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Minnov8 Gang 166 – Print Me Some Coffee
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 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...Minnebar 2012: Tech Geek-Out Extraordinaire!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Minnesota’s annual barcamp un-conference, aka Minnebar, returned for a seventh consecutive year on Saturday, April 7, and it was a blockbuster! Held again at Best Buy’s corporate headquarters in Richfield, the event attracted some 1300, the most in its history. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger — and better! A pre-party the night before [...]
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...Minnov8 Gang 151 – Opinions Are Like Donkeys
Saturday, January 7, 2012
There’s an old saying about people who rant that, “opinions are like a**es…everyone’s got one” and the Gang is no exception, though we like to think our opinions are a bit more informed than the average schmo and that we’re more like somewhat smarter donkeys. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: Jake Lear & [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 147 – Wanna Buy Some Wheat?
Friday, December 2, 2011
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: [...]
Continue reading...Robert Stephens Rocks the #DefragCon Crowd
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The 5th Annual Defrag Conference was held November 8-10. 2011, in Denver, and I was there once again reporting on all the action during this much heralded meeting of the Internet’s big minds. One of the highlights this time for me was the keynote on the final day by Robert Stephens, CTO of Best Buy [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 145 – Nigel Tufnel Isn’t on Google+?
Friday, November 11, 2011
It is 11/11/11 so Happy Nigel Tufnel Day! A fictional character in director Rob Reiner’s classic music spoof, This is Spinal Tap, his quotes were a pre-internet, slowly propagating meme which most saw (except Steve). Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Discussed during the show: Defrag 2011; Graeme’s live blog of Defrag [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 144 – Smartphones & SmartScooters?
Friday, November 4, 2011
A continued acceleration in all things mobile takes an interesting twist this week with a Best Buy VC investment in electric scooters. We then have on a special guest, Lisa Foote, CEO and Co-Founder of MixMobi (Twitter), to give the Gang and you an “update on all things mobile.” Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, and Phil Wilson [...]
Continue reading...Minnov8 Gang 140 – Heaven is no Apple Store
Saturday, October 8, 2011
The passing of Apple’s co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, overshadowed all other stories of the past week…even Apple’s own introduction of the iPhone 4S. Still, there were numerous things to talk about since the acceleration in technology innovation continues unabated. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda Zapata Music: “Even Meaner” by [...]
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