Talk about a busy couple of weeks – SETC the week before last, and USITT this last week. The JimOnLight.com Flickr Group is ever-growing (134 members so far!) and the photos are amazing. Check out a large selection from this last week's additions! Have a great week, everybody! Go out there and CRUSH IT!
Read More CRUSHIT, photographers, Sunday JimOnLight.com Flickr GroupAs quickly as it began, USITT 2011 is over for me – I'm sitting in the airport right now at 6am EST waiting to board my flight to ORD, then on to OKC. So many O's, and none of them enjoyable. Our conference session went really well – lots of audience, good questions, and great [...]
Read More Charlotte, North Carolina, Stage Expo, USITT, USITT 2011Another airport, another day, right? Many of us are currently on the way to Charlotte, North Carolina for the United States Institute of Theatre Technologies Conference and Expo 2011, or USITT. This year, however, I won't be taking part in the Expo part, I have too much going on to stay this year for more [...]
Read More Jim's Travels, JimOnLight, USITT, USITT 2011You know, I read a lot. Like, a LOT a lot. Sometimes I wonder how the hell I fit all that stuff in my brain! One of my favorite magazines to read (actually hold in my hand and read) is Stage Directions. If you've ever been to USITT, LDI, NAB, or LightFair, you've run into [...]
Read More Jacob Coakley, Stage Directions, subscriptionsI'm in Atlanta today and tomorrow judging the SETC 2011 Design Competition, which starts today. This is such an exciting time for student designers, and as students set up their design displays and get ready for judging, there is a lot of buzz here at the Atlanta Hilton! I'm going to be offering a very [...]
Read More competition, conferences, design, SETC, SETC 2011A conversation I had about programming "ambidexterity" and console choice the other day has been sticking in my mind like white on rice, a glass of milk, and a paper plate in a snowstorm. I'm curious as to what the JimOnLight.com Community as a whole considers its favorite console or consoles. Please participate in this [...]
Read More Consoles, favorites, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Control, pollEXCITING! I just got ahold of the videos made of the SeaChanger booth at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas – I had the pleasure of interviewing a bunch of influential lighting industry people at the 2010 NAB Show, which was an absolute blast! Check out this first video made at the 2010 NAB [...]
Read More Interviews, Jeff Ravitz, JimOnLight.com, NAB, NAB 2010Ladies and Gentlemen: Meet the new JimOnLight.com App for iPhone and Android! Finally – we've been working hard on this app, and by "we" I do mean David Fox, the Chief Web Strategist for JimOnLight.com. David's been tuning the JimOnLight.com App for a while, and we've just recently gotten iTunes Store acceptance. Now you can [...]
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