Minnov8 » iPad http://minnov8.com Showcasing Minnesota Innovation in Internet & Web Technology Fri, 18 May 2012 15:16:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://feeds.feedburner.com/M8GangPodcast Internet & Web Technology Innovation in Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lakes Minnov8 Gang no Minnov8 Gang sborsch@gmail.com sborsch@gmail.com (Minnov8 Gang) Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 A podcast devoted to innovation in internet & web technology and its effect on Minnesota startups, companies & enthusiasts. Internet, Web, Minnesota, Innovation Minnov8 » iPad http://minnov8.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Minnov8_Gang_Podcast_th.jpg http://minnov8.com Twin Cities, Minnesota Weekly Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky? http://minnov8.com/2012/05/18/minnov8-gang-169-does-this-make-me-look-dorky/ http://minnov8.com/2012/05/18/minnov8-gang-169-does-this-make-me-look-dorky/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:16:35 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6966 Minnov8 Gang 169 – Does This Make Me Look Dorky? is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> The Gang is joined by Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and talk the Facebook IPO, gadgets, travel technology and much more.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2012/05/18/minnov8-gang-169-does-this-make-me-look-dorky/feed/ 0 Android,Apple,Google,iPad,Startups & Developers The Gang is joined by Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and talk the Facebook IPO, gadgets, travel technology and much more. - Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata - Discussed during the show: The Gang is joined by Julio Ojeda-Zapata as our guest host and talk the Facebook IPO, gadgets, travel technology and much more. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda-Zapata Discussed during the show: TiE Minnesota "Startups & Mentors" Local startup funding report here and Kidblog and Heroic and FanChatter Facebook Raises $16 Billion In Record Technology Offering and Two men rob internet cafe at gunpoint, but forget to log out of Facebook first  Comcast to Replace Usage Cap With Improved Data Usage Management Approaches and Comcast capitulates on data cap, but dodges net neutrality  Apple Moves Toward Larger iPhone Screens Multiple Nexus devices could be a game-changer for Google and Android Google Shifts Tack on Android  GMAIL: Google Locks Me Out Gmail. Seriously? and Julio takes the leap: Web-based Gmail only and Google promises to migrate Google Apps users’ Google+ accounts within weeks, has yet to do so after six months and Fluid App TRAVEL: Travelers Telecom and Scott e-Vest Upcoming Events: May 18-19: DrupalCamp Twin Cities May 21st: Predictive Analytics Forum, Medtronic's Mounds View Campus May 22nd: Collaborative tech.2012  May 24th: MSP Wordpress User Group Meeting at 7pm, The Nerdery June 1-2: Duluth Android BarCamp, Duluth Convention Center June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals Press to Play Podcast: Link to Podcast (mp3) Minnov8 Gang no Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!” http://minnov8.com/2012/05/12/minnov8-gang-168-goober-says-hey/ http://minnov8.com/2012/05/12/minnov8-gang-168-goober-says-hey/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 15:40:37 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6962 Minnov8 Gang 168 – Goober says “Hey!” is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> 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 enjoyed it in reruns over the years on TV Land — the show was a cultural icon and Goober a lovable doofus.

What struck us after the show recording was how far the world has come with technology since that shows debut in 1960…in black & white. Rotary dial phones, cooking only on stoves (what, no microwave?), and a community isolated due to the slow movement of communications (huh? no internet?), we’ve come a long way.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson as “Floyd the Barber” (Graeme Thickins is off this week).

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2012/05/12/minnov8-gang-168-goober-says-hey/feed/ 0 Android,Apple,iPad,iPhone,University of Minnesota 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. 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 enjoyed it in reruns over the years on TV Land -- the show was a cultural icon and Goober a lovable doofus. What struck us after the show recording was how far the world has come with technology since that shows debut in 1960...in black & white. Rotary dial phones, cooking only on stoves (what, no microwave?), and a community isolated due to the slow movement of communications (huh? no internet?), we've come a long way. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson as "Floyd the Barber" (Graeme Thickins is off this week). Discussed during the show: Bing deepens Facebook integration, connecting searchers with friends and New Bing calls on Facebook and Twitter to beat Google's Search Plus Your World and Head-To-Head: Bing’s Social Search Vs. Google’s Search Plus Your World Apple reportedly dropping Google Maps, launching new 3D mapping service in iOS 6 and Apple’s Coming Map App Will “Blow Your Head Off” Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human History? and Samsung Galaxy S III and The Samsung Galaxy S III: The First Smartphone Designed Entirely By Lawyers and HTC One X & S and HTC EVO 4G LTE Pebble smart watch sells out and The Vergecast 030 (Pebble founder interview) Apple making a $799 Air in fear of ultrabooks? Nope OpenStreetMap Confirmed: European mobile data roaming costs to fall  Bluetooth 4  Upcoming Events: May 18-19: DrupalCamp Twin Cities May 21st: Predictive Analytics Forum, Medtronic's Mounds View Campus May 22nd: Collaborative tech.2012  May 24th: MSP Wordpress User Group Meeting at 7pm, The Nerdery June 1-2: Duluth Android BarCamp, Duluth Convention Center June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center Weekly: TechMasters is a new Toastmasters chapter in Twin Cities for tech professionals Press to Play Podcast: Link to Podcast (mp3) Minnov8 Gang no Minnov8 Gang 160 – The de facto ‘Genius Bar’ for Android http://minnov8.com/2012/03/10/minnov8-gang-160-the-de-facto-genius-bar-for-android/ http://minnov8.com/2012/03/10/minnov8-gang-160-the-de-facto-genius-bar-for-android/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:15:55 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6879 Minnov8 Gang 160 – The de facto ‘Genius Bar’ for Android is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> We are so pleased to have two guests this week: first up is the self-proclaimed “communications passionista“, Mall of America social media expert Lisa Grimm down at the SXSWshow and we get some insight in to her adventure to Texas and that event.

Lisa Grimm

Our second guest is none other than Chief Technology Officer of Best Buy, Robert Stephens, and his just-announced departure and the likelihood his adventure will be heading west to San Francisco. As always, Robert demonstrates how he is an incredibly accessible leader and so willing to connect with those of us in the technology trenches. He has been such a supporter and asset to the Minnesota tech community and will be sorely missed (though we suspect he’ll stay close to Minnesota tech regardless of where he lives)!

We wish them both happy trails and listen for why Robert believes that, “…the Geek Squad is the de facto genius bar for Android.”

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Speed Limit 35 & the song “Throb” from the podsafe Music Alley.

