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Minnov8 Gang 170 – Must. Have. Show.

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:18:22 +0000

The Gang was all over the place at events this past week and we also discuss the potential for the disruption of the TV business. Steve rationalizes downloading content he ‘forgot’ to record on his DVR — and is adamant he shouldn’t have to buy content more than once — and Tim has strong feelings about buying content…unless it’s Downton Abbey and hear why!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata

Discussed during the show:

Glue Conference and Graeme’s Glue liveblog and Graeme’s Glue coverage on RCR Wireless here and here
Ignite
Drupal Camp
LiquidMetal and Apple’s exclusive license
MinneAnalytics and Graeme’s coverage (Flickr set)
The Collaborative’s Tech.2012 event
Facebook exec ducks questions about IPO debacle and Facebook, banks sued over pre-IPO analyst calls and Facebook IPO Post Mortem – Killer – but not for the reasons you think and Introducing Facebook Camera
Likely next-generation iPhone with 3.999-inch display, 1136 x 640 resolution in testing
It’s Official: Google Is Now a Hardware Company
Apple’s Coming Plan To Take Over The TV Business

Upcoming Events:

June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center
June 7: TiE Minnesota: “Innovation: A Global Imperative,” U of M McNamara Center
Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals


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Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:16:35 +0000

The Gang is joined by Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and talk the Facebook IPO, gadgets, travel technology and much more.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata

Discussed during the show:

TiE Minnesota “Startups & Mentors”
Local startup funding report here and Kidblog and Heroic and FanChatter
Facebook Raises $16 Billion In Record Technology Offering and Two men rob internet cafe at gunpoint, but forget to log out of Facebook first
Comcast to Replace Usage Cap With Improved Data Usage Management Approaches and Comcast capitulates on data cap, but dodges net neutrality
Apple Moves Toward Larger iPhone Screens
Multiple Nexus devices could be a game-changer for Google and Android
Google Shifts Tack on Android
GMAIL: Google Locks Me Out Gmail. Seriously? and Julio takes the leap: Web-based Gmail only and Google promises to migrate Google Apps users’ Google+ accounts within weeks, has yet to do so after six months and Fluid App
TRAVEL: Travelers Telecom and Scott e-Vest

Upcoming Events:

May 18-19: DrupalCamp Twin Cities
May 21st: Predictive Analytics Forum, Medtronic’s Mounds View Campus
May 22nd: Collaborative tech.2012
May 24th: MSP WordPress User Group Meeting at 7pm, The Nerdery
June 1-2: Duluth Android BarCamp, Duluth Convention Center
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center
Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals


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Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!”

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:40:37 +0000

The Gang discusses several developments this week in search, gadgets, and a mention of the passing of Goober Pyle (brother of Gomer), a character of the Andy Griffith Show back in the Sixties, played by George Lindsey who passed away this week. For anyone old enough to have seen the original show — or have enjoyed it in reruns over the years on TV Land — the show was a cultural icon and Goober a lovable doofus.

What struck us after the show recording was how far the world has come with technology since that shows debut in 1960…in black & white. Rotary dial phones, cooking only on stoves (what, no microwave?), and a community isolated due to the slow movement of communications (huh? no internet?), we’ve come a long way.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson as “Floyd the Barber” (Graeme Thickins is off this week).

Discussed during the show:

Bing deepens Facebook integration, connecting searchers with friends and New Bing calls on Facebook and Twitter to beat Google’s Search Plus Your World and Head-To-Head: Bing’s Social Search Vs. Google’s Search Plus Your World
Apple reportedly dropping Google Maps, launching new 3D mapping service in iOS 6 and Apple’s Coming Map App Will “Blow Your Head Off”
Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human History? and Samsung Galaxy S III and The Samsung Galaxy S III: The First Smartphone Designed Entirely By Lawyers and HTC One X & S and HTC EVO 4G LTE
Pebble smart watch sells out and The Vergecast 030 (Pebble founder interview)
Apple making a $799 Air in fear of ultrabooks? Nope
OpenStreetMap
Confirmed: European mobile data roaming costs to fall
Bluetooth 4

Upcoming Events:

May 18-19: DrupalCamp Twin Cities
May 21st: Predictive Analytics Forum, Medtronic’s Mounds View Campus
May 22nd: Collaborative tech.2012
May 24th: MSP WordPress User Group Meeting at 7pm, The Nerdery
June 1-2: Duluth Android BarCamp, Duluth Convention Center
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center
Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals


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Minnov8 Gang 167 – The Mod Squad

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:08:08 +0000

At the same time we’re all experiencing the amazing acceleration of gadgets, internet disruptions and new ways of getting social, there is a resurgence in the old: 1960s because of Mad Men and a re-do of “muscle cars” from U.S. automakers; the ageing of the population and their interest in nostalgia; accessibility of on-demand streaming playback of old TV shows like The Mod Squad; and so on.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson

Discussed during the show:

Target, Unhappy With Being an Amazon Showroom, Will Stop Selling Kindles and Apple expected to expand store-within-store presence at Walmart, Target and iPad Renews Tablet Dominance as Kindle Fire Sales Drop Like a Rock
With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits and The phone market in 2012: a tale of two disruptions
Tablet market: NPD says Apple will lose quarter of tablet market by 2017
Microsoft Makes $300M Investment In New Barnes & Noble Subsidiary
Best Buy Deathwatch: Best Buy marketing exec Barry Judge resigns and Executive in charge of China becomes latest to leave Best Buy and Best Buy to Expand Bloomington Facility, Add Workers
93% of in-store app users make purchase in physical location
The $399 iPad 2 boasts better battery life, says report
Tokyo “virtual” shopping and Near Field Communication
Michael Arrington, CEO of Yahoo?
Pocket

Upcoming Events:

May 18-19: DrupalCamp Twin Cities
May 21st: Predictive Analytics Forum, Medtronic’s Mounds View Campus
May 22nd: Collaborative tech.2012
May 24th: MSP WordPress User Group Meeting at 7pm, The Nerdery
June 1-2: Duluth Android BarCamp, Duluth Convention Center
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center
Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals


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Minnov8 Gang 166 – Print Me Some Coffee

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:47:38 +0000

The Gang discusses events this past week, including the Twin Cities debut of a new, consumer-grade 3D printing device called the Cube from Cubify. Having been fans of Star Trek in its various incarnations, many 3D printing enthusiasts have a vision for these sorts of printers that is more Star Trek replicator than what they presently deliver: prototypes and trinkets.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson

Discussed during the show:

SaaS Camp Recap
MHTA Spring Conference
Google Drive: Introducing Google Drive… yes, really and Google Set to Meld GDrive With Chrome OS
Best Buy Deathwatch: Is Best Buy’s Future An Online Showroom? and 7 Reasons Best Buy Won’t Be Around in 7 Years
Gang Tech Talk: Klout vs. Klouchebag and What Your Klout Score Really Means and Rohn Jay Miller’s The Myth of Digital Influence
Etsy 3D Printed Products
Co.lab opening doors for Duluth techies, and then some

Upcoming Events:

May 18-19: DrupalCamp Twin Cities
May 22nd: Collaborative tech.2012
May 24th: MSP WordPress User Group Meeting at 7pm, The Nerdery
May 21st: Predictive Analytics Forum, Medtronic’s Mounds View Campus
June 1-2: Duluth Android BarCamp, Duluth Convention Center
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center
Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals


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Minnov8 Gang 165 – So, Lumia 900, why is your software half-baked?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:56:21 +0000

The Gang was at the Twin Cities Windows Phone event at Best Buy and Ovative Group‘s open house this week. That, and a number of other big stories, is at the heart of this show.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: “Sugar Rush” by Beau Hall from the podsafe Music Alley

Discussed during the show:

Is Kickstarter the new VC? Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android and Forget the money: Kickstarter turns Pebble into a platform
Is it becoming TOO easy to be tracked online and, especially, with our smartphones? If You Have a Smart Phone, Anyone Can Now Track Your Every Move and 2006 AOL data search results leak and NYTimes: A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749
Will It Blend
StarTribune: Lean Times for Venture Capitalists
Indiegogo
Kickstarter technology projects already funded
Bluetooth 4.0
Graffiti for Android
Project Glass
Naked TSA Protests Lead to Arrests, Mental Evaluations and Oregon Man Strips Down to Protest TSA

Upcoming Events:

April 21st: SaaS Class: Software-as-a-Service Smarts (SaaS Camp 2012) at CoCo Mpls
April 25th: MSP WordPress User Group Meeting at 7pm, The Nerdery
April 25th: MHTA Spring Conference, Minneapolis Convention Center
May 21st: Predictive Analytics Forum, Medtronic’s Mounds View Campus
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center
Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals


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Minnov8 Gang 164 – One BILLION dollars!?!

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:18:18 +0000

Lots of surprising news this week with the resignation of Best Buy CEO and allegations of improprieties along with the jaw-dropping valuation of Instagram as acquired by Facebook.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: “Johnnys Deathray Boogie” by Johnny Nicholas from the podsafe Music Alley

Guest Segment: We were pleased to have on the always delightful and incredibly mobile knowledgeable Lisa Foote, CEO and Co-Founder of MixMobi (Twitter)

Discussed during the show:

Best Buy’s Brian Dunn out: Best Buy: Dunn Is Done; Is The Retailer Doomed, Too? and Why Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn Had To Quit and Best Buy: CEO Brian Dunn resigns over ‘personal conduct’ issue and Cringley’s article on why Best Buy is Doomed
Is Instagram Really Worth $1B? Really? Facebook and Instagram: Made for Each Other and Insta-rich: How Instagram became a $1-billion company in 18 months and Instagram and Facebook: the next tech bubble?
Does Windows Phone Have Any Chance Of Market Traction? Nokia, AT&T launch the Lumia 900 amid few lines, strong buzz and Windows Phone will only account for 2% of app downloads in 2012, firm says
11 Startups That Could Get Bought For $1 Billion Tomorrow
Apple’s New WYSIWYG App Development Tool for iOS? Will Apple’s patent granted Thursday enable app development for the masses?
Minnebar 2012 sessions
Jason Calcanis post about Apple as trillion dollar company due to payments
Tim Elliott’s team (Full Court WordPress) non-profit site built during the Overnight Website Challenge: New site; Old site

Upcoming Events:

April (various dates): dSchool at CoCo
April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
April 21st: SaaS Class: Software-as-a-Service Smarts (SaaS Camp 2012) at CoCo Mpls
April 25th: MSP WordPress User Group Meeting at 7pm, The Nerdery
April 25th: MHTA Spring Conference, Minneapolis Convention Center
May 21st: Predictive Analytics Forum, Medtronic’s Mounds View Campus
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center
Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals


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Minnov8 Gang 163 – Is Retail Dead?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:07:35 +0000

The announcement by Best Buy on cutting $800M by FY 2015, closing 50 stores and corporate layoffs of 400 people sparked a lot of conversation on this show about retail and its disruption. Online commerce, mobile devices, easy price-checking, big-box competitors cherry-picking hot product categories to sell and more is causing Best Buy no end of headaches.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week)
Music: “Universal Domain” by Dreamline from the podsafe Music Alley

Discussed during the show:

Overnight Website Challenge: huge lineup of news here
The Nerdery releases JSON Accelerator
Best Buy reorg stories: Forbes here and here; Marketwatch; CNET; CNBC; and Inside Best Buy, an anonymous store manager’s take on the Best Buy announcement
Is Google stoking up the tablet wars? and Why Google’s Tablet Store Isn’t the Nexus One All Over Again
JAMF Software’s “Everything Apple…managed“

Upcoming Events:

April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
April 10th: enStratus Cloud Meetup – 5:00-8:00 PM, The Local, Minneapolis
April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
April 21st: SaaS Class: Software-as-a-Service Smarts (SaaS Camp 2012) at CoCo Mpls
April 25: MHTA Spring Conference, Minneapolis Convention Center
May 21st: Predictive Analytics Forum, Medtronic’s Mounds View Campus
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center
Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals


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Minnov8 Gang 162 – N-N-N-Nerds!

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:35:16 +0000

The Gang heads down to The Nerdery’s Overnight Website Challenge. Our own Tim Elliott, organizer of team “Full Court WordPress“, introduces us to Sherilyn Howes, Associate Director of Youth Performance Company (current website). (Note: The photo above is of teamBIOS, a group that had a suspiciously interesting “tent” setup in the center of their table).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

Discussed during the show:

Upcoming Events:

March 28: JAMF Software’s “Everything Apple…managed“
April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
April 25: MHTA Spring Conference, Minneapolis Convention Center
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center


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Minnov8 Gang 161 – Mobilecise!

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:47:23 +0000

Mobile March is in full swing today and the Gang has on Guy Thier, Chief Information Officer at Bally Total Fitness. Bally is among the largest full-service commercial operators of fitness centers in North America in terms of members, revenues and square footage of its facilities. As CIO, Guy is responsible for creating and executing Bally’s technology vision to support Bally’s market strategy. Like jazzercise in the 1980s, you’ll hear he’s done more to accelerate use of mobile technologies than any other CIO we’ve found and “mobilecise” Bally Fitness in unique and innovative ways.

Justin Grammens

Also joining us on the ‘cast is Justin Grammens with Code 42 Software, one of the cofounders of Mobile March along with Phil Wilson and Linda Cummings in 2010. Mobile March offered two tracks of learning this year: Mobile Development and Mobile Business. By offering content that appealed to mobile developers, business people, these co-founders hoped to facilitate a greater understanding between all constituencies that make mobile happen. We think it worked well and was a great event!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off)

Upcoming Events:

March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery
March 28: JAMF Software’s “Everything Apple…managed“
April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
April 25: MHTA Spring Conference, Minneapolis Convention Center
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center


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Minnov8 Gang 160 – The de facto ‘Genius Bar’ for Android

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:15:55 +0000

We are so pleased to have two guests this week: first up is the self-proclaimed “communications passionista“, Mall of America social media expert Lisa Grimm down at the SXSWshow and we get some insight in to her adventure to Texas and that event.

Lisa Grimm

Our second guest is none other than Chief Technology Officer of Best Buy, Robert Stephens, and his just-announced departure and the likelihood his adventure will be heading west to San Francisco. As always, Robert demonstrates how he is an incredibly accessible leader and so willing to connect with those of us in the technology trenches. He has been such a supporter and asset to the Minnesota tech community and will be sorely missed (though we suspect he’ll stay close to Minnesota tech regardless of where he lives)!

We wish them both happy trails and listen for why Robert believes that, “…the Geek Squad is the de facto genius bar for Android.”

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Speed Limit 35 & the song “Throb” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Lisa Grimm: As SXSWers Get Desperate, Austinites Get Enterprising and SXSW Adding Great New Wrinkle for 2012: ‘Startup Village’
Robert Stephens: A new frontier for Robert Stephens and My Next Chapter and Best Buy’s Chief Geek Checks Out
Former Starbucks exec to be Best Buy digital chief
New iPad launch day: specs, release date, price, and more! and Why the New iPad is So Huge for Apple
John Batelle’s event (Federated Media)
Dollar Shave Club (you must watch the CEOs video…best launch video ever)

Upcoming Events:

March 13: Entrepreneur’s Rally
March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); NEW! The Agenda
March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery
April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
April 25: MHTA Spring Conference, Minneapolis Convention Center
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center


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Minnov8 Gang 159 – Social Chatter

