January 8, 2019

169 – John’s Fastball

John’s first smart device

Arizona backlash against self-driving cars

Booze and Coffee are the key to long life!

Best of 2018 Nominations

  • Technology
  • iPad Pro
  • Apple Watch Series 4
  • Nikon and Canon mirrorless bodies
  • Xbox Adaptive Controller for those with motor disabilities
  • Rentable Scooters
  • Skateboard with motors
  • Dyson smart vacuum
  • Oculus Go
  • SpaceX

Overblown/Over Hyped

  • Cryptocurrency/Bitcoin
  • Snakeoil “Identity protection”
  • Elon Musk
  • Amazon HQ2
  • Not hyped enough but primed for overhype in 2019 – 5G

News

  • Kavanaugh Hearings
  • Cambridge Analytica and the Facebook shitstorm
  • Hawaiian Missile Scare
  • Migrant Child Separations
  • California Fires
  • Parkland Shooting
  • Amazon HQ2
  • Larry Nasser Olympic Gymnastic Coach

Movies

  • Into the Spider-verse
  • Infinity War
  • Black Panther
  • Black KKK Klansman
  • Sorry for Bothering You
  • Vice
  • Isle of Dogs
  • MI: Fallout
  • Incredibles 2
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Deadpool 2
  • Solo
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Bird Box

TV Shows

  • Letter Kenny
  • Titans
  • Killing Eve
  • Better Call Saul
  • Ranch
  • Black Mirror
  • The Purge
  • Westworld
  • Stranger Things
  • Bodyguard
  • Handmaid’s Tale

Breach/Hack of 2018

  • Facebook – 29 million
  • Google+ 52.5 million
  • Cambridge Analytica/Facebook – at least 87 million records
  • MyHeritage – 92 million
  • Quora – 100 million
  • Under Armour (myfitnesspal) – 150 million records
  • Exactis (marketing and data aggregator) – 340 million records
  • Marriott Starwood – 500 million
  • Aadhaar (Indian Govmnt ID) – 1.1 billion records

Transcription/Vendor Scum

  • Hung Up

Meme

  • Tide Pods
  • Laurel vs. Yanny
  • Is this a Pigeon?
  • Change my mind
  • Gru’s Plan
  • I don’t feel so good
  • Trumpet kid
  • Distracted Boyfriend

WWIT Guys Moment

  • Introduction of Podtails
  • Alley Drinking
  • John, you’re being an asshole
  • Dion falling on his ass at the lake

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