Ep. 80 - Year in Review

02Jan2019

Attendees

Matt Slavin,  Ervin Lukacs

First Segment - Top Articles of the 2018 (chronologically, Matt’s Picks)

Boring Company Flamethrower (Jan 28th, Ep. 36)
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/27/elon-musks-boring-co-flamethrower-is-real-500-and-up-for-pre-order/

Starman Launched into space (Feb 6th, Ep. 38)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster

We didnt put an article in the notes, but it happened and its the title

Ajit Pai receives the NRA Courage award for saving the internet (25Feb Ep. 40)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/nra-gives-ajit-pai-courage-award-and-gun-for-saving-the-internet/

Drunk Man Accidentally takes $1600 Uber from WV to Jersey ( 04Mar Ep. 41)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/drunk-man-accidentally-takes-1600-uber-from-west-virginia-to-new-jersey/

Episode 43 - Cambridge Analytica, Rihanna tanking Snap Stock, and Uber Autonomous accident (busy episode, 19Mar)

Episode 49 celebrated 1 year of podcast (Apr 29th)

Google I/O 2018 brought Smart Compose, Duplex, Adaptive Battery, and first update via Project Treble, Google Photos Colorization, etc. (09May, Ep 50)
Great Conversation about Workplace burnout (26Jun, Ep 56)
People were shoving MacBook i9 laptops into the freezer (22Jul, Ep 60)
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/17/core-i9-chip-macbook-pro-throttling/
Bitconnect de-listed from final crypto-exchange (12Aug, Ep 63)
https://www.ccn.com/dead-coin-walking-bitconnect-set-to-be-delisted-from-last-crypto-exchange/
Alex Jones Suspended Permanently from Twitter (12Sep, Ep 67)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-jones-and-infowars-accounts.html
Apple Event (17Sep, Ep 68)
Episode 70 - I’m reading this Jeff
Google Event (08Oct, Ep 71) RIP Google +
Cards Against humanity 99% off sale (27Nov, Ep 76)
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/23/18109070/cards-against-humanity-black-friday-99-percent-off-sale-cars-diamonds

Second Segment

Best tech of 2018 (Ervin | Matt)

Smartphone pick -

Pixel 3s Camera | iPhone XS
iPhone XS Max | Pocophone F1
OnePlus 6T | OnePlus 6T

Game Console Pick -

Souljaboy game pad | Souljaboy game pad
PS4 Pro | Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch | PS4 Pro

Home tech pick -

iPad Pro | iPad Pro
Apple Watch Series 4 | Google Home
Lenovo Smart Display | TCL Televisions

Most exciting thing about 2019 (speculate)

Biggest improvement -

iOS on iPad | Siri gets a lot better
YouTube rewind | tablet software experiences get some love
Apples naming scheme | Souljaboy makes a comeback

Biggest fear -

Mark Zuckerberg | Yea that one
China | Data Breaches Galore
Logan Paul | Dr Fuji’s CES Vaporware

Big 3 phone speculation (apple, google, samsung) -

Notches are done, Moving to cutouts | Samsung kills the headphone jack
Budget iPhone - Sub $400 | USB-C iPhone
DSLR Level Cameras | Google drops fingerprint scanner

Miscellaneous-

Foldable budget phones
Pocophone F2

Let’s guess and speculate, and see if we were wrong come next Dec

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