Volume 13, Issue 22 — November 16, 2020

rAVe ED [Education] — Volume 13, Issue 22

November 16, 2020 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 22

Hello rAVe Ed! What’s this? Your last issue of November, of course! And you know what that means! Exams are close, or they are happening right now — so I wish you all godspeed during all of the AV/tech questions I am sure you will be asked during hell week.

Let’s take a quick news tour: I implore you to hurry up and go check out Barco’s Overture microsite because it might disappear forever — as Gary Kayye writes, the company “is no longer spending R&D money of development of Overture” but will retain the rights and intellectual property. Mark Coxon takes us through a journey on the concept of original thought by using the anecdote of his daughter’s school’s grading system. He relates that to AV by asking all of you — how can you both learn the concepts and then apply them to get an “A”?

In other news, Aurora released what it is calling the very first USA-made thermal temperature tablet, Epson has six new laser displays, VuWall introduced a new software platform for AV-over-IP content distribution and more.

I hope you enjoy your last issue of the month, and I would like to wish you a Happy (Early) Thanksgiving if that is what you celebrate.

Stay cool!

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ Updated: Barco “Freezes” Overture Control System Development [Gary Kayye]

If you haven’t visited Barco’s Overture microsite, hurry as it’s likely about to disappear. I received a “tip” that Barco may be discontinuing Overture, one of only a few software-based AV control systems, last week and it turned out to be mostly true.

+ The Importance of Original Thought [Mark Coxon]

The reality is that in life, excellence and innovation don’t come from memorization and regurgitation, or from consistent execution of well-known activities. In order to move the bar, in order to create something new, in order to push boundaries, there has to be original thought —the ability to connect the dots in new ways. Yes, you have to know the basics to do that, but a B student memorizes a textbook, while an A student connects that book to the six other subjects they are studying, finding how they interact and amplify each other, drawing conclusions and theories from study and lived experience. Connecting the dots is worth the A. Reading the book and passing the test really isn’t.