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IT in the D
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 those conversations. Host Bob Waltenspiel and co-host and producer Randy Walker are IT industry veterans, but IT in the D is intentionally more conversational and less instructional. Each weekly show has guests ranging from CIOs and local rock stars, to subject matter experts, local event organizers…
Episodes
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Episode 211: Hatch Detroit, 2017 Winner Baobab Fare
Yet another fun episode as we were joined by Kayla from Hatch Detroit and the winner from Baobab Fare, Hamissi. BAOBAB FARE is a restaurant, market, and juice…
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Episode 210: RMC Agency, the IT industry, The DetroitCast Crew, Podcast Awards
For episode 210, we were joined by Jim from the RMC Agency to talk about the state of the IT industry and what they're seeing employers look for, as well as…
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Episode 209: R2D2 Whistles, Charlottesville, No More Ransom, MEDC, Pure Michigan, Career Academy, Daily Detroit
The opening segment has some strong language. Most of it has been R2D2 whistled out...but there was a bit of ranting to be done to open things off. The rest of…
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Episode 208: Virtual Reality, Getting More Done
Another fun episode, and not just because there was virtual reality Star Wars involved. Listen in as we chat with Terry from Private Label VR and Andrew from…
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Episode 207: Automation Alley, Outloud Group, Podcast and Youtube Advertising
If you're either in the state of Michigan, or a podcaster, or someone who does Youtube videos (we refuse to use the word "Youtuber"), there's a ton of great…
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Episode 206: Augmented Reality and Drone Law, Bamboo Detroit
Ah, the return of Pokemon Go discussions, co-working spaces, whether or not one is "Detroit enough" and other random mayhem ensued as we chatted with Brian…
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Episode 205: Comcast Xfinity, Detroit Bus Company, Online Review Extortion and Chaos
Another great episode as we were joined by Michelle from Comcast to talk about their latest and greatest updates, as well as Joshua and Andy from Detroit Bus…
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Episode 204: Direct Marketing Association of Detroit, Booking Pop Culture, FindDani and More
Another fun episode, with a serious touch to it at times, as we were joined by Bob Skinner to talk about the Direct Marketing Association of Detroit, as well…
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Episode 203: All Things Detroit, All Things Marketplace, Daily Detroit
A majorly fun episode as we had a guest returning from waaaay back in episode 59 to talk about All Things Detroit, her new All Things Marketplace, as well as…
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Episode 202: Social Media Day Detroit, Evolution of Social Media
Social Media is one of those topics that always confuses the hell out of us, and so it was great to have Sola in as a guest to talk about not just Social Media…
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Episode 201: Valiant Films, Fan World Niagara Falls
Fun episode as Nuri's back in town and we were joined by Valiant Films and Fanworld to talk about making movies, running a con in Niagara Falls, and so, so…
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Episode 200: The Return of the Mack, Ming Chen, Daily Detroit, Godfather Rants, and The Wayback Machine
Really don't know how to sum this one up...it was way too much fun. With Jeff Mackey coming back in to join us, Ming Chen from AMC's Comic Book Men and the…
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Episode 199 – Innovation in Detroit, Coding Boot Camp, DetroitCode Conference
As we get ready for our 200th episode, the 4 year anniversary episode wasn't too shabby at all. We were joined by Jill Ford, who heads up the city of Detroit's…
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Episode 198: A2 Healthcare Hackathon, Microsoft Philanthropy, TEALS
All done with Comic Con...at least for now, as we dove back into tech topics with the A2 Healthcare Hackathon coming up in the near future, as well as…
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Episode 197 – Motor City Steam Con, Motor City Geek, MCCC Recap, Bob vs Steampunk
Yet another great, fun episode (even though we were all exhausted beyond belief) as we recapped Motor City Comic Con with our friends from Motor City Geek…
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IT in the D live at MMC / MCRCon
Introducing Merit’s Signature Event! Previously two separate events, this year’s MMC and MCRCon will take place together from May 17-18 at the Henry in…
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Detroit Startup Week 10 Commandments of Networking
Detroit Startup Week 10 Commandments of Networking You can read them here: https://itinthed.com/2697/the-new-and-improved-10-commandments-of-networking/…
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Detroit Startup Week Podcasting Panel: The Power of Podcasting
