It’s outdoor show season, and that means that drought stricken areas all over the country are planning elaborate and expensive outdoor events so they can make it rain. It’s all but guaranteed that 30 minutes before the event is over,…
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It’s In The Bag-All Weather Giant Plastic Bags To Protect Your Gear
Jeff
Posted in good business ideas, Pro lighting, Pro Sound, special event production
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If It Works With Water, Will It Work With Sweat?
Jeff
Posted in audio visual, batteries, good business ideas, microphones & mic stands, Pro Sound
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One of my favorite blogs is Gizmag. It shows up in my email mid-morning, just about the time I am ready for a little distraction. This online magazine highlights new technology and today’s lead story was about a battery that…
Why Google Needs Old Men-the Sixty Year Old Filter
I’ve spent the entire week swimming upstream against Google, trying to master just a couple of their newest products. They are rolling stuff out faster than I can think and I’m not making much progress getting my hands around their…
Can Techshop Create A New Generation of Makers
I don’t watch much Youtube video, and certainly didn’t think that I would make it through more than the first couple of minutes of a video about a company called Techshop. 15 minutes in, I was totally engrossed, and when…
Waze Gets Crowd Sourcing Right
After having my Google Maps GPS indicate that my drive home every afternoon included a half mile jaunt through a cornfield (it failed to update to include a realignment of our road), I decided that it might be time to…
Passing The “Duct Tape Test”
I edit another blog (product specific) called Tradeshowtape.com. It is focused on products used to produce trade shows. Recently I came across a trade show concept called “The Duct Tape Test“. Obviously, any trade show idea that is focused on…
How Not To Apply For A Job
We’re interviewing to fill a soon-to-be vacated customer service position and my desk is knee deep in resumes. Interviewing prospective employees has never been one of my favorite jobs, but social networking has made the employer’s task much easier. Usually,…
Ticketmaster “Chickens Out”
Jeff
Posted in business communication, customer service, good business ideas, web development
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My dislike of the captcha security system is something i have written about before. The requirement that you type a decipherable phrase in order to access a web site or complete a purchase transaction has caused me to abandon my…
A New Look At An Old Problem
I got lots of interesting comments on my blog about the spacing of the receptacles on wall outlets. Many readers shared my frustration about how this ancient design no longer meets modern users’ needs. Rather than accept my resignation that…
Guitar Player Too Loud? Send Him An Email!
A recent audio trade journal I read featured the new Mackie DL1608 digital mixer. Something about the picture at the top of the page really looked familiar. Reading the article, I quickly realized why. The “mixer” turned out to actually…
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