Minnestar
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.
- Session 1 was great Sleep Improvement session with Dan Grigsby.
- Session 2 on Polyglot Persistence discussing NoSQL tech.
- Giving my 17th Minnebar session today.
- Session 3 How to Encrypt Your Personal Communication with Colin Bartol.
- Fun conversation at lunch about privacy tech and encryption. Only at Minnebar!
- Spotted Matthew Dornquast at Minnebar! 👋
- Session 4 What Smart Watches mean for Mobile with Mike Bollinger. Session is packed! Very thought provoking talk.
- I’m presenting Minnebar 10 on Minnebar now!
- Wonder if I’ll still have the most presenter sessions after this year. 14! 😊
- Going back to Minnebar 2007 for today’s shirt.
- Minnebar getting started!
- Excited to hear David Hussman starting session 0!
- Love joining LaTeX session by Peter Edstrom! Get your geek on. Who needs WYSIWYG? 😀
- Standing room only at Andrew Korf UX design session!
- About 98 °F in this room at Minnebar. Ugh.
- Minnebar is run by all volunteer team. If you have a moment, say Thanks to the folks coordinating everything.
- Come to Challenge at 1:40p for Minnebar 9 on Minnebar session and hear about how our non-profit is evolving, and share ideas you have!
- Happy to see Nick Sieger at Minnebar! Last seen at Minnebar 1 nine years ago!
- Missing Farhan Muhammad at Minnebar. RIP.
- Great day at Minnebar! So wonderful to connect with everyone and enjoy great sessions!
Minnebar 11
Excited to see another Minnebar kick off!
SPS Commerce is a proud sponsor of Minnebar! Growing our tech community through passion and learning!
This years shirt rocks — as usual!
Love seeing LaTeX and R in Peter Edstrom session at Minnebar. And good old make!
At Minnebar, and look at all the local support for DocuMNtary!
At Minnebar, and Nick Roseth passion around DocuMNtary and the local tech community is contagious. Great stuff.
Nice call out to University of Minnesota Computer Science @grouplens at Minnebar session on recommenders by Mike Navarro.
See also Minnebar collection.
Minnebar 10
Notes from Minnebar 10:
See also Minnebar collection.
Always fun night for Minnedemo!
Peter Zaballos introducing SPS Commerce to Minnedemo crowd! Go #TeamSPS!
Proud to be part of Minnedemo (Minnebar & Minnestar) in three different ways!
Great lunch today with Elwin Loomis and Heather Mickman about the Minnestar mission with fellow board members Justin Porter, Casey Helbling, and Alex Ryan!
Minnebar 9
Notes from Minnebar 9:
See also Minnebar collection.
Fabulous breakfast this morning with Minnestar board member and catalyst Justin Porter.
Minnedemo
Minnedemo tonight! Anna Klombies and Jim Bernard are ready for the demos.
Cool to see PCs for People and the great work they do at Minnedemo!
Great to see SportNgin’s Carson Kipfer presenting their mobile app at Minnedemo!
At least 15 people from #TeamSPS at Minnedemo tonight! Say Hi!
Very impressive demo from Kidizen, very fluid UI and great mobile experience.
I think I need to get a Double Robotics for our #TeamSPS Tech Centers!
Nice demo from CartStack.
Minnedemo wouldn’t happen without the volunteers. A personal thank you to all of you! You make our tech community great!
Minnedemo 15
Minnedemo 15 was great!
Proud to have SPS Commerce sponsoring Minnedemo 15!
Nice to see Lou Abramowski demoing Unbenchable!
Very impressive UI on Dash demo. Super polished.
Casey Helbling and Justin Porter Join Minnestar Board ← Excited to officially welcome Justin Porter and Casey Helbling to the Minnestar board!