Archive | March, 2009

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 31

28. March 2009

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This week’s show is a discussion primarily about the future of newspapers…and the Minneapolis StarTribune in specific. Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. “Discussed During the Show” Notes: Minneapolis StarTribune Guild workers take it upon themselves to figure out a new business model for the paper Posts on newspaper models: one on how [...]

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What’s All This About ‘Moving to the Cloud’? One Minnesota Entrepreneur Can Tell You How

27. March 2009

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If you’re in an IT professional or follow developments at all in this field, you’ve undoubtedly been noticing an almost endless amount of media coverage and online discussion lately about “cloud computing”  — one example being a front page story in The Wall Street Journal yesterday.  But, even if you’re just an Internet consumer, you [...]

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Fallon Releases Free Social App?

27. March 2009

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As social media and networking continues its advance and integration in to the very fabric of our lives (which is especially the case as more of us become a part of the always on, always connected online culture) it continually intrigues us at Minnov8 that most organizations are still either taking a wait-n-see attitude toward [...]

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Interview with Josh Bernoff of Groundswell

26. March 2009

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Groundswell is my playbook for understanding social media and how it integrates with people and business. In it, co-Author Josh Bernoff, provides frameworks for understanding social media and best practices from proven exercises, like Best Buy’s Blue Shirt Nation. Groundswell defines the POST method, introduces the concept of technographics, and outlines the varying levels of [...]

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Standouts and Serendipity at SXSW Interactive

23. March 2009

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Last week was a busy one for many in the interactive community here in Minnesota. As chronicled by Minnov8, South By Southwest (SXSW), a name long associated with independent and breaking music and has grown to include Film and Interactive, attracted many of Minnesota’s best and brightest for five days of workshops, events, and parties. [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 30

21. March 2009

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This week’s show is a brief discussion about South by Southwest (SXSW), the freemium model discussion with Guy Kawasaki interviewing Wired’s Chris Anderson held the last day of the event, and a live show Steve Borsch ran yesterday on Mogulus for client TEL.A.VISION. Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott & Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week). [...]

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Unsummit Leader Interviews

17. March 2009

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On March 7th was the Unsummit. Phil Wilson, with Brian Stemmler on camera, interviewed the leaders of the Unsummit. Brian carved out time to do a great job on the video editing of this piece and we bring that to you now:

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Zeus Jones & Sierra Bravo Win Phizzpop Final

17. March 2009

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Kudos to the teams at Zeus Jones & Sierra Bravo for taking the finals at Phizzpop at South by Southwest (SXSW). Stiff competition from top designers in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, Austin (TX) and San Francisco…but they nailed it. The PhizzPop Design Challenge is a web design and development competition. This year [...]

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Minneapolis Phizzpop Winners & Best Buy Remix at SXSW

17. March 2009

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Minnov8′s Phil Wilson grabbed a couple of interviews this evening at South by Southwest (SXSW) with Phizzpop winners Tom O’Neill of SierraBravo and Dave Annis of Zeus Jones…and later with Kevin Matheny, Senior E-business Architect on the Best Buy’s Remix initiative:

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KARE-11 Spot on Social Media

16. March 2009

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Interesting segment on KARE-11 from yesterday (article here) with solid representation from friend of Minnov8, MN Headhunter Paul DeBettignies.

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