I am a PC?
by Jeremy J.Glowacki,
12.03.2008
Some of the excitement preceding my first visit to the Microsoft campus, last month, was muted a bit by my realization that “Bill G.” and I were highly unlikely to cross paths in the hallway of
Building 50 in Redmond, More...
Riding the Rails
by Jeremy J.Glowacki,
11.07.2008
During the Great Depression in 1930s America,it was not uncommon for a down-and-out person to hop on a freight train and travel from town to town in search of a day’s labor to fee himself,
IMAGE HERE and perhaps a family back at More...
CEDIA Subtleties
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
10.01.2008
Here's a quick look at what I observed at EXPO 2008. More...
Flock Together
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
8.27.2008
During my recent tour of the always-popular coal mine exhibit at
Chicagos Museum of Science and Industry, I was reminded of the canary
in a coal mine metaphor.
Before it became part of an idiomatic phrase, the caged canary More...
All Thumbs
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
7.31.2008
I bought a new mobile phone the other day and, technically speaking,
Im already behind the times. As much as I try to stay current, theres
always a newer product with better features that I should have bought
instead.
During a More...
On-Demand Kids
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
7.01.2008
I often worry that the on-demand media lifestyle to which many of us
have grown accustomed will have a long-term negative impact on our
kids.
There was a time, not long ago, when neither an iPod nor a DVR played a
part in our More...
Recession Response
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
5.27.2008
Youd never know by the recent spate of manufacturer event invitations
that anything was wrong with the U.S. economy. But then again, any
marketer worth his salt knows that when times get tough, promotional
dollars should be spent, More...
To Be Like You
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
4.28.2008
For the first time in my eight-year term as editor of this magazine, I
have finally gotten my hands dirty like a true custom installation guy.
Since moving into my first house nearly a year ago, Ive had multiple
opportunities to More...
Give a Little
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
4.01.2008
As the editor of a magazine representing this industry, one of my
biggest frustrations in the past eight years has been the general lack
of access to reliable statistics about our target audience. There are
many valid reasons why More...
Generation Why?
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
3.06.2008
At the recent CEDIA Management Conference, a record 260 attendees
converged on San Diego to discuss employee recruitment and retention
and many other business topics, sharing best practices and learning
from some of the top More...
My Home Theater
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
2.05.2008
My topic this month should be the slowing economy and the effect that it is having on the custom installation business. Instead, Ill save that discussion for my one-on-one conversations at CEDIA Management Conference later this More...
Green is Good
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
1.03.2008
The recent green movement has made environmentally friendly practices in the home and work world trendy again. For an individual, a family, or even a small office, these changes can be relatively easy. For a manufacturer of More...
A Litmus Test
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
12.04.2007
A litmus test, as anyone who has ever taken a middle school science class knows, is a common indicator used to test materials for acidity. This term, however, is also a colloquialism used to describe any social indicator for More...
My CEDIA Favs
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
10.26.2007
CEDIA EXPO was bursting at the seams again this year at Denver's Colorado Convention Center, with media servers, 1080p video products, speaker innovations, and control system improvements all vying for our attention.You can read More...
Contractor Concerns
by Jeremy J. Glowacki,
10.09.2007
I am having a problem with one of my contractors. I probably should fire the guy, but I really want him to do this job.
No, this isnt a hypothetical about our industrys lack of business
aptitude. Its a real-life situation More...