From a distance, the on-again, off-again saga of Russound’s ownership of Colorado vNet reminds of some sort of Kardashian reality show storyline. After first purchasing the assets of the bankrupt lighting control company back in 2009, Russound decided to shut down the operation a couple year

It’s great when a new product release excites a manufacturer’s dealer base. Things can get weird, however, when that manufacturer has to inform interested dealers that a certain product wasn’t meant for them. It doesn’t happen often, but ihiji experienced that exact scenario recently when it

by Kyle E. Glass Although a relatively simple concept, all too often I see that marketers/companies are so excited about all the information they can cram into their marketing message that the simple "what am I supposed to do with this?" message gets lost. The call to action (CTA) is the basis of your entire campai

There are several features that stood out for me as I learned more about Control4’s new HC-250 controller from company CEO Martin Plaehn this week. First, the little black box that can sit in an equipment rack or be tucked behind a flat-panel TV enables what seems like very intuitive single-

by John Sciacca I’ve been doing my current job since 1998 and I’ll be honest, it is VERY rare that I go in to work and do something that our company has never, ever, NEVER done before. Between hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of TV and speaker installs over the years, there is little we haven’t done or seen. Press

It was the summer of 1975, and I was four and half years old. Having a daughter that same age now, I can completely understand why my mom flipped out and fired the my babysitter when she took me to see Jaws during its opening week one hot summer afternoon. The babysitter, a sweet teenage gi

John Kirsch is the executive too green for business cards.     Top: John Kirsch (right), co-founder of the 4th Bin, fields questions from interested attendees at Columbia's Cash for Trash event. Bottom: T

by Brendan Morrissey Think back to what was happening in the digital media world of 2005 – a lifetime ago for those in the fast-paced world of technology. The iPhone had not yet been introduced, the iPad hadn’t even been imagined, and smartphones represented just a tiny percentage of mobile devices. Bands were cr

by John Sciacca There is a disconcerting phenomenon in the retail world called “Showrooming” where stores are becoming virtual showrooms for on-line juggernaut, Amazon.com. I wrote about this back in August in a post titled “ Are we becoming Amazon showrooms? ” The concern – from the retailer’s standpoint – is tha