What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 3, 2018)

Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!

Monday, September 3

Please note: Unless the event has the words “Labor Day” in its title, you should double-check with the organizer to confirm that it’s actually happening.

• Tampa Drones Meetup — Labor Day BBQ @ Hilton RC Airfield, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
• Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Nerd Night Out — Retro/Indie Gaming at Brew Bus (Pints & Pixels) @ Brew Bus Brewing, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Tuesday, September 4

• Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Positioned for Growth – Opportunity and Timing with Sara Hand After Hours @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• THS Member Meeting @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• WordPress St. Petersburg — Introduction to Writing Persuasive Content for the Web @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• West Pasco Toastmasters #2824 @ West Pasco Board of Realtors, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
• **Spirited Toastmasters** @ St Stephens Catholic School, 6:30 PM to 8:15 PM
• CLEARWATER eMarketing Groups — Quick and Easy Ways to Create Content, presented by Michael Crose @ iHop, 30200 US Hwy 19 South of Curlew Rd, Clearwater, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• St Pete .NET Meetup — Introduction to Azure IoT Suite with John Wang @ Bank of the Ozarks Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Pathfinder Society of the Tampa Bay Area — PFS @ Serenity Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Anime, Nerds and Geeks — AMC $5 MOVIES – KIN @ 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
• St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Blockchain Enthusiasts — Trading Tuesday! @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Wednesday, September 5

• Tampa Bay WaVE — Open/FREE Coworking for Latino Tech Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
• 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Seed Funders / Givvn @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
• 1 Million Cups Tampa — User Friendly Credit / Body by Chinyere @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
• Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Open code @ Blockspaces, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Open Hack Night @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Scrum Masters Guild @ KForce Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• The Tampa Bay Gaming Group: D&D, D20, Pathfinder, & More! — Pathfinder Kingmaker Adventure Path – Looking For Players @ Oragnizer’s house, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• USF entrepreneurs and startups networking @ 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup — ML Product Management: Bias and Risk Management @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Sarasota Drone Flying Meetup — Let’s fly The Ringling Museum!!! All experience levels are welcome!!!!!!! @ The Ringling Museum, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
• Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Web Development vs Data Science @ CoCreativ, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Laser Cutter Orientation @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Women in Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Carrollwood Toastmasters @ Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Bitcoin Cash @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Thursday, September 6

• FL Biz Incubator Morning Spark Tank @ Dunedin Golf Club, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
• Girlfriends&Coffee Networking Group @ Belleair Coffee Company, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
• Tampa# – C# and .NET — Coffee & Code @ Pour House at Grand Central, 11:15 AM to 1:15 PM
• Tampa Doctors & Masters — Texas BBQ! @ Smokin’ Pig BBQ, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Game Club Tampa Meetup — The Chosen, a home brew pathfinder variant (FULL) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM
• Drupal Website Development, Design & Technologies Meetup — Modern Web Design & Development Meetup, focusing on Drupal CMS @ Panera Bread, 2285 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater
• Tampa Product Management Meetup — Product Management Meetup Task Force Kickoff – DTSP @ Green Bench Brewing Company, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Tampa Bay RPA — NO COST RPA TRAINING @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Suncoast Developers Guild — Crash Course: Vue.js, a new JavaScript Framework @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Frontend Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals @ Station House, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
• Suncoast.js — Big O Notation and What is “this” in JavaScript? @ Bank of the Ozarks’ Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Agile Social — Reflections and Retrospectives – Mini Workshop ‘N Mingle @ City Blue, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Friday, September 7

• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Panera Bread, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Carrollwood) @ Maple Street Biscuit Company, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
• Café con Tampa @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
• Speaking and Presentation Skills Success — List Building For Expanding Success @ Sheryl’s place, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
• Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Beginner’s Intro to Capture The Flag & Raffle @ SecureSet, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Tampa Cybersecurity Meetup — Capture the Flag: Cybersecurity Hackathon & Raffle! @ SecureSet, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Machine Shop Mill and Chill (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
• Geekocracy! — Tampa Bay Grand Prix – Go-Karts! (Ladies night specials!) @ Tampa Bay Grand Prix Indoor Go Kart Racing, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Saturday, September 8

• Content Creators — Tips & Tricks of Editing – Guest Speaker @ PRIVATE RESIDENCE, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
• Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton — Games at Kelly & Scott’s House @ Kelly & Scott’s House, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• St. Pete Makers — Open Make Night / Open House @ St. Pete Makers – new location, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Tampa Doctors & Masters — Art Walk & Canopy! @ The Canopy, St. Petersburg, 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• Tampa CE-5 Ambassador to the Universe Meetup — September Group CE-5 Meet Up @ 7:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Sunday, September 9

• Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM