This is a forum for local tech innovators, geeks and entrepreneurs who want to connect with others to discuss how we can make Tampa Bay more startup friendly. Topics include startup challenges, emerging industry trends as well as public policy issues that need more attention and investment from our local elected officials and economic development agencies. Current participants are founders of tech companies, free lance developers / designers and people with boring day jobs looking for the next b …

We are a group of men and women from the St Petersburg area who ride larger displacement scooters, usually 250cc or more. Whether you own a Yamaha, Suzuki. Vespa, Lambretta, Aprilia, Italjet, Kymco or any other scooter, join up and find other scooter riders like you! Our group rides are designed for bikes that can maintain a speed of 45mph unless otherwise noted, unfortunately most 50cc models are unable to meet this requirement. There is another club in town designed for the smaller scooters an …

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

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) with a mission is to enable and support the founders of tech startups and the supporting technology innovation community throughout Tampa Bay. Today we have over 60 members who are building, launching or growing over 80 different web and mobile tech ventures, 30% of whom are profitable and cash flow positive. One of our member ventures (Wufoo) was acquired earlier this year for $35 million, and we hope our efforts will g …

The Central Florida Web Developers User Group's mission is the professional and personal development of our members through presentations, discussions and exercises that advance technical skills, use best practices, teach methodologies and attract opportunities to our members.

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

We foster women in tech entrepreneur workshops, social mixers with technology community leaders in the Tampa Bay area, collaboration among start-ups and future start-ups, tech in art and music festivals and much, much more! To become a member, sign up for updates or contact us, fill out our handy form! Tell us what you'd like to get out of Girls in Tech in the Tampa Bay Area and help us brainstorm awesome events! Check out our website: GITtampa.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/GITtampa Joi …

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

This group is for WordPress users, developers and those who would like to know more about WordPress. It's all about learning, sharing and having fun. Although there may be business between members, there is no business conducted at the meetings, i.e., there will be no sales presentations or marketing garbage. That's not what the group is about. Think of it as a micro-sized BarCamp!

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) dedicated to helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into growing tech businesses in Tampa Bay. Today we have over 100 members who are building, launching or growing over 100 web and mobile tech ventures. WaVE's officially stated goal is to help build an ecosystem here in Tampa Bay in order to build & launch 50 new tech ventures a year within 5 years. We are working with the local universities and other like-minded organization …

This is a group for developers, designer and technology enthusiast to share ideas, problems and information about mobile development.

Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world. This group is your opportunity to meet up with fellow Drupal users, designers, and developers in the Tampa Bay area. We meet on the 1st Thursday of every month to talk Drupal and showcase modules, projects, and themes. Share your tips and tricks, and get your questions about Drupal answered! This is als …

The purpose of this group is to educate and inform small business owners, executives and department heads who are not IT professionals, with a view toward operating a more profitable business by leveraging and streamlining cloud applications. We would like the group to be tool for business owners and executives to help train their staff, in addition to staying informed concerning the cloud industry. Topics include web design, mobile web, SEO, social media marketing, cloud computing, computing in …

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

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

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

Are you frustrated at websites with poor content and navigability? Do you want to make the web a better place? Me too – let’s discuss how! In Elements of Content Strategy, Erin Kissane explains the core principles that make content effective: Good content is appropriate Good content is useful Good content is user-centered Good content is clear Good content is consistent Good content is concise Good content is supported Each of these points directs a company to bridge the gaps between their goa …

Develop, design and publish Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps with the help of Microsoft and our Community of Developers and Designers. Listings will include events, contests and news of interest to software developers.