IT in the D

Fun episode for our first show in our new building and studio.  Still very much a work in progress (the building...and our show...), but we were joined by Tom from PriveCo and the Detroit Mower Gang, the Ann Arbor Heathcare Hackathon, and The Hungry Dudes...

PriveCo: http://www.priveco.com/

Ann Arbor Healthcare Hackathon: http://a2healthhacks.org/event/ann-arbor-happy-hour/

The Hungry Dudes: http://thehungrydudes.com/

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IT in the D

On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com

On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Podcast Detroit is at:

On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit

On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Episode 144 was our final episode from our current studio, and we couldn't have asked for a better episode to wrap things up.  We were joined by Ming Chen from AMC's Comic Book Men, Jimmy McKnight from the Ninja Starship Podcast, and Randy Walker from our networking group and twitter stream.

And yep, it's true...we're moving...again.  After just a year, we're moving our studio to a new, dedicated building where we'll add more studios, more capacity, and just keep making things suck less bit by bit as we keep rolling...

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IT in the D

On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com

On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Podcast Detroit is at:

On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit

On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Episode 144 was our final episode from our current studio, and we couldn't have asked for a better episode to wrap things up.  We were joined by Ming Chen from AMC's Comic Book Men, Jimmy McKnight from the Ninja Starship Podcast, and Randy Walker from our networking group and twitter stream.

And yep, it's true...we're moving...again.  After just a year, we're moving our studio to a new, dedicated building where we'll add more studios, more capacity, and just keep making things suck less bit by bit as we keep rolling...

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IT in the D

On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com

On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Podcast Detroit is at:

On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit

On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Sweet mother of God, what a ridiculously packed night we had for episode 143 of our weekly live podcast...probably one of our last ones from the current Podcast Detroit studio as we get ready to expand.  And we had to "expand" a bit last night by running over due to all of the guests and great conversations we had.  From Lea Thompson (Back to the Future, Howard the Duck, Some Kind of Wonderful and more) to John E L Tenney (UFOs, paranormal), Jason David Frank (Power Rangers, MMA), Ming Chen (Comic Book Men), Jordan Trovillion (Comics Continuum), and our in-studio guests, two DPS teachers who are dealing with the chaos going on every day, and had rather unique stories to tell that the media isn't necessarily telling you about...

We started off the night just like we did last week, with a call in guest from the upcoming Motor City Comic Con.

Lea Thompson called in to talk Back to the Future, Some Kind of Wonderful, Howard the Duck, and all of her other projects...including things she's currently working on and some pretty cool items she's going to have with her at the show this weekend.

John E. L Tenney talked about his series about ghosts and the paranormal currently airing, as well as the "Michigan Dog Man" and Nain Rouge.

Jason David Frank, who we met a couple of years ago an MCCC, chatted about the upcoming Power Rangers movie, the fan made film, still wanting to get in an MMA ring with CM Punk, and being "spandex ready".

We've had a blast getting to know Ming Chen over the past six months, with his "Ming and Mike Show" airing on our Podcast Detroit network, and we're really looking forward to seeing both him and Michael Zapcic this weekend.  You'll be able to hear more from Ming this coming Monday night, as he's staying in town for a couple of days after MCCC to come hit the studio with us for our show.

We've run into Jordan Trovillion at nearly every con we've been to recently, even had adjoining tables, and for some reason we still haven't managed to have her on the show.  Well, that changed last night, and we had a great chat with her about Comics Continuum, and all of her other projects in the works that she'll be ready and waiting to talk with you about this weekend.

In between all of that, we actually had some serious conversations to get to with our guests Carole and John, both teachers with DPS, who clued us into a whole lot of material that we haven't really been hearing from the local news.  Like what's really at stake from the teachers' point of view, how this is actually impacting the kids, the games being played on a ridiculous scale and how those same kids are caught in the middle of a whole bunch of bureaucratic nonsense and political infighting.

Definitely give that a listen.

