by Head-Banana | Oct 19, 2015 | #EDI2, InfoSec, Startups, Tech Rant, Technology-based Economic Development
Mil-OSS exists to improve technology development and innovation by connecting and empowering an active community of patriotic developers and solution providers with government organizations. Fortunately the Tampa Bay area is blessed with two of the U.S....
by Head-Banana | Nov 17, 2014 | #EDI2, Startups, Tech Rant, Technology-based Economic Development
In his final Startup Tampa Bay video as a @HillsboroughFL Commissioner, @MarkSharpeFL discusses his successful EDI2 program and how it has helped the local tech ecosystem grow in both activity and visibility. A few recurring topics came up in this video that are...
by Head-Banana | Oct 24, 2014 | #EDI2, Startups, Tech Rant, Technology-based Economic Development
Last week marked Tampa Bay’s 7th annual BarCamp, a day long conference for Geeks, about Geeks and hosted by Geeks. In the tradition of the #unconference style, the crowdsourced agenda of topics and speakers provided an eclectic mix of technical and startup tech...
by Head-Banana | Jul 9, 2014 | #EDI2, Startups, Tech Rant
Tampa’s annual gathering of geeks is scheduled for Saturday, October 18th. The USF College of Business will once again be our host for BarCamp 2014. Please follow @BarCampTampa for updates on the event, opportunities to sponsor and sign-up forms for volunteers....
by Head-Banana | May 16, 2014 | #EDI2, Startups, Technology-based Economic Development
Hillsborough County is working with the folks that organized last year’s National Day of Civic Hacking to host a combined Hack-a-thon focused on projects that will benefit our community. The Tampa / Hillsborough Hack-a-thon will run from Friday May 30th thru...
by Head-Banana | Mar 15, 2014 | #EDI2, Startups, Tech Rant, Technology-based Economic Development
This week’s webcast celebrated the successful completion of another StartupBus competition and return of the team from #StartupBusFL which traveled from Tampa to the annual SXSW tech / music fest in Austin. Joining Commissioner @MarkSharpeFL this week: Stephanie...