three kings of lighting online at PLASA 2012 — Rob Sayer from OnStageLighting.co.uk, Jim Hutchison from JimOnLight.com, Justin Lang of iSquint.net Happy Sunday, everybody! I'm back from PLASA 2012 in London, and I think I am finally caught up with sleep and no longer grumpy (sorry, principessa) after a grand return. I had a blast, [...]
Read More Flickr, iSquint, jim hutchison, JimOnLight.com, Justin Lang, online, OnStageLighting, PLASA, Rob Sayer, Sunday, Sunday JimOnLight.com Flickr GroupSo over the last several months we've been talking about that convention that's happening in Kansas City next week, and how @lekogirl and @a_mandolin are going to be going head-to-head in a Gaff Dress Challenge at the BMI Supply booth (which is booth 1010, by the way). Even though apparently none of the lighting bloggers [...]
Read More #KCGaffCrawl, 2010 Gaff Dress Challenge, Conventions, gaffdresschallenge, iSquint, JimOnLight.com readers ROCK, PARTY, USITT 2010My little buddy iSquint has relaunched his entertainment lighting blog, iSquint.net, and is having a weeklong celebration of the relaunch. Prizes, prizes, and prizes, oh my! Check him out! Good stuff!
Read More iSquint, lighting blogsLadies and gentlemen – I am proud to announce the winner of the second half of the JimOnLight.com and iSquint.net Light Plot Deconstructed contest. We had many entries, lots of interest, and we're pleased as punch that everyone was so receptive! The cold, unfeeling finger of the Random Number Generator chose our second winner – [...]
Read More Greg Hillmar, iSquint, JimOnLight.com, Light Plot Deconstructed, VectorworksRemember all of that "hey, JimOnLight.com and iSquint.net are having a Tweet-Up at the LDI21009 Orlando Conference this year!" stuff? It's officially now official. If you're on Twitter and coming to the LDI 2009 Tweet-Up, go check out the official TwitVite! Let us know that you're coming or not, and see who else is coming [...]
Read More iSquint, JimOnLight.com, LDI, LDI09tweetup, LDI2009, netJim is gonna be at LDI this year! Are you? I have some questions for the JimOnLight.com community: Are you going to LDI 2009 in Orlando, Florida? Do you at least occasionally enjoy drinking a beer or cocktail? Are you a Twitter-er? On Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8pm, JimOnLight.com and iSquint are hosting a [...]
Read More convention, Florida, iSquint, JimOnLight.com, LDI, LDI 2009, Orlando, PARTY, TweetUpiSquint just finished the first part of the Greg Hillmar contest for Light Plot Deconstructed, Greg's new book about light plots and the process of making one. Now that iSquint has passed the torch, JimOnLight.com is going to host the second part of the contest for one of two signed copies of Greg's book! iSquint [...]
Read More contest, Greg Hillmar, iSquint, JimOnLight, Light Plot DeconstructedGreat things happen when people work together! My good pal iSquint and I are running a contest for two of Greg Hillmar's book, Light Plot Deconstructed, which retails for $40. Greg's book deals with Vectorworks Spotlight, a popular program on the market of CAD software. Greg has graciously donated two copies of his book, SIGNED, [...]
Read More CAD, contests, FREE, Greg Hillmar, iSquint, Light Plot Deconstructed, Vectorworks SpotlightOkay, I love these interviews. I did one back in mid 2009 with iSquint, and now he's got an interview posted with our favorite sassy programmer/LD, Cat West. Don't waste a second, check it out! Cat's actually a ninja – and she WILL kick your butt with her throwing stars made of complex algorithms. Yeah. [...]
Read More Cat West, industry, Interviews, iSquint, major playersToday is the last day of the week of giveaways – it's been a great week, hundreds of people have commented, twittered, and just plain been awesome. Thank you so much for every single one of your wonderful comments – I love writing this stuff as much as you love reading it! I read the [...]
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