IT in the D

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, man did we have some cool stuff happen during tonight's episode as Adam "D Lux" Lux joined us in-studio tonight...

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, man did we have some cool stuff happen during tonight's episode as Adam "D Lux" Lux joined us in-studio tonight...

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 in this episode...

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 in this episode...

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 about it all.

That just scratches the surface though, because oh, did we have some fun with the latest news and events...

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 about it all.

That just scratches the surface though, because oh, did we have some fun with the latest news and events...

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 started off early for me sitting in with K-Hubb's show from 7-9 before our show got started, and I had an absolute blast.

Jeff joined in for our normal 9pm start time, and away we went.

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We started off chatting about some of the basics of our events, and specifically about our next two upcoming ones - a casual networkign event next week, and our Pink Slip Party on 3/13.

Thursday, February 20th.

Clinton Township.

Detroit Pub at 14 and Harper.

You can find all of the details, a map, etc., out on our events page at http://www.ITinTheD.com/meet/, on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ITintheD, or in our Meetup group at http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/.

Should be a great night, looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Our next event after that will be one of our Pink Slip Party events.  Thursday, March 13th down at St Andrews Hall.

If you're not familiar with the difference between our "normal" events and our Pink Slip Party events, we have some handy-dandy Frequently Asked Questions for you, and those are located out at http://www.ITinTheD.com/meet/faq/

Want to read up on our last two events?  Here are a few links:

- Our 3/13/13 recap: http://www.ITinTheD.com/5084/the-31313-pink-slip-party-recap/

- Our 3/13/13 event: http://blog.thedetroithub.com/2013/03/19/it-in-the-d-made-job-hunting-awesome-at-st-andrews-hall/

- Our 9/19/13 recap: http://www.ITinTheD.com/6314/919-pink-slip-party-recap/

- our 9/19/13 event: http://www.dailydetroit.com/2013/09/23/finding-a-job-can-be-a-party-pink-slip-party-brought-hundreds-together-to-find-jobs/

Literally hundreds and hundreds of people.  There aren't many better opportunities than this in the area for you to get your name out to your target demographic.

We're in the middle of locking things down with companies who have expressed an interest in sponsoring this event, but there's still time if you want to get in front of some of the best and brightest folks in the metro Detroit information technology community.  There are only four slots available.  We're not playing favorites here and holding things until the last minute, so those slots will go to whomever books them with us first.  It's that simple.

And yep, we've finally sat down and created an entire media kit.  So if you want to see some numbers, demographics, and statistics on what sponsoring and helping us pull these events together can get you, drop us a note and let's chat: http://www.ITinTheD.com/contact-us/

Then we got into a whole host of topics.  The "eating room" craze in South Korea where people are paying to watch webcams...of people eating.  A reminder about the Agile and Beyond conference on the 21st and 22nd from last week's episode.  Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner heading to metro Detroit while filming.  Robocop, Mad Max, Total Recall...and movie remakes in general.  The Recliner Principle and how I fell victim to it.  CVS taking a $2 billion hit by stopping selling cigarettes...and what a hypocritical move that is.  The latest hack...this time of Comcast.

So, all that and more.  Listen in below, and join us next week when we've got Hajj Flemings in as a guest and for future episodes as well.

The Corner with K-Hubb: https://www.facebook.com/TheCornerWithKHubb

My Perfect Nightmare: https://www.facebook.com/24KaratNightmare

The Agile and Beyond Conference: http://www.agileandbeyond.com/ (reminder: your discount code is ITinTheD)

The IT in the D Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITinTheD

IT in the D on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ITinTheD

The ITintheD.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

ITintheD.com on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Listing of our upcoming events: http://www.ITinTheD.com/meet/

