2020–2026

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October 2026

1. 30 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 2 – Sunday, November 8)
2. 27 OctThe sparkle emoji we use for AI has a different meaning for Japanese toilets
3. 23 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 26 – Sunday, November 1)
4. 17 OctSaturday picdump for Saturday, October 17
5. 16 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 19 – Sunday, October 25)
6. 13 Oct“Back of the envelope” comics on network vs. cryptographic microsegmentation
7. 13 OctThis is what every AI company CEO sounds like
8. 11 Oct“Saturday Night Live” pokes fun at Kevin O’Leary and his Utah data center in a skit that’s funny because it’s true
9. 10 OctSaturday picdump for Saturday, October 10
10. 9 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 12 – Sunday, October 18)
11. 7 OctMy DevRelCon NYC 2026 talk: “The Market is Trying to Tell You Something”
12. 3 OctSaturday picdump for Saturday, October 3
13. 3 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 5 – Sunday, October 11)
14. 2 OctZiti TV Oct 2 2026 – LLM Gateway meets the OpenZiti Appetizer!
15. 1 Oct99% of orgs are PLANNING microsegmentation, but only 9% have followed through

September 2026

1. 30 SepHow NOT to promote an AI initiative
2. 30 SepTrump’s executive order to rebrand “AI” as “SI”
3. 30 SepSuper Cyber Friday: “Hacking Microsegmentation for Machine Workloads” (or: Old cybersecurity tricks don’t work with new AI agents)
4. 30 SepNorth/south vs. east/west (or: Where the security budget goes vs. where the attacker *actually* moves)
5. 28 SepThe first in a new walkthrough series: Add a working classifier to the Appetizer and host it as a dark service!
6. 28 SepAaron Patterson’s closing keynote (and antidote to the DHH funeral) at Rails World 2026: “Get in loser, we’re going programming”
7. 27 SepDHH’s opening keynote at Rails World 2026: “The most confusing funeral I’ve ever experienced”
8. 26 SepSaturday picdump for Saturday, September 26
9. 25 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 28 – Sunday, October 4)
10. 24 Sep“You will never patch fast enough” (or: 5 days to exploit, 32 days to patch, and why better triage doesn’t close that)
11. 23 SepMy systems design advice
12. 23 Sep“Reachability Watch” for September 11 – 17, 2026: 8 CVEs against Langflow in one week, and why “publicly shared” = “publicly ownable”
13. 22 SepCan you use zrok’s Free hosted plan for your team’s internal tool? (or: 5 questions, answered)
14. 19 SepSaturday picdump for Saturday, September 19
15. 18 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 21 – Sunday, September 27)
16. 17 SepMachine Learning / AI / Technology / Risk + Happy Hour Prototype v0: Thursday, September 17!
17. 16 SepNotes from Pratik Patel’s talk, “Building a Mini-Software Factory using Pi.dev and Local LLMs” (September 14, 2026)
18. 14 Sep“Reachability Watch” for September 4 – 10, 2026: Four different CVEs, but they have the same shape!
19. 14 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 14 – Sunday, September 20)
20. 12 SepSaturday picdump for Saturday, September 12
21. 9 SepHow to “make the rounds” at KCDC 2026
22. 8 SepAnitra and I are at Kansas City Developer Conference this week!
23. 5 SepSaturday picdump for Saturday, September 5
24. 4 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 7 – Sunday, September 13)
25. 3 SepNotes on OpenZiti Quickstart for an upcoming Ziti TV episode
26. 2 Sep“Retake the Lake” is now in the Chrome Web Store and easier to install!
27. 1 SepWould hardened Tailscale have changed the Hugging Face outcome?
28. 1 SepWaiting for Google to approve “Retake the Lake”…or not
29. 1 SepNotes from Venkat Subramaniam’s talk, “Power and Perils of AI Aided Coding”, at Tampa Java User Group (August 26, 2026)

August 2026

1. 31 AugRetake the Lake: A Chrome browser plug-in that corrects “Lake America” to “Lake Ontario”
2. 30 AugAI linkdump for Sunday, August 30
3. 29 AugSaturday picdump for Saturday, August 29
4. 28 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 31 – Sunday, September 6)
5. 26 AugDebugging with Claude Code
6. 23 AugAI linkdump for Sunday, August 23
7. 22 AugSaturday picdump for Saturday, August 22
8. 21 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 24 – Sunday, August 30)
9. 20 AugA new “back of the envelope” drawing for NetFoundry’s new “Reachability Watch”!
10. 18 AugMy new synth arrived: The M-VAVE FM-1
11. 18 AugIf you watch only one ad today (good luck with that), watch this one!
12. 16 AugGlobal Nerdy is 20 years old today!
13. 16 AugAI linkdump for Sunday, August 16
14. 15 AugSaturday picdump for Saturday, August 15
15. 14 AugI’m on “This Week in Tech” this Sunday, August 16!
16. 14 Aug“Culture eats cyber strategy for breakfast”: Notes from 813 Tech Day’s Security Panel
17. 14 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 17 – Sunday, August 23)
18. 13 AugWatched a Black Hat interview on AI supply chain security and it’s NetFoundry’s report’s findings, but from the opposite direction
19. 12 AugTampa Bay’s “Scenius” and 813 Tech Day
20. 11 AugSecurity leaders we surveyed feel pressure to secure their AI, and almost none of them feel ready
21. 10 AugHow I explain how I use AI in my presentations
22. 9 AugTampa Bay Tech Week presents 813 Tech Day on 8/13!
23. 8 AugSaturday picdump for Saturday, August 8
24. 7 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 10 – Sunday, August 16)
25. 6 Aug[Video] OpenZiti 2.0: Securing the Management API With Zero Open Ports
26. 6 AugThe best way to secure a public API might be to make it unreachable
27. 6 AugYou “Odyssey” this modern version of The Odyssey!
28. 5 AugTwo doors an attacker loves, and one they can’t find
29. 4 AugZrokGui: Windows GUI zrok front end built with WPF
30. 3 AugHappy 20th birthday, Pandoc!
31. 3 AugWhat’s new in the new Go?
32. 1 AugSaturday picdump for Saturday, August 1

July 2026

1. 31 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 3 – Sunday, August 9)
2. 27 JulYou can’t spell “airport” without “AI”
3. 26 JulTampa Bay Tech Week presents 727 Tech Day!
4. 25 JulSaturday picdump for Saturday, July 25
5. 24 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 27 – Sunday, August 2)
6. 22 JulHow to “make the rounds” at DevRelCon NYC 2026
7. 18 JulSaturday picdump for Saturday, July 18
8. 17 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 20 – Sunday, July 26)
9. 13 JulI might have been in cybersecurity and DevRel a little TOO long…
10. 13 JulMy talk next week at DevRelCon NYC 2026: “The Market is Trying to Tell You Something”
11. 11 JulSaturday picdump for Saturday, July 11
12. 10 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 13 – Sunday, July 19)
13. 7 JulHappy last “free” day of Claude Fable 5, everybody! [UPDATED]
14. 6 JulI’m speaking at DevRelCon NYC 2026 (July 22 – 23 in Brooklyn)!
15. 4 JulSaturday picdump for Saturday, July 4
16. 3 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 6 – Sunday, July 12)

June 2026

1. 27 JunSaturday picdump for Saturday, June 27
2. 26 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 29 – Sunday, July 5)
3. 20 JunSaturday picdump for Saturday, June 20
4. 19 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 22 – Sunday, June 28)
5. 13 JunSaturday picdump for Saturday, June 13
6. 12 JunLLMs should refer to themselves as “this unit”
7. 12 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 15 – Sunday, June 21)
8. 6 JunSaturday picdump for Saturday, June 6
9. 5 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 8 – Sunday, June 14)
10. 3 JunI’m on “This Week in Tech” this Sunday, June 7!
11. 1 JunSome LITERAL back-of-the-envelope diagrams in r/NetFoundry worth checking out

May 2026

1. 30 MaySaturday picdump for Saturday, May 30
2. 29 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 1 – Sunday, June 7)
3. 27 MayThis is my new developer relations meme and mantra
4. 23 MaySaturday picdump for Saturday, May 23
5. 22 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, May 25 – Sunday, May 31)
6. 21 MayNotes from BSides Tampa 13: “Dealing with Shadows” or “A day in the life of a threat actor negotiator”
7. 19 MaypoweredUp Tampa Bay Tech Festival 2026
8. 16 MaySaturday picdump for Saturday, May 16
9. 15 MayGo to BSides Tampa, because 80% of success is showing up
10. 15 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, May 18 – Sunday, May 24)
11. 10 May“AI Is Stealing Your Job”: An online panel happening this Tuesday, May 12 at 8 p.m.
12. 9 MaySaturday picdump for Saturday, May 9
13. 7 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, May 11 – Sunday, May 17)
14. 6 MayNotes from Philip Griffith’s talk: Why Traditional Networking Fails Agentic AI
15. 4 MayElon threatens to make OpenAI leaders “most hated men in America,” a topic where he’s a subject matter expert
16. 4 MayStuff that arrived over the weekend
17. 3 MayIt’s gonna be May in Tampa Bay!
18. 2 MaySaturday picdump for Saturday, May 2
19. 1 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, May 4 – Sunday, May 10)

April 2026

1. 30 AprScenes from “Tech in Full Effect” (Saturday, April 18, 2026)
2. 27 AprSeems legit
3. 27 AprZiti TV: Explaining OpenZiti to the new guy (and that’s me!)
4. 25 AprSaturday picdump for Saturday, April 25
5. 24 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, April 27 – Sunday, May 3)
6. 22 AprToo much machine for me? [Updated, with the fates of my old machines]
7. 21 AprA new meaning for “lgtm”
8. 21 AprBaruch Sadogursky and Leonid Igolnik’s Arc of AI presentation: “Back to the Future of Software: How to Survive the AI Apocalypse with Tests, Prompts, and Specs”
9. 20 AprDay 1 as NetFoundry’s Senior Developer Advocate
10. 18 AprSaturday picdump for Saturday, April 18
11. 17 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, April 20 – Sunday, April 26)
12. 16 AprMike Amundsen’s Arc of AI afternoon keynote: “Thinking with Machines”
13. 15 AprVenkat Subramaniam’s Arc of AI afternoon keynote: “Influencing the Irrational AI-Clouded Minds”
14. 14 AprNotes from Schutta and Vega’s Arc of AI Workshop, part 4: Own your career, learn how to learn, and don’t become a dependent
15. 14 AprNotes from Schutta and Vega’s Arc of AI Workshop, part 3: Clean code, influence skills, and why your legacy code pays the bills
16. 14 AprNotes from Schutta and Vega’s Arc of AI Workshop, part 2: Reading code is a superpower, and we were never taught it
17. 14 AprNotes from Schutta and Vega’s Arc of AI Workshop, part 1: The fundamentals still matter!
18. 11 AprSaturday picdump for Saturday, April 11
19. 10 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, April 13 – Sunday, April 19)
20. 6 AprYou’ve got 41 days before chip prices skyrocket
21. 4 AprSaturday picdump for Saturday, April 4
22. 3 AprThe war in Iran is about to make your next computer a lot more expensive. Buy now if you can.
23. 3 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, April 6 – Sunday, April 12)
24. 1 AprI’m the opening musical act at the Arc of AI conference!

March 2026

1. 30 MarThe ultimate guide for making the rounds at Tampa Bay Tech Week (April 7–12)
2. 28 MarSaturday picdump for Saturday, March 28
3. 27 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 30 – Sunday, April 5)
4. 26 MarMeet Madtech.AI: Notes from Bill Lederer’s presentation at AI Salon: St. Pete/Tampa Bay
5. 26 MarFive Things We Learned at AI Salon: St. Pete/Tampa Bay – Notes from a fireplace conversation with Accenture’s James Gress
6. 26 MarUpgrading “Eternal Grind” with Claude Code, step by step
7. 25 MarLatest updates to my portfolio
8. 23 MarMy upcoming talk at Arc of AI: AEO – Writing Docs and Code for Machines
9. 21 MarSaturday picdump for Saturday, March 21
10. 20 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 23 – Sunday, March 29)
11. 19 MarTampa Bay Tech Week: April 7 – 12!
12. 18 MarMy conversations with AIs (#2 in a series)
13. 17 MarMy favorite talk title from the upcoming Arc of AI conference (April 13 – 16)
14. 17 Mar“Eternal Grind”: My agentically-coded homage to “Progress Quest”
15. 16 MarThe Arc of AI conference’s workshop day: Monday, April 13, 2026
16. 14 MarSaturday picdump for Saturday, March 14
17. 13 MarNotes from Advantage, part 4 — Dave Parry: Shift to Agentic Software Engineering
18. 13 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 16 – Sunday, March 22)
19. 12 MarNotes from Advantage, part 3 — Rod Johnson: Language Stacks and Gen AI
20. 11 MarNotes from Advantage, part 2 — Pratik Patel: AI Architecture for Tech Leaders
21. 11 MarNotes from Advantage, part 1 — Frank Greco: A Leader’s Playbook for AI
22. 10 MarI’m speaking at “Arc of AI” in Austin, Texas — April 13 – 16!
23. 9 MarVibe Coding Workshop with Tampa Bay AI Meetup – THIS THURSDAY!
24. 7 MarSaturday picdump for Saturday, March 7
25. 6 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 9 – Sunday, March 15)
26. 5 MarHow to “make the rounds” at Dev/Nexus 2026

February 2026

1. 28 FebSaturday picdump for Saturday, February 28
2. 27 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 2 – Sunday, March 8)
3. 24 FebNotes from Pratik Patel’s presentation, “AI Native Architecture” (Feb. 19, 2026 @ Tampa Java User Group / Tampa Bay AI Meetup)
4. 21 FebSaturday picdump for Saturday, February 21
5. 20 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 23 – Sunday, March 1)
6. 19 FebA Fake Recruiter Tried to Scam Me — I Caught Him Using ChatGPT
7. 14 FebSaturday picdump for Saturday, February 14
8. 13 FebRemember to occasionally sass back at LLMs
9. 13 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 16 – Sunday, February 22)
10. 10 FebYour first warning
11. 7 FebSaturday picdump for Saturday, February 7
12. 6 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 9 – Sunday, February 15)
13. 5 FebClaude’s Super Bowl ads are so funny that Sam Altman’s crashing out over them
14. 3 FebToday’s big win
15. 3 FebThe key to thriving in the AI age is beating the bottlenecks
16. 2 FebA quick intro to OpenClaw (formerly MoltBot, formerly ClawdBot) and 7 tips for getting started

January 2026

1. 31 JanSaturday picdump for Saturday, January 31
2. 30 JanProjects I’m vibe coding, projects I’m grind coding, and projects in-between
3. 30 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 2 – Sunday, February 8)
4. 24 JanSaturday picdump for Saturday, January 24
5. 23 JanNotes from Nate B. Jones’ video, “The People Getting Promoted All Have This One Thing in Common (AI Is Supercharging this Mindset)”
6. 23 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 26 – Sunday, February 1)
7. 19 JanGrind coding, vibe coding, and everything in between
8. 18 JanGlobal Nerdy and the great, fantastic, no bad, very good year
9. 17 JanSaturday picdump for Saturday, January 17
10. 16 JanNotes from CTO School Tampa Bay’s fireside chat with Leon Kuperman, CTO of CAST AI
11. 16 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 19 – Sunday, January 25)
12. 15 JanA busy evening with some of my favorite tools
13. 13 JanMore notes
14. 11 JanScenes from O’Reilly ETCon 2002
15. 10 JanComing soon to a Tampa Bay AI Meetup near you
16. 10 Jan“Star Trek: Voyager” predicted vibe coding…and it’s cringe!
17. 10 JanSaturday picdump for Saturday, January 10
18. 9 JanLessons you can take away from my job search experience
19. 9 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 12 – Sunday, January 18)
20. 8 JanA valid hypothesis
21. 8 JanLots of interviews, lots of notes
22. 5 JanI was on the first “This Week in Tech” episode of 2026!
23. 4 JanDon’t feel bad; even the inventor of the term “vibe coding” is overwhelmed by all the AI-driven changes
24. 3 JanSaturday picdump for Saturday, January 3
25. 3 JanThe “Nick Fury” method for refusing LLM answers
26. 2 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 5 – Sunday, January 11)
27. 1 JanMy AI improvement to the Tampa Bay Tech Events list builder

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December 2025

1. 31 DecAI advice for the “KPop Demon Hunters” generation
2. 27 DecSaturday picdump for Saturday, December 27
3. 26 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 29 – Sunday, January 4)
4. 20 DecSaturday picdump for Saturday, December 20
5. 19 DecThank you, Global Nerdy readers!
6. 19 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 22 – Sunday, December 28)
7. 18 DecThank you for making me Tampa Tech Community Champion 2025!
8. 18 DecThe brutally honest AI career playbook: Insights from a Stanford CS230 AI class
9. 15 Dec“Street fighting” job interview tip #1: Have notes — and write them down by hand!
10. 13 DecInside you, there are two owls
11. 13 DecSaturday picdump for Saturday, December 13
12. 12 DecGPT 5.2 says there are no “r”s in “garlic”
13. 12 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 15 – Sunday, December 21)
14. 11 DecMeme of the moment (RAM prices and AI)
15. 11 DecNotes from Venkat Subramaniam’s presentation on finding and fixing code with AI (Monday, December 8, 2025)
16. 10 DecThe toaster from the “toaster programmer” joke of the 1990s is now real!
17. 9 DecWhere Cory Doctorow’s line, “When life give you SARS, you make sarsaparilla,” comes from
18. 8 DecYour “official unofficial” calendar for December 2025!
19. 7 DecOn Netflix buying WB
20. 6 DecSaturday picdump for Saturday, December 6
21. 5 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 8 – Sunday, December 14)
22. 3 DecSandwiches and peace over Scrum Masters and ill-timed chats
23. 2 Dec“Centaurs vs. Minotaurs,” my 2023 presentation on AI at SocialCode x Tampa

November 2025

1. 30 NovIt’s ChatGPT’s 3rd anniversary!
2. 29 NovSaturday picdump for Saturday, November 29
3. 28 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 1 – Sunday, December 7)
4. 26 NovNotes on using Gemini 3 Pro, part 3: Every prompting tip and trick I know (so far)
5. 25 NovFeel free to borrow my “AI usage disclosure” slide
6. 25 NovNotes on using Gemini 3 Pro, part 2: It’s multimodal!
7. 24 NovNotes on using Gemini 3 Pro, part 1: Context entropy and a huge context window
8. 22 NovSaturday picdump for Saturday, November 22
9. 21 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 24 – Sunday, November 30)
10. 15 NovSaturday picdump for Saturday, November 15
11. 14 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 17 – Sunday, November 23)
12. 12 NovRemember to not leave all the work to the AI
13. 11 NovThe “Careers in Tech” panel at TechX Florida / Reasons to be optimistic 2025
14. 8 NovSaturday picdump for Saturday, November 8
15. 7 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 10 – Sunday, November 16)
16. 4 NovI’m speaking at the TechX Florida 2025 AI conference this Saturday!
17. 1 NovSaturday picdump for Saturday, November 1

October 2025

1. 31 OctDon’t forget Global Nerdy’s YouTube channel!
2. 31 OctOne last endorsement for the ZGX Nano AI workstation
3. 31 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 3 – Sunday, November 9)
4. 28 OctMy speedrun as the HP ZGX Nano Developer Advocate: Two months, one podcast, zero regrets
5. 27 OctNew video on the “Global Nerdy” YouTube channel: “How computers work ‘under the hood’”
6. 27 OctThis Tuesday in Tampa: Two tech events, four minutes apart!
7. 25 OctSaturday picdump for Saturday, October 25
8. 24 OctTalking about HP’s ZGX Nano on the “Intelligent Machines” podcast
9. 24 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 27 – Sunday, November 2)
10. 20 Oct“But ad blockers spoil the mood!”
11. 20 OctWhere to get Michael Carducci’s “You wouldn’t steal the sum total of human knowledge…” T-shirt
12. 18 OctSaturday picdump for Saturday, October 18
13. 17 OctScenes from last night’s “Architecture Patterns for AI-Powered Applications” meetup with Michael Carducci
14. 17 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 20 – Sunday, October 26)
15. 15 OctAn even better joke about OpenAI’s “erotica for verified adults” announcement
16. 14 OctOpenAI finally figured out what REALLY we want in an AI chatbot
17. 14 OctThere’s a lot going on in Tampa in the next couple of weeks: CyberBay, CyberX Tampa Bay, and Techstars Startup Weekend Tampa!
18. 11 OctSaturday picdump for Saturday, October 11
19. 10 OctSpecs for NVIDIA’s GB10 chip, which powers HP’s ZGX Nano G1n AI workstation
20. 10 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 13 – Sunday, October 19)
21. 6 OctHP’s ZGX Nano G1n AI workstation: A sneak peek!
22. 4 OctSaturday picdump for Saturday, October 4
23. 3 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 6 – Sunday, October 12)

September 2025

1. 27 SepBSides St. Pete: Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4!
2. 27 SepSaturday picdump for Saturday, September 27
3. 26 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 29 – Sunday, October 5)
4. 20 SepSaturday picdump for Saturday, September 20
5. 19 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 22 – Sunday, September 28)
6. 14 SepGoats, cabbages, and wolves: A ChatGPT5 challenge
7. 13 SepSaturday picdump for Saturday, September 13
8. 12 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 15 – Sunday, September 21)
9. 10 Sep“Back to the Future of Work” covered in Tampa Bay Business & Wealth!
10. 9 SepI’ll be speaking at the Indo-US Chamber of Commerce’s “Practical AI” panel — Tuesday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m.!
11. 8 SepHumble Bundle deals for aspiring AI developers!
12. 7 SepR.I.P. Vincent Tang
13. 6 SepWhat DON’T you want in your next job?
14. 6 SepSaturday picdump for Saturday, September 6
15. 5 SepScenes from Fractio’s “Back to the Future of Work” event (September 4, 2025)
16. 5 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 8 – Sunday, September 14)
17. 1 SepA scavenger hunt for a great cause: Ye Mystic Krewe of the Nautilus’ “Quest for Hope!”

August 2025

1. 30 AugSaturday picdump for Saturday, August 30
2. 29 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 1 – Sunday, September 7)
3. 28 AugThe room where it happens
4. 26 AugQuick announcement: I’m doing developer relations for HP’s new ZGX Nano AI computer!
5. 23 AugSaturday picdump for Saturday, August 23
6. 22 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 25 – Sunday, August 31)
7. 16 AugSaturday picdump for Saturday, August 16
8. 15 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 18 – Sunday, August 24)
9. 13 AugHow to “make the rounds” at KCDC 2025
10. 11 AugMy AI technique, captured in a single social media post (with one exception)
11. 9 AugSaturday picdump for Saturday, August 9
12. 8 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 11 – Sunday, August 17)
13. 5 Aug“Can you imagine a world without Teams and LinkedIn?”
14. 2 AugSaturday picdump for August 2, 2025
15. 1 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 4 – Sunday, August 10)

July 2025

1. 28 JulThe interview where I ALMOST succeeded
2. 26 JulSaturday picdump for Saturday, July 26
3. 25 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 28 – Sunday, August 3)
4. 19 JulSaturday picdump for Saturday, July 19
5. 18 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 21 – Sunday, July 27)
6. 17 JulA simple AI fake voice and face example
7. 12 JulSaturday picdump for Saturday, July 12
8. 11 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 14 – Sunday, July 20)
9. 9 JulCatch our webinar about rethinking the way we pay for knowledge work in the age of AI this Thursday, July 10!
10. 5 JulSaturday picdump for Saturday, July 05
11. 4 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 7 – Sunday, July 13)

June 2025

1. 28 JunSaturday picdump for Saturday, June 28
2. 27 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 30 – Sunday, July 6)
3. 26 JunMy travel setup
4. 23 JunSlides from my upcoming Ren’Py presentation for KCDC 2025
5. 21 JunSaturday picdump for June 21, 2025
6. 20 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 23 – Sunday, June 29)
7. 14 JunSaturday picdump for June 14, 2025
8. 13 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 16 – Sunday, June 22, 2025)
9. 11 JunWearing the red shirt
10. 10 JunThe code for the Tampa Bay AI Meetup’s “AI job application helper app” is now online!
11. 7 JunSaturday picdump for June 7, 2025
12. 6 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 9 – Sunday, June 15, 2025)
13. 5 JunThe stickers on my Windows laptop
14. 3 JunGet 18 O’Reilly books on AI and machine learning for just $25 at Humble Bundle!

May 2025

1. 31 MayThe stickers on my 2014 MacBook Pro
2. 31 MaySaturday picdump for May 31, 2025
3. 30 MayWednesday, June 18: Intro to AI agents with MCP!
4. 30 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, June 2 – Sunday, June 8, 2025)
5. 29 MayA Raspberry Pi battery life/vibe coding experiment
6. 28 MayOne of today’s missions: Reorganize the home office
7. 26 MayThe “just by vibe coding” mental model
8. 24 MaySaturday picdump for May 24, 2025
9. 23 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, May 26 – Sunday, June 1, 2025)
10. 20 MayI’ll be at VueConf US 2025!
11. 17 MaySaturday picdump for May 17, 2025
12. 16 May“Surviving Your Layoff”: tomorrow at BSides Tampa
13. 16 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, May 19 – Sunday, May 18, 2025)
14. 13 May“The Pope was chosen in 2 days. Your remote hire doesn’t need 5 rounds of interviews.”
15. 12 MayThe perfect Jira ad
16. 12 MayAI, a12y (automatability), and Tampa Bay Python
17. 12 MayBSides Tampa 12: This coming weekend!
18. 10 MaySaturday picdump for May 10, 2025
19. 9 MayAttend next week’s poweredUP tech conference for 15% or FREE!
20. 9 MayA non-coder vibe coding vs. an experienced coder
21. 9 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, May 12 – Sunday, May 18, 2025)
22. 7 MayO’Reilly’s AI Codecon — free and online, Thursday, May 8!
23. 6 MayMy photos from last Wednesday’s “meetup of Tampa Bay technology meetups”
24. 5 MayTampa Bay Python is under new management!
25. 5 MayTampaBay PyLadies needs an organizer!
26. 3 MaySaturday picdump for May 3, 2025
27. 2 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, May 5 – Sunday, May 11, 2025)

April 2025

1. 30 AprClaude does impression of me, comes up with new acronym: STARBS
2. 29 AprI’m speaking at Kansas City Developer Conference!
3. 27 AprJoin Tampa Bay’s tech groups this Wednesday at the Happy Hour Networking + AI Lightning Talk event!
4. 26 AprSaturday picdump for April 26, 2025
5. 25 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, April 28 – Sunday, May 4, 2025)
6. 5 AprSaturday picdump for April 5, 2025
7. 4 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, April 7 – Sunday, April 13, 2025)
8. 3 AprThanks for the login warning, Vanguard!
9. 2 AprThe vibe coding-improv connection

March 2025

1. 29 MarOF COURSE there are AI condoms now…
2. 29 MarSaturday picdump for March 29, 2025
3. 28 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 31 – Sunday, April 6, 2025)
4. 22 MarSaturday picdump for March 22, 2025
5. 21 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 24 – Sunday, March 30, 2025)
6. 20 MarHumble Bundle’s great set of computer science books for $2 each!
7. 19 MarSuncoast Software Skills Meetup: Making sense of Git and GitHub — Monday, March 24 at Embarc Collective!
8. 18 MarIf you meet a crypto leprechaun, do this
9. 15 MarSaturday picdump for March 15, 2025
10. 14 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 17 – Sunday, March 23, 2025)
11. 10 MarThis is what the first Monday of daylight saving time feels like
12. 8 MarDeal of the Day: TRS-80 Model III, still working — $150!
13. 8 MarSaturday picdump for March 8, 2025
14. 7 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 10 – Sunday, March 16, 2025)
15. 1 MarSaturday picdump for March 1, 2025

February 2025

1. 28 FebThis is horrifying: U.S. Defense Secretary Orders Cyber Command to stand down from all planning to counter Russia
2. 28 FebI’ll admit it: I thought Skype had already shut down
3. 28 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, March 3 – Sunday, March 9, 2025)
4. 25 FebThe increasing reliance on AI in programming
5. 24 FebTampa Bay AI Meetup on Monday, March 17 at Embarc Collective: Build an AI Job Application Helper App!
6. 23 FebTampa Bay AI and Suncoast Software Skills Meetups — powered by Embarc Collective and Bank of America!
7. 22 FebSaturday picdump for February 22, 2025
8. 21 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 24 – Sunday, March 2, 2025)
9. 20 FebCompany headshots / What I’ve been up to
10. 16 FebSaturday (actually, Sunday) picdump for February 15, 2025
11. 14 FebDOGE’s government org chart page seems to be hacked
12. 14 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 17 – Sunday, February 23, 2025)
13. 12 FebResume-generating events
14. 8 FebSaturday picdump for February 8, 2025
15. 7 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 10 – Sunday, February 16, 2025)
16. 5 FebLean Beer in St. Pete / Tech Happy Hour in Tampa this week
17. 1 FebSaturday picdump for February 1, 2025

January 2025

1. 31 JanOne reason why I use the Warp terminal app (hint: AI)
2. 31 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, February 3 – Sunday, February 9, 2025)
3. 30 JanLast night’s “Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer” meetup
4. 29 JanWhiteboarding
5. 29 JanRunning DeepSeek R1 on a Raspberry Pi
6. 28 JanQuit your bellyachin’ about NVIDIA’s share price
7. 28 JanMy initial experience running the DeepSeek R1 AI on my Windows gaming laptop
8. 25 JanSaturday picdump for January 25, 2025
9. 24 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 27 – Sunday, February 2, 2025)
10. 23 JanCelebrate the Year of the Snake with Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer! (Wednesday, January 29)
11. 18 JanSaturday picdump for January 18, 2025
12. 17 JanThe Data4 conference: Wednesday, February 26 in Tampa!
13. 17 JanA helpful reminder from the computer in “Space: 1999”
14. 17 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 20 – Sunday, January 26, 2025)
15. 14 JanI’m working on the docs for Packfiles’ SaaS, Warp
16. 11 JanSaturday picdump for January 11, 2025
17. 10 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 13 – Sunday, January 19, 2025)
18. 9 JanThank you, PowerShell Gambit
19. 8 JanLearn about graph databases and how they work with apps and AI this Thursday at Tampa Java User Group / Tampa Bay AI Meetup!
20. 7 JanI’m working with Packfiles!
21. 6 JanMy newest gear: The Raspberry Pi 500!
22. 6 JanTampa Bay Innovation Center’s IdeaSprint Bootcamp for new B2b startups — Wednesday, January 15th!
23. 4 JanSaturday picdump for January 4, 2025
24. 3 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, January 6 – Sunday, January 12, 2025)

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December 2024

1. 28 DecSaturday picdump for December 28, 2024
2. 27 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 30 – Sunday, January 5, 2025)
3. 21 DecSaturday picdump for December 21, 2024
4. 20 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 23 – Sunday, December 29, 2024)
5. 19 DecThe “Ideas on Tap” Lecture Series: Starting January 7, 2025!
6. 17 DecDUG Power Platform Meetup’s December Showcase and Holiday Party: This Wednesday, December 18th!
7. 17 DecTampa Bay find of the day: Acute Angle AA B4 Mini PC
8. 16 DecSt. Pete Connects’ December happy hour: This Tuesday, December 17 at Green Bench
9. 14 DecSaturday picdump for December 14, 2024
10. 13 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 16 – Sunday, December 22, 2024)
11. 11 DecThursday’s tech parties in Tampa and St. Pete!
12. 10 DecSee my new talk, “It happens every 13 years” at TBTLA’s Tech Day this Saturday!
13. 9 DecWin an awesome Python-powered wearable computer at Tampa Bay’s end-of-year Tech Meetup!
14. 9 DecThis Tuesday: “Welcome to the AI Jungle! Now What?”
15. 7 DecSaturday picdump for December 7, 2024
16. 6 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 9 – Sunday, December 15, 2024)
17. 3 DecI’ll admit it; I laughed
18. 3 DecTwelve Essential Practices to be Effective in Continuous Delivery with Venkat Subramaniam — Wednesday, December 4 in Tampa!
19. 1 DecGet my “Intro to Python for AI” course (and many, many others) for half price at Kodeco’s Black Friday Sale!

November 2024

1. 30 NovSaturday picdump for November 30, 2024
2. 29 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, December 2 – Sunday, December 8, 2024)
3. 28 NovHappy Thanksgiving!
4. 25 NovWhat does YOUR workspace look like?
5. 24 NovSunday picdump for November 24, 2024
6. 22 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 25 – Sunday, December 1, 2024)
7. 21 NovWhen did GitHub Copilot get so snarky?
8. 19 NovWindows 365 Link: Not just a thin client, but a MEAGER client
9. 19 Nov“Welcome to the AI Jungle! Now What?” (Tampa Bay AI Meetup / Tampa Java User Group) — Tuesday, December 10 at Hays!
10. 18 NovTampa Bay’s End-of-Year Tech Meetup — Wednesday, December 11 at Embarc Collective!
11. 15 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 18 – Sunday, November 24, 2024)
12. 14 NovIt’s that time of the week again…
13. 10 NovGitHub Copilot: A free trial that actually worked
14. 8 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 11 – Sunday, November 17, 2024)
15. 7 NovI don’t remember my book having THIS cover…
16. 3 Nov365 Data Science’s Data Science and AI courses are free until November 21st!
17. 1 NovPyCon US 2025 has just been announced!
18. 1 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, November 4 – Sunday, November 10, 2024)
19. 1 NovHappy Halloween!

October 2024

1. 31 OctForget Halloween. I wear my scariest outfit every day!
2. 29 OctIt’s a…you know.
3. 28 OctHumble Bundle’s “Complete Learn to Code Python and ML” megabundle
4. 25 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Tuesday, October 28 – Sunday, November 3, 2024)
5. 24 OctWhen you fail a company phishing email test
6. 23 OctThe best comment on API design you’ll see today
7. 22 OctObscurity DOES have a role in security
8. 18 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Tuesday, October 21 – Sunday, October 27, 2024)
9. 16 OctA little reassurance
10. 15 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Tuesday, October 15 – Sunday, October 20, 2024)
11. 4 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, October 7 – Sunday, October 13, 2024)

September 2024

1. 27 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 30 – Sunday, October 6, 2024)
2. 23 SepScenes from DevOpsDays Tampa Bay 2024
3. 20 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 23 – Sunday, September 29, 2024)
4. 17 SepHow to make the rounds at DevOpsDays Tampa Bay 2024
5. 13 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 16 – Sunday, September 22, 2024)
6. 6 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 9 – Sunday, September 15, 2024)
7. 4 SepScenes from Tampa Bay Techies’ Social Networking Happy Hour

August 2024

1. 30 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 2 – Sunday, September 8, 2024)
2. 26 AugTypes of Workers
3. 23 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 26 – Sunday, September 1, 2024)
4. 18 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 19 – Sunday, August 25, 2024)
5. 12 AugNew video: “Surviving a Layoff: Mental Health Tips & Tricks”
6. 12 AugTampa Bay Product Group meetup this Tuesday!
7. 9 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 12 – Sunday, August 18, 2024)
8. 8 AugWhy “It depends” is a consultant’s go-to answer
9. 7 AugJoey de Villa’s content portfolio post (August 2024 edition)
10. 6 Aug“Tell Crowdstrike. I want them to know it was me.”

July 2024

1. 24 JulNEW VIDEO: “The CrowdStrike Outage Explained”
2. 24 JulHere’s how I interpret this message
3. 19 JulA great metaphor for what’s happening in IT today
4. 15 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 15 – Thursday, July 18, 2024)
5. 14 JulWhen AI is asked to make a picture of salmon in a river
6. 14 JulI’m teaching an online Python course with Computer Coach starting Monday, July 15th!
7. 10 JulAI instructions for wall-mounting a TV
8. 9 JulMy afternoon

June 2024

1. 24 JunOpenAI CTO says “maybe some creative jobs shouldn’t exist”
2. 17 Jun“Why aren’t we moving faster?”
3. 7 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, June 10, 2024)
4. 6 JunSubscribe while I’m still making my worst videos!

May 2024

1. 31 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, June 3, 2024)
2. 24 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 27, 2024)
3. 24 MayI only remember the joke version of “PCMCIA” was short for
4. 22 MayHer
5. 20 MayVideo of my Bsides Tampa 2024 presentation, “xz made EZ”
6. 19 MayThe poweredUP Tampa Bay Tech Festival happens Wednesday, May 22!
7. 18 MayThe top articles for date and time programming in Swift are still mine!
8. 17 MayTomorrow: Tampa Bay Techies’ Security and Study Group!
9. 17 May“127.0.0.1 is blocked”
10. 17 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 20, 2024)
11. 15 MayThe simplest way to illustrate how GPT-4o works…
12. 14 MayGPT-4o is amazing at describing images
13. 12 MayMy graphics from Unified.to’s “What is a unified API?” article
14. 10 MayI need to draw comics again
15. 10 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 13, 2024)
16. 8 MayAI coding in Python? Just use Anaconda.
17. 8 MayThe eternal dance of the independent contractor
18. 7 MayWhat was your first debugger?
19. 7 MayEasier ways to learn how neural networks work
20. 6 MayExperiment #3 for 2024: “Million Dollar Weekend”
21. 3 MayThe best one-on-one meeting story ever (or: Blind is WEIRD, man.)
22. 3 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 6, 2024)

April 2024

1. 29 AprI’m speaking on the “AI Superpowers Unlocked” panel on May 15!
2. 27 AprBusiness cards!
3. 26 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 29, 2024)
4. 19 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 22, 2024)
5. 16 AprRetrieval-augmented generation explained “Star Wars” style
6. 14 AprVideo and materials from my “AI: How to Jump in Right Away” presentation for Austin Forum
7. 13 AprThe best damned intro to a book on machine learning ever…
8. 12 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 15, 2024)
9. 10 AprAttend Civo Navigate Local Tampa 2024 with my super discount code!
10. 8 AprThis Tuesday: Tampa Bay has a product meetup again!
11. 8 AprWhy I make handwritten notes when learning or working on an idea
12. 5 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 8, 2024)
13. 4 AprI’m Unified API’s developer advocate!

March 2024

1. 29 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 1, 2024)
2. 27 MarBSides Tampa 11: April 5 and 6 at USF!
3. 27 MarI’m speaking at Civo Navigate Local Tampa on April 16th!
4. 26 MarJoin my online hands-on AI session with Austin Forum next week!
5. 26 MarCivo Navigate Local Tampa happens Tuesday, April 16 at Armature Works!
6. 26 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, March 25, 2024)
7. 22 MarWhat researching a company on the “Blind” app feels like
8. 16 MarLaid off in 2024, part 20: One of the upsides of being laid off (electronics and IoT)
9. 15 MarLaid off in 2024, part 19: Why I’m relying on connections and referrals
10. 15 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, March 18, 2024)
11. 13 MarHelp Tampa tech reporter Sarah Perez rebuild!
12. 11 MarMy desktop, at the moment
13. 8 MarLaid off in 2024, part 18: Timing is everything
14. 8 MarAdditional notes for “Beyond the Circuit: The Everlasting Role of Hardware Skills”
15. 8 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, March 11, 2024)
16. 7 MarLaid off in 2024, part 17: The only social network that matters
17. 5 MarJoin my online chat about hardware skills THIS FRIDAY!
18. 5 MarTampa Bay’s Spring Technology Festival is THIS FRIDAY!
19. 4 MarOpenAI needs bodyguards…er, “Executive Protection Operators”
20. 4 MarLaid off in 2024, part 16: Signs that you’re about to be laid off
21. 3 MarLaid off in 2024, part 15: Q-TIP, or Quit Taking It Personally
22. 3 MarWhen you ask ChatGPT for a word that begins with “i”
23. 1 MarLaid off in 2024, part 14: No stigma, no shame
24. 1 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, March 4, 2024)

February 2024

1. 23 FebLaid off in 2024, part 13: One day, in retrospect, you’ll remember this time as beautiful
2. 23 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, February 26, 2024)
3. 22 FebTampa Devs’ BayHacks 2024 hackathon happens this Saturday!
4. 19 FebLaid off in 2024, part 12: Lessons from “The Martian” and other notes
5. 18 FebLaid off in 2024, part 11: The dreaded non-disparagement clause
6. 17 FebLaid off in 2024, part 10: Unearned consequences
7. 16 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, February 19, 2024)
8. 15 FebLaid off in 2024, part 9: The box came back, the very next day…
9. 14 FebLaid off in 2024, part 8: Step one — get a box…
10. 13 FebI’m speaking at Civo Navigate North America in Austin next week!
11. 12 FebLaid off in 2024, part 7: Join me on “Surviving a Layoff” this Wednesday!
12. 12 FebLaid off in 2024, part 6: The separation agreement / Money, money, money
13. 11 FebLaid off in 2024, part 5: The next two weeks
14. 10 FebLaid off in 2024, part 4: Make the Year of the Blue Dragon YOUR year!
15. 9 FebLaid off in 2024, part 3: How are you doing?
16. 9 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, February 12, 2024)
17. 6 FebLaid off in 2024, part 2: First referrals and blue dragons
18. 5 FebLaid off in 2024, part 1: The 15 worst minutes of 2024, followed by 15 more
19. 2 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, February 5, 2024)

January 2024

1. 26 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, January 29, 2024)
2. 19 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, January 22, 2024)
3. 12 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, January 15, 2024)
4. 5 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, January 8, 2024)
5. 3 JanThe first AGI meme of 2024: “Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!”
6. 3 JanThe first stand-up of the new year
7. 2 JanThe best social media post about AGI that you might have missed
8. 2 JanYour 2024 inspiration
9. 1 JanI’m doing an AI presentation at Civo Navigate North America in Austin in February!

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December 2023

1. 29 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, January 1, 2024)
2. 22 DecHow coffee works
3. 22 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, December 25, 2023)
4. 15 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, December 18, 2023)
5. 13 DecMy new PyGamer device
6. 10 DecThe “Mother of All Demos” happened 55 years ago today
7. 8 DecNotes from Venkat Subramaniam’s talk, “Design Trade-Offs in Modern Architectures”
8. 8 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, December 11, 2023)
9. 4 Dec“Subra-mania” in Tampa Bay!
10. 1 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, December 4, 2023)

November 2023

1. 30 NovAnalytics Insight’s very clumsy plagiarism
2. 24 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, November 27, 2023)
3. 22 NovThat happened more quickly than I’d expected…
4. 20 NovPlace your bets on OpenAI’s new leader
5. 17 NovScenes (and full video!) from my “How Computers Work Under the Hood” presentation
6. 17 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, November 20, 2023)
7. 10 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, November 13, 2023)
8. 9 NovI have to respect this seller’s title inflation
9. 8 NovI’m teaching a Python course with Computer Coach starting Monday, November 27th!
10. 3 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, November 6, 2023)

October 2023

1. 30 OctScenes and notes from the Tampa Bay AI Meetup (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)
2. 30 OctDon’t miss Techapalooza, happening this Thursday at SOFWERX!
3. 29 OctCyber Ohana Project’s 3rd Annual Luau Gala (Saturday, November 11th)
4. 27 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, October 30, 2023)
5. 26 Oct“Prototype SPOOK-TACULAR FRANKEN-APPS with BRAINS!” – This Saturday at Tampa Code Camp
6. 26 OctScenes from CyberX Tampa Bay 2023 (Tuesday, October 24, 2023)
7. 23 OctScenes from GDG DevFest Tampa Bay (Saturday, October 21, 2023)
8. 22 OctScenes from the Tampa Bay UX Meetup (Thursday, October 19, 2023)
9. 20 OctNew gear and a screen protector that might be over-promising
10. 20 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, October 23, 2023)
11. 18 OctThe ugly manifesto behind the “Techno-Optimist Manifesto”
12. 13 OctScenes from an AI meetup in San Francisco
13. 13 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, October 16, 2023)
14. 12 OctNotes from the “Becoming an Empowered AI Worker” session
15. 9 OctJoin me at this online Computer Coach session on AI and work! (Tues. Oct. 10)
16. 9 OctR.I.P. “Super Vittorio” Bertocci
17. 8 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, October 9, 2023)

September 2023

1. 29 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, October 2, 2023)
2. 25 SepHow generative AI might end up solving the world’s problems
3. 22 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, September 25, 2023)
4. 19 SepLocal developer conferences in October
5. 18 SepScenes from BSides St. Pete 2023
6. 15 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, September 18, 2023)
7. 14 SepHigh Tech Connect’s September Tech Fest: Next Monday, September 18th!
8. 14 SepI’ll be at the Oktane conference in San Francisco (Oct 3 – 5)!
9. 13 SepDevOpsDays Tampa Bay 2023: Thursday, September 21!
10. 12 SepBSides St. Pete IT Security Conference: Saturday, September 16!
11. 9 SepSlides from “Centaurs vs. Minotaurs,” my presentation at SocialCode x Tampa
12. 8 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, September 11, 2023)
13. 2 SepGet started with Python and AI with 3 books for only a dollar!
14. 1 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, September 4, 2023)

August 2023

1. 28 AugTampa Bay’s tech scene is having a September to Remember!
2. 26 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, August 28, 2023) – Hurricane Update
3. 20 AugMark “The SocialCode x Tampa” on your calendar — Thursday, September 7th!
4. 19 AugHappy whyday!
5. 18 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, August 21, 2023)
6. 14 AugSteve Waldman on building an authenticated service in Scala with tapir and JWT
7. 11 AugA handy hack for not getting your drinks “spiked” at Def Con
8. 11 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, August 14, 2023)
9. 10 AugTonight’s double bill: Tampa Java User Group and Tampa Bay Women in Agile
10. 9 AugDon’t use AI for your “LinkedIn glamor shots”
11. 7 AugEvery programming language has its time
12. 4 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, August 7, 2023)
13. 3 AugThis used to be a hobby of mine, too
14. 1 AugMy next Meetup presentation: Spring Boot, Kotlin, APIs, and getting a job (Aug. 10)!

July 2023

1. 31 JulTwitter’s X and other “blackboard bold” letters used in math
2. 29 JulThe strategy behind Twitter’s rebranding, explained
3. 29 JulManning ebooks, print books, and videos are on sale until July 31!
4. 28 JulThis Monday: Build a “Magic 8-Ball” app at the Tampa Bay Apple Coders Meetup!
5. 28 JulScenes and notes from Tampa Bay Techies’ “Breaking Into Tech” panel
6. 28 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, July 31, 2023)
7. 26 JulThere is no plan at Twitter/X. There are only pants and paved cowpaths.
8. 24 JulTuesday, July 25: Tampa Bay Techies presents “Breaking into Tech!”
9. 24 JulThis Wednesday: Java for Serverless Cloud Functions!
10. 24 JulIf Twitter is now “X,” what will tweets be called?
11. 21 JulTampa Bay Techies’ July Study Meetup this Saturday!
12. 21 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, July 24, 2023)
13. 20 JulOnline event: “How to Leverage Generative AI for Your Work”
14. 20 JulHow DID they do it?
15. 18 JulIs this what they mean by “cloud provider?”
16. 17 JulCoreX Legal’s “lunch & learn” seminar: “Useful AI Tools and How to Use (or Tolerate) Them in Your Business”
17. 14 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, July 17, 2023)
18. 13 JulDisgraced former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky arrested; Tampa Bay-based CTO presumably still running free
19. 13 JulScenes from TBTLA’s AI fireside chat
20. 11 JulIntroductory questions for tomorrow’s AI Fireside Chat
21. 7 JulWhy Threads got 30 million users in a day, explained with a sticker
22. 7 JulThe stunning origin of the Threads app’s icon
23. 7 JulTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, July 10, 2023)
24. 6 JulThe Threads FAQ
25. 3 JulDouglas Hofstadter, “Gödel, Escher, Bach” and his take on the state of AI today

June 2023

1. 30 Jun45 (mostly) Python tutorials for $25 via Humble Bundle!
2. 30 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, July 3, 2023)
3. 28 JunI’ll be speaking at TBTLA’s artificial intelligence “fireside chat”! (Wednesday, July 12)
4. 27 JunThe Munk Debate on AI R&D: Existential threat or not?
5. 24 JunMy interviews (so far) about AI on Fox 13 News Tampa
6. 24 JunChatGPT fails to answer a classic math problem with a twist
7. 23 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, June 26, 2023)
8. 23 JunUSF’s information session on their “Pathway to Computing” graduate certificate program – Friday, June 23rd
9. 22 JunScenes and slides from Tampa Devs’ “Selling Yourself: The Art of Interviewing” meetup
10. 20 JunWould you like to know how computers REALLY work “under the hood?”
11. 20 JunRichard “.NET Rocks” Campbell on the next decade of software development
12. 17 JunGet these 5 books for 1 dollar at Humble Bundle!
13. 17 JunBuild your first iOS app at Tampa Bay Apple Coding Meetup — Monday, June 26!
14. 16 JunTampa Bay Techies Mini Golf Meetup this Saturday evening
15. 16 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, June 19, 2023)
16. 15 JunYesterday’s AI interview on FOX 13 News Tampa
17. 13 JunI’m on FOX 13 Tampa tomorrow at 4:20 p.m. to talk about artificial intelligence
18. 9 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, June 12, 2023)
19. 7 JunUSF’s information session on their AI graduate certificate program – Friday, June 9th
20. 3 JunAndrew Ng’s “ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers” is free for a limited time!
21. 2 JunHumble Bundle’s deal on cybersecurity and forensics books from CRC Press
22. 2 JunTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, June 5, 2023)

May 2023

1. 31 MayCyberX Tampa Bay’s mid-year happy hour tonight
2. 30 MayTomorrow: Build Eliza, the original chatbot from 1964!
3. 26 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 29, 2023)
4. 25 MayThe top story on Techmeme right now…
5. 25 MayA lot of tech meetups tonight!
6. 24 MayAnother reminder to double-check your work before putting it out there
7. 24 MayTonight’s big tech meetups in Tampa Bay
8. 23 MayMaciej Ceglowski’s reassuring arguments for why an AI superintelligence might not be a threat to humanity
9. 22 MayEnjoy Molly White’s “Web3 Bingo” cards on Bitcoin Pizza Day
10. 19 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 22, 2023)
11. 18 MayEverything you need to know about cryptocurrency, in a single Twitter poll
12. 18 MayI’m speaking at GDG Central Florida on Thursday, May 25!
13. 17 MayAnother “boom cycle” chart
14. 16 MayMake the most of the “Hallway Track” at poweredUp Tampa Bay!
15. 12 MayScenes from last night’s Java User Group meetup featuring Scala
16. 12 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 15, 2023)
17. 11 MayHe’s right
18. 11 MaypoweredUP is next Wednesday!
19. 10 MayMade in Tampa
20. 10 MayYou want sum of this? (or: What does the Σ symbol mean?)
21. 7 MayThe bias in AI *influencers*
22. 5 MayMy interviews on artificial intelligence and ChatGPT on local news
23. 5 MayTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 8, 2023)
24. 4 MayThe Pixies song “Where is my mind?” cancels alarms on Google Pixel phones
25. 3 MayTampa Bay Technology Leadership Association relaunches tomorrow!
26. 3 MayAI ad of the moment: “Beer Party in Hell”
27. 2 MayI’m calling it THIS from now on…
28. 2 MayHumble Bundle’s deal on No Starch Press’ Python books
29. 2 MayAI ad of the moment: “Pepperoni Hug Spot”
30. 1 MayComputing innovations happen every 13 years, and we’re at the start of a new one

