IT in the D

5 years and 249 episodes ago, three idiots got drunk and sat down at some microphones.  Since then, a lot has changed...but a lot has stayed the same...thankfully.  Listen in as we dive into episode 250 and our 5 year anniversary show with guests from PITSS, Grand Circus, old friend Jeff Haase, and a whole lot of alcohol in the mix... IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

What a fun episode - we talk tech, security, and whether or not college is a good idea these days with Dr Chuck, and then it's all about Solo as we recap and review the latest Star Wars film with Dave Santia... IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Barely awake from the mayhem that is Motor City Comic Con over the weekend, we somehow managed to perk up for our guests from the Microsoft TEALS program and Detroit Labs.  So listen in as we chat about the TEALS program and something being done to combat the sad state of affairs in the school system with regards to computer science, as well as Erika and Elyse telling us about the upcoming open house and next round of the Detroit Labs Apprentice program... TEALS is at: https://www.tealsk12.org/ Detroit Labs is at: https://www.detroitlabs.com/ UDEMY is at http://Ude.my/ITINTHED MS Teams is at http://Office.com/teams IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Our final preview show before we dive into the mayhem and fun that is Motor City Comic Con this weekend.  Listen in as we chat with voice actor Todd Haberkorn, comic book legend Arvell Jones, and inker Dexter Vines. Yes, we made the "you're a TRACER" joke.  You know we had to...

Exhausted, brain dead, and barely functional, we staggered into episode 246 and then were instantly energized as we started talking about Penguicon and the upcoming Motor City Comic Con with ourselves and our guests: Rob Paulsen is an extremely talented voice actor, originally from Detroit. Huge fan of Detroit but now lives in LA. Famous for Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, lots of Disney and Nick shows. He will call you and has the studio number. Robert Pope – comic book artist, Looney Tunes, Peanuts gang. Garret Wang – Harry Kim on “Star Trek: Voyager” Steve Lieber – Whiteout (graphic novel made into a movie); Superior Foes of Spider-Man; The Fix at Image Comics. Motor City Comic Con is Michigan’s largest pop-culture event gathering people of all ages, young to adult This year’s 29th annual event will feature more than 250 media and comic guests Some top media guests include Val Kilmer (Batman Forever), Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess), Stephen Amell (Arrow),  Wallace Shawn (Princess Bride), Jenna Elfman (Dharma and Greg), Kate Flannery and Oscar Nunez (The Office) and Cress Williams (Black Lightning). Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Superman, the movie, Margot Kidder (aka Lois Lane!) will be in town with other cast members. In addition, Tom Welling, who played Clark Kent in Smallville, will be here too. More than 55,000 guests are expected to attend this year Attendees can meet the writers who created their favorite comics, the illustrators who drew their favorite characters and the actors who brought them to life Motor City Comic Con will also have a variety of pop-culture merchandise available for purchase   Event information: Motor City Comic Con takes place at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi: Friday, May 18 (12:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) Saturday, May 19 (10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.) Sunday, May 20 (10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) Event tickets can be purchased by visiting www.motorcitycomiccon.com.    For details about this year’s celebrity guest panel schedule, visit the MCCC website Follow MCCC on Facebook (Motor City Comic Con) and on Twitter (@MotCityComicCon)   Fun facts about Motor City Comic Con: Detroit hosted the first comic con in 1964 Per capita, southeast Michigan has the largest number of comic book shops in America   A brief description regarding Motor City Comic Con history: Local business owner, Michael Goldman began his career as a comic book retailer in the 1980s and hosted the first Motor City Comic Con in 1989 at the Dearborn Civic Center. Motor City Comic Con has continued to grow larger every year, leading to its existence at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi where the event had a record-breaking attendance of 55,000+ in 2016. Goldman is also the owner of Motor City Comics, located in Farmington Hills. Motor City Comic Con gives attendees the chance to meet many of the media guests and the chance to buy autographs and merchandise such as: comics, toys, art, movie memorabilia, posters and apparel. IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.

