The Cheeky Tech Podcast

Episode 15 – The Build 2017 Ho-hum Spectacular

Mon, 29 May 2017 16:52:50 +0000

Build 2017 highlights, including Microsoft’s new Fluent Design, are on tap with Robert & Chris this week, as well a little drooling (ok, a lot) over the new Surface Pro.

Episode 14 – The S Man Commeth

Sat, 06 May 2017 14:23:47 +0000

Chris and Robert take a break from hiatus for a quick look at the new Microsoft Surface Laptop and Windows 10 S. We’re ecstatic about the battery life expectations and the sexy new Surface Laptop’s design, but where does it fit? Is Windows 10 S just Windows RT all over again? Tune in for that discussion and more!

Episode 12 – Where there’s smoke

Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:02:43 +0000

Chris and Robert are back again for a pre-Surface Studio chat. Don’t worry, we’ll be posting our thoughts on that shortly. This week:

We discuss Instagram’s port to desktop. Microsoft’s new CACHE app. Microsoft’s new booking feature built for Facebook. Outlook Premium. We check in on the Surface and NFL program. Some small speculation on the events coming up. We discuss the newest builds of Windows and Chris’ lust over the Linux sub system improvements. Lastly, Robert briefly dives into his QA passion.

Episode 11 – Fortunately I had a CSV

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:25:28 +0000

Robert and Chris discuss the latest Rogue One trailer. They talk Robert’s woes with the new Outlook.com. Chris dives into his latest experiences with .NET Core. They consider what MS could get out of a Twitter purchase (and their feud with Salesforce). What’s new with the latest Windows Insider build. They briefly touch on the latest in the Band 3 saga. And finally, what they’re hoping for with Microsoft’s October event.

Episode 10 – Acceptance

Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:49:15 +0000

Robert and Chris are back to opine about what’s next in the world of Microsoft.

Robert’s Move to iOS (!?)
Elite X3 Stability Issues.
An enlightening discussion on Meyerson and Nadela Memos.
Is Microsoft ‘Missing’ Mobile a blessing in disguise?
A brief tangent on the transportation industry.
What’s next for UWP?
What’s the real-world impact of the Centennial Bridge.
Our poll for favorite / most used iOS apps.
Cortana in the personal assistant war.

Episode 9 – Just print signs that say, ‘mug me.’

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:05:23 +0000

Robert and Chris are back after a few weeks off discussing the latest news in Microsoft.

In this episode: QA Problems, Robert’s One Plus 3, Swift Key, Belfiore’s back, Robert’s Thoughts on the iPhone announcements, Surface Phone speculation, new Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) features in practice along with the recent news on Band (or not?) and, lastly, Robert and Chris try to figure out if Microsoft wants or cares to be a consumer company and what kind of investment it would take to do so. Whew! it’s a big one, folks!

Episode 8 – An Addendum

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:35:24 +0000

Robert and Chris discuss the latest Surface Ad, the Anniversary Update for Windows Mobile addendum, the new UWP toolkit, speculate a great deal about Redstone 2 and what it means for a potential Surface Phone, and finally how Microsoft stores may not be the most profitable, but a great endeavor for Microsoft.

Episode 7 – I must have all the Surface Things

Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:18:44 +0000

With a slow news week; We pull apart Windows 10 controversies. Whether we consider ourselves, ‘full stack,’ developers. If the .NET crowd feels left out when Microsoft talks about iOS bridges and new open source initiatives. Why you likely couldn’t pry our desktops away from us. How our Pro-Apple families deal with us. Whether or not the Insider program is a cult (and whether or not that’s a bad thing). And lastly, how Microsoft’s newer hardware initiatives are winning over Chris’ toddler.

Referenced in show: After Big Windows 10 Update it’s Still a Work in Progress

Episode 6 – Celebrating with Tin Foil Hats

Fri, 05 Aug 2016 21:02:06 +0000

We celebrate the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Topics include:

Tim Sweeny on the death of Win32.
Juha Alakarhu leaves Microsoft for Nokia.
Anniversary Emoji and Pistol-Gate.
Hololens availability.
iPad-only is the new Desktop Linux.
Anniversary Update Coverage
- Inking
- Cortana on the lock screen
- Skype Preview
- Notification improvements
- Stability
- Edge Extensions and Improvements
- Driver Signing
- Windows Defender Improvements
- Bash
- Robert and Chris’ favorite features
- What’s next for Windows?

Episode 5 – Azure is the Biz-est

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 03:15:28 +0000

We welcome our good friend Tim to the podcast to talk about everything Azure. The genesis of the service, how it’s evolved, where it fits with services like AWS, its strengths, and how and why companies should start considering using it.

Programming Note:
During the show it was incorrectly stated that Azure began as a IaaS offering. Listener Carmen Crincoli set us straight on that:

“Your cloud guest got Azure history wrong. It started as pure PaaS, not IaaS. Isolation mechanism just happened to be VMs. The fact that it was pure PaaS actually hurt it. No one was ready for that in 2008.”

Thanks for the correction, Carmen!