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Where live production is heading, what is working in practice, and what leadership looks like when the show is on air.
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Three Kinds of Judgment in the Control Room
Governance was never a single dial. In a control room it’s a signal path: a rule that doesn’t ask permission, an alarm that says look here, and a person who owns the consequence.
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Is It a Real IP Facility? Wrong Question.
An engineer told me his overhauled plant “isn’t a real IP facility.” He was measuring it against a purity that doesn’t exist — and…
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The Calmest Person in the Room
Two directors, the same on-air mistake, opposite instincts. One berated the operator and made the broadcast worse; the other let it pass and fixed…
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Live is the Moat
Twelve years ago I asked how critical LIVE is to your content. The last twelve years didn’t just prove the point — they raised…
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Curiosity and the Lost Art of Listening
The two skills that have earned their keep more than any certification or framework: curiosity, and quality listening. They sound soft. They’re not —…
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What Analog-to-Digital Taught Me About Every Transition Since
The tape-to-file transition delivered the efficiency it promised — and quietly deleted a quality check nobody had ever written down. Whenever a new technology…
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Why I’m Writing
This site has been a quiet place. That’s about to change — three threads on where our industry is heading, AI in media workflows,…
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UX: Not Just Pretty Pixels – Driving Real Business Outcomes
User experience isn’t just about visually appealing interfaces — it’s about understanding users deeply enough to design products that are effective, efficient, and genuinely…
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2024 Year in Review: Lessons and Milestones
A personal look back at a year of industry travel, EVS community outreach, Olympic and Super Bowl productions, and family milestones.
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20 years of fun at EVS
A look back at two decades helping build live production technology — from the earliest tapeless workflows to IPDirector, HD-XT, and Spotbox — at…
