IT in the D

IT in the D , Episode 37…and what a great time we had tonight. Bob and Dave flew without their safety net as the Voice of Reason was out of town, and miraculously, nothing seriously went awry. We were joined in-studio by Adam Kaump of One Month Apps , Tolly Marcus of Air Packet and Zing , and our go-to, unofficially official fourth horseman of the apocalypse, Jeff Haase. Couldn’t have...

IT in the D , Episode 36 We’re joined in studio by Mike Dennis , who valiantly tried to help us understand WTF bitcoin is all about, and the Daily Detroit guys to talk about their stories and the blurring of lines between bloggers and journalists. And it was Opening Day downtown, so there might have been some drinking involved.  I know, that shocks you greatly, so listen on for the fun&#8230...

IT in the D , Episode 35. This time around we were joined by Andy and PJ from Go Comedy! Improv Theater and Neil Nosakowski of Activ8 Gaming . Both companies are located in Ferndale, and have a lot going on that you’re going to want to know about.  And we actually got to that in between the usual mayhem that always takes place during these shows… As per usual, we started off with intro...

IT in the D , Episode 34. For those listening last week, Bob was horrified when he realized that last Monday being the 10th meant that this Monday was the 17th, and so we’d be in the studio on St Patrick’s Day. We’re all very proud of him for struggling through. Some great guests also made it in-studio with us on this greenest of days, including Gary, Elyse and April from Brightw...

IT in the D , Episode 33. I’m pretty sure that my favorite part of tonight’s episode was when Bob had the stunning realization that tonight was the 10th… …which means next Monday is the 17th… …which means we’re in the studio on St Patrick’s Day.  He didn’t seem amused. However, that didn’t get in the way of us having one hell of a time to...

IT in the D , Episode 32. We experienced some serious technical difficulties with the show last night – the live stream had some problems, and it turns out that the recording did as well. So…publishing this partial version which contains the first hour of the show for now, with the hope that recovery efforts will be successful and we’ll have the rest available shortly. Because oh...

IT in the D , Episode 31. We’re joined in-studio by veteran guest Billy Strawter of Social Coop Media , as well as newcomer Julie Van Ameyde of Simply Social Media , along with Jeff Haase, who somehow keeps getting roped into these things. As you’d expect, we covered a whole host of social media topics with those two on-hand, but that hardly begins to cover everything we talked about i...

IT in the D , Episode 30. We had  Hajj Flemings  as our in-studio guest to talk about his areas of expertise like branding, social media personas, and everything else he’s got going on these days.  Detroit’s Largest Selfie.  The #DetroitWeek hashtag and activities.  And a bunch more.  He’s a busy guy with a lot of irons in the fire, and it was great to sit down and chat with him...

IT in the D , Episode 29. No guests this time around, and it’s just Jeff and Dave in-studio, joined a bit by Karen from The Corner with K-Hubb and Marcus from the band My Perfect Nightmare . A lot of the basics about our upcoming events got covered, as well as a whole bunch of the latest news, stories, and all sorts of fun. So let’s go ahead and get to the recap… The night starte...

IT in the D , Episode 28: Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls We’re joined in-studio by our guests from Agile and Beyond, making a repeat appearance to talk about their conference coming up in a few weeks…and they’ve got a special offer for you. So let’s go ahead and dive in… Return guest Tom Churchwell and his partner in crime Jason Dinkelmann came in to talk Agile and...

IT in the D , Episode 27. Our second broadcast of the year. Just the three of us hanging out and talking about quite a few topics that caught our eye in the past couple of weeks… Why do a solid chunk of information technology professionals say they love their career…but won’t tell people what they do? Why does Governor Snyder want the US Government to rewrite immigration laws for...

IT in the D , Episode 26. Our first broadcast of 2014. We had no guests when we hit our pre-show meeting spot…and then suddenly we had a full house. Great set of guests too, with some really solid topics… We had Ben Fraser and Mike Evans in from PishPosh.tv , as well as our recurring friend of the program Jeff Haase. Covering everything from 3D printing to 80s music to the Insane Clown...

IT in the D , Episode 25. We decided that the last broadcast of the year would be just the three of us hanging out, chatting about news, events, and just about any topic that popped into our heads over the course of two hours.  We even had the saucy little minx who hosts the show before ours, K-Hubb, join us to try and keep us in line. Didn’t really work… [soundcloud url=”https:/...

IT in the D , Episode 24. It’s almost Christmas, and so let’s chat about some good stuff going on in the area… Recapping our last event of 2013 at Rochester Mills, talking Code Michigan and all sorts of fun stuff with guest Cliff Nowicki. Oh, and we came up with a great new business model for any company that needs development done… Not going to even try and hide it, we had...

IT in the D , Episode 23. IT in the D learned all about IT in the O.C. last night, as we were joined in-studio by Phil Bertolini, CIO and Deputy County Executive for Oakland County. Great episode, and we learned a lot about things going on with Oakland County that a lot of folks probably don’t even think about or realize are taking place… In our first segment, as always, we handled bas...

IT in the D , Episode 22 This was a GREAT episode. One of the ones where we could have sat there for anther two or three hours easily, and never run out of things to talk about. With our guests Elaina Farnsworth of Mobile Comply , Nate Hughes of Detroit Labs and Amber Coffman of Spark Digital Strategy , there was no shortage of things to talk about or topics to dive in…and a bit of ranting,...

Episode 21 of the IT in the D show  was exactly what we needed.  We were joined in studio by long-time friend of the program Jeff Haase in-studio. That of course led to a little hardcore geeking, some laughter, a dose of witty banter, a little mocking, some history of the group, a rant or two…you know, “Us 101″… In our first segment, we talk through the basics of our upcomi...

Episode 20 of the IT in the D show with April Boyle from D:Hive Detroit and Stephanie Goodrich of Secure-24 . In our first segment, we talk through news and events that have caught our eye including conspiracy theories, Google forcing Google+ integration on Youtube and the public backlash and more. In our second segment, we dive in with April to learn about all of the cool things that D:Hive has g...

IT in the D , Episode 19: Canadian Legal. Original air date: 11/11/2013 Good episode. We had Matt Oehrlein from i3detroit, a pretty cool “hacker space” located just north of 8 mile in Ferndale in-studio with us, along with HerShe – a stand-up comic / writer / actress / singer who performs in clubs across the metro Detroit area who’s just released a DVD and always has a good...

IT in the D , episode 18. Original air date 11/4/2013. Bob abandoned us for his stupid job, so it was Dave and Jeff holding down the fort with some really cool guests. We had Tom Churchwell in talking about the Agile and Beyond conference taking place in February, Jim Toscano and Danny Gianino from Toscano Media in talking about film making and what they do, and the photographer from our last two...

IT in the D , Episode 17.  Original air date 10/28/2013. Another great show.  With return guests Erika and Michelle from Girl Develop It – Detroit and Billy Strawter of Social Media Coop Detroit coming back in, it’s always a good time.  Tonight was no different… In our first segment, we pretend that we really do have girls coming to join us at some point as we break in with Billy...

IT in the D , Episode 16.  Original air date 10/21/2013. Our guests include Mark Larson, one of the owners of Falling Down Beer Company , Mark Shaftner, COO of Marketplace Homes , and Derek Strate, owner of Absotech LLC . A great show, all around.  Fantastic conversations, awesome topics, and a solid flow between all of the guests. In tonight’s show… In our first segment, we handle int...

IT in the D, Episode 15. The full episode of our show from 10/14/2013… Great night with Davina Beh, Scott Sabellico, and Melinda Ann Prince as our in-studio guests. In our opening segment, we chat about some news, take a phone call from an old friend of mine as we tackle the semi-uncomfortable topic of dealing with jerks from your past on social media and learn why none of us will ever have...

The IT in the D show is joined by Elyse Lopez, April Jennings, and George Opitz of Brightwing to discuss what they do, how they see the market going, interviewing tips and tricks, and more. Air date: 10/7/2013… The full episode of the 10/7/2013 show, and it was a really fun, solid episode. Everything from the history of Brightwing to hints and tips on your job search, why choosing the right...

IT in the D, Episode 13, full episode… We were joined by two of our sponsors from our 9/19 Pink Slip Party at Saint Andrews Hall for our 13th episode. This is the full episode of our show. Arrow Strategies – http://www.arrowstrategies.com/  – should be a familiar name to most people at our events.  They’ve been heavily involved with us for years, and were sponsors the first...