Reflections on Twin Cities tech‑community events—Minnebar, Minnedemo and more. I explain the origin of “Minnebar,” recap sessions I attended and celebrate the people powering our thriving tech scene.
After using GPT-5 to create category introductions for my website I got to thinking about the categories themselves. With over 9,800 blog posts spanning 20+ years it is daunting to figure out an approach to categories. It is especially daunting to approach them in a way that …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Blog Categories via LLMI was having a conversation last week about Minnebar and there was a question about the name. What does it mean? Why Minnebar? It has nothing to do with being a bar with drinks. And it isn’t mini! A super abbreviated history to get to the name. It starts with Tim O’Reilly and …
Keep reading · 1 minute: What does Minnebar mean?Session 0 feat. Dr. AnnMarie Thomas! AnnMarie Thomas AnnMarie is an engineer. An artist. An educator. A maker. A writer. A lifelong learner who built her career mixing science, art, tech, and curiosity into something new – over and over again. From Squishy Circuits (playdough …
Keep reading · 5 minutes: My Minnebar 19 in SessionsThis is an article version of the presentation I gave at Minnebar 19 on How to Newsletter. To create this I used Whisper Memos on my iPhone to capture the transcription. I did some general editing to remove some preamble and ad hoc dialog, did a read through to correct any …
Keep reading · 10 minutes: How to Newsletter: Lessons from 300 Issues of the Weekly ThingMe and my cousin Quinn wrapping up a great day at Minnebar 19 — it was my 19th Minnebar and his 1st! Related, I’m the oldest of the cousins and he is the youngest, with 13 more between us.
I love the passion and excitement that people bring to the Mega-Minne-Multi-Indie-Mini Arcade at Minnebar.
Garrick van Buren, Jim Bernard, and I after his Minimal Viable Polka session at Minnebar 19. I feel very confident that this is the first accordion experience at Minnebar — and it was a great time!
Great to have so many #TeamSPS folks here at #Minnebar19! Know more to be more! 💙
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Super strong kickoff to Minnebar — one of the best I can recall. Great energy, logistics well orchestrated, materials very well done. Amazing. 👏👏👏
Hey #Minnebar19 attendees — you can get your awesome Minnebar 19 POAP by tapping your phone on the “NFC discs” at the t-shirt table, newbie desk, or by the main stage!
