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Updates on the OnLights!

Posted by Jim - May 6, 2013 - Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Life
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Laura and I are on the move this week!  We spent the last week with Laura's mom and stepdad at their cool house in Durham, Ontario — there is something completely different about Canada when you get away from the city centers.  Toronto is not representative of Ontario, or even Canada really — it's like [...]

Read More canada, Dallas, Durham, GREAT, Illinois, Jim's Travels, JOL, Laura, Monday, Ontario, Texas

A Fox Family Las Vegas

Posted by Jim - December 11, 2012 - got fox, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Life, on the road
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You know, this last trip to Las Vegas for LDI 2012 makes 77 times to Las Vegas since I started going there in 2003 for shows.  Maybe that's not a lot of Las Vegas for you, but that is a lot of Las Vegas for me.  A lot. I always seem to forget to go [...]

Read More David Fox, Fox, Jim's Travels, Las Vegas, more than just gambling, Nevada

My Random Traveling Life Lately

Posted by Jim - December 10, 2012 - Industry Professionals, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Life, on the road, touring, Trade Shows
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I just sorted through eleven thousand photos from the last few months.  I'm finally getting time to plow through the enormous backlog of content I have to share with you! I noticed that I had so many photos of traveling — nothing really terribly focused, but just so much traveling. SO.  MUCH.  TRAVELING. I was [...]

Read More flight status, flying, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight, photos, road warriors, super elite, travel, traveling

PLASA 2012: Pick Up Your Face, It's Over

Posted by Jim - September 20, 2012 - Conventions, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight on Facebook, JimOnLight Readers ROCK, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Design, Lighting Life
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Now that I'm back in North America AND I am all but caught up with sleep, I want to share some of my photos from the fun that was PLASA 2012 at Earl's Court, right off the Earl's Court tube stop and only a moment's tube ride from a great Indian restaurant that really ended [...]

Read More jet lag, Lighting Life, london, photos, PLASA, PLASA 2012, trade show

What are YOU Doing with YOUR Saturday?

Posted by Jim - April 7, 2012 - Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com, JimOnLight.com App, Lighting Life

Ever go through one of those phases where you've had so much coffee on a regular schedule where you actually have the sh-shhhakes?!  I'm having one of those times right now.  I'm getting wysiwyg and Vivien ready for NAB 2012, managing and coordinating the site load-in, living in an empty apartment until April 20, trying [...]

Read More addiction, coffee, iPhone app, JimOnLight, JimOnLight TV, NAB, PLASA, PLASA Focus

Happy Thursday!

Posted by Jim - March 15, 2012 - Hilarity!, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Life

Happy Thursday, everybody! Sorry for not posting yesterday, I have gotten a wicked case of Strep throat.  I'm glad I was able to finally find a Canadian clinic that would treat me after going to three (regardless of the fact that I have Canadian health insurance, how messed up is that?), and since I'm heading [...]

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A JimOnLight Life Update

Posted by Jim - March 13, 2012 - Jim in Canada, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight TV, JimOnLight.com, Jobs! Gigs!, Lighting Life

Holy crap, I miss my freaking cat. I have gotten quite a few emails about what I've been up to lately, so I figured a post is in order!  Life has taken me all kinds of places and in all kinds of directions over the last three months – it's been a whirlwind, that is [...]

Read More Antones, Cast Software, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight, Lumiere, Mustang, PLASA Focus, Product Manager, traveling, Vivien, WYSIWYG

Travel Tips for Squints On the Wing

Posted by Jim - January 25, 2012 - Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Life

You know, it's amazing at what we learn as we get older. I am always amazed. Well, I am actually amazed at more is the act that my dad is always right. always. About every little thing I have ever bitched about in my entire life, the old man is always right. So: lesson learned, [...]

Read More Jim's Travels, tips, travel

My Final Nine Months in Oklahoma Starts Today

Posted by Jim - August 22, 2011 - Alive Lighting, Concert Production, Designers, Education, JimOnLight.com, JimOnLight.com Community, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Life, on the road, Students of Light

Happy Monday, everyone! Like a lot of people reading the blog, I'm back at campus today too to begin another year of sharing light with fresh new minds! This year is a very special year to me, because I've decided it's going to become my last full-time year in Oklahoma. In May of 2012, I'm [...]

Read More free education, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com, Light Associated Media LLC, Lighting Life, plans, the future

CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES! JimOnLight.com Post #1700

Posted by Jim - May 27, 2011 - Industry Professionals, JimOnLight Readers ROCK, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Life

This is the 1700th post I have made on JimOnLight.com. I want to use it to say CONGRATULATIONS, Graduates!  This is a congratulations to everybody who successfully graduated from their undergraduate or graduate degree programs this semester – but specifically to those going into one of the many lighting industries we call careers here on [...]

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