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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 110: Grubbable, Systems Technology Group, Pink Slip Party Recap
From last week's Pink Slip Party event to why Grubbable is different than the other "food" + "check in" apps that are out there and into Systems Technology…
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IT in the D at SecureWorld 2015
We went to SecureWorld 2015 and had some great conversations about security, hacking, data privacy, social engineering, DefCon and more... The audio's a little…
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Episode 109: Pink Slip Party, DetroitSportsRag.com, Michipreneur, Savvy Kids Consignment
Episode 109 has come and gone, but oh, what a fun time we had. Conversations with DetroitSportsRag.com about some chaos we had in common, Michipreneur about…
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Episode 108: Youmacon, Podcast Detroit Shows, Live Broadcast from Blackfinn
So we got brave and dove through the traffic and chaos of Arts, Beats and Eats to get to the back room of the Blackfinn for episode 108 of our weekly live…
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Episode 107: Detroit Labs, Grand Circus, Right Brain Networks, DevOps, Career Transition and More
Episode 107 of our weekly live broadcast was an awesome combination of repeat guests and first-timers as we talked DevOps, career transition, an upcoming iOS…
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Episode 106: VizBe Vision Boards, TEKSystems
For the first time since we moved to the new studio, we weren't completely overbooked and insanely packed with guests last night, which was a nice change of…
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Episode 105: Newmind Group, Bamboo Detroit, Pontiac Schools, Hackathons and More
Another week, another great episode full of conversations with guests doing great things in and around the metro Detroit area. This time we were joined by…
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The New and Improved 10 Commandments of Networking
As with everything that we do, this has evolved over the years. Because we don't believe in revisionist history, you can always still find the original version…
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Episode 104: Online Tech, Andrea Kress, Windsor Comic Con, and More
Episode 104 is in the history books, and we had a pretty decent set of conversations with our guests for the night about everything from secure storage, cloud…
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Episode 103: The Rack Show / VoxVii, Darton Group
No two ways about it, episode 103 of our live weekly podcast was a lot of fun. With our guests from The Darton Group as well as VoxVii / The Rack Show, we had…
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Episode 102: Security Mentor, Comcast
Episode 102 of our weekly live podcast is in the rear view mirror now, and even though we lost TEKSystems due to an illness, we had some seriously great…
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Episode 101: Startup Weekend Detroit, LawnGuru, Hacks Around the Web and More
Despite the fact that we were completely exhausted from the activities starting Thursday and running through the weekend, our broadcast of Episode 101 of our…
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Live Broadcast: Converge 2015 Security Conference, 7/17/2015
Wow. Just...wow. Ever had a conversation with a guy who compromised bank security...in Beirut? How about someone who's managed to compromise physical security…
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Episode 100: Falling Down Beer Company, City of Detroit, K-Hubb and Her Corner, Daily Detroit, Random Guests and More
Episode 100: the night of bad puns, occupancy code violations, Bob being rendered speechless, mayhem with puppets and so, so much more. Had a really great…
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Episode 99: CBI (Creative Breakthroughs, Inc), E-nable, Maker Faire, Penguicon and More
We had some great guests in-studio with us for episode 99 of our weekly live podcast, with the conversation going from IT security and risk management all the…
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Episode 98: Hatch Detroit, Rocket Fiber, Daily Detroit and Andrew The Man Expert
We had a pretty full house for episode 98 of our weekly live podcast. With Hatch Detroit in to talk about their $50,000 contest for the third year in a row to…
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Live Podcast Broadcast Recording: Social Media Day Detroit 2015
IT in the D was pleased to be a part of Social Media Day Detroit on Friday, June 26. Listen to the opening panel discussion during the VIP reception...which…
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Episode 97: Social Media Day Detroit, SMAMi, Engineering Society of Detroit, MITechNews.com and More
Episode 97 saw us joined by Sola Obayan of SMAMi.org to talk Social Media Day Detroit, Matt Roush to talk about the Engineering Society of Detroit and his own…
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Episode 96: Make Moore Media, Professional’s Night Out, Dryv, Daily Detroit and More
Even widespread power outages couldn't stop Episode 96 of our weekly live podcast from happening. We lost one guest due to the reschedule due to travel…
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Episode 95: #Hack4Detroit, City of Detroit Data, Automation Alley, Detroit Beer Press, Batch Brewing and More
Episode 95...and on our fifth episode from the new studio, we had a pretty packed room with guests covering all sorts of topics. Open data in the city of…
