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Cynthia Wisehart on Inclusion
I get a lot of pitches from publicists, and I cannot open all of them, especially when they come from an unfamiliar source. Still among the hundreds of emails...
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Did Elon Musk just kill hybrid work?
The latest abrupt move by Twitter's new owner is an about-face for one of the leading companies to embrace remote work.
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Cynthia Wisehart on Jupiter Systems
I’ve been to the Jupiter Systems headquarters in Hayward plenty of times. It’s cubicle-y, beige, and resolutely unpretentious. The trees around the parking lot have grown bigger over the...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Mix Sound for Film & TV
In-person is back for so many things. One of my favorite in-person events has been the Mix Sound for Film & TV event put on by my longtime colleague...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Christie’s Manufacturing
Are robotics the future of AV manufacturing? Apparently, Christie thinks so. They’ve long been pioneers in factory engineering—the company’s Environmental Management System (EMS) dates back to 2006. The system,...
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Cynthia Wisehart on the Return to InfoComm
Until Covid hit, I’d been going to Las Vegas for a continuous 30 years for the NAB Show and alternate years for InfoComm. That ambivalent annual streak ended with...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Bob Simpson
This is one of the most personal columns I’ll probably write here. Last month Bob Simpson, founder of Electrosonic passed away after a long life and career, leaving behind...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Hall Technologies
As we went to press on April 12th, 15 months after the name change from Hall Research, and just four months after moving to Dallas, Hall Technologies announced an...
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Cynthia Wisehart on TAIT
In March, news came that the bangin’ rock & roll experience company TAIT had acquired the imaginative powerhouse Thinkwell now in its 20th anniversary year. When Michael Tait founded...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Douglas Trumbull
I started my career as a theme park designer when Douglas Trumbull was already famous in my world, having set the standard for all we would pursue with the ...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Covid Safety
This month, during the Omicron surge, I heard a story from someone who works in national-level live events. The house crew tests every shift and wears masks. Visiting talent...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Meyer Sound Constellation
As we go to press, it’s still 2021 and Meyer Sound Constellation is officially 15 years old, though its roots reach back decades further, all the way to Canberra...
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Cynthia Wisehart on eGlass
I think we’ve all had quite different experiences adapting to video calls and meetings, and a personal range of comfort and discomfort. I learned about some of my preferences...
Entertainment
Chapel of Sound is now open
Remote performance venue near the Great Wall of China has some of the most innovative acoustics in the world.
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Cynthia Wisehart on Event Safety Alliance
Today as we go to press, the Event Safety Alliance announced the postponement of their hybrid 3-day December 2021 event to March 22-24, 2021 on the campus of Rock...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Tradeshows
As we go to press, a reported 1400 people attended a plucky CEDIA, NAB and Enterprise Connect are cancelled, and AVIXA CEO David Labruskes is 99.999% sure InfoComm will...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Orlando’s Holy Land Experience
Surely one of the most peculiar losses of COVID is Orlando’s Holy Land Experience. You may not know this, but it shares a parking lot with Electrosonic’s Orlando office,...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Consumer Flexibility
The National Retail Federation is reporting that consumers want to go back to physical stores (although with the added convenience of permanent curbside pickup). Workers do kinda want to...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Dante AV
I remember when Dante AV was announced at what we called a trade show. Long ago, in the before times BC, your may remember that the tribes used to...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Remote Schooling
As we go to press, the FCC announced $7 billion with a B to improve remote access for American students. Where there is money, there is opportunity. Not always...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Online School
As we go to press, the schools in LA have just opened up ish. The day before classes resumed, I did an unscientific survey with one sample fifth grader...
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Cynthia Wisehart on the Oculus
There have been so many accomplishments in pandemic. Some of course have been heartbreakingly hard won and I try to never miss a chance to acknowledge the heroic and...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Technological Advances
You’ll often hear technologists say that we jumped ahead five years in pandemic. Certainly it will be considered one of science and engineering’s finest hours in ways big and...
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Cynthia Wisehart on CES
For the first time in pretty much my adult life, there was no CES to schlep to Las Vegas for. No forced marches, no pitched battles for cabs, no...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Community
I grew up going to hippie folk Masses, where my dad would sling his macramé guitar strap over his shoulder and stand at the front of our historic Santa...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Staging in Pandemic
Last year, when I wrote the 2020 editorial calendar, I dedicated this issue to Staging. I could never have imagined where Staging would be at this point in the...
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Cynthia Wisehart on the Election
The Secretaries of State across our country are in the middle of executing a giant seven-month change order. Actually, it’s multiple change orders for simultaneous job sites all over...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Working from Home
This month is my 22-year anniversary of working from home as an employee. I worked from home as a newlywed, while pregnant, as a nursing mom, as a boss,...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Music and the Arts
Many of us are here in AV because of music and the arts. Right now live sound feels like longed-for past. I’m encouraged to see artists finding new voices...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Virtual Life
How goes our virtual lives? Not always great. My daughter’s virtual graduation from high school was awful. There, I said it. We sat, the three of us, in our...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Social Distancing
Necessity is the mother of the videoconference. AV has always been there. Much of what we are doing now to survive—both professionally and personally-we could have done before. In...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Gatherings
In my years as a performer and then as a theme park designer I always understood that technology mattered. I was lucky to work with amazing professionals—lighting designers, sound...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Closings and Cancellations
It’s only one tiny part of the strangeness of our times that the cover theme of this month’s issue is Arenas and Stadiums. This happened long before anyone could...
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Cynthia Wisehart on d&b audiotechnik’s New Facility
Wednesday night before NAMM, I braved the 5 freeway to Long Beach (in California we say “the 5”. Sailors call their ships “she”; we call our freeways “the”). I...
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Cynthia Wisehart on WiGig
As we went to press, rumors surfaced again that Apple will ditch all iPhone ports for at least one of its 2021 phones. This news has put the WiGig...
Industry
What is WiGig?
WiGig supports the 60 GHz wireless transmission and beamforming propogation of AV data at multi-gigabit speeds over short distances up to 10 meters.
Blog
Cynthia Wisehart on Screens
I don’t blame our industry for the anxiety of our public square and relationships. But I do blame screens in general—and the heaving maw of demand they create for...
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Cynthia Wisehart on AV and Neurological Experiences
Last week, I came across two stories. In one story a group of gamers who are quadriplegic are training to compete internationally. In the other story, people are trying...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Industry Diversity
How can our industry evolve to be more diverse? I’ve been in this industry as a theme park designer and a journalist for decades. I can confirm that it...
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Cynthia Wisehart on Dante Certification
Not everything we do for work has to be work. I know time is at a premium for everyone, but this month, I’m going to make a pitch for...
