Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, February 14 through Sunday, February 20, 2022. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
This list is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For almost five years, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!
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.
The mandatory omicron variant announcement
Prior to the omicron variant, there was still a pretty good chance that you didn’t personally know someone who’d caught COVID. Today, thanks to its contagiousness, omicron has made it so much more likely that someone you personally know has caught it — and probably has it now.
Omicron’s out there, and it’s not as “mild” as some people have described it. Be smart and responsible — get your booster, mask up in crowds, favor outdoor and online events, and we can get back to what passes for normal sooner!
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 this page often!
Monday, February 14
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Stuchiner | Blockchain, Bitcoin, Crypto! What’s all the Fuss?~~~Tampa, FL | |
| RGANetwork.net | South Tampa Professionals Networking Lunch Wrights Deli | |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics | 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST |
| Tampa Cybersecurity Training | Tampa Bay’s Job Seeker Coffee Talks | 9:00 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | South Tampa Professional Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | South Tampa Referrals | 11:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals | Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Port Richey Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday | 11:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s | 11:30 AM |
| Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | Virtual Networking Lunch Monday | 11:30 AM |
| Entrepreneurs Empower Empire | Office Hour | 12:00 PM |
| West Orange Comics & Video Games | Magic Mondays | 5:00 PM |
| The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play | Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night | 5:30 PM |
| Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar | Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location) | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Tabletoppers | Monday Feast & Game Night | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | MTG: Commander Open Play | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters Division G | Triple Crown Toastmasters Club 4147 (Virtual) | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!! | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Flutter Meetup Group | In-Person Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Library Book Clubs – OCLS | Virtual Event: Southeast Book Club | 7:00 PM |
| South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group | FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Board Game Night at Armada Games | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Sharpen Your Presentations at South Tampa TM Before Going Live! | 7:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | FREE Lightroom Study Group | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Time to Take Speaking Your Passion to the Next Level at South Tampa TM! | 7:00 PM |
| Brandon WordPress Meetup | TBA: Regular WordPress Meeting | 7:00 PM |
| Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel) | Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE) | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Stoics | ONLINE: “3 Major Stoics + 4 Virtues” | 7:00 PM |
| Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots | 7:30 PM |
| Beginning Web Development | Intro to Git: What You Need to do Your Job | 9:00 AM |
Tuesday, February 15
Wednesday, February 16
Thursday, February 17
Tampa Bay’s big tech and business conference, Synapse Summit 2022, takes place today.
Friday, February 18
Saturday, February 19
Sunday, February 20
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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