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There’s definitely a Windows 10… Now we need a Surface 4 and all will be Ok 10-4!

00:00 -   Introduction, discussing Japan & advantages of the smaller Surface Pro when traveling

2:20 – Comparing Ottawa to real cities around the world (government vs. private sector)

3:50 – What new gear do we have at Surface Smiths Central?

4:30 – Whisky vs. whiskey vs. scotch, and clothing vs. closing

5:55 – Windows 10 Tokyo Launch & No no New York – Thank Godzilla for demos, and Cortana doesn’t speak Japanese!

7:40 – Let’s talk XBox, cross-platform, and Universal Apps in Azure? The Continuum!

10:20 – Colin’s Top 10 things he likes about Windows 10

14:00 – Segue: Canadian MVPs & Surface Smiths on Channel 9

15:35 – Back to the Top 10 list (and thankfully they put pants on)

1650 – OneNote is Broken!

18:55 – The Surface Pro 4 sighted in the wild! (maybe…)

31:00 – As Seen On TV (and in movies…)

34:30 – We will review… and how will we do it?

38:55 – Microsoft Band is over?? Taylor Made hopes not!

42:20 – Outro – not the end of the podcast, just the end of the episode

44:50 – Whisky of the Week (Chivas Regal 18)

48:45 – More Band-wagon speculation

Sorry SurfaceNation,

A technology issue coupled with some geography prevented us from releasing a full episode today.  We will be working hard to get you a full episode as soon as possible.

 Lost in Translation ロストイントランスレーション

Colin is at the cottage and David is still on vacation in Asia. 

Colin is recording his segments using his regular Shure SM58 Microphone with a simple USB to XLR cable.  It would have been harder to do with a traditional laptop or iPad.

3:00 Microsoft Earnings – A multi-billion dollar write-down of the Nokia business that they purchased.  Surface earnings are very impressive – up 177% shipping 200,000 to 300,000 per month!

4:36 NewMicrosoft Phones Leaked – Talkman and Cityman both will be hexacore, 32 GB of storage a 3 GB of RAM, Windows Hello Support, 20 MP cameras and removable batteries with the Cityman supporting -

6:00 Stephen Hawking – Since leaving our podcast he has started crowdsourcing the search for alien life.  

7:00 Surface Pro 4 – Colin teased Sean that his new laptop will soon be “the old one”. 

8:22 WiFi Sense – This increases flexibility while increasing security – to a point! 

11:00 Feature Request – Share with Me – How to connect multiple devices to a new WiFi access point without having to enter the password. 

14:00 Windows Insider Events – David is going to the Tokyo event while Colin will be staying at the cottage. 

17:00 As Seen on TV - Colin reports on seeing Surface Pro 3s on TV

20:00 Whiskey of the Week – David samples Suntory Hibiki from Tokyo.

Footnote:  David did some shopping at the Duty Free so we’ll have two more Japanese
Whiskey’s and a Saki to sample in future shows

This week David contributes from Vietnam while Colin, Sean and Matt hold down the fort in Canada.

Experimenting with a new format for show notes that includes timings.  Let us know what you think

Keep your selfie stick on the ice!

View from Colin's veranda at the cottage where the outro was recorded

David, you actually drank this stuff??

This week Sean Kearney visits Colin and Matt in the studio  and the thre of them talk about how great the Microsoft Surface is!  Since Sean is a guest we ask Sean what his first computer was, what his favorite Windows 10 feature is and to sing a song.  **** WARNING *** Sean Sings *** WARNING ***

Some links to Sean’s stuff:

Show Notes outsourced to China - Coming soon

Dave's writing them and posting them from Shanghai.

Creating a podcast is a lot more work than you would think.  But it is really a great opportunity to research Microsoft Surface, learn about audio recording software and equipment.  We are continuing to streamline our process.  This weeks Episode took about 5 hours in post-production – next weeks about 2 hours.

This week Colin and David cover News, Accessories, Tips and Tricks and some HR Issues:

This week's sponsor is Bridgeways.com, the monitoring, reporting & analytics Company. 

In this episode your hosts, Colin and David delve into the History of the Microsoft Surface, review what is new at E3 and talk about Windows 10 support.  Joining us today is our new sound engineer Matt Murphy.

This week's sponsor is Bridgeways.com, the monitoring, reporting & analytics company.

In this episode your hosts, Colin and David continue your tour of the wonderful world of Microsoft Surface.

Be sure to visit our blogs http://sunbehindtheclouds.com and http://whateverwindows for more Colin and David and thanks for being part of the Surface Nation.

In this Episode our hosts, Colin and David start your tour of the wonderful world of Microsoft Surface. 

Be sure to visit our blogs http://sunbehindtheclouds.com and http://whateverwindows for more Colin and David - Oh, and keep your stick on the ice!