Archive | November, 2009

Soltrite: HD Videoconferencing

30. November 2009

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Whether you call it video teleconference, video telepresence, webcamming, or just video chat – Soltrite does it. Soltrite is a Minneapolis based startup company founded by Scott Colesworthy, a Minnesota native and man of many hats with a track record of wins in the communication systems integration space.  His first company, SPC Communications, originated in the 90’s [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 59: Live from Minnebar

22. November 2009

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Two of the four Gang members made it to Minnebar at the headquarters of Best Buy this past Saturday. All feedback was it was a fabulous event and Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson recorded this week’s podcast live at the event.

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Social Media Applications…Bam! Kicked Up a Notch.

20. November 2009

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The online world is lousy with a multitude of social media services, RSS feeds, and assorted apps with which to interact. So, it’s no surprise that many have looked for the “better mousetrap” to wrangle it all. Some of the leaders in this space, Tweetdeck, Seesmic Desktop, and Tweetie do a solid job of supplying [...]

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A Demo-licious Evening at Mobile Twin Cities

18. November 2009

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The relatively new mobile group Mobile Twin Cities, self described as “a group of technology enthusiasts…meeting to discuss trends and software on all mobile platforms.”gathered last night at the Refactr offices in Minneapolis. This group founded and organized by local developer Justin Grammens of Recursive Awesome (Full disclosure; Justin and I are also partners at [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 58: Defragging Defrag & Other ‘Net Stuff

14. November 2009

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After our week hiatus, the Minnov8 Gang is back at it with a podcast covering Graeme Thickins’ trip to the DeFrag conference and his liveblogging of it. After that we discuss local events (e.g., Minnebar), WCCO, WordPress and much more. This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music by blues singer Candy Kayne [...]

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Redliner: Document Collaboration Made Easy

10. November 2009

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After a long bout of scheduling conflicts and Swine Flu, we finally caught up with David Womeldorf, VP for Redliner.com.  Redliner is led by CEO Jerry Grabowski, and brought to life by a small team of experienced developers.  With a decade of previous web/tech startup experience, David joined the Redliner team approx. a year ago, [...]

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WCCO Walks The Wire

3. November 2009

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At their latest Bloginar gathering WCCO-TV previewed The Wire, a site that will allow users to see a story develop over time. It also allows staffers and users to interact and contribute to stories as they do develop. I had a chance to sit down with WCCO’s Director of New Media, John Daenzer to talk [...]

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GiveMN: Charitable Fundraising Meets Social Networking

2. November 2009

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This morning my Twitter stream was filled with tweets about GiveMN an online charitable donation site which launched today. The idea is simple; provide an online resource for the more than 36,000 Minnesota charitable and religious organizations to raise money for their programs. GiveMN.org is built with Razoo, an online platform optimized for charitable giving [...]

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An iPhone Fanboy Reviews the Droid

2. November 2009

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Or should I say “tears it apart”?  No, seriously, my objective is to be fair here.  As an independent blogger, I take the opportunity from time to time to do a review.  And I was offered a Droid loaner a few days ago by local PR guru Al Maruggi, while we were at our Twin [...]

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