Rants
Communicating with our inverter
I’ve just come from 8 years professionally supporting and trouble-shooting much bigger kinds of mess for many other electronics manufacturers, agents, and installers. I’d talked to hundreds of devices via USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, RS-232, RS-485, RS-422, 0-9V, low voltage relays and IOs. Surely this would qualify me as a power user….
Read MoreTech Talk: Uninterruptible Power Supplies on Gigs
To me, it seems they cause more problems on the days you don’t need them (which is 99.9999% of the time) than on that day you actually need them
Read MoreDunk’s World: I want my, I want my Mac G3
I’ve always liked the look of the old Mac G3 series computers, so my personal machine is the outer shell of a Bondi Blue one, with the internals of a fairly up-to-date Intel i9 PC inside
Read MoreListen Here: The Creative Process
How, as a producer or engineer, can you involve yourself with such an elusive monster? You embrace it, or go get a job in a bank
Read MoreForgotten again! But is it our fault?
Gary Fitz-Roy, MD of Expertise Events, vents his frustration about the lack of government support for the events industry
Read MoreHelp and Hope. A short essay
Believe this. If you’re needy now it isn’t your fault or your failure – you’re in good company.
Read MoreNSW’s ‘Great Southern Nights’ a fizzer for our industry
Announced with great hype a month ago, NSW’s vaunted ‘Great Southern Nights’ programme is a let-down for live production
Read MoreCoping with sudden change: “Does humour belong when there’s no music?”
Now that our gig economy suddenly has no gigs, we are each of us responding in different manners. We are all coming to terms with someone telling us we can’t do what we love.
Read MoreDuncan Fry – Par 43 Launch
Duncan Fry puts a tentative toe into to the murky waters of lighting… A CX History extract from July-Sept 2007.
Read MoreCOVID-19 – The travel bans are temporary. This too shall pass.
Microsoft has cancelled the Melbourne leg of its ‘IoT in Action’ event series. This comes on the heels of multiple event cancellations across the country. Production companies and their staff are bearing the brunt of irrational panic.
Read MoreCry havoc and let slip the junkyard dogs
DUNK’S WORLD Cry havoc and let slip the junkyard dogs by Duncan Fry. According to Jim Croce, Bad Bad Leroy Brown was meaner than a junkyard dog. That’s a bit harsh on junkyard dogs – we had one next door to us at ARX for quite a few years, so draw close you youngsters, and…
Read MoreMind Health – How Tech is Consuming our Crew Brains
OPINION Mind Health – How Tech is Consuming our Crew Brains by Julius Grafton. I love smart. I hire smart – witness Jason Allen (editor of this publication), Jimmy Den Ouden (our former tech editor), and Simon Byrne who writes here, and works with me in and outside on various ventures. Plenty more of these…
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