Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, April 22 through Sunday, April 28, 2024.
This week’s events
- Monday, April 22
- Tuesday, April 23
- Wednesday, April 24
- Thursday, April 25
- Friday, April 26
- Saturday, April 27
- Sunday, April 28
Monday, April 22
Tuesday, April 23
Tuesday at 7:30 a.m., online: v-Lean Coffee! This happens other week, and you can talk about Lean, Agile, and other work topics. Find out more and register here!
Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., online: Computer Coach features Tech Training Navigator, which is your chance to find out more about the career-boosting tech training programs available at Computer Coach. Find out more and register here.
Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., online: The Orlando Python User Group’s monthly meeting happens tonight! “You can show off a project you’re working on or any problems that we can help solve,” they say, and they’re always looking for people to give lightning, beginner, and skill-based talks. Find out more and register here.
Also on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., online: Google Women Techmakers Florida presents “What the Heck is AI? AI/ML Intro and Google Gen AI Tutorial.” This is an introductory session aimed at explaining what Generative AI is, how it is used, and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, April 24
Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., online: Heart of Agile’s monthly Coffee Corner brings people together via Zoom from all over the world in a casual setting to share and discuss ways we collaborate, deliver, reflect, and improve. Find out more and register here.
Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., Dracula’s Legacy Wine Bar and Bistro, Tampa: Coders, Creatives and Craft Beer present a very different kind of meetup — at Tampa’s newest vampire-themed bar and bistro! Come join us as we talk about tech and other topics while enjoying the setting of Dracula art. C’mon — you know you want to attend this one! Find out more and register here.
Thursday, April 25
Thursday is Day 1 of the Front-End Design Conference! There are still some tickets left as I write this. Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at 501 E. Kennedy, Tampa: The DUG Power Platform and Dynamics 365 meetup is hosting Power Pages w Nikita Polyakov. Here’s your chance to experiment with Copilot for Power Pages and build a test site — bring a laptop! Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at Del Frisco’s Grille, Tampa: Tampa Bay AWS User Group is holding their largest event of the year: their annual Social Networking Event. Come meet eveyone and get to know some of the cloud partners that support our local tech community: CloudSaver, JetSweep, and the non-profit H.U.G. Reading Program! Find out more and register here.
Friday, April 26
Friday is Day 2 of the Front-End Design Conference! There are still some tickets left as I write this. Find out more and register here.
Friday at 12:00 p.m., online: Tampa Bay UX Group is holding their Virtual Portfolio Share & Review! “In this virtual event, one brave UXer will present their portfolio and open themselves up to questions and feedback from the group.” Find out more and register here.
Saturday, April 27
Sunday, April 28
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
