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Minnov8 Gang 187 – Guy Kawasaki Loves Android?

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The Gang talks about the MIMA Summit where we were somewhat surprised to learn keynote speaker and former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki is “enchanted” by Android (but still loves his Macs). We also mention MinneDemo Rochester and Sprint’s new suitor before talking about new and rumored Apple products.

Hosts: Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Steve Borsch is off this week).
Music: Are We There Yet? by Hadrians Union brought to us by the podsafe Music Alley.

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Minnov8 Gang 186 – Tim Brunelle on the Summit

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Minnesota technology stories are flowing and we discuss several of them on this week’s show. The biggest story for next week will certainly come from the world-class Minnesota Interactive Media Association (MIMA) Summit happening next Wednesday. To discuss that event — and why it has been so fabulous in the past and is shaping up to be even better for the upcoming one — is none other than MIMA board president Tim Brunelle (site; LinkedIn; Twitter). Tim is one accomplished guy who has developed brand strategies, directed films, written and directed advertising and design, and user experience for huge brands (but as far as we know he actually doesn’t climb mountains).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: Some royalty-free music Borsch bought and everyone hates.

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Minnov8 Gang 182 – Balloons Not Included

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We all know design matters. The greatest software is pretty much useless if the human interface is confusing and inefficient. Same thing with hardware. But with the advent of indie capital raising sites like Kickstarter, it’s easier then ever to have a great idea, design it so it’s highly desirable, and then get the project funded. That’s exactly what our guest this week, Tom Gerhardt (his site; his studio) and did with his pal, Dan Provost (Twitter; TheVerge article).  Take a peek at this post on BoingBoing about their adventure together.

Read Graeme Thickins’ post here about Tom and Dan speaking on “Indie Capitalism & Design Entrepreneurship” for the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD) “Visiting Artist Lecture” series.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson
Music: Mandolin Boogie by Johnny Nicholas from the podsafe Music Alley.

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Minnov8 Gang 176 – Cash Surprises

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Marissa Mayer’s CEO compensation package was a surprise to many of us as was Dalton Caldwell’s audacious proposal to raise $500k. We talk about this and much more on this show.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off this week)
Music: Heartless by Michael Burks from the podsafe Music Alley.

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Minnov8 Gang 166 – Print Me Some Coffee

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The Gang discusses events this past week, including the Twin Cities debut of a new, consumer-grade 3D printing device called the Cube from Cubify. Having been fans of Star Trek in its various incarnations, many 3D printing enthusiasts have a vision for these sorts of printers that is more Star Trek replicator than what they presently deliver: prototypes and trinkets.

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

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Minnov8 Gang 141 – Everything’s a Beta

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Andrew Eklund of Ciceron on the Minnov8 Gang PodcastOne of Minnesota’s premiere interactive marketing thought leaders and practioners, Andrew Eklund of Ciceron, shares his insights and perspectives after Wednesday’s MIMA Summit as well as on other key trends in new media.

Listen for the discussion wrapped around Andrew’s best line of the entire podcast (in Borsch’s opinion). While discussing how Ciceron encourages clients to think about what they offer, in a world where everyone is an instant critic who can tell the world, he says in passing, “every product is an iteration of its future self.” Find out what the “new and improved” Andrew 2.0 means.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, and Phil Wilson
Music: “Zydeco Junkie” by “Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band” via Music Alley.

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M8 Gang Podcast 139 – Capella U Mobile’s Kristofer Layon

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Online learning continues to accelerate and Capella University is on the leading edge of it. Online increasingly means “mobile” and Capella recently brought on a unique, highly qualified and experienced guy, Kristofer Layon, to be their mobile product manager. We talk with Kris about what he’s doing at Capella, issues he’s wrestling with, and how he shrunk himself down to appear on a student’s iPad in 3D.  😉

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins (Phil Wilson is off).
Music: “Give Blues a Chance” by “Mean Gene Kelton & the Diehards” via the podsafe Music Alley.

