Springtime is upon us and that can mean only two things. Allergies are raging across the United States and it’s time for the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention. Before you head off to Las Vegas, here’s some tips from this seasoned attendee to make the most of your time. “Mirage” is a great [...]
It took a very simple demo to remind me of what I’ve been missing for years. Efficiency. You all know I’ve been a staunch Final Cut Pro user going on 10 years now. I originally bought the app because quite honestly it was cheap and it was more efficient than the Media 100 system I [...]
In alphabetical order, these are some of the booths and folks I’ll be visiting with during NAB this year. Some you’ve heard of and I’m sure there’s a few you haven’t. Found all of these through the neat NABShow App for iPhone. Very cool little app… 5 Alarm Music: SL7612 Music LIbrary 615 Music: SL9615 [...]
So by now it’s a known fact that the FCPUG Supermeet on April 12 in Las Vegas has been abruptly taken over by Apple. Yes, it says “special presenter” on the Supermeet Website but it’s a known fact now that it will be Apple showing off the new Final Cut Pro and most likely the [...]
So NAB is rapidly approaching and as par for the course, we know nothing about Apple’s plans for the event. We know they don’t have a booth planned but will they announce anything at all? Last year we had a completely underwhelming (you might say embarrassing) presentation by Apple at the SuperMeet. What will we [...]
One of my favorite things about a convention like NAB is the neat stuff you find when wandering around. We all hear about the big news from the likes of Avid, Adobe, Panasonic and Canon but some of the best stuff can be found in the smaller booths.
Most of you know that we’re running an ethernet based SAN here at BCM. It’s the Maxx Digital Final Share SAN which runs a combination of their drive arrays with Small Tree ethernet wizardry and some stout Atto Host Bus Adapters. We generally get around 100 – 120MB/s to the 7 workstations that are connected [...]
In 2006, the National Association of Broadcasters Convention had over 108,000 attendees in Las Vegas. That dropped to 82,600 by 2009 amid cries that the big trade show is rendered useless in today’s internet connected world. All you ever need to know about your business and “what to buy” and “how to do” can be [...]
Well another NAB has come and gone and it was so great to meet so many of you at the show! Always love putting a face with the names I see up on the forums and around the Twitterverse. I’ll be preparing a series of reports over the next few days on what I saw [...]