IT in the D

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IT in the D episodes

February 23, 2016 Episode 132: Leo Barella, Innovation, and Focus: Hope
For episode 132 of our IT in the D broadcast, we were joined by Leo Barella, CTO of BCBSM to talk about innovation in companies and technology, as well as Focus:Hope to discuss their training and certification programs that can help people get into a wide variety of fields ranging from manufacturing to technology and more...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan can be found at: http://www.bcbsm.com/

Their technology website is at: http://www.mibluesperspectives.com/mibluetech/

Focus: Hope and their training programs can be found at http://www.focushope.edu/

Information about our upcoming Pink Slip Party can be found at http://www.itinthed.com/18385/pink-slip-party-march-10-2016/

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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
1 hr 37 min
February 23, 2016 Episode 132: Leo Barella, Innovation, and Focus: Hope
For episode 132 of our IT in the D broadcast, we were joined by Leo Barella, CTO of BCBSM to talk about innovation in companies and technology, as well as Focus:Hope to discuss their training and certification programs that can help people get into a wide variety of fields ranging from manufacturing to technology and more...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan can be found at: http://www.bcbsm.com/

Their technology website is at: http://www.mibluesperspectives.com/mibluetech/

Focus: Hope and their training programs can be found at http://www.focushope.edu/

Information about our upcoming Pink Slip Party can be found at http://www.itinthed.com/18385/pink-slip-party-march-10-2016/

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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
1 hr 37 min
February 18, 2016 Episode 131: Nuspire Networks, VisitDetroit, Daily Detroit
We got back to "normal" for episode 131 of our weekly live podcast broadcast. Joined by Nuspire Networks, the Metro Detroit Convention and Visitor's Bureau (Visit Detroit) and Daily Detroit, we had a great series of chats, learned a little more about security, talked about some great cons coming up in the area sprinkled with some laughs, and discussed some items around the downtown area...

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Nuspire Networks can be found at: http://www.nuspire.com/
The metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau can be found at: http://visitdetroit.com/
Daily Detroit is at: http://www.dailydetroit.com/
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
1 hr 45 min
February 18, 2016 Episode 131: Nuspire Networks, VisitDetroit, Daily Detroit
We got back to "normal" for episode 131 of our weekly live podcast broadcast. Joined by Nuspire Networks, the Metro Detroit Convention and Visitor's Bureau (Visit Detroit) and Daily Detroit, we had a great series of chats, learned a little more about security, talked about some great cons coming up in the area sprinkled with some laughs, and discussed some items around the downtown area...

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Nuspire Networks can be found at: http://www.nuspire.com/

The metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau can be found at: http://visitdetroit.com/

Daily Detroit is at: http://www.dailydetroit.com/

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
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February 18, 2016 Episode 131: Nuspire Networks, VisitDetroit, Daily Detroit
We got back to "normal" for episode 131 of our weekly live podcast broadcast. Joined by Nuspire Networks, the Metro Detroit Convention and Visitor's Bureau (Visit Detroit) and Daily Detroit, we had a great series of chats, learned a little more about security, talked about some great cons coming up in the area sprinkled with some laughs, and discussed some items around the downtown area...

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Nuspire Networks can be found at: http://www.nuspire.com/

The metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau can be found at: http://visitdetroit.com/

Daily Detroit is at: http://www.dailydetroit.com/

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
0 min
February 09, 2016 Episode 130: The Flint Water Crisis
Disclosure: this is not one of our "normal" episodes, but we couldn't possibly be happier...or more proud...of how it all came together and turned out. The Flint Water Crisis is something that we've all heard about on the news, or read about online, or caught conversations about it at the office...but there's a lot we don't know. A LOT. Your most important takeaway? Get yourself to www.FlintKids.org and donate. More than anything else, last night really hammered home for us exactly how insidious and widespread this problem is. And how long the problem was silently ignored and brushed under who knows how many rugs and buried in an unknown number of inboxes. Not to mention the ripple effect that nobody's talking about yet, or how far-reaching these issues are going to remain in people's lives...
Our first segment was business as usual...news, events and information that caught our eyes over the past week, but then we dove right into the Flint situation.
In fact, things went a little differently than normal tonight. Instead of our normal four segments, we let the middle two run long and so we've got a three segment show for you to listen to, and it's jammed full of information.
But again, your most important takeaway is to get yourself over to http://www.FlintKids.org and donate.
A huge thank you to Russ Dotson for helping us pull this episode together, as well as to our other in-studio guests: Kathi Horton, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint; Dr Martin Kaufman from the University of Michigan; and lifelong Flint resident Rob Kanous.
One more time - http://www.FlintKids.org. Get there.
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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
1 hr 56 min
February 09, 2016 Episode 130: The Flint Water Crisis
Disclosure: this is not one of our "normal" episodes, but we couldn't possibly be happier...or more proud...of how it all came together and turned out. The Flint Water Crisis is something that we've all heard about on the news, or read about online, or caught conversations about it at the office...but there's a lot we don't know. A LOT. Your most important takeaway? Get yourself to www.FlintKids.org and donate. More than anything else, last night really hammered home for us exactly how insidious and widespread this problem is. And how long the problem was silently ignored and brushed under who knows how many rugs and buried in an unknown number of inboxes. Not to mention the ripple effect that nobody's talking about yet, or how far-reaching these issues are going to remain in people's lives...

Our first segment was business as usual...news, events and information that caught our eyes over the past week, but then we dove right into the Flint situation.

In fact, things went a little differently than normal tonight. Instead of our normal four segments, we let the middle two run long and so we've got a three segment show for you to listen to, and it's jammed full of information.

But again, your most important takeaway is to get yourself over to http://www.FlintKids.org and donate.

