Episodes

IT in the D, Episode 19: Canadian Legal. Original air date: 11/11/2013 Good episode. We had Matt Oehrlein from i3detroit, a pretty cool “hacker space” located just north of 8 mile in Ferndale in-studio with us, along with HerShe – a stand-up comic / writer / actress / singer who performs in clubs across the metro Detroit area who’s just released a DVD and always has a good, laugh-worthy insight into things, and Russ Dotson called in from his overseas station in Ethiopia to start talking about ...

IT in the D, episode 18. Original air date 11/4/2013. Bob abandoned us for his stupid job, so it was Dave and Jeff holding down the fort with some really cool guests. We had Tom Churchwell in talking about the Agile and Beyond conference taking place in February, Jim Toscano and Danny Gianino from Toscano Media in talking about film making and what they do, and the photographer from our last two Pink Slip Party events, Cherry Volz, talking about her design and photography business. Oh, and we ...

IT in the D, Episode 17. Original air date 10/28/2013. Another great show. With return guests Erika and Michelle from Girl Develop It – Detroit and Billy Strawter of Social Media Coop Detroit coming back in, it’s always a good time. Tonight was no different… In our first segment, we pretend that we really do have girls coming to join us at some point as we break in with Billy Strawter and talk social media, why LinkedIn sucks yet again and how dangerous their latest app update is, more on the ...

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 Go...

IT in the D, Episode 15. The full episode of our show from 10/14/2013… Great night with Davina Beh, Scott Sabellico, and Melinda Ann Prince as our in-studio guests. In our opening segment, we chat about some news, take a phone call from an old friend of mine as we tackle the semi-uncomfortable topic of dealing with jerks from your past on social media and learn why none of us will ever have security clearances. Ever. In the second, we talk about Goodwill Industries Detroit, get through some i...

The IT in the D show is joined by Elyse Lopez, April Jennings, and George Opitz of Brightwing to discuss what they do, how they see the market going, interviewing tips and tricks, and more. Air date: 10/7/2013… The full episode of the 10/7/2013 show, and it was a really fun, solid episode. Everything from the history of Brightwing to hints and tips on your job search, why choosing the right recruiter to work with matters and the difference they can make, random news stories and more…this was a...

IT in the D, Episode 13, full episode… We were joined by two of our sponsors from our 9/19 Pink Slip Party at Saint Andrews Hall for our 13th episode. This is the full episode of our show. Arrow Strategies – http://www.arrowstrategies.com/ – should be a familiar name to most people at our events. They’ve been heavily involved with us for years, and were sponsors the first time we hit Saint Andrews Hall on 3/13/13. Additionally, Steve Gaura was on our IT in the D show a few weeks ago, and you ...

IT in the D, Episode 12, full episode… IT in the D is joined by Mark Stanislav of Duo Security. Over the course of this episode, we talk security basics, two factor authentication, recap our Pink Slip Party event at Saint Andrews Hall on 9/19, and give away the free training class from New Horizons. The Pink Slip Party Recap: http://www.ITinTheD.com/6314/919-pink-slip-party-recap/ Photos from the Pink Slip Party are live on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ITintheD Mark Stanislav ...

IT in the D, Episode 11, full episode… IT in the D chats with Brad from Grand Circus, Jay from Ann Arbor Give Camp, and all about our Pink Slip Party. As a reminder, our Pink Slip Party is Thursday night, the open house at Grand Circus is Friday from 11:30am to 6pm, and Ann Arbor Give Camp runs all weekend starting Friday. Links from tonight’s show: Our Pink Slip Party: http://www.ITinTheD.com/meet/ Grand Circus: http://www.GrandCircus.co Ann Arbor Give Camp: http://www.AnnArborGiveCamp.org

[editorial note: This is the original version, as published back in July of 2009. As with all good things, it’s been updated over time. You can find the most recent version here: http://www.ITinTheD.com/2697/the-new-and-improved-10-commandments-of-networking/ ] As I sit here watching History of the World, Part 1 for, oh, it must be the 8,173rd time…it dawned on me. If Mel Brooks can use the Ten Commandments to completely crack me up every time I watch his film, then surely I can use them to hel...

