This week’s show is from Minnebar, the “Superbowl for Geeks” held once per year at Best Buy’s headquarters in Richfield, MN. We take a moment to remember Prince who passed away this week, and the music selection is a ‘cover’ of a Prince tune as homage to this great musician.

Our special guest is one of the board members from Minne* (the organization that puts on Minnebar). He’s also Kipsu VP of Operations, Minnov8 podcast listener and friend of the show, and an all around great guy: Justin Porter. We talk Minnebar, what he’s been up to, and a bit about Kipsu on this podcast.

Hosts: Steve Borsch and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off this week).

Music: Purple Rain (cover) by Per Christian Lilleby under a CC 3.0 License

The Podcast

Story Links

Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories

Mobilize MN recap – Betty Crocker mobile app

IoTFuse recap

3M Introduces Smart Inhaler

Other Top Tech Stories

* China Shuts Down Apple’s Music and Book Stores. What’s Next?

Cool Thing of the Week

* Phil: Facebook Live Streaming (using provider: Livestream)

* Steve: YouTube Live Streaming (free)

* Google is building YouTube Connect, a livestreaming app to take on Periscope

Upcoming Events

* The Complete List of 250+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2016

* The list as a Google spreadsheet

* 32 conferences for Mac and iOS professionals in 2016

* MinneWebCon U of MN McNamara Alumni Ctr April 25-26

* GlitchCon, April 29-30, McNamara Alumni Center

* 2016 Minneapolis/St. Paul Mini Maker Faire, May 14, MN State Fairgrounds

* WordCamp Minneapolis, May 21-22 2016, Humphrey Institute, Minneapolis