and stay for the People! | 6:00 PM |
| Dunnellon Area Board Gamers | Friday Night Board Gaming | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | NASA Space Apps Challenge hackathon | 6:00 PM |
| Crypto & NFT Investors Club–Tampa Bay Chapter | Grand Opening of SQFCoin in Tampa Bay! | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Horror Movie Fans 20s-30s | Halloween Horror Nights | 6:15 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Positively Speaking Toastmasters | 6:15 PM |
| Orlando Web 3.0 Meetup Group | Web3 CFL Expo | 6:30 PM |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Web3 CFL Culture Reveal | 6:30 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | MTG: Dominaria United Draft | 7:00 PM |
| Gen Geek | Beerbusters Movie Bar | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3) | 7:00 PM |
| Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) | Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 9:00 PM |
Saturday, October 1
Sunday, October 2
=== Blog ===
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Toastmasters District 48 | Clearwater Sunday Speakers Toastmasters Club | 9:30 AM |
| Aspiring Writers Publishing and Marketing | 23rd Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading | 10:00 AM |
| Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group | CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH AT ROSEMARY & THYME | 10:00 AM |
| Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton | Games at Descent Into Gaming | 12:00 PM |
| Beginners Guide to D and D | D&D Adventurers League | 1:00 PM |
| Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames) | Weekend Game Day | 2:00 PM |
| Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay | Book Club Meet & Greet | 2:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | D&D Adventurers League | 2:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM |
| Toastmasters, Division D | Weekend Toastmasters | 3:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 5:00 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | Rifts | 5:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts) | 5:30 PM |
| Volusia Young Professionals Group (covers East and West) | February West Volusia Networking Social | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Online Cashgame | 6:00 PM |
| Geekocracy! | Geeks freak at Halloween Horror Nights | 6:00 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Orlando | Shut Up & Write!® Near UCF | 6:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! | 7:00 PM |
| Solana – Tampa | Office Hours | 8:00 PM |
| Nerd Night Out | NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s! | 8:00 PM |
Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?
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Thanks to Dare Obasanjo for the find!
Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 19 through Sunday, September 25, 2022.
Every week, with the assistance of a couple of Jupyter Notebooks that I put together, I compile this list for the Tampa Bay tech community.
As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:
- 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 (because nerds really need to up their presentation game)
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Anything I deem geeky
By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.
This week’s events
I try to keep this list up-to-date. I add new events as soon as I hear about them, so be sure to check the latest version of this week’s list here on Global Nerdy!
Monday, September 19
Tuesday, September 20
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Business Strategy Meetup Group | Business Networking | 7:15 AM |
| Bootstrappers Breakfast® – Tampa Bay Area | East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast® | 8:30 AM |
| Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup | SBDC Hillsborough County: Starting Your Business | 10:00 AM |
| Orlando Digital Media Design Meetup | Virtual Event: Adobe Illustrator – Logo Design & Development | 10:00 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups | User provisioning made easy by integrating business applications | 11:00 AM |
| SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together | SWAT Networking Bradenton Luncheon | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Oldsmar Professional Business Networking lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | In Person Networking at the Great Catch ~~ Oldsmar All Welcome to connect! | 11:00 AM |
| Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI Seminole Referral Pros Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 11:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals | New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Global Networking Summit | Networking Brunch | 12:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT |
| Dolan Mortgage Group | Lunch and Learn – Digital & Social Media for Realtors | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere. | 1:00 PM |
| Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events | How to Maximize LinkedIn Virtual Summit | 1:00 PM |
| Tampa Startup Founder 101 | $100,000 Quantum & Photonics Pitch Competition | 4:00 PM |
| Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 4:15 PM |
| Tampa Financial Freedom Meetup Group | MAKING AN ONLINE INCOME TOWARDS A BRIGHTER RETIREMENT | 5:00 PM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Trinity/Odessa Evening Networking “The Happy Hour of Power” All Welcome! | 5:30 PM |
| Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | Virtual Networking Evening meeting Every TUESDAY | 5:30 PM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Evening Meeting | 5:30 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Online Cashgame | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Marvel Crisis Protocol Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Weekly Open Make Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Devs | TDevs – Machine Learning 101 @ EmbarcCollective | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay SQL Server User Group (TBSSUG) | TBSSUG Monthly Meeting | 6:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [IN PERSON] DDAL05-09 Durlag’s Tomb (Tier 3, FR, historic) | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Seminole SPC Toastmasters | 6:15 PM |
| Tampa Investor/Training Meetup | Tampa Bay Investor Training | 6:30 PM |
| West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824 | Weekly Meeting | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Investor/Training Meetup | Tampa Bay Investor Training | 6:30 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Orlando | Shut Up and Write | 6:30 PM |
| Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group | Sept Book Club | 6:30 PM |
| Girl Develop It Orlando | Intro to HTML and CSS | 6:30 PM |
| The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group | The Sarasota Creative Writers | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| Serralles Group Real Estate | Free Real Estate Seminar/Networking | 6:30 PM |
| Pinellas Writers | Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome! | 6:30 PM |
| DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup | [Hybrid] Design Estimation: Measuring Up | 7:00 PM |
| Recess and Refresh- Playing fun active recess style games | You deserve some fun! Join us in Laurel FL | 7:00 PM |
| Ironhack Orlando – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking | The basics of Data Analytics 📈 | 7:00 PM |
| TampaBay Timebanks | Monthly Meeting in Tampa | 7:00 PM |
| Library Book Clubs – OCLS | Podcast Listening Club | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games | 7:00 PM |
| St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults | St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults | 7:00 PM |
| Dialogue and Human Experience. | How to communicate with others who….? | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason | Online: Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 7:00 PM |
| TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group | Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! | 7:30 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Tampa | Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom | 7:45 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness | 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT |
Wednesday, September 21
Thursday, September 22
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Colon jr with United Wealth Educators | Business networking event | See event page |
| Doris Muller for NPI Westchase Chapter | Business Networking Event for Local Professionals | See event page |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday Morning All WElCOME | 7:30 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Breakfast Thursday’s | 7:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast | 7:30 AM |
| Business Networking Weekly Meeting for Local Professionals | Business Networking for Local Professionals | 8:00 AM |
| TampaBayNetworkers | Suncoast Networkers | 8:30 AM |
| NTi Port Richey, FL | NTi New Port Richey – Business Referral Network | 9:00 AM |
| Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events | Real Success Live Online Summit | 9:30 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift | 11:00 AM |
| Business Game Changers Group | Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Hyperledger Tampa | 7 ways of ensuring the security of your blockchain product | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! | 11:00 AM |
| Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup | 5 tactics of the MITRE ATT&CK framework to look out for | 11:00 AM |
| Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | How to Cut Product Development Costs by up to 50%! | 11:00 AM |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Chuck Lager America’s Tavern | 11:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals | Wesley Chapel Grill Smith Professional Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 11:30 AM |
| “Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking | Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking! | 12:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me? | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Telecom Park Toastmasters #6745 | 12:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Online Cashgame | 12:00 PM |
| Big Data and Analytics Orlando | Pattern-based Code Generation in StreamSets | 1:00 PM |
| ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups | 4 password self-service best practices to supercharge your IT security | 2:00 PM |
| StartUp Xchange | Startup Strategy Office Hours | 2:30 PM |
| Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | YouTube Basics (ONLINE CLASS) – FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 3:00 PM |
| Hi Tampa Bay | Hi Tampa Bay Innovation & Tech Happy Hour | 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT |
| Orlando Digital Media Design Meetup | Virtual Class: Designing with the Adobe Mobile Suite | 4:30 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 89: Harbor | 5:00 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 5:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 5:00 PM |
| Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup | Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Latin Chamber | Networking Mixer | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT |
| Critical Hit Games | Warhammer Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Business Club | Sunset ROOFTOP Networking Social @The Current hote | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Phoenix Board Gaming ! | 6:00 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | 1st ed AD&D Campaign. | 6:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT |
| Black Orlando Tech (BOT) | Career Skill Up + Happy Hour with KForce | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Writers Alliance | Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Ybor Free Writing Group | Writing Meetup | 6:30 PM |
| Ocala Magic: The Gathering Meetup Group | MTG Booster Draft Game Night | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa SharePoint Online User Group | A First SPFx app using MS Graph | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Technology Center | WordPress | 7:00 PM |
| Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming | Werewolf and Witch-hunt at Hourglass Brewery @ the Hourglass district | 7:00 PM |
| Gen Geek | Line Dance Lessons at the Dallas Bull | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Girls Who Code for Grades 6-12 | 7:00 PM |
| Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color | “Launch, Marketing & Sell your digital products.” | 7:00 PM |
| Ladies Connect! | Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk hotel | 7:00 PM |
| WordPress Clearwater FL | WordPress Monthly Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Live streaming production and talent | Live streaming production and talent | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | 3D Printing Guild | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Bitcoin | Bitcoin Social | 7:30 PM |
Friday, September 23
Saturday, September 24
Sunday, September 25
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Kat Usop, MSHI | MINDSHOP™| AI FOR ALL | See event page |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Clearwater Sunday Speakers Toastmasters Club | 9:30 AM |
| Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg | Shut Up & Write! – Starbucks in DTSP | 10:00 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT |
| Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton | Games at Descent Into Gaming | 12:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Online Cashgame | 12:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | D&D Adventurers League | 2:00 PM |
| Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames) | Weekend Game Day | 2:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 2:00 PM |
| Orlando Business Leadership and Development Meetup Group | Get to Know You Session | 3:00 PM |
| Orlando Digital Media Design Meetup | Virtual Class: Adobe Bridge Fundamentals | 4:00 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | Rifts | 5:00 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Orlando | Shut Up & Write!® Near UCF | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | September New Player Nights – Various DMs (Tier 1: Level 1-4) | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Let’s Learn to Turn Pens! | 6:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT |
| The Art of Photography – Tampa Bay Area Chapter | Presenting SUN 9/25 at 10 AM- THE ART of ART: A JOURNEY IN MOTION by Art Jacoby | 7:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | Alphabet Soup | Finding Letters in the World Around Us | 7:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! | 7:00 PM |
| Nerd Night Out | NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s! | 8:00 PM |
| Low Light Photography Group | A Low Light Excursion to Caspersen Beach | 8:00 PM |
| Solana – Tampa | Office Hours | 8:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals | 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT |
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Yesterday was Evening 3 of the 10-evening “Learn Python” class that I’m teaching on behalf of Computer Coach, a tech training center here in Tampa. It started last Wednesday and takes place online every Monday and Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.. There are 15 students in the class.
So far, the class is going well. In fact, I’m rather impressed. Even though some of them have only a little programming experience and others have none, they’re learning at a great pace, and better still, they’re cleverly applying what they’re learning, and they’re not afraid to ask questions and experiment.
For example, there’s the Fizzbuzz exercise. It’s where the challenge is to a program that counts from 1 to 100 and prints out the current number as it does this, while following these rules:
- If the current number is divisible by 3, don’t print the number. Print “fizz” instead.
- If the current number is divisible by 5, don’t print the number. Print “buzz” instead.
- If the current number is divisible by both 3 and 5, don’t print the number. Print “fizzbuzz” instead.
Not only did they figure out how to make it work — not bad for evening 2! — but some of them started add their own ideas to the application. One said “I’m tweaking the program so that you can enter what numbers get turned into ‘fizz’ and ‘buzz’ instead of just 3 and 5.” And those modifications worked.
While covering if for comparing numbers, another student asked “Is there some way where I can compare a number to see if it’s part of a group of different numbers?” This led me to introduce lists and the in operator a little early, but it was a sign that one of them was already trying to come up with ways to apply a concept they’d just learned minutes before.
Last night, while I was demonstrating some list methods, yet another student asked “How do I pop an item from one list and then add it to another?” Again, that’s something someone does only when they grasp a new concept and start thinking up applications for it.
I just have to say this: I’m very impressed with this Python class.