Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, and memes I found over the past week. Share and enjoy!
Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, July 14 through Sunday, July 20!
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
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Woodshop Safety (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West |
Tampa Hackerspace | 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
| Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice |
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton | 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
| JULY DOT, CRAK, BAM GATHERING The GoodEarth |
SRQ Mahjong Gathering | 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT |
| Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center |
Tampa Gaming Guild | 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
| Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market |
Chess Republic | 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail@Tampa Theatre Tampa Theatre |
The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
| Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts) Tampa Hackerspace West |
Tampa Hackerspace | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
| Experience the “I did it!” Easy Japanese short lesson for beginners! Online |
Learn Japanese From Scratch – Saint Petersburg | 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
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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:
On Thursday, July 10 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern (11:30 a.m. Pacific / 1830 UTC), tune in to a webinar on rethinking the way businesses pay for knowledge work featuring:
✅ Fatin Kwasny, Founder and CEO of Fractio
✅ Yours Truly, Sales Engineer at Fractio
If your business is still pricing or accepting labor from knowledge workers…
…you’re already losing — and AI will only make it worse.
In this webinar, we’ll discuss how:
We’ll also show some actual data from companies already seeing at least 10x ROI by shifting how they price or accept knowledge work.
Join us this Thursday, July 10 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern (11:30 a.m. Pacific / 1830 UTC) for our webinar, From Time to Throughput: Rewriting Labor Economics in the Age of AI!
It’ll be an entertaining, informative discussion, featuring 45 minutes of presentation followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.
Click here to register for this FREE online event.
Fractio is a SaaS that enables companies to pay for knowledge work on a “per-thing-done” basis instead of the less efficient per-hour, per-project, or on retainer. (Think paying for a rideshare versus paying for a taxi.)
At Synapse Summit 2025, Fractio was the winner of the of the Startup Innovation Award, which recognizes emerging ventures that are making waves and redefining what’s possible.
Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, and memes I found over the past week. Share and enjoy!
Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, July 7 through Sunday, July 13!
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
Monday morning at 10, online: Computer Coach’s How to Bounce Back from a Layoff Because Luck is NOT a Strategy is a live workshop where they’ll discuss actionable steps you should be taking to help you bounce back from a layoff and reduce your unemployment time to get back to work quickly!
Find out more and register here.
Tuesday at Kforce at 6 p.m.: At Tampa Bay Product Group’s The Hidden Power of Pricing session, you’ll learn how to price them in this highly interactive and fun (yes, fun!) session where they’ll demystify pricing strategy for product teams. Expect to walk through what it actually looks like to set pricing for a product. You’ll work in groups, tackle real scenarios, and have a lot of fun doing it.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday at noon, online: Computer Coach presents Jumpstart Your Career in Governance, Risk, and Compliance, where Samantha Ramos, a cybersecurity professional specializing in Governance, Risk, and Compliance, will talk about:
Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 6 p.m. at Entrepreneur Collaborative Center: Tampa Java User Group presents Legacy Code: Your AI-Powered Exit Strategy. In this session, Daniel Killyevo will explore practical refactoring patterns for web applications that let you ship new features every 2-4 weeks while gradually modernizing your platform. You’ll see how AI tools like Cursor and V0 can accelerate routine development tasks, where they genuinely help (hint: boilerplate and analysis), and where they don’t. They’ll look at real code examples showing how to embed modern micro-apps within monoliths and tackle the fun stuff like authentication bridges and state management.
Find out more and register here.
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart Your Career in Governance, Risk, and Compliance Online |
Tech Success Network | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
| Grand Bay Canasta Grand Bay Building 3 Cardroom |
Grand Bay Canasta Meetup Group | 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
| Steel TIG Welding Safety and Basic Usage (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace |
Tampa Hackerspace | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| Legacy Code: Your AI-Powered Exit Strategy Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC) |
Tampa Java User Group | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
| Game Night at Conworlds Emporium (Tarpon Springs) Conworlds Emporium |
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| Beef O Brady’s Trivia Thursday Northdale location Beef ‘O’ Brady’s |
Tampa 20’s and 30’s Social Crew | 6:45 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| Weekly Hacks Online |
Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group | 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
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| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Board games and boba tea Chewy Boba Company |
Geekocracy! | 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
| Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market |
Chess Republic | 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
| Traveller – Science Fiction Adventure RPG – Accepting new players Black Harbor Gaming |
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group | 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
| Twitch Streaming, YouTube Streaming, And Online Group Dynamics Online |
Children Of Prometheus | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
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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:
Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, and memes I found over the past week. Share and enjoy!
Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, June 30 through Sunday, July 6!
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
Remember, it’s a Friday and the 4th of July! The events listed for this day may have been generated “on autopilot” (some groups, for example, meet every Friday or on the first Friday of the month) and might not actually be happening.
Double-check with the organizers before going to any of the events listed for this day.
The 4th of July long weekend warning is in effect: double-check with the organizers before going to any of the events listed for this day to make sure it’s actually happening.
The 4th of July long weekend warning is in effect: double-check with the organizers before going to any of the events listed for this day to make sure it’s actually happening.
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: