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 Bamboo Detroit to talk about their co-working space downtown and an impending expansion, Newmind Group to talk about an event in September that they’re putting on along with their core offerings, and Andrea from the Pontiac Public School District talking about technology in the world of public schools and her search for advice and help with a hackathon that she wants to pull together to help kids in the area…
Like we always do, the first segment covered our upcoming events, local events around the area of note, and the news, items and stories that caught our eyes over the past week. From the lawn mowing robot brought to you by the makes of the Roomba vacuum cleaner to the outstanding story of the troll on Target’s facebook page that destroyed people hilariously, the return of the Godfather theme as Bob vented about U-Verse and our new business venture for an extreme snow removal company since you can now buy flamethrowers on the cheap and more, we had a lot of fun topics.
Tonight also marked the first time we tried something new – we did the broadcast live through our own IT in the D stream while simulcasting through the Podcast Detroit stream. It worked out really well, and so now there are more ways to listen live.
In segment two, we talked with Andrea Zellner, a teacher in the Pontiac Public School System that’s trying to figure her way around this whole “hackathon” concept in order to help out kids in the area.
We talked about tech in the public school systems, what kinds of information are available, and what sort of help she’s looking for. If you’re interested in helping, touch base with her at alzellner AT gmail DOT com.
For segment three, we chatted with the folks from Newmind Group. We covered their company’s offerings from a managed services perspective and what they’ve got going on there, but we mostly chatted about their upcoming Build IT Together event on September 10th. It’s a little different than the events we do, in that there will be focused panel discussions during their morning events on a variety of topics as they move forward. Check out Newmind Group at http://newmindgroup.com/ and the Build IT Together events at http://buildittogether.co/
Our fourth segment involved our old friends and repeat guests from Bamboo Detroit. They’re awfully busy these days, as they’re preparing for a major expansion to a new location that will allow them to start offering a wide variety of new services like private offices and greatly increase their membership capacity. Check them out and keep up to date with all of the goings on at http://bamboodetroit.com/
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Again, the links for tonight’s guests are:
To chat about helping with the Pontiac Schools, hit alzellner AT gmail DOT com.
Newmind Group can be found at http://newmindgroup.com/
Build IT Together is at http://buildittogether.co/
Bamboo Detroit is at http://bamboodetroit.com/
Podcast Detroit: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit
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