AwesomeCast 426: The Brave Little Toaster Problem

This week’s episode brought to you by Pittsburgh Things, Core Life Eatery, Sprezzatura, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media! It's that time of year when we get ready to take some time off to spend the holidays with our families. But, that also means that it's time for our year-end wrap up with our Awesome Thing of the Year items and predictions. This week we're talking about: Chilla is sharing Nintendo Switch as one of his Awesome Thing of the Year candidates. Chilla is also sharing Apple Music on Amazon as his Awesome Thing of the Year. For those who have followed Chilla's track record of tech items, he has 7 screens with him in studio for this episode. Cynthia is sharing Google Home's partnership with Disney and Little Golden Books as her Awesome Thing of the Year. Krause is sharing Microsoft Ignite as his professional Awesome Thing of the Year. Krause is sharing Google Home and home automation as his home version Awesome Thing of the Year. Uncle Crappy is sharing email as his Awesome Thing of the Year. (Yes, you read that right - email.) Sorg is sharing his Pokemon GO as his Awesome Thing of the Year. We're running down last year's predictions. Let's see which ones happened, and which ones didn't! Now that we've figured out what we got right and wrong in last year's predictions, it's time for our 2019 predictions in tech: Chilla: Video based communications will grow to a point that starts to threaten audio only Cynthia: Netflix will maintain the lead in SVOD, but it will lose ground outside the US. Sorg: A new Social Media/Media player will rise Crappy: AI will become more prevalent in journalism Krause: I think we will see even more integration when it comes to home automation. People are going to start talking to everything. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Check out our sponsors as a part of YaJagoff’s HOLLA-day Gift Guide: Pittsburgh Things Pittsburgh themed apparel n’at. Core Life Eatery at the Block at Northway on McKnight Rd Sprezzatura creates and serves heritage-inspired cooking for events and the public. Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at [email protected] and we’ll save you a seat! Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion! Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Sorg (@Sorgatron), Chilla (@chilla), Krause (@KrazyKrause), Cynthia Closkey (@cynthiacloskey) and Mike Pound (@unclecrappy) Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos? You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST