AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk

This week on AwesomeCast 279, we're sharing our tech highlights from 2015 and making our predictions for 2016 in addition to our usual talk about awesome things in technology, including: We have a full studio tonight! Chilla, Sorg, Katie, Will, and Doug - and Cynthia via remote! Awesome Thing Of The Year time! Chilla is telling us about how the Apple Watch beat the rest. Instacontent is Dudders' A...

<p>Gil Teixeira joins us to discuss CEEMI, how it lowers the barrier to make music and lowers the barrier to interact together. How did this musician end up with a product. How are they already using it around the world, here in Pittsburgh, and we finish with a curious social media strategy for his business...</p> Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go to patreon.com/aw...

This week on AwesomeCast 278, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Time for our Awesome Thing Of The Week! For Chilla it’s the new iHome Smart Plug. Dudders is sharing her Awesome Thing Of The Week – Her Periscope when she was stuck in an elevator this week. Uncle Crappy is sharing his Awesome Thing Of The Week – the new Post Gazette site. Sorg’s Awesome Thing Of The Week is his new Wi...

<p>Leah Lizarondo of 412 Food Rescue joins us to discuss what the organization is doing to make sure our wasted food gets to those in need, how they are using technology to do so, how they hope to spread this to other areas, and why it is important to get GOOD food to the needy.</p> Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go to patreon.com/awesomecast Also, check out sorgat...

This week on AwesomeCast 277, we talk awesome things in technology, including: This week, we're talking about our favorite gadgets and doohickies. Time for Awesome Show And Tell with Sorg and his iPad keyboard. Zuckerberg is planning for the future. He gives away shares and ups maternity leave time! Chilla's Awesome Thing Of The Week is Snap. It makes Android widgets reachable from any app. Dudder...

This week on Awesomecast 276, we talk awesome things in technology, including: We're joined in-studio this week by our favorite Microsoft guy - Krazy Krause! Chilla's Awesome Thing Of The Week is Microsoft's Black Friday deal. Sorg checked out the CLP Show Your Work event and has some thoughts to share about CEEMI. Krause's Awesome Thing Of The Week is his recent marriage! As far as tech, he's goi...

<p>Les Gies joins us to discuss who goes to Tech Shop Pittsburgh, what are they making, the veteran's program, access to 3D printers, aluminum casting, the Maker Movement, and their visit from President Barack Obama!</p> Then, we go mobile as Les takes us on a tour of the shop and what some of its members are working on now! Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! G...

This week on Awesomecast 275, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Time for our Awesome Thing Of The Week - for Sorg it's his Chromecast. ASUS has released their Chromebit. Chilla is sharing his thoughts for his Awesome Thing Of The Week. Mad Mike's Awesome Thing Of The Week is his new not-flip-phone, the iPhone6. Time for our Tip Of The Week with Google Photos freeing up space for bac...

<p>We talk with Niko Triulzi of AE Dreams, a Pittsburgh company developing Turtle Mail, a mobile mini printer to relay messages and activities to kids. We talk about the product and developing it via Alphalab Gear right in Pittsburgh. </p> Find out more at aedreams.com. Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go to patreon.com/awesomecast Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com...

This week on Awesomecast 274, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Business cards are in production for our Executive Producers @ThistleSea and @mikefedorshow. Chilla is sharing his Awesome Thing Of The Week: Number Sync from AT&T. Sorg shares his Awesome Thing Of The Week (which also works for Insert Coin): The Nintendo Playstation! Dudders' Awesome Thing Of The Week is www.imreal...

<p>We talk with Jacob finch from Forty Eight Magazine aiming to spread what it’s like to be  in a city for 48 hours.  We discuss the online magazine, some of the other cities already aiming to get on board, and the prospect of a print magazine down the line.</p> Read more at  fortyeightmagazine.com Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go...

This week on Awesomecast 273, we talk awesome things in technology, including: We have Carman and Chilla in Studio A for geeky tech talk. Adobe is doing livestream and it's pretty cool. Remember Bob Ross and his happy little trees? The Joy of Painting Marathon is a thing, and it's still happening. Thanks @MissSinBin for letting us know about the MS Paint participants in Bob Ross painting experienc...

