IT in the D

For the first time since we moved to the new studio, we weren’t completely overbooked and insanely packed with guests last night, which was a nice change of pace and allowed us to have some great conversations with Natalia from VizBe and Alexas from TEKSystems … VizBe is a company that’s put together software to create electronic-based vision boards to help you achieve your goals...

Another week, another great episode full of conversations with guests doing great things in and around the metro Detroit area. This time we were joined by Bamboo Detroit to talk about their co-working space downtown and an impending expansion, Newmind Group to talk about an event in September that they’re putting on along with their core offerings, and Andrea from the Pontiac Public School D...

As with everything that we do, this has evolved over the years. Because we don’t believe in revisionist history, you can always still find the original version over at http://www. ITintheD.com/68/the-ten-commandments-of-networking/  if you’re so inclined…but this version’s been updated. Why?  Because it needed to be.  It’s been two and a half years since that first ve...

Episode 104 is in the history books, and we had a pretty decent set of conversations with our guests for the night about everything from secure storage, cloud vs local hosting, the information technology job market here in the metro Detroit area and this weekend’s Windsor Comic Con happening across the river that you might want to check out… From how deleting your browsing history can...

No two ways about it, episode 103 of our live weekly podcast was a lot of fun.  With our guests from The Darton Group  as well as VoxVii / The Rack Show , we had no shortage of laughter, fun, and even some interesting viewpoints on the metro Detroit information technology scene, the local employment market, what people might want/need to do a little more of during their job search and more.  More...

Episode 102 of our weekly live podcast is in the rear view mirror now, and even though we lost TEKSystems due to an illness, we had some seriously great conversations with our guests from Comcast and SecurityMentor.  We also got some information out about our new podcast network that launched last week, our upcoming events, what’s going on with Comcast these days, how to best get people enga...

Despite the fact that we were completely exhausted from the activities starting Thursday and running through the weekend, our broadcast of Episode 101 of our live weekly podcast with Startup Weekend Detroit and Lawn Guru came together nicely with some great conversations, some information about our upcoming events, what our guests have going on in the area and more… As per usual, we started...

Wow.  Just…wow. Ever had a conversation with a guy who compromised bank security…in Beirut? How about someone who’s managed to compromise physical security all over the world…just because scanning and getting into servers is…too boringly easy? Know anything about a group that’s out there dedicated to teaching kids about computer security in a way they’ll a...

Episode 100 : the night of bad puns, occupancy code violations, Bob being rendered speechless, mayhem with puppets and so, so much more.  Had a really great night for episode 100 of our live weekly podcast , and with a room full of lively guests, we definitely didn’t have a lack of topics, voices, opinions or laughter for the occasion… We were joined by our guests Mark Larson from Fall...

We had some great guests in-studio with us for episode 99 of our weekly live podcast , with the conversation going from IT security and risk management all the way out to the maker-based economy, some cool charitable organizations you can get involved with to help others, and tons more.  Thanks to our guests Dan Gregory, Matt Thompson and Dave Glenn from CBI (Creative Breakthroughs Inc), as well a...

We had a pretty full house for episode 98 of our weekly live podcast .  With Hatch Detroit in to talk about their $50,000 contest for the third year in a row to what Rocket Fiber has going on downtown and into the world of things downtown and a little mayhem with the Daily Detroit crew and some insight from Andrew The Man Expert  that had us all rolling and unable to recover, it was just simply a...

IT in the D was pleased to be a part of Social Media Day Detroit on Friday, June 26. Listen to the opening panel discussion during the VIP reception…which was originally supposed to be about new ways to use technology to solve some problems in Detroit, but wound up being a deeper discussion about what those problems are and how they impact people’s lives… Some great folks were on...

Episode 97 saw us joined by Sola Obayan of SMAMi.org to talk Social Media Day Detroit , Matt Roush to talk about the Engineering Society of Detroit and his own Tech Century tech blog , and Mike Brennan to talk about the latest goings on with MITechNews , and a whole lot more.  From cyber-bullying to social media best practices, this episode was a ton of fun… As always, things kicked off with...

