2020 Episodes

Welcome to our first episode of 2020, and we kick things off talking a little more Star Wars (because why wouldn't we), as well as diving in with James Allison... who's not only a geek and can talk sci-fi with the best of us, but has the distinction of being a Guinness World Record holder for the longest running online gaming guild, so we naturally have a lot of questions and it's a pretty interesting chat about the entire process and what he had to go through...

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IT in the D ep329 - More Star Wars, Guinness World Record Online Gaming Guild

IMPORTANT NOTE: due to Dave not paying attention, the networking event this month is on the 23rd at Detroit City Distillery.  We know, it's always 3rd Thursday... he screwed up, it's a thing, move on.  That being said, tonight we're joined by Caston Thomas to chat about our recent appearance on the Internet Advisor show, as well as an upcoming seminar series he's doing about securing iOT devices and networks that you probably want to pay attention to...

IT in the D ep330 - Caston Thomas, Internet Advisor, Dave Sucks at Event Scheduling

MEDC (the Michigan Economic Development Corporation) returns to our show to chat about entrepreneurship opportunities, grants, smart zones where you can get additional incentives and benefits to get businesses off the ground, and a whole host of other topics that are vital to the changing Michigan economy and they're doing to keep our economic engines moving as times change...

Find their programs at: https://www.michiganbusiness.org/

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The BankUnited $54,000 giveaway can be entered by following  @BankUnited on Twitter and tweet @BankUnited your answer to "what would you do with 54 thousand dollars?", using the hashtag #GoForMore54

CapitalOne is at http://www.capitalone.com




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IT in the D ep331 - MEDC Entrepreneurship Programs, Smart Zones and More

Well, it's almost time for our first con of the year, so let's dive in with the Astronomicon crew to talk about their third annual event, and then there's a fundraiser for Australian wildlife threatened by the fires Friday night over at Whiskey in the Jar...

Astronomicon is at https://www.astronomicon.com/

The Outback Give Back is at https://www.facebook.com/events/2495538064053334/

Wave's invoicing solution is at http://www.waveapps.com/ITintheD

The BankUnited $54,000 giveaway can be entered by following  @BankUnited on Twitter and tweet @BankUnited your answer to "what would you do with 54 thousand dollars?", using the hashtag #GoForMore54

CapitalOne is at http://www.capitalone.com




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IT in the D ep332 - Astronomicon, Fundraiser for Wildlife in Australia

We always love our chats with Adrian, not just because he's got phenomenal insights into internet and banking security, but he's also one of those people who always has about eighteen irons in fires at any given point in time from a creative perspective, and that lends him some rather unique insights into what he knows, what he doesn't know, and what he stumbles across in his endeavors that apply to multiple areas of his life.  So listen in...

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IT in the D ep333 - Banking Security, Face the Consequences

This episode brought to you by the life lesson of "Dave should not drink on an empty stomach with bartenders".  Our post-Astronomicon episode is... definitely a departure from our norm.  No stories, just diving in with Ming Chen, Augie from Whiskey in the Jar who stopped by, Remy from the Tales from the Barside show that hung out in the studios after his own show was done... I'd say listen and enjoy but, well, Dave's still apologizing to Bob for how rough this one is...

IT in the D ep334 - Ming Chen, Augie, Astronomicon Recap, and a Complete Trainwreck

Listen in as we resume some semblance of normalcy as we dive into the news, events, and items that caught our eyes over the past week, and then our interview with Anthony Michael Hall...

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IT in the D ep335 - Anthony Michael Hall, Playing Catch Up

Well, if you're looking for a new job in the information technology field, you're probably going to want to keep this event next week in mind.  Listen in as the CTO and lead recruiter talk about the upcoming job fair for United Shore's open IT positions...

