IT in the D

Yet another fun episode as we were joined by Kayla from Hatch Detroit and the winner from Baobab Fare, Hamissi. BAOBAB FARE is a restaurant, market, and juice bar, offering an array of prepared menu items, groceries, juices, and other retail products unique to East Africa. Customers will be warmly welcomed to simply shop for retail products such as herbs, spices, produce, fresh meat, or other groc...

For episode 210, we were joined by Jim from the RMC Agency to talk about the state of the IT industry and what they’re seeing employers look for, as well as the crew from Detroit Cast that came in to wreak havoc, get completely lost during the geek discussion, and drink all of our beer.  You know, basically exactly what we expect them to do whenever we invite them around, as we discuss the u...

The opening segment has some strong language.  Most of it has been R2D2 whistled out…but there was a bit of ranting to be done to open things off.  The rest of the show is business as usual, with some great content from Caston talking about a one stop shop for help if you get hit by ransomware, Brian from MEDC discussing our Career Academy program expanding to downtown Detroit and more, as w...

Another fun episode, and not just because there was virtual reality Star Wars involved.  Listen in as we chat with Terry from Private Label VR and Andrew from More Gets Done to talk through what they’ve got going on, our open house and podcaster meetup, and more… Private Label VR is at:  http://privatelabelvr.net/ More Gets Done is at: https://moregetsdone.com/  Kinney is at: http://ww...

If you’re either in the state of Michigan, or a podcaster, or someone who does Youtube videos (we refuse to use the word “Youtuber”), there’s a ton of great information in here for you.  From monetization of podcasts and Youtube channels to industries in Michigan that are going like gangbusters from technology to robotics to security and yes, even still manufacturing…...

Ah, the return of Pokemon Go discussions, co-working spaces, whether or not one is “Detroit enough” and other random mayhem ensued as we chatted with Brian from Warner Norcross & Judd LLP and Amanda from Bamboo Detroit… Warner Norcross & Judd is at:  http://www.wnj.com/ Bamboo Detroit is at:  http://bamboodetroit.com/ Those HP deals are at:  http://www. HP.com/ITintheD Si...

Another great episode as we were joined by Michelle from Comcast to talk about their latest and greatest updates, as well as Joshua and Andy from Detroit Bus Company to discuss their downtown tours, their charitable works, and how they handled dealing with an online review extortionist.  Lots of laughs and a good time was had by all… Comcast is at:  https://www.xfinity.com/ Detroit Bus Compa...

Another fun episode, with a serious touch to it at times, as we were joined by Bob Skinner to talk about the Direct Marketing Association of Detroit, as well as the crew from Booking Pop Culture to talk a little wrestling, a little pop culture, the developments in the local FindDani case and more… The Direct Marketing Association of Detroit is at:  https://dmad.wildapricot.org/ Booking Pop C...

A majorly fun episode as we had a guest returning from waaaay back in episode 59 to talk about All Things Detroit, her new All Things Marketplace, as well as having Jer from Daily Detroit in the room to talk Henry the Hatter closing and more… All Things Detroit on the web:  https://iloveallthingsdetroit.com/ On Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/iloveallthingsdetroit All Things Marketplace...

Social Media is one of those topics that always confuses the hell out of us, and so it was great to have Sola in as a guest to talk about not just Social Media Day Detroit this coming Friday, but also the evolution of social media – how things are changing, how to keep up with things, and more… SMAMI is at:  http://www.smami.org/ Social Media Day Detroit is this Friday, and is at  http...

Fun episode as Nuri’s back in town and we were joined by Valiant Films and Fanworld to talk about making movies, running a con in Niagara Falls, and so, so much more. And yes, there was Zima… Fan World is at  http://www.fanworld.us/ or  http://www.fanworld.ca Valiant Films is at:  https://www.facebook.com/wearevaliantfilms/ Their film Solomon is at  http://www.solomonfilmdetroit.com/ [...

Really don’t know how to sum this one up…it was way too much fun.  With Jeff Mackey coming back in to join us, Ming Chen from AMC’s Comic Book Men and the Kevin Smith universe, Jer and Sven from Daily Detroit in the house, Billy Strawter, Tom Lawrence, Jeff Haase, Randy from The Twitters, and even an infamous segment five…this was a lot of laughs, a lot of reminiscing, and...

As we get ready for our 200th episode, the 4 year anniversary episode wasn’t too shabby at all.  We were joined by Jill Ford, who heads up the city of Detroit’s innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives, as well as Logols, a new coding boot camp that offers a pay as you can model, and the team behind the Detroit. Code conference coming up that we’ve got two tickets to give away...

All done with Comic Con…at least for now, as we dove back into tech topics with the A2 Healthcare Hackathon coming up in the near future, as well as discussing what TEALS is and how it’s getting computer science into schools around the country… The Healthcare Hackathon is at  https://www.a2healthhacks.org/ TEALS is at  https://www.tealsk12.org/ Hostgator’s offer can be foun...

Yet another great, fun episode (even though we were all exhausted beyond belief) as we recapped Motor City Comic Con with our friends from Motor City Geek, talked about what they have going on around the area, and dove into the world of steampunk with Motor City Steam Con happening in July…even though Bob wasn’t quite clear on the concept… Motor City Geek is at  https://www.faceb...

Introducing Merit’s Signature Event! Previously two separate events, this year’s MMC and MCRCon will take place together from May 17-18 at the Henry in Dearborn, MI… [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/324157306″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=&#8221...

Detroit Startup Week 10 Commandments of Networking You can read them here:  https://itinthed.com/2697/the-new-and-improved-10-commandments-of-networking/ [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/324532799″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height...

Detroit Startup Week Podcasting Panel: The Power of Podcasting [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/324532577″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

Podcast Detroit at Motor City Comic Con, Detroit Social Connection Heroes vs Villans Bar Crawl [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/324500269″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

Motor City Comic Con – IT in the D, Elegant Weapon, Top Rope Review talking Star Wars [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/324500671″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

Another great episode as we continue gearing up for this weekend’s Motor City Comic Con! We were joined by Peter from Grand Circus to talk about their training initiatives downtown, as well as MCCC guests Amy Jo Johnson, Herbert Jefferson Jr, and Tony Todd… Grand Circus is at:  https://www.grandcircus.co/ The MCRcon is at  https://www.facebook.com/events/1784773128511281/ Motor City Co...

IT in the D at Converge B-Sides Security Conference 2017 We were live from the Converge / B-sides security conference down at Cobo Hall May 11 and 12. Check out our interviews with… [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/322755181″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&#82...

Well, we lost Amy Jo Johnson (rescheduled for next Monday), but wow did we have a great time chatting with Kelly LeBrock during our first segment.  And then we dove in with Merit Networks about a couple upcoming events, talked a little soccer, and then went deep diving with Jimmy McKnight on upcoming cons and pop culture… Merit is at:  https://www.merit.edu/ The MCRcon is at  https://www.fac...

It’s not really like us to start off the show on a somber note, but in this case, it was unavoidable.  However, once we got that out of the way, we had a great time chatting with Matt and Randy about the chaos and fun that was Penguicon 2017, as well as Kelly from National Technology Management about what they’ve got going on in the managed help desk space, and how they’re reduci...

Another great episode as we were joined by Securonix to talk predictive behavioral analytics and other great security topics, and Hatch Detroit about their upcoming submission period for this year’s contest… Securonix is at:  https://www.securonix.com/ Hatch Detroit is at:  http://hatchdetroit.com/ Penguicon is this weekend, so you might want to read Bob’s take and then my take t...