Even widespread power outages couldn’t stop Episode 96 of our weekly live podcast from happening.  We lost one guest due to the reschedule due to travel commitments, but we were joined by some really great guests for some fun discussions about everything from best practices with making and using video , an event next week that you should check out, a new dry cleaning service that’ll pi...

Episode 95…and on our fifth episode from the new studio, we had a pretty packed room with guests covering all sorts of topics.  Open data in the city of Detroit and an upcoming hackathon to find better ways to use it.  Updates from our friends at Detroit Beer Press about their latest issue.  A check in nearly two years later with Batch Brewing Company on how things are going downtown.  A loo...

The 90s continue as we hit episode 94 of our live weekly broadcast. We were joined by Major General Amy Courter of Youngsoft ( and, obviously, the military ), Emily Alber of Mack Avenue Media, and Jeremiah from Daily Detroit. A great show, filled with some good information, some laughs, and the usual mayhem you’ve come to expect… The first segment, as always, kicked off with the week&#...

Our third episode from the new studio is in the rear view mirror, and it marked the return of two very important things: beer from Falling Down Beer Company and the cheesy hotel front desk bell, both of which we’ve missed terribly. Joined by our guests from Social Coop Media , Long Neck Strangler and Mess Bucket Comics , we covered a whole gamut of topics for your listening pleasure… W...

Episode 92, our second broadcast from the new studio, is live and ready to make you laugh at our exhaustion and ridiculousness.  We were joined by our friends from Motor City Geek  and Mess Bucket Comics to talk about our collective experiences at Motor City Comic Con this past weekend and more. So listen in as we kick off with our 1992 flavored intro and get rolling… Joined by Austin and Ro...

The first episode of our weekly live broadcast from our new studio is ready to invade your ears. We talked connected car, mobility, Motor City Comic Con, the latest issue of Detroit Beer Press and more with our guests for this momentous night… We were joined by our guests from Mobile Comply (Elaina Farnsworth), Detroit Beer Press (Ian Burk), and our friends Nuri Gocay and Katie Marrosso to r...

With all of the chaos and excitement going on with our new studio, this one took a little bit to get out. Our apologies about that, but episode 90 marks a major milestone for us, and so we hope you enjoy it.   Self. Conference , women in technology, making a career change into I.T. …all that and more. Episode 90 was a major milestone because it’s the last time we’re broadcasting...

Well…we’ve had smoother running episodes, that’s for sure…but Episode 89 of our live weekly broadcast is in the books. We were plagued by technical difficulties this time around for some reason, so please excuse some of the rough cuts during conversations.  We did the best we could getting everything cleaned up as best as we could for our guests from Pure Storage and Nuri f...

1988 was a good year for movies and music, and episode 88 of our live weekly broadcast wasn’t too shabby either. Joined by our guests from The Center for Michigan , as well as our friends from Penguicon and the Agile and Beyond conference , a great time, some fun chats and a whole lot of information about things going on around the area including this weekend and the end of the month and all...

Another weekly live broadcast has come and gone, and another great time was had by all. For our 87th episode, we were joined by one of our core sponsors, Quantum Storage , as well as our friends from Motor City Geek .  And of course the intro and breaks were all 1987 themed as the 80s episodes continue.  We talked a little tech, we talked a little geek, we talked a little cosplay, and we laughed a...

Episode 86 is in the archives, and it was a really fun show. Joined by our guests talking about an art show this weekend downtown ( When Visions Collide 2 ), a social media conference / retreat this weekend in Frankenmuth ( the Social Media Association of Michigan’s Social Media Retreat ), IT recruiting here in the area ( Brightwing ), and all things Detroit ( Daily Detroit ) …we had o...

Better Off Dead. Breakfast Club. Back to the Future. Commando. European Vacation. Fletch. Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Goonies. Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon. Real Genius. Rocky 4. Desperately Seeking Susan (remember when Madonna was hot?). Teen Wolf. Tuff Turf. Weird Science. Spies Like Us. Just One of the Guys. Moonlighting…yeah, 1985 was a great year, and episode 85 of our weekly br...