Category Archives: Minneapolis & St. Paul

Simon Says Goodbye

Working back in the heady days of Web 1.0, Simon Delivers was one of the more exciting ‘evolutionary business shifts’ going on. Ordering groceries? Online? Never having to go the grocery store again!? It seemed too good to be true and, of course, we quickly signed up.
Well, the reality wasn’t quite as exciting as it […]

Remix MPR at PublicRadioCamp - July 12th, 2008 MPR HQ , St. Paul

Latest word from Dan Grigsby on the upcoming PublicRadioCamp

We’re pleased to announce that Jon Gordon, host of Future Tense, American Public Media’s technology broadcast heard on over 100 stations nationwide, will be joining us.
We’ve tallied up the resources we’ll have to play with, remix, and generally use as building blocks. These include 37 RSS […]

Calling all designers

For any designer looking to find the web standards and design pulse here in the Twin Cities, sign yourselves up for Minnebar (or Barcamp Minnesota). Last year around 400+ people attended this free design and technology event. It will be Saturday, May 10th, 8am-whenever at the Coffman Union(U of M)! With free food and […]

MN-based Parenting Startup, Tumblon.com, Looking for Designer & Marketing/PR Mgr

Tumblon a new Minneapols-based parenting startup is looking for a Visual Designer and a Marketing/PR manager
Their blog: http://blog.tumblon.com/
Contact Jonathan Dahl for more information.

Minnesota Needs More and Bigger Software Companies

There’s a lot of similarity between the design world and the software development world. If only because the line between the two is caterpillar fuzzy. What interests me about both of them is their low startup costs - just a brain, a computer, a phone, and some experience.
Where does this experience come from?
From my perspective, […]

MinneDemo - Dec 6, 6:30, O’Gara’s Garage, 164 Snelling

You can stop holding your breath, Dan and Luke have set the date for the next MinneDemo: Dec 6.
Wow, already 16 people on the presenting list (only 6 slots) and 73 people on the RSVP list.
Bring 2 non-perishable food items for the Second Harvest food bank and you’ve got 3 free drink tickets. […]

Twin Cities IA Meetup - Tues Nov 6, 5pm The Local - Social Networks

This month’s topic at for the IA meetup at The Local is social networks with special guests Bruno Borzstein from Curbly.com, Jon Dahl from Slantwise Design - developer of fanchatter.com among others -, and Katie Ware.
Just in time for our conversation, Google announced their Open Social project and the Facebook backlash begins
“I think Facebook is […]

live.com is pretty cool.

Since I’ve been neck-deep in SharePoint these past several months, I haven’t had much good to say about Microsoft.
However, I gotta admit that their live.com maps are pretty damn cool. Especially their bird-eye view, which I’ve noticed has recently been updated to include wide swaths of the Twin Cities that weren’t there before.
It came handy […]

IA Meetup is back…starting next Tuesday, Sept. 4!!

Hello IA Meetup friends –
Garrick and I are pulling together some new dates and times for the Twin Cities IA Meetup group, starting this September. Going forward, we’ll plan for:
* the first Tuesday of the month (starting September 4!)
* 5:00-7:00 p.m.
* at […]

2007 MIMA Summit - Oct 3 - Registration Now Open

Lee Rainie and Jason Fried are keynoting this year and, as of this writing, the rest of the sessions have yet to be published. Registration and a fresh discussion board are at summit.mima.org
Pre-Sept. 14:
Members $145
Non-Members $295
Students $50