Category: Current Events

Android Studio 4 is available right now!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date May 29, 2020

Android Studio 4.0 was released to the stable channel yesterday, which means that everyone — not just developers on the bleeding edge — can get their hands on it! You can download it here.

Want a video overview of what’s new? Here you go:

Among the goodies in this new version of the IDE are:

Motion editor: Lets you define your animations between MotionLayout states in a more Flash-like way, instead of having to spec them in XML, which is rather clunky.
New layout inspector: A much better way to see how the UI is laid out on your app’s screens.
Layout validation: You can now more easily see how your app will look on different screen sizes at different resolutions:
“Desugaring” extended to Java language APIs: Just as Android Gradle supported Java 8 language features for all API levels so that you can use lambdas and other modern Java goodies on Android projects that target old SDKs, it now supports Java language APIs. Until now, only the more recent SDKs supported APIs like java.util.stream, java.util.function and java.time.

Download Android Studio 4 here!

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Tampa Bay’s Geek Breakfast happens online tomorrow morning!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date May 27, 2020

Someday, we who attend Tampa Bay’s Geek Breakfast will reconvene at Jimbo’s Pit Bar-B-Q, and I will have my customary stack o’ hotcakes or biscuits and gravy washed down with a half-dozen cups of coffee. Until that happens, Geek Breakfast continues online, and it’s happening tomorrow from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. See you there!

Here’s the Zoom link.

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 25, 2020)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date May 23, 2020

Greetings, Tampa Bay techies, entrepreneurs, and nerds! Welcome to week 9 of the Florida general stay-at-home order! I hope you’re managing and even thriving. There’s at least one online tech, entrepreneur, or nerd event each day this week. Keep an eye on this post; I update it when I hear about new events, it’s always changing. Stay safe, stay connected, and #MakeItTampaBay!

Monday, May 25

Tuesday, May 26

Wednesday, May 27

Thursday, May 28

Friday, May 29

Saturday, May 30

Sunday, May 31

Dialogue and Human Experience — How have periods of great turmoil caused civilizations to change for the better? @ 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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LinkedIn Local Tampa Bay — online tonight at 5:30!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date May 19, 2020

Don’t forget that LinkedIn Local Tampa Bay is on later today — between 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., online! Under normal circumstances, this is a monthly get-together where Tampa professionals can get to know each other, make friends and connections, and even have a drink. They’re still happening, but for the next little while, it’s online — register here.

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 18, 2020)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date May 16, 2020

Greetings, Tampa Bay techies, entrepreneurs, and nerds! Welcome to week 8 of the Florida general stay-at-home order! I hope you’re managing and even thriving. While it appears that event organizers are adjusting to our new, temporary version of “normal” with online events, Saturday and Sunday are looking a little quiet. Keep an eye on this post; I update it when I hear about new events, it’s always changing. Stay safe, stay connected, and #MakeItTampaBay!

Monday, May 18

Tuesday, May 19

Wednesday, May 20

Thursday, May 21

Friday, May 22

Geekocracy! — “Stay the Fuck Inside” drinking game on Zoom! @ 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Saturday, May 23

No Tampa Bay area tech events have been announced for this date…yet!

Sunday, May 24

No Tampa Bay area tech events have been announced for this date…yet!

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 11, 2020)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date May 9, 2020

Greetings, Tampa Bay techies, entrepreneurs, and nerds! Welcome to week 7 of the Florida general stay-at-home order! I hope you’re managing and even thriving. While it appears that event organizers are adjusting to our new, temporary version of “normal” with online events, Friday’s looking a little quiet. Keep an eye on this post; I update it when I hear about new events, it’s always changing. Stay safe, stay connected, and #MakeItTampaBay!

Monday, May 11

Tuesday, May 12

Wednesday, May 13

Thursday, May 14

Friday, May 15

No Tampa Bay area tech events have been announced for this date…yet!

Saturday, May 16

Sunday, May 17

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Online conferences for tomorrow, Thursday, May 7, 2020

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date May 6, 2020

All Day Hey!

All Day Hey! happens tomorrow 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight Eastern (it’s happening in the UK). It’s a livestreamed conference for designers and front-end developers. The talks are:

Vitaly Friedman (Smashing Magazine) – Smart Interface Design Patterns
Charlotte Dann (Hexatope) – Pixels, IRL
Eli Schutze Ramirez (Monzo) – What Is the Deal With Internationalisation?
Simona Cotin (Microsoft Serverless) – Serverless at the End of the Universe
Asim Hussain (Microsoft Cloud Advocates) – Principles of Green Application Architecture Design

The cost for a standard ticket works out to around US$31.

General Assembly: Growing a family while growing a career

This one’s free and happening tomorrow from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.:

Being a working mom and starting your own business are arguably two of the most stressful and rewarding accomplishments of a woman’s life. Combine the two and you’ve got a whole new set of emotions on hand, one of which is likely to be “mommy guilt.” Yep, that overwhelming feeling when you are working extremely hard to start your business and you feel like you’re neglecting your responsibilities as a mom.

We’re excited to bring together Mother leaders for a conversation spanning from freelance to full-time professionals, across industries. These creative and inspirational women will share their stories on how they got to where they are today and share their insights into being a mother in business.