Volume 5, Issue 11 – November 30, 2016
AV Insider
Kings of Content
Coffee With Millenial-Z
Good AV
Rants and rAVes
Tech Chaos
Selling AV
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November 9, 2016
Episode 92: Salamander Designs: AV Furniture Shaped By Your Needs
Salvatore Carraba, president of Salamander Designs, speaks with me about his made-in-America since day one, custom AV furniture (soft goods, and not so soft goods) company, and how its building fantastic custom made-to-order products in a short time frame. We cover built/made local processes, and how the first design is still implemented today (I have it in my own personal set up). We also talk about quality, standards and everything else you’d expect from a made-in-America company. As usual, there’s a few things you can only hear on this episode of AV Insider.
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October 13, 2016
Episode 91: KEF: Astounding Multi-Dimensional Sound
Jack Sharkey, content creation manager at KEF, speaks with me about the company’s new LS50 wireless speakers. LS50 Wireless is a complete and fully active music system designed for how high resolution music is now enjoyed. It delivers exceptional sound quality, once only achievable by putting together a system of high quality separate components.
We also talk about the music experience, different methods of audio playback (wireless audio included), how it’s the best time in our existence to be an audio enthusiast. There’s so many options with audio these days from analog to digital, and wired to wireless, and whatever your flavor, KEF has you covered.
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November 3, 2016
Episode 1: Idean
We’ve all heard that “Content is King” but how do we as an industry take that from a cool phrase to a revenue-generating opportunity?
On this episode of Kings of Content, I talk with Timo Korpela of Idean about design thinking and bridging the UX gap as well as how integrators can increase the scope of their projects, leverage VR and create managed service revenues.
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November 4, 2016
Episode 3: Choose Passion as Your Career
In this week’s episode of Coffee with Millennial-Z, catch Gary Kayye, founder of rAVe Publications, and Steven Rodriguez with a Fortune 500 tech company as they talk about the drastic generational changes in career value. Millennials thrive for the experience, not the money.
The Pro, Gary Kayye, gives details about his experience with Millennials, and his encouragement to cultivate their level of passion. We rAVe about certifications and how it is the fastest way for a Millennial to accelerate through an industry which frankly has a huge shortage of the young talent. Millennials are under served in the industry, when all they want to do is feel like they are part of something and make a change. There is a difference in goals between the generations, and we need to understand how to communicate with them. “Adapt or die!”
The Millennial, Steven Rodriguez, also gives us his story about entering the technology industry and his thoughts about the new generation’s approach in their career search. Millennials encourage Generation Z to look for what they want to do and question what makes them happy. Steven explains that his talks with his younger sisters lead to making sure they identify what motivates them and supports the idea of having an experience with a company. His attraction towards the technology industry was driven by knowing he could help people connect with the tools they own and making sure his voice was heard; “it’s only heard because I am a leader with my certifications.” Mentors have helped Steven succeed in his career, and he encourages others to reach out to a mentor and share a cup of coffee.
CwMZ’s pro tip from Gary Kayye: “You have to put yourself out there and not be shy.. be willing to say, ‘I need some help.’”
Catch these nice folks online.
Gary Kayye Twitter: @gkayye Email: gary@ravepubs.com
Steven Rodriguez Email: steven.rodriguez259@gmail.com Snapchat: mynameisjeff222
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esteban-rodriguez-b64ab7b2
Victoria Barela Twitter: @barelAVictoria_
Jeremy Jones Email: jonesjer90@gmail.com
Coffee with Millennial-Z NEW TWITTER: @cwmz_podcast
Coffee with Millennial-Z Email: coffeewithmillennialz@gmail.com
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November 11, 2016
Episode 11: The Artisanship of AV: Even 4K Can Be Bland!
This month I have the privilege of having a return visit by Dusty Kraatz, owner of XI Media Productsions and award-winning video producer, responsible for the world’s first live 4K video stream. While we chat briefly about 4K and the current state of technology, this episode uses 4K content as the framework to push you to think differently about how you approach your trade. We challenge you to examine whther you are a technically-perfect, formula-filling technician or an artisan of experience. Are you so caught up in the mechanics of operating your tools that you’ve forgotten the reason you’re using them? Listen to a fun and lively chat and see if it inspires you to push some boundaries in the coming year! Go here to revisit our last conversation about 4K technology.
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November 14, 2016
Episode 549: Mark Coxon, Vin Bruno, Sara Abrons and Gary Kayye Discuss Samsung/Harman Acquisition
Gary’s Rants and rAVe’s podcast is the industry’s first live discussion of Samsung’s acquisition of Harman — and this isn’t a bunch of AV-bystanders just sitting around discussing what might be. This is CEDIA CEO Vin Bruno, AV Phenom himself, Mark Coxon, rAVe’s founder and 28-year AV industry veteran, Gary Kayye, and rAVe’s Editor-in-Chief Sara Abrons. They each give their take (opinion) of the acquisition and what they think might happen. Will Samsung keep Amx, AKG, JBL, Crown and the rest of the commercial AV audio products along with the connected car stuff (the reson Samsung publicly cites for buying Harman or will they sell them off?
The opinions differ — they do not agree. Listen and tell us who you agree with by commenting below.
To hear Gary’s podcast with Dave Labuskes and Mike Blackman, click here.
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November 29, 2016
Episode 19: Drones Are Still Here
In this episode Robb Lipps, executive vice president at Sonic Foundry, joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) to discuss recent partnerships, why streaming video is complex and whether there is a difference in solutions for eduation and corporate clients.
Learn about Mediasite Catch and how it’s unique to classrooms. Find out how Rob got into technology and who his biggest mentors have been.
All of these topics and more can be heard on this episode of Tech Chaos.
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November 7, 2016
Episode 18: Finally, Legal!
As always, Christa announces that the guest on this episode of Tech Chaos is her favorite! Johnny Mota (@JMOTA3) joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) as they discuss Johnny’s new beard and what a leaf peeper is. Johnny renames the show “Techpocalypse.” They also discuss music, movies, virtual reality and augmented reality.
If you want to know what to buy Johnny for Christmas, he may mention it once or twice during the show. Hint: It’s KEF wireless speakers. If you want to learn more about KEF, check out episode 91 of AV Insider, where Johnny interviews Jack Sharkey from KEF. Christa wants the “magic fix” to make her house audio be more seamless and Johnny suggest KEF.
All of these topics and more can be heard on thie episode of Tech Chaos.
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November 11, 2016
Episode 41: The Audio Opportunity
In the AV world sometimes dominated by HDBaseT, video over IP, UHD and 4K, it is easy to get caught up in the opportunities of video. However there is a special talent needed to do audio right and that presents new opportunities for integrators with audio chops.
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For all you REGULAR listeners of rAVe Radio out there, hopefully you enjoyed another opinion-packed issue!
For those of you NEW to rAVe, you just read how we are – we are 100 percent opinionated. We not only report the news and new product stories of the ProAV and HomeAV industries, but we stuff the articles full of our opinions. That may include (but is not limited to) whether or not the product is even worth looking at, challenging the manufacturers on their specifications, calling a marketing-spec bluff and suggesting ways integrators market their products better. But, one thing is for sure, we are NOT a trade publication that gets paid for running editorial or product stories. Traditional trade publications get paid to run product stories – that’s why you see what you see in most of the pubs out there. We are different: we run what we want to run and NO ONE is going to pay us to write or say anything good (or bad).
To send me feedback, don’t reply to this newsletter. Instead, write directly to me at gary@ravepubs.com or for editorial ideas, Editor-in-Chief Sara Abrons at sara@ravepubs.com.
A little about me: I graduated from Journalism School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (where I am adjunct faculty). I’ve been in the AV industry since 1987 where I started with Extron and eventually moved to AMX. So, I guess I am an industry veteran (although I don’t think I am that old). I have been an opinionated columnist for a number of industry publications and in the late 1990s I started the widely read KNews eNewsletter (the first in the AV market) and also created the model for and was co-founder of AV Avenue, which is now known as InfoComm IQ. rAVe [Publications] has been around since 2003, when we launched our original newsletter, rAVe ProAV Edition.
Everything we publish is Opt-in – we spam NO ONE! rAVe ProAV Edition is our flagship ePublication with what we believe is a reach of virtually everyone in the ProAV market. rAVe HomeAV Edition, co-published with CEDIA and launched in June 2004, is, by far, the largest ePub in the HomeAV market. We added rAVe Rental [and Staging] in December 2007, rAVe ED [Education] in May 2008 and then rAVe DS [Digital Signage] in June 2009. We added rAVe GHGav [Green, Healthcare & Government AV] in August 2010 and rAVe HOW [House of Worship] in August 2012. rAVe Radio, our podcasts, were launched in 2012. You can subscribe to any of those publication or see ALL our archives by going to: https://www.ravepubs.com
To read more about my background, our team and what we do, go to https://www.ravepubs.com
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