Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Time: September 26, 2009 at 9am to September 27, 2009 at 4pm
Location: University of South Florida College of Business
Street: 4202 E. Fowler Ave.
City/Town: Tampa, FL 33620
Website or Map: http://barcamptampa2.eventbri…
Event Type: unconference
Latest Activity: Sep 11, 2009
Are you passionate about development/programming or are you a new media enthusiast? If you answered yes to either of these you should check out Bar Camp TampBay. Saturday the 26th will feature development/programming centric presentations and Sunday will feature new media presentations.
If you're interested in attending, you can register here: http://barcamptampa2.eventbrite.com/
You can follow the event on twitter, here:
http://twitter.com/barcamptampa
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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