Jason Griffing

Jason Griffing

Jason Griffing is a project manager at Via Home, a home technology provider serving today's sophisticated luxury homeowner (www.viahome.com). In addition to being a contributor at rAVe [Publications], Jason's musings can also be found at his home blog, IntegratorsAcademy.com. He is passionate about technology, business development, and best practices. When he's not too busy staring at a computer screen, he enjoys fly fishing, going for an occasional run, and rooting on his beloved Denver Broncos.

Gary’s HDBaseT Petition — A Bridge Too Far?

AV social media maven and rAVe Pubs founder Gary Kaye is making waves with a recent blog post in which he lambasted the HDBaseT Alliance for its failure to properly monitor and implement the “standard” of HDBaseT.  His article is well researched, and makes a number of very valid points. A few weeks prior to Gary’s post, another well-respected AV blogger, Leonard […]

Gary’s HDBaseT Petition — A Bridge Too Far?

Nest’s Open API – What it Means For Integrators

Tony Fadell, founder and CEO of the hugely popular Nest Learning Thermostat, made a rather surprising announcement during his opening keynote speech at CEDIA 2013.  The big news? Developers will finally have access to a Nest open API. A simultaneously released blog post on the company website described the “Nest Developer Program”, which will officially open it’s doors in 2014.  The […]

Nest’s Open API – What it Means For Integrators

The Art of Saying No

A string of events on a recent project left me in a bit of a quandary.  Scope-creep, construction delays, and a little bit of old fashioned miscommunication had me stuck squarely between a rock and a hard place (frustrated client, blown budget, missed deadline, you know the drill). The situation didn’t surprise me per se. […]

The Art of Saying No