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2012/03/10/minnov8-gang-160-the-de-facto-genius-bar-for-android/feed/ 0 Android,Apple,iPad,sxsw We are so pleased to have two guests this week: first up is the self-proclaimed "communications passionista", Mall of America social media expert Lisa Grimm down at the SXSWshow and we get some insight in to her adventure to Texas and that event. - We are so pleased to have two guests this week: first up is the self-proclaimed "communications passionista", Mall of America social media expert Lisa Grimm down at the SXSWshow and we get some insight in to her adventure to Texas and that event. Our second guest is none other than Chief Technology Officer of Best Buy, Robert Stephens, and his just-announced departure and the likelihood his adventure will be heading west to San Francisco. As always, Robert demonstrates how he is an incredibly accessible leader and so willing to connect with those of us in the technology trenches. He has been such a supporter and asset to the Minnesota tech community and will be sorely missed (though we suspect he'll stay close to Minnesota tech regardless of where he lives)! We wish them both happy trails and listen for why Robert believes that, “…the Geek Squad is the de facto genius bar for Android.” Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: Speed Limit 35 & the song “Throb” from the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: Lisa Grimm: As SXSWers Get Desperate, Austinites Get Enterprising and SXSW Adding Great New Wrinkle for 2012: 'Startup Village' Robert Stephens: A new frontier for Robert Stephens and  My Next Chapter and Best Buy's Chief Geek Checks Out Former Starbucks exec to be Best Buy digital chief  New iPad launch day: specs, release date, price, and more! and Why the New iPad is So Huge for Apple  John Batelle’s event (Federated Media) Dollar Shave Club (you must watch the CEOs video…best launch video ever) Upcoming Events: March 13: Entrepreneur's Rally March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); NEW! The Agenda March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN April 25: MHTA Spring Conference, Minneapolis Convention Center June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center Press to Play Podcast:  Direct Link to Podcast MP3 Minnov8 Gang no Minnov8 Gang 159 – Social Chatter http://minnov8.com/2012/03/03/minnov8-gang-159-social-chatter/ http://minnov8.com/2012/03/03/minnov8-gang-159-social-chatter/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:57:34 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6870 Minnov8 Gang 159 – Social Chatter is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

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Marty Wetherall

Social media ‘chatter’ seems to be growing exponentially and the services capitalizing upon it are being launched, or accelerated, by the week. Marty Wetherall, Director of Innovation at Fallon and co-founder of Fanchatter, joins us to talk about what’s happening with his startup and about the growth of social chatter overall.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Mario Tomic & the song “Blue Note” from the podsafe Music Alley.

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2012/03/03/minnov8-gang-159-social-chatter/feed/ 0 Apple,Google,iPad,Minnebar,MinneDemo Social media 'chatter' seems to be growing exponentially and the services capitalizing upon it are being launched, or accelerated, by the week. Marty Wetherall, Director of Innovation at Fallon and co-founder of Fanchatter, Social media 'chatter' seems to be growing exponentially and the services capitalizing upon it are being launched, or accelerated, by the week. Marty Wetherall, Director of Innovation at Fallon and co-founder of Fanchatter, joins us to talk about what's happening with his startup and about the growth of social chatter overall. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: Mario Tomic & the song “Blue Note” from the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: Project Skyway's new class of entrepreneurs Google: I'm Being Followed and Keeping Google From Watching Your Searches Mobile World Congress Introducing Windows 8 Consumer Preview  Facebook introduces Premium: A marketer’s dream, a user’s nightmare? iPad: New, faster Apple iPad expected next week and Apple expected to unveil 16GB and 32GB iPad 3 as well as 8GB iPad 2 and Apple likely to begin production of 7.85-inch iPads in 3Q12 and Channels as apps? How Apple could reinvent television Fanchatter has ‘chat’ at the Lady Gaga & Oprah event at Harvard  Bruce Springsteen Online Listening Party Startup Bus to SXSW and CNN on Tech Trends at SXSW MN Council of Non-Profits Tech & Comm event (PDF)  Upcoming Events: March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); NEW! The Agenda March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center Press to Play Podcast:  Direct Link to Podcast MP3 Minnov8 Gang no Minnov8 Gang 158 – Aloha Smartphones & Tablets http://minnov8.com/2012/02/25/minnov8-gang-158-aloha-smartphones-tablets/ http://minnov8.com/2012/02/25/minnov8-gang-158-aloha-smartphones-tablets/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:11:56 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6866 Minnov8 Gang 158 – Aloha Smartphones & Tablets is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> “Aloha” is an Hawaiian word used both for greeting, or leaving, someone. Aloha is thus a metaphor for both the opportunity and the angst about how to capitalize upon it. That angst many people feel comes when we examine how to publish or develop apps for smartphones and tablets. The Gang discusses the market, tools, and how we all can participate in this mobile digital revolution. (Note: Hawaii as a show theme is brought to you by Steve Borsch, a guy with pent-up desire to be lying on a beach there now).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off today)
Music: Kaimoku & the song “Honolulu Shuffle” from the podsafe Music Alley.

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2012/02/25/minnov8-gang-158-aloha-smartphones-tablets/feed/ 1 Android,Apple,Google,iPad,iPhone "Aloha" is an Hawaiian word used both for greeting, or leaving, someone. Aloha is thus a metaphor for both the opportunity and the angst about how to capitalize upon it. That angst many people feel comes when we examine how to publish or develop apps... "Aloha" is an Hawaiian word used both for greeting, or leaving, someone. Aloha is thus a metaphor for both the opportunity and the angst about how to capitalize upon it. That angst many people feel comes when we examine how to publish or develop apps for smartphones and tablets. The Gang discusses the market, tools, and how we all can participate in this mobile digital revolution. (Note: Hawaii as a show theme is brought to you by Steve Borsch, a guy with pent-up desire to be lying on a beach there now). Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off today) Music: Kaimoku & the song “Honolulu Shuffle” from the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: Flashback Mac Trojan Horse Infections Increasing with New Variant  Apple getting ready to ditch the traditional iPhone, iPad, and iPod dock connector What we learned from the 'Nightline' report on Foxconn factories Nielsen: 66% of Americans ages 24-35 own a smartphone 2012 Mobile Future in Focus-comScore  Tablets, Tablets, Everywhere: The iPad 3 Rumor Roundup and Amazon said to be launching 10-inch Kindle Fire in coming months and  Nook Tablet 8GB official at $199, Nook Color price down to $169 and Google may enter tablet market with 7-inch design  Publishing tools for tablets: Adobe Digital Publishing Suite and  Apple posts gorgeous new ‘how to get started as an iOS developer’ guide and Publish Your Own Book With WordPress and the Anthologize Plugin and Baker Ebook Framework and 3D Issue and Booktype (open source publishing) App development for normal people?: 13 Tools for Building Your Own iPhone App and PhoneGap and Appcelerator Box bets on Android in business with new update, gives all users 50GB storage free Garrick Van Buren's Typerighter Upcoming Events: March 16-17: MobileMarchTC; Mobile March (Mobile 3D); NEW! The Agenda March 24-25: Overnight Website Challenge by The Nerdery April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters April 16-17: MinneWebCon at the U of MN June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center Press to Play Podcast:  Direct Link to Podcast MP3 Minnov8 Gang no Minnov8 Gang 155 – It’s the Data http://minnov8.com/2012/02/04/minnov8-gang-155-its-the-data/ http://minnov8.com/2012/02/04/minnov8-gang-155-its-the-data/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:25:34 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6840 Minnov8 Gang 155 – It’s the Data is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> Publisher and tech visionary, Tim O’Reilly, has repeatedly said that “Data is the Intel Inside“. O’Reilly was referring, of course, to Intel’s famous “Intel Inside” ad campaign touting the importance of their chips, mainly since chips are invisible inside a computer or device and it’s easy for competitors to market their chips as being equal and interchangeable with Intel’s. O’Reilly’s recognition that data is the hidden value inside applications, the “Intel Inside” value, meant leveraging data was an imperative in application development.

