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Minnov8 Gang 219: Will U Marry Me (& My Glass?)

June 1, 2013 By Steve Borsch

Lots of good Minnesota stories this week and our special guest is Breon Nagy (LinkedIn, Twitter, blog), Product Manager @Code4Gadget enthusiast by night. Glass Explorer #769. Breon is Minneapolis Tech fixture.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Flood Water Rising from Texarillo. From the podsafe Music Alley.

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Discussed during the show…

  • MN Stories
    • With SmartThings, the Automated Home Suddenly Becomes More Accessible
    • Digi and their platform-play Etherios
    • What to do tonight? There’s an app for that
    • U of M jumps into MOOC trend with interactive class for 17,000
      • Wikipedia description of a “MOOC“
      • Why Higher Education is Dead
      • Another view of MOOCs: “Online classes can be enlightening, edifying, and engaging — but they’re not college”
  • Google Glass & Our Guest
    • Mpls Agency Looking To The Future Through Google Glass (cameos by Lisa Grimm & Julio Ojeda Zapata)
    • Breon Nagy (LinkedIn, Twitter, blog)
      • Breon proposes to Amanda with Google Glass in place
  • Other Top Stories
    • Mary Meeker Peers Into the Future of Mobile, Wearables and Facebook
    • Apple
      • Apple’s Tim Cook: The Full D11 Interview (Video)
      • Tim Cook teases ‘profound’ opportunity in wearable tech, says Google Glass won’t have mass appeal
      • Why Apple Makes Only One iPhone, and Doesn’t Want to Make a Phablet (Video)
      • WWDC Expectations
      • If You Bought An ‘iWatch’ From Apple, You’d Check it ~95 Times Per Day (And That’s Why Apple Is Going To Make A Boatload)
      • Is This a Colorful Glimpse of the Low-Cost iPhone?
    • Fan TV revealed: is this the set-top box we’ve been waiting for?

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