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IT in the D

On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com

On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Podcast Detroit is at:

On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit

On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Sweet mother of God, what a ridiculously packed night we had for episode 143 of our weekly live podcast...probably one of our last ones from the current Podcast Detroit studio as we get ready to expand.  And we had to "expand" a bit last night by running over due to all of the guests and great conversations we had.  From Lea Thompson (Back to the Future, Howard the Duck, Some Kind of Wonderful and more) to John E L Tenney (UFOs, paranormal), Jason David Frank (Power Rangers, MMA), Ming Chen (Comic Book Men), Jordan Trovillion (Comics Continuum), and our in-studio guests, two DPS teachers who are dealing with the chaos going on every day, and had rather unique stories to tell that the media isn't necessarily telling you about...

We started off the night just like we did last week, with a call in guest from the upcoming Motor City Comic Con.

Lea Thompson called in to talk Back to the Future, Some Kind of Wonderful, Howard the Duck, and all of her other projects...including things she's currently working on and some pretty cool items she's going to have with her at the show this weekend.

John E. L Tenney talked about his series about ghosts and the paranormal currently airing, as well as the "Michigan Dog Man" and Nain Rouge.

Jason David Frank, who we met a couple of years ago an MCCC, chatted about the upcoming Power Rangers movie, the fan made film, still wanting to get in an MMA ring with CM Punk, and being "spandex ready".

We've had a blast getting to know Ming Chen over the past six months, with his "Ming and Mike Show" airing on our Podcast Detroit network, and we're really looking forward to seeing both him and Michael Zapcic this weekend.  You'll be able to hear more from Ming this coming Monday night, as he's staying in town for a couple of days after MCCC to come hit the studio with us for our show.

We've run into Jordan Trovillion at nearly every con we've been to recently, even had adjoining tables, and for some reason we still haven't managed to have her on the show.  Well, that changed last night, and we had a great chat with her about Comics Continuum, and all of her other projects in the works that she'll be ready and waiting to talk with you about this weekend.

In between all of that, we actually had some serious conversations to get to with our guests Carole and John, both teachers with DPS, who clued us into a whole lot of material that we haven't really been hearing from the local news.  Like what's really at stake from the teachers' point of view, how this is actually impacting the kids, the games being played on a ridiculous scale and how those same kids are caught in the middle of a whole bunch of bureaucratic nonsense and political infighting.

Definitely give that a listen.

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IT in the D

On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com

On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Podcast Detroit is at:

On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit

On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

 

When the Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Files says he wants to be on your show, you make room to have him on your show.  Episode 142 of our weekly live podcast broadcast was a little bit disjointed as we made room for several guests from the upcoming Motor City Comic Con in addition to our scheduled guests from OST USA and Local Apparel as actor William B Davis, special effects and makeup artist Daniel Phillips, and Alloy Ash...who's both a model and a welder if you can just let that sink in for a moment.  Plus we talked all of the chaos and mayhem from this past weekend's Penguicon event where, ahem, we won the award for best overall room party...

https://youtu.be/F7tIoRNP_dY

We didn't really have time to get into a lot of stories, as William B Davis, aka "Cigarette Smoking Man" from the X-Files series was ready and waiting for us right out of the gate.  So we chatted with him a bit about the X-Files (naturally), but also the rest of his career, his autobiography that he'll have with him at the upcoming Motor City Comic Con event, and more.

Fascinating conversation, and definitely a really cool way to kick off the show.

For the rest of the first segment, we talked Penguicon.  This past weekend was the 14th year of the event, and our 2nd year attending.

To say that if you weren't there you really missed out on something awesome really doesn't even begin to scratch the surface.

Bob and I participated in a number of panels.  From "The 10 Commandments of Networking" and "10 Commandments of Job Search" that you regular site visitors are likely familiar with to "The Art of Retro Gamers" where we discussed growing up with arcade games and the first consoles, the ever-popular "Flirting for Geeks" panel where we talked how to handle and manage interactions, the "Intro to Podcasting" panel where we talked all things podcasting from recording at home to studios and networks, and then a panel with a whole bunch of other online personalities where we discussed why we do what we do, our favorite and least favorite episodes.

