Viewpoints

Concerning Quality By Ted Leamy, January 6, 2010 When the term ‘quality’ is applied to AV system installations, some tend to first think only about the relative value or usefulness of the individual components that make up the system. Are they of “good quality?” However, the More..
Three-Way Street By Jerry Gale, December 18, 2009 Most professionals recognize that they have to network to build business, find opportunities, and move forward in their More..
Profit from Accuracy By Shane Istre, November 19, 2009 Are you making enough money? Looking at the market information available for the systems integration industry, a few things become readily apparent. Companies in our industry typically fall into two categories: $200,000 gross per More..
The Visual Channel By Paul Chavez, November 5, 2009 The Visual ChannelEverywhere I go, I carry a pencil and a small notebook in my back pocket. I don’t use them every day, but they are there just in case I can’t express an idea in words and I have to rely on visualization to More..
Follow Up To Lead By R. Randal Riebe, October 21, 2009 Economic challenges continue to be the hot media topic both inside and outside of our industry. With these current struggles you would assume that most businesses would be focused on doing anything and everything they could to More..
Safe Disposal Of Green Rhetoric By Steve Thorburn, August 18, 2009 I admit it. I’m tired of being lectured to about green building and sustainability. I’m not tired of the concepts; I like to think that I have subscribed to and enacted sustainable practices in my life and work for many years. More..
What is Hip? By R. Randal Riebe, June 22, 2009 Social networking has become a global consumer phenomenon that touches both our personal and professional environments. The technologies and applications created for the consumer are making the move to the corporate world and More..
Designing For Participation By Paul Chavez, May 18, 2009 Whether creating systems for classrooms or meeting rooms, AV designers directly affect the way people interact with each other. In the last decade, software architects have had increasing success creating "spaces" for group More..
Drawing Conclusions By Ted Leamy, April 16, 2009 Design Decisions For Performance Space Sound Systems Designing and installing live music sound systems that meet concert audience expectations is always a challenge. Through the design process we regularly review data and make More..
Survival Of The Fittest By Mike Bradley, April 15, 2009 The concept and phrase “survival of the fittest” was originally coined by Herbert Spencer in his 1864 book The Principals of Biology. Darwin called it “natural selection” in his Origin of the Species. Unlike today where “fittest” More..
Use a pc? Not if we can help it! By Serge Konter, March 3, 2009 Taking Computers Out Of The Digital Signage Loop Has To Be A Good ThingHere at SpinetiX we call our HMP100 the world’s first Hyper Media Player. It’s really an appliance for digital signage. As a playback device for signage More..
Good News And Bad News By Jeff Kindig, March 3, 2009 When Customers Become Better Educated, But Also More Demanding If you are in the business of designing Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs) for touchpanel controllers as part of your systems integration business, there is good news and More..
Get In Early To Get It Right By George Ellerington, March 2, 2009 As Control And Automation Become Theatre Buzzwords, Advance Planning Is KeyArup is a holistic designer that tries to see the whole process of integating lots of disciplines in venue design. The company started out in structural More..
Miniature Is Big By Paul Chavez, February 26, 2009 Considering small details and then shifting perspective to look at the big picture helps us do our jobs every day. In computing, zooming is important because our work almost always goes beyond the edge of the screen. In my last More..
More Client Expectations By Steve Thorburn, February 6, 2009 “Learn who your client is, ask about their expectations, and listen to the answer.” That was how I closed my previous column, in which I detailed some of our experiences being on the client side of the fence, while building a new More..

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