A community-curated collection of tech resources, projects, and other things related for Birmingham, AL

The goal of this repo is to become a central location for Birmingham, AL developers to find tech resources, events, share projects, etc..

Contributions are always welcome. Have something you'd like to add or change? Open a pull request.

Contents

• Startup Resources
  • Accelorators and Incubators
  • Funding
• Communities and Groups
• Networking
  • Conferences
  • Coffee Shops
  • Coworking Spaces
  • Events
• Discussion
  • Discord
  • IRC
  • Reddit
  • Slack
• Education
  • Bootcamps
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Student Discounts
    • Hardware
    • Services
    • Software
• Open Data
• Miscellaneous
• Other Resources
• Contribute

Startup Resources

• Alabama Launchpad
• BhamBizHub
• Create Birmingham
• Elevators
• Innovation Depot
• REV Birmingham
• StartUp Grind
• UAB Commercialization Accelerator

Accelorators and Incubators

• Bronze Valley Accelerator
• Elevate
• ScaleUp Birmingham
• Techstars Alabama
• Velocity Accelorator

Funding

• AIM Group
• Alabama Futures Fund
• Alabama Small Business Development Center
• Birmingham Venture Club
• Black Girl Ventures
• Southern Development Council
• Bonaventure Capital
• Founders Investment Banking
• Harbert Management Corporation
• Hickory Venture Group
• New Capital Partners
• Porter Capital
• Porter White & Company
• Stonehenge Capital
• Tullis Funds

Communities and Groups

• 1 Million Cups
• 100 Girls of Code
• ACM at UAB
• Alabama Technology Network (ATN)
• Atlassian User Group
• BioAlabama
• BHAM! Birmingham Game Developers
• Birmingham Area Linux Users (BALU)
• Birmingham Area Software Enthusiasts
• Birmingham Bound
• Birmingham Black Techies
• Birmingham SharePoint User Group
• Birmingham Startup Drinks
• Code for Birmingham
• EDPA
• InfraGard
• Innovate Birmingham
• MAKEbhm
• Magic City React
• OWASP Alabama
• PMI Birmingham
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• Steel City SQL
• TechBirmingham
• Tech Meetups in Birmingham
• Tech on Tap
• The Things Network
• Venture for America
• Women Who Code

Networking

Conferences

• Black Tech Takeover
• Cyber Now by TechBirmingham
• Rebase
• Sloss Tech
• TEDxBirmingham

Coffee Shops

• Seeds Coffee Co.
• Octane
• Revelator Coffee
• Urban Standard
• OHenry's
• The Red Cat
• Woodlawn Cycle Cafe
• Innova Coffee
• Saturn
• Alabama Biscuit

Coworking Spaces

• Forge
• Hardware Park
• Ignite by Innovation Depot
• MAKEbhm Coworking
• Practice Works
• Red Mountain Makers
• SpaceFinder Birmingham
• The Hub
• Werkplās
• WORX BHM
• Workspace Birmingham

Events

• Breakfast Club by TechBirmingham (virtual event)
• Coffee & Collisions - Every other Wednesday from 8:30-10:00AM @ EDPA
• Creative Mornings - Once a month on Fridays from 8:30-10:30AM (location rotates each time)
• Pitch Prep - Every Friday from 1:30-2:30PM @ the * Innovation Depot Training Room
• Startup Drinks - Once a month from 5:30-7:30PM (location rotates each time)
• TechTuesdays - Every 3rd Tuesday at 12:00PM @ Regions Bank Auditorium

Discussion

Discord

• /r/Birmingham Discord
• Magic City React Discord

IRC

• #bhmjs - Birmingham Javascript meetup on Freenode
• #balu - Birmingham Linux User Group on Freenode.net

Reddit

• /r/Birmingham
• /r/BirminghamIT
• /r/FutureproofBama
• /r/UAB

Slack

• BHAM! Birmingham Game Developers Slack
• Birmingham Black Techies Slack
• Create Birmingham Slack
• Futureproof Alabama Slack
• Magic City Tech Slack

Other

• edbirmingham/network - EdBirmingham/Network on Gitter

Projects

• Bham Bad Eats 🍝 (GitHub) by @leesmith
• BhamFoodScores.com by @leesmith
• Traffic Accident Reports (GitHub) by @codeforbirmingham

Education

• Ed Birmingham
• UAB iLab
• IAMBHAM
• Classes @theSpace by Red Mountain Makers
• The Dannon Project

Bootcamps

• Covalence
• EdFarm Pathways
• Generation
• The Anvil
• TrueCoders

Colleges and Universities

• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Jefferson State Community College
• Lawson State Community College

Student Discounts

Hardware

• Apple
• Dell
• HP
• Lenovo
• Microsoft
• Samsung
• Sony
• Logitech

Services

• AWS Educate - Access to AWS Cloud, free training, and collaboration resources.
• BitBucket - Unlimited private repo's while you're a student.
• GitHub - Unlimited private repo's while you're a student.
• GitHub Student Developer Pack
• Microsoft Imagine - MS cloud services, like Azure, for deploying projects, free for students.
• Send Grid

Software

Development

• Bootstrap Studio - Free for students
• JetBrains - All products free while you're a student
• Tower - Students get a 50% discount
• GitKraken Pro
• Unity3D - Students are offered a yearly license for $100 USD
• Unreal Game Engine

Design

• Adobe Creative Cloud - 60% off for students
• Figma - free for 2 years
• Framer - 50% off on an educational license
• Invision - 6 months free for students
• Lucidchart - Unlimited access for students
• Sketch - 50% off on an educational license

Productivity

• Evernote - One year of the premium plan for 50% off
• Microsoft Education- Microsoft Office Suite for free while you're a student, and discounts on other MS products.
• Trello - 50% discount on Trello Business Class and Enterprise
• Ulysses - Almost 50% discount on a subscription

Open Data

• Birmingham Open Data Portal
  • Birmingham's Open Data Policy
• CFPD Open Tech
• DATA.gov
• IPUMS USA
• Open Elections Data for Alabama
• Top Developers on GitHub from Birmingham, AL
• US City Open Data Census

Miscellaneous

• Computer Programming Small Group
• Keep It Local Pledge

Other Resources

• Red Mountain Makers Wiki
• TechBirmingham Community Resources

Contribute

Have something you'd like to add or change? Open an open an issue and/or a pull request.