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:57:34 +0000

Marty Wetherall

Social media ‘chatter’ seems to be growing exponentially and the services capitalizing upon it are being launched, or accelerated, by the week. Marty Wetherall, Director of Innovation at Fallon and co-founder of Fanchatter, joins us to talk about what’s happening with his startup and about the growth of social chatter overall.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Mario Tomic & the song “Blue Note” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Project Skyway’s new class of entrepreneurs
Google: I’m Being Followed and Keeping Google From Watching Your Searches
Mobile World Congress
Introducing Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Facebook introduces Premium: A marketer’s dream, a user’s nightmare?
iPad: New, faster Apple iPad expected next week and Apple expected to unveil 16GB and 32GB iPad 3 as well as 8GB iPad 2 and Apple likely to begin production of 7.85-inch iPads in 3Q12 and Channels as apps? How Apple could reinvent television
Fanchatter has ‘chat’ at the Lady Gaga & Oprah event at Harvard
Bruce Springsteen Online Listening Party
Startup Bus to SXSW and CNN on Tech Trends at SXSW
MN Council of Non-Profits Tech & Comm event (PDF)

Upcoming Events:

March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); NEW! The Agenda
March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery
April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center


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Minnov8 Gang 158 – Aloha Smartphones & Tablets

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:11:56 +0000

“Aloha” is an Hawaiian word used both for greeting, or leaving, someone. Aloha is thus a metaphor for both the opportunity and the angst about how to capitalize upon it. That angst many people feel comes when we examine how to publish or develop apps for smartphones and tablets. The Gang discusses the market, tools, and how we all can participate in this mobile digital revolution. (Note: Hawaii as a show theme is brought to you by Steve Borsch, a guy with pent-up desire to be lying on a beach there now).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off today)
Music: Kaimoku & the song “Honolulu Shuffle” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Flashback Mac Trojan Horse Infections Increasing with New Variant
Apple getting ready to ditch the traditional iPhone, iPad, and iPod dock connector
What we learned from the ‘Nightline’ report on Foxconn factories
Nielsen: 66% of Americans ages 24-35 own a smartphone
2012 Mobile Future in Focus-comScore
Tablets, Tablets, Everywhere: The iPad 3 Rumor Roundup and Amazon said to be launching 10-inch Kindle Fire in coming months and Nook Tablet 8GB official at $199, Nook Color price down to $169 and Google may enter tablet market with 7-inch design
Publishing tools for tablets: Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and Apple posts gorgeous new ‘how to get started as an iOS developer’ guide and Publish Your Own Book With WordPress and the Anthologize Plugin and Baker Ebook Framework and 3D Issue and Booktype (open source publishing)
App development for normal people?: 13 Tools for Building Your Own iPhone App and PhoneGap and Appcelerator
Box bets on Android in business with new update, gives all users 50GB storage free
Garrick Van Buren’s Typerighter

Upcoming Events:

March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); NEW! The Agenda
March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery
April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center


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Minnov8 Gang 157 – More Donuts!

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:08:11 +0000

Once again there is SO much going on in technology that we had to do two key things: have on Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and fortify ourselves with the (possible, but unlikely) Mobile March TC special gimmee for Minnov8 Gang Podcast listeners, donuts!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata
Music: Charlie Crowe & the song “007” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Google caught circumventing Apple Safari cookie policy
StarTribune Your Mobile Phone Could Have a Leak (University of Minnesota researchers found a flaw in AT&T and T-Mobile cell towers that reveals the location of phone users.)
iOS 5.1 to Require Permission for iOS Apps Accessing Address Book Data?
Android Dodges Apple iOS Address Book Debacle: But not by Much
Will this affect MN startup 8th Bridge?: Retailers Shut Facebook Storefonts Amid Apathy
Apple’s new OS X “Mountain Lion” and Apple OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion preview and Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion pushes iOS integration further and Apple, Suppliers Test Tablet With Smaller Screen
Why Pinterest Is So Addictive and Pinterest keeps and engages members better than Twitter, data shows and Pinterest Copyright Issues
Free Interactive E-Book Publishing Platform—From Inkling, Not Apple and Pressly
Julio Showing off a tech jacket, RC copter and more on KARE 11

Upcoming Events:

February 23rd: WordPressMSP at The Nerdery
February 23rd: How to Leverage Digital Media to Raise Capital (a DealPen event at CoCo. Promo code for free ticket: dealpenfriend)
February 24-25: MinneWIC (Women in Computing)
March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); Agenda
March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery
April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center


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Minnov8 Gang 156 – Pathgate, Privacy & Phones

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:57:40 +0000

Imagine what sort of mischief Richard Nixon would have been able to get in to as president, if he’d had the sort of technologies available to him today. The Watergate scandal would have been child’s play compared to the sort of overt and covert tracking that could’ve been done on Nixon’s political opponents with today’s mobile technologies.

Last week a Ruby/iOS developer in Singapore, Arun Thampi, broke the story on his blog that the mobile app Path had been automatically (and without encryption) uploading ones address book en masse to their servers. The Gang discusses what happened and what it means as this one blog post exploded in to what Tim Elliott describes as “Pathgate.”

Who better to talk with us about this entire brouhaha than local mobile developer Justin Grammens of Recursive Awesome, now part of Code42 Software. We talk to him about this “gate” scandal, what else is going on in mobile development, and what you should fear about releasing (or not) with your mobile app.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: AjT & the song “Apple Chunk Guitar” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Path Scandal: The story that started it all and Path CEO: ‘We Thought We Were Doing This Right’ and Mike Arrington: HEY PATH, JUST NUKE ALL THE DATA
Apple: Apple doesn’t enforce its own Address Book policy and iOS Address Book access should prompt the user for permission
Pinterest Hits 10 Million U.S. Monthly Uniques Faster Than Any Standalone Site Ever and Personalized eCommerce Is Already Here, You Just Don’t Recognize It and Pinterest is quietly generating revenue by modifying user submitted pins and Pinterest is spamming your Facebook friends’ email with fake connection requests

Upcoming Events:

February 23rd: WordPressMSP at The Nerdery
February 23rd: How to Leverage Digital Media to Raise Capital (a DealPen event at CoCo. Promo code for free ticket: dealpenfriend)
February 24-25: MinneWIC (Women in Computing)
March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); Agenda
March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery
April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center


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Minnov8 Gang 155 – It’s the Data

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:25:34 +0000

Publisher and tech visionary, Tim O’Reilly, has repeatedly said that “Data is the Intel Inside“. O’Reilly was referring, of course, to Intel’s famous “Intel Inside” ad campaign touting the importance of their chips, mainly since chips are invisible inside a computer or device and it’s easy for competitors to market their chips as being equal and interchangeable with Intel’s. O’Reilly’s recognition that data is the hidden value inside applications, the “Intel Inside” value, meant leveraging data was an imperative in application development.

The Gang talks with a data scientist (and accomplished applications developer) living here in the Twin Cities, Jamie Ostheimer. He is working with a string of startups and is deeply embedded within the world of data. Osterheimer has a PhD in Astronomy, a discipline all about the data (and no, not Commander Data from Star Trek Next Generation). Rather his focus is about the core data sets that power all of our analysis, driving insights and enabling us to gain new meanings from it.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: bluessmyth & the song “Down on My Luck” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Minneapolis startup TST Media acquires Wisconsin Sports Network site (Pioneer Press)
Facebook’s $5 Billion IPO: The Next Google? Or The Next Groupon?
Zuckerberg Controlling 57% of Facebook Seen as Risk to Investors
Facebook’s Ad Business Is a $3 Billion Mystery
In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad; Foxconn; Major Customers
Was Google’s Disastrous January A Passing Storm Or Sign Of Things To Come?
Employers added 243,000 jobs in January, pushing unemployment rate down to 8.3 percent
Jamie Ostheimer links: What Is a Data Scientist? (the diagram we discuss); Forbes article

Upcoming Events:

February 10-11: Startup Weekend Twin Cities III, U of M Carlson
February 23rd: WordPressMSP at The Nerdery
February 23rd: How to Leverage Digital Media to Raise Capital (a DealPen event at CoCo. Promo code for free ticket: dealpenfriend)
February 24-25: MinneWIC (Women in Computing)
March 16-17: Mobile March (Mobile 3D) (Call for speakers)
April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters
June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center


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Minnov8 Gang 154 – iPad, iLearn

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:26:10 +0000

Tablets, and specifically the iPad, are being adopted quickly in education. A leading K-12 education publication, T.H.E. Journal, wrote this article about the top trends in education in 2012: ”…education technology will see an increased focus on individualization–from personalized learning environments to digital textbooks designed to connect students to the resources that work best for them. And with a growing number of students using handheld devices to access these learning tools, trend watchers can expect to see big pushes for faster innovation to tie everything together.”

