Technology Distilled

00:00 - Intro

01:30 - Tip of the Week – Saving Battery

02:45 – New of the Week

15:00 – Interview Clint Wyckoff @ClinkWyckoff

30:00 – Matt

30:02 – Catching Up with David

35:00 – RANT – Microsoft Support Failure!

43:00 – RANT – PARTY BUS

46:00 - Outro - Call for your help with the podcast, please…

48:00 - Whiskey of the Week

Episode 028 – Mostly Marius

Account             The Surface Smiths Podcast

The Word of the Week is “Technology”

Microsoft finally fixes power woes on Surface Book and Surface Pro 4

May introduce new issues for some

Surface Book Firmware Manual Installer Download

You can now purchase Microsoft's Surface Book in the UK and Europe

Surface Pro 4 wins Best Mobile Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2016

Surface Hub makes news studio debut with Seattle's KING 5 news

Also used at Ferrari’s F1 press conference

Surface tablets and Surface Book are now certified for use by U.S. Department of Defense

New Microsoft patent filing shows a stylus with a tip that can 'sense' colors

 Redditor modded Surface with a Lego plate and can attach accessories to it. Will try to get him on the show

Using Surface Pro 3 with a Pro 4 type cover or Surface Book

07:25 Clip from Learning Patience

Learning Patience

A quick demo written to showcase some new 8dio libraries I picked up — you're hearing the new 1928 Steinway Scoring Piano as well as…

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Marius is a photographer, Tech Journalist and composer.

Marius and Colin discussed many aspects of mobile technology and spent quite a bit of time discussing Marius’ current go to device – His iPad Pro.

42:21 Clip from These are the Voyages

These Are The Voyages

Marius Masalar is a Toronto-based game and film music composer. He dreams of travel, plays video games, loves life, and laughs frequently.

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44:49 Whiskey of the Week

David contributed this WotW segment from the top of a mountain in an Airstream trailer in Japan – Note:  The audio quality is poor on this segment

Introduction

Who's in the studio - David, Colin, Matt and special guests Kyran and Kaz. News

2:50 - X86 and ARM64 version of Windows Mobile

6:15 - Ignite registration is open

11:00 - Microsoft Invents a New Rechargeable Pen & Docking System that could end-up Integrated into a Future Surface Book

12:30 - Is it okay that Joe Belfiore is using an iPhone?

14:00 - Microsoft says it's not the Surface's fault your team lost

15:45 - Microsoft to include TripAdvisor in Windows 10: Microsoft to Pre-Install other apps

17:40 - New data: Apple's iPad Pro outsells Microsoft Surface tablets in debut quarter

21:30 - email from listener – Ali Qushery

Topics

38:00 - What's new in Windows 8" tablets - Kyran

44:10 - Rant on the Surface Book 4 - David

51:45 – Product Review- Accell UltraAV Docking Station

1:06:10 - Kyran Pimps vBrisket Prime Cuts Podcast

1:07:35 - MVP Days East - Registration s still open!

1:14:45 - Whiskey of the Week - Skate

Special Guest – John Marshall

0:00 – Introduction

3:15 – Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Updates

8:00 Word of the week is Visio

8:45 John Marshall interview

16:30 CES News – Acer Jade Primo

18:00Alcatel Lucent One Touch fierce XL

18:30Google will be using Oracle’s java API for the next android.

19:45Microsoft & Cyanogen announced the integration of Cortana into Android

21:15Remix OS

22:45Microsoft discontinues Windows 8 support

24:15Transatel & Microsoft join to sell universal SIMs

26:15 Updated Surface App for Surface Pro 4

29:00 MVP Days Feb 28 Toronto March 2 Ottawa March 4 Montreal

30:00 Colin switches to iPhone 6sPlus

47:15 New Year’s Prognostications

51:45 Studio renovation update

55:10Powershell Saturday #10, March 19 in Tampa. Florida- Sean will be there

55:45Raspberry Pi Zero.

58:30 Listener Swag – Juiced Systems USB hubs

WOTW – Whiskey of the Year Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye

WOTW

Basic show notes for now.  Complete Show notes coming before the New Year

A Christmas Barrel - A Holiday Radio Drama

Show theme by Rob from the Failed Musicians Podcast

 Special thanks to Tea with Warriors,  Ashley Paramore and Rishi Srivastava  for musical contributions.  I'm sorry I couldn't give you all shoutouts during the episode but we recorded before we had permission to use your music and we added it in post production.  Shoutouts next episode for sure.

