Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!”
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 [...]
Continue reading...U of MN Paying Professors $500 to Review Open Textbooks
Friday, May 11, 2012
The University of Minnesota launched an online catalog of open-source books last month and it’s just been revealed that the University will pay its professors $500 each time they post an evaluation of one of those books, according to this article on Inside HigherEd. Minnesota professors who have already adopted open-source texts will also receive $500, with all of the money [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 167 – The Mod Squad
Saturday, May 5, 2012
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 [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 166 – Print Me Some Coffee
Saturday, April 28, 2012
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 [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 165 – So, Lumia 900, why is your software half-baked?
Saturday, April 21, 2012
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 [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 164 – One BILLION dollars!?!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
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 [...]
Continue reading...“Your Inner Neandertal” DNA Day Talk
Friday, April 13, 2012
Do you know why some people are 1 to 4% Neandertal? During her talk Lynn Fellman will explain how your Uncle Ned and maybe you have an “Inner Neander” during her art and science talk on April 28th. Lynn’s presentation is one of many talks at Twin City libraries to celebrate National DNA Days. The discovery [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 163 – Is Retail Dead?
Saturday, March 31, 2012
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 [...]
Continue reading...Minnesota Cup Entry Starts Today
Monday, March 26, 2012
The 8th annual Minnesota Cup has officially launched! This is Minnesota’s premiere entrepreneural event and past ones have seen stiff competition in every category since there are so many great startups here in our State. To familiarize yourself with this year’s competition, please find several resources below in the embedded document (we compiled the press [...]
Continue reading...SaaS Camp 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Lief Larson, CEO of Workface, will be holding a single-day event called SaaS Camp 2012. This inaugural (but hopefully annual) event is focused on education and networking within the developing SaaS community here in Minnesota. Why this ‘camp’ and why now? Over the last few years, Lief has said he’s had the incredible opportunity to [...]
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