Dr. Lisa Snyder

So does this mean we give tablets to kids and education is magically transformed? Hardly. Fortunately we have one of the thought leaders in this space in our backyard. Her name is Dr. Lisa Snyder, she is the new Lakeville MN School Superintendent, and we were pleased to have her on the show to talk about their new iLearn initiative, whether or not it’s magic, how tablets and tech fit in to it, and her perspectives on the challenges adopting new ways of teaching and learning.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Dave Hole & the song “Keep Your Motor Running” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Upcoming Events:

February 10-11: Startup Weekend Twin Cities III, U of M Carlson
February 23rd: WordPressMSP at The Nerdery
February 23rd: How to Leverage Digital Media to Raise Capital (a DealPen event at CoCo. Promo code for free ticket: dealpenfriend)
February 24-25: MinneWIC (Women in Computing)
March 16-17: Mobile March (Mobile 3D) (Call for speakers)
April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters


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Minnov8 Gang 153 – SOPA is NOPA

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:24:21 +0000

SOPA is not an Italian soap, as joked about on the Gang podcast. But we discuss the protests that caused the Stop Online Privacy Act (and its Senate sister act called PIPA or Protect IP Act) to be, as the Mafia always stated about someone who was killed and dumped in the river, “sleeping with the fishes” and we talk about what happened.

Besides all of the catching up we did our guest, Patrick E. Donohue from DealPen, is on to talk about their initiatives to work with startups on funding, knowledge and a host of other value propositions.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Clear Blue 22 & the song “Through With You” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Upcoming Events:

Thursday, January 26th: WordPressMSP, at The Nerdery in Bloomington.
Thursday, January 26th: MnSearch Presents: Tools of the Trade for SEO with Raven Tools
Thursday, January 26th/February 23rd: How to Leverage Digital Media to Raise Capital (a DealPen event at CoCo. Promo code for free ticket: dealpenfriend)
Friday, January 27th: Social Media Breakfast, Mpls/St. Paul (SMBMSP)–Public Media
Friday/Saturday, March 16th & 17th: Mobile March TC. Call for speakers.


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Minnov8 Gang #152 – Mr. Happy Loves 2012

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:34:20 +0000

2012 started off with a bang with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and the start of a new year also affords the Gang a chance to see just how far and fast a local emerging firm has come in the last year.

Joining the Gang on this podcast are two guests: First up is Justin Kaufenberg, CEO & Cofounder of TSTMedia, who provides us with a solid overview of his company and all of their properties (SportNGIN; EventNGIN; USPondHockey; and NGIN itself). Then we get a CES report from Mitchell Hislop (Site; LinkedIn; Twitter) who was on-the-ground for several days looking at CES developments from a hard core geek’s perspective.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Ron Arnold & the song “Kiss Me” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Upcoming Events:

Friday, January 13th: Club Entrepreneur, 11:30am-1:00pm, Minneapolis Club. (Speaker: Mary Meehan, Cofounder, Panoramix Global)
Wednesday, January 18th: MinneDemo at 6:00 pm, Schulze Hall, University of St. Thomas (registration…but it’s sold out).
Wednesday, January 18th: MIMA Event: “Secrets Revealed: Social Media Grows Up” (sold out, waiting list)
Saturday, January 21st: Thomson Reuters Tech Event
Thursday, January 26th: WordPressMSP, at The Nerdery in Bloomington.
Thursday, January 26th: MnSearch Presents: Tools of the Trade for SEO with Raven Tools
Friday, January 27th: Social Media Breakfast, Mpls/St. Paul (SMBMSP)–Public Media
Friday/Saturday, March 16th & 17th: Mobile March TC. Call for speakers.


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Minnov8 Gang 151 – Opinions Are Like Donkeys

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:11:24 +0000

There’s an old saying about people who rant that, “opinions are like a**es…everyone’s got one” and the Gang is no exception, though we like to think our opinions are a bit more informed than the average schmo and that we’re more like somewhat smarter donkeys.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Jake Lear & their song “Kiss Me” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Best Buy gets slammed in Forbes
Best Buy CEO Defends Himself Against Reports That His Company Is Slowly Dying
Brian’s Whiteboard (Best Buy CEO’s blog) direct link
Bloomberg story says Best Buy is a buyout candidate
Best Buy reacts to price-checking smartphone app
For Best Buy, holidays were good enough (Star Tribune)
Apple to open new store-within-a-store outlets inside Target this year
Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA (by Steve Blank via Forbes)
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Preview of Minnesota companies
Wired’s CES Preview
U.S. House’s Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA)

Upcoming Events:

Friday, January 13th: Club Entrepreneur, 11:30am-1:00pm, Minneapolis Club. (Speaker: Mary Meehan, Cofounder, Panoramix Global)
Thursday, January 16th: MinneDemo at 6:00 pm, Schulze Hall, University of St. Thomas (registration…but it’s sold out).
Saturday, January 21st: Thomson Reuters Tech Event
Thursday, January 26th: WordPressMSP, at The Nerdery in Bloomington.
Friday/Saturday, March 16th & 17th: Mobile March TC. Location TBD.


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Minnov8 Gang 150 – All Seeing, All Knowing?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:27:29 +0000

It’s our annual predictions show where the Gang goes over our prediction hits-and-misses from last year’s show…and then we try again to predict what will happen in technology in 2012. Listen to discover how we did and what we think will happen in 2012.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson

Discussed during the show:

Inveni (semantic technology startup based in MN)
Apple iTV: It’s about the experience, not content
Healthcare and devices: Big Healthcare Data; HealthPartners Launches Virtuwell; Zipnosis
Brad Feld’s sci-fi talk at Defrag 2011, “Resistance is Futile: The Rise of the Machines” (unfortunately, no link to a video because none was shot! … but here are some photos and tweets from Graeme’s live-blog at the time that will give you the flavor)
And here’s a related-to-3D-printing Brad Feld link: “Foundry Group Invests In MakerBot”
3D printing (Wikipedia); Eden Prairie-based Stratasys
More 3D printing in MN: Custom parts maker Proto Labs plans to raise $100 million in IPO (in Maple Plain, MN)

Upcoming Events:

Friday, January 13th: Club Entrepreneur, 11:30am-1:00pm, Minneapolis Club. (Speaker: Mary Meehan, Cofounder, Panoramix Global – “Global Trends Shifting Your Business”)
Thursday, January 16th: MinneDemo at 6:00 pm, location TBD.
Thursday, January 26th: WordPressMSP, at The Nerdery in Bloomington.


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Happy Holidays from the Minnov8 Gang!

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:55:57 +0000

From all of us at Minnov8, we would like to wish you a safe, joyous and delightful holiday! We our grateful for our families, friends, you and, of course, for those who both invent and leverage great technology for incredible outcomes, profit and fun.

We will be back next week with another Minnov8 Gang podcast with our end of year recap and 2012 predictions.

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Minnov8 Gang 149 – Holiday Zeitgeist

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:59:07 +0000

A smaller Gang discusses the past week’s news including the W3i Tech Holiday Party, Google Zeitgeist, Facebook Timeline and more.

Hosts: Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Steve Borsch is on holiday)
Music: Uncle Seth sing “Little Pieces” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Upcoming Events:

December 21st: How to Leverage Digital Media to Build your Business and Raise Capital

Note: We will be off next week but return the following week to discuss our 2011 predictions and gaze into the crystal ball again for 2012.

