The StarTribune had an article about how as Code 42 heads downtown, 100 Washington Square becomes tech center. The good news? Growing tech companies have a large square-footage building that is catering to their needs. The bad news? Phil is NOT happy about it as he thinks the building is basically butt-ugly.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson.
Music: Giorgio By Moroder by Elektro-Tek under a CC 3.0 License
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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
- AlterConf Minneapolis event update
- Lewk is an algorithmically curated monthly menswear box
- Exclusive: Target Testing Connected Health Sections
- Minnesota Middle School App Developers Demo At White House Science Fair
- You’ll be able to use your phone to ride Metro Transit soon
- For new Vikings stadium, an app that does everything but yell ‘Skol!’
Other Top Tech Stories
Cool Thing of the Week
- Phil: GolfShot and Hole19
- Tim: AirJamz: The Wearable Air Guitar From the Makers of jamstik+
- Steve: TarDisk
Upcoming Events
- The Complete List of 250+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2016
- AlterConf April 9th, LeadPages
- Twin Cities Code Camp 20, April 16th, 2016, University of Minnesota
- IoT Fuse, April 22nd, Univ of St. Thomas-Minneapolis
- Minnebar, April 23rd, Best Buy HQ
- MinneWebCon U of MN McNamara Alumni Ctr April 25-26
- GlitchCon, April 29-30, McNamara Alumni Center
- 2016 Minneapolis/St. Paul Mini Maker Faire, May 14, MN State Fairgrounds
- WordCamp Minneapolis, May 21-22 2016, Humphrey Institute, Minneapolis
We’re all serious at the outset of the show talking about 
We recorded this show at Minnebar, a 1,000+ strong attended technology event held at the headquarters of Best Buy. Yep…we talk about the Apple Watch which, unfortunately, will cause Graeme to ditch his trusty 1978 vintage Timex. 😉
Thankfully 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 
Wow! There are an accelerating number of technology events going on in Minnesota, which is both good news and disconcerting. It’s positive since it proves that Minnesota is rapidly becoming a startup and technology hub, and concerning because it is increasingly hard to get to them all!
One of the things we talk about on this week’s show is the danger of 
One big story we discuss from this past week was the Apple event where they revealed more about the Apple Watch, ResearchKit, a new Macbook and more. Not everyone is gushing with enthusiasm and excitement about the Watch though…lots of parodies on the ‘net 
This week’s show was recorded at 
Our special guest host this week is ace tech reporter, author and a man not bashful about his love of gadgets and scifi, Julio Ojeda-Zapata. Fortunately Julio has little need for his fedora and press pass…or does he?
Several “head scratcher” stories this week, not the least of which is the alleged discovery of the founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto (a name linked to the supposed creator,