April 2023

1. 30 AprMy “Working with dates and times in Swift” articles on the Auth0 blog
2. 28 AprTampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup is back!
3. 28 AprHumble Bundle deals on AI books and courses
4. 28 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 1, 2023)
5. 22 Apr2.5 years at Auth0 by Okta
6. 22 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 24, 2023)
7. 21 AprHow to make the rounds at PyCon US 2023
8. 17 AprComing soon to PyConUS 2023
9. 14 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 17, 2023)
10. 12 AprPivoting, 1980s style
11. 12 AprTalking about mobile development LIVE Thursday afternoon!
12. 12 AprThursday: University of Tampa speaker series featuring Chaz Ross-Munro on CRMs
13. 12 AprScenes from Tampa Devs’ AI meetup
14. 9 AprI’ll be talking about ChatGPT and AI on Monday, April 10 at 4 p.m. on FOX 13 Tampa!
15. 7 AprTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 10, 2023)
16. 6 AprChatGPT prompt experiment: Mr. Clean / “Star Wars” product placement
17. 5 AprUniversity of Tampa speaker series: Building an innovative sales playbook to grow your business with Sercan Topcu
18. 4 AprMy take on the merger of two giant telcos in Canada
19. 4 AprMake an impact with only $100 with 100 Techies Who Care!
20. 4 AprTampa Devs this Wednesday: State machines, AI, and Stable Diffusion!
21. 3 AprScenes from BSides Tampa X 2023

March 2023

1. 31 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 3, 2023)
2. 25 MarA ten-dollar head start on machine learning
3. 25 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, March 27, 2023)
4. 18 MarTampa Bay’s new AI/Python hands-on coding group needs a venue!
5. 17 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, March 20, 2023)
6. 15 MarThursday, March 16th: Growth Hacking and Inbound Marketing with Tracy Ingram!
7. 10 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, March 13, 2023)
8. 9 MarFox 13 News Tampa continues their series on artificial intelligence with Maya AI
9. 8 MarTwitter’s legal team over the past 48 hours
10. 8 MarI’m in a local news story on ChatGPT
11. 7 MarElon Musk trolled a Twitter employee who just wanted to know if he’d been laid off
12. 6 MarI’ll be attending Python Web Conf 2023 (March 13 – 17)!
13. 3 MarD4 conference in Tampa: April 19 – 21
14. 3 MarTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, March 6, 2023)
15. 2 MarConverting a number into words, this time with Python and inflect.py
16. 2 MarTHIS is how you tweet after a very public, somewhat embarrassing layoff
17. 2 MarHigh Tech Connect’s March Tech Fest at Rapid7 — TONIGHT!
18. 1 MarScenes from last night’s “Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer”
19. 1 MarHey, LinkedIn: I fixed your stupid title!

February 2023

1. 28 FebConvert a number into words in a couple of lines of Swift
2. 27 FebLessons from the “sleeping bag director” at Twitter who just got laid off
3. 24 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, February 27, 2023)
4. 23 FebUse Kotlin’s “with()” function to access object properties with less code
5. 21 FebDon’t use Kotlin’s “for” loop when you can use its “repeat()” function
6. 20 FebI’m the latest guest on Cyber Florida’s “No Password Required” podcast!
7. 20 FebWoz and me
8. 18 FebTampa Bay AI/Python Hands-On Coding Group 2 be Renamed Later
9. 17 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, February 20, 2023)
10. 16 FebChatGPT’s name suggestions for Tampa Bay’s new hands-on AI coding meetup
11. 16 FebBSides Tampa IT Security Conference: Saturday, April 1
12. 15 FebWould you be interested in a hands-on A.I. coding meetup?
13. 14 FebHow to make the rounds at Synapse Summit 2023
14. 12 FebI’m going to PyCon US 2023!
15. 10 FebAchievement unlocked: Woz autographed my original Apple ][ Reference Manual!
16. 10 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, February 13, 2023)
17. 3 FebTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, February 6, 2023)
18. 3 FebHow to sort import statements in Android Studio
19. 1 FebLast night’s “Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer” meetup

January 2023

1. 30 JanLearn how to add Auth0 login/logout to Android apps
2. 28 JanWatch these videos if you want to learn about neural networks
3. 27 JanCoders, Creatives, and Craft Beer’s next meetup is on Tuesday!
4. 27 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, January 30, 2023)
5. 26 JanIrony
6. 26 JanWhy I still take some notes by hand
7. 24 JanTwo headlines that I’m having trouble believing
8. 20 JanAsking OpenAI’s API a simple question in Python and Swift
9. 20 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, January 23, 2023)
10. 19 JanPeter Thiel promoted Bitcoin after his fund sold most of its BTC holdings
11. 19 JanWant to learn how to make AI/ML programs? Watch Andrej Karpathy’s AI tutorial videos.
12. 18 JanLearn about Java’s evolution at tonight’s meetup!
13. 17 JanThursday in Tampa: High Tech Connect Fest *and* Tampa Devs meetup!
14. 14 JanWe don’t need AI to make art
15. 13 JanSame statement, two meanings
16. 13 JanScenes from last night’s Tampa Bay UX Group’s Revival Social
17. 13 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, January 16, 2023)
18. 12 JanEvery cloud architecture
19. 11 JanI’ll be at the Tampa Bay UX Group (TBUX) Revival Social!
20. 7 JanCareer protip: Choose a neutral desktop background when presenting from your own laptop
21. 6 JanHow I know I’ve made it as an author
22. 6 JanTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, January 9, 2023)
23. 5 JanTampa Bay Apple Coding Meetup needs a place for its sessions!
24. 5 Jan5 reasons to go to Civo Navigate – and how to do it for 50% off!
25. 2 JanCould ChatGPT do my job?
26. 1 JanHappy New Year 2023!

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December 2022

1. 30 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, January 2, 2023)
2. 24 DecThere’s nothing wrong with doing this before pushing to Github
3. 23 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, December 26, 2022)
4. 22 DecTwitter users have spoken!
5. 21 DecA scene from an upcoming video
6. 20 DecWhat a difference a year makes!
7. 19 Dec…and just like that, Twitter rescinded the policy
8. 19 DecTwitter just banned links to many other social media services
9. 18 DecTwitter’s new “official unofficial” motto
10. 18 DecAI art isn’t quite “there” yet
11. 18 DecChatGPT passes one of my AI professor’s tests
12. 16 DecTampa’s iOS meetup is coming back as Tampa Bay Apple Coding!
13. 16 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, December 19, 2022)
14. 13 DecThe basis for ChatGPT appears in an old O. Henry short story
15. 12 DecI’m masking up at the Tech Meetup Extravaganza, and you might want to as well
16. 9 DecMarc Andreessen’s bad AI take
17. 9 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, December 12, 2022)
18. 7 DecWatch my new “Advent of Code Tips and Tricks” video!
19. 2 DecTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, December 5, 2022)

November 2022

1. 27 NovTampa Bay’s 2nd Annual Tech Meetup Extravaganza: Wednesday, December 14th!
2. 25 NovElon Musk isn’t Tony Stark — he’s Zapp Brannigan!
3. 25 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, November 28, 2022)
4. 24 NovLooking for tech work? Check out these two info-packed spreadsheets!
5. 22 NovI hate to break it to aspiring data scientists who don’t like math, but…
6. 22 NovWatch this video: “What happened to text inputs?”
7. 21 NovThe brutal truth about NFTs
8. 18 NovTwitter side-effect #3: Unintentional indentured servitude
9. 18 NovHow to revoke Twitter’s permissions to access your other apps
10. 18 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, November 21, 2022)
11. 18 NovTwitter side-effect #2: If you’re trying to get a doctor, dentist, or eye appointment…
12. 18 NovTwitter side-effect #1: If you use Twitter to log into other software, sites, or systems…
13. 18 NovThe current contender for “Most pathetic Tweet of the day” (so far)
14. 17 NovA brutally awful article about Elon’s management style
15. 17 NovTwitter employees: Today’s the day!
16. 17 NovPhotos from last night’s “Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer” meetup
17. 16 Nov“’ello, I wish to register a complaint!”
18. 16 NovAdd Auth0 authentication to your Jetpack Compose Android apps!
19. 16 NovThe options for Twitter employees, “Star Wars” style!
20. 15 NovIntentional or not, getting fired by publicly contradicting Elon was a brilliant move
21. 15 NovIt’s Startup Week in Tallahassee at Domi Station!
22. 15 NovTwitter: “The most expensive mid-life crisis ever”
23. 14 NovThis is just to say…
24. 14 NovThree tips for Amazon employees who’ve been laid off
25. 14 Nov“Star Wars” speech or call to action for the remaining people at Twitter?
26. 13 NovToday’s reason for setting up a Mastodon account
27. 11 NovMeet up and learn about Mastodon at Wednesday’s “Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer!”
28. 11 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, November 14, 2022)
29. 8 NovTampa Devs’ “Mobile App Development” meetup has been postponed [Update]
30. 8 NovI’m catching Oktane22 online for free, and so can you!
31. 7 NovI’m pulling the ol’ Mastodon account out of mothballs, just in case…
32. 7 NovAdvice to laid-off Twitter employees being asked to come back
33. 4 NovTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, November 7, 2022)
34. 3 NovElon Musk is Twitter’s Thanos
35. 1 NovHow to become a Techmeme reference
36. 1 NovA mobile dev’s perspective on that old Vine code
37. 1 Nov“NFT Pity Party” this Friday at The Hard Rock!

October 2022

1. 30 OctHow it’s been going since “the bird’s been freed,” part one
2. 29 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, October 31, 2022)
3. 28 OctToday’s tech news, captured in a single picture
4. 26 OctScenes from CyberX Tampa
5. 25 OctCyberX Tampa: Tonight at TheIncLab in Ybor City!
6. 24 OctIf you’re going to Florida Bitcoin and Blockchain Summit 2022, YOU’RE AN IDIOT
7. 24 OctRayWenderlich.com is now called “Kodeco!”
8. 21 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, October 24, 2022)
9. 20 OctI’ll be at CyberX Tampa 2022 next Tuesday, October 25!
10. 19 OctChaos Muppet! (or: It’s my 2nd Oktaversary / Auth0versary!)
11. 15 OctHow to add Auth0 authentication to a SwiftUI app
12. 14 OctI’m presenting “The Secret History of Login” at InfraGard Tampa Bay next Tuesday!
13. 14 OctI’d say Meta’s Horizon Worlds shot themselves in the foot, but they don’t have any
14. 14 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, October 17, 2022)
15. 13 OctI’m going to the Tampa Bay’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month happy hour tonight!
16. 12 OctMore scenes and best practices from Tampa Code Camp 2022
17. 10 OctFile under “Funny because it’s true”
18. 10 OctScenes from #TampaCC / Tampa CodeCamp 2022
19. 7 OctTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, October 10, 2022)
20. 4 OctTampaCC: A FREE code camp event happening this Saturday, October 8th!
21. 3 OctWhy you shouldn’t put your street address on your resume

September 2022

1. 30 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, October 3, 2022)
2. 29 SepWhen you get the requirements wrong
3. 24 SepMy initial impression of Android development with Jetpack Compose
4. 23 SepHow to fix the “Android Gradle plugin requires Java 11 to run” error (quick and dirty edition)
5. 23 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, September 26, 2022)
6. 18 SepLet’s make this the new logo for cryptocurrency
7. 16 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, September 19, 2022)
8. 15 SepCan I say how impressed I am with this Python class?
9. 9 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, September 12, 2022)
10. 7 SepHarsh but true 2
11. 5 SepMy upcoming “Learn Python” course for Computer Coach
12. 2 SepAccordion performance #1 at ng-conf 2022
13. 2 SepTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, September 5, 2022)

