Podcasts about falling down beer company

In this episode, we pour Falling Down Beer Company’s Oktoberfest and open up John 7.This is a kind of in memoriam episode of Beers and Bibles where we remember an awesome brewery and brewmaster, Falling Down Beer Company and Mark Larson. Falling Down was a fantastic brewery before its untimely closure. This episode is a celebration of what was and still tastes great.John 7 www.esv.org/John+7/Beer Rating: 5 out of 5.What do you want to know?What do you want to drink?Let me know. Email pastormatt@holycrossoxford.com or text 248-274-4676.

On the Daily Detroit Podcast today: - Flex N Gate opens on the east side of Detroit, hiring 50% Detroit residents into jobs. Looking for a job yourself? Here's a link to job training at Detroit At Work. - We hit the streets to talk to folks on both sides at a strike at one of Detroit's iconic hotels, the Westin Book Cadillac, owned by Marriott. At issue? Wages, of course. But also the idea that workers shouldn't have to work two jobs to afford to live in the city. - One of the Detroit area’s most infamous motels is being shopped as a redevelopment opportunity. The Motorama Motel on Eight Mile Road at Woodward in Ferndale is for sale, and we have the purchase price. - Southfield has joined the ranks of Detroit-area cities to celebrate the holiday instead as Indigenous Peoples Day. - Detroit’s Palmer Park is getting some badly needed new tennis courts. Crews recently demolished the old courts, which sit along Woodward Avenue between McNichols and Seven Mile Roads and have hosted a popular youth Tennis Academy for the past five years. - And Nuri Gocay from IT in the D joins us to talk about tech and the recent security breach from a big tech company. Thanks to our episode sponsors: Milo Digital and Falling Down Beer Company. This episode of the Daily Detroit podcast was recorded on Monday, October 8. Subscribe to one of America's best local news podcasts here for free. 

Welcome back to the work week! This is your Daily Detroit podcast for September 10, 2018. Here are your stories: - It might be the end of an era in Detroit. One of the legendary dueling coneys - Lafayette - will now let you pay for coneys with credit cards. - Miss Michigan, Emily Sioma, used the Miss America Beauty Pageant over the weekend to make a political statement on Michigan water. - We recently told you about how Ford scrapped its plans to import the Focus Active to the U.S. from China due to the steep cost tied to President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports. On Sunday, President Trump apparently caught wind of that announcement from a CNBC report and took to Twitter, suggesting “This car can now be BUILT IN THE U.S.A.” where the company would pay no tariffs. - There’s some news about one of the Detroit area’s largest remaining abandoned shopping malls, Summit Place. - A key deadline in the granting of licenses to medical marijuana facilities looks set to be extended, meaning some facilities will be able to keep operating during the licensing process. - There’s a big mural nearing completion in Hamtramck that pays tribute to Detroit City FC and its passionate fan base. - The city of Detroit has a new strategic transportation plan that they unveiled Friday. The plan focuses on improvements to Detroit’s transportation system. It’s not just updates to the bus system, which is getting 50 new bus shelters. The plan looks at projects that would slow down cars in neighborhoods, resurface more than 300 miles of roads, implement smart technology in signals…. and of course, lower the highest-in-the-nation car insurance rates in the city. - A taster of beer news for you. Falling Down Beer Company (also, an occasional sponsor of Daily Detroit) is opening their Detroit location in the Detroit Shipping Company tomorrow.. That’s Tuesday.

On the Beer Tour Guy Show Episode 12, Steve talks with Mark Larson of Falling Down Beer Company in Oxford and Warren. Listen in for a one on one interview and learn why you should be making the drive out to the new brewery in Oxford! The post Beer Tour Guy 012 – Falling Down Beer Company appeared first on Better On Draft.

Jimmy chats with James Flatman, an Australian born welder who works for Cruising Kitchens. A custom commercial vehicle fabrication shop in San Antonio, Texas. www.arcjunkies.com www.cruisingkitchens.com Email: arcjunkies@gmail.com Sponsored by: ESAB, www.welddevils.com and The Falling Down Beer Company.

ManCaveHappyHour at Falling Down Brewery Jamie & Matt broadcast live from the Falling Down Brewery in Warren, Michigan. We spoke with Mark Larson the owner and Head Brewer at Falling Down http://www.fallingdownbeer.com/ Part of the Podcast Detroit/IT in the D Holiday Toy Drive. All the toys collected will go to 'Operation Kid Equipt'. CASH DONATIONS CAN BE MADE AT: http://paypal.me/ubco Entertainment earlier in the night was from Kevin Wilson... great stuff. The food for the night was amazing from the Detroit BBQ Company https://www.detbbq.com/catering/ www.ManCaveHappyHour.com @DJJamieDetroit @fox_beazlefox

Man Cave Happy Hour – Live from Falling Down Beer Company IT in the D Charity Event

Man Cave Happy Hour – Live from Falling Down Beer Company IT in the D Charity Event

Man Cave Happy Hour – Live from Falling Down Beer Company IT in the D Charity Event The post Man Cave Happy Hour – Live from Falling Down Beer Company IT in the D Charity Event first appeared on PodcastDetroit.com.

