Episode 159 - Virtual Nope!

11/21/18 • 42 min

1) Apple’s New Hardware a) MacBook Air - https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/ b) Mac Mini - https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/ c) iPad Pro - https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/ 2) VR Headset My Hands On Experience a) Lenovo Mirage Solo - https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/virtual-reality-and-smart-devices/virtual-and-augmented-reality/lenovo-mirage-solo/Mirage-Solo/p/ZZIRZRHVR01 b) Not ready for mainstream anything 3) Google and LDAP a) https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/simplifying-identity-and-access-management-for-more-businesses b) Pricing - https://cloud.google.com/identity-cp/ c) LDAP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol

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Episode 158 - Trends? Maybe not

1) Apple, Microsoft and Amazon’s events a) Apple - https://www.macrumors.com/2018/09/12/everything-apple-announced-2018-iphone-event/ b) Microsoft - 3) https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/2/17923080/microsoft-event-2018-announcements-news-surface-laptop-windows-10-updates c) Amazon - https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/20/17882582/amazon-event-september-2018-echo-alexa-speaker-news https://aws.amazon.com/deeplens/ d) https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-tab-s4/ New Apple Event - October 30th 2)Ch romebook Project Streaming - a) https://projectstream.google.com/aco/invite b) https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/google-gets-into-game-streaming-with-project-stream-and-assassins-creed-odyssey-in-chrome/ 3) Predictions, Patience and Observations by Patrick a) https://itbabble.com/2018/09/23/predictions-patience-and-observation/ b) Beware of predictions and getting “caught up” in the moment. 4) Tony topic: Scheduling - Don’t be a trendsetter. a) Steve Jobs Lost Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBh5_j4a1yo aSc b) Timetable: https://www.asctimetables.com/ https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-cj-cup-at-nine-bridges.html

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Episode 160 - AI Still Sucks

1) Good article or Facebook hit piece? Beware Silicon Valley’s Gifts to Our Schools https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/silicon-valley-school-programs-tech-toys-do-more-harm-than-good/ 2) Tony loves the new Ubuntu, more arguments for a Chrome Based environment and App Stream- OR - just Ubuntu and Amazon without Google Overlords a) https://www.ubuntu.com/ b) App Stream runs well - https://aws.amazon.com/appstream2/ 3) Crisis plan for IT departments You Need Power or You’re Gonna Have a Bad Time a) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1musexE29t1HkVZUDZp9jYgg-GgniSaZW4zQdkDcktxc/edit#gid=0 b)What happens in a bad day? 3) AI Still Sucks Service that monitors G Suite and Office 365 schools. a) It looks at email and Google Drive/OneDrive documents b)Can read text in pictures c) Looks for drug mentions, violence or gun use, self harm, profanity and cyber bullying d) 91,661 issues reported - none that require any action from administration Links: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/ How to understand it: http://data.ap.org/projects/2015/infrastructure/apme/power-grid/reliability-metrics.html http://www.thegreenmechanics.com/2012/05/how-do-you-calculate-saidi.html