August 2022

1. 30 AugHow to “make the rounds” at ng-conf 2022!
2. 29 AugWhat you’ll learn in my online course: Using Python to detect startup founder megalomania
3. 28 AugTampa Code Camp is back and looking for speakers — Saturday, October 8!
4. 28 AugI’ll be at ng-conf 2022 this week!
5. 27 AugI’m teaching another 5-week / 10-evening Python course starting September 7th!
6. 26 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, August 29, 2022)
7. 24 AugHarsh but true
8. 21 AugWhat I’m up to…
9. 19 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, August 22, 2022)
10. 17 AugThe “anti-party technology” Python option that Airbnb overlooked
11. 17 AugThe Daily Show’s excellent Elon Musk biography (narrated by William Shatner!)
12. 16 AugWe’ve all been the dog
13. 16 AugTampa’s LT3 Labs helps students discover tech careers
14. 16 AugWe’ve all been the one on the left
15. 16 Aug“Building developer communities” Twitter Space – today @ 3:30 pm Eastern!
16. 15 AugAdam Neumann, a16z, and the importance of “south-pointing compasses”
17. 14 AugRussian roulette, sysadmin style
18. 12 AugIf you’re part of a software team, you should be watching “Arguing Agile!”
19. 12 AugTampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events (Week of Monday, August 15, 2022)
20. 10 AugMy “How to solve coding interview” articles so far…
21. 10 AugThe most important tech skill ISN’T Googling for answers, but THIS…
22. 7 AugTruth
23. 6 AugHow to save .webp images as .png files
24. 5 AugStartupBus Florida 2022 was a success!
25. 5 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 8, 2022)
26. 3 AugTerminated in 2022: How you know you’ve been invited to a layoff meeting and what to do first

July 2022

1. 31 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 1, 2022)
2. 26 JulDon’t interrupt a programmer at work…
3. 25 JulGetting my (rubber) ducks in a row
4. 23 JulHow to solve coding interview questions: Linked lists, part 3
5. 22 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 25, 2022)
6. 21 JulHackathon protips for StartupBus 2022
7. 20 JulWith great client project comes great responsibility
8. 19 JulThe U.S. needs more green card holders and immigrants to stay ahead
9. 19 JulMy best hackathon advice for StartupBus 2022
10. 18 JulHow to solve coding interview questions: Linked lists, part 2
11. 17 JulStartupBus Warm-Up at Green Bench — Tuesday, July 19th!
12. 16 JulStartupBus Florida needs developers!
13. 16 JulHow to solve coding interview questions: Linked lists, part 1
14. 15 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 18, 2022)
15. 14 JulTampa Bay’s REAL tech stars will be on StartupBus Florida
16. 13 Jul“Meet Me in the Metaverse” happens online on Thursday, July 14 at 7 p.m.!
17. 12 JulHow to solve coding interview questions: Finding the first NON-recurring character in a string in Swift
18. 11 JulSomething to consider when faced with impostor syndrome
19. 11 JulStartupBus Florida has opportunities for you!
20. 10 JulAssorted developer humor
21. 9 JulSidetalking makes a (slight) comeback
22. 9 JulElon Musk is to Twitter as Darth Vader is to Lando Calrissian
23. 9 JulHow to solve coding interview questions: Looking deeper into finding the first NON-recurring character in a string
24. 8 JulStartupBus looks good on a resume
25. 8 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 11, 2022)
26. 6 JulHow computer networking works
27. 5 JulHow to solve coding interview questions: The first NON-recurring character in a string
28. 4 JulTMTOWTDI (“There’s more than one way to do it”)
29. 2 JulWarning signs to watch out for before you join that hot new startup
30. 2 JulCoding interview questions: “First recurring character” in Swift
31. 1 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 4, 2022)

June 2022

1. 30 JunFix the ChromeDriver 103 bug with ChromeDriver 104
2. 29 JunEverything you need to know to win StartupBus is in this podcast, part 5
3. 28 JunHow to solve coding interview questions: The first recurring character in a string
4. 27 JunEverything you need to know to win StartupBus is in this podcast, part 4
5. 26 JunWhat’s new in Tampa Bay’s sci/tech podcasts (June 2022 edition)
6. 24 JunWhy your Selenium / ChromeDriver / Chrome setup stopped working
7. 24 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 27, 2022)
8. 23 JunAmazon’s Alexa has become a “Black Mirror” writing prompt
9. 22 JunTampa is one of the fastest-growing U.S. tech hubs
10. 20 JunTalking about personal agility and the Great Resignation on the “Arguing Agile” podcast
11. 17 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 20, 2022)
12. 13 JunEverything you need to know to win StartupBus is in this podcast, part 3
13. 10 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 13, 2022)
14. 8 JunWhen the term “scooter rental” just doesn’t sound high-tech enough…
15. 6 JunSimple and funny pros and cons about remote work
16. 3 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 6, 2022)
17. 2 JunEverything you need to know to win StartupBus is in this podcast, part 2

May 2022

1. 31 MayLearn how to add Auth0 authentication to Android and iOS apps built with React Native!
2. 27 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 30, 2022)
3. 25 MayEverything you need to know to win StartupBus is in this podcast, part 1
4. 24 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 23, 2022)
5. 17 MayGhosted after submitting a job interview programming assignment (5 years ago today)
6. 13 MayDon’t understand NFTs? This “Kids in the Hall” skit from 1994 explains the scam.
7. 13 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 16, 2022)
8. 10 May“The future of NFTs”: A Tampa Bay Innovation Center webinar on Tuesday, May 24 at 11:00 a.m.
9. 9 MaySign of the day
10. 8 MayTampa Bay’s tech festival, the poweredUP Tech Fest happens Thursday, May 19th!
11. 7 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 9, 2022)
12. 2 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 2, 2022)

April 2022

1. 27 AprHow to “make the rounds” at PyCon US 2022!
2. 25 AprWhat to do now that Elon Musk owns Twitter
3. 25 AprKnow your logic gates!
4. 25 AprI’ll be in the Auth0 booth at PyCon US 2022 this week!
5. 24 AprScenes from the 2022 Tampa Bay Tech Golf Classic
6. 22 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 25, 2022)
7. 21 AprI’m going on StartupBus again, and you should too!
8. 16 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 18, 2022)
9. 14 AprDon’t let the “broligarch” buy Twitter
10. 9 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 11, 2022)
11. 8 AprThe Windows 95 launch is a cringey ’90s time capsule
12. 8 AprElon’s Musk to hold AMA with Twitter employees; internet starts making popcorn
13. 8 AprAnitra Pavka on Agile Podcast!
14. 7 AprJust a reminder…
15. 5 AprTech professionals – UX/Devs networking meetup this Wednesday!
16. 3 AprProgram in C: The coding song in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”
17. 2 AprConference season is coming…
18. 1 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 4, 2022)

March 2022

1. 31 MarMy tutorial on iOS authentication using SwiftUI and Auth0
2. 28 MarThis Wednesday: the Downtown Tampa Software Developers meetup!
3. 25 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 28, 2022)
4. 23 MarTwo Kotlin/data science articles from Yours Truly!
5. 19 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 21, 2022)
6. 13 MarHired Russian goons caused Apple and Google to delist an app that Putin didn’t like
7. 11 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 14, 2022)
8. 9 MarThis actually happens.
9. 8 MarThe joke in this comic will sneak up on you
10. 7 MarArguments for staying away from crypto, NFTs, and “Web3” in general
11. 7 Mar“I also like to live dangerously.”
12. 6 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 7, 2022)
13. 5 MarGet to know Bellingcat and open source intelligence (OSINT)
14. 4 MarAirbnb users are booking in Ukraine to directly support Ukrainians
15. 2 MarThe satisfying shutter on an old-school optical disk cartridge
16. 2 MarThe real reason programmers prefer dark themes
17. 1 MarR.I.P. David Boggs, co-creator of Ethernet

February 2022

1. 27 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 28, 2022)
2. 21 FebA $300 milk crate for road warriors?
3. 21 FebThursday: “Defending the Home Front – Practical Wi-Fi Defense” online!
4. 19 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 21, 2022)
5. 17 Feb3 things to learn from NYT’s article on tech hiring
6. 16 FebEricsson CEO admits they may have paid ISIS for transport route access
7. 16 FebTampa’s Peerfit acquired by FitOn
8. 13 FebWhat coding in Light Mode says about you
9. 12 FebBuilding a “Wordle” function, part 1
10. 11 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 14, 2022)
11. 9 FebThe Bitcoin launderer’s rap numbers are worse than you’d expect
12. 7 FebSlides from the upcoming “Let’s figure out how to code Wordle” meetup
13. 4 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 7, 2022)
14. 1 FebOkay, NOW do you want to figure out how to code “Wordle”?

January 2022

1. 31 JanIs your JavaScript code giving away your age?
2. 30 JanThe street finds its own uses for GitHub
3. 29 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 31, 2022)
4. 28 JanPossible uses for unlisted apps in the Apple App Store
5. 24 JanWhat scares many programmers?
6. 22 Jan“I’m a professional crypto and NFT trader.”
7. 22 JanThe nightmare
8. 22 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 24, 2022)
9. 17 JanScrewbox: My go-to for Mac repairs in Tampa Bay
10. 14 JanThe “How to Business” YouTube channel
11. 14 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 17, 2022)
12. 7 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 10, 2022)
13. 1 JanYour 2022 inspiration

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December 2021

1. 31 DecWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 3, 2022)
2. 29 DecHe’s got a point.
3. 28 DecAnd you shall know them by their energy usage
4. 23 DecWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, December 27, 2021)
5. 17 DecWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, December 20, 2021)
6. 10 DecWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, December 13, 2021)
7. 8 DecHow to socialize at tonight’s End of Year Tech Meetup Extravaganza
8. 5 DecWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, December 6, 2021)

November 2021

1. 26 NovWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 29, 2021)
2. 22 NovThe end-of-year Tech Meetup Extravaganza: December 8th at Armature Works!
3. 20 NovADAIO.online: Another crypto scam, this time for ADA
4. 20 NovWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 22, 2021)
5. 19 NovHow to fix the “Android emulator crashes when I take a screenshot” bug
6. 12 NovWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 15, 2021)
7. 10 NovGDG Southern DevFest 2021: This Saturday, November 13!
8. 5 NovWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 8, 2021)
9. 4 NovDAMMIT DAVE

October 2021

1. 31 OctCoin-ether.net’s YouTube scam to con you out of your Ethereum
2. 31 OctWhat’s on Tampa Bay’s sci/tech podcasts (November 2021 edition)
3. 29 OctMy favorite take on “Meta”
4. 29 OctWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 1, 2021)
5. 28 OctSquid regex
6. 26 OctWhat does “HTML” mean?
7. 24 OctWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 25, 2021)
8. 16 OctWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 18, 2021)
9. 13 OctTonight’s developer meetups (Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021)
10. 13 OctHappy Ada Lovelace Day!
11. 12 OctTonight @ St. Pete .NET Meetup: “Get Git in 45 minutes with Jesse Liberty”
12. 11 Oct#StartupBusForNOLA: Friday, Oct. 15 @ Green Bench!
13. 8 OctWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 11, 2021)
14. 4 OctNot gonna lie, this comic about pointers made me chuckle.
15. 3 OctWhat the Wendy’s and T-Mobile phone deals tell us about the state of mobile in 2021
16. 1 OctWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 4, 2021)

September 2021

1. 28 SepThe power of friendship
2. 27 SepSynapse panel: “A Tactical Approach to Supplier Diversity” (Tuesday, September 28)
3. 27 SepFree office furniture in the Tampa area
4. 24 SepWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 27, 2021)
5. 22 SepThe “Think Like a Coder!” meetup: Monday, October 4
6. 21 SepGoalKicker.com’s free programmer’s notes for all sorts of platforms
7. 19 Sep“Hackers” is back on YouTube for free (with ads)!
8. 18 SepI thought everyone knew these Google apps shortcuts
9. 17 SepWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 20, 2021)
10. 14 SepHappy Programmer’s Day 2021!
11. 10 SepThe Girls in Tech Conference (Wednesday, Sept. 15th)
12. 10 SepFe league’s “Women in Innovation” panel (Tuesday 14th @ 12:00 pm)
13. 10 SepWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 13, 2021)
14. 5 SepMotorola phones on sale for Labor Day
15. 3 SepJoin me and the “State of the Tampa Tech Scene” panel on Oct. 1!
16. 3 SepWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 6, 2021)
17. 2 SepVideos from StartupBus Florida 2019

August 2021

1. 31 AugLearn Godot Game Engine along with game designer Terry Cavanaugh!
2. 30 AugTampa #1 on Forbes’ list of emerging tech cities (and other Tampa tech news)
3. 27 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 30, 2021)
4. 21 AugA helpful hint if you’re selling your old gear
5. 20 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 23, 2021)
6. 19 AugI keep one in my wallet
7. 16 AugNotable Tampa Bay ONLINE tech events this week (Week of Monday, August 16, 2021)
8. 16 AugEverything terrible about Medium, captured in a single post.
9. 15 AugNew book: “Androids: The Team That Built the Android Operating System”
10. 13 AugLearn how to build an Android app using MVVM
11. 13 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 16, 2021)
12. 11 Aug“Funding Florida’s Growth”: Thursday, Aug. 12 at Embarc Collective
13. 10 AugThe crypto amendment silliness is straight out of “The Simpsons”
14. 10 AugAndroid’s Camera2 API
15. 9 AugIt’s time to get a head start with Jetpack Compose
16. 9 AugGrit Daily’s Congressional Startup Day: Wednesday at Industrious Tampa
17. 8 AugWhat’s new in Android Studio Arctic Fox?
18. 8 AugLearn how to access an API in Android with Retrofit
19. 6 AugUnboxing the RedMagic 6R, in photos
20. 6 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 9, 2021)
21. 5 AugThe “Awesome Android Complete Reference” repo on GitHub
22. 4 AugFREE video learning for the beginning Android developer
23. 4 AugSoon
24. 3 AugRecommended Android developer podcasts for 2021
25. 3 AugHillsborough County Paid Training and Work Experience Program
26. 2 AugMy next phone: Nubia RedMagic 6R
27. 1 AugLearn Android development by joining an Android Study Jam

