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Minnov8 Gang 60: Staying Ahead of the Storm in 2010

This week’s show is about possibilities with tablets, predictions made by an analyst firm, and a hodge-podge of stuff discussed by the Minnov8 Gang. This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.Music by Endlouz and the tune is, “Bad Advice” (Disclaimer: This was NOT chosen as an indictment on the commentary by the Gang!) Discussed during [...]

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Minnov8 Gang 41: What if George had an iPhone?

On this week’s show — done one day before our usual Saturday recording due to the 4th of July — we talk about the Social Media Breakfast event and a host of other interesting tech topics. This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Discussed during the show notes: + Social Media Breakfast-Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP) [...]

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Wired for 2020: Mentoring Our Youth

In a world that is shifting from serial and linear processes (which can be easily outsourced) to one rapidly moving toward higher value being created by those people who can deal with the flood of information and ideas coming at us in parallel by making new associations, any of us who care about our kids [...]

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Fallon Releases Free Social App?

As social media and networking continues its advance and integration in to the very fabric of our lives (which is especially the case as more of us become a part of the always on, always connected online culture) it continually intrigues us at Minnov8 that most organizations are still either taking a wait-n-see attitude toward [...]

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Minneapolis Phizzpop Winners & Best Buy Remix at SXSW

Minnov8’s Phil Wilson grabbed a couple of interviews this evening at South by Southwest (SXSW) with Phizzpop winners Tom O’Neill of SierraBravo and Dave Annis of Zeus Jones…and later with Kevin Matheny, Senior E-business Architect on the Best Buy’s Remix initiative:

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‘Phizzpop Tour’ Pops Into Town, Gets Coldest Day of the Year

A design competition for interactive agencies, sponsored by Microsoft, breezed into town on January 15 and got a rude shock: the most brutal sub-zero temps and windchills in five years.  Nonetheless, about 300 brave souls huddled inside at downtown hotspot(!) Solera and saw five agencies compete for bragging rights and a free trip to the [...]

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Sierra Bravo Brings Back Its ‘Website Challenge’ Community Service Project

It won’t be long before area web developers are losing more sleep helping nonprofits. Rapidly growing Bloomington-based web development firm Sierra Bravo has announced the second coming of its very successful Overnight Website Challenge — 24 hours of pure nerd energy applied to creating or spiffing up the web sites of some deserving Minnesota nonprofits.  The [...]

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