Detroit Startup Week Podcasting Panel: The Power of Podcasting [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/324532577"…
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Podcast Detroit at Motor City Comic Con, Detroit Social Connection Heroes vs Villans Bar Crawl
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Motor City Comic Con – IT in the D, Elegant Weapon, Top Rope Review talking Star Wars
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Episode 196 – Grand Circus, Amy Jo Johnson, Herbert Jefferson Jr, Tony Todd, Motor City Comic Con
Another great episode as we continue gearing up for this weekend's Motor City Comic Con! We were joined by Peter from Grand Circus to talk about their training…
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IT in the D at Converge B-Sides Security Conference 2017
IT in the D at Converge B-Sides Security Conference 2017 We were live from the Converge / B-sides security conference down at Cobo Hall May 11 and 12. Check…
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Episode 195: Kelly LeBrock, Merit Network, Jimmy McKnight, Pop Culture and More
Well, we lost Amy Jo Johnson (rescheduled for next Monday), but wow did we have a great time chatting with Kelly LeBrock during our first segment. And then we…
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Episode 194 – A Farewell to Pants, Penguicon Recap, National Technology Management
It's not really like us to start off the show on a somber note, but in this case, it was unavoidable. However, once we got that out of the way, we had a great…
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Episode 193 – Securonix, Hatch Detroit
Another great episode as we were joined by Securonix to talk predictive behavioral analytics and other great security topics, and Hatch Detroit about their…
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Episode192 – Burns & Wilcox, Breach Insurance, Penguicon, Our Crazy Upcoming Schedule of Events
If nothing else, this episode reinforced to us just how crazy the next month is going to be. Penguicon, a movie premiere, several security events, live…
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Episode 191: Detroit Startup Week, Journi, Detroit Demo Day
Sure, we talked about the chaos with Delta and United, as well as some new exploits and hacks that are out, why Taco Bell and Wendy's need to give raises to…
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Episode 190: The Ann Arbor Crew, Visit Detroit, Tigers Opening Day, The Q Line and More
Another great night as we chatted with Emily... ...Spencer... ...and Randy (you'll have to listen if you didn't while we were live to understand that...) from…
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Episode 189: Interworks, Falling Down Beer Company, Daily Detroit
As we prep for Saturday's live broadcasts from Falling Down Beer Company's 4th anniversary party, it was only fitting that we have Mark in to talk about what…
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Episode 188: Tom Tong, Steve Acho, Tech Innovations, Changing Careers
We had a great, informative episode Monday night as we were joined by Tom Tong and Steve Acho to talk through everything from technology innovations to…
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Episode 187: Protect Seniors Online, Comcast Xfinity
A good, informative night for episode 187 of the IT in the D show as we were joined by Protect Seniors Online and Comcast Xfinity. We opened up with our usual…
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Episode 186 – Tom Lawrence, Stefani Manard, Daily Detroit
From copyrights on Youtube to the Comic Con scene and business growth, we had a lot of fun with our discussions with last night's guests. We were joined by Tom…
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Episode 185: Detroit Labs, Detroit Hispanic Development Corp, iOS Development and Podcasts
For episode 185 of the IT in the D podcast from the Podcast Detroit studios, we talked about the new apprentice class Detroit Labs has and the other things…
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Episode 184: IT in the D Goes to Ann Arbor, Blue Chip Talent
Yet another great episode happened Monday night...which, well, honestly we pretty much figured before we even got started due to the guests we had coming in…
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Episode 183: Dataspeed, Great Lakes Comic Con, PT Muldoon and ERC
Another week, another great episode with our guests as we rolled through episode 183 of the IT in the D podcast from our Podcast Detroit studios. We were…
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Episode 182: Alocito, Cason Beverages, 5ive Gears Show
A really, really great time was had by all during episode 182 of our weekly live podcast from the Podcast Detroit studios! It seems like we say that all of the…
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Episode 181: Merit Network, Jay R Adams, Cloud, Security, Movies, TV, Hockey and More
The cloud. Wrestling. Security conferences. Batman v Superman. Industry trends. Breaking into acting. Episode 181 of our podcast had all that and more as we…
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Episode 180: Andre Arbelaez, HITEC, Mustard and Onions Podcast
Back to the 80s with our latest episode as we hit #180 of our weekly live podcast broadcasting from our Podcast Detroit studios. Great conversations as we were…
