Random accordion photo: “The Egg Roll Machine” (September 11, 2024, Louisville, Kentucky). Part of the big trip for Thurmond Bonshagget’s birthday; this was at the back of a bar called Kaiju in Louisville’s Germantown neighborhood. www.joeydevilla.com/2026/08/05/r...

Random accordion photo: “The Egg Roll Machine” (September 11, 2024, Louisville, Kentucky) - The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

This photo was taken on September 11, 2024 at a bar called Kaiju, located in Louisville, Kentucky’s Germantown neighborhood. A group of us travelled to Louisville to celebrate our friend Erinn Day’s 5...

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Arkansas Act 372 amends state laws to include librarians/booksellers w/ those who can be charged for distributing/providing materials deemed "harmful to minors." It allows anyone to challenge the "appropriateness" of materials, yet doesn’t define "inappropriate." www.joeydevilla.com/2026/08/04/a...

If only it was this easy... www.youtube.com/shorts/SEVm7...

How To Get A Job Now 😏 Mushie & Birdie Animation Meme | Original Video: Under Studio x @Nick_Harron

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I just found out that today (Monday, August 3, 2026) is the 20th anniversary of Pandoc, the Universal Translator of Text Formats. I’ve used ion a few projects, including a docs management system that’s still in use at a very pricey cruise ship company. Read here: www.globalnerdy.com/2026/08/03/h...

Happy 20th birthday, Pandoc! : Global Nerdy

One of the bragging points of digital information is that it’s supposed to be possible to convert it from one format to another. Actually doing the conversion is often where theory runs headlong into ...

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When you run into Al Waxman’s statue in a Kensington Market park and you have an accordion, there’s only ONE thing to do... www.joeydevilla.com/2026/08/03/s...

Welcome to the working week! Here’s what’s happening this week in Tampa Bay’s tech, entrepreneur, and nerd scene. You can always find this week’s list at globalnerdy.com/list!

Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 3 - Sunday, August 9) : Global Nerdy

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 3 through Sunday, August 9! This list includes both in-person and online events. No...

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Last year at @kcdc.bsky.social, I presented an offbeat dev tool for making visual novels! I’m doing it again this year, but this time, I’m presenting an ON-beat dev tool for making music: Sonic Pi! @samaaron.bsky.social , I thought you should know! Details: www.kcdc.info/sessions

Techies in or the near the 813 area code (Tampa): Here’s your first notice! 813 Tech Day, courtesy of Tampa Bay Tech Week happens on 8/13! Details here: 813techday.com

Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY! It’s picdump time on the Accordion Guy blog, featuring 360+ images, comics, and memes that I found interesting, amusing, or strangely relevant this week. These 4 are just a sample; view the whole set at joeydevilla.com/picdump!

A preview from tomorrow’s “opinion” picdump.

Happy Saturday, and welcome to August! It’s that time of the week again, when I post the images, comics, and memes related to work and tech that I found amusing or relevant over the week in a “picdump”. These four are just a sample; the rest are here: globalnerdy.com/picdump!

Updated video (with new footage from the cabin crew!) of yesterday’s “stuck on the tarmac” accordion performance on American Airlines flight 2777! www.youtube.com/shorts/mXZHm...

When your flight gets stuck but then this happens #shorts #accordion

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Here’s next week’s list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in and around the Tampa Bay area, courtesy of Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! 👉🏽 www.globalnerdy.com/2026/07/31/t...

Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 3 - Sunday, August 9) : Global Nerdy

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 3 through Sunday, August 9! This list includes both in-person and online events. No...

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LIVE TODAY at 11 am Eastern/8 am Pacific/1500 UTC: It’s Ziti TV, where Clint and I take on the problem of the cafe AI chatbot that answered non-cafe-related questions, including doing my computer science homework! Find out how we used NetFoundry’s OpenZiti-based LLM Gateway to solve that problem.

Ziti TV Jul 31 2026 - Routing requests to the right robot with llm-gateway

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Stuck on the tarmac (the second time this trip!) for nearly two hours, so I offered to play the accordion, and the flight crew agreed. A lot of people pulled their phones out, and some have already sent me the footage…

After a full day of meetings at NetFoundry world headquarters in Charlotte, it was time for dinner and an accordion show. Always entertain your servers, folks!

