Our guest this week is Zach Supalla, CEO of Spark Devices, a company that did a ‘pivot’ to build The Spark Core, their new Kickstarter project with a modest $10,000 goal that (as of this morning) had over $390,000 in backing! The ‘spark core’ is an Arduino-compatible, Wi-Fi enabled, cloud-powered development platform that makes creating internet-connected hardware a breeze. Check out their project and make certain you watch the video…it’s first-class and explains their vision well.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
Music: Bad Boy Blues from Hollywood Blue Flames. From the podsafe Music Alley.
The Podcast
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Discussed during the show…
- Minnesota Stories
- Minnesotans soon will click, buy — and pay sales tax on online purchases
- Target goes hunting in Silicon Valley, following Wal-Mart
- Pinterest Partners With Brands (including Target) to Add Information to Pins
- Best Buy Outlines Renew Blue Initiative, Removes $295M in Expenses
- 3M ‘Quantum Dots’ Add 50% More Color to LCDs
- Yahoo-Tumblr Deal
- Xbox One Announced
- Enchanted Phil & his HTC One
- Steve’s Security Tip of The Week: At least be aware of what you’re posting.
- Pew Internet’s Teens, Social Media, and Privacy
- Face Recognition Makes the Leap From Sci-Fi
- 60 Minutes: A Face in the Crowd: Say goodbye to anonymity
- In 1999 Scott McNealy, at the time CEO of Sun Microsystems, said, “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.”
Upcoming Events…
- National Day of Civic Hacking MN, Saturday, June 1st – Sunday, June 2nd
- EyeO Festival, June 5-8, Walker Art Center
- WordPress MSP, Thursday, June 27th at 7pm, The Nerdery
- Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2013, July 18-20
- Cyber Security Summit 2013, October 22-23