The Gang talks with a data scientist (and accomplished applications developer) living here in the Twin Cities, Jamie Ostheimer. He is working with a string of startups and is deeply embedded within the world of data. Osterheimer has a PhD in Astronomy, a discipline all about the data (and no, not Commander Data from Star Trek Next Generation). Rather his focus is about the core data sets that power all of our analysis, driving insights and enabling us to gain new meanings from it.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: bluessmyth & the song “Down on My Luck” from the podsafe Music Alley.

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Upcoming Events:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2012/02/04/minnov8-gang-155-its-the-data/feed/ 0 Apple,Google,iPad Publisher and tech visionary, Tim O'Reilly, has repeatedly said that "Data is the Intel Inside". O'Reilly was referring, of course, to Intel's famous "Intel Inside" ad campaign touting the importance of their chips, Publisher and tech visionary, Tim O'Reilly, has repeatedly said that "Data is the Intel Inside". O'Reilly was referring, of course, to Intel's famous "Intel Inside" ad campaign touting the importance of their chips, mainly since chips are invisible inside a computer or device and it's easy for competitors to market their chips as being equal and interchangeable with Intel's. O'Reilly's recognition that data is the hidden value inside applications, the "Intel Inside" value, meant leveraging data was an imperative in application development. The Gang talks with a data scientist (and accomplished applications developer) living here in the Twin Cities, Jamie Ostheimer. He is working with a string of startups and is deeply embedded within the world of data. Osterheimer has a PhD in Astronomy, a discipline all about the data (and no, not Commander Data from Star Trek Next Generation). Rather his focus is about the core data sets that power all of our analysis, driving insights and enabling us to gain new meanings from it. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: bluessmyth & the song “Down on My Luck” from the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: Minneapolis startup TST Media acquires Wisconsin Sports Network site (Pioneer Press) Facebook’s $5 Billion IPO: The Next Google? Or The Next Groupon?  Zuckerberg Controlling 57% of Facebook Seen as Risk to Investors Facebook’s Ad Business Is a $3 Billion Mystery In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad; Foxconn; Major Customers Was Google’s Disastrous January A Passing Storm Or Sign Of Things To Come? Employers added 243,000 jobs in January, pushing unemployment rate down to 8.3 percent  Jamie Ostheimer links: What Is a Data Scientist? (the diagram we discuss); Forbes article  Upcoming Events: February 10-11: Startup Weekend Twin Cities III, U of M Carlson February 23rd: WordpressMSP at The Nerdery February 23rd: How to Leverage Digital Media to Raise Capital (a DealPen event at CoCo. Promo code for free ticket: dealpenfriend) February 24-25: MinneWIC (Women in Computing) March 16-17: Mobile March (Mobile 3D) (Call for speakers) April 7th: MinneBar, Best Buy headquarters June 5-8: eyeo Festival, Walker Art Center Press to Play: Direct link to the podcast mp3 Minnov8 Gang no U of MN Center for Spirituality & Healing’s Mobile App http://minnov8.com/2011/09/19/u-of-mn-ctr-for-spirituality-healings-mobile-app/ http://minnov8.com/2011/09/19/u-of-mn-ctr-for-spirituality-healings-mobile-app/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:25:31 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6646 U of MN Center for Spirituality & Healing’s Mobile App is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> The U of MN Center for Spirituality and Healing, a world-renowned resource, recently released an iPhone and iPad app called “Wellscapes” (iTunes link).

I’ve known of the Center for quite some time and been interested in what they describes as their mission to, “…enhance health and well-being by educating health professionals, empowering consumers, and fundamentally transforming the delivery of health care through the creation of interdisciplinary academic, research, clinical care, and outreach programs that advance integrative health and healing.”

Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD RN

No question that new models of integrative healthcare are accelerating and what the Center is exploring is proving to be the right path. But an iOS app?

In order to understand a little more about the Center and to understand more about why they delivered an app, I talked with Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer, the founder and director of the Center and someone who brings more than 20 years of leadership and expertise to the field of integrative health and medicine.

I started off asking Dr. Kreitzer to give me some background on the Center and we took it from there…

