I bought Tony Thomas from Minneapoliscast, Andrea Meyers from HowWasTheShow.com, and Justin Grammens from LocalTone.com, and Brian McDonough from MinnieIndie.com lunch to talk about the Minneapolis music scene.
We cover the goal of each of their sites, the challenges of finding good independent music, and Brian makes some band recommendations.
Listen to Lunch with Minneapoliscast, How Was The Show, LocalTone, and MinnieIndie.com [35 min].
Tyler Patterson just finished up a Masters Thesis project investigating adding all the University of Minnesota Twin Cities’ campus energy sources into the Chicago Climate Exchange.
In this numbers and stats intensive conversation, we discuss:
Listen to Measuring Carbon Footprints with Tyler Patterson [41 min].
We catch up with Twin Cities coffee legend Jeremy Raths and talk about:
Listen to Jeremy Raths and the Search for Extraordinary Coffee [28 min].
Jeremy Raths, from The Roastery, teaches us how to cup – the traditional process for tasting and choosing coffee. He walks through:
Dan Haugen and I talk about Northeast Beat, his citizen journalism project covering my favorite part of Minneapolis, and hyperlocal journalism.
Listen to Dan Haugen on Northeast Beat and Hyperlocal Journalism [14 min].
As Jeff Williamson, co-owner of St. Paul’s Flat Earth Brewing Co. awaits kegs to distribute the first batch of Flat Earth Pale Ale, he and I talk about;
Listen to Jeff Williamson on St. Paul’s Flat Earth Brewery [16 min].
Rich Huelskamp built a 100% off-grid, renewable-energy home down in Red Wing, MN. He and I talk about how he got his home down from the average 25kWh/day to 6. Along the way, he goes through the steps to making a urban/suburban home more efficient.
If you’re looking to replace your home’s appliances, Rich recommends picking from ACEEE.org’s list of most energy efficient appliances
Listen to Rich Huelskamp on Making an Energy Efficient Home [36 min]
As part of my ongoing effort to highlight Minnesota-based internet startups, Chris Dykstra and I talk about the strengths and weakness of various social networks (evite, yahoo groups, meetup, linkedin), and how his Zanby is aiming to solve them. Namely – how a single person easily manage dozen of disparate and related groups.
Listen to Chris Dykstra on Zanby and social networks [22 min]
David Newberger and I talk about CDATimes.com and his experience building online communities for Native American citizen journalists thousands of miles away from the tribe he belongs to.
Listen to David Newberger on Building Native American Citizen Journalism [31 min]