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Archive | December, 2011

Minnov8 Gang 150 – All Seeing, All Knowing?

30. December 2011

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 [...]

3M Company supports SOPA

23. December 2011

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More than 400 organizations have publicly expressed support of the contentious Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), or the passage of other similar anti-piracy legislation, and we were stunned to see that Minnesota-based 3M Company made the list of those organizations IN FAVOR OF the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) (click that link to get a quick overview of what SOPA is [...]

Happy Holidays from the Minnov8 Gang!

22. December 2011

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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 [...]

Minnov8 Gang 149 – Holiday Zeitgeist

16. December 2011

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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: Amazon Paid You $5 to Leave a [...]

Minnov8 Gang 148 – Gadgets 4 Geeks

9. December 2011

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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 [...]

Workface Adds Status

8. December 2011

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At Minnov8, like most social media-savvy folks, we leverage all the social connection capabilities we can for Facebook, Twitter, and other sharing options. It’s an absolute requirement if your organization is online and you want to be “in the game” with today’s always-on and always-connected workforce. As a fanboy of Workface (disclaimer: was at one-time [...]

Walker Art Center’s Awesome New Website

8. December 2011

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Earlier this week I had a friend send me a Twitter DM saying, “Man…you MUST check out the new Walker Art Center website.” So I headed over there that evening and spent over an hour reading, poking around and seeing what they’d delivered. To say I was impressed is an understatement: the design is fresh, [...]

Heard About The Mass Spying Industry Yet?

3. December 2011

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Wikileak’s founder, Julian Assange, made headlines around the world this past week with his presentation on the release of tens of thousands hundreds of documents (with more to be released) outlining that “Mass interception of entire populations is not only a reality, it is a secret new industry spanning 25 countries.” So that you are able [...]

Minnov8 Gang 147 – Wanna Buy Some Wheat?

2. December 2011

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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: [...]

Google’s Schmidt visits CoCoMSP’s Grain Exchange Site

1. December 2011

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Google’s chairman, Eric Schmidt, paid a visit to CoCoMSP’s Minneapolis Grain Exchange facility on Wednesday, November 30th after his speaking engagement to a small audience at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. The StarTribune this morning had a print newspaper Business section front page article by Steve Alexander called, “Face of Google [...]

Archive | December, 2011

Minnov8 Gang 150 – All Seeing, All Knowing?

3M Company supports SOPA

Happy Holidays from the Minnov8 Gang!

Minnov8 Gang 149 – Holiday Zeitgeist

Minnov8 Gang 148 – Gadgets 4 Geeks

Workface Adds Status

Walker Art Center’s Awesome New Website

Heard About The Mass Spying Industry Yet?

Minnov8 Gang 147 – Wanna Buy Some Wheat?

Google’s Schmidt visits CoCoMSP’s Grain Exchange Site

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