Minnov8 Gang 209 – March Madness!

Three-quarters of the Gang take time out of NCAA March Madness viewing to talk about the top news of the past week including Mobile March 2013, Adria Richards’ tough lesson in social media etiquette, the emerging smart watch category, Google Keep and what’s going on at Apple.

Hosts: Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Steve Borsch is off this week).
Music: Panacea by bill. From the podsafe Music Alley.

The Podcast

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Discussed during the show…

• Mobile March 2013 Wrap-up
  • Mobile Fans Have a Big Day at the Farm
  • Speaker slides for Mobile March 2013

• W3i Becomes NativeX
  • W3i Rebrands, Launches Native Ad Platform for App Devs, Adds Trip Hawkins as Senior Advisor 

• Adria Richards – a tough lesson in social media etiquette
  • Breaking: Adria Richards fired by SendGrid for calling out developers on Twitter 
  • Forking and Dongle Jokes Don’t Belong At Tech Conferences
  • Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost
  • A Dongle Joke That Spiraled Way Out Of Control
  • PyCon 2013: A play in one act

• Smartwatch Madness!
  • LG joins the fray, making a smartwatch and a Glass-like device 
  • Google’s Android unit reportedly building a smartwatch
  • Some Pebble smartwatches bricking after shutdown, company replacing faulty units

• Google Keep Takes On More Than Evernote
  • Google launches Evernote rival Keep for the Web, Android 4.0 and above
  • And That, Google, Is How You Lose The Influencers

• Apple News Update
  • How Apple invites facile analysis
  • Horace Dediu’s Critical Path podcast
  • Apple Acquires Indoor Location Company WifiSLAM
  • Why did Apple hire Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch?

Upcoming Events…

• WordPress MSP, Thursday, March 28 at The Nerdery
• MinneBar 8, Saturday April 6, 9-5pm, Best Buy Headquarters
• 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference, April 11, 2013 – Saturday, April 13, 2013, Hilton Minneapolis
• Minne-Fair / Maker and DIY Exposition, April 13, 2013 – Sunday, April 14, 2013
• WordCamp MSP, April 27, 2013 – Sunday, April 28, 2013
• Twin Cities Code Camp 14, April 27, 2013
• Midwest Mobile Summit, downtown Fargo, ND, April 28-29
• MHTA’s Spring Conference, April 30 at the Minneapolis Convention Center
• EyeO Festival, June 5-8, Walker Art Center