From the Editor

So I’m turning 40 this month, which I mention not as some cheap ploy to get presents from my friends in the industry, but...

A couple months ago I received the type of offer that you can’t refuse.

Last month’s news that B&W was offering portions of its loudspeaker product line to Magnolia retail stores felt to me like the CEDIA...

I got a glimpse into my country’s once-strong manufacturing past last month while visiting Harman’s Elkhart, Indiana, factory, and I have to say that...

In the rapidly changing world of consumer electronics, it is nearly impossible to stop long enough to assess the significance of the products that...

If you’re reading this column right now, then you must be either stubborn or old (or maybe both). Haven’t you heard that print...

Last month, the New York Times featured an article from a writer who wanted to make her onebedroom Manhattan apartment “smarter” by buying...

Even in the tech-savvy CEDIA channel, it can be hard to keep up with all of the technology changes going on around us....

Following the Consumer Electronics Show last month in Las Vegas, I was struck by how many new angles were available on the 3D...

Our industry talks a good game about becoming more green in the products that we manufacturer and the services we provide. Some of...

We all have our little habits, good or bad, annoying or innocuous, that influence the way we live our lives. As another year...

“It’s business… not personal” is a cliché that is particularly apropos to the CEDIA channel, where yesterday’s rival often ends up being tomorrow’s colleague....

There’s no doubt about it, the size and layout of CEDIA’s newest host city took its toll on EXPO attendees and exhibitors this year....

Some days I really worry about the future of our industry, especially in the face of the economic challenges that we are all grappling...

The increasing use of technology in place of in-person business communication has never bothered a naturally introverted person like me. I always have preferred...

As an industry trade journalist I’m always on the lookout for business and technology trends. Typically three or more occurrences of something, will pique...

I’ll admit something to you. When the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce offered CEDIA’s PR department the opportunity to invite a few members of the...

OK, so maybe it wasn’t as cool as the original Lollapalooza, but AVAD’s Vend-o-Palooza, in its second year, was a lively and worthwhile event...

Given what we’ve all been through over the past six months or more, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect as I walked on...

I spent the first eight years of my life on a small, lush island. One of my fondest memories of that time in Barbados...

The last line of Voltaire’s Candide is “tend your garden,” which I interpret to mean, “worry about your own situation first instead of getting...

On inauguration day, every media outlet tried to get in on the action. As I sat watching the festivities last month, I even pondered...

There’s an old Chinese saying that, as it turns out, is not that old and apparently isn’t even Chinese. Nevertheless, during these troubling days...

Some of the excitement preceding my first visit to the Microsoft campus, last month, was muted a bit by my realization that “Bill G.”...