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Minnov8 Gang 235 – Will Android Make You Fat?

October 12, 2013 By Steve Borsch

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Last Night  Artist: Stingray. Brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

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Discussed During the Show

Minnesota Stories

  • Events Recap: Minnedemo; MinneAnalytics (the sessions and Hadoop); CoCo Uptown
  • Target layoffs hit Minneapolis headquarters
  • Mariner Software takes full ownership of foodie apps

Don Ball, co-founder of CoCoMSP

  • GUEST: Don Ball, co-founder of CoCoMSP along with Kyle Coolbroth, Jeff Heegaard and Roger Heegaard
    • Twin Cities CoCo co-working spaces become urban business magnets
    • Comcast Partnering with CoCo for 1Gbps Fiber

Other Stories and Mentions

  • Google’s new terms of service
    • CNN: Why your face might appear in Google ads, and how to stop it
    • Opt-out: Login to your Google account; click this link; make sure box not checked
  • Nest Gives the Lowly Smoke Detector a Brain — And a Voice
  • Apps on iPhone 5s Crashing at Twice the Rate as on Other iPhone 5 Models
  • Will Android make you fat? View the Android Kit Kat & Google Play Store Promotion
  • SmartThings Updates App
  • Monoprice: Great place to buy cables, cases and more.

Upcoming Events 

  • INVESTyR’s “Fundraising in the Digital Economy”. First Tuesday of every month: 3:30-4:30pm at CoCo Minneapolis
  • WordUp Minneapolis, Saturday, October 12, 2013, 9-4pm
  • MIMA Summit, October 15, 2013, Hilton Minneapolis
  • Ed Jam Twin Cities, October 17-19, 2013
  • Twin Cities Code Camp 15, October 19, 2013, 8 – 5pm
  • Cyber Security Summit 2013, October 22-23
  • Startup Weekend Twin Cities 5, October 25-27, 2013, 5 – 7pm
  • MobCon 2013 November 7-8

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Android, Apple, Best Buy, CoCoMSP, Google, MIMA, MinneDemo

Minnov8 Gang 147 – Wanna Buy Some Wheat?

December 2, 2011 By Steve Borsch

The Gang is down at the CoCoMSP Minneapolis Grain Exchange facility and we talk with Don Ball, co-founder of CoCoMSP and a fun guy. It is always a delight to talk with Don about the future of work, what’s happening at CoCo, and why he actually can’t sell us some wheat anymore (Wikipedia article here: “On December 19, 2008, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange ceased operations of the open outcry trading floor, but continues daily operations for the electronic trading platform. Today, HRSW futures trade exclusively electronically and options trade side-by-side.”

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Ruddin & their song “Cover the Distance” from the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast
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Discussed during the show:

Carrier IQ scandal:

  • Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything
  • Phone ‘Rootkit’ Maker Carrier IQ May Have Violated Wiretap Law In Millions Of Cases
  • Carrier IQ references discovered in Apple’s iOS
  • Apple: We Stopped Supporting Carrier IQ With iOS 5
  • Senator Al Franken Demands Carrier IQ Explain Mobile Tracking

Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales strong:

  • The Kindle Fire Is Beating The iPad At Best Buy
  • Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart Lead Online Sales
  • Target November sales miss analysts’ expectations
  • Friday’s Deals May Not Be the Best

Guest: Don Ball:

  • Google Chairman Praises Mpls Entrepreneurship at CoCo 
  • Where Don Ball is speaking on Dec 8th
  • Important New Research to be Unveiled at GigaOM Net:Work 
  • Net:Work agenda (Don Ball’s panel at 2:50 pm)

Other: Julian Assange: iPhone, Blackberry and Gmail users are ‘screwed’ – video

Upcoming Events

  • Friday, December 9th: Gadgets and Gifts from Geeks to Grandmas
  • Wednesday, December 7th: MOJO Mixer 2 – Speed Mentoring for Startups
  • Thursday, December 15th: 1st Annual Minnesota Tech Holiday Bash
  • December 10th – 13th: TIES 2011 EduTech Conference

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Android, Apple, Best Buy, CoCoMSP, Google, University of Minnesota

Minnov8 Gang 125 – Keeping It Straight

June 3, 2011 By Tim Elliott

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The Gang returns with two guests this week. First up is blogger and curator Patrick Rhone talking about his new book, “Keeping It Straight.” Then we welcome back Don Ball from  CoCo MSP to talk about the new Minneapolis coworking and collaborative space coming this July. We also kick around some of the news of the week including the Groupon IPO, local/social deal sites and our inevitable Apple speculation before next week’s WWDC.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: “Heartbreak Road” by Lazy Poker via the podsafe Music Alley.

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The Podcast
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Discussed during the show:

  • Keeping It Straight book by Patrick Rhone
  • Patrick’s personal blog, Minimal Mac, and The Random Post
  • CoCo Announcement of Minneapolis Location
  • unSummit 2011 (sessions in the comments)
  • Groupon Files For $750 Million IPO (via Business Insider)
  • iCloud cost pegged at $25 per year, all 4 major labels signed (via Ars Technica)
  • Steve’s 2011 Road Trip photos on Flickr

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: CoCoMSP

Minnov8 Gang 103 – Surfin’ the Cloud

December 10, 2010 By Steve Borsch

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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Discussed during the show:

  • Google Zeitgeist and this YouTube video about it
  • StarTrib story on Dell’s bid for Compellent and this one in TCBusiness Journal
  • Social Media Titans winners
  • Graeme’s post about Gazaro Protect
  • Visi/ReliaCloud Links:
    • News Release on TDS Communications Acquiring VISI
    • Explanation of Data Centers and the Tiers
    • ReliaCloud comparison of their offering vs. Amazon and Rackspace
    • A cool, virtual walk-through of their Eden Prairie Tier III data center
  • Split Rock Partners
  • Springpad app
  • Upcoming Events:
    • Dec. 15th: MIMA’S “Chrismahanukwanzakah” Holiday Party
    • Dec. 17th: SMBMSP #32: Social Event Planning
    • Dec 20th: SMBMSP Holiday Tweetup

Filed Under: Minnov8 Gang Podcast Tagged With: Best Buy, cloud computing, CoCoMSP, SMBMSP

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