Are You an Alternative, Indie Artist or Do You Want to Have a Chart Hit?

It’s hugely exciting that CEDIA is one big movement and voice now, a truly global organisation. I’m so glad the voice is bigger and louder now because my voice is so quiet, I barely get heard by my audience. I have to use a microphone, amplifier and speakers to be heard. My sound system still […]

Are You an Alternative, Indie Artist or Do You Want to Have a Chart Hit?

Be Your Local Smart Home Expert

Shop local, eat local, holiday local — it’s an ethos that lots of your customers probably try to follow. They will also have their trusted tradesman that they turn to for car repairs, decorating or plumbing. This local ecosystem ensures that the local economy remains healthy, encouraging investment, creating jobs and building community spirit. With […]

Be Your Local Smart Home Expert

Works With Technology, Not Just Nest

A tough couple of weeks for the affordable smart home! I’ve finally managed to grab a few days off work during the school holidays after a whirlwind start to 2016 and during this time off I’ve caught up with industry news. The headline grabber has been Nest with the speculation surrounding its lack of new […]

Works With Technology, Not Just Nest

Time for a Spring Clean #LiveInstall’ers

Does anyone spring clean anymore? I remember my mother turning the house upside down annually to wash away the winter and welcome the summer. Clearing out every cupboard and drawer, taking down and washing curtains, cleaning every item in the display cabinet and beating rugs on the washing line; this was not a one day […]

Time for a Spring Clean #LiveInstall’ers

Three Reasons to Visit ISE

I only attended my first Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in 2014, so I’m hardly the best qualified to preach about the benefits it brings any smart home installation business but I’ve drawn on those experiences to put pen to paper for this blog post. In the early years of forming my install business, I […]

Three Reasons to Visit ISE

Captured at #ISE2016 Part 2: The Show

In Part 1 I explained that I’ve previously written blogs capturing Twitter and Facebook moments at InfoComm 2015, InfoComm Connections in NYC and other trade shows. This time I decided to do a “4000 mile” social media view of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam – the AV industry’s largest trade show event which takes place […]

Captured at #ISE2016 Part 2: The Show

ISE 2015: The Executive Tech Talk Show

The show is over and it looked to be a very successful venture for many of the manufacturers and solutions providers in the industry. Collaboration, digital signage, high end projection, interactive display technologies and more seemed to be the major focus and the largest draw looked to be Microsoft with their 84″ Surface Hub interactive […]

ISE 2015: The Executive Tech Talk Show