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Minnov8 Gang 148 – Gadgets 4 Geeks

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:09:47 +0000

The Gang has on our frequent guest host, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, to talk holiday gadgets and those for geeks.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata.
Music: The Dead Rocks & their song “Boogie Splash Crash” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

SAP Target SuccessFactors To Buy Jobs2web For $110M
Amazon Will Pay Shoppers $5 to Walk Out of Stores Empty-Handed and Rumor: Amazon Retail Stores Coming & Predatory Pricing Channel Destruction
New version of Twitter launched; does anyone care? answer is Yes, 7 billion people; Twitter relaunches with Facebook-style makeover; Twitter Joins Facebook, Google, Launches ‘Brand Pages’ for Marketers
Google Currents is hot off the press
Julio’s top gadgets for this holiday: Macbook Air 13”; iHome iW1; Logitech mini boom box; Apparel like Scottevest Puffer; Dell 14Z; Julio’s post Slick Dell XPS 14z and 15z laptops worth a look for holidays
Jawbone suspends production of Up wristband, offers refund even if you keep it
8th Bridge
Graeme returns his Kindle Fire
Shoppers say Target hits the mark with its social marketing
Graphene at Wikipedia and Is graphene a miracle material?
The Onion: Interim Apple Chief Under Fire After Unveiling Grotesque New MacBook
Graeme’s surfing’ buddy: January Surfing on Lake Superior with the new GoPro video cam

Gang Geek Gadgets: Graeme: “Not a Kindle Fire”; Steve: Gulfstream 650 jet but really the Blue Yeti microphone; Phil: Independent Wealth…or a MacBook Air; Tim: an iPad

Upcoming Events:

Gadgets and Gifts for Geeks & Grandmas – today at CoCo Minneapolis 11:30 to 1pm
December 10-13: TIES 2011 EduTech Conference
December 21st: How to Leverage Digital Media to Build your Business and Raise Capital

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Minnov8 Gang 147 – Wanna Buy Some Wheat?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:54:39 +0000

The Gang is down at the CoCoMSP Minneapolis Grain Exchange facility and we talk with Don Ball, co-founder of CoCoMSP and a fun guy. It is always a delight to talk with Don about the future of work, what’s happening at CoCo, and why he actually can’t sell us some wheat anymore (Wikipedia article here: “On December 19, 2008, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange ceased operations of the open outcry trading floor, but continues daily operations for the electronic trading platform. Today, HRSW futures trade exclusively electronically and options trade side-by-side.”

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Ruddin & their song “Cover the Distance” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Carrier IQ scandal:

Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales strong:

Guest: Don Ball:

Other: Julian Assange: iPhone, Blackberry and Gmail users are ‘screwed’ – video

Upcoming Events

Friday, December 9th: Gadgets and Gifts from Geeks to Grandmas
Wednesday, December 7th: MOJO Mixer 2 – Speed Mentoring for Startups
Thursday, December 15th: 1st Annual Minnesota Tech Holiday Bash
December 10th – 13th: TIES 2011 EduTech Conference

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Minnov8 Gang Off This Week

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:27:37 +0000

The Gang is off this week for obvious holiday reasons, hanging with family and relaxing. We’ll be back next week with another edition of the Minnov8 Gang Podcast. Seeya then!

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Minnov8 Gang 146 – Is Fire Your Tablet?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:21:29 +0000

The Gang shows up for the Social Media Breakfast held at Thomson Reuters to talk the new Kindle Fire, tablets and tablet publishing, and mobile. We didn’t have enough time to be exhaustive in our discussion, but we cover a lot of ground in a short time.

Joining us on the ‘cast is our frequent guest host, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, as well as Albert Maruggi of Provident Partners (the moderator for the panel discussion on mobile social media). Toward the end Lisa Grimm joins us to chime in on mobile social media and what she’s up to at Mall of America.

The panel, hosted by Albert, included Liz Giel, Digital Strategist at Fallon; Kevin Hunt, Corporate Social Media Manager at General Mills; and Breon Nagy, Marketer at Code42 Software.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

A few photos from SMBMSP:

Discussed during the show:

Amazon Kindle Fire launches to mostly positive reviews: Verge; Engadget; GigaOm
Julio’s draft of his upcoming Sunday review of the Kindle Fire
B&N Nook Tablet also ships: Engadget; Techcrunch
Tablet publishing tools are proliferating: Yudu; Genwi; Adobe; App Press; JoeMobi (local Minnesota startup); Apple: In March of this year, Gadget Daily News claimed that Apple has an answer to the iPad publishing question in the works: a magazine template for the Xcode development environment
Responsive web design: A List Apart article that got this topic started; What It Is and How To Use It; 50 Examples and Best Practices
Our Minnov8 Gang Podcast is now on Stitcher! Listen to us on your iPhone, Android Phone, BlackBerry and WebOS phones.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, December 7th: MOJO Mixer 2 – Speed Mentoring for Startups: 6:00 PM, PSoup HQ, St. Paul
December 10th to 13th: TIES 2011 EduTech Conference – , 9:00am – 5:00pm, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis



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Minnov8 Gang 145 – Nigel Tufnel Isn’t on Google+?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:11:08 +0000

It is 11/11/11 so Happy Nigel Tufnel Day! A fictional character in director Rob Reiner’s classic music spoof, This is Spinal Tap, his quotes were a pre-internet, slowly propagating meme which most saw (except Steve).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

Discussed during the show:

Defrag 2011; Graeme’s live blog of Defrag 2011; MN tech startups at Defrag: enStratus (a sponsor); TSTMedia; Asystme; FanChatter; ZingString; KidBlog; Rifr
Best Buy Acquires IT Services Company mindSHIFT For $167 Million
Best Buy UK stores to be shut down after a year of unprofitable operation
Graeme’s interview with Robert Stephens
StarTribune: Best Buy’s tablet app…uh…needs some work
Target Works to Fix Crashing Website Before Black Friday
Google+ Brand Pages Launched; Scoble: “I wish I had never heard of Google+’s brand pages“; Google Direct Connect Hooks Search and Google+ Pages Together
Intentionally Left Blank Page
Verge
Danah Boyd, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research whose blog is “Apophenia“.

Upcoming Events:

Saturday, Nov 12th: Code Slingers Challenge - 10:00am – 10:00pm
Saturday, Nov 12th: ProductCamp Minnesota 3 - , University of St Thomas – Minneapolis, Schulze Hall
Tuesday, Nov 15th: Mobile Twin Cities - 7:00pm
Wednesday, Nov 16th: MIMA Event – Community Management with Olivier Blanchardat 7:30am
December 10th to 13th: TIES 2011 EduTech Conference - 9:00am – 5:00pm, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

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Minnov8 Gang 144 – Smartphones & SmartScooters?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:58:56 +0000

A continued acceleration in all things mobile takes an interesting twist this week with a Best Buy VC investment in electric scooters. We then have on a special guest, Lisa Foote, CEO and Co-Founder of MixMobi (Twitter), to give the Gang and you an “update on all things mobile.”

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, and Phil Wilson

Discussed during the show:

MN-Based Cloud Startup enStratus Secures Series A VC Investment
MHTA Tekne Awards (MHTA site; BizJournal article)
Returns aren’t in on Best Buy’s VC venture
Google’s new GoMo – Google Creates “GoMo” Portal To Help You Mobilize
New in Google Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing and Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or worst decision?
Google Releases Gmail for iOS…then pulls it
HTML5 and a great site with demos called,”HTML ROCKS”
Square’s Card Case iOS App Adds Support For Hands-Free Payments, Twitter Integration For Merchants
Groupon IPO
Mary Meeker’s State of the Internet
Kidblog; Minnov8 Gang podcast with the co-founder; Graeme’s video with key folks about hitting 1M users

Upcoming Events:

Friday, November 4th (weekly): Frontend Masters Workshop Series
November 8-10: Defrag (Denver & MN startups going include: Zingstring, AsystMe, TST Media, KidBlog, FanChatter… enStratus is a sponsor)
November 8-10: JAMF Software National User Conference 2011 @Guthrie Theater
Wednesday, November 9th: Hacks/Hackers Twin Cities – “Newsrooms, Open Source, and the Maker Culture”
Saturday, November 12th: ProductCamp Minnesota 3
Saturday, November 12th: Code Slingers Challenge
Tuesday, November 15th: Mobile Twin Cities

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Minnov8 Gang 143 – “Bacon” a Cake?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:40:07 +0000

Social Media Breakfast of Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP and its history here) was held Friday, October 28th, and the Gang sits down with the founder Rick Mahn, Mykl Roventine and the speakers for the 40th Breakfast, Lisa Grimm and Meg Knodl.