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Leading Questions – Live from Falling Down Beer Company, Part 1

Leading Questions – Live from Falling Down Beer Company, Part 2

Worst Meatball Sandwich Ever, Episode 22 – Live from Falling Down Beer Company

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 they've been up to lately.  We were also joined by Jer from Daily Detroit and Caston from Interworks... Falling Down Beer Company is at: https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer/ Their 4th anniversary party this Saturday is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/271222903313657/ Interworks is at: https://iworkstech.com/ Daily Detroit is at: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyDetroit/ Thanks to this week's sponsors... Audible: http://www.Audible.com/ITintheD/ Fellowes: http://www.Fellowes.com MeUndies: http://www.MeUndies.com/ITintheD [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/315345869" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Podcast Detroit Shows live from Falling Down Beer Company

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 about their impending expansion in Oxford, Operation Kid Equip discussing not just their charity that we're working with at Thursday night's event but also some incredibly woefully undertold stories of need right here in the area that definitely need to be heard, and then we wrapped up the night with Daily Detroit talking the evolution of media and some of those same stories paralleled throughout the area.  Quick reminder, you can donate in advance at http://ubmwarren.org/peacehouse... Falling Down Beer Company is at: https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer/ Their Oxford location is at: https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeeroxford/ Donate to Operation Kid Equip: http://ubmwarren.org/peacehouse Daily Detroit is at: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyDetroit/ All of the details for Thursday night's event are at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1676772642579485/ [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296556724" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]

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 Thursday night at Firebird Tavern and more... Bamboo Detroit is at: http://bamboodetroit.com/ Detroit Convention and Visitor's Bureau is at: http://visitdetroit.com/ Details on Podcast Detroit's expansion and opening a downtown studio is at http://www.podcastdetroit.com/podcast-detroit-expands-opens-studio-downtown/ Fantasticon Mt Clemens is 11/12 and 11/13, and is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1087654544619379/ Activ8's gaming night 11/16 at Emagine is at: http://activ8gaming.com/emagine or https://www.facebook.com/events/1772279066392793/ Our 11/17 event at Firebird Tavern is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/440383939419513/ Our 12/8 charity fundraiser event at Falling Down Beer Company is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1676772642579485/ [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/293306127" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

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 capabilities, as well as Grand Circus to chat about their job fair next week... MITechNews is at: https://mitechnews.com/ Grand Circus is at: https://www.grandcircus.co/ Details on Podcast Detroit's expansion and opening a downtown studio is at http://www.podcastdetroit.com/podcast-detroit-expands-opens-studio-downtown/ Fantasticon Mt Clemens is 11/12 and 11/13, and is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1087654544619379/ Activ8's gaming night 11/16 at Emagine is at: http://activ8gaming.com/emagine or https://www.facebook.com/events/1772279066392793/ Our 11/17 event at Firebird Tavern is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/440383939419513/ Our 12/8 charity fundraiser event at Falling Down Beer Company is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1676772642579485/ [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/292270568" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

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 updates to their Internet Essentials program.  Arrow Strategies joined us as well to talk about the local job market, what they're looking for currently, the relationship between recruiters and job seekers and more... Arrow Strategies is at: https://arrowstrategies.com/ Comcast can be found at: http://my.xfinity.com/ Their gig internet announcement is here: http://www.itinthed.com/wp-content/uploads/D3.1-launch_Michigan_FINAL.pdf Info on Internet Essentials is here: http://www.itinthed.com/wp-content/uploads/IE-HUD-Press-Release-071416-Finalsm.pdf Details on Podcast Detroit's expansion and opening a downtown studio is at http://www.podcastdetroit.com/podcast-detroit-expands-opens-studio-downtown/ Fantasticon Mt Clemens is 11/12 and 11/13, and is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1087654544619379/ Activ8's gaming night 11/16 at Emagine is at: http://activ8gaming.com/emagine or https://www.facebook.com/events/1772279066392793/ Our 11/17 event at Firebird Tavern is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/440383939419513/ Our 12/8 charity fundraiser event at Falling Down Beer Company is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1676772642579485/ [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/291334328" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Episode 137 was a fun one.  We were joined by Falling Down Beer Company and Batch Brewing Company to talk about a great collaboration that they've got going on, Falling Down's anniversary party this Saturday, Batch's Feel Good Tap and what that's all about, and the New Mind Group to talk about managed services as well as the upcoming NewCo event downtown... Falling Down Beer is at https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer/ Their 3rd anniversary event can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/1729982403884749/ Batch Brewing is at https://www.facebook.com/BatchBrewingCompany/ NewMind Group is at http://newmindgroup.com/ NewCo is at http://det.newco.co/ (NEWMIND50 is the discount code) [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/256010455" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

For episode 122 of our weekly like podcast broadcast, we were extremely pleased to be joined by Patrick Rugerio, the chairman for the Kidney Ball for the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan that called in a few weeks back to give us an update on how their event with, as well as long time friend of the program Jeff Haase.  We dove into what the NKFM does and how widespread kidney illnesses actually are here in the state of Michigan (we had no idea it was so common), what their ball was all about and how it did, as well as, of course, diving into a recap of our event this past Thursday at Falling Down Beer Company for Operation Kid Equip, the impending release of the new Star Wars movie and more... The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan can be found at http://www.nkfm.org/ Roman Village and Antonios can be found at http://antoniosrestaurants.com/ Operation Kid Equip can be found at http://operationkidequip.org/ [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/237668115" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit    

Today's guest is Eric Stephenson, one of the brewers at Falling Down Beer Company in Warren, MI. Eric and I actually met in the beginning of this year when my brother Matt and I were talking about me starting this podcast while having a couple beers at One Eyed Betty's in Ferndale. It was nice to finally be able to sit down and talk to him. Mark, one of the owners of Falling Down Beer Company was supposed to join us, but he wasn't feel to well. So I hope Mark is feeling better and I hope to get him on an episode sooner rather then later. As always, today's episode is brought to you by Audbile.com. With over 180,000 titles to choose from you can't go wrong with Audible.com. You can download the free app through the iTunes store or google play store. You can sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/billsbeerreport. By using this sponsor code no only are you support your favorite craft beer podcast but you will also receive a free audio book of your choice. I recommend Bert Kreischer's, Life of the Party. If you don't know Bert, he is a stand up comedian who got his start by being named this countries biggest party animal by Rolling Stones Magazine. His book is hilarious and way funnier when he reads it too you. So go sign up now at audibletrial.com/billsbeerreport. Listen to it Beautiful. Slurred Words is apart of the Tangent Bound network and can be found on my website, BillsBeerReport.com or on iTunes, SoundCloud, and Stitcher Radio. Feel free to join in the conversation on twitter and instagram @BillsBeerReport or email me at BillsBeerReport@gmail.com. Remember to rate and review this episode on iTunes or any other listening app. Thanks again to Son Step for the theme music.

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 night for episode 100 of our live weekly podcast, and with a room full of lively guests, we definitely didn't have a lack of topics, voices, opinions or laughter for the occasion... We were joined by our guests Mark Larson from Falling Down Beer Company, David Lingholm and Garlin Gilchrest II from the city of Detroit, Karen Hubbard from The Corner with K-Hubb Show...and also from our old studio and now her own network, Billy from Social Coop Media, our buddy Jeff Haase, Jer and Patrick from Daily Detroit, and a few other stragglers who wandered in to join us. As always, our first segment was a roll through the events, news and information that caught our attention over the past week.  From the shrine to the dead raccoon on a sidewalk in Toronto to the mayhem taking out the New York Stock Exchange, United Airlines, missile batteries in Germany and a bunch of other things this week, we had a lot to talk about.  The continuing saga and spiral of Bill Cosby.  The idiot couple who thought having sex in public on a beach at 2:30 in the afternoon was a great idea.  Two separate incidents of people with selfie sticks getting struck by lightning.  All kinds of good stuff. For our second segment, we dove in with David Lingholm and Garlin Gilchrest II from the city of Detroit to talk about all of the cool stuff going on downtown.  From getting activity back in to the former shopping districts and less active neighborhoods to how an app has been helping them track service requests on potholes, manhole covers, broken lights, etc., to improve quality of life for the city's residents, it was a pretty interesting chat.  They both have great ambitions for what Detroit can be, and it's great that they're both on the inside working to make it happen. Mark from Falling Down Beer Company was front and center for our third segment.  From their new location opening up in Oxford later this year to an expansion from 8 to 20 taps at their original Warren location, they've got a TON going on.  Not that we're surprised, since this has been one of our favorite places and brands since they first came onto the scene, and we're sure they're going to do great things as they expand not only into new locations, but also into the wine and spirits lines of creation as well. Oh, and Jeff Haase had way too much fun with our Ruppits (they're puppets, but cooler) during this segment.  We barely kept ourselves from breaking out laughing. In our fourth and final segment, we hopped in with Karen Hubbard, our original Captain Soundboard and she of the Monday Night Meat Sticks quote from our intro.  She's been having almost as much fun as we have lately, with building out a new network, getting her own show fired back up after a hiatus, recently becoming single again and trying out the dating world...actually, come to think of it, she might actually have more going on than we do these days.  We also touched base with Billy Strawter of Social Coop Media, who always has something new and fun going on with his business as they're moving to a new space and looking to hire someone...like they always are these days. All that and more in episode 100, so give it a listen and laugh along with us. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/215023935" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Our guests can be found at: Falling Down Beer Company: https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer City of Detroit: http://www.detroitmi.gov/ Social Coop Media: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Social-COOP-Media-Detroit/ The Corner with K-Hubb: https://www.facebook.com/TheCornerWithKHubb Daily Detroit: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyDetroit As always, we can be found:

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 Detroit and an upcoming hackathon to find better ways to use it.  Updates from our friends at Detroit Beer Press about their latest issue.  A check in nearly two years later with Batch Brewing Company on how things are going downtown.  A look at the state of the Detroit tech scene from the eyes of someone still in school and breaking into the industry. Don't forget you can get 10% off Squarespace's offerings by using discount code IT during the checkout process: http://www.squarespace.com/, and you can try QuickBooks for self-employed tryselfemployed.com/it And so, so much more... After our 1995 themed intro came to a close, our opening segment kicked off with a recap of our last event and information about our upcoming events, the depressing information that both The Goonies and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are now both thirty years old, the hilarious (to us) story about a member of ISIS posting a selfie that led to an airstrike less than 24 hours later, a very concerning tale about how the Red Cross spent over $500 million in Haiti after the terrible earthquakes there...and yet somehow managed to only build six houses, Gamestop's purchase of ThinkGeek's parent company, our lovely new kegerator stocked with the Scurvy Dan Blood Orange IPA from Falling Down Beer Company and more. In our second segment, we dove in with our guests David Lingholm, the Director of Digital Media and Community Engagement for the City of Detroit, and Erin Sommerville, Media Relations Specialist for Automation Alley.  There's a hackathon coming up this weekend, #Hack4Detroit, that's looking to find some better uses for the massive amounts of data that the city has accumulated over the years, and there's some decent prize money for those who can help.  Designers, coders, and even just folks with ideas are welcome...but the signup cutoff is Wednesday, so hurry: http://www.automationalley.com/Events/Calendar/Event-Detail.aspx?uniqueid=16840 In segment three, we checked in with our friends Courtney Ochab, Ian Burk and Tony Barchok from Detroit Beer Press and Stephen Roginson of Batch Brewing Company.  Batch Brewing was on waaaaaaaaay back in episode 10 of our show when they were a finalist (and eventual winner!) of the Hatch Detroit competition in 2013, and they've come a long way since then.  Not only are they open, but they're in full swing with production of a number of great beers, have a solid kitchen, and have a monthly "feel good tap" where a portion of the proceeds go to a local organization.  Can't beat that. Detroit Beer Press isn't doing to shabby either, with their latest issue in breweries, distilleries and locations throughout the area...which hypothetically might include another IT in the D style rant.  Updates about their Howler Club Membership program and more await your ears. In our fourth and final segment (no, still no infamous fifth segments in the new studio as of yet), we talked with Kevin Hill, a local guy still in college at RIT, and working his way into the Detroit tech scene.  We met Kevin at our Hopcat event back in May, and absolutely had to have him join us in-studio to continue that conversation on air.  He's got some great perspectives on how things look from his point of view - what he sees going well, going wrong, what works, what doesn't, and just a great take on things in general. And that brought us to a close.  Tune in next week as we're joined by Right Brain Networks to talk about DevOps among other topics, Make Moore Media to talk film and production, and Yum Village to talk about their group's organization and event. Don't forget you can get 10% off Squarespace's offerings by using discount code IT during the checkout process: http://www.squarespace.com/, and you can try QuickBooks for self-employed tryselfemployed.com/it Again,

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 and the cheesy hotel front desk bell, both of which we've missed terribly. Joined by our guests from Social Coop Media, Long Neck Strangler and Mess Bucket Comics, we covered a whole gamut of topics for your listening pleasure... We originally had a couple of other guests scheduled for tonight's broadcast, but whacky mayhem ensued and so we drafted some folks into hanging out with us to keep the conversation flowing. A few hacks highlighted the early conversation - Starbucks has a problem with their gift cards, Adult Friend Finder got themselves breached and millions of rather sensitive and potentially embarrassing user details are out in the wild and already being used to blackmail people, some rather unpleasant items from the worlds of Twitter and Google Maps when it comes to overt racism, the return of Clearly Canadian, a few more items that make us feel all too old as Empire Strikes Back turns 35 and Real Genius turns 30, and a really miserable chain of events at a 16th birthday party.  All that and more got covered during our first segment. In segment two, we dove in with Billy Strawter of Social Coop Media.  In his first appearance at the new studio, we chatted through cringe-worthy social media fails, a new client that they've recently landed, some basics for a company or an individual looking to maximize their social media capabilities and more.  It's always a great chat when we have Billy in, and this time was no exception.  Check them out at http://socialcoopmedia.com/ For our third segment, we dove in with Kevin from Long Neck Strangler and Dom from Mess Bucket Comics to talk about all sorts of topics - Kevin's take on the local music scene, some great tours he's been a part of, some cautionary tales he's witnessed along the way, and some more catching up with Dom from Motor City Comic Con, running a comic business, and how social media plays and interacts with their various endeavors and operations. As always, our final segment recapped some of our earlier topics, covered a few things that we missed in the opening segment, and wrapped things up with our guests for the night. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/207306520" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Tune in next week as we're joined by repeat guest Major General Amy Courter, and newcomer Emily Alber of Mack Avenue Media. Again, find our guests at: Social Coop Media: http://socialcoopmedia.com/ Long Neck Strangler: https://www.facebook.com/longneck.strangler Mess Bucket Comics: http://messbucketcomics.com/index2.html As always, we can be found: On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD  On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD     

