Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, November 9 through Sunday, November 15!
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, November 9
- Tuesday, November 10
- Wednesday, November 11
- Thursday, November 12
- Friday, November 13
- Saturday, November 14
- Sunday, November 15
Monday, November 9
Tuesday, November 10
Wednesday, November 11
Thursday, November 12
Friday, November 13
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Let’s Learn to Turn a Seam Ripper! Tampa Hackerspace West |
Tampa Hackerspace | 1:00 AM to 4:00 AM EST |
| Osceola Toastmasters Club Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) |
Toastmasters Division E | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EST |
| Computer Repair Clinic 2079 Range Rd |
Tampa Bay Technology Center | 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST |
| Finding A Job After 50 Online event |
Tech Success Network | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST |
| Which AI Tools Actually Help? Claude, Gemini and NotebookLM Tested [ONLINE] Online event |
Bay Builders AI Club | 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM EST |
| Global AI Sarasota Community Kick-off Online event |
Global AI Sarasota | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST |
| Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club |
Tampa Gaming Guild | 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EST |
| MTG: Commander FNM Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST |
| Werewolf – November 2026 Gamers’ Command |
Werewolves by the Bay | 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST |
| Modern FNM Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EST |
| Meditations – Marcus Aurelius Online event |
Orlando Stoics (Online) | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EST |
| Friday Pokemon Tournament Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EST |
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Saturday, November 14
Sunday, November 15
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