A Frankenstein Episode 

Show notes coming

Show Notes coming soon

While David, Matt and Sean were busy recording episode 22, Colin recorded a segment in Barbados but it never made it into the episode.

00:00 – Introductions – The Surface Smiths Podcast is a member of the TechPodcast Network. Word of the week is Lappable. Colin is still away so this week Sean Kearney is a guest host and Matt is here to help out

01:25 – David asks and Sean explains about the MVP Summit

03:56 – Discussion of extended warranties

05:40 – Is a tub of rice as good as an extended warranty?

06:55 – Be nice to you Tech Support and don’t lie to them

07:33 – Dave unveils the Latitude Rugged Tablet military spec device that Dell has lent to us for evaluation. It even has a stealth mode for covert operations. The boys talk about the unit and the use cases it serves.

15:25 – Dave is looking for ideas to really put the Dell Latitude Rugged Tablet to the test and make a video. Please send your suggestions to us.

16:20 – Matt tells us about the SlowMo Guys on YouTube

18:55 – David unveils his Surface Book – Here is Sean’s

20:50 – Dave addresses the lapability issues with the Surface Book among other issues

22:05 – Ejecting the clipboard and using it without the keyboard – pros and cons

25:38 – Surface Book ports

28:52 – Microsoft Bob on the Surface Book

29:55 – Comparing Surface Book with Surface Pro

31:21 – Sean the human soundboard

33:30 – How impressed was Dave’s wife with the Surface Book?

34:09 – Surface book reduces IT support costs?

34:50 – The Surface Book has no Kensington Lock slot but the docking station does

38:05 – The Surface Book should have LTE for security purposes – it prevent s people from using insecure hotspots

39:25 – Sean is not as portable as an LTE SOC

40:40 – No Lumia 950XL updates

41:45 – There’s no whiskey in the studio this week so the boys are heading out for drinks. Abrupt Stop

Episode 021 – Colin is away – We will play

00:00 Intro
• Welcome to the show
• Special guest star Peter Henry
• Word of the Week is “Peter”
• Hands on with the Surface Book 4
• Colin reports fromRedmond
• Interview with Peter
• We are part of the Tech Podcast Network.
• Recorded onsite at Murphy Studios in downtown Ottawa.

01:30 Hands on with Surface Book
• David had about 10 minutes with a Surface Book this week
• Thought the hinge would be an issue – but it worked great
• You have to push a button on the keyboard to separate the screen from the keyboard
• Screen mounts forwards and backwards
• OMG it looks like a Macbook!
• Has Colin ordered or received his Surface Book yet – we don’t know!
• If you have a Surface Book – you won’t need a tablet!

07:00 Interview with Peter
• First job was pumping gas
• Does Peter have an opinion on the topic “Is Windows Phone Dead”
• Running Android apps on Windows Phone
• The “Glance and Go” features of Windows Phone
• What will keep Windows Phone here for 1 and 5 years?
• Couldn’t https://xamarin.com/ allow Windows apps to run on Android?
• Blackberry now has an Android phone – what does this mean for the future of Windows Phone

41:00 Colin – Still talking Lapable
• Colin just toured Surface Labs
• He was in Vegas, but doesn’t remember much about it!
• Is the Surface Book without a GPU too light to be lapable?
• Pennies for the Podcast Sir? - Our Amazon store has been expanded – buy your tech through our link and we’ll earn a few penny
• Samsung Q2U Microphone is both a USB and a standard Microphone!

41:00 Windows Mobile 10 Beta
• Windows Beta – doesn’t crash, battery lasts
• External display, keyboard and mouse works great
• David wonders – why buy a Lumia 950 XL when he already has a Nokia 1520 and a Surface Pro 3?
• Should David trade in his Surface Pro 3 and add $1,000 or keep his SP3 and buy a Lumia 950 XL for about $1,000 (Canadian including docking station and tax)
• Dave has a crush on Continuum
• The Lumia 550 is $150 (US), but can’t do continuum – but you can go to Cuba with the money you save!
• Peter and David wine about what a poorly written program iTunes is!

55:00 Outro – Call for your help with the podcast, please…
• Follow and re-tweet @SurfaceSmiths
• Listen www.SurfaceSmiths.com
• Email [email protected]
• Purchase Amazon A Store
• Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterHenry999
56:00 Whiskey of the Week – Alberta Premium Rye Whiskey
• Visit your liquor store or the distillery http://www.beamsuntory.com/brands/alberta-premium
• Tastes great out of old Jam Jars!