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 blast. With our guests from Falling Down Beer Company, RhinoCoders and Startup Weekend Pontiac in-studio with us, we had a wide variety of topics to handle...to the point where it even took us into a fifth segment to get through it all... We kicked off this episode with another retrospective intro, and then dove into our usual round of guest introductions, followed by the stories that have caught our eye this past week. Oh and hey, get a free audio book by hitting http://www.Audible.com/ITintheD The end of Internet Explorer.  Sending money via Facebook Messenger.  The Nain Rouge events downtown over the weekend.  Slow Roll wanting people to buy memberships.  The amazing number of apps in the Apple store that haven't had a single download.  Our new favorite gag gift to send to people. After a break, we dove in with Matt and Jon from RhinoCoders.  RhinoCoders immerses the young people of Metropolitan Detroit into the world of interactive architecture by providing them with a digital foundation from which to grow, through a series of fun and interactive tracks taught by web developers from SapientNitro Detroit. Students discover the latest cutting-edge technologies, learn how to code efficiently, develop stunning websites and create engaging apps.  Students build a clean, professional-looking website based off their favorite animal, utilizing the latest web standards and best practices in the HTML, CSS, JavaScript coding languages.  Their classes are only three weeks long, and they've got another round starting soon.  Check them out at http://www.rhinocoders.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rhinocoders Another flashback of some tunes from 1984 later, and segment three was all about Startup Weekend: Pontiac.  We chatted with the organizers, Crystal and Amos, about their event this weekend.  Over the span of 54 hours, you'll get immersed in what it takes to get to a minimum viable product, and you can come at it from just about any angle you want.  Are you a business person with an idea...but no tech skills or design capabilities?  They need you.  Can you sling code, and want to help get something off the ground?  They need you.  Got some design skills that can help make something look slick and clean? They need you.  Get on over to check them out at https://www.facebook.com/startupweekendpontiac and dive in! For segment four, we chatted with one of our favorite people...and not just because we get beer from him...Mark from Falling Down Beer Company.  Their second anniversary event is this weekend, and you should absolutely plan on attending.  From 9am to 11am, they've got a reservations-only brunch going on that, knowing their kitchen, is going to knock your socks off.  Starting at 11am, the doors open to the public, and they'll have 14 taps running with a wide variety of brews available, food, entertainment, they'll be raffling off gift cards, growler fills, and a bunch of other stuff.  Plan on being there.  Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer And as mentioned up in the intro, we had to keep things rolling into a fifth segment because we had so much to cover.  We hadn't even talked about our Pink Slip Party last week at The Majestic, or that we're doubling down on events starting in April with an event on Wednesday, April 1st over at Firebird Tavern downtown. So listen to this week's episode, and we'll see you next week. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/197562710" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] RhinoCoders can be found at http://www.rhinocoders.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/rhinocoders Startup Weekend Pontiac can be found at https://www.facebook.

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 light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, it was the epoch of our serious charity fundraising, it was the epoch of foolish mocking, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us... Yeah, it was one of those nights... We kicked off with the stories about the Grumpy Cat owner pulling down $100 million, updates and information about our charity fundraiser at Falling Down Beer Company, and other items that had caught our eye throughout the week. Then the latest from Falling Down Beer Company, the hosts for our event on Thursday night where the charity fundraiser was taking place.  Our next segment with Daily Detroit and Social Media Coop Detroit got a little off the tracks as we started swapping stories from the "good old days" of the early internet boom.  We chatted with Kelley Jean about her music and upcoming appearances as a featured dancer, and then we wrapped up with the always infamous segment five where we tried to double back on some earlier topics with our guests, but that got interrupted by a message that triggered mockery and laughter. A fun time for sure, though I'm sure we'll be a little more focused and back on track for episode 70. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/181459876" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Falling Down Beer Company can be found at https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer Daily Detroit can be found at https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyDetroit Social Media Coop can be found at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Social-COOP-Media-Detroit/182415445133057 Kelley Jean (semi-NSFW) can be found at https://www.facebook.com/Motorcitydoll As always, we can be found: On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/  On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-Read-Meet-91763  On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD  On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD  On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/itinthed/     

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 right here in the area that makes drones, one of our favorite topics.  Also joining us were Matt and Jon from RhinoCoders, a great program focused on getting children more involved and engaged with technology in the best way possible - by diving in and getting hands-on with it... Just like always, our first segment was all about some of the news and events that caught our eye this past week.  Of course, we had to kick off by sending a happy birthday shout out to William Zabka, because, well, we still laugh and talk about the conversations we had with him at Motor City Comic Con. We talked about our event last week at Blackfinn, our upcoming event with Social Media Club Detroit, the November casual networking social at Stray Cat Lounge, the December event at Falling Down Beer Company, and the other events you can find out at http://www.itinthed.com/meet/.  We got into the recent news that HBO and CBS are launching their own online streaming services, which seems like it's leading to the dream of unbundled content...but there's an inevitable downside.  The chaos going on in a local school with teens, sexting, and pending felony charges.  And so, so many more rantworthy topics... For segment two, we dove in with Mike from Motor City Drone Co.  And you know how we love to talk about drones.  It was really cool having someone in-studio with us who's very close to the topic and paying attention to things like pending legislation, what the market for drones is, practical applications of it for home and corporate buyers, and all sorts of other topics we've been dying to deep dive on.  They're a great local company with drones ranging from a few hundred dollars all the way out to something that could, you know, hypothetically speaking, move a body if you wanted to.  Not that Motor City Drone Co condones that usage.  Or encourages it.  But, you know, you could.  Find out more about them and go shopping at http://motorcitydroneco.com/ Segment three was all about RhinoCoders.  They're a group of people in the information technology industry that are trying to get kids more interested in careers in IT as they grow up.  They do that by getting them in a hands-on environment teaching them HTML, CSS and Javascript in a series of classes.  The computers are there.  A thumb drive helps the kids bring their work home.  If they miss a class, no big deal, there's a whole online syllabus of the course and work to keep them caught up.  It's a pretty damned cool initiative, and it was great talking with Matt and Jon last night.  Go learn more about RhinoCoders and get your kids rolling with classes starting after the holidays at http://www.rhinocoders.com/ And then, as always, segment four was all about doubling back on points we might have missed from our earlier conversations, a couple more news items that we didn't get to in the first segment and the usual wrap up stuff. And hey, one more time for good measure - hope you had a great birthday man! [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/173154764" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] As always, we can be found: On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/  On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-Read-Meet-91763  On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD  On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD  On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/itinthed/  - People listing Google Glass, Xbox One, Go Pro as "skills" on LinkedIn profiles: http://www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-new-profile-skills-2014-10 - Yep, Uber drivers are rating you. Are two-way reviews the wave of things to come? https://www.linkedin.

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 Down Beer Company, along with Courtney Ochab and Ian Burk from Detroit Beer Press. Great conversations...sure, mostly about beer, but also about a whole variety of topics as well... In our first segment we dove into the news stories caught our eye over the past week.  From the Snapchat video leak to recruiters being told not to hire US based workers, there were quite a few topics.  As usual, links for all of those topics...including the ones we wanted to get to but just simply didn't...are included down below.  Oh, and of course our event on Thursday night: http://www.itinthed.com/meet/ Segment two was all about Falling Down Beer Company, with topics from their ever changing awesome menu, the various beers they have on tap, the beers that we had in-studio with us, and the booking of our December event (which we're calling "Elf on the Beer Shelf" this year, and you can read all about what we've put together just since the live broadcast here: https://www.facebook.com/events/740335262686532/).  Great chat with Mark Larson, as always.  You can find Falling Down Beer Company at https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer and we highly encourage you to stop in and check out not just the beer, but the food (reuben eggrolls...trust me...reuben...eggrolls...) Our third segment dove in with Courtney and Ian from Detroit Beer Press.  Really fun set of conversations with two people who are really passionate about what they're doing...and it doesn't hurt that what they're doing is all about beer.  From the publication that they're putting out (and you can find it in breweries and other locations around the area) to printing off things like custom coasters and other items for the brew pubs and bars...very cool stuff they've got going on.  Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/detroitbeerpress Our fourth segment doubled back on some of the earlier topics from the evening as well as follow up items with our guests. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/172221110" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] As always, we can be found: On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/  On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-Read-Meet-91763  On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD  On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD  On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/itinthed/  The news and stories we discussed: - The Snappening. Snapchat videos (over 200,000, gigs and gigs) nabbed through API availability (read: "yes, it's still your fault, Snapchat!) http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/snapchat-images-stolen-from-third-party-web-app-using-hacked-api/ - ebola, Ebola, EBOLA!!! - 30 acre "city" outside of Ann Arbor build to test driverless cars: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531301/town-built-for-driverless-cars/ - Meanwhile, in London: driverless subways: http://inhabitat.com/sleek-new-driverless-trains-unveiled-for-londons-underground/ - Guy complains to Comcast, Comcast calls his boss, guy loses job: http://consumerist.com/2014/10/06/unhappy-customer-comcast-told-my-employer-about-complaint-got-me-fired/ - Infosys recruiter under oath says he was told explicitly to not hire US workers: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2692372/former-infosys-recruiter-says-he-was-told-not-to-hire-us-workers.html - ATMs infected by malware give out millions...with no cards required: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2880 - Oh, and Kmart got hacked: http://www.securityweek.com/kmart-says-hackers-breached-payment-system - 5 programming languages marked for death: http://news.dice.com/2014/10/09/5-programming-languages-marked-for-death/

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 first timer. Great talks, good times, and even a fifth segment. Because we wanted to, that's why. So let's find out what Elaina Farnsworth of Mobile Comply and Terry Bean had to say... As always, our first segment was, as always, a round up of news stories that caught our eye.  From keycards given to seven people that'll reboot the internet to a school district getting rid of swingsets, from a dude killed over Facebook poking his friend's wife out to the insidious evil that is most flashlight apps...good stuff you need to know. The second segment was all about Elaina Farnsworth from Mobile Comply.  Elaina was on back in Episode 22 talking about the CompTIA Mobility+ certification, and a lot has happened since then so it was time for her to come back and chat some more.  We talked about connected cars, the liability and legal issues around them, and all sorts of other fun.  It's always a good chat with Elaina, and it was great to have her back in.  Check out her company at http://mobilecomply.com/ Segment three moved on to chat with Terry Bean about everything from TEDxDetroit to 313Dlove and things around the city.  We've known Terry for well over a decade, and there are some interesting things brewing behind the scenes (other than beer, for once) that might have us chatting more in the future.  Go ahead and check out what he's got going on at https://www.facebook.com/313DLove The 4th segment doubled back on earlier topics that we wanted to get into a little bit more, and then the 5th segment (yes, there was a fifth segment) wrapped things up for the night. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/171171580" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Thanks for listening, and tune in next week as we have Mark Larson from Falling Down Beer Company in along with some of his friends doing cool things with beer and more. As always, we can be found: On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/  On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-Read-Meet-91763  On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD  On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD  On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/itinthed/  - Where can we get our hands on one of these nifty keycards that'll reboot the internet? http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/select-seven-to-hold-internet-reboot-keys/5719 - Paying via Facebook Messenger?  Ummm...no thanks... http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/05/pay-with-facebook-messenger/ - Lawyers + lazy parents = kids can't have swings any more. http://www.keprtv.com/Richland-School-District-is-Saying-Goodbye-to-Swings-277833231.html - Pokes kill: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-jailed-after-killing-pal-4376061 - That little flashlight app on your phone is doing more than helping you find your keys: http://benswann.com/exclusive-top-10-flashlight-apps-are-stealing-your-data-even-pics-off-your-phone/ - AT&T gets hacked: http://www.zdnet.com/at-and-t-hit-by-insider-data-breach-unspecified-number-of-accounts-accessed-7000034386/ - You can be served legal papers via Facebook.  That's certainly not going to cause problems... http://dailysignal.com/2014/10/06/notice-sued-judge-allows-summons-served-via-facebook/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social - Why military folks make the best IT candidates: http://news.dice.com/2014/10/06/why-military-personnel-make-ideal-it-pros/ - Microsoft's "RoomAlive" uses kinect to turn your entire room into the video game http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/5/6912979/microsoft-roomalive-research-projector-system - The FCC really doesn't give a damn what you think about Net Neutrality http://www.vox.

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 Detroit productions.  Yelp's got a big event coming up on 10/10 that you'll want to know about, and Make This Detroit is the company behind our latest video that you should totally check out and give us some feedback about... In our first segment, we talked about the Family Guy / Simpsons crossover episode, Gotham,  Facebook's latest incarnation of the Atlas ad serving platform, Yahoo shutting down...well, the only thing that anyone ever really knew Yahoo for and more. For segment two, we dove in with Annette from Yelp, mostly talking about their huge "Detroit Yelp City" event coming up at The Fillmore on Friday, October 10th. What's that, you haven't heard about it yet?  Oh, you want to.  Trust us, you want to.  With free booze and food from some of the best places around, these annual events are not to be missed.  To check out all of the companies and vendors who will be there, as well as hitting up an RSVP, head on over to http://www.yelp.com/events/detroit-detroit-yelp-city. In our third segment, we dove in with Scott and Kris from Make This Detroit productions, and as we mentioned, they created the way cool video on our "Meet" page for us: http://youtu.be/6t0wr1zf4HA We talked about the various projects they've got going on, the work they're doing with folks like Steven Tulloch of the Detroit Lions and more. Go give them some love over at http://www.makethisdetroit.productions/ In our final segment, we doubled back on some topics, covered a few more newsworthy items that caught our eye, and wrapped things up. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/170262941" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] As always, huge thanks out to our sponsors Logicalis and Quantum...and, of course, Falling Down Beer Company for the beer that tends to make us loopy by the 4th segment. - The new vette has a nanny cam built in...that might be illegal: http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/28/autos/general-motors-valet-mode/index.html?hpt=hp_t4 - Nobody's really freaking out as hard about the medical records hacks as they should be. Those are more valuable than anything else to hackers: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-cybersecurity-hospitals-idUSKCN0HJ21I20140924 - Oh good. Facebook's new ad system that'll track you anywhere: http://www.zdnet.com/meet-facebooks-atlas-the-platform-for-advertisers-to-track-your-movements-7000034140/ - Shellshock patch didn't work...BASH exploit grows... http://www.itnews.com.au/News/396256,further-flaws-render-shellshock-patch-ineffective.aspx - Working at the Starbucks inside the CIA is pretty weird: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-cia-starbucks-even-the-baristas-are-covert/2014/09/27/5a04cd28-43f5-11e4-9a15-137aa0153527_story.html - A wristwatch drone that'll fly on command: http://hothardware.com/News/Intel-EdisonPowered-Nixie-Wearable-Drone-Camera-Flies-Off-Your-Wrist-To-Capture-The-Moment/ - Also on the drone front, DHL in Germany is actually using them: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/25/german-dhl-launches-first-commercial-drone-delivery-service - After 20 years, Yahoo is shutting down the web directory that made it what it was at the end of the year: http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/98474044364/progress-report-continued-product-focus - Chicago flights completely screwed because a disgruntled worker set a fire: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-flights-grounded-at-midway-ohare-as-fire-crews-called-to-radar-facility-20140926-story.html#page=1 - Holy crap...late on your car payment? It won't start...or it may just shut down on you: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/miss-a-payment-good-luck-moving-that-car/?

IT in the D, the anniversary show. Anniversary..birthday...however you look at it, it wound up pretty much like most of our birthday parties over the years. Little too much alcohol, far too many pop culture references, and us laughing so hard we're crying. It was just that kind of show. Special thanks to our guests Jeff Haase and Mark from Falling Down Beer Company for coming in and hopping on board... ...as hey, our first official sponsor of our live broadcasts! It was about eight million degrees in the studio tonight for some reason...and lucky for you, our group shot for the night was blurrier than all hell and so you're spared the pain of looking at our hot sweaty mess selves. You're welcome. From tales of midnight showings of Star Wars movies to various types of beer, this show was exactly what we told both you and ourselves that it would be - nothing serious, just hanging out and having a great series of chats. The highlights and key takeaways from tonight's show: - Falling Down Beer Company brews some fairly strong beer. - They're having an awesome event on Father's Day.  Six beers.  Five dishes.  A commemorative goblet.  And it's only $35. - No seriously, it's only $35.  They're even doing it twice - once at noon, once at 4pm. - Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fathers-day-beer-food-paring-tickets-11828614705 - In the meantime, hey, walk in and tell Mark you heard him on the IT in the D show.  Odds are better than good he'll do something nice for you. - Oh, and Bob has never seen the Godfather.  Either 1 or 2.  That might have been a recurring theme throughout the night. - He's also not very fond of human interaction, as his rant during...ah, you know what?  It's in here.  Listen. Thanks again for listening, and thank you to our guests for joining us. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/152568759" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] You can find us at http://www.ITintheD.com, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ITinTheD, on Meetup at http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/, and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/itinthed Falling Down Beer Company is at http://fallingdownbeer.com/, https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer and those tickets for the Father's Day event are at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fathers-day-beer-food-paring-tickets-11828614705  

