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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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WiGig supports the 60 GHz wireless transmission and beamforming propogation of AV data at multi-gigabit speeds over short distances up to 10 meters.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thanks for InfoComm everybody. What an incredible amount of hard work went into this show, including from my own colleagues on the Daily led by our SCN high priestess,...
Sometimes you are not sure if someone wishes to be publicly remembered after they are gone by everyone who can type. I don’t know what I would want. What...
One of the things I like best about tradeshows is that moment when a team gets to finally pull the wraps off something new. I realize that happens all...
Conferencing and collaboration is communication. That seems obvious, but is it? It’s very easy to miss the communication part when focused on the technology. That means meetings can be...
As some of you may know, I produce a bi-weekly newsletter AV Over IP. When it started over a year ago, I concentrated on stories about the underlying technology,...
Do you want to get started on your Dante certification? Do you want to learn the basics of VoIP for AV integrators so you can talk shop with your...
Innovation in the projection mapping community has hit a period of acceleration in part driven by the longtime collaborative relationships between creatives and technologists. In this issue, our reporter...
RecordingTheMasters, the worldwide leader in reel-to-reel tape manufacturing, is launching its new analog compact music cassette with what it claims to be “best-in-class sound quality”. Initially introduced at the...
For years Samsung has been foreshadowing a phone with a foldable screen, including with this video from the CES 2013 keynote. This video is having a resurgence in response...
Whether you are worried about your dog, and/or about the helpful passerby with a crowbar who is worried about your dog, you have a friend in Elon Musk. In...
As we went to press, there was some science news about tinnitus. Very abstract-seeming, mouse-related stuff so don’t get excited. The discovery of new neurons in the auditory system...
Yeah, you can’t go home again. Especially if home is Tokyo. Those of you know me, probably remember that for part of my time as a theme park designer...
It was an acquisition kind of month. Diversified started things off on July 11th, announcing they had established an office in Dubai via the acquisition of engineering company TSL...
Two Halls. That was the first sign that something was different. Sure those two halls at the Las Vegas convention center were not as packed as you would get...
As we go to press, the first AVIXA InfoComm looms over my calendar like a Royal Wedding with what feels like just as many moving parts. I have my...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and demonstrate how they apply to each industry we serve. Need to Know...
Voice control is gaining steam and it seems a genuine possibility that it could replace the swipe as the default workflow for… everything. It also seems possible—from my conversations...
As we go to press, SVConline has moved to a new web platform. I really like it. I hope you will too. It’s much faster and allows us to...
Today is Valentine’s Day. I’m sure you’ve thought of this idea many times, but this is a reminder. Concert tickets. Theater tickets. Grungy local band at the local pub...
I’ve never done this before but this month I’m going to go personal and local. Especially since many of you have seen my Out of Office messages these past...
Drones are fun, but are they AV? That remains an open question. We took a look at some of the available products starting on page 15 of this issue,...
As we go to press, the biggest industry news is InfoComm’s debut as AVIXA. It’s a large scale reimagining of the association (the trade shows will remain InfoComm, though...
Listen Technologies Promotes Mikey Shaffer to Senior Sales Director Accessibility champion leads sales team, helps venues foster more inclusive experiences for guests with innovative assistive listening solutions ...
Calrec scoops third Argo win with NAB Show Product of the Year 2024 Award for tailored version of Argo S
US conferencing manufacturer Boom Collaboration is helping a former London Music Director turned entrepreneur to hit the right note – after launching a new Pro AV integrator and distribution...
The Juno award-winning producer has long been a fan of PMC monitors and felt that only PMC could deliver the sound he wanted for his new room.