AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk

About the show

Everything awesome in the world of technology, social media, and entertainment! Join us as we discuss the latest gadgets, web sites, and talk with people doing awesome things in tech! www.AwesomeCast.net

Episodes

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    Car Tech of Future Past | AwesomeCast 394

    April 24th, 2018  |  1 hr 7 mins
    amazon, amazon echo, avengers, emulator, google search, ipad, iphone, nintendo switch, otterbox, pittsburgh, podcasting, porn company, red tube

    This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Alex Kahrs Design & Media, and The Millvale Music Festival!

    This week Brian Crawford of The River's Edge rejoins our regulars Katie, Chilla, and Sorg as they talk this week’s tech news.

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    The Tinder of Podcast Hosts | AwesomeCast 393

    April 18th, 2018  |  1 hr 4 mins

    This week marks the return of Scot MacTaggart of Pitchwerks. He is, of course, joined by our usual co-hosts, Katie, Chilla, and Sorg as they talk this week’s tech news.

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    Arts Festival at Millvale Music Festival 2018 | Awesome Cha

    April 12th, 2018  |  15 mins 9 secs

    We talk about Mike Zickefoose about the NEW Arts Festival as part of the Millvale Music Festival, what was awesome about the 2017 edition and more! Find more at millvalemusic.org !

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    Zuckerberg Magic | AwesomeCast 392

    April 11th, 2018  |  1 hr 9 mins

    This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Alex Kahrs Design & Media, and The Millvale Music Festival!

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    Shoe Pizza | AwesomeCast 391

    April 4th, 2018  |  58 mins 25 secs
    360, 360 photos, alexa, amazon, apple, ar, awesomecast, dns, dvr, echo, echo show, elgato, facebook, firefox, ipad, messenger, mozilla, pittsburgh, pizza, pizza hut, portal, ready player one, silicon valley, smart shoe, snapchat, streamdeck, streaming video, tech talk, technology, twitch, vr, waldo, wearable tech, wearable technology, where’s waldo

    We’re back on schedule after last week’s brief interruption. Katie is in Studio A with Sorg and pizza, while Chilla joins us from Studio C to talk this week in technology.

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    Krissy DeShetler | Awesome Chat

    March 29th, 2018  |  21 mins 12 secs

    Krissy DeShetler is the Shared Services Manager with Family House, a non profit helping to house those coming into Pittsburgh for medical services. Krissy shares with us her venture into being an "accidental techie" for a non profit as well as a large project upgrading her organization to the cloud.

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    Hands Free in the Bathroom | AwesomeCast 390

    March 27th, 2018  |  50 mins 27 secs

    This week’s episode was pre-recorded due to a scheduling conflict with our regularly-scheduled Podcast Day events, but we were able to get Sorg, Katie, and Chilla together to talk about some of this week’s tech news.

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    Watch Notch | AwesomeCast 389

    March 20th, 2018  |  1 hr 4 mins
    api, app, ar, awesome cast, awesomecast, big list of pittsburgh podcasts, carpool, cmra, concepts, developers, fortnite, freemium, google, google maps, hp, inside, lg, linea sketch, microsoft, one cast, open source, pittsburgh, playstation, podcast, porn, ps4, raspberry pi, raspberry pie, sega genesis, streaming, streetfighter, tamagotchi, technology, the incline, waze, web os, xbox, xbox one, youtube

    This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway, Alex Kahrs Design & Media, and The Millvale Music Festival!

    It may be the first day of spring, but we’re not sure Pittsburgh got the memo. While Chilla is tucked away all nice and warm in Studio C, Sorg and Dudders braved the snow to make it into the Sorgatron Media studio for this week’s tech talk.

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    Karen Alexander of XRConnectEd | Awesome Chat

    March 15th, 2018  |  18 mins 31 secs

    Karen Alexander joins us to discuss 360 video, VR and AR as we talk about her experience as the winner of the 2018 Social Justice Innovation Weekend pitching a program to get 360 cameras in the hands of kids and her company XRConnectED working with these new technologies and education.

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    We're Not As Bad As Uber | AwesomeCast 388

    March 14th, 2018  |  1 hr 2 mins
    360, 360 camera, alexa, amazon, awesomecast, baseball, beat saber, dogs, esports, facebook, google, google maps, knights of steel, laughing alexa, mario, mario time, microsoft, miroir, mlb, movie, movie pass, pittsburgh, projector, s-mode, selfie stick, streaming, tech, tech talk, technology, windows, windows 10

    The couch is full. Our bellies are full of Slice on Broadway pizza. All is good in podcasting world as we talk with Katie, Chilla, and Sorg.

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    Introducing Aux Jack | AwesomeCast 387

    March 7th, 2018  |  1 hr 3 mins
    360 video, adidas, alexa, amazfit, amazon, anchor, awesomecast, bumble, dating app, disney, escape room, final cut, fitbit, ford, google, google maps, hyperloop, kolon, la clippers, love pittsburgh, nate wright, nokia, podcasting, pro x, slack, smart jacket, smartwatch, street view, tech, tech talk, technology, waze

    Katie is back this week. Sorg brought an old friend from college into studio (Nate Wright). Chilla is in Studio C. It’s definitely a great turn of events to make for some great tech talk.

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    Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management and TechNow Conference | Awesome Chat

    March 1st, 2018  |  24 mins 37 secs

    Cindy Leonard joins us to discuss the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management and the TechNow Conference, how she became the tech person first in her nonprofit, helping groups get the assets they need in tehnology, and more!

    See past and info on future editions of the TechNow Conference at technowconference.org.

    Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment. Follow Michael Sorg (@sorgatron) and @AwesomeCast for updates and live streams of our interviews! Subscribe on Facebook,Stitcher, Spreaker, iTunes, and Youtube!

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    Banana Phone | AwesomeCast 386

    February 28th, 2018  |  1 hr 1 min
    adobe, amazon, android, awesome cast, awesomecast, banana phone, cellphones, communicator, drone, gaming, google, google assistant, huawei, i expect you to die, mac, microsoft, nokia, olympics, pc, pittsburgh, porsche, revvl, ring, schell games, shadow, t-mobile, tech talk, technology, the matrix, tmobile, virtual reality, vr, xbox

    Sorg and Chilla are celebrating the return of all of the old things this week.

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    Do You Even Swype Bro? | AwesomeCast 385

    February 21st, 2018  |  59 mins 19 secs
    #morethanabox, #sjiw2018, amazon, apple, awesome cast, awesomecast, capcom, england, healthy living, homestead, internet, jurassic world, le slide, mattel, megaman, nintendo, olympics, pittsburgh, satellite, sex robot, spacex, swype, tech, tech talk, technology

    Sorg and Chilla are on their own this week as Dudders is off doing Dudders things. And, there’s plenty of tech news to share.

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    Jack Morgan of Duolingo​ | Awesome Chat

    February 15th, 2018  |  23 mins 4 secs

    When your resume pretty much starts with Google and you’re currently employed at a growing startup, chances are there’s a fun story on how you got there. This week we sit down with Jack Morgan as he shares some insight into his path across the pond from England right here to Pittsburgh, what he’s working on over at Duolingo, and what he’s learned about Pittsburgh (and Pittsburghers) thanks to rideshare encounters and work friends.

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    Immersive Language Learning With Siri | AwesomeCast 384

    February 13th, 2018  |  59 mins 30 secs
    ar, awesomecast, best buy, black mirror, boston dynamics, cd sales, crystal dynamics, duolingo, dvd, hasbro, iron man, jack morgan, language, my little pony, netflix, nononononono cat, progressive web app, rift cat, shenzhen china, silicon valley of hardware, siri, social decay, street fighter, target, tech talk, technology, the avengers, vcr, video game streaming

    Sorg, Chilla, and Katie are joined by Jack Morgan of Duolingo this week. They’re sharing some tech news.