A huge thank you to Russ Dotson for helping us pull this episode together, as well as to our other in-studio guests: Kathi Horton, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint; Dr Martin Kaufman from the University of Michigan; and lifelong Flint resident Rob Kanous.

One more time - http://www.FlintKids.org. Get there.

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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
0 min
February 09, 2016 Episode 130: The Flint Water Crisis
Disclosure: this is not one of our "normal" episodes, but we couldn't possibly be happier...or more proud...of how it all came together and turned out. The Flint Water Crisis is something that we've all heard about on the news, or read about online, or caught conversations about it at the office...but there's a lot we don't know. A LOT. Your most important takeaway? Get yourself to www.FlintKids.org and donate. More than anything else, last night really hammered home for us exactly how insidious and widespread this problem is. And how long the problem was silently ignored and brushed under who knows how many rugs and buried in an unknown number of inboxes. Not to mention the ripple effect that nobody's talking about yet, or how far-reaching these issues are going to remain in people's lives...

Our first segment was business as usual...news, events and information that caught our eyes over the past week, but then we dove right into the Flint situation.

In fact, things went a little differently than normal tonight. Instead of our normal four segments, we let the middle two run long and so we've got a three segment show for you to listen to, and it's jammed full of information.

But again, your most important takeaway is to get yourself over to http://www.FlintKids.org and donate.

A huge thank you to Russ Dotson for helping us pull this episode together, as well as to our other in-studio guests: Kathi Horton, President of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint; Dr Martin Kaufman from the University of Michigan; and lifelong Flint resident Rob Kanous.

One more time - http://www.FlintKids.org. Get there.

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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
0 min
February 03, 2016 Episode 129: CBI and Great Lakes Comic Con
Not a bad night at all for episode 129 of our weekly live broadcast of our podcast. We were joined by CBI to talk security and their CBI Academy program, as well as Great Lakes Comic Con to talk about their event at the end of the month...
CBI can be found at https://www.cbihome.com/
The Great Lakes Comic Con can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/433755100150727/
...and don't forget to hit our event at Hamlin Corner on the 18th to score some free tickets to the GLCC: https://itinthed.com/meet/
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Is South Park "old" now? http://moviebob.blogspot.com/2016/01/note-following-piece-is-possible-in.html?spref=tw&m=1
Lenovo and the worst password ever...or close to it: http://m.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2443276/wtf-lenovo-protects-your-backdoor-security-with-a-really-really-really-bad-password
Cosplay and the Supreme Court: https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/cosplay-goes-to-the-supreme-court
Wrapify: http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/18/wrapify-is-a-startup-paying-drivers-to-wrap-their-car-in-ads/
Deloreans back in production: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/deloreans-going-back-into-production
Wendy's and fraudulent charges: http://www.wxyz.com/news/wendys-investigates-after-reports-of-fraudulent-charges-on-credit-and-debit-cards
DC and parking tickets during a blizzard: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Issues-1-Million-Worth-of-Parking-Tickets-After-Blizzard-366711341.html
Ummm...."that" story: http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/82584838-story
New Barbies: http://time.com/4197499/barbies-new-body-photos-of-curvy-tall-and-petite/
Circuit City's comeback: http://theweek.com/speedreads/601830/circuit-city-returning-electronics-boutique-targeting-millennials
Investigating Ticketmaster and Stubhub: http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2016/01/28/schneiderman-blasts-ticketmaster-stubhub-and.html
Idiots: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/01/30/cars-lake-st-clair-ice/79584618/
Reaction videos: http://gizmodo.com/blogger-reacts-to-the-popular-youtubers-who-want-to-tra-1756351398
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
1 hr 39 min
February 03, 2016 Episode 129: CBI and Great Lakes Comic Con
Not a bad night at all for episode 129 of our weekly live broadcast of our podcast. We were joined by CBI to talk security and their CBI Academy program, as well as Great Lakes Comic Con to talk about their event at the end of the month...

CBI can be found at https://www.cbihome.com/

The Great Lakes Comic Con can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/433755100150727/

...and don't forget to hit our event at Hamlin Corner on the 18th to score some free tickets to the GLCC: http://www.itinthed.com/meet/

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Is South Park "old" now? http://moviebob.blogspot.com/2016/01/note-following-piece-is-possible-in.html?spref=tw&m=1

Lenovo and the worst password ever...or close to it: http://m.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2443276/wtf-lenovo-protects-your-backdoor-security-with-a-really-really-really-bad-password

Cosplay and the Supreme Court: https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/cosplay-goes-to-the-supreme-court

Wrapify: http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/18/wrapify-is-a-startup-paying-drivers-to-wrap-their-car-in-ads/

Deloreans back in production: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/deloreans-going-back-into-production

Wendy's and fraudulent charges: http://www.wxyz.com/news/wendys-investigates-after-reports-of-fraudulent-charges-on-credit-and-debit-cards

DC and parking tickets during a blizzard: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Issues-1-Million-Worth-of-Parking-Tickets-After-Blizzard-366711341.html

Ummm...."that" story: http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/82584838-story

New Barbies: http://time.com/4197499/barbies-new-body-photos-of-curvy-tall-and-petite/

Circuit City's comeback: http://theweek.com/speedreads/601830/circuit-city-returning-electronics-boutique-targeting-millennials

Investigating Ticketmaster and Stubhub: http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2016/01/28/schneiderman-blasts-ticketmaster-stubhub-and.html

Idiots: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/01/30/cars-lake-st-clair-ice/79584618/

Reaction videos: http://gizmodo.com/blogger-reacts-to-the-popular-youtubers-who-want-to-tra-1756351398

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

1 hr 39 min

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IT in the D is your insider look at the tech scene in Detroit. Started in 2007 as a meetup group in Metro Detroit for IT professionals, the IT in the D podcast was born in 2013 as an extension of…

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