Details at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/united-shore-it-career-fair-march-4-2020-registration-91911982213







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IT in the D ep336 - United Shore Career Fair, Over 300 Open IT Jobs

Hey, this is episode 337 of the one and only it in the D show. Guests this week include Dave and Steve there with the exceptional Academy and like museums. No, no, no. Like no actually better, actually better. They are doing training programs for disabled people but they're not just training programs. We're talking CCNs and upper echelon it training programs, getting people with autism, getting people with severe disabilities, seizure disabilities, getting them gainfully trained up, employed. So I cannot wait for that conversation. Should go great. And in the meantime, you know what Dave, you may uh, I got, we're, we're, we've can barely see each other cause there's room stocked full of toilet paper and water. Um, but we'll talk about that in a minute. You may hand sanitize, you may fire when ready. Hey, what's going on? This is the one and only it in the D show.

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IT in the D ep337 - Exceptional Academy

Unfortunately, the event we had someone in to discuss tonight has already been canceled.. the first such victim at the time to the COVID-19 chaos that's erupted all around us since then...




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Episode 338 - Detroit Test Bash, Coronavirus COVID-19 Chaos

Here we are a few days into the coronavirus chaos in Michigan.  Bars and restaurants closed, and so we've had to cancel our monthly networking event for the first time in 13 years... but our guest couldn't have possibly be more timely as we dive in to discuss remote working, doing things effectively while remote, how to keep yourself on track and rolling...

IT in the D ep339 - C3 Technology Advisors, Coronavirus in Michigan, Events and Bars Closed

IT in the D ep340 - Managed Way, Internet Saturation in the age of COVID19

Week one of our socially distanced show as we're all hanging out in our respective houses.  Listen in as we chat about what we're binge watching and how we're keeping our sanity and more...

Episode 341: Week 1 of Quarantine... Tiger King, Binge Watching, Zoom Chaos

Week two of the stay-at-home version of our podcast, and we're diving in on what is and isn't an essential industry, pondering if the bar and restaurant industries will ever recover, and of course the news, events, and information that caught our eyes over the past week...

Episode 342 - Essential Industries, Bars and Restaurants, Making Drinks at Home and More

Tonight we're joined by our friends from New Jersey - Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen from ASharedUniverse podcast studios, as well as AMC's Comic Book Men, comic cons around the nation, and all sorts of other places.  It's always a great time when we get to hang and chat with them, so listen in as we talk about the shared pain of shutting down our podcast studios during this pandemic, movies, tv shows, our opinions about the future of comic cons, when things might start getting back to "normal", and much, much more...

Episode 343 - Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen, Podcasting During Quarantine, Comic Cons

Tonight we're joined by Jason Charnas of JVS Human Services to chat about some very real issues facing a lot of people right now.  With many business shut down, and futures uncertain... how do you go about finding a new job during these crazy times?  What will networking look like on the other side of this chaos?  What should your resume look like?  What should you be working on in order to be ahead of the enormous number of people currently looking for jobs so that you can be the one to succeed?  All of that and more as we dive in on this week's episode...

IT in the D ep344 - JVS Human Services, Job Search and Networking in a Coronavirus World

Every now and then, we get a little serious... and this is one of those times.

This episode isn't really served justice by just listening to it, given the number of graphs, charts, and tables involved during the conversation.  We encourage you to hit our Facebook page at  https://www.facebook.com/ITinTheD/ and catch the video at https://www.facebook.com/ITinTheD/videos/168007971161634/ in order to really get the most out of this episode.  We're joined by Fred Brown, an infectious disease expert with incredible credentials.  We were lucky enough that he gave us well over an hour and a half chatting about the COVID-19 outbreak... where we are, where here really is, and what you can reasonably expect moving forward...

IT in the D ep345 - Fred Brown, COVID-19 Coronavirus Data, Science, Projections

Let's talk Star Wars on more for Star Wars Day.  The Clone Wars wraps up with an amazing set of episodes, the Mandalorian documentary drops, and more...

IT in the D ep346 - Clone Wars, The Mandalorian, Happy Star Wars Day

Episode 347 - Getting Back to Work, Unemployment Issues

Episode 348 - Facebook Avatars and the Latest Online Distractions

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