Point Of Wait in the Educational Setting

In the July edition of rAVe DS, there was a fantastic article by Keith Kelsen. If you did not get the chance to read this article last month, it is worth a read now. If you did read it last month, it is worth a reread. Go ahead, do it now, I will wait. OK, […]

Point Of Wait in the Educational Setting

Director of AV, Meet Director of Security

In July of this year, one of our local sales and integration firms, Advance Technology Inc. (ATI), won the Installer of the Year award from Security Sales & Integration Magazine. You can check out the news release here. What struck me about the article is that ATI is using some sophisticated tools for remote maintenance […]

Director of AV, Meet Director of Security

Tiner Takes on Digital Signage

I am excited to have been given the opportunity to think about and write about digital signage in education for rAVe [Publications]. I have scratched the surface on this topic previously, in my March rAVe ED column. In that column I addressed some of the differences between the educational market and the commercial market with […]

Tiner Takes on Digital Signage

EPIC Fail

We have all felt that tension that builds when a big event is happening, and your AV is the star of the show. Have you done enough to make sure it does not fail? There is a pit in the knot of your stomach when it is high stakes, like a board meeting, or other […]

EPIC Fail

Creative Uses for the Crestron Mobile App

Anyone who knows me knows that I love my job. I always tell people that my job is like Christmas every day. If it is not a new product I am learning about, programming or testing out, then it is a problem to solve. Most mornings, I really don’t know what to expect on any […]

Creative Uses for the Crestron Mobile App

InfoComm Advice

I realize it is cliche to write about InfoComm in June (or May or April for that matter). Rather than a standard “what to expect,” I hope to take a slightly different approach to this column. First, I have some advice for the technology managers who are reading this column, then I have some advice […]

InfoComm Advice

THE WEEK – Episode 26: Staying Safe in AV

In a special edition of THE WEEK, Joel talks with Scott Tiner, rAVe columnist and assistant director of user services at Bates College in Maine, about safety in the audiovisual industry. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

THE WEEK – Episode 26: Staying Safe in AV

Sometimes, It Is Life and Death

On March 25th in Alabama, a true tragedy took place. A digital sign installed in an airport came crashing down on a family. It killed a 10-year-old boy and injured his mother and two brothers. You can read about the accident on rAVe’s site here. Before I go any further, I wanted to make clear […]

Sometimes, It Is Life and Death

Digital Signage: More than a Posterboard

Last week’s Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas was the Expo’s 10th anniversary. It amazes me that a segment of our industry has grown to this level in just ten years. I find digital signage to be so interesting, because for what seems to be a fairly straightforward technology, there are so many applications. Digital […]

Digital Signage: More than a Posterboard

A Convenience Worth the Risk

By Scott Tiner Years ago I attended a conference where the founder of this publication, Gary Kayye, spoke. During the talk he suggested that while technology offers conveniences, it also runs the risk of getting less reliable. He gave the overhead projector as an example: It was probably one of the most reliable forms of technology […]

A Convenience Worth the Risk

Color Matters

In December’s rAVe ED newsletter, there was a reprint of an article thatInfoComm published in September of 2011. It was written by Brad Grimes and included an interview with my friend Matt Silverman. I thought it was so timely because I had already began this month’s article. I urge you to take a quick moment and […]

Color Matters

Rants and rAVes – Episode 38: Scott Does Streaming

I talk about how rAVe [Ed] columnist and blogger Scott Tiner of Bates College pulled off streaming video in 10 days. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 38: Scott Does Streaming

From Zero to Streaming in Ten Days

By Scott Tiner On Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, I got a phone call that would lead to a drastic change in my technical knowledge and the work that my staff and I do. The call was from our assistant vice president for advancement. The presidential search committee for my employer, Bates College, had met over […]

From Zero to Streaming in Ten Days

Apple TV: Wireless that Works!

By Scott Tiner I am a wired kind of guy. Wireless connections have failed me time and time again. From wireless mics that screech noise when they have interference from cellular phones, to Wi-Fi touch panels that need specially configured routers to work properly and still just drop off the network randomly, wireless is just not […]

Apple TV: Wireless that Works!

Training More Important Than Ever in Bad Economy

By Scott Tiner, CTS A few weeks ago I was talking with a colleague about this year’s InfoComm show in Orlando.  He was disappointed that he could not attend.  His institution, he told me, had “canceled all unnecessary travel.”  As he was not the person who made this decision, I did not try to convince […]

Training More Important Than Ever in Bad Economy