The discussion surrounded social media, its future, what’s next for SMBMSP and a synopsis of Lisa and Meg’s presentation about community management. Revealed during this podcast is that SMBMSP has a “bacon sponsor”…who would’ve guessed! ;-)

Hosts: Phil Wilson and Graeme Thickins (Steve Borsch and Tim Elliott are off this week)

Upcoming Events:

Friday, November 4th (weekly): Frontend Masters Workshop Series
Sat, November 12th: ProductCamp Minnesota 3

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Minnov8 Gang 142 – Gurf Navis is the Rafter

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:10:56 +0000

Phil gives Steve a bad time about his new iPhone 4S and Siri, the intelligent agent (NONE of which is TRUE). We then have on our guest this week, technologist, entrepreneur, civic strategist, and “burr under the saddle” of various goofballs, Ed Kohler.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off).
Music: “Cover the Distance” by “Ruddinn“ via Music Alley.

Ed Kohler

Discussed during the show:

WiziApp; AppPress
Android “Ice Cream Sandwich” released ; Quick feature rundown by Techcrunch
Apple’s Quarterly Results (still a blowout but ‘missed’ expectations); Sells 4M iPhone 4S devices in first weekend
Mary Meeker’s State of the Internet at Web 2.0 Summit; Article & video of her preso
Ed Kohler: Junk86.com; The Deets; WhereToLive.com; Technology Evangelist (now in mothballs); Funny ‘returning phonebooks’ video Ed did; on Twitter; LinkedIn; Tumblr; Shoefiti
Ed’s mentions: Crumplepop
Stratysys
David Erickson of Tunheim Partners talking QR Codes on WCCO

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday, October 26th: Tech Entrepreneurs Rally at CoCo
Thursday, October 27th: WordPressMSP
Friday, Oct 28th: Social Media Breakfast MSP on Community Mgmt
Friday, November 4th (weekly): Frontend Masters Workshop Series
Sat, November 12th: ProductCamp Minnesota 3

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Minnov8 Gang 141 – Everything’s a Beta

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:20:17 +0000

One of Minnesota’s premiere interactive marketing thought leaders and practioners, Andrew Eklund of Ciceron, shares his insights and perspectives after Wednesday’s MIMA Summit as well as on other key trends in new media.

Listen for the discussion wrapped around Andrew’s best line of the entire podcast (in Borsch’s opinion). While discussing how Ciceron encourages clients to think about what they offer, in a world where everyone is an instant critic who can tell the world, he says in passing, “every product is an iteration of its future self.” Find out what the “new and improved” Andrew 2.0 means.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, and Phil Wilson
Music: “Zydeco Junkie” by “Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band“ via Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Macworld’s “Some Users Having Problems Upgrading to iOS5” (some users?) as well as Julio Ojeda Zapata on Fox9 News about iOS5 upgrade issues
iPhone 4S Launch & Steve Borsch on Fox9 News about iPhone4S launch & Android
Google earnings: Larry Page: Mobile Revenues At $2.5 Billion Run-Rate, 190 Million Android Devices
Oops…Blackberry Outage Blamed on “Extremely Severe” Network Failure
The end of unbundled cable? Why Hulu’s Owners Couldn’t Find A Buyer and best headline about it: “Hulu: We Couldn’t Get Some Sucker To Overpay For The Company So We’re Not Selling” (Henry Blodgett)
CruiseCritic
Clicker

Upcoming Events:

Tues/Wed, Oct 11th & 12th: MIMA Summit
Thurs, Oct 13th: The Collaborative’s Venture Finance Conference (25th Annual!)
Wednesday, October 26th: Tech Entrepreneurs Rally at CoCo
Thursday, October 27th: WordPressMSP
Friday, Oct 28th: Social Media Breakfast MSP on Community Mgmt
Friday, November 4th (weekly): Frontend Masters Workshop Series
Sat, November 12th: ProductCamp Minnesota 3

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Minnov8 Gang 140 – Heaven is no Apple Store

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:25:15 +0000

The passing of Apple’s co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, overshadowed all other stories of the past week…even Apple’s own introduction of the iPhone 4S. Still, there were numerous things to talk about since the acceleration in technology innovation continues unabated.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda Zapata
Music: “Even Meaner” by “Mean Gene Kelton & the Diehards“ via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Steve Jobs’ passing (Julio’s excellent post; New Yorker article: “Steve Jobs at the Pearly Gates”; Wall Street Journal about: Who Will Be the ‘Next Steve Jobs’?; Mike Evangelist’s blog, Writer’s Block
Apple iPhone 4S; Why iPhone screen is 3.5 inches
Samsung/Google postpone Nexus Prime with IceCreamSandwich out of respect for Steve
Minnedemo & Edutech & TECHCocktail
Sprint betting the farm on iPhone?
Best Buy unloads Napster. Sells to Rhapsody. (“Napsody”?)
MN’s 365,000 VC-backed jobs. 8th largest innovator: “Putting Money and Ventures Together“
Paradox of Choice

Upcoming Events:

Tues/Wed, Oct 11th & 12th: MIMA Summit
Thurs, Oct 13th: The Collaborative’s Venture Finance Conference (25th Annual!)
Friday, Oct 28th: Social Media Breakfast MSP on Community Mgmt
Friday, November 4th (weekly): Frontend Masters Workshop Series
Sat, November 12th: ProductCamp Minnesota 3

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M8 Gang Podcast 139 – Capella U Mobile’s Kristofer Layon

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:26:56 +0000

Online learning continues to accelerate and Capella University is on the leading edge of it. Online increasingly means “mobile” and Capella recently brought on a unique, highly qualified and experienced guy, Kristofer Layon, to be their mobile product manager. We talk with Kris about what he’s doing at Capella, issues he’s wrestling with, and how he shrunk himself down to appear on a student’s iPad in 3D. ;-)

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off).
Music: “Give Blues a Chance” by “Mean Gene Kelton & the Diehards“ via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Apple iPhone event announced for next Tuesday
Amazon Kindle “Fire”
Chris Espinosa, Apple employee #8 (and still at Apple) personally blogged about the troubling nature of the Kindle Fire “Silk” web browser and the security implications
Amazon has Palm in its shopping cart — will it click Buy?
Microsoft Shores up Samsung & HTC with Android patents
Kris Layon will be speaking at MIMA Summit
Capella’s iPhone app (there is also an Android version)
English Books for Thai School – Can You Help?
“Facebook Won’t Like This Apple-Twitter Union” (FastCompany)
“Amazon’s ‘Silk’ Browser Is Revolutionary: Here’s Why It’s So Important” (Business Insider)
“The One Huge Reason Amazon Will Not Beat Apple” (Business Insider)

Upcoming Events:

October 4th, 6:30pm: TechCocktail-Minneapolis at CoCoMSP (Grain Exchange)
Thursday, October 6th: Minnedemo*
Tuesday, Oct 11th & 12th: MIMA Summit
Friday, November 4th: Frontend Masters Workshop Series (organized by Marc Grabanski, Founder, MJG International) – weekly, starting Friday, November 4 Saturday, November 12th:
ProductCamp Minnesota 3*

* Both held at University of St Thomas – Minneapolis, Schulze Hall

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Minnov8 Gang 138 – Fate…or Plus?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:26:17 +0000

Lots of announcements this week with Facebook f8, Google+ opening up to everyone, and Forbes thinking our hometown technology retail success story, Best Buy, is in trouble.

