This is a group for users (both businesses or non profits) and developers who are interested in Customer/Constituent Relationship Management software. Because of the growing popularity of open source software, the focus is on applying CiviCRM to many diverse applications.

We are dedicated to have fun controlling Hardware with Software, with an added bonus of getting small micro electronics devices on the Internet.

Meet your fellow agile practitioners --exchange ideas on agile development methodologies, tools that help you improve your agile processes, and general software development.  This group is open to all Agile roles including designers, developers, product owners, quality assurance, analysts, architects, ScrumMasters, executives, and even stakeholders.  Sorry no recruiters please! Meetups will be held in and around Hillsborough and Pinellas county on many diverse topics and in a variety of formats …

Miss the comraderie, spontaneous conversation, and dynamic energy of working in the same room with other creative people? Welcome to The CoWork Lab. We take the best elements of a coffee shop (social, energetic, creative) and the best elements of a workspace (productive, functional) and combine them to give independent workers bricks and mortar to call their own. The CoWork Lab was built on coworking philosophy. Our members (aka "Scientists) are: software engineers, real estate brokers, web deve …

Connecting Entrepreneurs, Developers, and Investors to inspire tech ventures and help new businesses in the Tampa Bay area. Each month we will have local startups or businesses pitch their idea to the group for feedback, investment interest, or just to share with other tech enthusiasts. A keynote speaker will present inspiring messages on the topics of entrepreneurship, development, or investing practices.

This is a group for anyone interested in .NET development from Lakeland Florida and the surrounding area. We have been together going on five years and meet monthly for free food, pizza, door prizes, and to hear from local, regional, and national speakers about development on the Microsoft platform. Our normal meeting location is at Polk State University and on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, however the date and location are sometimes changed for scheduling purposes so stay informed by joining ou …

A group for Tampa bay area Javascript developers.

CoderNight is to practice development. You write code in pairs or individually and submit the code to me. I post an anonymized repo and you have a week to look at all the solutions before a friendly night of code review. CoderNight CoderNight is a chance to practice your coding skills outside your work environment or help get started if you are just learning. CoderNight provides an ego-free environment to perform deliberate coding practice and to receive critical but judgement free feedback on …

This is a group for developers, designers, business owners, and entrepreneurs that are interested in creating web applications using the Laravel PHP Framework. All skill levels are welcome.

PHP as a Social Activity is looking to provide you with a comfortable environment where you can probe the depths of PHP, explore new uses and possibilities, share your enthusiasm, and help build a stronger and more diverse community of developers. Meet & Greet PHPaaSA has a casual meetup each month on the third Thursday.  This is a great time to share, make introductions, discuss past, current, and future projects, rally a cause for code, and make friends in a relaxed setting. PHP Classes Clas …

The Second SharePoint Users Group. In order to bring the community together another SharePoint Users Group has been formed in the Tampa Bay Area. The format is pretty much the same as other user groups. The Goal is to provide an opportunity to network, learn, and share. The goal is to become a fun and valuable resource for the Tampa Bay region. This group is for people with a keen (or not so keen) interest in SharePoint. This would include SQL Server, BI, app developers, end users, administrator …

Lean Startup Circle is dedicated to applying lean startup thinking and building lean startup leadership. We bring the Tampa Bay lean startup community together in a variety of formats (many of which involve beer) to learn from each other. What works? What doesn't? Is lean just a buzzword? Or can it really help build businesses? *The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries* In addition to Eric's book, The Lean Startup, here are some similar resources: The Entrepreneur's …

Come join the experimental Tampa Bay .NET group focused on C# development. All experience levels are welcome. The meetings are casual and are grounded by a bias to quickly solving business problems and maximizing time spent in Visual Studio. Show up to learn about hidden language features, tips and tricks, and much more... Each meeting will feature a short code review and an open discussion of how to efficiently tune up the methods or classes.

We are a group dedicated to increasing knowledge and awareness about MongoDB, an Open Source, document-oriented, NoSQL database. The rapid evolution of the web and the proliferation of unstructured data and new media content across servers (think hyperlinks and URIs), fuelled by the BYOD revolution has necessitated a ground up redesign of the database paradigm, resulting in a revolutionary new product like MongoDB, which has been written in C++.  The RDBMS world is abuzz. We believe this is a ga …

TiE  started in Silicon Valley 20 years ago. It's a global, not-for-profit network of entrepreneurs and business professionals dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship. TiE provides a platform for mentoring, networking, and education to entrepreneurs and business professionals. Each TiE location is called a chapter. TiE presently has 61 chapters globally and more than 25,000 members. It's the largest and oldest entrepreneurial organization in the world.  TiE TampaBay meets monthly to con …

Meet others interested in all aspects of Web Technology - Standards, Networks, Marketing, New Web Technology, Graphic Design, Databases, Corporate Web, Webmasters, and BarCamp Tampa Bay. Open to anyone involved in web technology! BarCamp Tampa Bay: Building a Community! Attention: We can't advertise every event - it makes our own events just part of a lot of noise - and people stop listening. Now if you want to buy a sponsorship.... contact me

This is a group for anyone interested in the Foundation CSS framework.

WHAT IS A FAB LAB? Fab labs provide widespread access to modern means for invention. They began as an outreach project from MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA). CBA assembled millions of dollars in machines for research in digital fabrication, ultimately aiming at developing programmable molecular assemblers that will be able to make almost anything. Equipped with state-of-the-art machines and materials, the Faulhaber Fab Lab can be used to fabricate your own inventions with the support of kn …