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2011/09/19/u-of-mn-ctr-for-spirituality-healings-mobile-app/feed/ 2 Minnov8 Gang 137 – Major Mojo Baby! http://minnov8.com/2011/09/16/minnov8-gang-137-major-mojo-baby/ http://minnov8.com/2011/09/16/minnov8-gang-137-major-mojo-baby/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:39:37 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6629 Minnov8 Gang 137 – Major Mojo Baby! is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> MOJO Minnesota is an innovation advocacy force comprised of like-minded business leaders working to fuel entrepreneurship and reignite Minnesota’s culture of innovation. These folks describe themselves as, “…business advisors, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and attorneys passionate about creating jobs and economic growth through the power of Minnesota based technology companies” and we were pleased to have two of them on this week’s podcast: Ernest Grumbles, a “strategic IP” attorney and advisor to startups and entrepreneurs at Adams Monahan, LLP and Mary Meehan, renowned futurist and trend forecaster with her firm, Panoramix Global.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: “The Favourite” by Dig via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Upcoming Events:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2011/09/16/minnov8-gang-137-major-mojo-baby/feed/ 0 Android,Apple,iPad,Microsoft MOJO Minnesota is an innovation advocacy force comprised of like-minded business leaders working to fuel entrepreneurship and reignite Minnesota’s culture of innovation. These folks describe themselves as, "...business advisors, entrepreneurs, MOJO Minnesota is an innovation advocacy force comprised of like-minded business leaders working to fuel entrepreneurship and reignite Minnesota’s culture of innovation. These folks describe themselves as, "...business advisors, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and attorneys passionate about creating jobs and economic growth through the power of Minnesota based technology companies" and we were pleased to have two of them on this week's podcast: Ernest Grumbles, a "strategic IP" attorney and advisor to startups and entrepreneurs at Adams Monahan, LLP and Mary Meehan, renowned futurist and trend forecaster with her firm, Panoramix Global. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: “The Favourite” by Dig via the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: Tekne Awards-Finalists About Windows 8; Windows 8 Gets Sad New Blue Screen of Death Laptop, Tablet Differences May Fade, Intel Says (WSJ Digits Blog) DEMO Conference Graeme’s live-blog of DEMO Fall 2011; All Graeme’s posts tagged DEMO Fall 2011 Video of onstage pitch at DEMO of Minneapolis startup Me&MyMoney The DEMO People’s Choice Award winner (and one of five DEMO God winners): Aurasma Interview with Ernest Grumbles on patents. Upcoming Events: Tuesday, Sept 20th: Mobile Twin Cities Thursday, Sept 22nd: WordPressMSP Saturday, Sept 24th: She’s Geeky Unconference Minnedemo – Tentatively scheduled the first week of October Tuesday, Oct 11th & 12th: MIMA Summit  Minnov8 Podcast Show Link Minnov8 Gang no 1:06:04 Minnov8 Gang Podcast 130 – Tablets, Schmablets http://minnov8.com/2011/07/08/minnov8-gang-podcast-130-tablets-schmablets/ http://minnov8.com/2011/07/08/minnov8-gang-podcast-130-tablets-schmablets/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:14:58 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6538 Minnov8 Gang Podcast 130 – Tablets, Schmablets is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> Minnov8 Gang podcast imageWe talk Google+ and Google’s design changes, bring on our guest, Tom Sweeney, to discuss his startup Visiting Ours, and talk tablets. 2011 was projected by many to be the “year of the tablet” and it’s certainly shaping up to be just that…the year when the dramatic changeover from a PC-centric world to one of mobile devices accelerates dramatically.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson, & Julio Ojeda Zapata
Music: “Just Got to Boogie” by Matt Thorpe via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2011/07/08/minnov8-gang-podcast-130-tablets-schmablets/feed/ 1 Android,Best Buy,Facebook,Google,iPad,Web conferencing We talk Google+ and Google's design changes, bring on our guest, Tom Sweeney, to discuss his startup Visiting Ours, and talk tablets. 2011 was projected by many to be the "year of the tablet" and it's certainly shaping up to be just that... We talk Google+ and Google's design changes, bring on our guest, Tom Sweeney, to discuss his startup Visiting Ours, and talk tablets. 2011 was projected by many to be the "year of the tablet" and it's certainly shaping up to be just that...the year when the dramatic changeover from a PC-centric world to one of mobile devices accelerates dramatically. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson, & Julio Ojeda Zapata Music: “Just Got to Boogie” by Matt Thorpe via the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: Google+; Cosmic Panda Google+ to Brands: Not So Fast Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, and his first reaction to Google+ Facebook, Skype and Microsoft's Savvy Investment Apple 15 Billion App Store Downloads Apple Supply Chain Advantage About the Baby Boomer generation Google Makes Facebook Look Socially Awkward  Wifi Storage for Tablets and other devices UPCOMING EVENTS: Hacked! - Why You Should Care about Privacy in Social Media WordpressMSP July 28th meeting on Gravity Forms Minnov8 Gang no 59:56 Minnov8 Gang 115 – Mobile March Marchers Marching http://minnov8.com/2011/03/20/minnov8-gang-115-mobile-march-marchers-marching/ http://minnov8.com/2011/03/20/minnov8-gang-115-mobile-march-marchers-marching/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:23:37 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6430 Minnov8 Gang 115 – Mobile March Marchers Marching is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> Due to the overwhelming success of the Mobile March Twin Cities event this past Saturday with 250 attendees—and the surprisingly excellent previous evening’s Mobile 3D event—very strong evidence now exists that Minnesota has both world-class mobile developers and business users embracing mobile development and mobile use. (Note: photo on the right was modified from this TwitPic taken at the event by Stewy1000).

That old black and white photo above of the woman holding some sort of portable videophone is from this surprisingly prescient Modern Mechanix article from 1956 that starts out with this:

“ON SOME night in the future a young man walking along Market Street in San Francisco may suddenly think of a friend in Rome. Reaching into his pocket, he will pull out a watch-size disc with a set of buttons on one side. He will punch ten times. Turning the device over, he will hear his friend’s voice and see his face on a tiny screen, in color and 3-D. At the same moment his friend in Rome will see and hear him.“

We can now laugh at how quaint this seems coming from a 1956 perspective, but when you think of the collision of technologies available to us today (e.g., GPS; fast wireless networks; Wifi; voice apps w/video; tools to develop and create apps) and the huge numbers of people rapidly acquiring mobile devices that are ‘always on and always connected’, you can understand why so many ‘marchers’ were marching forward at Mobile March. See the full 1956 Modern Mechanix article, scanned and on their blog, here.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: David Bennett Cohen is the artist & the song is “Blues for a Summer’s Dream” via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2011/03/20/minnov8-gang-115-mobile-march-marchers-marching/feed/ 0 Android,Apple,Best Buy,iPad,iPhone,mobile Due to the overwhelming success of the Mobile March Twin Cities event this past Saturday with 250 attendees---and the surprisingly excellent previous evening's Mobile 3D event---very strong evidence now exists that Minnesota has both world-class mobile... Due to the overwhelming success of the Mobile March Twin Cities event this past Saturday with 250 attendees---and the surprisingly excellent previous evening's Mobile 3D event---very strong evidence now exists that Minnesota has both world-class mobile developers and business users embracing mobile development and mobile use. (Note: photo on the right was modified from this TwitPic taken at the event by Stewy1000). That old black and white photo above of the woman holding some sort of portable videophone is from this surprisingly prescient Modern Mechanix article from 1956 that starts out with this: "ON SOME night in the future a young man walking along Market Street in San Francisco may suddenly think of a friend in Rome. Reaching into his pocket, he will pull out a watch-size disc with a set of buttons on one side. He will punch ten times. Turning the device over, he will hear his friend’s voice and see his face on a tiny screen, in color and 3-D. At the same moment his friend in Rome will see and hear him." We can now laugh at how quaint this seems coming from a 1956 perspective, but when you think of the collision of technologies available to us today (e.g., GPS; fast wireless networks; Wifi; voice apps w/video; tools to develop and create apps) and the huge numbers of people rapidly acquiring mobile devices that are 'always on and always connected', you can understand why so many 'marchers' were marching forward at Mobile March. See the full 1956 Modern Mechanix article, scanned and on their blog, here. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: David Bennett Cohen is the artist & the song is “Blues for a Summer's Dream” via the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: QR Code definition and 50 Creative Uses of QR Codes Lisa Foote MixMobi Mobile 3D presenters and specific mentions of Locate my Deal and Scrimmage Apple XCode & Appcelerator Titanium Wordpress plugin: WPTouch (free/pro); TurboCSV & MapPress Free/Pro From 2006: Borsch's Rise of the Participation Culture (PDF) Minnov8 Gang no 36:24 Minnov8 Gang 113 – Facetime Fever Flabbergasts? http://minnov8.com/2011/03/04/minnov8-gang-113-facetime-fever-flabbergasts/ http://minnov8.com/2011/03/04/minnov8-gang-113-facetime-fever-flabbergasts/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:36:04 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6419 Minnov8 Gang 113 – Facetime Fever Flabbergasts? is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> If you own a tablet (e.g., iPad, Xoom) or are considering one, this is the show to listen to now. We cover Graeme’s trip to DEMO and then immediately move in to a discussion of the iPad2 launch. Probing deeper in to some of the intrinsic value of the iPad and Android-based devices (e.g., pent-up demand to publish to these devices) with guest host Julio Ojeda-Zapata, we have a lively discussion about these and other mobile devices.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Tim Elliott (Phil is off this week).
Guest Host: Julio Ojeda-Zapata
Music by: Charlie Crowe and the song, “Vegas Hard Rock Shuffle” from the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2011/03/04/minnov8-gang-113-facetime-fever-flabbergasts/feed/ 0 Android,Apple,cloud computing,iPad,iPhone,mobile If you own a tablet (e.g., iPad, Xoom) or are considering one, this is the show to listen to now. We cover Graeme's trip to DEMO and then immediately move in to a discussion of the iPad2 launch. Probing deeper in to some of the intrinsic value of the i... If you own a tablet (e.g., iPad, Xoom) or are considering one, this is the show to listen to now. We cover Graeme's trip to DEMO and then immediately move in to a discussion of the iPad2 launch. Probing deeper in to some of the intrinsic value of the iPad and Android-based devices (e.g., pent-up demand to publish to these devices) with guest host Julio Ojeda-Zapata, we have a lively discussion about these and other mobile devices. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Tim Elliott (Phil is off this week). Guest Host: Julio Ojeda-Zapata Music by: Charlie Crowe and the song, "Vegas Hard Rock Shuffle" from the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: Graeme’s DEMO adventure Interview with Lief Larson and Tanner Thompson from Minnesota-based Workface PhotoRocket Unemployment dips to 8.9 pct., 192K jobs added Apple iPad2 John Gruber’s thoughts on iPad2 Engadget editorial about the “post-PC” era Wall Street Journal: Tablet Computer Demand Putting a Dent in PC Sales iPad 2 wasn't Apple's big March 2nd announcement (via Beta News) Malware hits Android - Google Pulls 21 Apps Publishing discussion: Wildly successful Austin, MN-based indie writer Amanda Hocking (article; blog). USA Today reports that her sales have exceeded $450k for the month of January 2011 alone. Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite Drupal distribution called “Open Publish” Upcoming Events: Saturday, March 19th: MOBILE MARCH New part of this years mobile event…Mobile 3D (Note: Only a few tickets remain!) Wednesday, March 23rd: Cloudcamp MSP Thursday, March 24th: MSP WordPress User Group meeting Saturday, March 26th: Overnight Website Challenge Monday, April 11th: MinneWebCon Minnov8 Gang no 57:45 Minnov8 Gang 112 – Even Monkeys are Mobile http://minnov8.com/2011/02/25/minnov8-gang-112-even-monkeys-are-mobile/ http://minnov8.com/2011/02/25/minnov8-gang-112-even-monkeys-are-mobile/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:51:52 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6406 Minnov8 Gang 112 – Even Monkeys are Mobile is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> The “always on, always connected” culture is accelerating due to mobile devices and it seems like everyone has a mobile phone, laptop or tablet (which we know is not actually the case…yet). What does being always on and always connected mean for work, education, and socializing when we can find out anything or connect with anyone in an instant? When even monkeys are mobile, how mobile are you with your work, education and socializing?

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: David Bennett Cohen playing “Cookin’ with Cohen” via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2011/02/25/minnov8-gang-112-even-monkeys-are-mobile/feed/ 1 Android,iPad,iPhone,mobile,University of Minnesota The "always on, always connected" culture is accelerating due to mobile devices and it seems like everyone has a mobile phone, laptop or tablet (which we know is not actually the case...yet). What does being always on and always connected mean for work, The "always on, always connected" culture is accelerating due to mobile devices and it seems like everyone has a mobile phone, laptop or tablet (which we know is not actually the case...yet). What does being always on and always connected mean for work, education, and socializing when we can find out anything or connect with anyone in an instant? When even monkeys are mobile, how mobile are you with your work, education and socializing? Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: David Bennett Cohen playing “Cookin' with Cohen” via the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: New Macbooks and iFixit tears down the new 15” Macbook Pro Daring Fireball's take on iPad2 Motorola's Xoom Starts Tablet Wars With iPad (Walt Mossberg review) AllThingsD: Q3 4.5M tablets sold, 4.3M of them were iPads Android Book Market and Google Apps Marketplace Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSPWordpress) Wordpress user group has a new site According to a white paper and video from Deloitte, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Predictions 2011, which says there will be a significant consumer and enterprise shift away from the desktop and laptop PC in favor of mobile devices like smartphones, tablets and netbooks in 2011 Google on mobile commerce. Square…and an article about how they're now in a mobile payments war with Intuit Michael Robertson Launches Cloud-Based Radio DVR UPCOMING EVENTS: Sunday, February 27th: DEMO (Graeme will be liveblogging it starting Monday morning, and is also using Fanchatter on his blog to aggregate all the DEMO conversation). Also, DEMO has partnered with FORA.tv to bring DEMO LIVE to audiences around the world.  The full program will be available starting Monday, February 28th at 9:00am Pacific Time, and later on-demand. Saturday, March 19th: MOBILE MARCH New part of this years mobile event...Mobile 3D Wednesday, March 23rd: Cloudcamp MSP Thursday, March 24th: MSP Wordpress User Group meeting Saturday, March 26th: Overnight Website Challenge Monday, April 11th: MinneWebCon Minnov8 Gang no 57:22 Minnov8 Gang 109 – This Mobile Thingy Will Be Big! http://minnov8.com/2011/01/28/minnov8-gang-109-this-mobile-thingy-will-be-big/ http://minnov8.com/2011/01/28/minnov8-gang-109-this-mobile-thingy-will-be-big/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:26:42 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6380 Minnov8 Gang 109 – This Mobile Thingy Will Be Big! is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> It’s easy to chuckle at a vintage Radio Shack ad like this one on YouTube from 1990 that touted the “Affordable, Portable, Cellular Telephone” from Radio Shack (gee…do ya think that’s a Bill Gates-like character for the boy?). What most of us don’t know is that these ‘brick’ phones, with their six inch antennas, listed for $1,200 ($1,970 in 2011 dollars) and the average cellular phone call cost was $.40/minute!

