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
- Communities and Groups
- Networking
- Discussion
- Education
- 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
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
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
IRC
#bhmjs - Birmingham Javascript meetup on Freenode#balu - Birmingham Linux User Group on Freenode.net
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
Colleges and Universities
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Jefferson State Community College
- Lawson State Community College
Student Discounts
Hardware
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
- 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
Other Resources
Contribute
Have something you'd like to add or change? Open an open an issue and/or a pull request.