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* Both held at University of St Thomas – Minneapolis, Schulze Hall

MIMA Summit Liveblog: “You Are There” Edition

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Another MIMA Summit is behind us, as well as another day of fleet feet and live blogging by the Minnov8 Gang.   Congratulations to Tim Brunelle, Erin Rauk, Christopher Pollard, Greg Swan and so many others for your incredible efforts.

Covering that many great sessions was a challenge and a real treat. Re-live the magic with the liveblog recap.

Minnov8 Gang 69: “We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”

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Opportunity and growth is all around us and glimmers of it are appearing in the web, mobile and other tech spaces. But are you willing to take the risks, explore and deal with all the obstacles in the way of you seeking riches?

In the movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Humphrey Bogart’s character Dobbs, and two other gringos, embark in to Mexico to find gold in the Sierra Madres, an area in great flux and riddled with banditos, but policed by the Federales. In one of the signature lines in the movie the banditos, trying to convince Dobbs and his cronies that they’re Federales, say, “Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!” (usually misquoted as “We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!“). There are several moral and philosophical questions in the movie and Dobbs dies, the banditos are killed by the Federales, the gold is lost and thus the analogy might as clear as mud: chasing opportunities won’t be easy but they’re out there; barriers and obstacles (and bandits) stand in your way; but we thought exploring opportunistic thoughts in this podcast was worthwhile.

Special Guest: For part of the podcast, Meg Canada joins us to talk about libraries, the iPad and more. Meg is a senior librarian for Web Services and Training at Hennepin County Library and currently coordinates public training and  social media efforts for the library. She volunteers helping with the Unsummit, recently presented at MinneWebCon, and is a regular contributor to Social Media Breakfast.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music: “Santa Maria” by Will Kriski from Music Alley, purveyor of podsafe tunes.

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+ Past Events: CloudCampMSP (see Minnov8’s coverage here); IgniteMPLS; Social Media Breakfast;

+ Upcoming Events: Mobile March; MIMA; DEMO; SxSWi; MinneWebCon

+ Mobile: MixMobi; WordPress mobile plugins (Mobile Edition; WPTouch); Square (mobile commerce)

+ Devices: Apple iPad; Microsoft Courier; Dell Slate

+ Other: Google pagerank to require speedier websites?; Hacker News.

Was Unsummit Perfect?

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From the comments in our usual post event video, you would have to believe that the recent Unsummit was an example of pure perfection in conference land. In reality, there very well may be some issues that founder Don Ball and organizers Mykl Roventine and Meg Canada should address…but damned if I know what they are.

unsummit3_logoOK, there is one comment I heard; “It’s not really an unconference.” True, the ‘un’ in ‘unconference’ might denote that there is no set agenda, that the space is provided and the topics are decided upon by those who show up. This style of meeting has spawned many a BarCamp like event, our own Minnebar to comes to mind.

However, as it pertains to UnSummit, the ‘un’ is a hold over from the inaugural event last year. Don Ball, not able to secure a ticket to the always popular MIMA Summit, decided to host a gathering of those interested in Interactive and Marketing who, like him, either couldn’t get a ticket or didn’t want to pay the relatively spendy ticket price. Hence, being held at the very same, the UnSummit was born.

It should be noted that, at it’s even loftier price, MIMA attracted 1000 folks to it’s recent 2009 Summit…and despite a few exceptions was well worth the price. It should also be noted that what little competition between the MIMA Summit and the UnSummit that might have existed in the very beginning, or perception of such, has long since disappeared. At least it should have. So while the UnSummit does borrow from the unconference concept in it’s presentation, it is really ‘un’ in name only.

OK, so next time perhaps there can be a few more open times and rooms to build some sessions on the fly.

No matter the format, the UnSummit was about bringing together close to 200 hundred interactive enthusiasts on a Saturday to learn from each other and discuss the future of the interactive and online world in a relaxed environment. From my standpoint, at the end of that day, that’s what everyone walked away with. But don’t just take my word for it…

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