We’ve come a loooong way since 1990 and it’s likely this mobile thingy is gonna be big.  ;-)

Joining us on this episode of the Minnov8 Gang is Justin Grammens, co-Founder at Recursive Awesome, LLC, owner of Localtone, LLC founder of the Mobile Twin Cities User’s Group, and co-founder of Mobile March. During the “Gang Mentality” segment we’re pleased to have been joined by Lisa Foote, co-founder of  MixMobi and a pragmatic expert in the mobile space overall. She also speaks at many industry events (e.g., the upcoming Mobile March) and is a strategist with a global perspective on the mobile space.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Beyond the Pale is the artist & their song “Faral O’Garas” via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2011/01/28/minnov8-gang-109-this-mobile-thingy-will-be-big/feed/ 2 Android,iPad,iPhone,mobile It's easy to chuckle at a vintage Radio Shack ad like this one on YouTube from 1990 that touted the "Affordable, Portable, Cellular Telephone" from Radio Shack (gee...do ya think that's a Bill Gates-like character for the boy?). It's easy to chuckle at a vintage Radio Shack ad like this one on YouTube from 1990 that touted the "Affordable, Portable, Cellular Telephone" from Radio Shack (gee...do ya think that's a Bill Gates-like character for the boy?). What most of us don't know is that these 'brick' phones, with their six inch antennas, listed for $1,200 ($1,970 in 2011 dollars) and the average cellular phone call cost was $.40/minute! We've come a loooong way since 1990 and it's likely this mobile thingy is gonna be big.  ;-) Joining us on this episode of the Minnov8 Gang is Justin Grammens, co-Founder at Recursive Awesome, LLC, owner of Localtone, LLC founder of the Mobile Twin Cities User's Group, and co-founder of Mobile March. During the "Gang Mentality" segment we're pleased to have been joined by Lisa Foote, co-founder of  MixMobi and a pragmatic expert in the mobile space overall. She also speaks at many industry events (e.g., the upcoming Mobile March) and is a strategist with a global perspective on the mobile space. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: Beyond the Pale is the artist & their song “Faral O'Garas” via the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: ZDnet report on Macworld 2011 Macworld site 2011 predictions Windows Phone 7 devs get long-awaited pay day Tweet Aggregator, Paper.li iPad Cases w/keyboards Nokia CEO Elop Lays Groundwork for New Strategy, Hints May Be Open to OS Switch Gartner: App Sales To Top $15 Billion In 2011 GlueCon and Glue Hackathon (Minneapolis won vote to be one! Date to be announced soon.) Minnov8 Gang no 1:07:40 Minnov8 Gang 105 – 2011 Tech Predictions http://minnov8.com/2010/12/31/minnov8-gang-105-2011-tech-predictions/ http://minnov8.com/2010/12/31/minnov8-gang-105-2011-tech-predictions/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:34:42 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6343 Minnov8 Gang 105 – 2011 Tech Predictions is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> The Gang once again discusses our predictions for the new year. If you listened to last year’s show, you’ll know that Phil predicted we’d see parachute pants make a comeback, but alas they did not and Phil still has to wear much tighter and more restrictive trousers than he’d prefer.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Opening version of the New Year’s Eve favorite Auld Lang Syne was performed by J.E.L.L.i., and the closing version of the song was performed by Mario Ajero. Both made possible by the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2010/12/31/minnov8-gang-105-2011-tech-predictions/feed/ 2 Best Buy,cloud computing,iPad,mobile The Gang once again discusses our predictions for the new year. If you listened to last year's show, you'll know that Phil predicted we'd see parachute pants make a comeback, but alas they did not and Phil still has to wear much tighter and more restri... The Gang once again discusses our predictions for the new year. If you listened to last year's show, you'll know that Phil predicted we'd see parachute pants make a comeback, but alas they did not and Phil still has to wear much tighter and more restrictive trousers than he'd prefer. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: Opening version of the New Year's Eve favorite Auld Lang Syne was performed by J.E.L.L.i., and the closing version of the song was performed by Mario Ajero. Both made possible by the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: The Year in Review: Mobile Technology... The Rise of Apps, iPad, and Android Semantic Web Internet of Things Compellent's sale could boost tech ecosystem Small Companies Look to Cloud for Savings in 2011 (WSJ) DemandMedia I, Cringely Minnov8 Gang no 52:26 Minnov8 Gang 104 – We Are All Virtual Now http://minnov8.com/2010/12/18/minnov8-gang-104-we-are-all-virtual-now/ http://minnov8.com/2010/12/18/minnov8-gang-104-we-are-all-virtual-now/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:06:57 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6325 Minnov8 Gang 104 – We Are All Virtual Now is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> Joining us on this week’s show (a longer-than-usual one but we’re off next week returning 12/31/10) is Julio Ojeda Zapata to discuss his new book “iPad means business.” It documents how the touch-screen device is becoming a lifesaver anywhere people need to get a job done. The book tells the stories of tablet-wielding workers, companies, students and teachers. Joining us mid-show is Don Ball, co-founder of CoCoMSP, partner in PolymerStudios, and a guy who is a thought leader about coworking. We talk about the event he attended in San Francisco on this topic and more. Rounding out the show is our call to the mobile phone of Lisa Grimm (@lulugrimm) Digital Public Relations Specialist at Mall of America (@MallofAmerica), who was outside the mall with her colleagues (photo) running the Twitter-followers-only Big Secret Parking Party.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Dom Duff & the song “March Azur” via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2010/12/18/minnov8-gang-104-we-are-all-virtual-now/feed/ 0 cloud computing,coworking,iPad,SMBMSP,Twitter Joining us on this week's show (a longer-than-usual one but we're off next week returning 12/31/10) is Julio Ojeda Zapata to discuss his new book "iPad means business." It documents how the touch-screen device is becoming a lifesaver anywhere people ne... Joining us on this week's show (a longer-than-usual one but we're off next week returning 12/31/10) is Julio Ojeda Zapata to discuss his new book "iPad means business." It documents how the touch-screen device is becoming a lifesaver anywhere people need to get a job done. The book tells the stories of tablet-wielding workers, companies, students and teachers. Joining us mid-show is Don Ball, co-founder of CoCoMSP, partner in PolymerStudios, and a guy who is a thought leader about coworking. We talk about the event he attended in San Francisco on this topic and more. Rounding out the show is our call to the mobile phone of Lisa Grimm (@lulugrimm) Digital Public Relations Specialist at Mall of America (@MallofAmerica), who was outside the mall with her colleagues (photo) running the Twitter-followers-only Big Secret Parking Party. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson Music: Dom Duff & the song “March Azur” via the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: iPad means business How to buy To win a copy of "iPad means business", email steve@minnov8.com with the code word we mentioned in the podcast. We will draw a name at random and announce the winner on Monday on Minnov8 “iPads Are Latest Weapon in Medical Sales” (Medtronic is one of the biggest corporate buyers) One way Graeme uses his iPad Apple's iPad Luring Small Businesses Don Ball links: CoCoMSP; Network 2010; pariSoma; iPass; SoCoCo (Graeme's interview at DEMO); James J. Hill Library and that incubator article in StarTribune. CrashPlan All social media experts “are actually the same person,” Wikileaks documents reveal Minnov8 Gang no 1:10:23 Minnov8 Gang 102 – Mostly Soupy, Trivial Sales http://minnov8.com/2010/12/03/minnov8-gang-102-mostly-soupy-trivial-sales/ http://minnov8.com/2010/12/03/minnov8-gang-102-mostly-soupy-trivial-sales/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:07:17 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=6313 Minnov8 Gang 102 – Mostly Soupy, Trivial Sales is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> This week we’re delighted to have on Julio Ojeda Zapata from the Pioneer Press to talk about Verizon’s 4G wireless rollout as well as Johnee Bee, celebrating his 200th Mostly Trivial podcast and, though it didn’t come up on the podcast, we later discovered that Mostly Trivial has an iPhone app! (iTunes link).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week)
Music: LA Big Daddys & their song “Why I Sing the Blues” via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2010/12/03/minnov8-gang-102-mostly-soupy-trivial-sales/feed/ 0 4G,Apple,iPad,iPhone,Social Media This week we're delighted to have on Julio Ojeda Zapata from the Pioneer Press to talk about Verizon's 4G wireless rollout as well as Johnee Bee, celebrating his 200th Mostly Trivial podcast and, though it didn't come up on the podcast, This week we're delighted to have on Julio Ojeda Zapata from the Pioneer Press to talk about Verizon's 4G wireless rollout as well as Johnee Bee, celebrating his 200th Mostly Trivial podcast and, though it didn't come up on the podcast, we later discovered that Mostly Trivial has an iPhone app! (iTunes link). Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week) Music: LA Big Daddys & their song “Why I Sing the Blues” via the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: White iPhone in Minneapolis All social media experts "are actually the same person," Wikileaks documents reveal Visi's ReliaCloud Verizon LTE Blows Through Monthly Data Cap in 32 Minutes Verizon’s 4G Network Is Windows-Only, for Now Comedian Soupy Sales and actress Rita Moreno (starred in West Side Story) IDC: IT spending will shift from hardware to software; 25 billion app downloads in 2011 Events: Saturday, December 4th: (9:00am - 5:00pm) Coworking for startups Thursday, December 9th, 7:30am - 9:30am: MHTA Annual CIO Panel Minnov8 Gang no 59:24 Minnov8 Gang 88: Google Waves Goodbye http://minnov8.com/2010/08/06/minnov8-gang-88-google-waves-goodbye/ http://minnov8.com/2010/08/06/minnov8-gang-88-google-waves-goodbye/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:59:20 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=5649 Minnov8 Gang 88: Google Waves Goodbye is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

