Click here to see more photographs from Gaming & Space Nite at the Orlando Science Center: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.700813346690753.1073741864.350851321686959&type=3
Join us as we return to the Geek Easy for Nerd Nite Orlando XXXI, RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/941267792583000/
Great news nerds! Not only will we be hosting our 30th consecutive Nerd Nite at the Orlando Science Center completely for free, but thanks to our friends at Juice Bike Share, you can bike there (also) for free!
Here’s what you do:
* Download Social Bicycles mobile app
* Select a plan
* Use the promo code: NERDNITE30
* Pick a bike at a nearby hub
* Unlock with account number and pin
* Enjoy!
The promo code gives all new users of the Juice Bike Share program, a $10 credit- which is more than enough to ride there and back.
If you have any questions or concerns, contact Juice Bike Share at 407-930-9414 or
Juice Bike Share will also be setting up a temporary bike share station at the Orlando Science Center so that new (and existing users) can park their bikes at the event for free.
Avoid driving and bike to Nerd Nite this Thursday, August 13th. Click here for more details of the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/945150705527847/
Click here to learn more about Juice Bike Share: https://orlando.socialbicycles.com/
Town Hall is a new meetup from Nerd Nite Orlando where nerds can hangout and have more of an intimate discussion; as well as present ideas, voice their opinions, and ask questions of the the Nerd Nite team.
Thank you to Catalyst for hosting our second ever Nerd Nite Town Hall.
Join us for the next official Nerd Nite event at the Orlando Science Center on Thursday, August 13th. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/945150705527847/
We all know that learning is more fun when you’re drinking with friends and colleagues. Thus, Nerd Nite is a monthly event held in nearly 100 cities across the globe during which several folks give 18-21-minute fun-yet-informative presentations across all disciplines – while the audience drinks along. Imagine learning about everything from math feuds or the science of the Simpsons, to the genealogy of Godzilla or debunking beer myths, while having a few or a few too many.
The Nerd Nite Podcast on CBS’ new Play It network brings the live experience of our in-person events for your aural pleasure, so feel free to have a drink or two while listening – just as long as you aren’t driving and are of age!
Every episode features a new guest from a different Nerd Nite city around the world. The most recent episode, based on a presentation at Nerd Nite Orlando called “Roses are Red, Orange Lilies Mean I Hate You: Exploring the Symbology of Flowers” features Emily Dovydaitis. She is a tree-hugging enthusiast, as well as an undergraduate in Biology and Cultural Anthropology at UCF. She fancies ethnobotany. Her dream is to one day travel to the Amazon to study native, plant-derived medicines. When she’s not drowning in organic chemistry, Emily enjoys rattling off plant binomials and drinking tea. She also secretly envies the fact that plants make their own food, which means they don’t need to clean dishes.
Presentation description:
Although most flowers lack tu-lips, they often “say” more than most people realize. During the Victorian era, the clandestine language of flowers provided a way for society to communicate emotions in a more respectable manner. Lovers, charmers and boothangs alike should ask themselves one simple question before this Valentine’s Day: what sort of message are you actually sending with that bouquet?
Listen here and learn about the symbology of flowers: http://www1.play.it/audio/nerd-nite/
NERDY SPEED DATING IS A SPECIAL EVENT THAT IS HOSTED BY NERD NITE ORLANDO EVERY THIRD SATURDAY
Nerd Nite cities from across the world have hosted Nerdy Speed Dating for a decade. The event has boasted many successful matchmaking and fostered a long list of committed relationships, engagements, and marriages (and even a few wee ones)… and worse case scenario, you make a friend to join you for a future Nerd Nite event.
Each date will be 3-minutes long with one person; and everyone will have the opportunity for multiple dates with different people. (Never the same person)
NERDY SPEED DATING IS FOR ALL NERDS. WE ARE LGBT-FRIENDLY
Click here to reserve your spot for Saturday, August 15th: http://www.ticketbase.com/events/nerdy-speed-dating-v4
When: Saturday, August 15th at 6:30pm
Where: The Geek Easy (inside “A Comic Shop”)
114 S Semoran Blvd Suite 6, Winter Park, Florida 32792
Join us for the second edition of Town Hall on Monday, August 3, 2015 at 7:30pm at Catalyst Spaces in Downtown Orlando (1 S Orange Ave, Orlando, Florida 32801)
Nerd Nite Orlando exists to show the surrounding community that learning is fun, particularly when you’re drinking among friends and like-minded people.
Town Hall is a new meetup from Nerd Nite Orlando where nerds can hangout and have more of an intimate discussion; as well as present ideas, voice their opinions, and ask questions of the the Nerd Nite team.
Discussion Agenda
* Upcoming programming from Nerd Nite
-Gaming & Space Nite
-Maker Faire
-Ladies Nite… PART II
-Movie Screenings
* Other applications via Nerd Nite
-Speed Dating app
-Connecting to other Nerd Nite cities
* What kind of topics should be presented at future Nerd Nites
* Pick a Nerd Nite talk to watch from another city.
RSVP on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/402949476564108/
Click here for photographs of the previous Town Hall.
For more information, contact Ricardo at
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- I am Nerd Nite’s biggest fan. If I wasn’t the host, I’d still be in-attendance at every single event. Check out some photos below of Nerd Nite at Comic Con 2015. This is the second year we’ve put on this event and I’m hoping for many more! Special thank you to the presenters Trevor, Joan & Rich, and Allis. And an extra special thank you to National Graphic Channel for making this all possible.
-Ricardo Williams
Nerd Nite Orlando
National Geographic Channels/Marissa Carter
National Geographic Channels/Marissa Carter
National Geographic Channels/Marissa Carter
National Geographic Channels/Marissa Carter
National Geographic Channels/Marissa Carter
Click here for more photographs of Nerd Nite at Comic Con: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.687828901322531.1073741860.350851321686959&type=3
When I first joined the ranks of Nerd Nite bosses in 2013, I hit the ground running. One of the first ideas I had was to have an evening where we bring together some brilliant women from around town and celebrate their knowledge, experience and achievements in one evening. 2 years later, I finally was able to make it a reality and I couldn’t be happier with the success of the first “Nerd Nite Ladies Nite.”
Special shout out to Tairi Perez, Kelly Romano, and Emily Dovydaitis for giving incredibly charming presentations. (It should also be noted that Tairi has now become the first woman in the 11 year history of Nerd Nite around the world to give a presentation while pregnant.)
I was also able to highlight my friend Lauren Gibaldi who got her first book published by Harper Collins. Click here to check it out: http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062302229/the-night-we-said-yes
-Ricardo Williams
Nerd Nite Orlando
Click here to view many more photographs from Ladies Nite: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.687481361357285.1073741859.350851321686959&type=3
I’m happy to announce that Nerd Nite will be returning to Comic Con International in San Diego, California for the second year in a row thanks to a great partnership with National Geographic. I’ll be hosting the free event, which will feature three presentations and trivia. And of course, it wouldn’t be Nerd Nite without drinks!
-Ricardo Williams
Nerd Nite Orlando
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RSVP here
Where: Silo in Makers Quarter at 753 15th Street, San Diego, California
When: Friday, July 10, 2015 from 7-10:30pm
*Presentation #1
The Science of Jurassic World
by paleontologist Trevor Valle
*Presentation #2
Shop Class 2.0
by Joan Horvath & Rich ‘Whosawhatsis’ Cameron, Co-Founders of Maker Technology Consultancy Nonscriptum LLC
*Presentation #3
Dead Life: Making a Living Taxidermy
by award-wining taxidermist Alllis Markham
My name is Ricardo Williams and for over the past 2 years, I have been organizing a little event called Nerd Nite here in Orlando, Florida. These days, I am in charge of every single aspect of the program, from all the backend work to hosting duties every month to plenty of specialty programming in-between. I absolutely love it. I tell people all the time that I’m glad to do all of it because “I’m Nerd Nite’s biggest fan”.
Being in the position that I’m in can very easily make Nerd Nite Orlando turn into “the Ricardo Williams Show” and that is exactly what I DON’T want. Nerd Nite was not created to serve the needs and desire of one, but many. So in an effort to create more work for myself, I started a new meetup within the Nerd Nite umbrella called “Town Hall”.
At Town Hall, nerds can hangout and have more of an intimate discussion; as well as present ideas, voice their opinions, and ask questions of the the Nerd Nite team.
I held the pilot event on Monday, June 29th at the Effin Amazing office and I am incredibly proud of the results. At the meetup, I announced upcoming programming from Nerd Nite, discussed other applications and programming via Nerd Nite, held an open discussion on what kind of topics should be presented at future Nerd Nites, and the evening finished off with the group voting on a Nerd Nite talk to watch from a different city. (Everyone in the group also submitted anonymous notecards about what they would like to enjoy at Nerd Nite in the future as well as what they do not like about Nerd Nite.)
The discussion (and debate) was incredibly useful feedback for me as an organizer because my goal is to make the best events possible and thanks to the support of so many of Orlando’s most passionate nerds I can continue to do that.
Nerd Nite will return on Thursday, July 9th at the Geek Easy with an all-female lineup of speakers. RSVP here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/362569213942412/
