Gallagher Staging’s Social Sanctuary series of livestream performances, conducted within the space that the company leased to handle a big surge in scenic design projects… Read More »Finding a Path Forward for Live Music with Covid-Safe Livestreams
This March, when Vectorworks made their annual call to see if I might be interested in rejoining their Service Select program, I didn’t turn them… Read More »Upping Your CAD Game During the Downtime
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Not everyone realizes the power of networking as early in their careers as Ross Tyler Blitz, profiled in PLSN’s June 2020 “NextGen” column. After realizing… Read More »Make Connections with Networking, Early and Often
Living in isolation has given me the time to reflect on what really matters. There are a million talented entertainers waiting in the wings to… Read More »Production Is Essential
For her June 2020 Designer Watch column, Debi Moen provided a roundup of industry vendors who have stepped up to minimize the ill effects of… Read More »Pivoting to Fight a Pandemic
Program a new lighting console, master that media server, link up those lasers, unclog that fog machine. Is there anything that you can’t learn online… Read More »Designer Education: Home Schooling
First, if you want to improve your programming skills, then get busy with programming. Don’t bog yourself down creating a perfectly designed rig, developing a… Read More »Rehearsing Reality: Optimizing Your Downtime
Merging data from a piece of content to a DMX channel of a lighting fixture leads to the question of data priority – either LTP… Read More »LTP vs. HTP Data Priority when Merging Video and Lighting Data
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You got fired. Your life sucks, your bank account is empty, and no one wants to hang out with you. I guess you better go… Read More »You Are Not Your Job
Debi Moen touched base with The Activity’s Patrick Dierson, who notes that the company is staying busy despite live event cancelations by upgrading its previz… Read More »Keep Busy Improving Your Skills During the Pandemic