Shoe Pizza | AwesomeCast 391

Sorgatron Media — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0400

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

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, including:

Katie is finding Waldo as her Awesome Thing of the Week!
Chilla is sharing some DNS alterations as his Awesome Thing of the Week this week.
Sorg’s streaming video addiction is causing him to Twitch.
Twitter tells Pittsburgh not to be Silicon Valley.
Brian apparently got an Echo Show and shares it with the show this week.
What started as a joke post turned into something really cool with Alexa and Portal.
Alex shared his Awesome Thing of the Week as a continuation from our last episode talking about the Elgato StreamDeck.
Katie is using Snapchat to keep up on news stories.
360 photos are now a thing on Facebook Messenger.
Pizza Hut has a smart shoe that will order your pizza and control your DVR.
Chilla is sharing some iPad news.
Firefox is diving into AR and VR options.
Sorg saw Ready Player One and has a bit of chat about it (NO SPOILERS) and AR.
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Pinterest the Porcupine | AwesomeCast 373

Sorgatron Media — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:00:00 -0500

Bobby Cherry joins us on the big purple couch to talk this week’s tech news with Katie Dudas, Mike Sorg, and John Chichilla. This week’s topics include:

Bobby is sharing Cards Against Humanity as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
Cards Against Humanity is saving America!
Dudders is sharing a blocked Christmas card sale as her Awesome Thing of the Week this week.
Chilla’s Awesome Thing of the Week is Pixelmator Pro.
Sorg has his eye on Injustice 2 – specifically the recently released trailer as his Awesome Thing of the Week. cough TMNT cough
Because he made it to the studio, Bobby gets a second Awesome Thing of the Week – and he chose wisely with a new Mario movie!
Fire departments are using drones to pre-plan for big fires? (Thanks to Andy Quayle for that tip.)
Wondering if your local McFlurry machine is down? There’s an app for that!
11% of Americans think HTML is a sexually transmitted disease.
Pinterest Lens will help you pick out an outfit – in case you’re having a rough time figuring out what to wear.
Quantum isn’t just for Comcast anymore.
For 99 cents – you too can get rid of your iPhoneX notch with a notch remover!
UPS is delivering packages in Pittsburgh via bike?
Cozmo was stuck in Reddit, and Katie is happy to share this story and how awesome the little guy is.
Want to get back at email scammers? There’s a bot for that.
HTC joins the stand-alone VR headset game!
After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion?

Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Bobby Cherry (@GoBobbo), Katie Dudas (@Kdudders), Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron), and John Chichilla (@chilla).