174: The 2017 Upgradies

Presenting the Fourth Annual Upgradies! In this episode Myke and Jason discuss their favorites of 2017 across many categories, with important input provided by you, the Upgradians! Only the finest will walk away with the coveted title of Upgradies Award Winner.

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Nominations:

Best Overall iOS app

• Carrot Weather
• Overcast
• Scrivener
• Tweetbot
• 1Password

Best Newcomer iOS App

• Files
• Affinity Photo
• Apollo
• Things 3

Best Overall Mac App

• Final Cut Pro X
• 1Password
• OmniFocus
• Safari

Best Newcomer Mac App

• Forecast
• Twitterrific
• Pixelmator Pro

Game of the Year

• Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)

iOS Game of the Year

• Flipflop Solitaire
• Inside
• Life is Strange
• Jackbox Party Pack 4
• Monument Valley 2
• Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Favourite Movie:

• Baby Driver
• Spider-Man Homecoming
• Blade Runner 2049
• Wonder Woman

Favourite (Upgrade) Myke at the Movies

• Spider-Man Homecoming
• Blade Runner: The Final Cut
• Terminator 2

Favourite Book

• Borderline by Mishell Baker
• Turtles all the Way Down, by John Green
• The Caledonian Gambit, by Dan Moren
• Artemis, by Andy Weir

Favourite Apple Product

• iPhone X
• iPad Pro 10.5
• Apple Watch Series 3

Favourite Non-Apple Product

• Nintendo Switch
• Lutron Caseta Smart Switches
• Google Home Mini
• Amazon Echo

Worst Gadget/Most Disappointing Tech

• Brydge Keyboard
• Smart Connector
• Pixel 2 XL
• MacBook Pro
• Apple TV

Favourite Tech Story

• HomePod Firmware Leak
• Overreaching smartphones: Essential Phone and Red Hydrogen One
• Mac Roundtable
• Net Neutrality

Favourite Tech Screw-Up

• HomePod Firmware Leak
• Juicero
• Uber

Most Life-Changing Hardware

• iPad Pro 10.5
• Amazon Echo
• AirPods
• Apple Watch
• Nintendo Switch

Favourite Tech Podcast

• Canvas
• Connected
• The Talk Show
• Welcome to Macintosh
• Lifetime Achievement Award: ATP

Favourite Non-Tech Podcast

• The Adventure Zone
• Dragon Friends
• Hello Internet
• Do by Friday
• Reconcilable Differences
• Lifetime Achievement Award: The Flop House

Favourite Podcast Newcomer

• The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls 2
• S-Town
• What Trump Can Teach us About Con Law
• Unmade
• Download

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