And the room parties...oh my, the room parties.

Folks, we had dancing dinosaurs in our room.  We had pirates.  We had vampires.  There was a dance-off.  We burned through four kegs, twenty-four bottles of vodka, multiple 30 packs of PBR, a few bottles of Jaeger along the way to winning "best overall room party" with our 80s theme.  Bob kicked out an amazing playlist of tunes, and we did what we do best: get people drinking and having a great time.

Huge shout out and thank you to the entire Penguicon staff, roster of volunteers, and of course all of the attendees.  We can't wait for next year's event April 28-30...which oh, you can already register for: https://registration.penguicon.org/

A quick break, and we dove in with OST USA.  Open Systems Technologies is a repeat guest on the show, and is a company offering services ranging from enterprise technology implementations, cloud services, business transformation consulting and much, much more to a wide and varied client base spanning just about any industry you can think of.

Listen in, and hear how they just might be able to help you and your company as well.

Then Daniel Phillips (no relation) called in.  He's a practical effects make up artist right here locally, and he does some outstanding work.  Some of which you may have seen during the show Face Off, or in the Hobbit films.

He's a great guy doing a lot of great work, including training interns to carry on the craft...which is so cool to see in a world where many things are done by computer generated effects.  Check him out at http://dpmakeupstudio.net/

Next up, we chatted with Local Apparel USA.

They provide a wide range of clothing featuring the word "local", your city or location, and then occupations, sayings, or just about anything you want to put on them.

Best of all, they're a locally owned and operated company, and everything they produce is manufactured in the United States.  Can't ask for anything better than that.

Give them a look at https://localapparel.com/

Our final guest was also from the upcoming Motor City Comic Con event, Alloy Ash.  Alloy is a professional alt print model, welder and television guest.  Featured on over 24 publications including covers of multiple magazines such as Bound by Ink and Vouge magazine. Television guest on National Geographic's "mad scientists" and Discovery channels "Fast N Loud".

You can catch her at https://www.facebook.com/AlloyAsh

Our final segment was a little shorter than normal, given all of the guests on the show, but we still managed to hit on a few stories, events and items from the week that caught our eye.

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OST USA can be found at: http://www.ostusa.com/

Local Apparel can be found at: https://localapparel.com/

William B Davis is at: http://www.williambdavis.com/

Daniel Phillips is at: http://dpmakeupstudio.net/

Alloy Ash can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/AlloyAsh

Penguicon is at: https://2016.penguicon.org/

Motor City Comic Con is coming up quickly, and can be found at: http://motorcitycomiccon.com/

Our podcaster meetup this Thursday is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/794028940729613/

 

IT in the D

On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com

On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Podcast Detroit is at:

On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit

On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

When the Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Files says he wants to be on your show, you make room to have him on your show.  Episode 142 of our weekly live podcast broadcast was a little bit disjointed as we made room for several guests from the upcoming Motor City Comic Con in addition to our scheduled guests from OST USA and Local Apparel as actor William B Davis, special effects and makeup artist Daniel Phillips, and Alloy Ash...who's both a model and a welder if you can just let that sink in for a moment.  Plus we talked all of the chaos and mayhem from this past weekend's Penguicon event where, ahem, we won the award for best overall room party...

https://youtu.be/F7tIoRNP_dY

We didn't really have time to get into a lot of stories, as William B Davis, aka "Cigarette Smoking Man" from the X-Files series was ready and waiting for us right out of the gate.  So we chatted with him a bit about the X-Files (naturally), but also the rest of his career, his autobiography that he'll have with him at the upcoming Motor City Comic Con event, and more.

Fascinating conversation, and definitely a really cool way to kick off the show.

For the rest of the first segment, we talked Penguicon.  This past weekend was the 14th year of the event, and our 2nd year attending.

To say that if you weren't there you really missed out on something awesome really doesn't even begin to scratch the surface.