Ben Theis, Google

Our guest this week is Ben Theis, Field Marketing Lead for Google in Minnesota (and part of a team of five). He talks about what he’s doing here, initiatives that Google has underway in Minnesota, and some very interesting factoids about the lack of online presence with small businesses.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off).
Music: “Full Circle” by Clintone via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Minnesota Emerging Software Advisory (MESA)
Facebook F8: One graph to rule them all
Best Buy in serious trouble? (be sure to read the comments); Best Buy CMO Barry Judges’ response; Best Buy’s Cowboom
Google Claims $1B of Economic Impact in MN in ’10; Google Adwords Express; Google Adwords
Multiple iPhones in October? Al Gore says so
HP Names Meg Whitman President and Chief Executive Officer
English Books for Thai School – Can You Help?

Upcoming Events:

Saturday, Sept 24th: She’s Geeky Unconference
Thursday, October 6th: Minnedemo*
Tuesday, Oct 11th & 12th: MIMA Summit
Saturday, November 12th: ProductCamp Minnesota 3*

* Both held at University of St Thomas – Minneapolis, Schulze Hall

Direct link to podcast

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Minnov8 Gang 137 – Major Mojo Baby!

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:39:37 +0000

MOJO Minnesota is an innovation advocacy force comprised of like-minded business leaders working to fuel entrepreneurship and reignite Minnesota’s culture of innovation. These folks describe themselves as, “…business advisors, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and attorneys passionate about creating jobs and economic growth through the power of Minnesota based technology companies” and we were pleased to have two of them on this week’s podcast: Ernest Grumbles, a “strategic IP” attorney and advisor to startups and entrepreneurs at Adams Monahan, LLP and Mary Meehan, renowned futurist and trend forecaster with her firm, Panoramix Global.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: “The Favourite” by Dig via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Tekne Awards-Finalists
About Windows 8; Windows 8 Gets Sad New Blue Screen of Death
Laptop, Tablet Differences May Fade, Intel Says (WSJ Digits Blog)
DEMO Conference
Graeme’s live-blog of DEMO Fall 2011; All Graeme’s posts tagged DEMO Fall 2011
Video of onstage pitch at DEMO of Minneapolis startup Me&MyMoney
The DEMO People’s Choice Award winner (and one of five DEMO God winners): Aurasma
Interview with Ernest Grumbles on patents.

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday, Sept 20th: Mobile Twin Cities
Thursday, Sept 22nd: WordPressMSP
Saturday, Sept 24th: She’s Geeky Unconference
Minnedemo – Tentatively scheduled the first week of October
Tuesday, Oct 11th & 12th: MIMA Summit

Minnov8 Podcast Show Link

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Minnov8 Gang 136 – Pedal to the Metal

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:55:07 +0000

This past summer amazed the Gang in how there has been a constant and continuing stream of new announcements, mergers and acquisitions, and major battles in the mobile space. We discuss this and much more in this week’s podcast.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week)
Music: “Kitchen Sink Boogie” by Big George Jackson Blues Band via Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday, Sept 20th: Mobile Twin Cities
Thursday, Sept 22nd: WordPressMSP
Saturday, Sept 24th: She’s Geeky Unconference
Minnedemo – Tentatively scheduled the first week of October

Minnov8 Podcast Show Link

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Minnov8 Gang 135 – Take a Tablet

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:17:23 +0000

The Gang became aware of the introduction of the brand new WCCO iPad app and we just had to talk with the CEO of one of this State’s premiere mobile development organizations, DoApp, who built that app for WCCO. DoApp is much more than just an app developer (e.g., Mobile Local News strategy with: iPhone & Android apps; integrations to media company news systems; and now a mobile ad platform) and Wade Beavers talks about this as well as revealing his thoughts on building for Android tablets and what that’s like (which is worth listening to for its own sake!).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off).
Music: “Leave This Town” by Jake Lear via Music Alley.

DISCUSSED DURING THE SHOW:

The launch of three local news apps for the iPad in one week: St. Paul Pioneer Press, StarTribune & WCCO
Lots of Android tablets (shown at CES…not yet all shipped) and Ars Technica explains Android Fragmentation

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Sunday, August 22nd, Noon-4pm MinneBar-B-Cue
Friday, August 26th, 8am, SMBMSP: Social SEO with Lee Odden
Thursday, September 8th, 5-7pm, MN Cup 2011 Final Awards Event, U of M McNamara Center (NOTE: the finalists in six divisions to be named August 19th)

The Minnov8 Gang will off the next two Friday’s and back on Friday, September 2nd with an all new show!

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Minnov8 Gang 134 – GooglyAppSoft

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:37:04 +0000

We’re pleased to have Julio Ojeda Zapata on this week as our guest host. He’d been on an adventure to California speaking at Google as an author (of his “iPad Means Business” book), being briefed as press by Apple on behalf of his tech column at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and visiting the new TWiT studio in Petaluma, CA. Besides seeing the new studio, Julio was in the audience for the iPad Today show and was also on as a guest for the this Tech News Today episode.

We also discuss the amazing patent wars going on with seemingly Apple and Microsoft on one side and Google on the other. It’s shaping up to be one incredible battle and we discuss it at length.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins & Phil Wilson.
Music: “Meltdown Man” by Derek K. Miller via Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

The Nerdery
Google, Microsoft Patent Spat Heats Up
Google Fires Back At Microsoft, Both Companies Are Looking Lame Right Now
Adobe Edge
The new TWiT Studio (watch the video here for ribbon-cutting & tour)
Dan Benjamin and 5by5 Studios

Upcoming Events:

Sunday, August 22nd at Noon: MinneBar-B-Cue

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Minnov8 Gang 133 – OMG! A ‘Feature’ Phone?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:13:00 +0000

Mobile is changing dramatically and the strategic-level changes are a challenge to stay on top of, which is why we have Lisa Foote on as our guest for this podcast. No one in the Twin Cities is on top of the mobile space like Lisa is, and the Gang did a lot more than our usual homework to prepare for our time with her. As such, there are several fabulous links below that you’ll undoubtedly find enlightening if you’re at all interested in the mobile market (and where the “OMG!” about the death of feature phones comes from).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott & Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
Music: “Only the Bird Knows” by Kelly Richey via Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

PAST WEEK:

GUEST SEGMENT: Lisa Foote, CEO and Co-Founder of MixMobi (Twitter)

UPCOMING EVENTS

CoCoMSP Kickoff Party on Saturday, July 30th
CoCo Minneapolis Hackathon (held weekly), August 3rd

OTHER

Porkys, the movie (Phil’s all-time favorite?)
Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Sales up 41% to $6.57 Billion
Amazon in 2011 is where Walmart was in 1991

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Minnov8 Gang 132 – Hot Enough for ‘Ya?

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:03:50 +0000

The Gang (minus Graeme) talks about the hottest stories of the week from NASA and the last shuttle launch; Apple’s blow-out quarter (as well as Google’s); Google+; Microsoft earnings; and much more. We only mention the stifling heat that passed us over this past week, instead focusing on the acceleration this summer of hot announcements even we are having a hard time staying on top of as a group!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott & Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
Music: “Running from the Law” by Mean Gene Kelton & the DieHards via Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

NASA on the tech made possible due to our space program
Apple blows out quarter; New Macs (Air; Mini); Mac OS X Lion; Lion Downloads Top One Million in First Day; Apple to buy Hulu?; Disappearing $69 iPad 2 triggers buyer outrage at Sears; Tablet PCs Threaten PC Dominance
Google blows out quarter; Brand pages on Google+; Vic Gundotra On How Google+ Handled Brands: “It Was Probably A Mistake”
Microsoft Beats Expectations but Microsoft Posts a 30% Increase in Profit, but Sales of Windows Are Weak; Mary-Jo Foley: Microsoft worldwide tablet operating-system share at 5 percent; Anybody Who Thinks Microsoft Is Going Out Of Business Is Nuts — Here’s Why
UPCOMING EVENTS: WordPressMSP on July 28th on Gravity Forms; CoCoMSP Kickoff Party on Saturday, July 30th (note slow link…be patient)

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 131 – Deals Baby!

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:04:21 +0000

The Gang talks with Joseph Rueter, entrepreneur and co-founder of Deals.by (formerly “Locate My Deal”), the “Search Engine for Deals Near You“. Also discussed are numerous developments this past week and what it means for you.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins & Phil Wilson.
Music: “Blue n Boogie” by Norman Hedman’s Tropique via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Can Google+ Sustain Growth Beyond Early Adopters?
Google blows out their quarter
Amazon tablet (NYTimes article)
TMobile Announces Twin Cities 4G
Phil is at Conclave Learning Conference for radio folks. Saturday is the RAIN summit
Steve’s post on the Google Chrome extension security problem
UPCOMING EVENTS:

July 28th, 6:30pm-9pm at The Nerdery: WordPressMSP Meetup on Gravity Forms
Saturday, July 30th, 7-11pm: CoCoMSP/Project Skyway Launch Party

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 130 – Tablets, Schmablets

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:14:58 +0000

We talk Google+ and Google’s design changes, bring on our guest, Tom Sweeney, to discuss his startup Visiting Ours, and talk tablets. 2011 was projected by many to be the “year of the tablet” and it’s certainly shaping up to be just that…the year when the dramatic changeover from a PC-centric world to one of mobile devices accelerates dramatically.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson, & Julio Ojeda Zapata
Music: “Just Got to Boogie” by Matt Thorpe via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Google+; Cosmic Panda
Google+ to Brands: Not So Fast
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, and his first reaction to Google+
Facebook, Skype and Microsoft’s Savvy Investment
Apple 15 Billion App Store Downloads
Apple Supply Chain Advantage
About the Baby Boomer generation
Google Makes Facebook Look Socially Awkward
Wifi Storage for Tablets and other devices
UPCOMING EVENTS:

Hacked! – Why You Should Care about Privacy in Social Media
WordPressMSP July 28th meeting on Gravity Forms

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Minnov8 Gang 129 – D-D-D-Digital

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:14:45 +0000

Like many businesses, institutions and organizations, libraries are wrestling with an increasingly digital world. As devices become less expensive and more of a library’s customers demand access to digital content they can borrow, issues of how to satisfy that demand is at the forefront of library thought. As a thought leader in this space, Meg Knodl (LinkedIn; Twitter; Flickr) brings to bear a traditional base of library science knowledge, along with a social/new media acumen, and is delivering leadership around library’s pressing topics. Meg never does a “humma, humma” or stutters when talking about d-d-d-digital, but many in her field do since libraries and digital lending is in such a state of flux.

Host: Steve Borsch (Graeme Thickins, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson were picking up empty soda bottles in a park to pay their library fines this week)
Music: “Blue Sky” by Big George Jackson Blues Band via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Google+
Google Design Direction
American Library Conference
Hennepin County Library website
CoCoMSP, “Meet Meg, Our New Coworking Librarian“
3M’s ebook lending library service and Overdrive
Playaway, Freegal and Freading

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Minnov8 Gang 128 – Cloud Money

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:04:05 +0000

The 2011 summer acceleration in all-things-tech continues unabated. The Gang discusses the continued explosion in cloud services and how many are driving toward “cloud money” by monetizing their offerings, or offering cloud strategies with the intent of being in-the-game and making money on cloud uses (e.g., Twitter, Best Buy’s Music Cloud, respectively).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: “Draggin’ Down” by Angie & the Car Wrecks via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Tough start for Best Buy Music Cloud (also here & link to Best Buy’s Music Cloud)
Best Buy to Downsize Brick-n-Mortar Footprint
Apple, Android Users Diverge on Wifi Usage…But Why?
SEC’s Final Rules on Venture Capital Exemption
HP TouchPad & CRN regarding pre-order problems
Mpls-StPaul Business Journal “Brand Madness” article & the one on Latvians Arrested for StarTribune Virus-Ad Scam
Steve Jobs WWDC 1997 Closing Keynote

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Minnov8 Gang 127 – UnSummitting

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:10:53 +0000

Two of the Gang were at UnSummit 5 Saturday and did the podcast with Meg Knodl, Mykl Roventine and Julio Ojeda-Zapata while Meg and Mykl’s UnSummit co-organizer, Don Ball, was ~~taking a nap~~ presenting a session. We talk about a range of topics on this lively ‘cast.

Hosts: Steve Borsch and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins are off)

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Minnov8 Gang 126 – iShivani at Apple’s WWDC

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:14:39 +0000

The Gang chats with Shivani Khanna (LinkedIn; Twitter), Software Development Manager at W3i, who was at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) this week and is reporting on what transpired, what she thought about key announcements, and more.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: “Sugar Rush” by Beau Hall via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Shivani’s “FlipToast” presentation at Ignite
Apple’s WWDC Keynote (stream); those announcements by category;
Wall Street Journal on the carrier impact from technologies like Apple’s announced iMessage
Twitter integration and Twitter’s “take”
I, Cringley on iCloud’s real purpose: kill Windows
Jobs To Cupertino: We Want A Spaceship-Shaped, 12K Capacity Building As New Campus
Safari HTML5 demos
Twitter’s Awareness vs. Usage Problem: Despite growth, usage is still a niche activity

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Minnov8 Gang 125 – Keeping It Straight

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:08:22 +0000

The Gang returns with two guests this week. First up is blogger and curator Patrick Rhone talking about his new book, “Keeping It Straight.” Then we welcome back Don Ball from CoCo MSP to talk about the new Minneapolis coworking and collaborative space coming this July. We also kick around some of the news of the week including the Groupon IPO, local/social deal sites and our inevitable Apple speculation before next week’s WWDC.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

Music: “Heartbreak Road” by Lazy Poker via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Keeping It Straight book by Patrick Rhone
Patrick’s personal blog, Minimal Mac, and The Random Post
CoCo Announcement of Minneapolis Location
unSummit 2011 (sessions in the comments)
Groupon Files For $750 Million IPO (via Business Insider)
iCloud cost pegged at $25 per year, all 4 major labels signed (via Ars Technica)
Steve’s 2011 Road Trip photos on Flickr

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Minnov8 Gang is off for Memorial Day

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 27 May 2011 14:00:43 +0000

Have a safe and happy Memorial Day and thank a veteran, active service member or the families who are sacrificing so we can enjoy it. We’ll be back next week!

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Minnov8 Gang 124 – No Rain in This Cloud

steve@minnov8.com (Minnov8 Gang) — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:14:32 +0000

The Gang has on Mike Sowada, CEO of VISI. Mike has been a leader in technology management for over 20 years, co-founding Digital North, a leading provider of business-class hosting solutions, as well as a career as a leader at DKS Systems, Net Perceptions, Inc., The Musicland Group, and as he embarked on his career starting off at Andersen Consulting. He also was named “2009 Entrepreneur of the Year” for his contributions and leadership in the area of Internet technologies. This is a guy who knows what he’s talking about when it comes to cloud computing!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off this week hosting a panel discussion at the fabulous Social Media Breakfast, Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP)).

Music: “Angel of Mercy” by Guitar Jack via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Apple causes ‘religious’ reaction in brains of fans, say neuroscientists
VISI’s: $10 million dollar expansion in Eden Prairie; ReliaCloud offering; parent TDS
LinkedIn Closes At $94 Per Share, With $8.9 Billion Market Cap
- LinkedIn’s “Pop” on First Day of Trading (article at LATimes) (For comparison, here’s a local angle: In 1995 Secure Computing (then headquartered in MN & now part of McAfee) had a 274% first-day IPO gain)
Apple Cloud Service (rumors)
- Apple One Signature Away From Cloud Music Service
- Apple’s cloud patent (article at AppleInsider)
- Sony is latest label to sign up for Apple’s iCloud
- How Apple Plans To Make Cloud-Based iTunes A Seamless Experience
Earthquakes in the Midwest
Amazon.com Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Print Books
The uber-sexy Olympus LS-20 which will do both HD audio and HD video
That Minnesota company in water Graeme mentioned is Pentair (article at Wikipedia; press release on recent acquisition)

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