Tim and Steve could only imagine what it would be like if Phil Wilson was an advisor to Donald Trump. Would we all have healthcare? Would he build a wall around Lakeville where Tim lives? We can only speculate, but let’s not, and instead go on and talk about technology!
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson
Music: I Am A Pilgrim by Walker Winn under a CC by 4.0 License
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Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories
- Futurists worry the Twin Cities are falling behind on self-driving tech
- Best Buy To Remove Oculus Rift Demo Stations From 200 Stores
- SPS Commerce shares fall after revenue forecast signals slower growth
- Target launches new mini-accelerator for health-related start-ups
- Minnesota’s ‘right to repair’ bill would upend tech giants’ monopoly on fixing your stuff
Other Top Tech Stories
- Apple returns to revenue growth in Q1 2017 with $17.8 billion profit
- What’s Apple to Do with $246 Billion in Cash?
- Twitter’s stock is tanking after the company warned its revenue growth would continue to ‘lag’ its recent spike in users
- Mention of movie The Circle
- Hashtags in Super Bowl ads slip to 30% in 2017, overtaken by URL use in 39%
- Ignorance is Bliss? An Enormous WordPress Zero-Day has Been Secretly Fixed
- Comcast Xfinity App on Roku Will Carry Additional Monthly Fee, Unless It’s Your Primary TV Outlet
- How Trump Plans To Slow Our Internet To A Crawl
Cool Thing of the Week
- Phil: Love Turntable
- Tim: WELT : The World’s First Smart Belt for Wellness
- Steve: Chrome Digital Signage
Upcoming Events
- The Complete List of 280+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2017
- Girls in STEM, February 11, 2017, WSB University
- Minnedemo, February 16th, Riverview Theater
- Midwest PHP 2017, March 17-18, Radisson Blu Mall of America
- IoTFuse Conference 2017, April 21st, Mpls Conv Ctr
Phil Wilson, aka “Mr. Acoustics“, comes to us from the Minneapolis
We’ve mentioned before how tech is accelerating and the “summer slowdown” we used to know (and how we’d struggle to find stuff to talk about in the summers of 2008 – 2010) has totally and completely abated. Technology innovation is moving at an ever-faster speed and is also compressing the time for these new innovations to be released. So hold on as we explore some topics that you will undoubtedly find interesting and compelling.
Researchers have found that code written by women—submitted to the software repository
This week’s show has two bonus guests: our guest host,
Nick Roseth (
In 1910, former president
Amazon touted the great deals available during
We 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.
Tim loves him some raspberry pie…or is it Raspberry Pi? Listen and find out.
Google’s search graphic on Saturday, 2/7/15 is for Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 148th birthday

By the way, you can help crowdfund the effort right now by going to the
Marty and the Gang discuss Fallon’s latest crowdfunding client,