Veterans
In the United States today, we pause to celebrate the lives sacrificed in defense of our country. We call it Memorial Day. Other countries have similar celebrations. Since AVNation is a U.S. based...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A State of Control Episode 4: Scope of What?
Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder and Steve Greenblatt of Control Concepts Guests: Rich Fregosa of Fregosa Design, Steve Samson from Crestron, and Doug Santo of Shen, Milsom, & Wilke Record...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live Reboot
As we all gear up to meet in Orlando for InfoComm 2013, I wanted to take the next few weeks to introduce (or re-introduce) you to our various podcasts. It’s back. The AVSocial is back with a couple of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tweetup InfoComm 2013
So, you want to go to a party? Well you’re in luck. If you’re coming to InfoComm 2013, stop by for the AVTweeps Tweetup on Thursday June 13 from 5 to 6 pm in room W232A. Yeah, we know, you have other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AVWeek
As we all gear up to meet in Orlando for InfoComm 2013, I wanted to take the next few weeks to introduce (or re-introduce) you to our various podcasts. AVNation has been producing podcasts for the AV...
View ArticleClik here to view.
InfoComm Day -2
Just a quick note here. I’m sitting in the InfoComm Today production room that the InfoComm team has graciously given us. After a day of setting up, meeting some old friends, and getting connected with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
InfoComm Day -1
After a day of moderating the Technology Manager’s Symposium, I am really quite excited about this year’s show. First, the symposium. This was a day of presentations by tech managers and manufacturers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
InfoComm 2013
Copyright InfoComm International 2013 Well, InfoComm 2013 is in the books. What a year it was. There was education going on, deals being made, and more technology than one person could see in three...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Enzo
Like most of you, we are still going through all of our notes, meetings, business cards, and other materials gathered at InfoComm 2013 this year. So, I will take another week or so on this blog to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I’m Down With DMC-E (Yeah, you know me)
This past week I had the opportunity to attend the newly revised Crestron DMC-E class. (DMC-E stands for DigitalMedia Certified Engineer). The class was held in the Chicago office as it is the...
View ArticleTechnical Artists
My first “job” in the AV industry was to provide lighting for a t-shirt table during a christian concert at my church. I was 14. Back then, those of us who were on front of house, lighting, camera,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rear View
Some of you may know that I lost my mother to cancer two years ago. If you did not know, today is the one year anniversary of losing my sister, Jennifer, as well to cancer. The picture here is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AVWeek at 100
Two years ago I was testing out Google Plus and the Hangout feature with Bradford Benn and Rich Fregosa. I knew these gentlemen from Twitter and we had all just jumped into the deep end of Google’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A State of Control Episode 5: Configuratable
Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder and Steve Greenblatt of Control Concepts Guests: Rich Fregosa of Fregosa Design, Matthew Silverman from George Mason University, Scott Samsal from GreenPoint TDI,...
View Article#AVWedding
On Episode 94 of AVWeek, our young AV professional, Joshua Stackhouse, did a first for an AV podcast, and maybe even for podcasts in general. He proposed to his girlfriend. The tension was in the air...
View ArticleAVB vs. HDBaseT
On the latest episode of AVWeek (Episode 102) we were pleased to welcome Ellen Juhlin from Meyer Sound . In addition to being their Digital Products Analyst, Ellen is also the AVnu Alliance Pro AV...
View ArticleFiber, why are you so expensive?
Friends, I am in a mood this morning. It may be the lack of sleep for the last few days, or the fact that football is just around the corner. Whatever the reason, hold onto your hats. Fiber. Everybody...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Geek Squad ≥ AV Pros?
In my day job I am a technology manager for a community college in southwest Illinois (let’s say the St. Louis area to give those geographically challenged among us a reference point). One of my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A State of Control Episode 6: The One Ring
Host: Tim Albright AVNation Founder and Steve Greenblatt of Control Concepts Guests: Rich Fregosa of Fregosa Design, Chris Neto of AV Helpdesk, Richard Blackwell from Linked2Software, and Jamie Trader...
View ArticleWelcome Back
For those of us in education, the next few weeks will be quite interesting. This is the time when the students return and our campuses are once again awash in activity. However, it is not as if we...
View Article