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Minnov8 Gang 332 – A Bathroom Podcast

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bathroom-podcast-mainAs a former radio guy Phil knows acoustics. This week he was kind enough to podcast from the office bathroom, so he sounded great*. Fortunately the acceleration in tech stories continued this week and we had a lot to cover, so hang on and listen to the show.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Lounge Jazz by Niranjan Kalyanasundaram under a Creative Commons License.

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*We tease Phil, but he was actually not in the bathroom. Also, it’s atypical to perform Photoshop abuse on the same person two weeks in a row and for that Steve apologizes. 😉

Minnov8 Gang 328 – uBlock Your Content

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When advertisements become more than 50% of the bandwidth you’re using on your mobile phone and tracking where you go, that’s a privacy, and potentially costly, problem.

When you’re using your web browser on your desktop or laptop computer and are tracked, that’s an issue too. But when the ad networks delivering those ads enable javascripts to be used by advertisers and those ads sometimes deliver malware, someone with some clout has to do something about it! Apple has done so by announcing “content blocking” in the upcoming iOS 9 for iPhone and iPad.

Steve’s Security Tip of the Week will give you one tool that will help. Listen to learn more about it and what it means for you.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: BoogieLive by Miles Nottage under a Creative Commons License.

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When advertisements become more than 50% of the bandwidth you’re using on your mobile phone as well as sometimes delivering malware too, someone with some clout has to do something about it. Apple has by announcing “content blocking” in the upcoming iOS 9 for iPhone and iPad.

That move has created enormous hand-wringing and outcries from any website or app that makes money from advertising…and that’s a pretty sizeable portion of the web. Former Apple executive, Jean Louis Gassée, wrote his weekly ‘Monday Note’ on Apple’s strategy controversy called, “Life After Content Blocking” and it’s well worth a read. In addition, to truly understand this issue, make certain you read a post by Doc Searls called, Apple’s content blocking is chemo for the cancer of adtech.

TIP: Install uBlock Origin in your browser

uBlock Origin’s supported platforms include: Google Chrome; Opera; Firefox; SeaMonkey; Pale Moon) is a fork of uBlock (make sure you add the “Origin” one to your browser). uBlock Origin allows you to control access to your computer from ads, potentially malicious ads with javascripts, trackers and the accelerating volume of cruft coming from ad networks.

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Minnov8 Gang 327 – Hacking #IoT

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hacking-iot_mainWe cover the top Minnesota and other tech stories this week, but are particularly pleased to have as our guest Justin Grammens to talkabout the upcoming Internet of Things Hackday (IoTHackday). He is an accomplished entrepreneur but also someone who gives back. He’s done so through co-founding several community-centered adventures like Mobile March, IoT Fuse, ArduinoMN. (In no way did Justin know we would use a photo of him that ended up looking fairly creepy. Sorry Justin!).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off).
Music: C Minor Jazz-Blues by Pinojazz  under a Creative Commons License.

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  • IoT Hackdayjustin-grammans-tall2 will occur on Oct 17th at Minnetronix.
    • Sponsors, please contact: justin (at) iothackday.mn

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Minnov8 Gang 325 – The Man In the Arena

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In 1910, former president Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt (TR), gave an impassioned speech (PDF) at the Sorbonne in Paris. It included a paragraph that has been dubbed “The Man in the Arena,” a phrase which has become an apt metaphor for anyone in a situation that requires courage, skill or tenacity…vs. someone sitting in the stands as a spectator watching.

The sort of spectators who observe startups, entrepreneurs, (or any innovator or disruptor) and are, as TR so aptly put it, those “cold and timid souls” who routinely naysay, give criticism and believe they could have done better.

At the beginning of the show we talk about “Girl Develop It” and women in coding, so this speech snippet by Roosevelt could be looked at as him being somewhat of a misogynist (for his repeated emphasis on “man”). It turns out Roosevelt was an outspoken advocate of women’s suffrage in the early part of the last century. A position certainly not in the mainstream at the time amongst men.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
Music: Milestones – Brown Sugar by Rio Pugliese under a Creative Commons License.

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Minnov8 Gang 317 – In Jammies by the Lake

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jammies_mainWe always tease Graeme about podcasting from his cabin up north, wearing his up at the lake warm jammie pants (though in his defense, they likely fall more into the lounge wear category). Please note that none of us know if Graeme actually owns a onesie jammie set, with little ducks and bunnies on them, like you see in the photo.

Teasing aside, we are grateful Graeme makes the effort to climb into his acoustically perfect car, connect to his in-cabin Wifi, and c0-host the show!

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Latin Blues by William Harris under a Creative Commons License.

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Minnov8 Gang 315 – Flyin’ and Spyin’

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Turns out this past week there was a mysterious low-flying plane over the Twin Cities which has raised questions of surveillance. The Minneapolis FBI office only says they don’t comment on “operational matters,” undoubtedly because they don’t want people like Phil to know they’re being watched.  😉

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Blues for Suze by Ron Davis under a Creative Commons License.

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Minnov8 Gang 312 – Sure Wish They Delivered

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wish-they-delivered_mainYep…we now have not one, not two, but three liquor delivery startups in the Twin Cities. Looks like anyone who wants to can get their thirst quenched easily, quickly, while still in their jammies.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off).
Music: Jugo Blues by Jano Gonzålez under a Creative Commons License.

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Minnov8 Gang 310 – Why I Love Steroids

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julio-steroids-mainThough we’ve never actually seen our guest-host, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, take anabolic steroids—nor have we experienced, or even heard about, any ‘roid rage incidents he has been in—we do know he’s incredibly strong and ripped which will help him continue to lift all the tech gadgets he receives when they arrive.

Most importantly, Julio is quite passionate about Ignite Minneapolis, has delivered a fun and delightful presentation at the 2012 event, and we kick of this week’s show discussing the Spring 2015 event he attended. Maybe he’ll present on ‘roids at Ignite Minneapolis in October?

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Julio Ojeda-Zapata (Phil Wilson is off).
Music: Blue Bird Bluegrass by Phil Botic under a Creative Commons License.

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:34 — 39.1MB)

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Minnov8 Gang 309 – iPhone! No, Android!

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barfite_mainWith our own iOS vs. Android discussions, we had to chuckle over one story today about roommates stabbing each other with beer bottles in iPhone vs. Android dispute since it’s clear things get heated when discussing their respective merits.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off).

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Minnov8 Gang 307 – Geeks Are NOT Funny

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geeks_mainThankfully April Fool’s Day has passed since none of us think that geeks are funny…especially Steve! Of course, you can decide for yourself by looking at the best and worst ones in the tech world here.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Short Blues Rock by johnmortiboy under a Creative Commons License.

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  • TIP: If you’re not going to use online backup strategy—or even if you are (or use the Mac’s Time Machine for Filevault-encrypted backup like Steve does)—seriously consider the ioSafe fireproof and waterproof external HD and recovery service for your critical data at home.
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