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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 48: Pushbuttons & Voice

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pushbuttonThis Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda Zapata (Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins are off today). Music by Chuck Willis from Music Alley, purveyor of podsafe tunes.

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The Podcast

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Discussed during the show notes:

+ Topics:
– The Pushbutton Web ( http://dashes.com/anil/2009/07/the-pushbutton-web-realtime-becomes-real.html ). Is this just a way for people to throw stuff up against the wall and see what sticks, or a fundamentally new way of inputting content that will be useful?
The “PBWeb” is really all about the shift in tools (like what I talked about at my SMBMSP preso at Deluxe) and how we can use them to deliver our content in a “publish once, distribute everywhere” model. Posterous.com, PixelPipe.com and plugins for WordPress like tWPter (http://www.bochgoch.com/page/plugin/wp_twptter/) and then the announcement by Typepad that they’re enabling microblogging (http://everything.typepad.com/blog/2009/08/the-best-of-both-worlds-microblogging-on-typepad.html) means that everyone is recognizing the need for us to publish short bursts in a microblogging way
(My SMBMSP talk)
– Themes are appearing like the Prologue Theme, P2. Prologue is a WordPress theme that turns your WordPress blog into a Twitter-like tool for organizing groups or whatever: http://p2demo.wordpress.com/
– Upcoming Microsoft retail stores. Is this smart, or is the company not capable of original ideas?: http://microsoftjobsblog.com/blog/microsoft-retail-stores-we-re-hiring/
photos: http://gizmodo.com/5322328/leak-inside-the-microsoft-store-with-wall+sized-screens-and-the-answers-bar/gallery/
– Twitter location-based tweeting. A good thing or a bad thing? http://blog.twitter.com/2009/08/location-location-location.html
– WHAT IS WITH THE SUDDEN UPTICK IN TWITTER, SKYPE AND EMAIL PORN JUST THIS WEEK!?! Not only have I been getting inundated with stuff, so have many others whom I follow.
– MIMA Summit; Pranah; SMBMSP next week at the State Fair
Google Insight & Google Trends & Alerts

+ The Pushbutton Web, a concept article by Anil Dash about a “publish once, distribute everywhere” model:

+ Upcoming Microsoft retail stores and that they’re hiring for them. Also, the Gizmodo ‘leak’ of a presentation/plan done for Microsoft on the store concept

+ Google Voice, Apple & AT&T controversy with the Federal Communications Commission asking for clarification on Apple disallowing Google Voice in the iPhone App Store. Apple’s, Google’s and AT&T’s respective responses.

+ MIMA Summit; and the Social Media Breakfast (SMBMSP) next week at the State Fair.

Minnov8 Gang Podcast 47: Blogwell & Social Media

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doughboyWe really enjoyed ourselves at General Mills HQ (who were terrific hosts, by the way) for the BlogWell event Thursday and it comprised the lion’s share of our podcast today, along with social media in general.

We discuss the event, the interviews we held (and we were stunned by the strong corporate representation), the tool we used called ScribbleLive (so amazing we did a separate post on it here) and the liveblogging of the event itself…as well as the new friend we made you see at the left).

Graeme also held several interviews and those are posted below the Minnov8 Gang podcast at the bottom of this post.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: LA Big Daddy from Music Alley, purveyor of podsafe tunes.

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Head on over to Graeme’s blog to read this post on the event and listen to the interviews there or below:

• Listen to the interview with Minneapolis blogger Arik Hanson.

• Listen to the interview of Gia Lyons, evangelist for Jive Software.

• Listen to the interview of Don Smith, a social media guru at General Mills.

• Listen to the interview of Jesse Engle, CEO and cofounder of Cotweet.

• Listen to the interview of Jim Cuene, Director of Interactive Marketing, General Mills.

• Listen to the interview of Scott Monty, head of social media at Ford Motor Company.

• Listen to the interview of Andy Sernovitz, founder of GasPedal and Social Media Business Council.

Minnov8 Gang 46: Addicted to Twitter, Chatter about FanChatter & More

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twitter-addictOn this week’s show we talk about Twitter being down and how people realized they are social media addicts, FanChatter, controversy over iPhone apps being rejected and much more.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

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The Podcast

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Discussed during the show:

+ Twitter down (and Dragnet’s “Blue Boy” LSD episode); FanChatter; Blog comment addition vendors: Echo and BackType (and BackType Connect for WordPress); Minnesota startups BusinessCard2 and Extendr as well as Retaggr

+ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) looking in to Google’s Eric Schmidt on Apple’s board (now potentially a moot point)

+ Pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proceedings regarding wireless open access and handset exclusivity are in motion, and as part of this the FCC requested more information from the Google Voice app rejection by Apple (good overview of the controversy–and Apple’s overall app rejection policy–in this BusinessWeek article)

FCC’s letter to Apple
FCC’s letter to AT&T
FCC’s letter to Google

+ HTML 5 and the open source video codec rejection; Google acquiring On2 and conjecture it was a strategic move to open source On2’s codec, move away from Flash (and minimize the possibility Adobe could make it a ubiquitous application platform as well as continuing to extend its reach as one for video) and not require licensing H.264

+ The MiFi device and the Wired article referred to by Tim; Comcast getting in to wireless broadband

+ “Social Media on a Stick“: Social Media Breakfast, Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP) is meeting at the State Fair

+ Blogwell is next week! This is positioned as a must-attend event for anyone interested in corporate social media use

+ Evocam: Steve’s geek fun this weekend.

Minnov8 Gang 45 @ Social Media Breakfast #17

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smbmsp17This month’s Social Media Breakfast-Minneapolis/St. Paul #17 was held at Vic’s restaurant in St. Anthony Main and the topic was Non-Profits and Social Media and was the typically well done event and even more so with the leadership of Meg Canada and the great panelists.

Afterwards, we headed out to the deck to record our M8 Gang podcast and were joined by Meg and then Bryan Person, the founder of the national Social Media Breakfast group. Added to this podcast were three interviews at the end which Graeme Thickins had recorded before the event began. Your hosts for this podcast are the typical cast of characters: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

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The Podcast

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Show Notes:

+ Minneapolis/St. Paul WordPress Users Group

Minnov8 Gang 44: Tech Stuff & Mobile Trends

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mobile-n-stuffFor half of the show, the Gang discusses several tech topics and then welcomes Lisa Foote, CEO/cofounder of Kwingo.net, the mobile solutions company here in the Twin Cities, to talk about “Mobile Trends to Watch“, a key trend since the I.T. consulting and analyst firm, Gartner, predicts that in 2012, smartphone sales will reach over 700 million units, accounting for 65% of all handset sales. This rate will represent a nearly $200 billion market.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. (Note: I apologize for the unfortunate ‘clicks’ heard in Lisa’s audio which were indeterminate)

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The Podcast

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Discussed During the Show Notes:

+ The music was provided by the Podsafe Music Network, the song is PJ style Blues by artist AjT, a 39 year old french geek and Apple lover.

+ Crunchpad and Mike Arrington on Charlie Rose

+ Twitter 101 and how Ashton Kutcher has come out about the fact that “Twitter Will Change Media”

+ Best Buy:

  • Twelpforce: the Twitter account and a Techcrunch article
  • The Twitter fight between Doug Beacham & Best Buy CMO, Barry Judge (and social media thought leader, Chris Brogan, has his own take on it here)
  • Best Buy Social Media Director job that was crowdsourced and an update #2 on it here

+ The iPod as a multi-function device (can tie Touch to local app devs)

+  BlogWell on August 13th at General Mills (get Minnov8 discount code in this post)

+ Our guest, Lisa Foote, sent over these links for our show notes:

+ Finally, as a special tribute to Phil Wilson’s curious and instant recognition that the bumper music for this week’s show was, in fact, very “Cialis commercial-like,” I offer up this Cialis spoof video starring the actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. (possibly NSFW) in honor of Mr. Wilson.

Minnov8 Gang 43: Lifestreaming, Backup & Conclaves

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This week we talk about lifestreaming, smartphones, online backup, Microsoft Office Online, the Conclave and much more.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson and our new monthly host, Julio Ojeda Zapata.

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The Podcast

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 42 from Savage Depot

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depotWe talk Google Chrome OS, Best Buy’s Sr. Director of Emerging Media job posting now on their IdeaX site, and much more. Recorded at the Savage Depot coffee shop, a fabulous coffee, wine and food spot (with *really* fast wifi, fun historical photos and an aesthetically pleasing spot) alongside Hwy 13 in Savage, MN (Note: the photo above is not the Savage Depot, but rather the town of PHILSON, the site of unfortunate genetic permutations in the citizenry whose deformities were passed down to subsequent generations, some of whom live in our midst to this day).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

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The Podcast

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Discussed during the show notes:

+ Crunchpad

+ Hootsuite and CoTweet

+ Ubuntu Linux and G OS

+ Parallels, VMWare Fusion and Sun’s VirtualBox

+ Best Buy’s Reward Zone

The music on this week’s show is in the public domain and the name of the track is The Railroad Stomp by Jolly Two.

Minnov8 Gang 41: What if George had an iPhone?

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georgeOn this week’s show — done one day before our usual Saturday recording due to the 4th of July — we talk about the Social Media Breakfast event and a host of other interesting tech topics.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

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The Podcast

Podcast: Download (Duration: 34:28 — 20.0MB)

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Discussed during the show notes:

+ Social Media Breakfast-Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP) last week

+ Best Buy’s new Twitter initiative

+ MagentoCommerce

+ Upcoming WordPress meetup/unconference on Thursday, July 30th at 6:30pm

+ GDGT.com

+ Vendor Relationship Management

+ Posterous

Minnov8 Gang 40: Jobs, iPhone, Pre & Cory

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ernie-burnsAnother spirited discussion about Steve Jobs and his liver transplant, the iPhone 3Gs, Palm Pre, Cory Doctorow and much more.

This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off today).

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The Podcast

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast 39: A Conversation with Codemorphic

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codemorphic-iphone2The Gang has a great discussion with Bill Heyman, co-founder of Codemorphic, a rock-solid iPhone development shop (based in Eden Prairie) with significant application credibility through their creation of over a dozen apps such as:

  • Public Radio Tuner (#2 in iTunes store, 2M+ downloads, iTunes link)
  • Cisco/Linksys Media Hub Control
  • Blausen Medical (high resolution medical imagery/videos, iTunes link)
  • Smarter Agent Real Estate*
  • Bacardi*

*Shipping this week.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

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The Podcast

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Discussed during the show notes: