Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 9
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson
Based upon feedback we’ve received from you and many other listeners, the Gang is increasing the pace of the show and getting to areas of interest in a tighter show format.
In today’s show, a few links mentioned include:
+ Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) Summit
+ The concurrent UnSummit that occurred for those unable to get into the MIMA Summit
+ TechCrunch article on the credit crunch
+ “With credit tight, young companies keep closer eye on cash” by Katharine Grayson, Twin Cities Business Journal
+ RangeBuzz, “...the Iron Range MN online guide to northern MN dining, nightlife, music and area events. RangeBuzz.com makes it easy for you to discover what’s happening on the Iron Range in Northern Minnesota!”
+ Next Social Media Breakfast on October 31st at Deluxe Corp. (watch their site for details to appear).
Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 8
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins, Garrick Van Buren, Phil Wilson
Scattered geographically once again, the Gang comes together for another show where we chat about:
+ Our potential economic meltdown and what it means for internet and web startups and companies
+ What’s up with Best Buy? We chat about how this behemoth retailer has now suddenly burst onto the scene with a whole range of internet-centric initiatives (see Minnov8 posts here and here)
+ Tim O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Expo keynote where he denigrates developers seemingly focused on trivial applications like throwing sheep
+ The “Unsummit” going on as an alternative for those unable to get in to the MIMA Summit (it’s sold out).
Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 7
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson
We were absolutely delighted this week to have three very special guests who joined the Gang for a discussion about ‘net and web innovation in Minnesota:
- Katharine Grayson: Staff Writer for the Twin Cities Business Journal. Katharine covers the internet and web technology beat for the paper, but she’s also expanded into other technologies (e.g., MSP solar array funding, biotech) giving her unique perspectives.
- Julio Ojeda-Zapata: Reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, blogger, and author (his new book, “Twitter Means Business: How Microblogging Can Help or Hurt Your Company” will be on bookshelves soon). Julio can be reached at jojeda@pioneerpress.com. Get more of his perspective on personal tech at twincities.com/techtestdrive and yourtechweblog.com. You can also follow him at twitter.com/jojeda.
- Jon Gordon: Future Tense, a show which you’ve undoubtedly heard broadcast during Minnesota Public Radio’s Morning Edition program. The show is both produced and hosted by Jon Gordon, a Minnesota Public Radio reporter based in Silicon Valley. Follow Jon at twitter.com/jongordon.
Show Notes:
+ Julio’s post on Minnesota Public Radio’s new, free iPhone app (get it here) done by Codemorphic
+ Discussion on broadband where Minnesota’s Ultra High Speed Broadband task force came up (latest minutes are here in this PDF) and Jon mentioned a show he’d done (here) and his interview with a cybersecurity firm called Packet Clearing House.
+ As you listen, you may notice at times the audio is a bit “hot” and I apologize for that — there’s a bit more distortion than normal and I couldn’t minimize it enough in post-production. We tried a new, high quality ‘bridge’ recording platform (HiDefConferencing) — instead of using a single Gang-member hosted Skype conference call — and while it allowed our guests to easily call in with a combination of Skype, landlines or mobile phones, it was more challenging to control levels. I’ll have it figured out by next time.
Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 6
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson
We covered a lot of ground this week even though there were only three of us who could make the call.
Mentioned in this weeks show are:
+ Why Broadband Matters: A MN Senate Full Committee Meeting on September 16th at 10am. ”The Committee will receive testimony regarding the consumer benefits of broadband service in areas such as education, job opportunities, telemedicine, and access to government resources.” If you have an opinion or care about broadband in Minnesota, you should be there and/or testify.
+ Apple and the controversy over the rejection of an iPhone application from the app store called “Podcaster” (You can see a video of Podcaster, and/or order the application, here).
+ Graeme’s recap of Techcrunch 50 and Demo 2008. In particular, he brings up Best Buy’s Giftag launch (If you’d like to watch a video of the Best Buy Giftag launch at Demo, click “Continue Reading” below) as well as Grokit.
+ The Minnesota Cup showcased the winners and finalists last Thursday evening.
+ A mention of open source Moodle and the launch of Flowgram.
Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 5
As we recorded this show, I realized what incredible geeks we are to be inside on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon (and one of the few left this year!), but glad these other guys are willing to carve out an hour to talk tech in Minnesota. Hope you enjoy it!
Mentioned in this weeks show are:
+ Selling ‘cloud’ apps. With our talk last time of Software as a service (SaaS), we continue it with a discussion about selling these applications and the challenges of doing so
+ Social Publishing: With Drupal and Wordpress positioning themselves less as ‘content management systems’ and instead more of ’social publishing systems’ (and even forum software is moving away from purely threaded discussions to more groupware oriented systems), what do we see as the result of this trend?
+ The implications of Google Chrome
+ Screencasting tools like: Camtasia and Adobe Captivate for the PC; iShowU, Screenflow and DVKitchen for the Mac
+ Also, a brief mention of the Cluetrain Manifesto, still an important read for today’s networked world.
Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 4
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson
These shows, usually between 45-60 minutes in length, seem to just fly by without being able to get too in depth with any given topic. As such, we hope you find the show notes handy as you explore on your own.
Mentioned in this weeks show are:
+ Lawson’s Harry Debes: SaaS Industry Will Collapse in Two Years
+ Ellison: No Money In SaaS - Google Is The Risk
+ Go2Web20.net: a site directory for viewing Web 2.0 offerings
+ Mostly Trivial with Johnee Bee (and our recent post)
+ Next Minnedemo being planned…stay tuned
+ Next Twin Cities Social Media Breakfast about to be announced
+ What do YOU want to see Minnov8 turn in to as a community site better able to serve your needs? Let us know by sending us a note here.
Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 3
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Garrick Van Buren, Phil Wilson
After vacations and business travel this summer, we carve out time on a Saturday morning for another Minnov8 Gang podcast with Episode 3.
In it we talk about several Minnesota startups and companies (including our own, with some admittedly self-serving comments!):
- PartnerUp Being Acquired by Deluxe Check
- Former HighJump CTO, Steve Kickert’s new company Riverock and his first product launch OnePlace
- Watching for new companies in stealth mode like BeWiki
- DoApp, Cullect, ComicTwit, Localtone Radio
- Social Media Breakfast, Twin Cities group
- Julio Ojeda-Zapata of the Pioneer Press (personal blog; TwinCities.com) is writing a book being released shortly, “twitter means business: how microblogging can help or hurt your business” (book jacket here)
- Minnesota Ultra-High_Speed Broadband Task Force (Minnov8 posts about this initiative here and here).
Thanks for listening!
Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 2
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson
Our second podcast where we discuss:
- Qwest laying fiber in Eden Prairie
- Jon Gordon of public radio’s Future Tense is coming to Minnesota, asked via Twitter for independent coffee shops with Wifi, and Minnov8’s Garrick Van Buren put up this invite-only Google map so the community could input them for Jon’s upcoming visit
- Discussed Minnesota Cup; Techcrunch’s Elevator Pitches site; PunditWatch at hubdub; Internet Broadcasting (and the editing of Tim Russert’s Wikipedia page and subsequent firing of an employee over those edits) and this coming Monday’s article on them by the Pioneer Press which will be here; Mashable’s post on Twitter; FriendFeed; Loren Feldman’s teasing of Shel Israel with the “Shel puppet”.
Our intention with this podcast is to talk about relevant innovations occurring in Minnesota and/or those that directly impact our State….and like good geeks we’ll undoubtedly go off on tech tangents periodically.
We’ll be recording one each week (releasing on Saturdays or Sundays) but will be a bit sporadic throughout this summer and recording them in earnest this Fall, with periodic guests appearing on the show. Look for Episode 3 the weekend of July 26th (due to vacations).
Thanks for listening!
Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 1
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Garrick Van Buren, Phil Wilson
Our first podcast where we:
- Give a one minute overview of who the heck we are
- Discuss Minnesota Cup; Slantly; Cullect
- Chat about a variety of tech topics.
Our intention with this podcast is to talk about relevant innovations occurring in Minnesota and/or those that directly impact our State.
We’ll be recording one each week (releasing on Sundays) but will be a bit sporadic throughout this summer and recording them in earnest this Fall, with periodic guests appearing on the show.
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