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

• 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