Geek Beat Live 163: All About #SXSW 2016

Geek Beat Live 163: All About #SXSW 2015

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Chit Chat

Kyle Strickland

Our little patron is now 13. Wish him a happy birthday

GB Bachelor Party

Evan is getting married to Sierra and he’s in the audience.

Geek Beat University

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NAB Show

We’ll be going to NAB in a couple weeks

Big News

Opinion: Why #Smartwatches Are More Than Just Hype

– Eric Schuetz
– “So far, the concept appears to be “glorified notifications”. This may not seem like a lot to the casual onlooker, but keep in mind that casually looking at your watch during a conversation is still considered “okay”. To casually look at your phone during the same conversation is considered rude, and in many respects, antisocial.”

Brad Taylor on Google+

“I personally love mine and really notice if I forget it at home one day.”

Daniel M on Google+

Yes it is hype. Just another device that I have to charge at night.

Steven Laskoske

The problem with smartwatches is that even the best of them are nothing more than an accessory for your phone. While there is an attempt to classify these devices as “wearable computing” or as part of the “Internet of Things”, the fact is that, at this time, the real work is being done by the phone it is tethered to. Aside from that the devices are little more than glorified timepieces and fitness trackers.

Michael Cook

I have the Gear S, and really like it. I use it for working out, going on bike rides, and not having to carry a phone every where while working. It’s handy to see who’s calling when your phone is in your pocket or across the room.

Chris Hebert

The watch might be good for younger eyes, but I can’t imagine seeing email text on such a small screen with my 57 year-old eyes. And the watch looks absolutely huge for someone with a relatively small wrist like mine – even the 38mm version. I usually have to poke extra holes in leather watch bands to make them fit. I’ll stick with my new iPhone 6 with its 4.7″ screen for reading emails. Now if they got the price down to under $100 then it might be interesting to play around with (I may need my iPhone to magnify the watch screen), but not at $350 and up. Are kids these days buying watches again? I thought they were giving them up since all phones have a clock. I’m not sure that the watch fad will catch on.

Internet Explorer Name Change

– Project Spartan
– Cortana implementation
– Name Changes

Episode 1

What is #SXSW?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkD7DEoDQ2Y
– David and Cali spent at the week at South by Southwest in Austin
– South by Southwest started as music festival
– Added Film
– Now has an intereactive component
– lots of events, music, and other activities over the week
– David’s 1st time
– VERY different conference!
– B+L fun
– Floor manager mommy
– ecoRecos

Q&A

Robert Mememe

Is there a new cool must have gizmo?

Cheeky

How #Cheeky, oops, I mean, How Geeky are you? #geekbeat

Glenn from Lunar Bikes

@CaliLewis I would have loved to be at #sxsw but why was #GeekBeat at a music & film festival? Are you guys going to E3 this year?

SXSW isn’t just a music and film festival anymore. We are not attending E3.

Mealika Brown

What musical acts are you most excited about seeing?

– Brandi Carlisle
– Ryley Walker
– Mansionair
– Philip Nelson
– Giovanni – got some great ones!

Episode 2

#SXSW: Build Your Ultimate Custom Guitar with Moniker Guitars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh4w_NJoRzs
– David Foster gave us a tour of the Moniker guitars factory
– Custom Guitar maker
– Factory in Austin
– 7 different guitar models and 2 basses
– affordable prices split into 6 lump sums
Stories from Dave & Kevin

How- To

Ordering Moniker

– Moniker Walk Through
– coming next week

Host’s Corner

Starbucks Customer Service

– David and Cali got great customer service by Maggie and Mike at Austin Starbucks
– They remembered their names
– Foster focused on customer experience in a previous job.
– We want to thank our Patrons
– We want to get better at our customer experience

h2>Unboxings

Phantom 2 Vision +

PRS Guitars

P22

Pivoli

PAL BT

Contour

Roller Mouse Red Plus

Octa

Lynx
Spyder Monkey

Wonder Workshop

Dash Teaching robots

Bluetune

Bluetooth speakers

MagBack

MagBak for iPhone and iPad

ZTE

AT&T Velocity Hotspot

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