Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, March 16 through Sunday, March 22!
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
This week’s events
- Monday, March 16
- Tuesday, March 17
- Wednesday, March 18
- Thursday, March 19
- Friday, March 20
- Saturday, March 21
- Sunday, March 22
Monday, March 16
Tuesday, March 17
Wednesday, March 18
Thursday at Entrepreneur Collaborative Center at 6:00 p.m. (Tampa): One of the powerful uses in AI is the automation of regular tasks. Reading data from a database and processing actions based on it, data collection and gathering, running reports and simplifying daily tasks. Automations can include simpler tasks with tools such as Manus or ChatGPT, moving into higher level tasks with Make.com or Airtable, or more complex tasks with N8N or Mind Studio. Use of various tools requires different levels of skills and costs.
At this session, you’ll look at some sample automations and discuss use cases.
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday at Tampa Hackerspace at 6:00 p.m. (Tampa): This is a hands-on, online class for anyone who is brand new to 3D printing and wants to get up and running with choosing models and getting them ready to print. We recommend that you join this class from a computer you will be using to prepare models for printing, especially if you are a member of Tampa Hackerspace and plan to use the machines at our site. This class does involve installing software on your computer and following along with the instructor; however, there is no final project, and you are free to listen and take notes instead.
This class is offered online and is open to everyone. $5 fee for non-members.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday, March 19
Thursday at Entrepreneur Collaborative Center at 6:00 p.m. (Tampa): Learn about modern image formats (WebP, AVIF), optimization techniques that actually matter, using Cloudinary for on-the-fly transformations and delivery, and how your images impact Core Web Vitals. You’ll build hands-on skills through a real Next.js e-commerce project.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 82° West Distilling at 7:00 p.m. (Tampa): Here’s an interesting event — an OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot, formerly ClawdBot) “get together, get OpenClaw set up on your laptop, get some rum” get-together!
Find out more and register here.
Friday, March 20
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Repair Clinic 2079 Range Rd |
Tampa Bay Technology Center | 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
| Coffee & AI for Women: Be the Most Interesting Person in the Room cYou Boutique |
EveryDay AI Learning & Social Meetup Group | 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
| Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club |
Tampa Gaming Guild | 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
| MTG: Commander FNM Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
| “On Anger” – Seneca, Book 3 & Closing The Skills Center |
Tampa Stoics | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
| Friday night AI writing fun MakerSpace Pinellas |
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night 1Up Entertainment, Tampa |
Nerdbrew Events | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| Modern FNM Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
| Friday Pokemon Tournament Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT |
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Saturday, March 21
Sunday, March 22
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
|
Machine Shop Milling 101 (Members Only) |
Tampa Hackerspace | 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
| 3 axis Cnc router MakerSpace Pinellas |
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group | 12:00 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 |
| Traveller – Science Fiction Adventure RPG Black Harbor Gaming |
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group | 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
| Project Hail Mary in theaters! AMC Veterans 24 |
Geekocracy! | 3:15 PM to 5:15 PM EDT |
| Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 4:00 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:
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- 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
