Monthly Archives: April 2008
Art from limitation: OSX vs. Vista
I grew up on Apple products, I went to art school, I make design and build furniture in my garage, my notebook is a sketchpad. I would consider myself a design person.
I left my last Mac in 1996, it was a Quadra 800 AV. I have been working in Windows since then. Tightrope starting developing [...]
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Art from limitation: Introduction
I have ben trying to get into blogging for a few months. It has been hard for me to find what to write about. I can write about Tightrope’s product releases, tricks in our software, or general reactions to things that I run into. That hasn’t motivated me. I needed a subject that I could [...]
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In review: Proud new Macbook Air owner
So, after *months* of deliberation I finally pulled the trigger on a Macbook Air. I previously had a Dell Latitude 840 15″; a fast, modern, all business laptop. It served me well for many months, especially when I didn’t have a desktop machine. It was a fine desktop machine. After I got my new desktop [...]
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A Behemoth Is Coming
What is as close to a feature length training video as I will ever make will be unleashed Monday April 14th.
The Template Editor. Kind of a masterpiece. My "Lawrence of Arabia". In fact, its so special you can watch it in HD! (soon) Zooming, panning, and other trickery isn’t the most affective way to learn [...]
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Tightrope Signs Total Marketing and The Enright Company
Tightrope is extremely pleased to announce the addition of The Enright Company and Total Marketing to the list of independent representatives that carry Tightrope’s Carousel digital signage products.
The Enright Company represents Tightrope Media Systems in California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii. Logan Enright, Dave Farhbach and John Harmyk are the primary territory managers for the company.
Total [...]
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Beginner Training On May 8th Before ACM NE Conference
We had a FANTASTIC turn out for our training session at the Camera Company’s show in March. I think everything went well and we had lots of great feedback. The common thread that we heard was that while there was good information, many who attended needed us to start at the beginning!
So that’s what we’re [...]
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Updates to Cablecast and Carousel Released
Today is a pretty big release day. We’re announcing four (yes, four!) new updates to our software, two for Carousel, and two more for Cablecast.
Carousel 5.0.6 and 5.1.1
The 5.0.6 update resolves some minor issues, including fixing a bug with switching zones in Safari.
The 5.1.1 update includes all of the fixes from 5.0.6, and additionally [...]
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More Tradeshows Coming Up
We’ve added a few more trade shows to our lineup. Here’s the current list of where and when you can meet up with us.
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
Las Vegas, NV
April 11th-17th 2008
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)
Brainerd, MN
April 21st-23rd 2008
Southeast Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (SETOA)
Asheville, NC
April 27th-29th 2008
InfoComm
Las Vegas, NV
June 18th-20th 2008
Alliance [...]
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Tightrope Training Videos
For the past several weeks, Jeremy has been creating a set of new training videos for our website, and like clockwork, he uploads two new videos each and every Monday. Each video is only a few minutes long, and they cover a wide range of topics that will help you get the most out [...]
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Art from limitation: Graphic Design 101