July 2021

1. 30 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 2, 2021)
2. 29 JulBuying a used laptop for software development on Facebook
3. 23 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 26, 2021)
4. 22 JulHanging out at Sparkman Wharf tonight!
5. 20 JulJoin my team at Auth0!
6. 16 JulOkta/Auth0’s developer day: “Auth for All” – Tuesday, Aug. 24!
7. 16 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 19, 2021)
8. 13 JulWorking on an article for the Auth0 blog
9. 12 JulThe no-fun game for the whole IT department!
10. 10 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 12, 2021)
11. 8 JulI landed someplace nice, and so can you!
12. 3 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 5, 2021)
13. 1 JulSo many Tampa Bay mobile dev job openings, so few applicants

June 2021

1. 30 JunWhat’s on Tampa Bay’s sci/tech podcasts (July 2021 edition)
2. 26 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 28, 2021)
3. 23 JunGet a job at HireUp Florida Tampa Bay: Thursday 11 am – 2 pm!
4. 23 JunWhat’s happening at Tampa Bay Tech’s “poweredUP Tech Tracks” tomorrow
5. 22 Jun“How to rock a technical interview”: Tonight at 6 p.m.!
6. 19 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 21, 2021)
7. 12 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 14, 2021)
8. 11 JunTampa Bay’s tech startup future is female-led
9. 11 JunWhat to do when the Xcode 13 beta Canvas view doesn’t work and has no Simulators
10. 9 JunPutting iOS 15 beta on the “sacrificial iPhone 6S”
11. 8 JunXcode 13 beta is available now!
12. 7 JunThe Programmers’ Credo
13. 7 Jun“Dogecoin to the MOON!” (or: Tell me again why people dismiss Dogecoin as a joke cryptocurrency)
14. 5 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 7, 2021)
15. 2 JunBloomberg’s article on tech migration buries the lede of Florida’s success story
16. 1 JunLearn about common XSS misconceptions with Avocado Labs!

May 2021

1. 31 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 31, 2021)
2. 22 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 24, 2021)
3. 20 MayGet $411 worth of Python books for $18 with this Humble Bundle!
4. 15 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 17, 2021)
5. 10 May“Python: A Bicycle for the Mind” — 9:00 a.m. this Wednesday at the Women Who Code Tampa online meetup!
6. 8 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 10, 2021)
7. 6 MayWatch my live podcast recording with the Thunder Nerds tonight!
8. 3 MayWhat’s on Tampa Bay’s sci/tech podcasts (May 2021 edition)
9. 1 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 3, 2021)

April 2021

1. 30 AprWatch my live podcast recording with the Thunder Nerds next week!
2. 30 AprHow to choose the right power adapter or charger for your devices
3. 27 AprMy favorite remix of the “Bobby Hill / If those kids could read” meme
4. 24 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 26, 2021)
5. 22 AprHumble Bundle’s “Ultimate Python Bookshelf” bundle is available until Monday afternoon!
6. 20 AprPutting my ’90s synth — the Korg Wavestation A/D — back on active duty
7. 17 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 19, 2021)
8. 14 AprI’m giving away my Python tricks at “Women Who Code Tampa” next month
9. 13 AprAuth0 is looking for a developer advocate!
10. 12 AprInteresting Tampa Bay meetups this week, part 1
11. 10 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 12, 2021)
12. 3 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 5, 2021)
13. 2 AprFriday 5: Useful things for coders (April 2, 2021 edition)
14. 1 AprWhy use a CAPTCHA when you can use a CRAPTCHA?

March 2021

1. 27 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 29, 2021)
2. 26 MarFriday 5: Useful things for coders (March 26, 2021 edition)
3. 21 MarWhat’s on Tampa Bay’s sci/tech podcasts?
4. 20 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 22, 2021)
5. 18 MarJoin us at Mini-BarCamp Tampa Bay — Thursday, March 18, 8:00 p.m. EDT!
6. 14 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 15, 2021)
7. 10 Mar“Most Wanted: Women in Cyber Careers”: Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m. EST
8. 8 MarCatch FTW Conf today!
9. 6 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 8, 2021)
10. 3 MarNew life for an old Raspberry Pi with a 3.5″ touchscreen

February 2021

1. 28 FebA short guide to design and development methodologies
2. 27 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 1, 2021)
3. 24 FebCode, notes, and recording from the “Programmers of Portables” Meetup, February 22, 2021
4. 20 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 22, 2021)
5. 16 FebOn the Auth0 blog: How to read, edit, and erase location and other EXIF metadata from your photos
6. 16 FebGlobal Nerdy’s mega-list of online tech events for Tampa and beyond (Tuesday, February 16, 2021)
7. 15 FebEven more online tech events happening this afternoon and evening (Monday, February 15, 2021)
8. 13 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 15, 2021)
9. 11 Feb“Programmers of Portables” Meetup on Monday, Feb. 22: Let’s write a game!
10. 7 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 8, 2021)
11. 3 FebTampa iOS Meetup is changing its name to “Programmers of Portables” (or PoP for short)!
12. 2 FebNew video: “TAMPA BAY: An Unexpected Destination for the Tech Industry”

January 2021

1. 31 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 1, 2021)
2. 26 JanWITI (Women In Technology International) Tampa Bay’s Women-owned businesses showcase: Wednesday, Jan. 27 @ 5:30 p.m. EST
3. 25 Jan12 things you may be doing wrong in your job search: Tuesday, Jan. 26 @ 10:00 a.m. EST
4. 24 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 25, 2021)
5. 23 JanDeveloper humor for Saturday, January 23, 2020
6. 19 JanFind out more about Tampa’s tech and startup scene
7. 16 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 18, 2021)
8. 14 JanLots to listen to on Tampa Bay’s tech podcasts
9. 13 JanTampa Bay Product Owner Meetup tonight: Stakeholder Management — Tips from FBI Hostage Negotiators
10. 11 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 11, 2021)
11. 9 JanIt’s the 14th anniversary of the original iPhone Stevenote!
12. 9 JanWhat to do when the USB-C ethernet adapter for your Mac doesn’t work out of the box [UPDATED]
13. 9 JanDELETE FROM twitter WHERE username = “realdonaldtrump”;
14. 4 JanBut Slack is le tired this morning
15. 4 JanI watched a lot of “Top Programming Languages for 2021” videos so you don’t have to
16. 3 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 4, 2021)

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December 2020

1. 21 DecAvocado Labs talk today at noon (EST): Meet Matthew Pegula of Deeplocal!
2. 20 DecWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, December 21, 2020)
3. 16 DecWe’ve all been there: “Let’s add one more feature!”
4. 15 DecMy solution to Advent of Code 2020’s Day 8 challenge, in Python
5. 14 DecMy solution to Advent of Code 2020’s Day 7 challenge, in Python
6. 14 DecMeet the Auth0 DevRel Team — Monday, December 14 at noon Eastern / 9:00 a.m. Pacific
7. 13 DecWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, December 14, 2020)
8. 10 DecMy solution to Advent of Code 2020’s Day 6 challenge, in Python
9. 9 DecThe Undercroft and their cybersecurity course, UC Baseline
10. 7 DecMy solution to Advent of Code 2020’s Day 5 challenge, in Python
11. 6 DecWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, December 7, 2020)
12. 6 DecMy solution to Advent of Code 2020’s Day 4 challenge, in Python
13. 5 DecMy solution to Advent of Code 2020’s Day 3 challenge, in Python
14. 3 DecMy solution to Advent of Code 2020’s Day 2 challenge, in Python
15. 2 DecYou know it’s true
16. 2 DecMy solution to Advent of Code 2020’s Day 1 challenge, in Python

November 2020

1. 29 NovWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 30, 2020)
2. 29 NovLearn mobile development at RayWenderlich.com for 50% off — but only until Monday!
3. 27 NovOnce more, in Swift (or: A solution to day one of Advent of Code 2019)
4. 26 NovThe Advent of Code is coming in a few days!
5. 21 NovWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 23, 2020)
6. 21 NovMy “Welcome to Auth0” swag
7. 18 NovHow to downgrade to macOS Catalina after upgrading to Big Sur
8. 15 NovWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 16, 2020)
9. 10 NovFind out more about .NET 5 on the Auth0 Developers Blog
10. 10 NovSuncoast Developers Guild’s Fall 2020 Conference is THIS SATURDAY!
11. 8 NovWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 9, 2020)
12. 7 NovYup 2
13. 6 NovSynapse Converge: Global Entrepreneur Week edition happens Monday, November 16!
14. 4 NovDeveloper meme of the day
15. 4 NovYes, you can run Visual Studio Code on Raspberry Pi
16. 2 NovRaspberry Pi 400: A lot of computer for as little as $70!
17. 2 NovIf “full stack” was a person…
18. 1 NovWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, November 2, 2020)

October 2020

1. 26 OctCybersecurity can be stressful
2. 25 OctThis photo reminds me of pre-Corona times, when I could go to tech conferences
3. 25 OctWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 26, 2020)
4. 22 OctIntroducing “Night Shift”: Suncoast Developers Guild’s coding bootcamp, but as evening classes!
5. 21 OctWhoever bought “ZoomDickIncident.com” is wasting their limited-time opportunity
6. 18 OctWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 19, 2020)
7. 16 OctTampa Bay tech news roundup
8. 14 OctBefore you freak out because iPhones no longer come with chargers…
9. 14 OctTampa Bay tech startups in 2020 are busy raising money (and what’s in it for you)
10. 12 OctHow I landed my job at Auth0
11. 11 OctWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 12, 2020)
12. 8 OctThis just arrived…
13. 7 OctAgile Open Florida is online this year (and VERY affordable, too!)
14. 5 OctTampa Bay tech podcasts from September 2020
15. 4 OctWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 5, 2020)
16. 4 OctFrightening, but true
17. 2 OctNext week is Startup Week Tampa Bay!
18. 1 OctNew month, new job!

September 2020

1. 30 SepMy new remote tech interview / teaching setup is unstoppable!
2. 28 SepT-shirt of the day
3. 27 SepWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 28, 2020)
4. 24 SepJavaScript books that you can read online for FREE
5. 22 SepI’m teaching an online JavaScript/React programming course!
6. 20 SepWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 21, 2020)
7. 18 SepThe 2020 Florida Entrepreneur Community Survey needs your input!
8. 12 SepHappy Programmer’s Day! / Fanatical’s deal on FREE programming books
9. 12 SepWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 14, 2020)
10. 11 SepThe general idea behind VPNs
11. 10 SepSt. Pete College offers free tech training for laid off/furloughed residents in Pinellas County
12. 10 SepCoders, Creatives, and Craft Beer’s next meetup happens next Tuesday!
13. 5 SepWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 7, 2020)
14. 1 SepDrop off your old laptop or iPad and help a Tampa Bay kid remotely go to school!