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Episode 94: Major General Amy Courter, Mack Avenue Media, Daily Detroit and More
The 90s continue as we hit episode 94 of our live weekly broadcast. We were joined by Major General Amy Courter of Youngsoft (and, obviously, the military)…
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Episode 93: Social Coop Media, Long Neck Strangler, Hacks Everywhere and More
Our third episode from the new studio is in the rear view mirror, and it marked the return of two very important things: beer from Falling Down Beer Company…
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Episode 92: Motor City Comic Con Recap with Motor City Geek and Mess Bucket Comics
Episode 92, our second broadcast from the new studio, is live and ready to make you laugh at our exhaustion and ridiculousness. We were joined by our friends…
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Episode 91: Live in the New Studio, Elaina Farnsworth of Mobile Comply, Detroit Beer Press and More
The first episode of our weekly live broadcast from our new studio is ready to invade your ears. We talked connected car, mobility, Motor City Comic Con, the…
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Episode 90: Self.Conference, Career Transitions, Women in Technology and a Whole Lot of Whacky Mayhem
With all of the chaos and excitement going on with our new studio, this one took a little bit to get out. Our apologies about that, but episode 90 marks a…
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Episode 89: Pure Storage, The Penguicon Recap, Recorded Live at Penguicon
Well...we've had smoother running episodes, that's for sure...but Episode 89 of our live weekly broadcast is in the books. We were plagued by technical…
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Episode 88: The Center for Michigan, Penguicon, Agile and Beyond
1988 was a good year for movies and music, and episode 88 of our live weekly broadcast wasn't too shabby either. Joined by our guests from The Center for…
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Episode 87: Quantum Storage, Motor City Geek, Weekend Recap and More
Another weekly live broadcast has come and gone, and another great time was had by all. For our 87th episode, we were joined by one of our core sponsors…
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Episode 86: When Visions Collide 2, Social Media Association of Michigan, Brightwing, Daily Detroit
Episode 86 is in the archives, and it was a really fun show. Joined by our guests talking about an art show this weekend downtown (When Visions Collide 2), a…
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Episode 85: Detroit Craftsman Guild, Solstice Consulting Group
Better Off Dead. Breakfast Club. Back to the Future. Commando. European Vacation. Fletch. Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Goonies. Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon…
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Episode 84: Falling Down Beer Company, Rhino Coders, Startup Weekend Pontiac and More
Duran Duran. The NeverEnding Story. Transformers. 1984 was a good year, and so it's of little surprise that episode 84 of our weekly live broadcast was a…
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Episode 83: Arrow Strategies, Social Coop Media Detroit, Pink Slip Party
Our flashback to 1983 with episode 83 of our live, weekly broadcast has come and gone, and it was definitely a lot of fun. We were joined in-studio by a couple…
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Episode 82: Midwest Media Expo, 313Dlove, a Couple Group Members and More
Episode 82 of our weekly live broadcast is in the history books, and we had a lot of fun with our guests. We were joined by Corey from Midwest Media Expo and…
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Episode 81: ComiqueCon, Detroit Bus Company, Folkteller
Episode 81 of our weekly broadcast is in the rear view mirror, and it was definitely a good one. We were joined in-studio by two of the ladies behind…
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Episode 80: W3R, Daily Detroit, Pink Slip Party, Sponsors and More
A fun episode, even if we were riddled with technical issues, which sort of explains why this episode is a little bit late getting out. Sorry about that. We…
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Episode 79: Youngsoft, The Military, GEEPS, W3R and More
Another week, another really fun episode with some great guests. Thanks to our guests Major General Amy Courter of Youngsoft, Hans Erickson of New Mind, and…
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Episode 78: Penguicon, Bebop Art, Kosmic Kasey
What a fun, fun night. Thanks to our guests Scott and Nuri from Penguicon, Kelly O'Hara of Bebop Art and Kasey from Kosmic Kasey for joining us for just a…
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Episode 77: Detroit Beer Press, Pipeline Fellowship Detroit, Daily Detroit
Episode 77. We had a few Detroit-themed guests on the show tonight, as you can tell. Thanks to our guests Courtney and Ian from Detroit Beer Press, Monica…
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Episode 76: Quantum, Storage Solutions, Mickey Mouse Measles and More
Episode 76, and yet another episode that's full of a lot of laughter and great conversations. Thanks to our in-studio guests Anthony Tocco, Kyle Nelson, Andrew…
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Episode 75: The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Internet, Entrepreneurs in Detroit and More
Our 75th episode, and this one's full of rants, raves, laughter and great conversations. Lots of rants. Lots...and lots...of rants... Thanks to our guests…
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Episode 74: MAT2, Diva Tech Talk, a $20k IoT Contest, Women in Tech, Our Event Thursday and More
Episode 74, and wow was this a packed one. Lots of great topics, tons of good conversation, a whole slew of new drops to be isolated for our opening... ...but…
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Episode 73: BulletSafe, Priveco, Ian Sterrett
IT in the D, Episode 73 Holy wow, what a great way to kick off the year. Huge thanks to our guests Tom Nardone and Ian Sterrett who joined us tonight to talk…
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Episode 72: ERSA Group, Daily Detroit, Wrapping Up 2014
IT in the D, Episode 72 We closed out 2014 with a great episode. A lot of rambling...as you'd probably expect given that it's the last show of the year...but…
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Episode 71: Magic Book, Lift57, Social Media Coop Detroit
IT in the D, Episode 71 Our next to last show of the year, and we had a lot of fun with our guests tonight talking about the latest things that caught our eye…
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Episode 70: Original Stix, Osirius Group, Destination Liberation
IT in the D, Episode 70 Well, this was certainly an interesting night, both on the mic and off of it. Let's stick to the on the mic fun though - we had some…
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Episode 69: Falling Down Beer Co, Daily Detroit, Social Media Coop, Kelley Jean
IT in the D, Episode 69 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the season of…
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Episode 68: Hemingwrite, Woodward Throwbacks and Daily Detroit
IT in the D, Episode 68 You know what the best part of doing this show is? I mean, sure, there's the beer, the music, and the general laughter and fun that…
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IT In The D – Episode 67: Internet Advisor, MITechNews, Charity Event & More
IT in the D, Episode 67. As the dust begins to settle from last week's fun and excitement, we had another great live broadcast. Three outstanding guests to…
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IT In The D – Episode 66: Apprend, Detroit Fanfare, and The Elephant in the Room
IT in the D, Episode 66. This episode was pretty much exactly what it needed to be. We were joined by two great guests talking about things they're doing…
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IT In The D – Episode 65: Social Coop Media, Biznet, Technical Glitches
IT in the D, Episode 65. We managed to clean things up to the point where it's a pretty solid episode with a lot of great information in it, so give it a…
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IT in the D: The Kids Take Over
The IT in the D guys with the day off from work. Their kids with the day off of school. Naturally, this means they all went downtown for coney dogs at…
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IT In The D – Episode 64: Jack Olson, Michipreneur, Patronicity
IT in the D, Episode 64. Also known as "Dave completely nerds out beyond all ability to recover". Why? Because we had Jack Olson in-studio with us, that's why…
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IT In The D – Episode 63: Motor City Drone Co, RhinoCoders and Zabka Day!
IT in the D, Episode 63. We've been looking forward to this episode for a while now. We were joined in-studio by Mike from Motor City Drone Co...yes, a company…
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IT In The D – Episode 62: Falling Down Beer Company, Detroit Beer Press
IT in the D, Episode 62, also known as "have you tried putting a pickle in that?" Listen, that'll make sense, honest. We're joined by Mark Larson from Falling…
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IT In The D – Episode 61: Mobility, Mayhem, Mediation and Mischief
IT in the D, Episode 61...in which we discover more about connected cars and mobility standards with a repeat guest, and catch up with an old friend who's a…
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IT In The D – Episode 60: Yelp, Make This Detroit and More
IT in the D, Episode 60 is officially in the rear view mirror. Fun conversations with our guests Annette from Yelp along with Scott and Kris from Make This…
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IT In The D – Episode 59: Detroit SOUP, All Things Detroit, Daily Detroit Launches!
IT in the D, Episode 59...and wow, this episode was just SOUPer! Ha ha, yeah, bad pun, sorry. Tonight we recapped our Pink Slip Party from last Thursday at the…
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IT In The D – Episode 58: Pink Slip Party Info, Arrow Strategies, Stuff Around Detroit and More
IT in the D, Episode 58, chock full of information for you. We lost one of our guests due to a bacterial infection (no, we weren't involved with that, I…
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IT In The D – Episode 57: Comcast’s Internet Essentials, Think Like a Magician, Pink Slip Party and More
IT in the D, Episode 57...what a fun episode. Great guests in-studio talking about Comcast's "Internet Essentials" program that helps low-income families get…
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IT In The D – Episode 56: CGS Advisors, GMC.com, Event Updates and More
IT in the D, Episode 56. Fun show, great guests. We were joined by Greggory Garrett of CGS Advisors, and Tim Aten, website manager for GMC.com. Talking through…