Minnov8: Minnesota Innovation in Internet and Web Technology

Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 19

Our kickoff podcast for 2009 is a discussion with guest Kevin Matheny, self-described “E-business Architect & Open API guy for Best Buy” and founder of the innovative Best Buy Remix Developer Network effort. Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Our discussion surrounded a variety of topics: - How did the idea to open [...]

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What Can We Learn from the Minneapolis Top 100 Twitterers List?

For those of you not yet on Twitter — and aren’t you feeling so smug you’re not wasting as much time as the rest of us? — you’re likely not aware there’s a site called Twitterholic, which ranks the popularity of Twitter users by number of followers.  Actually, despite what non-Twitter [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 17

Community strategy, management of the ecosystem and paying attention to social media conversations online is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s an imperative for doing business today, for brand management or for building your own personal brand. Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch,Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson, Garrick Van Buren Connie Bensen is a woman who is completely engaged in [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 16

Social media and networking is pretty fragmented, and it’s important that Minnesota becomes fully invested in using all of it in an innovative way (e.g., Best Buy), and doing innovative startups like OnePlace (think Twitter in collaboration) and Enleiten (group GTD). Thankfully, we’re starting to see a bunch of new approaches that are allowing all [...]

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Minnesota Microblogging

Every day there seems to be an uptick in the number of people who are online and interested in connecting with friends, family, colleagues or others where even a digital relationship might end up as meaningful. The continued growth of social networks is the strongest indicator of that trend, but the explosion of microblogging is another [...]

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MIMA Summit Packs The Depot

As practically every man, woman, and child in the Twin Cities must know by now, the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) held its annual conference Wednesday, themed “Feed“. These folks are marketers — they know how to hype, as they’ve been telling us for what seems weeks now that the event was sold out.  Prior to that, [...]

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