KY Technado: Recent Episodes
KY Technado
Technado show from Lexington KY. James Mason, Derrick Miles, and who ever else, talk about all things tech. Spoiler alert....it sucks.
We talk about the cool stuff you can do with Google Lens app and how you should be using the Google Photos app as well.
We answer a question that was submitted to us at KYTechnado@Outlook.com about why should you use a VPN.
We also try out the new Microsoft Office app.
The idea was for each of us to create a fake social media account and see who could get the most followers, real or fake, in a weeks time.
We learned a lot about social media and was able to game Twitter a little bit.
We talk about internet bots. Search bots, chat bots, game bots, etc.
We also talk about Apple not unlocking an iPhone for the gov-ment.
We talk about internet videos. Our favorite videos, the best internet videos, most popular YouTube videos, monetizing videos, and general nonsense.
We talk about marketing myths associated with TV buying. What specs are important when you are buying a TV?
Which ones are marketing lies?
Where to look for real reviews and ratings online, like https://www.rtings.com/.
We had some High School students submit questions to us about jobs in the IT industry.
We try to answer the questions about prospects, pay, and opportunities. There are so many good questions we have to split this in to two shows. This is the second show.
We talk about having a mobile wallet by using Google Pay, Samsung Pay, or Apple Pay.
We also talk about transferring money to people using Venmo, Zelle, Facebook messenger, Google Pay, or PayPal.
We talk about some helpful sites and apps for students. Some specific to the University of Kentucky apps, and some apps that Maxwell, the high school student, uses(mainly for cheating purposes).
We talk tech that has to do with your car. We talk about the Gas Buddy app, GPS digital speedometers, having Alexa in your car, the Parkmobile.io app for reserving parking spaces, Dashcams, and of course, Car Mattresses.
We talk about sites that we find useful. A couple of them are very well known, but the others not as much.
Here is the list of sites:
Snopes - research internet rumors https://www.snopes.com/
Short reckonings - Divide up and share bills with roommates, dinner friends, etc http://www.shortreckonings.com/fb/
Venmo - send money https://venmo.com/
Fax Zero - Send up to 5 faxes for free. 3 pages per fax. https://faxzero.com/
MyFonts.com - Find what fonts are used in a picture with the WhatTheFont tool https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
PDF Escape - Edit PDFs. Very useful when on a phone or tablet. Can also install a Desktop app for Windows https://www.pdfescape.com/
Printwhatyoulike.com - Print sections of a web page, not the whole page. Useful for social media posts
We had some High School students submit questions to us about jobs in the IT industry.
We try to answer the questions about prospects, pay, and opportunities. There are so many good questions we have to split this in to two shows.
We talk about the paywalls on news sites. We try not to say whether they are good or bad, just how they work and how to get around them... if you are so inclined to do so.
We talk about our go-to shopping sites where we find the best deals online.
Some, but not all, of the sites we cover:
https://bensbargains.com/
https://www.spoofee.com/
https://www.dealnews.com/
https://www.woot.com/
We discuss whether warranties are as valuable as they once were. Online, in-store, and credit card warranties.
We talk about IT certification options and I quiz Derrick and Maxwell with certification questions.
Derrick and I discuss our IT pedigrees and history and how the IT industry has changed since we started.
We talk about our experience as IT professionals and educational prospects for those wanting to become an IT professional.
We have a competition for who could find the strangest gadget online. No adult-themed gadgets, which made the competition much more difficult.
I nerd-gush about the MIT App Inventor online tool.
https://appinventor.mit.edu/
Excellent way to learn how to make apps, without a steep learning curve.
We play around with some soundboard and sound effect apps.
For an episode dedicated to sounds, we seem to have a lot a dead air.
We meant to talk about Amazon Prime Day sale, but we got severely distracted talking about video games, of course, with our buddy Nate.
We describe some Google search tips that we like to use. Some examples are posted on Twitter feed @KYTechnado.
We compare Windows PC to Mac. We try to keep it fair and not bash either side too much.
We talk about examples that we have found of the internet dog-piling on people and ruining their careers or their lives over social media posts.
We gripe and complain about Craigslist charging $5 to list a car. So we look for other options beyond Craigslist for listing your used cars online.