I’ve created a new Google Calendar for all of my livestreams so that folks can add it to their devices and see when I’ll be live for both public and private member streams:
I’ll include links for each event for public YouTube streams, member posts with unlisted streams embedded inside, and my Twitch channel.
On Monday, Mikah Sargent and I recorded episode 1 of Smart Tech Today in person at the TWiT studio. In the show, we:
Attempt to create nicknames for the major voice assistants. Be sure to share your ideas for Siri, Alexa, and Google nicknames by emailing [email protected]!
Discuss all the products Amazon announced at its recent press event. Matthew gets Mikah to change his mind about the smart oven Amazon launched.
Ponder the future of voice-based operating systems given the fact that every company seems to be announcing earbuds that work with smart assistants.
Give a brief rundown of their smart home setups.
Answer questions about automating alarms using Siri Shortcuts and NFC tags.
Give a shout-out to the one-and-only Gemmy the Twerking Bear.
Here’s Mikah and I after recording – had a blast! We’re off to a great start, but any help sharing the show to new people still goes a long way.
Once we hit 30,000 subscribers, we’ll have a full video feed of each episode too, available on our YouTube channel:
Plus, here’s a set of Siri Shortcuts for subscribing and listening to the show: