Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, Cal Carson, and Joel Powell host this week as they take your technology related calls during open lines for a full two hours this weekend.

Erik “Macboy” Anderson  joins in with The Mac Minute.

Podcast: May 29, 2010 – Hour 1
Podcast: May 29, 2010 – Hour 2

Join Gary Baker, Ed Rudel and Joel Powell for a jam packed Internet Advisor Show.  The crew talks with several guests from the New Enterprise Forum (NEF).

NEF is a 24 year old not-for-profit corporation that help entrepreneurs prosper and grow. The group links entrepreneurs to management expertise, potential joint venture partners, mentors, business services, capital, and other critical resources.

Jan Gensheimer, Seracon Consulting, works with entrepreneurs to help them plan, build and lead growing companies. She provides leadership coaching and  strategy counsel for executives to accelerate the growth of their small market companies in high-tech industries. Gensheimer is the president of the New Enterprise Forum in Ann Arbor and has built mentoring programs for TechTown and the Great Lakes Entrepreneurs’ Quest, and works with SPARK and other organizations that support entrepreneurs.

Eleni Kelakos, Eleni Kelakos Enterprises, president and chief catalyst of SPEEK helps executives speak and present with more confidence, focus, clarity and impact,

Mike Korybalski formed Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. in the early 1970’s to provide software for mechanical dynamic system analysis to Fortune 500 companies, and grew to become the world’s largest developer and supplier of mechanical systems simulation software.  Mike continues to support the Ann Arbor business community and the Engineering School at the University of Michigan in his retirement.

Also joing the crew this weekend is LeRoy G. Newland, Recruiting Leader at GE Corporate AMSTC. GE’s Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center, a state-of-the-art information technology and research and development facility located in Van Buren Township, Michigan. The center is helping GE develop innovative software, processes and technologies to drive excellence in manufacturing for GE and its customers. The center currently employs roughly 250 experienced information technology professionals and will grow to 1,100 employees over the next few years. The center will be GE’s single largest global population of IT talent.

Hour 1, Seg 4, GE Advanced Mfr and Tech Center

As usual, Erik “Macboy” Anderson will be in studio with the latest happings in Mac news on The Mac Minute, and we’ll devote our 2nd hour to your calls during open lines.

Podcast: May 22, 2010 – Hour 1
Podcast: May 22, 2010 – Hour 2

Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, and Cal Carson host this week.  Erik “Macboy” Anderson is also in with his Mac Minute report about all things Apple.

Joining the crew this week is Tony Fama, host and managing editor of 50PlusPrime, a primetime online news program for baby boomers, the 78 million men and women born between 1946 and 1964. 50PlusPrime speaks with baby boomers making a difference in their communities, and identifies resources and services benefiting baby boomers and their parents. Podcast: Tony Fama Interview – May 15, 2010

Also in our first hour, the Michigan Council of Women in Technology promotes opportunity for women and girls within Michigan’s technology community. The organization supports Michigan’s female IT workforce, students, corporate partners, schools and the overall community with networking, corporate IT leadership development, mentoring, technology experiences for professionals and students, and funding for technology-oriented education. Its nonprofit foundation is dedicated to correcting the growing trend of gender disparity in the IT field by providing programs that support the education and orientation of young women throughout school and fostering women in various stages of their professional lives. Podcast: MCWT Interview – May 15, 2010 – Part 1/2

Gloria Schneider – Gloria serves as program director at Compuware and VP of program development and scholarships for MCWT

Kelly Unger (hometown: Detroit) – Kelly is currently a full-time graduate student at Wayne State University pursuing her PhD in instructional technology

Michelle Howard (hometown: Middleville) – Michelle will graduate from Thornapple Kellogg High School this year with a 4.07 GPA and attend the University of Michigan in the fall.  Podcast: MCWT Interview – May 15, 2010 – Part 2/2

About the Scholarships
After receiving applications from 57 impressive candidates, the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation provided seven deserving women in various stages of their academic or professional careers with laptop stipends and scholarships at its annual gala held May 5 at the Birmingham Country Club. The level of gender disparity in the high technology industry coupled with the overall decline in university enrollments in technical fields drives the MCWT Foundation’s efforts to help women pursue their educational goals, gain a competitive skill set and become leaders in Michigan’s workplace. The organization has awarded $415,000 in scholarships and grants in the last eight years.

Podcast: May 15, 2010 – Hour 1
Podcast: May 15, 2010 – Hour 2

As you’ve heard, Foster is going to be off the air while he is undergoing Stem Cell Transplant therapy for the next three months.

You are invited to visit Foster’s CaringBridge blog to follow his treatment until he returns later this summer.

This week on The Internet Advisor we remember Tiger’s Baseball Announcer Ernie Harwell who passed away on Tuesday after an 8 month battle with cancer. We replay portions of Foster Braun’s 2006 interview with Mr. Harwell discussing his career, audiobook, and website eharwell.com.

We also talk with Tracy-Ann Palmer founder of Arzika, who organizes the Midwest Technology Leaders symposium among a number of conferences each year.  The sixth annual Midwest Technology Leaders symposium will be held on May 26^th this year at the MGM Grand in Detroit.  The announcement of the Midwest Collaboration Award and the 2CMichigan Award kicks off the Premier Awards Cocktail Reception at 5:30 pm benefiting local organizations supporting technology in our community.

Gary Baker, Joel Powell and Pepijn Bruienne co-host this week.  All three are from Gale®, part of Cengage Learning, is a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses. Best known for its accurate and authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent organization of full-text magazine and newspaper articles, the company creates and maintains more than 600 databases that are published online, in print, as eBooks and in microform.

Erik “Macboy” Anderson is on hand with the lastest Mac news on The Mac Minute. The team also takes time to answer your technology related questions.

Podcast: May 8, 2010 – Hour 1
Podcast: May 8, 2010 – Hour 2
Podcast: Tracy-Ann Palmer

This week, Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, and Cal Carson discuss social media. Joining them is Raj Patel, Partner with Plante & Moran, who leads the information security practice.  He has presented on security related topics in various white papers, newsletters, magazines and at various conferences. Raj was awarded the “American Dreamers” award in 2007 and the “40 under 40” award in 2009 by Crain’s Detroit Business in recognition to his professional accomplishments..

While Social Media has changed the way we interact, communicate and provided opportunities to connect with old and new friends, it also has presented new risks.  We discuss these new risks ranging from identity theft to workplace implications. 

Podcast: May 1, 2010 – Hour 1
Podcast: May 1, 2010 – Hour 2