Episode 21 of the IT in the D show was exactly what we needed.  We were joined in studio by long-time friend of the program Jeff Haase in-studio. That of course led to a little hardcore geeking, some laughter, a dose of witty banter, a little mocking, some history of the group, a rant or two...you know, "Us 101"... In our first segment, we talk through the basics of our upcoming Support The Troops event on December 12th, we chat about our event last week at Falling Down Beer Company, and we dive into a bit of the history of ITintheD.com as well as some basics of dealing with us.  Including the best and easiest way to piss us off.  After that, we start diving into news and events that have caught our eye including fake Microsoft tech support phone calls that are really hackers, a problem with Yahoo that we're all surprised isn't getting more press, and a few others. In our second segment, we get right back into the Yahoo issue, as well as some freaky social engineering done via LinkedIn that just floored us all, dealing with the after-effects of your system getting compromised, a nasty scam that some tellers are running at grocery and departments stores around the country, some inevitable discussion of Black Friday and more importantly the psychology behind it, a really cool puzzle / cryptography / code breaking thing that's out there in the wild that's driving a lot of people nuts and more. In our third segment, we hop right back into the Cicada 3301 topic and why cryptography and code breaking are so damned fascinating, why Bob is stymied by the concept of airplanes being able to fly, Bitcoin, the Darknet and so much more geek-ness than we've gotten into in a long time. To wrap things up in our final segment, Bob and I get into a debate about the terms "saved" versus "started"...and of course it all revolved around beer, cell phones on airplanes, creatures of habit who fear change, and the impending possibility that phone carriers can start dropping landlines. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/122097843" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Links from tonight's show: About Cicada 3301: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/10468112/The-internet-mystery-that-has-the-world-baffled.html How scientists prove we're geniuses by gathering people together over beer: https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/cf3e13e4f103 TOR in a box: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-anonymous-tor-network-now-comes-in-a-box Are we about to start living in a post-antibiotics world where none of them work...and what that means: https://medium.com/p/892b57499e77/ Who best safeguards your data: http://lifehacker.com/this-infographic-shows-which-sites-properly-encypt-your-1471169272 Fake tech support calls and Yahoo: http://lnkd.in/dvGbNWJ Should landlines go away: http://lnkd.in/dUyZPfr 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 16.  Original air date 10/21/2013. Our guests include Mark Larson, one of the owners of Falling Down Beer Company, Mark Shaftner, COO of Marketplace Homes, and Derek Strate, owner of Absotech LLC. A great show, all around.  Fantastic conversations, awesome topics, and a solid flow between all of the guests. In tonight's show... In our first segment, we handle introductions, and do our usual wander through some of the more interesting stories that have caught our eye.  From Google+ using your face in ads to stores tracking your movements through your cell phone's wifi card, our recent event at Blackfinn and Network Michigan's event on Thursday night, helicopter drones that use your phone's GPS to deliver books and food to you bringing us one step closer to Terminator's Judgment Day and the latest fun with Experian having sold 500,000 full details to an identity theft website and oh so much more. In our second segment, we get right to the fun stuff.  Mark Larson of Falling Down Beer Company.  Those of you who have been around for a while will remember that we had our February casual networking social event there before they were even really open to the public.  Well, they've been cranking on their remodeling work and we're going back for our November event on the 21st.  Mark also brought along some of the great beer that they've got on tap at Falling Down...but unfortunately we still haven't managed to get those reuben eggrolls in-studio with us.  Guess we'll just have to stop by and grab some between now and the 21st. In our third segment, we dive in to all of the cool things that Marketplace Homes is doing, and we're not just talking about the "hey, we'll lease your existing home" program that they have going on.  Mark Shaftner, COO of Marketplace Homes is in-studio to tell us about some of the ways that Marketplace Homes is using technology to revolutionize the home shopping and home buying experience, and things they're doing to make the process smoother, easier, and even cheaper. In our fourth and final segment, we wrap things up with Derek Strate telling us about Absotech.  Derek's a long-time member of our networking group, and one of the folks who has moved on from working for others to starting his own company and now hiring others through our events.  Truly a great success story, and Derek's doing a lot of good things for his clients around the metro Detroit area. Falling Down Beer Company can be found at https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer Marketplace Homes can be found at http://marketplacehomes.com/ Absotech can be found at http://absotechllc.com/ Network Michigan can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NetworkingMichigan On LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/NetworkMichiganorg-4264317 On Twitter at https://twitter.com/networkmichigan Our IT in the D Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITinTheD Our IT in the D Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ITinTheD ITintheD.com on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ITintheD ITintheD.com on LinkedIn https://twitter.com/ITintheD

So that was fun. Welcome to Episode 4 of IT in The D, and we've got some really great guests in studio... Billy Strawter of Social Coop Media We've got Billy Strawter from Social Coop Media, and Mark from Falling Down Beer Company in with us. Social media and beer.  What more can you ask for? Billy Strawter can be found on Twitter at @bjstrawter: https://twitter.com/bjstrawter Social Coop Media can be found at http://socialcoopmedia.com/ Falling Down Beer Company can be found at https://www.facebook.com/fallingdownbeer More importantly, Falling Down Beer Company can be found at 2270 East 10 Mile Road Warren, Michigan 48091 Stop in and try the reuben eggrolls, grab a pint, and say hello to Mark for us.