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The Gang has Julio Ojeda Zapata on this week to talk about a bunch of stuff…including Google’s killing of Google Wave.

Julio is the Pioneer Press’ consumer-tech reporter and writes a Tech Test Drive column about gadgets, apps and social media (among other things). He is the author of Twitter Means Business, one of the first books about Twitter (and his new one coming out tentatively titled, “iPad Means Business”). See his Posterous geekstream or contact him by e-mail or on Twitter.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Big George Jackson Blues Band & song “Tell Me” via the podsafe Music Alley.

Discussed during the show:

Direct link to the show.

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2010/08/06/minnov8-gang-88-google-waves-goodbye/feed/ 3 Best Buy,iPad The Gang has Julio Ojeda Zapata on this week to talk about a bunch of stuff...including Google's killing of Google Wave. - Julio is the Pioneer Press’ consumer-tech reporter and writes a Tech Test Drive column about gadgets, The Gang has Julio Ojeda Zapata on this week to talk about a bunch of stuff...including Google's killing of Google Wave. Julio is the Pioneer Press’ consumer-tech reporter and writes a Tech Test Drive column about gadgets, apps and social media (among other things). He is the author of Twitter Means Business, one of the first books about Twitter (and his new one coming out tentatively titled, "iPad Means Business"). See his Posterous geekstream or contact him by e-mail or on Twitter. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music: Big George Jackson Blues Band & song “Tell Me” via the podsafe Music Alley. Discussed during the show: Robert Stephens' LinkedIn page showing he's "Chief Technology Officer, Best Buy. Founder, The Geek Squad" Google kills Wave Rapportive for Gmail MailPlane Google.me FastMall Webcams.travel LogMeIn Ignition ChromeOS Jolicloud Quite differing views of the onrush (deluge?) of information---and our access to it via the internet---and what Nicholas Carr & Clay Shirky each think of how we're dealing with it as humans. Direct link to the show. Minnov8 Gang no W3i Lights Up the ‘Net with Its Latest App News http://minnov8.com/2010/06/29/w3i-lights-up-the-net-with-its-latest-app-news/ http://minnov8.com/2010/06/29/w3i-lights-up-the-net-with-its-latest-app-news/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:42:35 +0000 Graeme Thickins http://minnov8.com/?p=5368 W3i Lights Up the ‘Net with Its Latest App News is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> Okay, so there’s this company named Apple that I hear makes phones.  And people tell me there’s been, uh, a bit of news lately about some new phone of theirs?  Well, that media firestorm didn’t stop Minnesota’s W3i LLC from deciding to jump in with some news of its own, which is actually related to the exploding ecosystem around Apple mobile devices.  That would be apps.

