Recorded October 3, 2025

In this episode, the crew gears up for the 2025 ETC Conference in Raleigh, NC, swapping predictions, travel plans, and a few questionable presentation ideas. Brandon Pope from NC State and Tim Cichos from Notre Dame join to preview what attendees can expect from the conference, from the carefully planned venues and community spirit to the sessions that promise to mix genuine insight with the usual mischief.

The news segment debates goggles, infinite desktops, and TikTok eyewear that no one asked for. The panel also unpacks how AV and IT teams evolve from specialized support units to campus-wide partners. The Weekly Rivalry returns with campus tech bragging rights on the line with football-style scorekeeping applied to AV, IT, and higher ed technology showdowns. 

 

News story: https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-halts-vision-pro-overhaul-focus-ai-glasses-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-10-01/

 

Connect with our guests:

• Tim Cichos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tcichos/

• Brandon Pope: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-pope-nc-edtech-profile/

 

ETC Conference: https://www.etcollaborative.org/2025-annual-conference

 

AI-Generated Alternate Titles:

• Pumpkin Spice and Patch Cables

• The ETC Pre-Game Show

• Stuff, Things, and Infinite Desktops

• TikTok Goggles for Higher Ed

• Flooding the Zone with AV Wisdom

• The Carolinas Conference Countdown

• Mannequins, MacBooks, and Mayhem

• Raleigh Rally: The AV SuperFriends Hit the Road

• Goggles, Gremlins, and Great Expectations

• Prepping for ETC Like It's Finals Week
  
  

Far superior human-generated alternate titles:

• Infinite Desktop

• Your desktop is in my airspace

• Will it increase their band-width?

• I think what Chris said is the important part

• Little did you know, I'm the CFO

• The rest of us are pretty much useless

• Is this about BBQ again?

• Sneakernet Days

• I'm going to see all this BS about AI

• I didn't on purpose go there

• That's what the snap monkeys are for!

• From central to not-central to central again

• Spend Money! 

• Frugalivity

• Just don't put sound in your rooms

• They were keeping puddles in there

• Brian's Brains

• I've lost every time since

 

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