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Another CEDIA EXPO is in the bag, and this show marked my 14th in attendance. There have certainly been a lot of changes for...

Were you ever out at a bar or event where you got to talking with a random stranger and through your conversation realized that...

A week from today, I will be walking off of a plane and stepping into the (hopefully) welcoming bosom of Indianapolis for the annual...

So what is your Why? Why do YOU get out of bed in the morning? I believe that for most of us, we got...

Imagine walking into a room where every single person you talk to will not only know what you are talking about when you say “Remote...

How many of you, like me, were psyched when they came out with the very first iPhone? You waited and waited for your contract...

I’ve read the news, I’ve heard the reports and studies and I’ve seen the figures claiming the billions of dollars women spend on tech...

You are sitting at your first consultation with a new client in a $2 million NYC apartment. The customer begins what becomes a very...

For years Best Buy has been the daunting Goliath of the consumer electronics world. With market moving pricing (thanks for killing the entire video...

It’s pretty morbid, but with the rapid pace of technology, if you fail to watch the industry and make the right moves and the...

As a general rule, I am not one that likes change. I like to float along in the same sea of comfortable, warm and...

A well-crafted demo delivers an incredibly powerful, emotional experience that can stay with someone for years. In fact, I can still clearly remember the...

You walk into your office before everyone else, ready to take on the day, and just as you're settling in to get started, the...

This past weekend’s news that my friend Mike “Sparky” Detmer was leaving Niles was just the latest in a series of executive departures. It’s been odd...

I recently re-watched an old Twilight Zone episode from Season 1 titled “What You Need.” In it, an old street peddler happens to know...

While the attention of the consumer electronics world last week was mostly focused on news in the console gaming world from E3, the presence...

As I write this, I am looking out the window of a rented home at powdery white sand the consistency of confectioner’s sugar and...

Unless you are the butt of some cruel joke conspired by a universe where 42 is *not* the answer to the ultimate question of...

If you have spent any time on Twitter lately, you have probably encountered the #CEDIATweeps hashtag. This is a new concept CEDIA is experimenting...

The announcement arrived in my email and I was shocked, then not shocked, and then slightly amused. A friend and...

  Let’s face it. The residential systems integration business, while seeming like a really big deal to any of us...

From a distance, the on-again, off-again saga of Russound’s ownership of Colorado vNet reminds of some sort of Kardashian...