St. Cloud-based W3i is in the app distribution business — in a big, profitable way (33 successive quarters thereof).  But till now that business has been all about desktop apps, and Windows only. Well, mark down yesterday as the day they entered the world of mobile, with this bombshell: W3i Launches New Incented Mobile App Distribution Service for iOS App Developers.  A separate version of the release, for consumers, gets more to the benefit: Consumers Can Now Earn Rewards for Installing Apps.  Those rewards, my friends, would be cash — for consumers who register at a W3i site called Apperang.com.

Naturally, app fanboys and girls everywhere loved the news — after reading about it on some of the sites they frequent the most.  TechCrunch (MobileCrunch) ran this story: Apperang Pays You Cash to Download iPhone Apps… Ka-Ching! And VentureBeat (MobileBeat) ran concurrently — amazing how that happens — with their take: Get paid to install apps with W3i Mobile Solutions and Apperang.  Numerous other sites and blogs picked up on it immediately, and Twitter was going crazy on it (just search on hashtags #apperang and #w3i).  [Oh, sure, there was a story in the StarTrib last week, too, but that didn't light up much of anything... <rimshot>]

I asked the CEO of a local app development company for his reaction to this W3i news, from a business perspective:  ”The model and integration W3i has developed for desktop distribution has been a huge success in the past, so I wouldn’t bet against them on making their mobile version a success,” said Wade Beavers, CEO of DoApp Inc. “For developers wanting to get a core base of users fast, it makes sense to use this service. The key will be how long those users keep your app, because that’s where the return on investment is.”

I also asked one of Minnesota’s most experienced iPhone app developers for his reaction: “Will app publishers readily jump to use this type of service? Small developers, maybe,” said Bill Heyman of CodeMorphic. “But small developers may not have budget to support this type of promotion… Will it be enough to hit the tipping point for more organic sales because of a higher App Store ranking? Well, ultimately, it would depend on how much a company wants to spend to buy a ranking.”

But, actually, W3i signed on some pretty successful big developers for its private beta before the announcement yesterday (the service is now in public beta).  That list of launch advertisers — just those that let W3i use their names for PR purposes — includes these firms, with the name of their app in parentheses: Big Stack Studios (Sigma), Inert Soap (FingerZilla), Booyah (MyTown), Gist (Gist), Thinking Ape (Kingdoms at War), Flixster (Movies), Slacker Inc (Slacker Radio), xCube Labs (My Health Records – Health n Family), and infinidycorp (Zombies vs. Aliens).

I’m sure we’ll be hearing about a lot more, as W3i tells me they are crazy-busy now following up with other app companies who are inquiring.

(Disclosure: the author has had a consulting relationship with W3i for providing PR services.)

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We revisit Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) through Julio Ojeda-Zapata’s experiences talking about the new iPhone 4 and his reliance on the iPad and HTC EVO 4G on his trip. Many other related subjects are explored to their logical conclusions.

Show Hosts: Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Steve Borsch was away this week).

Music by AjT “Apple Chunk Guitar” from Music Alley.

Discussed during the podcast:

iPhone 4 live blogs: Engadget | gdgt

Julio’s impressions of iPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO 4G  on Your Tech Weblog

Simplenote app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Reeder app for iPhone and iPod Touch

Read It Later

Instapaper

Pulse News Reader app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Readability

Safari 5 Extensions blog

Xmarks extension for Firefox, Chrome and Safari

Apple TV Rumors at Engadget

Julio’s “Twitter Means Business” book website

Julio’s latest TWiT appearance

Events:

Social Media Breakfast, Twin Cities

fontconf

Unsummit 2010

MIMA “Crowd Source/User Generated Content with John Winsor” Event

Minnov8 Gang Podcast 82: Vicarious WWDC is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> http://minnov8.com/2010/06/12/minnov8-gang-podcast-82-vicarious-wwdc/feed/ 1 Apple,EVO 4G,fontconf,iPad,iPhone,SMBMSP,UnSummit,WWDC We revisit Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) through Julio Ojeda-Zapata's experiences talking about the new iPhone 4 and his reliance on the iPad and HTC EVO 4G on his trip. Many other related subjects are explored to their logical conclu... We revisit Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) through Julio Ojeda-Zapata's experiences talking about the new iPhone 4 and his reliance on the iPad and HTC EVO 4G on his trip. Many other related subjects are explored to their logical conclusions. Show Hosts: Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Steve Borsch was away this week). Music by AjT "Apple Chunk Guitar" from Music Alley. Discussed during the podcast: iPhone 4 live blogs: Engadget | gdgt Julio's impressions of iPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO 4G  on Your Tech Weblog Simplenote app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Reeder app for iPhone and iPod Touch Read It Later Instapaper Pulse News Reader app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Readability Safari 5 Extensions blog Xmarks extension for Firefox, Chrome and Safari Apple TV Rumors at Engadget Julio's "Twitter Means Business" book website Julio's latest TWiT appearance Events: Social Media Breakfast, Twin Cities fontconf Unsummit 2010 MIMA "Crowd Source/User Generated Content with John Winsor" Event Minnov8 Gang no 53:42 Newsbytes for Tuesday, May 4, 2010 http://minnov8.com/2010/05/04/newsbytes-for-tuesday-may-4-2010/ http://minnov8.com/2010/05/04/newsbytes-for-tuesday-may-4-2010/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 15:06:36 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=5126 Newsbytes for Tuesday, May 4, 2010 is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

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  • Governor Pawlenty says Minnesota needs to be more competitive. Healthy state economies will play a critical role in future job creation, but Minnesota does not rank among the nation’s top 10 “growth performers,” according to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce study rolled out Monday by Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

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