Monthly Archives: February 2009
A Balanced Software Diet:
As a sales-bot, I love sitting in on development meetings. It’s probably my favorite activity at Tightrope. We get to talk about new features in upcoming releases and how we’re going to rule our industry with these groundbreaking ideas. I remember how excited I was when we came up with the idea of reading RSS [...]
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New Cablecast 4.8 Guide
The user manual for Cablecast has been recently updated! Weighing in at 317 pages, Cablecast: The Manual includes all of the information needed to get the most out of your Cablecast system, including: Theory on how Cablecast works Suggestions for how Cablecast can integrate with your work flow Planning and executing the setup of a [...]
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Bedford, NH Scores Points With SX-Live and DSK
Bill Jennings has been a Friend of Tightrope since the very beginning. It was especially gratifying to get an email from him about his experiences with his new SX-Live streaming server. “…also, we’ll be ordering another streaming video server. The one that we’ve had installed for our government channel has been well received,” Bill said. [...]
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TRMS Sponsors Local Twin Cities Tech Events
One of the (many!) things I enjoy about working at Tightrope is the fact that we’re located in the Twin Cities; home of the Twins, the Guthrie Theater, the Mall of America, and, although perhaps not as well known, home to an incredible technology community. Today I’m happy to share that TRMS is doing its [...]
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Announcing Carousel 5.2.3
We are proud to announce the release of Carousel 5.2.3! This release contains resolutions to some conditional bugs, seemly occurring only sometimes, under a full moon, in certain time zones. Obviously I’m kidding, but honestly these pests are our favorite to squish, release, and dare I say forget. Among this special breed were the analog [...]
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Computers and the Internet Will Always Be Slow: A Case For Starks’ Law