August 2020

1. 31 AugAugust episodes from Tampa Bay’s tech podcasts
2. 30 Aug“My code isn’t working” is a great problems-and-solutions flowchart for Python programmers
3. 29 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 31, 2020)
4. 28 AugInterview number 2
5. 28 AugA more Pythonic approach to one of my “Capture the Flag” solutions
6. 28 AugI’ll admit it: This Facebook trick question impressed me.
7. 26 AugMy time at The Undercroft’s Capture the Flag
8. 25 AugMy phone interview
9. 25 AugIf you thought it was bad when your COMPUTER decides to update while you’re in the middle of something…
10. 24 AugMy list of links from class discussions during UC Baseline’s InfoSec week
11. 22 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 24, 2020)
12. 20 AugI’m at The Undercroft’s “Get a Job” career fair!
13. 19 AugHappy 10th Whyday!
14. 18 AugAndroid *still* has a maximum passcode length of 16 characters
15. 17 AugThe final lap of UC Baseline: Python!
16. 17 Aug“Whyday’s” tenth anniversary is Wednesday!
17. 15 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 17, 2020)
18. 13 AugA warning for those who take The Undercroft’s “UC Baseline” cybersecurity course
19. 13 AugSome parting wisdom to my Python students (or: Go read Julia “b0rk” Evans’ ’zines!)
20. 12 AugCasing the joint
21. 11 Aug“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
22. 11 AugWe’ve all been the dog
23. 10 AugUC Baseline report: It’s week 4, and now it REALLY begins
24. 9 AugScenes from “Operating systems” week at The Undercroft’s “UC Baseline” cybersecurity course, part two: Windows security
25. 8 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 10, 2020)
26. 7 AugScenes from “Operating systems” week at The Undercroft’s “UC Baseline” cybersecurity course, part one: Linux 101
27. 6 AugUC Baseline: Windows security
28. 3 AugUnboxing the Motorola One Hyper
29. 3 AugThe “Tampa Teen” behind the “Twitter Hack”
30. 2 AugWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, August 3, 2020)
31. 2 AugSupplementary UC Baseline notes #3: Videos to prep for this week’s Linux program

July 2020

1. 31 JulNext week’s “UC Baseline” courses cover Windows and Linux, and I’m ready!
2. 31 JulThis Saturday: The Suncoast Developers Guild Conference — FREE and ONLINE!
3. 30 JulOnline workshop TONIGHT — “Hackathons — Who owns the IP?”
4. 30 JulScenes from UC Baseline’s “Networking 101” class
5. 28 JulMe, with my calls to print() vs. you, with your fancy debugger
6. 27 JulThe UC Baseline cybersecurity course at The Undercroft — Begin week 2: Networking 101!
7. 27 JulScenes from Days 4 and 5 of the “UC Baseline” cybersecurity program at The Undercroft
8. 27 JulSupplementary UC Baseline notes #1: The connection between binary and hexadecimal numbers
9. 25 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 27, 2020)
10. 24 JulScenes from Day 3 of the “UC Baseline” cybersecurity program at The Undercroft
11. 23 JulScenes from Day 2 of the “UC Baseline” cybersecurity program at The Undercroft
12. 22 JulScenes from Day 1 of the “UC Baseline” cybersecurity program at The Undercroft
13. 21 JulThe third kind of “free”
14. 20 JulWhy I’m excited about learning cybersecurity at The Undercroft
15. 19 JulJoey’s Bizarre Adventure (or: I’m in The Undercroft’s “UC Baseline” cybersecurity education program!)
16. 18 JulChange of plans!
17. 18 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 20, 2020)
18. 17 JulHow you deploy a container on Kubernetes
19. 17 JulYou have hours to sign up for a chance at a free scholarship to The Undercroft’s “Baseline” cybersecurity program!
20. 16 JulTonight at 6:30: Share your favorite tech tool tips and tricks in Suncoast Developers Guild’s online community chat!
21. 15 JulMy other computer stand
22. 15 JulUnderstanding Apple silicon (lots of videos)
23. 14 JulWhat if WeWork’s jamoke CEO accidentally changed the processor industry?
24. 13 JulComputer Coach’s “Intro to Python Coding” course (taught by Yours Truly) starts tonight!
25. 11 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 13, 2020)
26. 10 JulThe Great LinkedIn Premium experiment
27. 10 JulTwo printer posts; one printer truth
28. 9 JulI’m teaching an online Python programming course!
29. 8 JulSt. Pete Pitch Night: Online tonight at 5:00 p.m.!
30. 8 JulWin a System76 Thelio Linux desktop in The Mad Botter’s Fourth of July contest!
31. 6 JulConverting a number from a numeric form into words in just four lines of Swift
32. 4 JulWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, July 6, 2020)
33. 3 JulLocal hero: Mike Dominick and his tech podcast, The Mike Dominick Show
34. 3 JulRW Community Care: Free community support for mobile developers (and aspiring mobile developers, too!)
35. 1 JulNew life for old computers

June 2020

1. 29 JunThe dirty little secret about the ThinkPad T430’s CMOS battery
2. 27 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 29, 2020)
3. 26 JunThat time I did a children’s technology show for Microsoft
4. 25 JunMy Smalltalk-80 literature and monitor stand
5. 24 JunRobert Blacklidge and the Feeding the Future hackathon: This weekend, online
6. 24 JunBuilding a lean and mean (and frugal!) Python development machine with Peppermint OS
7. 20 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 22, 2020)
8. 19 JunProgrammer interview challenge 2, part 5: An elegant “watcher”-based FizzBuzz implementation in JavaScript
9. 18 JunProgrammer interview challenge 2, part 4: Using “watchers” to play FizzBuzz “properly”
10. 17 JunProgrammer interview challenge 2, part 3: FizzBuzz, minus the modulo operator, plus grit
11. 16 JunI’m a little worried about this episode of “Black Mirror” (or: Boston Dynamics’ robot “dog” is now commercially available)
12. 16 JunProgrammer interview challenge 2, part 2: Functional FizzBuzz
13. 15 JunProgrammer interview challenge 2: The dreaded FizzBuzz, in Python
14. 13 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 15, 2020)
15. 12 JunProgrammer interview challenge 1, revisited once more: “Anagram” in Ruby and C#
16. 12 JunProgrammer interview challenge 1, revisited again: “Anagram” in Swift, the easy and hardcore way
17. 11 JunProgrammer interview challenge 1, revisited: Revising “Anagram” in Python and implementing it in JavaScript
18. 10 JunProgrammer interview challenge 1: Anagram
19. 9 JunJerry Lawson, inventor of the videogame cartridge
20. 8 JunA couple of handy Python methods that use regular expressions: “Word to initialism” and “Initialism to acronym”
21. 6 JunWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 8, 2020)
22. 3 JunAnnouncing the Suncoast Developers Guild Summer Solstice Hackathon (June 19 – 21, online)!
23. 3 JunLocal hero: Greg Leonardo and Webonology
24. 3 JunA reminder to the folks who work at Facebook
25. 2 JunAn homage to John Henry Thompson, creator of the Lingo programming language and the interactive CD-ROM boom of the nineties

May 2020

1. 30 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, June 1, 2020)
2. 29 MayAndroid Studio 4 is available right now!
3. 28 MayDates and times in Swift 5, part 4: Adding Swift syntactic magic
4. 28 MayDates and times in Swift 5, part 3: Date arithmetic
5. 27 MaySuncoast Developers Guild marks two great years with their updated student handbook
6. 27 MayTampa Bay’s Geek Breakfast happens online tomorrow morning!
7. 27 MayDates and times in Swift 5, part 2: Formatting and parsing dates and times
8. 26 MayDates and times in Swift 5, part 1: Creating and deconstructing dates and times
9. 24 MayIs maintaining a Stack Overflow developer story worth the effort?
10. 23 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 25, 2020)
11. 23 MayProgrammer joke of the day
12. 20 MayGet the best mobile development books for half price at RayWenderlich.com!
13. 20 MayGet 14 Python books for as little as $15 for a limited time only with the Humble Bundle!
14. 19 MayLinkedIn Local Tampa Bay — online tonight at 5:30!
15. 19 MayWhy Connections Matter More Than Your Resume: This afternoon on Synapse’s “Libate and Learn”
16. 16 MayIs work not challenging enough? Maybe you need a “Vertical QWERTY” keyboard!
17. 16 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 18, 2020)
18. 15 MayUI developer hint: Test your apps in both light mode and dark mode!
19. 11 MayHow to get a job offer and how to succeed (or: How to get a job, part 2)
20. 10 MayRequiring eight years experience for a junior position is ridiculous (or: How to get a job, part 1)
21. 9 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 11, 2020)
22. 6 MayOnline conferences for tomorrow, Thursday, May 7, 2020
23. 6 MayI’ve finished revising the book!
24. 4 MayWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, May 4, 2020)

April 2020

1. 30 AprCareer Compass Group’s “Job Beat”, a techie hiring/job-seeking newsletter
2. 28 AprWhy just increment when you can increment ANIME STYLE?
3. 27 AprToday only: Manning has data science courses for $10 (instead of the regular $50 or $60)
4. 27 AprEven more online events this week!
5. 27 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 27, 2020)
6. 25 AprPendo’s ProductCraft Virtual Conference is FREE to attend on Thursday, May 7
7. 24 AprReasons for startups to be optimistic (My guest editorial for Startup Digest Tampa Bay’s newsletter)
8. 22 AprFront end vs. back end
9. 19 AprAgile theory and agile practice, explained with Phoebe and Joey from “Friends”
10. 18 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 20, 2020)
11. 18 AprA first crack at COBOL
12. 17 AprEstablished’s “Startup of the Year” special event: Startups & COVID-19, this afternoon at 2 p.m.
13. 16 Apr“Hey, Siri! Show me why Mac users have a reputation for being rich idiots.”
14. 16 AprCOBOL roundup: Save $20 on a COBOL book, recent articles, COBOL on Cloudflare, and how to code in COBOL on macOS
15. 16 AprVirtual Ignite Tampa Bay — See the best of Ignite Tampa Bay! Thursday, April 16 @ 7 p.m.
16. 15 AprA quick and dirty guide to installing a COBOL compiler and IDE on macOS (and get a COBOL book at a discount)
17. 15 AprRepatriating the work laptop
18. 14 AprHold tight, New Jersey — I’m comin’ to save you!
19. 13 AprThank you, Lilypad and Fintech!
20. 12 AprSecurity threats, shown as the people from “Tiger King”
21. 12 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 13, 2020)
22. 10 AprDid I mention that I’m revising a book that I co-wrote last year?
23. 9 AprHere’s a bragging right that no other techie has
24. 8 AprLearn iPhone/iPad augmented reality app development with this free tutorial!
25. 5 AprWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, April 6, 2020)
26. 3 AprPluralsight’s courses are free for the month of April!

March 2020

1. 31 Mar“The Essentials of Modern Software Engineering“: A must-read book, free for a limited time!
2. 29 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 30, 2020)
3. 26 MarProgrammers — Before, during, and after COVID-19
4. 26 MarNext Tuesday is Tential Tuesday!
5. 22 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 23, 2020)
6. 19 MarWhat I’ve been up to this week
7. 15 MarThinkful Tampa’s webinars for the week of Monday, March 16th
8. 14 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 16, 2020)
9. 8 MarThis is what having to deal with new tickets in the middle of a sprint feels like
10. 7 MarWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 9, 2020)
11. 5 MarWhat skills and subjects are you betting your development career on? Let’s meet up about it!
12. 4 MarThe EFF is looking for a Technical Projects Director
13. 4 MarTential Tuesday: Tuesday, March 31st at Zydeco Beer Works in Ybor City!
14. 4 MarRoberto Torres at Café con Tampa (Oxford Exchange) this Friday!
15. 3 MarTampa Bay Innovation Center’s Entrepreneur & Investment Challenge is looking for applicants
16. 3 MarDon’t miss the 7th annual WITI Geek Glam this Thursday!
17. 2 Mar“This is just to say” (The 2020 edition)
18. 2 MarMonday morning in the programmer world

February 2020

1. 29 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, March 2, 2020)
2. 22 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 24, 2020)
3. 21 FebWhat comments are for
4. 18 FebUpdating Xcode? If you’re on Mojave, you’ll also need to update macOS.
5. 17 FebTechnology bias
6. 16 FebMe, looking at the code written by the previous developer
7. 16 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 17, 2020)
8. 14 FebThe truth about programming for Apple platforms
9. 11 FebWith the merger looming, here’s what T-Mobile customers are asking
10. 10 FebHow to “make the rounds” at Synapse Summit 2020
11. 9 FebTry out my Apple Watch app for Synapse Summit 2020!
12. 8 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 10, 2020)
13. 3 FebLooking at Ben Evans’ “Tech in 2020” slides, part 1: Always bet on the toy
14. 1 FebWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 3, 2020)

January 2020

1. 31 JanOur presentation at the Tampa Bay UX Group meetup: “iPhone Accessibility: What’s New?” (January 30, 2020)
2. 29 JanIgnite Tampa Bay 2020: Thursday, April 16th at Palladium Theater, St. Pete!
3. 25 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 27, 2020)
4. 24 Jan“What’s new with iPhone accessibility” at Tampa Bay UX Meetup: Thursday, January 30 at 6:00 p.m.
5. 23 JanScenes from the “Share your mobile app with others” meetup, Wednesday, January 15, 2019
6. 23 JanScenes from the “Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer” meetup, Tuesday, January 21, 2019
7. 20 JanLinkedInLocal Tampa: This Thursday at Computer Coach
8. 19 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 20, 2020)
9. 17 JanPulling my old “Frogger / Crossy Road”-style game out of mothballs
10. 16 JanScenes from the LaunchCode CodeCamp’s all-women cohort’s graduation
11. 14 Jan“Share your mobile app with others” meetup — Wednesday, January 15, 7:00 p.m. at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
12. 13 JanSamsung ups the version-number and number-of-cameras-on-a-phone ante, reminds me of Macromedia and Gillette
13. 12 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 13, 2020)
14. 10 JanA delightful find while researching my new industry
15. 9 JanScratch To Scale – Startup Grind X Lakeland: Tonight at Catapult Lakeland, 6:00 p.m.
16. 7 JanThreat Angler’s “Intro to Docker” online seminar: Friday, Jan. 10, 12:00 p.m.
17. 5 JanWhat’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, January 6, 2020)
18. 3 JanWhat’s happening in Tampa Bay’s tech scene this weekend
19. 2 JanI’m building 20 projects in 2020!
20. 1 JanSynapse Summit 2020 volunteer informational meeting: Tuesday, January 7th at Brick House