Convenience vs Consistency In Marconi’s Magical Ether

Marconi, the fantastical genius (second in renowned and sheer infamy only to Tesla, despite Yahoo Serious’s portrayal ) who brought us the ability to transmit information from one location to another without the need for miles of wire would be amazed but quite comfortable with our wireless world. After all the first wireless phone/media delivery system was in use by 1922. The tools and interfaces would no doubt astound him, yet the process and application would be as natural as reading the newspaper. The modern ‘Golden Age of Wireless’ is mother’s milk to most of us - we are as afraid of its presence, with a few odd exceptions, as we are of indoor running water. So why does it so often befoul and frustrate us?

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Episode One of our newest show AV Social is now posted “Join The Conversation”

This Show includes +Matt Scott +Scott Moody +George Tucker +Dawn Mead and +Cindy Gallop of ‘Ifwerantheworld.com

Rave Pubs just published my most recent missive - ‘Knit One, Purl Two.

“Go ahead n’ pull, you might get what you want or a surprise worth waiting for, depending on your point of view. With the music business still in disarray and profits bleeding out like a moonshine still at the wrong end of a ATF shotgun the pundits have declared, yet again, Rock’s demise. “

The complete Post is here-> http://ravepubs.com/rave2011/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6417:knit-one-purl-two&catid=211:george-tucker-&Itemid=356

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Here’s a fork, Dig In- it’s nutritious and delicious

Episode 10 of AV Week brings new blood with Adrian Boyd, Matt Scott returns as our international correspondent, and George Tucker joins us.

We talk about AV Week, the InfoComm industry celebration of all things AV. Cheryl Regan from ICIA gives us some tips and ideas on how to promote the industry where you live.

Crestron has killed a long beloved product; we mourn the passing of the Adagio line. How would you like a control system you can control with your brain? We’ll explain. Also, George explains how to build your very own satellite. Plus, we have the next big market for you integrators… senior citizens.

Here’s a fork, Dig In- it’s nutritious and delicious
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http://www.avnation.tv/avweek-episode-10-oh-canada/

AV Nations AV Week Podcast, Episode 8 now Posted!
It is the Audio Visual Podcast of Technophila - minus the restraining orders.

http://www.avnation.tv/avweek-episode-8-this-one-goes/

Witness Baby! Witness!

My fellow RavePubs blogger and all around dynamo Dawn Meade (aka AV Dawn) just published a great call to arms in evangelism for the AV industry.

Read it here

Evangelism contains within it a need for the delft skill of engaging those who want to learn, resisting the desire to teach those who do not care and, most difficult of all, leading the misinformed to see the folly of their own premises.

AV is a grand wide pleasure dome from the DIY to the toys of a Sultan. You can preach to me the lifelong benefits of a Plasma but if this is not my budget no amount of preaching will help. Now, tell me how to make the best of what I can and I will see that the work to do so, in the end is equal to a step or two up. I may need to go though the process but in the end it is gentle evangelicalism that will ring in my ears.

Can I get a Witness!?

SoundCheck to have a live call in broadcast on Summer Stage Collapses. You can listen via web at http://bit.ly/o4vi17 #avtweeps. More….

From the show description:

In the world of concert promoters, summer 2011 can be summed up in two words: stage collapses. Today: A discussion about outdoor stage safety and regulation following the deadly accidents at this summer’s music festivals.

WNYC - the public radio here in NYC has many great shows including SoundCheck which explores the creation, industry, artistry and sheer joy of well, new sounds.

From latest my Rave Blog Squad post #AVTWEEPS

Truly Useful Engine

Perspective can change everything, running straight line the countryside is truly bucolic but when the train jerks ‘round a turn you find that the rolling hills hide a shanty town. Which side of the tracks your business is living on can be a fluid line. One month you are in the middle of richly appointed houses with green lawns and blooming gardens the next morning it is in a freight yard of dinged cars and grimy out buildings.

How could this happen? Perhaps you rode the line too far without checking; All lines end somewhere and these places look nothing like they do on Sodor. Anyone who has ‘ridden the rails’ will tell you that the first rules -(after keep away from the bulls) - are to keep an eye on where the train is heading and to be wary of junctions.

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Are you useless? I am and proudly so and I think you could do with being so too.

I’ll let that sink in for a moment before we proceed — you should strive to be useless and leading by example, encourage your staff to be the same….

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My First Post for RavePubs

nypl:

 

Ok, Fine. We admit it. 3D movies might be our fault.

Not only writers get inspired by the collections of NYPL. Following up on our Centennial Celebrations, check out this article about some of the greatest inventions that got their start at the Library… including polarizing lenses, which were instrumental in the birth of 3D movies.

Muybridges so Cool He’s Gotta Wear Shades 3D TV and the Consumer Electronic Follies

I have been re-reading Legs Mcneils great book - ‘Please Kill Me - an uncensored oral history of Punk’.

From the start Iggy and the Stooges Raw Power album has been rolling through my head. What a fucking fantastic album.