<p>We talk with Arman Bimatov of TravelWits about the service that aims to pull together every aspect of travel (hotels, planes, transportation) to stay under your budget and discover new possibilities. We discuss developing the services, working in Alphalab, and an odd way to find a bug from a Podcast.</p> Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go to patreon.com/awesomeca...

This week on Awesomecast 272, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Starting with our Awesome Thing Of The Week. Up first is Chilla with Perch - creating a security monitor from an old device. Sorg is taking it Halloween with his Awesome Thing Of The Week - creepy face reenactment tech face mapping. Picobrew - The Keurig of home beer brewing. Thanks to Doug for his submission for Awesom...

<p>Carl Cimini of PCTV 21 Pittsburgh joins us in studio to discuss the state of public access television in town. What has the new renovations brought to the operation, how can public access make you better Youtube creators, and transitioning to IPTV.</p> Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go to patreon.com/awesomecast Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast...

This week on Awesomecast 271, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Chilla is sharing his Awesome Thing Of The Week: The BEDDI smartphone alarm dock. Want to check out more about BEDDI, they're working on funding their Kickstarter! Like to multitask? Sorg is discussing IFTTT as his Awesome Thing Of The Week. We like discovering new things. Sorg is learning more about his Awesome Thing O...

<p>Harmonie Nkama is the founder of iBoard Interactive, a new company looking to replace and improve on the community board or digital signage in colleges and community centers with an interactive system utilizing your smart phones. We talk about the company, getting into the process of becoming a start up, and her experience at the recent Pittsburgh Civic Startup Weekend.</p> Find out...

www. PodcampPittsburgh.com Join us as we have a chat with Buzzy (@bigbuzzum), the brains behind Epicast, a â??multimedia/entertainment specialist based out of Pittsburgh, Pa. Dedicated to providing high quality, raw contentâ?? via audio podcasting. Special thanks to our hosts Work Hard Pittsburgh! Find out more about them at www.workhardpgh.com !

This week on Awesomecast 270, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Chilla discusses the new Apple Touchpad, Magic Mouse 2, and Keyboard Sorg discusses Marvel Universe Live, the Innovation Works Kickstarter event and the Nova Center, and Looking for Group Pittsburgh. Alex Kahrs writes in about Adobe's bits of Photoshop on iOS and how he's applying them. Jetpack Joyride gets a little bit...

<p>Looking for Group Pittsburgh is a combined gaming center and coworking space in the Brookline neighborhood of Pittsburgh. We talk with John Lange and Edd Batson about the space, how they are listening to the community, surprising games that have been hits like Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator and Train Simulator, using Kickstarter to crowdfund what goes into the space, including communi...

This week on Awesomecast 269, we talk awesome things in technology, including: It's show and tell as Chilla shows us his Samsung Gear VR as we take our first look at the virtual reality future. Katie discusses getting away from technology Sorg talks re-adopting Ubuntu in his office for regular use We look at Gif Toaster for turning your pictures and video into animated Gifs How are Live Photos bei...

International Podcast Day was on September 30, 2015. And Sorgatron Media celebrated in live steams with our friends with Epicast! Our slot included a hang out with our Podcasting friends from all over! We talk about Podcasting, Social Media, and more! Our panel includes: Michael Sorg of Sorgatron Media Anthony Walker "Chachi" of InsertCointoBegin.com and Chachi Plays for Kids Douglas Derda of Shou...

This week on Awesomecast 268, we talk awesome things in technology, including: We're showing our shiny new iPhone6s - as in we each have a new toy this week. Tip from AJ: Put your iPhone6 face down to avoid "Hey Siri" response when it's inconvenient. Talking iPhone6s features. Talking live motion photos on iPhone6s Faster response time with iPhone6s touch ID for unlocking the phone. But, is it too...

<p>Vance Kochenderfer and Susan Rose to tell us about Ohio Linux Fest 2015! What is the state of open source software on devices, internet of things, and computers, what are some of the great talks coming to the conference, why should you be considering using Linux and more!</p> Eat at Slice on Broadway if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Help out th...

This week on Awesomecast 267, we talk awesome things in technology, including: Vance Kochenderfer and Susan Rose to tell us about Ohio Linux Fest 2015! Check out our interview on Awesome Chat! Chilla discusses some options for wireless charging on the iPhone 6S http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/22/spigen-iphone-6s-6s-plus-cases/ Sorg discusses the Start up Weekend Civic Pittsburgh event Susan talks about...