Episode 1896: AwesomeCast 334: Alt Gov Rundown

Published: Feb. 1, 2017, 2 a.m.

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This week on AwesomeCast 334, we\\u2019re talking about awesome things in technology with Sorg, Chilla, Producer Missy and Aaron Parkus, including:

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There's a movie industry in Pittsburgh. We have proof on tonight's show!
\\nIt's time for our Awesome Thing Of The Week with Chilla talking about Linea.
\\nSorg is talking robots as his Awesome Thing Of The Week - particularly robots that will make you coffee.
\\nA cloud thunder and lightening performance system and speaker is Missy's Awesome Thing Of The Week.
\\nAaron is sharing a great Kickstarter project for a steadicam as his Awesome Thing Of The Week.
\\nWe're saddened by the passing of the father of Pacman, Masaya Nakamura. (via Brandon)
\\nAmanda shared an Awesome Thing Of The Week - Kamigami Robots (NOTE: She has Facebook Ads to thank.)
\\nWith everything going on in the world, there's a lot happening in tech.
\\nAlt Gov twitter accounts are a thing!
\\nWhat gets Sorg reading Forbes? Rogue POTUS staff accounts!
\\nPittsburgh tunnels are getting enhanced cellular service!
\\nAI wins Texas Holdem? (Better yet that the AI that won Texas Holdem was from CMU!)
\\nAdobe Creative Cloud Android apps are coming to Chromebooks!
\\nIBM Watson did an analysis of Trump and Obama speeches.
\\nComcast brings services to Roku!
\\nPeriscope adds "Proudly Made in America by Immigrants" to app loading screen.
\\nKal Penn raises over $500K for Syrian refugees in response to bigoted Instagram comment.
\\nNight shift coming to MacOS
\\nPress Secretary leaks his password - twice!
\\nNASA scientific research is now available - for free!
\\nAfter the show remember to:

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Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

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Follow these awesome people on Twitter: John Chichilla (@chilla), Aaron Parkus, Producer Missy (@rebelliousflaw) and Mike Sorg (@Sorgatron).

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Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos?

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You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast!

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Remember to check out our friends at River's Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) - and our replay over there!

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Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.net for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST!

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