What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 30, 2020) : Global Nerdy

Photo: A very still river on a sunny day, with the water reflecting the oak and willow trees on its banks. Text: Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events / Monday, March 30 — Sunday April 5, 2020.

Hello, fellow Suncoast techies, entrepreneurs, and nerds! I hope you’re staying safe and sane while spending most of your time at home. Here’s this week’s list of online-only events for techies, entrepreneurs, and nerds based in an around the Tampa Bay area. I’m restricting this list to online-only events until public health officials have stated that it’s safe for public gatherings again.

(In case you were wondering about the photo above, that’s the Hillsborough River as seen from the park on Patterson Street in Seminole Heights.)

Some words of wisdom from the Tenth Doctor

It’s always a good time for some words of reassurance, so are some from a trusted geek icon: David Tennant, a.k.a. The Tenth Doctor, giving his “It’s going to be okay” speech from January 2017 on the BBC TV show The Last Leg. It was for a different issue from a different time, but it’s still applicable right now:

It’s all gonna be okay. Trust me, I’m a Doctor. But it’s up to us to make it okay. It’s time to be positively rebellious, and rebelliously positive. As long as we stand up for what we believe in. Don’t give in to anger or violence. Look out for the little guy. Keep an eye on the big guys. Refuse to keep our mouths shut. And just generally, try not to be dicks. Every little thing is gonna be alright.

News Items and other links

Tampa Bay Tech will be producing a brand new Tampa Bay Techwire on a biweekly basis and will continue to highlight events in one section. Don’t forget that they’ve also got a regularly updated news section on their site.
5 online courses you can take for free during the COVID-19 epidemic: They’re on machine learning, algorithms, Bayesian stats, practical time series analysis, and getting started with AWS for machine learning.
WIRED: A Rush Back to ‘Normal’ Would Be the Blunder of the Century. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warns that trying to restart the US economy too soon would put countless lives in danger and risk far more economic damage.
This is how to safely receive packages and deliveries during the coronavirus: There’s new research from the NIH, but keep in mind that it’s so new that there hasn’t been time for it to be peer-reviewed.
Looking for work? These articles might be of interest:
- Fast Company: Who is hiring during the coronavirus? Try these industries if you need a job now.
- Fast Company: How COVID-19 is changing the recruiting and hiring process
- COVID-19 FAQs: Finding a Tech Job in a Remote World
- The Commons (Lambda School): How to Navigate Your Job Search During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Coronavirus Tech Handbook: “a library for technologists, civic organizations, public and private institutions, researchers, educators and specialists of all kinds to collaborate on an agile and sophisticated response to the coronavirus outbreak and sequential impacts. It is a rapidly evolving resource with thousands of active expert contributors.”

This week’s events

Monday, March 30

Tuesday, March 31

Wednesday, April 1

Thursday, April 2

Friday, April 3

Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet — TV/Internet Video Production – Intro(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County @ Online, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Saturday, April 4

Sunday, April 5

Intellectual Connection for Myers-Briggs N’s (Intuitives) — What women & men want in Dating & Love (Zoom meeting) @ Online, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?

Let me know at joey@joeydevilla.com!

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