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Minnov8 Gang 107 – Is the MacAppStore Good or Bad?

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App stores are all the rage: Apple started the concept with the iPhone App Store, made sure it worked on the iPod Touch and later expanded it to include the iPad, and is now driving that concept further with the new introduction of the MacAppStore. Google has Android market, Microsoft their Windows Phone Marketplace (ironically it’s down, throwing off an “Error.aspx?diagnosticCode=B03/5LZ7” as I write this post);  Blackberry’s AppWorld; and so on.

While the Gang could discuss the “why” and “what it means for developers” at length with each other when it comes to the newest entrant in the app store shift the Mac App Store, our frequent contributor, Julio Ojeda Zapata, was kind enough to recommend and invite in this episode’s guest, Michael Wray.

Michael is the president of Mariner Software, a very impressive, two decade old Mac, PC, iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad software firm here in Minneapolis. Besides the groundbreaking Mac apps they’re known for, this company had apps early on in the iPhone App Store and five (with one pending approval as you’ll hear about on the podcast) in the Mac App Store. Listen to what Michael has to say about his experiences with this new model of software distribution.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson with Julio Ojeda Zapata.
Music: Guitar Jack is the artist and the song is, “Roadhouse.“
Music made possible by the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast

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Minnov8 Gang 106 – What’s Up in Tech?

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Minnedemo is happening within days and the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show is going on right now with numerous major announcements. As such, the Gang is delighted to have both Ben Edwards and Luke Francl, the two behind Minnedemo, on to discuss next week’s event. A bit later in the show we were very pleased to be able to talk with Mitchell Hislop who is on the floor at CES to tell us about all the “cool and new”.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins andPhil Wilson
Music: Edwin Holt is the artist and the song is, “Red Clay Back Road Mama.”
Music made possible by the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast

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Minnov8 Gang 105 – 2011 Tech Predictions

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The Gang once again discusses our predictions for the new year. If you listened to last year’s show, you’ll know that Phil predicted we’d see parachute pants make a comeback, but alas they did not and Phil still has to wear much tighter and more restrictive trousers than he’d prefer.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Opening version of the New Year’s Eve favorite Auld Lang Syne was performed by J.E.L.L.i., and the closing version of the song was performed by Mario Ajero. Both made possible by the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast

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Minnov8 Gang 104 – We Are All Virtual Now

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Joining us on this week’s show (a longer-than-usual one but we’re off next week returning 12/31/10) is Julio Ojeda Zapata to discuss his new book “iPad means business.” It documents how the touch-screen device is becoming a lifesaver anywhere people need to get a job done. The book tells the stories of tablet-wielding workers, companies, students and teachers. Joining us mid-show is Don Ball, co-founder of CoCoMSP, partner in PolymerStudios, and a guy who is a thought leader about coworking. We talk about the event he attended in San Francisco on this topic and more. Rounding out the show is our call to the mobile phone of Lisa Grimm (@lulugrimm) Digital Public Relations Specialist at Mall of America (@MallofAmerica), who was outside the mall with her colleagues (photo) running the Twitter-followers-only Big Secret Parking Party.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Dom Duff & the song “March Azur” via the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast

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Minnov8 Gang 103 – Surfin’ the Cloud

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The Gang talks Dell buying Compellent; Google Zeitgeist; and much more. Our guest this week is none other than the CTO of Visi, Jason Baker, who talks about becoming the first Tier III design certified commercial data center in Minnesota as well as what’s coming soon with ReliaCloud.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Kahuna Kawentzmann & the song “Late Bird” via the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast

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Minnov8 Gang 102 – Mostly Soupy, Trivial Sales

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This week we’re delighted to have on Julio Ojeda Zapata from the Pioneer Press to talk about Verizon’s 4G wireless rollout as well as Johnee Bee, celebrating his 200th Mostly Trivial podcast and, though it didn’t come up on the podcast, we later discovered that Mostly Trivial has an iPhone app! (iTunes link).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week)
Music: LA Big Daddys & their song “Why I Sing the Blues” via the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast

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Minnov8 Gang 101 – Is Tech a Bubble?

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We discuss a range of topics but the “Gang Mentality” segment covers what some are viewing as a “tech bubble” that is bound to burst. Listen and see if you agree or disagree.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off this week)
Music: Nony Zero & their song “Surfin’ the Blast Wave” via the podsafe Music Alley.

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Minnov8 Gang 100th Podcast

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Wednesday night the Minnov8 Gang gathered at Chino Latino for our 100th podcast. Set up by Phil Wilson with the gracious participation by Christopher Lower (who arranged things with the restaurant), it was a fun and lively evening with good conversation the result.

When Minnov8 was founded in 2008, Dan Grigsby and Garrick Van Buren joined Steve, Tim, Graeme and Phil in building the foundation. Both joined us for this podcast. Our guests for this milestone show included Lisa Foote and Brad Roberts of MixMobi; Christopher Lower of Sterling Cross; and our “fifth Beatle” Julio Ojeda Zapata.

Lisa Foote; Garrick Van Buren; Christopher Lower; Dan Grigsby; Julio Ojeda Zapata

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Asymmetry & their song “Next Time Around” via the podsafe Music Alley.

Recording the podcast at Chino Latino. Photo compiled from several taken by Julio (click for larger view)

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The Podcast

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Minnov8 Gang 99 – Pssst…got the QR code?

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Even though two of the Gang are off this week, we’re joined by the always delightful Julio Ojeda Zapata to talk tech and we cover a lot of ground while also revealing the QR code.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott & Julio Ojeda Zapata (Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson are off).
Music:  Scott McLean & his song “One Sweet Dream” via the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast

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+ Past week:

– Julio’s adventure: Without Any Sense of Irony, Almanac Hosts a Panel on New Media and TPT’s Terms of Service
– Julio’s upcoming iPad book: iPad Means Business
– Apple announces new: OS X Lion; MB Airs; iLife ‘11; Mac App Store (Yep, Apple Killed The CD Today)
– Windows 7: 240 million licenses sold; do Windows tablets have a chance vs. iPad?
– Windows Phone 7: Julio’s first impressions & Edward Tufte‘s learned opinion
– HP’s Slate. Engadget review
– Google TV blocked by networks, Hulu cuts price in half
– Space Vidcast
– MediaFly
– This Old Nerd

+ Gang Mentality: The Big Three: predictive analytics; location awareness; presence awareness (Steve’s post).

– Best Buy Deploys QR Codes to Enhance Shopping Experience
– CueCat
– itizen, a St. Paul startup

+ UPCOMING EVENTS:

– Magnet 360 Exec Briefing – October 26th
– Social Media Breakfast, Social Media Meets Travel & Tourism moderated by Gang member Phil Wilson – October 29th (SMBMSP’s new website)
– Tekne Awards – November 3rd
– Wordcamp MSP – November 13th
– Startup Weekend II – November 19-21