A great night of chats with Merit Networks about not just network and computer security in general, but also their Capture The Flag event this weekend at Penguicon. Give it a listen... IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

The Viking gods have been banished from Asgard by Odin. Today they make the best of life on Earth. Thor is a professional athlete, Freya a prostitute, and Loki sells cheap products on QVC. Lurking in the background of their lives is a prophecy; one that declares that their time is at an end. Ragnarok is about to throw the gods into a state of civil war and the one who controls the hammer of Thor may be able to change the arc of destiny. Sounds cool, huh?  We chat with the author of Mjolnir, and then dive in with Nuri about his recent adventures in Peru... IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

It couldn't be "perfect", simply because Nuri is still in transit around Peru, but Bob and I managed to handle ourselves nicely with Scott and Daniel talking all things Penguicon 2018.  If you're not familiar with this amazing event...you've been missing out, and you should absolutely plan on being there this year in just a couple weeks... Penguicon is at: http://penguicon.org Bob's recap of Penguicon is at: http://www.itinthed.com/17044/2015-penguicon-review-part-1-the-sales-guy-learns-something/ Dave's recap of Penguicon is at: http://www.itinthed.com/17054/2015-penguicon-review-part-2-the-geek-goes-home/ IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

What's it like working on the Drew and Mike podcast?  Heard about the Warren Big Brew Fest where there's going to be plenty of beer? Listen in! IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Let's talk Wordpress, security issues and more this week as we dive in with the Detroit Wordcamp crew and Caston Thomas... Spanner is at http://g.co/getspanner Teams is at http://www.office.com/teams/ AppRiver is at http://www.appriver.com/ITintheD IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

Death isn't exactly our usual light-hearted fare, but it's a topic that we all have to deal with at some point in time, so Everdays put together an app to make things easier for communication and notification when it happens.  We also chatted with Nuri about his recent travel adventures...and misadventures...as well as the weekend's Nain Rouge event... Everdays is at https://www.facebook.com/Everdaysapp/ Spanner is at http://g.co/getspanner Teams is at http://www.office.com/teams/ AppRiver is at http://www.appriver.com/ITintheD IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit  

Another great episode as we chatted through our event last week, upcoming events, news and items that caught our eyes, and then dove in to talk cloud technology and the chaos of trying to figure out who to use with C3 Technologies, and then hopped into a chat about social media with Billy from Milo Detroit... C3 Technologies can be found at: http://www.go-c3.com/ Milo Digital is at: https://www.facebook.com/milodetroit/ Google's Kubernetes engine is at: http://g.co/getgke VMWare's podcast is at: http://vmware.com/radius/perspective IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit  

A new TV show for you to check out on Saturday nights, drunken comic con shenanigans, and so much more awaits you in episode 238 as we're joined by Chef Bobby Nahra, as well as Michael Zapcic and Ming Chen of AMC's Comic Book Men... The Stash is at: https://www.facebook.com/jayandsilentbobstash/ Ming is at: https://www.facebook.com/mingchencbm/ Mike is at: https://www.facebook.com/michael.zapcic A Shared Universe is at: https://www.facebook.com/ashareduniverse/ Chef Bobby is at: https://www.facebook.com/bobby.nahra IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit

We all know the insurance industry is incredibly broken, dealing with doctor's offices can be a major PITA, and prices just keep skyrocketing...well, what if there was an alternative.  There is, and it's right here in metro Detroit - meet Dr Paul and his Plum Health company that deals directly with you, not insurance companies, and we seriously couldn't find a flaw in his claims or business model so give it a look after listening in.  We also chatted with Jer from Daily Detroit about the recent Detroit Policy Conference that took place downtown, and of course our usual smattering of events, updates, and stories that caught our eyes... Plum Health is at: https://www.plumhealthdpc.com/ Daily Detroit is at: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyDetroit/ IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit  

The episode in which we find out what the heck "eSports" is, talk about enhancing social media capabilities, and chat with the two-time Michigan Pinball champ about how that's making a comeback... High Score eSports is at: https://www.facebook.com/highscoreesports/ Zing Media Group is at: https://www.facebook.com/zingmediagroup/ MBrew's Pinball Events are at: https://www.facebook.com/MBrewFerndale/ IT in the D On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD Podcast Detroit is at: On the web: http://www.podcastdetroit.com/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit On Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastDetroit On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit