MN Tech Rocks – Last Night Was Proof

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If you weren't at Minnedemo last night, well, you ain't....  Seriously, for those few of you players in our Internet/IT community who weren't there, you missed a damn good one.  I tweeted as I left about 10:30 pm (okay, I admit I tweet from my car) that I thought it was … [Read more...]

FCC & Broadband: Tell ‘em What You Think

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If you're a Minnov8 reader, your lifeblood is probably internet-centric. Heck...if you have a PULSE you're probably an internet user and would care deeply if any internet service provider was allowed to be in control over what you can-and-cannot-do over your internet … [Read more...]

Broadband Perspective

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Mike O'Connor, urban representative on the Minnesota Ultra High Speed Task Force, recently interviewed the "father of the internet" Vint Cerf, as well as the head of Best Buy's Geek Squad, Robert Stephens about their perspectives on broadband. After the jump, you can … [Read more...]

JPMorgan Internet Investment Guide

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For Minnesotans interested in starting up or expanding within the internet space in these challenging economic times, solid financial sector analysis is often difficult to obtain. For anyone who has pitched their idea, concept or business plan, it's clear how important it is … [Read more...]

Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 14

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We talk with Mike O'Connor from the MN Ultra High-Speed Task Force, a self-described community organizer, entrepreneur and tech-geek (blog here & bio here) turned business-leader (and, I might add, a gentlemen farmer turning his Wisconsin 420 acres back to its original … [Read more...]

Upcoming Book on Hottest I.T. Trend: ‘Cloud Computing’

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Whether you're in the computer business or not, chances are you're hearing a ton about "computing in the cloud." It's widely being hailed as the top information technology (I.T.) buzzword of the year, thanks to applications many of us use every day -- no matter what … [Read more...]

‘Minnebar’ Becoming Top Event for State’s Internet/Software Developers and Entrepreneurs

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An annual Minnesota event, playfully named Minnebar -- which grew out of a grass-roots tech industry initiative called Barcamp -- is happening for the third year in a row here in the Twin Cities this coming Saturday, May 10, at the U of M's Coffman Union. By 8:00 am, … [Read more...]

Welcome to Minnov8!

Minnov8 began as an idea in late 2007 when several Minnesota geeks realized that we shared a passion and a realization that we were living in a time of the greatest shift in communication and connection -- affecting both humans and machines -- than we were ever going to … [Read more...]