Could not possibly have asked for a better group to have in-studio with us last night. Hatch Detroit and their four finalists. Michipreneur. Bamboo Detroit. Beacon Hill Staffing. Great show, awesome conversations, and very cool to hear about some things going on around the city… In our opening segment, we kick things off with Vittoria Katanski of Hatch Detroit, Amanda Lewan of Michipreneur and Bamboo Detroit, and Steven Urenda of Beacon Hill Staffing. Hatch Detroit is running a contest for e...

IT in the D, Episode 9 was…well, it was pretty damned solid. We had Steve Gaura from Arrow Strategies in, as well as Annette, the metro Detroit Community Manager for Yelp.com… Here’s the full episode version of last night’s show. Social Media apps seem to be of high interest to our listeners, and we’ve always made a habit of paying attention to what folks want from us, and so this week we’ve got Annette, the community manager for the metro Detroit area for Yelp.com, as one of our in-studio gue...

Our second attempt at Episode 8 came off very nicely. With some great in-studio guests, the conversation flowed really well, and we covered a whole host of topics… IT in The D is joined in-studio by Mark DiCarlo from Wolverine Technical Staffing (http://www.wolverinetech.com), Jason Gole from the OpenCo conference (http://det.openco.us), and Elyse and April from Brightwing (http://www.gobrightwing.com). Discussions range from the August 15th itinthed.com casual networking event for profession...

Episode 7, air date: July 15, 2013 The IT in the D crew is joined by Stephanie Goodrich from Secure-24, Billy Strawter of Social Coop Media Detroit, and Jennifer Strawter of Savvy Kids Consignment… This episode was a lot of fun. Great people in-studio, great conversations and topics, just an absolute blast. Hopefully that came through on the other side of our broadcast. Tonight…well, how could we not talk about Sharknado? We also managed to chat about our casual networking event for profess...

Episode 6, air date: 7/8/2013 The IT in the D crew is joined by Scott Sabellico of Project Leadership Associates (http://www.projectleadership.net/) and Jeff Haase…of…well, he’s a good guy, trust us… …and both of them are long-time members of our group, and they’ve both been around the block a few times, which makes them great guests for our “It’s a Trap!” episode talking about ways you can screw up your job, your job search, and other facets of your life. Hit the Show Archives page to listen...

Episode V: Something, Something, Something Strikes Back is now live and available. QA is Quality Assurance, and we had two practitioners in-house to chat with us about the perils of software development and the stresses of being the ones trying to make sure things don’t suck when code reaches Production environments… …and yes, Bob totally fell asleep… Hit the Show Archives page over at http://www.ITinTheD.com/listen/ to check it out and listen, or to catch the link to find us on iTunes.

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.fac...

Welcome to our third episode of our “IT in The D” radio show, and we’re all about networking. This time around, we’ve lost our Voice of Reason, but we’ve gained… …Mark Brown of Brown Staffing Solutions.

So last week’s debut of “IT in The D” was kind of like Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I mean, you already basically knew where things were going, there was only one woman in the entire galaxy room, and we even had our very own Jar Jar Binks Russ in studio with us for some comic relief. Our drive to the studio from the bar felt like a pod race at times with some of the lunatics in beatup cars making weird noises on downtown side streets. A weird, distorted holo-transmission phone call from afar....

So Monday night was pretty awesome. You know…if we do say so ourselves. In case you missed the memo (and shame on you if you did), our “IT in The D” live internet radio show went live at 9pm on Monday night. We had some great in-studio guests, a couple phone calls, and just a great time was had by all. The best part? This coming Monday’s shaping up to be even better… The evening began with some pre meeting Pabst Blue Ribbons, food, and wrestling talk strategic planning over at Third Street ...