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 started off early for me sitting in with K-Hubb’s show from 7-9 before our show got started, and I had an absolute blast. Jeff joined in for our normal 9pm start time, and away we went. We started off chatting about some of the basics of our events, and specifically about our next two upcoming ones – a casual networkign event next week, and our Pink Slip Party on 3/13. Thursday, February 20th. Clinton Township. Detroit Pub at 14 and Harper. You can find all of the details, a map, etc., out on our events page at http://www.ITinTheD.com/meet/, on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ITintheD, or in our Meetup group at http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/. Should be a great night, looking forward to seeing everyone there. Our next event after that will be one of our Pink Slip Party events.  Thursday, March 13th down at St Andrews Hall. If you’re not familiar with the difference between our “normal” events and our Pink Slip Party events, we have some handy-dandy Frequently Asked Questions for you, and those are located out at http://www.ITinTheD.com/meet/faq/ Want to read up on our last two events?  Here are a few links: – Our 3/13/13 recap: http://www.ITinTheD.com/5084/the-31313-pink-slip-party-recap/ – Our 3/13/13 event: http://blog.thedetroithub.com/2013/03/19/it-in-the-d-made-job-hunting-awesome-at-st-andrews-hall/ – Our 9/19/13 recap: http://www.ITinTheD.com/6314/919-pink-slip-party-recap/ – our 9/19/13 event: http://www.dailydetroit.com/2013/09/23/finding-a-job-can-be-a-party-pink-slip-party-brought-hundreds-together-to-find-jobs/ Literally hundreds and hundreds of people.  There aren’t many better opportunities than this in the area for you to get your name out to your target demographic. We’re in the middle of locking things down with companies who have expressed an interest in sponsoring this event, but there’s still time if you want to get in front of some of the best and brightest folks in the metro Detroit information technology community.  There are only four slots available.  We’re not playing favorites here and holding things until the last minute, so those slots will go to whomever books them with us first.  It’s that simple. And yep, we’ve finally sat down and created an entire media kit.  So if you want to see some numbers, demographics, and statistics on what sponsoring and helping us pull these events together can get you, drop us a note and let’s chat: http://www.ITinTheD.com/contact-us/ Then we got into a whole host of topics.  The “eating room” craze in South Korea where people are paying to watch webcams…of people eating.  A reminder about the Agile and Beyond conference on the 21st and 22nd from last week’s episode.  Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner heading to metro Detroit while filming.  Robocop, Mad Max, Total Recall…and movie remakes in general.  The Recliner Principle and how I fell victim to it.  CVS taking a $2 billion hit by stopping selling cigarettes…and what a hypocritical move that is.  The latest hack…this time of Comcast. So, all that and more.  Listen in below, and join us next week when we’ve got Hajj Flemings in as a guest and for future episodes as well. The Corner with K-Hubb: https://www.facebook.com/TheCornerWithKHubb My Perfect Nightmare: https://www.facebook.com/24KaratNightmare The Agile and Beyond Conference: http://www.agileandbeyond.com/ (reminder: your discount code is ITinTheD) The IT in the D Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITinTheD IT in the D on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ITinTheD The ITintheD.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITintheD ITintheD.com on Twitter: https://www.

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 Beyond.

Along the way we learned that Bob doesn't understand how landmines work.  Or how hovercraft work.

We also talked about cops in Rome using Twitter to crack down on bad parking, why the Superbowl is everything wrong with business today, the ads from Coke and Chrysler that stirred up some controversy, a bunch of Kinect systems wired up in the DMZ between North and South Korea, a printing press seized in Quebec that was used to print millions of counterfeit $20 bills...and more.

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But then we dove into what agile is.

Is it a methodology?  A way of life?

Is it for developers?  For project managers?

For the technical side?  The business side?

Apparently the answer to all of those is "yes"!  They've got more than 50 speakers covering multiple tracks, so it doesn't matter if you're a complete novice who doesn't know the first thing about agile or a seasoned veteran, this is sure to be a great conference.  And to make it even better...

USE DISCOUNT CODE ITinTheD AND GET FIFTY BUCKS OFF YOUR REGISTRATION!  GO, GO NOW!!  http://www.agileandbeyond.com/

The Agile and Beyond Conference: http://www.agileandbeyond.com/ (reminder: your discount code is ITinTheD)

Books and great teaching aids for your kids FREE for just a small shipping fee (tell friends, tell teachers): http://www.mfefamily.org/

The IT in the D Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITinTheD

IT in the D on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ITinTheD

The ITintheD.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITintheD

ITintheD.com on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

Listing of our upcoming events: http://www.ITinTheD.com/meet/

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 Beyond. Along the way we learned that Bob doesn’t understand how landmines work.  Or how hovercraft work. We also talked about cops in Rome using Twitter to crack down on bad parking, why the Superbowl is everything wrong with business today, the ads from Coke and Chrysler that stirred up some controversy, a bunch of Kinect systems wired up in the DMZ between North and South Korea, a printing press seized in Quebec that was used to print millions of counterfeit $20 bills…and more. But then we dove into what agile is. Is it a methodology?  A way of life? Is it for developers?  For project managers? For the technical side?  The business side? Apparently the answer to all of those is “yes”!  They’ve got more than 50 speakers covering multiple tracks, so it doesn’t matter if you’re a complete novice who doesn’t know the first thing about agile or a seasoned veteran, this is sure to be a great conference.  And to make it even better… USE DISCOUNT CODE ITinTheD AND GET FIFTY BUCKS OFF YOUR REGISTRATION!  GO, GO NOW!!  http://www.agileandbeyond.com/ The Agile and Beyond Conference: http://www.agileandbeyond.com/ (reminder: your discount code is ITinTheD) Books and great teaching aids for your kids FREE for just a small shipping fee (tell friends, tell teachers): http://www.mfefamily.org/ The IT in the D Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITinTheD IT in the D on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ITinTheD The ITintheD.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITintheD ITintheD.com on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Listing of our upcoming events: http://www.ITinTheD.com/meet/