Tips & Tricks

Travel can be unpredictable, and you should be prepared for delays and cancellations.  Many productions don't want extra hotel and travel expenses, so they are… Read More »Travel Tips

Over the years, I've come to realize that talent isn't always enough to get you by in life. You might be a gifted designer, but… Read More »The Art of the Schmooze

Las Vegas icon Wayne Newton opened his latest, and possibly last, long term engagement in a Las Vegas showroom – Once Before I Go, staged… Read More »Lessons Learned from “Mr. Las Vegas”

One feature that is commonly found on automated lighting consoles is called "groups."  This relatively simple concept is proving more and more valuable as shows… Read More »Quickly Summoning Groups when Programming Shows

The power quality analyzer looks much like an ordinary multimeter, perhaps a bit larger, and it has a 3-inch-by-3-inch LCD display. It's actually a combination… Read More »Power Quality Analyzer: More than a Multimeter

There's a sign posted on the wall of the shop at Upstaging Lighting that says, "If you arrive right on time for load in, you're… Read More »The Gospel of Time

Automated lighting consoles have several innovative functions to help the programmer, many of which have become commonplace.  One of these is called "fan" or "align." … Read More »Cool Looks with Fanning

A handful of U.S. companies are attempting to develop more interest using large-scale, multi-projector installations driven by dedicated content that is digitally mapped specifically for… Read More »Big Projection’s Viral Potential

Today there's an article in the paper about the new technology that Intel is working on. Remember that dual core processor I bought last year?… Read More »Core Crazy Technology

There are so many different types of lighting in this world…My friend John Featherstone gets some spectacular gigs. He recently lit the unveiling of Richard… Read More »A Diverse Collection of Specialties

The rapidly-increasing capability and miniaturization of the computer is putting enough power in our pockets to change the world as we know it. It wasn't… Read More »Answer the Call for New App-ortunites

For image editing, PNG offers fully lossless compression, so saving and re-saving file does not degrade the quality of the image. Even using its highest-quality… Read More »PNG Image Format Promises Lossless Compression