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Minnov8 Gang 101 – Is Tech a Bubble?

20. November 2010

We discuss a range of topics but the “Gang Mentality” segment covers what some are viewing as a “tech bubble” that is bound to burst. Listen and see if you agree or disagree. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off this week) Music: Nony Zero & their song “Surfin’ the Blast Wave” [...]

Internet Trends at Web 2.0 Summit

18. November 2010

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By now you’ve undoubtedly seen much from last week’s Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. As internet/web/mobile people, it’s always incredibly enlightening to see Mary Meeker from Morgan Stanley deliver her Web 2.0 Summit “State of the Internet” talk (slides as PDF here or embedded–simply click “more” under the video). It’s always great to see [...]

Innovative Social Networking with a Purpose

24. October 2010

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The Table Project is a non-profit, pre-launch, remarkably innovative social networking service for churches of any denomination being delivered right here in Minnesota. The project’s mission is to, “…help churches “Live Church Together” through community-building software.” They do this by going beyond traditional social media through their platform called “The Table,” one which enables churches [...]

Without Any Sense of Irony, Almanac Hosts a Panel on New Media

16. October 2010

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This past Friday night on Twin Cities Public Television’s (TPT) “Almanac” program, frequent contributor to Minnov8, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, made his first appearance on the show to talk about new media and I thought he knocked it out of the park. He was joined by two other delightful and very knowledgeable panelists, Shayla Thiel-Stern of the University [...]

Stealth Startup Inveni Launches Today at TechCrunch Disrupt in SF, and midVenturesLaunch in Chicago

28. September 2010

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Today, Minnetonka-based Inveni LLC is telling the world its newly launched discovery engine “will drive social recommendations in the Web’s next wave.” The company’s free consumer service will also enable better targeted advertising. The Inveni discovery engine, says the firm, will change how consumers both make and receive recommendations on the Web. As of today, [...]

Accelerating Change

4. August 2010

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Every day I scan hundreds of blog posts, articles and tweets having to do with technology. Included in that scanning is a 4-5 times per day viewing of Techmeme, the technology ‘conversation tracker’ that connects key articles and posts with those who’ve linked to it, enabling you and I to see what the hot stories [...]

MPR: Where is innovation in Minnesota?

28. July 2010

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Minnesota Public Radio has a subsite called MPRNewsQ with an online poll for ‘select’ Minnesotans: Where is the innovation in your field? At the head of the poll they state, “Innovation: The health of the economy depends on it. Our schools are meant to encourage it. But innovation isn’t a widget that can be stamped [...]

The Joy of Infiltration Champions Open Game Development

15. July 2010

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The mind of Zach Johnson is an interesting place. While much of it remains unexplored it’s filled with plenty of ideas, projects and fun. We last talked with Zach about Scribbls, a great site where doodles can give birth to hilarious results that he and his Watermelon Sauce partner Paul Armstrong developed. His most recent [...]

Congresswoman Calls for Skype Use?

13. July 2010

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UPDATE 7/18/10: If this doesn’t prove the point of this article…nothing does. Security expert Bruce Schneier posts, “Skype’s Cryptography Reverse-Engineered” and if this proves to be true, it would be trivial for rogue nations or eavesdroppers to listen-in on Congressional Skype conversations! In a time when cybersecurity has become the new battleground among nations and [...]

OnCorps Reports: A MN Success Story

10. June 2010

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While running strategic alliances at Lawson Software back in 2005, I met a woman named Catherine Settanni who was actively involved in digital literacy and a true advocate for ensuring that as many people as possible had access to the internet. Her leadership in the AmeriCorps Community Techology Empowerment Project (C-CAN) and its focused community [...]

Archive | Internet & Web RSS feed for this section

Minnov8 Gang 101 – Is Tech a Bubble?

Internet Trends at Web 2.0 Summit

Innovative Social Networking with a Purpose

Without Any Sense of Irony, Almanac Hosts a Panel on New Media

Stealth Startup Inveni Launches Today at TechCrunch Disrupt in SF, and midVenturesLaunch in Chicago

Accelerating Change

MPR: Where is innovation in Minnesota?

The Joy of Infiltration Champions Open Game Development

Congresswoman Calls for Skype Use?

OnCorps Reports: A MN Success Story

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