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

Welcome to New Tampa Seniors, a free group for seniors aged 60+. Objectives: NTS was created for those who are looking for new friends. It is especially good for those who are rebuilding their social lives after retirement, moving to the New Tampa area, widow(er)hood, or for those who do not like going out alone. It is great for those who feel safer going out at night with friends. Area: The group is based around the New Tampa area, and has been operating for a few years. It is a very successf …

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

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 …

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.

A technology meetup to discuss practical application and lessons learned for all three cloud service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).  We will discuss the hype, the myths, the best practices, the war stories from the trenches, and review success stories like Netflix, Instagram, etc. and much more. Topics will range from cloud security, hybrid clouds, scaling in the cloud, passing audits, data privacy, DevOps, and more.

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. Compare Notes Exchange Ideas Learn from Others’ Mistakes Brainstorm with Peers Find Partners Small Group Atmosphere Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing t …

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 …

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.

Meet other local Linux and Open Source enthusiasts to talk about the latest bits and bytes. Bring your system in to be freed. Meet new friends with an interest in Open Source Software. Any and all topics related to Free & Open Source Software are welcome.

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 …

BizSpark™ Tampa Bay brings fellow Microsoft® BizSpark™, WebSiteSpark™, and DreamSpark™ startups and other Microsoft technology-based businesses together to connect, share ideas, and grow together, no matter what stage they are at now, whether start-up or long established, both in-person and virtually. Meetup topics cover new technology opportunities and how to capitalize on them, business basics, and case studies of successes, especially ones from within the community, and other topics of intere …

This is a group for QuickBooks ProAdvisors and accounting professionals to come together and discuss QuickBooks. Lets share our knowledge of the product and work together to promote best practices for ourselves and our clients.

Whether you're outgrowing QuickBooks Pro or Premier, updating an outdated system or just looking for a better solution, this webinar will demonstrate what QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions can do for your business. Register now to attend one of our FREE product demo webinars with live Q&A, and see if QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions is right for you. Overview of Enterprise Solutions workflow Financial Statement Designer and Fixed Asset Manager Combined financial reports for multiple companies …

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 …

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

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.

Focus is to show Small Business owners how use the Internet for generating leads, distributing, selling and closing your leads from Google local, Social media, mobile, GEO and standard search. Purpose is to learn how to or how to contract to build custom simple business niche websites for your small business, fill out local directory support pages with your website cited on each, create a system using free cloud software to direct the web leads to your sales people. With all your new leads you'l …

TBVUG is a new Users Group focused on the latest virtualization technologies, its management tools, and related certifications. www.tbvug.com