Too Busy to Post

I suppose that it is a good thing that we have just been too busy to update the blog!

Since my last (and only!) entry, we have had quite a variety of events...
We spent a couple of days at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley Airport with a set, tech, and strike. Additionally, this event was recorded on video, so we also took the raw video and edited it into a viewable DVD. The event was a 4 hour session that ran two times - morning and afternoon - for two days, each time with a different group. The second day was recorded on video - both sessions. While the actually video editing - done using Final Cut Pro - didn't take too long, the conversion from the final cut to the DVD took most of a day. Fortunately, the conversion does not need constant supervision so the MacBook I use was able to do the process while we were off doing other projects.

Today marks day 2 of an event we are working with Unilever in Trumbull. "Who or what is Unilever?" you ask... Well, there is a good chance that they are responsible for at least one product in your bathroom and/or kitchen cabinet. For this event, we set up several 60" flat screen TVs on stands in conference rooms for their training sessions (pictures included).

In addition to these events, we also had the regular stream of meetings where we set anything from a screen and projector to a full boat of equipment. For one of these events, we set nothing more than a simple remote for the presenter to advance their PowerPoint slides!

A note of frustration:
That remote that I just mentioned? Well, we actually have several of those that are now useless. The item is officially called a "Presenter." Presenters consist of two pieces - one is used to transmit the signal from the person to the computer, the other is used by the computer to receive that signal. The receiver plugs into a USB port on the computer and often remains in the computer when the person packs up and leaves the event, thus rendering the Presenter useless. I contacted Targus - the manufacturer of the Presenter in question - to see if there was any way to replace the receiver. After an extended conversation - more for their benefit than mine - I learned that it is not possible. Understandably, these receivers are coded to their specific Presenter - otherwise the Presenter you are using in one room would interfere with one used in another, nearby room. That is why I was hoping Targus might be able to code a new receiver to the several Presenters that we have that are missing their receivers. No luck - and I am thus frustrated.