Bob and I participated in a number of panels.  From "The 10 Commandments of Networking" and "10 Commandments of Job Search" that you regular site visitors are likely familiar with to "The Art of Retro Gamers" where we discussed growing up with arcade games and the first consoles, the ever-popular "Flirting for Geeks" panel where we talked how to handle and manage interactions, the "Intro to Podcasting" panel where we talked all things podcasting from recording at home to studios and networks, and then a panel with a whole bunch of other online personalities where we discussed why we do what we do, our favorite and least favorite episodes.

And the room parties...oh my, the room parties.

Folks, we had dancing dinosaurs in our room.  We had pirates.  We had vampires.  There was a dance-off.  We burned through four kegs, twenty-four bottles of vodka, multiple 30 packs of PBR, a few bottles of Jaeger along the way to winning "best overall room party" with our 80s theme.  Bob kicked out an amazing playlist of tunes, and we did what we do best: get people drinking and having a great time.

Huge shout out and thank you to the entire Penguicon staff, roster of volunteers, and of course all of the attendees.  We can't wait for next year's event April 28-30...which oh, you can already register for: https://registration.penguicon.org/

A quick break, and we dove in with OST USA.  Open Systems Technologies is a repeat guest on the show, and is a company offering services ranging from enterprise technology implementations, cloud services, business transformation consulting and much, much more to a wide and varied client base spanning just about any industry you can think of.

Listen in, and hear how they just might be able to help you and your company as well.

Then Daniel Phillips (no relation) called in.  He's a practical effects make up artist right here locally, and he does some outstanding work.  Some of which you may have seen during the show Face Off, or in the Hobbit films.

He's a great guy doing a lot of great work, including training interns to carry on the craft...which is so cool to see in a world where many things are done by computer generated effects.  Check him out at http://dpmakeupstudio.net/

Next up, we chatted with Local Apparel USA.

They provide a wide range of clothing featuring the word "loca...

If nothing else, this episode planned out a couple weekends full of fun for you, as well as being awfully informative about a local organization providing some valuable services around the state.  From our plans this weekend at Penguicon to an 80s party for a great cause in a few weeks, as well as Samaritas, we had three great guests in-studio with us for a night full of great chats, fun conversations, and lots of good information...

Penguicon is at https://2016.penguicon.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/159206487792469/

The 80s Party for a Purpose is at http://www.80sparty4apurpose.org/ and https://80spartyforapurpose.webconnex.com/2016

Samaritas is at https://samaritas.org/

The Metro Detroit Podcaster Meetup is at https://www.facebook.com/events/794028940729613/

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IT in the D

On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com

On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Podcast Detroit is at:

On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit

On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

If nothing else, this episode planned out a couple weekends full of fun for you, as well as being awfully informative about a local organization providing some valuable services around the state.  From our plans this weekend at Penguicon to an 80s party for a great cause in a few weeks, as well as Samaritas, we had three great guests in-studio with us for a night full of great chats, fun conversations, and lots of good information...

Penguicon is at https://2016.penguicon.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/159206487792469/

The 80s Party for a Purpose is at http://www.80sparty4apurpose.org/ and https://80spartyforapurpose.webconnex.com/2016

Samaritas is at https://samaritas.org/

The Metro Detroit Podcaster Meetup is at https://www.facebook.com/events/794028940729613/

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IT in the D

On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com

On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Podcast Detroit is at:

On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit

On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Episode 140 featured some great conversations about machine learning, security, the metro Detroit area, how Detroit stacks up...and doesn't...against other cities around the area.  Where Detroit is falling down, even in the midst of the resurgence underway, and what absolutely, positively has to change if things are every going to really get any better...

Interworks can be found at http://iworkstech.com/

Daily Detroit can be found at http://www.dailydetroit.com/

Thursday's networking event is at https://www.facebook.com/events/651264421642851/

Sunday's meetup at Detroit Pub is at https://www.facebook.com/events/158619864528959/

Penguicon is at https://www.facebook.com/events/159206487792469/

The Metro Detroit Podcaster Meetup is at https://www.facebook.com/events/794028940729613/

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IT in the D

On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com

On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Podcast Detroit is at:

On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit

On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit