Global Nerdy

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, June 23 through Sunday, June 29!

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, June 23
• Tuesday, June 24
• Wednesday, June 25
• Thursday, June 26
• Friday, June 27
• Saturday, June 28
• Sunday, June 29

Monday, June 23

Tuesday, June 24

Tuesday at 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Hidden Springs Ale Works (Tampa): It’s another gathering at Hidden Springs Ale works for TampaTech Taps & Taco Tuesday! Come meet the local tech scene at one of Tampa’s most interesting pubs with some very delightful beers (including one modeled after “Brawndo” from Idiocracy).

Find out more and register here.

Wednesday, June 25

Thursday, June 26

Thursday afternoon at 4:00 pm at American Legion Post 138 (Tampa): It’s the Tampa/MacDill AFB Orange Call! In a military context, an “orange call” refers to an alert signaling a heightened cybersecurity state of readiness.

This orange call’s purpose is to gather and network amongst fellow communicators, guardians, and enablers of all ranks, titles, and experience levels, share resources, and seek professional development. They will conduct an informal meet & greet and discuss MacDill communicators and missions, including the increasing role of cyber and the importance of defending our nation’s networks.

Find out more and register here.

Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at Embarc Collective (Tampa): Tampa AWS User Group is holding more than just a presentation, but a high-impact networking event for local tech professionals and AWS enthusiasts. Join them for an exclusive session co-presented by the PGA TOUR and NLP Logix, where they’ll explore how Gen AI and AWS are transforming the fan experience through real-time play-by-play commentary and more.

Find out more and register here.

Friday, June 27

Saturday, June 28

Sunday, June 29

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:

• • 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