Landed in Charlotte last night and asked Gemini if there were any musician jams in town, and it delivered: funk jam at Corner Station! Plus: they *livestream* the jam, so there’s evidence on YouTube! I played in two quick jams, the first of which is linked below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDaB...

This WASN’T how I imagine the day would go, but I’m not going to turn down a quick flight to NetFoundry HQ and meet Dave Hart, Galeal, and other people with whom I work! As is tradition, I took a good luck selfie with Phoebe, the Tampa Bay Airport flamingo. And OF COURSE I brought the accordion!

Taking a last-minute flight to Charlotte for meetings at NetFoundry HQ tomorrow and Thursday morning. Do I know anyone there who’d like to grab a bite somewhere in NoDa around 8-ish?

You can’t spell “airport” without “AI”! Most of the ads on the billboard screen overlooking our departure lounge last night at LGA were for AI companies or products: www.globalnerdy.com/2026/07/27/y...

You can’t spell “airport” without “AI” : Global Nerdy

Yesterday, Anitra and I were flying back to Tampa from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, and I noticed that most of the ads flashing on the billboard screen overlooking our departure lounge were for AI co...

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Welcome to the working week! Here’s this week’s list of Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events, including today’s 727 Tech Days events happening in Clearwater and St. Pete! globalnerdy.com/list

Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 27 - Sunday, August 2) : Global Nerdy

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, July 27 through Sunday, August 2! This list includes both in-person and online events. Not...

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Top 10 reasons why I didn’t get a drink from the Buzzfeed-branded airport convenience store www.joeydevilla.com/2026/07/26/t...

Top 10 reasons why I didn’t get a drink from the Buzzfeed-branded airport convenience store - The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

10. Coke zero was warm 9. Coke zero was warm 8. Coke zero was warm 7. Coke zero was warm 6. Coke zero was warm 5. Coke zero was warm 4. Coke zero was warm 3. Coke zero was warm 2. Coke zero was warm 1...

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727 Tech Day is a one-day, all-in celebration of the Pinellas tech community, presented by Tampa Bay Tech Week. If TBTW is the five-day, five-neighborhood sprawl, then 727 Tech Day as the encore focused on a single Tampa Bay county, with everybody in the same few rooms. I’ll be there. Will you?

Tampa Bay Tech Week presents 727 Tech Day! : Global Nerdy

Monday, 7/27, is the day when we celebrate the techies and tech companies in the 727 area code: 727 Tech Day! 727 Tech Day is a one-day, all-in celebration of the St. Pete / Clearwater / Pinellas tech...

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Sunday is “editorial picdump day” on the “Accordion Guy” blog, and it’s where I put the images, comics, and memes that I found amusing or relevant this week. These 4 are samples; click here for the full set: joeydevilla.com/picdump!

Every Saturday, I publish a “picdump” of work- and tech-related images, comics, and memes that I found relevant or amusing that week on my personal tech blog, Global Nerdy! You can always find the current one at globalnerdy.com/picdump!

My post-conference side quest: stumbling into a furry birthday party next door to conference venue and playing “Happy Birthday” to the birthday eagle. I pride myself on being a well-prepared developer advocate, ready to contribute to any occasion…

This “how to work the room” article has DevRelCon in the title, but it’s applicable to any conference and for anyone who’s at a conference and wants to get the most out of it. www.globalnerdy.com/2026/07/22/h...

How to “work the room” at DevRelCon NYC 2026 : Global Nerdy

DevRelCon NYC 2026 happens today and tomorrow! DevRelCon was created by the developer relations agency Hoopy and began in London in 2015. It’s since grown into an international series of conferences w...

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Ready to learn, share knowledge, and represent NetFoundry at DevRelCon NYC 2026, which starts any minute now!

I had 12 minutes to get out of Atlanta concourse F, dash for the train, jump through the train doors as they were closing, and get to concourse D and board my flight to LaGuardia with 4 minutes to spare. But I made it! Will have to see if my luggage successfully made the transfer.

It’s a bad news / good news day, starting with a flight cancellation. But that’s not stopping me from making it to DevRelCon NYC! www.joeydevilla.com/2026/07/21/i...

It’s a bad news / good news day - The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

Bad news: My 11 a.m. Tuesday flight to New York was cancelled Monday afternoon. I now have to get to the airport at 5 a.m. to play standby roulette. Good news: Managed to get a seat on 7:30 a.m. fligh...

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