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Episode 179: Jonezie.com, Visit Detroit, The Sharing Economy
Episode 179 of the IT in the D podcast from our Podcast Detroit studios is in the books, and it was another great night of conversations with our guests. From…
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Episode 178: Mobile Comply, M2Techcast, NAIAS, Detroit Auto Show
It's auto show season here in Detroit, and so episode 178 dove in a little bit. From a media preview event the night before our show to what's on the floor…
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Episode 177: Jimmy McKnight, Ninja Starship, Star Wars vs Power Rangers, Comic Cons
Well, our first show of the year didn't go quite as planned, but it's still the best show we've done so far this year. We lost a guest due to unavoidable…
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Episode 176: Moka Boka Personalized Books for Kids, Rogue One Discussions
Things may not have gone quite according to plan for episode 176 of the IT in the D podcast from our Podcast Detroit studios, but that doesn't mean that we…
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Episode 175: Ahead, Daily Detroit, Cloud Chat, Detroit IDs
Fun episode as we were joined by Ahead and Daily Detroit for episode 175 of the IT in the D podcast from our Podcast Detroit studios. We talked cloud…
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Episode 174: Falling Down Beer Company, Operation Kid Equip, Daily Detroit
Last night was certainly an interesting one. Episode 174 of the IT in the D podcast from our Podcast Detroit studios featured Falling Down Beer Company talking…
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Episode 174: The Charity Segment
We don't often break out our episodes into individual segments...in fact, we haven't done that in almost two years now. However, the stories and messages that…
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Episode 173: US Signal, Tome Software, Tons of Member Berries
Seriously almost titled this one just "member berries"...listen in and you'll understand why. For episode 173, we were joined by US Signal and Tome Software…
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Episode 172: Interworks, National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
For episode 172, we were joined by two repeat guests, Patrick Rugiero of the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan to chat about their upcoming Kidney Ball…
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Episode 171: Bamboo Detroit, Detroit Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
For episode 171, we were joined by Bamboo Detroit and the Detroit Convention and Visitor's Bureau. We also chatted about Activ8's event tonight, our event…
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Episode 170b – The Kids Take Over
In what has become an Election Day tradition, we brought our kids into the studio to talk about their favorite video games, TV shows, and even what they think…
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Episode 170: MITechNews Does Video, Grand Circus Job Fair
We were joined Monday night by MITechnews, who also does the M2TechCast on our Podcast Detroit network to talk about their new video offerings and…
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Episode 169: Comcast Gig to the Home, Internet Essentials Expansion, Arrow Strategies
Another fun episode as we were joined in-studio by Comcast to talk about their announcement of gigabit internet service to the home as well as expansion of and…
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Episode 168: GroupKnit, Last Squad Standing’s Detroit Players
Well this was certainly an interesting night. We were joined by Christian from GroupKnit to talk about their app that helps you discover things to do in and…
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Episode 167 – Live from the NA Cyber Summit, Lenovo and More
For episode 167, we took advantage of all of the live recording that we did during the day at the North American Cyber Summit -…
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Episode 166: TedXDetroit, Grand Circus, Daily Detroit, Social Coop Media
Episode 166 was full of fun conversations, laughs, recaps of recent events and more. We talked TedXDetroit, training at Grand Circus, what's going on around…
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IT in the D with Lenovo – Data Center, BI, Hyperconvergence, Innovation
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IT in the D live from TedXDetroit with Histosonics, Isobar, MobSteel, Red Level Networks, Zaria Ware
IT in the D live from TedXDetroit with Histosonics, Isobar, MobSteel, Red Level Networks, Zaria Ware [soundcloud…
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IT in the D live from TedXDetroit with Chris Gibbons of Histosonics
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IT in the D live from TedXDetroit with Dave Meeker of Isobar
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IT in the D live from TedXDetroit with Adam Genei of MobSteel
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IT in the D live from TedXDetroit with Janet Tyler, COO of Red Level Networks
IT in the D live from TedXDetroit with Janet Tyler, COO of Red Level Networks