Episodes

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 Lafayette and then took the kids into the studio to let the kids talk about things from their points of view – technology, games, and even their dads… …and a good time was had by all. Not really one of our “normal” shows…not by a long shot. No beer, no slim jims, no whacky antics…well, at least not from us this time around. The kids give a c...

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. And if you don’t know why that triggered a major nerding out, then you might as well just completely avoid segments two and thre of this one because it’s all nerd, all the time. We also ran long, with a full fifth segment as we talked with Amanda Lewan and Ebrahim Varachia. Amanda’s been on our show a couple of times in the past, talkin...

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...

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 base...

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 t...

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 incarnatio...

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 Majestic, discussed the latest round of leaked personal photos and movies from celebrities, and went all over the map with our guests from DetroitSOUP and All Things Detroit. And we even had the pleasure of being the platform for a launch announcement for our friends over at Daily Detroit. As to the details… We were joined in-studio by...

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 swear), but we were joined in studio by Steve from Arrow Strategies and one of our other usual partners in crime. We talked the Pink Slip Party this Thursday at the Majestic, stuff going on around downtown, what Arrow will be looking for on Thursday night and more… In our first segment, we talked Pink Slip Party primarily, but also some of th...

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 high speed access and even a computer at an insanely low cost, how thinking like a magician can help you in your career, and of course all of the news and information that’s caught our eye over the past couple of weeks since we didn’t have a show on Labor Day. So let’s dive on in… Naturally we talked about the massive leak of celebrity pho...

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 managing change in organizations large and small, as well as the changing face of the information technology scene in metro Detroit from multiple points of view, this was a really good set of conversations over the course of the night that provided some interesting insights into the area and what companies are dealing with these days… ...

IT in the D, Episode 55, and a really solid episode tonight. Kind of rushing this recap in an effort to get the broadcast out quickly so that people can hear about the Hatch Detroit finalists in time for voting…so forgive the lack of links to the news articles we discussed, but time is of the essence on this one… Okay, so quick recap: Newco is an “open” style conference taking place on Thursday, September 18th, and you can read all about the companies involved as well as registering for their...

IT in the D, Episode 54, and yes, we were complete idiots and drove downtown in the midst of flooded roads, crazy rain, dead and abandoned cars, and mass hysteria for this one. Unfortunately, Jeff got trapped somewhere around I-75 and 12 mile and couldn’t get any further. However, we picked up a spare guest at Third Street before heading over to the studio, so we had a great show with some fun conversations. And since we checking our phones and news updates let us know we weren’t going anywhere...

IT in the D, Episode 53. This, dear readers and listeners, was a fun episode. Huge thanks to our guests Paul from Core 3 Solutions, as well as recurring regulars Jeff and Jeremiah for hanging out with us for some great conversations, some left turns, and a whole lot of laughter and fun… Our first segment was all about news, events, and stories that are worth noting. Sharknado 2. Google getting someone arrested. Our appearance on the Internet Advisor show on WJR. Facebook Messenger and the ins...

IT in the D, Episode 52. Another really fun night in-studio, and thankfully without most of the sound problems that have plagued our last few episodes. We were joined in-studio by Ken Jones, the creator of the Cheap Chimp App that can help you save some money on things you like to do around the area, and also Matt Loria from Re-Source Partners to talk about how companies can save a ton of money by doing things right and using a little forward thinking. As usual… …we started off with news sto...

IT in the D, Episode 51. Another week, another great episode out into the ether. From our opening banter about the usual rounds of chaos to talking managing clients, damage control and all about the world of Public Relations with CKC Agency, then into the world of comic books, graphic novels, charity events and more with the creator of Mess Bucket Comics and finally out into the some might say crazy realm of makers, fighting robots, flames and cannons with one of our friends from i3Detroit…suc...

IT in the D, Episode 50. We were going to call it “Girls, Girls, Girls”, but then we realized that we’d probably get “Slapped, Slapped, Slapped”, and so…yeah, no. As we knew it would be, this episode was a blast. We were joined in-studio by Kate Catlin of Assemble: Giving Small Businesses a Bigger Chance, Elyse Turner from Brightwing, and Erika Carlson of Girl Develop IT – Detroit and Detroit Labs. It was a wild ride from the get go… As always, our first segment ran through the introduction...

IT in the D, Episode 49. Or “Season 2, Episode 5” because no, we haven’t let that go yet. We talked a lot about Detroit this episode. A lot. We also had some issues with the board running things, so the sound’s a little twitchy at times, but we’ve cleaned it up as solidly as we can. Businesses in Detroit. Launching things in Detroit. Space planning in Detroit. Good things in Detroit. Bad things in Detroit. People inside Detroit. People outside of Detroit. All kinds of topics throughout the s...

IT in the D, Episode 48. Or “Season 2, Episode 4” for those paying attention. If you’ve never listened to an episode of our show before, and if you never listen to another episode of our show again…the second segment of this one is all we can possibly ever ask that you check out. It’s an eye opening conversation that’ll make you rethink your priorities. It certainly had an impact on us… This was probably one of the more disjointed, scattered episodes that we’ve had…but we’ll own it. We knew ...

IT in the D, Episode 47. Or “Season 2, Episode 3” for those keeping score at home. Extremely solid episode. We could have easily spent an hour or more with each one of our guests for this one, as the conversations kept evolving and getting more interesting. Our guests for the night were Andre Arbelaez, President of the Hispanic IT Executive Council (among other things, the guy wears many hats), Justin Montalbano and Brian Ritter from Spincard, and Rifino Valentine of Valentine Distilling. A ...

IT in the D, episode 46. Or “Season 2, Episode 2”. Whatever. I’m still trying to figure out if I really want to go back, edit and rename all of the old episodes… We’ll see how that goes. We had Julie from Simply Social Media in-studio as well as Jeremiah, Patrick and Nick from Daily Detroit. And when Daily Detroit’s in the house…things are going to get a little weird… …and get weird, they did…but we’ll get to that in a moment. From watching World Cup soccer in a ball full of hipsters befor...

IT in the D, episode 45. Or “Season 2, Episode 1”. However you want to look at it, it was a pretty fun episode. From Facebook getting all NSA about stuff to the gift shop at Ground Zero, from sweet cases made out of hockey sticks for your phone and into the local job market, tonight flowed pretty well, and actually got us back to some basics… One of these days, I’ll finally be “happy” with the intro and will stop messing with it…but yep, new intro, new breaks, new ending tonight…so listen al...

If you’ve listened to the show recently, then you already know we had a blast hanging out, meeting people, chatting with local artists and some of our favorite celebrities from tv and film. Whether it was Martin Kove and Billy William Zabka from The Karate Kid or some great local artists like Kelly O’Hara from BeBop Art or even the cool folks at TechShop Detroit that we for some reason didn’t even know existed but definitely plan to get to know better…just a really cool series of chats. You ca...

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 degre...

IT in the D, episode 43. We couldn’t really ask for a more solid episode. Well…I guess we could…but then we’d just be getting greedy. From our Motor City Comic Con recap to learning all about what MEDC has to offer businesses and individuals to a way cool program Secure-24 is a part of…just a great night… The latest incarnation of our intro was a perfect way to kick things off. Because, of course, the first order of business was our Motor City Comic Con adventure from the weekend. From our...