IT in the D
Summary: So what do a couple of IT guys from Detroit talk about when they go to the bar? Welcome to the IT in the D show, brought to you by long-time Detroit IT veterans Bob Waltenspiel (The Sales Guy), and Dave Phillips (The Geek). The duo has been putting on free networking events for the metro Detroit information technology community for over 10 years, helped more than 1,200 people find new jobs, and been featured in local and national news stories and publications for their efforts. After taking on speaking engagements starting in 2011 that helped refine their message, in 2013 they took their ramblings to a broadcast format that has proven to be far more popular than anyone expected. The IT in the D show is more conversational and less instructional – it is far more geared toward entertainment and local goings-on in the metro Detroit area than a deep-dive about specific technical issues. It’s a bar chat, not technical seminar. You’ll hear more movie quotes than MySQL queries and more Depeche Mode than development methodologies. Not that the guys don’t roll up their sleeves and deep dive from time to time, but with guests ranging from local CIOs and CEOs to roller derby girls and pop culture icons from the 80s, don’t let the “IT” in “IT in the D” scare you. Each weekly two-hour show typically includes current events and stories, guests ranging from local entrepreneurs to local IT rock stars to people with great local stories to tell, rants, raves and everything you’d expect from a couple of guys who have known each other and been drinking together for nearly two decades.
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Podcasts:
Caston Thomas has a new role at a healthcare cybersecurity company called MedSec. He joins Bob and Randy to discuss the Colonial Pipeline ransomware and other tech news stories.
Ming Chen and Mike Zapcic (from "I Sell Comics", "The Ming & Mike Show", A Shared Universe PodcaStudioor "AMC's Comic Book Men" ) join Bob and Randy to tell stories about Dave Phillips, who passed unexpectedly a month ago.
In this episode, the guys talk about the latest movie and TV news, a tempting offer to go without a computer or smartphone for 24 hours, a man who found shrimp tails in his cereal, a microchip shorting affecting many industries, and much more.
Damn we sounded like a bunch of grumpy old men in this one. Which... well, I guess we sort of are.
A Year of Remoteness, Fred Brown on COVID Vaccines and Mutations
Wandavision Wrap Up, Dave and The Whicked Pickle, Eminem and Cancel Culture
Vaccines Will Cause Cheating? Gaming Chaos, Guy Fieri, Grease Controversy, Voice Actors
Randy is Broken, Texas Snowstorms and Crazy Power Bills, Mortal Kombat Trailer
Comcast Updates, the Free Britney movement and documentary
This week we talk Superbowl ads... both the best and worst that happened, the split decision about the halftime show, outages with the Ring camera systems, a Tesla recall, Amazon pocketing $62 million in tips meant for drivers, EA bringing back their college football game, Michigan State Police using Signal to keep messages away from FOIA requests and logging, and, of course, the 81 person orgy in France... Go to https://brilliant.org/ITintheD/ to sign up for free. And also, the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium membership.
Jason Collier is... well, was as of the time of this episode... a police chief and ordained minister in a small town in Texas who not only was married with four kids, but managed to have multiple other women on the side... and it all fell apart when one of them changed her Facebook profile photo to a pic of them as a couple... and one of her friends recognized him and knew his wife. And it all went downhill from there. Plus we're talking about a 7-11 you can nab as an AirBnB, Screech dead at 44, Gamestop's CEO praying that the fun with their stock never ends, and the fallout from Barstool Sports hitting Detroit's famous Coney locations. All that and more...
So what did BarStoolSports have to say about the great Detroit Coney debate? What the hell is "brushing"? People in Michigan are pent up and horny, apparently... which could make the restaurant and bar openings on 2/1 an interesting spectacle to watch play out. All that and more this week!
This one ran suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper long, and so we had no choice but to break it into two parts. This is part two, which contains the rest of our chat with Fred Brown, our resident infectious disease expert, to dive in on the latest with COVID-19. The vaccines and distribution of them. The variants and mutations that are hitting the public and are even here in Michigan now. As always with these, we strongly recommend watching the video if you want the full effect, which is embedded in this post or available on our IT in the D Facebook page. Fred's full presentation can be found here: It and the d 1.18.21
This one ran suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper long, and so we had no choice but to break it into two parts. This is part one, which contains our usual opening banter and topics before we dive in with Fred Brown, our resident infectious disease expert, to dive in on the latest with COVID-19. The vaccines and distribution of them. The variants and mutations that are hitting the public and are even here in Michigan now. As always with these, we strongly recommend watching the video if you want the full effect, which is embedded in this post or available on our IT in the D Facebook page. Fred's full presentation can be found here: It and the d 1.18.21
We're joined by our friends from Shift_Up to talk about their latest evolution in job and skills training offered, as well as what they're seeing going on in and around the Detroit area these days. They can be found at https://www.shiftup.tech/ Then, of course, we dove into the events of the past week... because as much as we try to avoid politics, sometimes it's just not possible. From the chaos in Washington DC to the online ripples with Parler getting shutdown and experiencing a major data leak, it's certainly been an interesting start to 2021 to say the least. We also chat Transformers: Earthrise, a parallel being drawn between Cobra Kai and the Star Wars films, Quibi's content moving to Roku, and some great things Nintendo is doing to help kids in hospitals. All that and more this week... hope you enjoy! Oh, and if you want to join us for some online gaming, click here.
