Recorded July 25, 2025

In this episode, join Chris, Jamie, Marc, Larry, and Justin as they discuss the the broken business model of per room, per system, per month, per year cloud service pricing, the ongoing struggle with outdated features and devices that just won't die and the question of when to cut the cord on legacy systems, sharing their own experiences and the sometimes humorous realities of managing AV technology.

They review the terribleness of wireless sharing appliances and the frustrations that come with them, as well as the importance of gathering feedback from faculty and students. They also touch on the necessity of evaluating usage data and making informed decisions based on real-world needs rather than assumptions. 

 

News: 

https://www.ravepubs.com/openav-cloud-adds-adobe-appspace-sharp-bose/

https://www.avinteractive.com/news/products/openav-cloud-initiative-recruits-two-dozen-new-members-15-07-2025/

 

AI-generated Alternate Show Titles:

• When to Cut the Cord

• Don't Let the Blu Ray Players Die in Vain

• Wireless Sharing Woes

• From Legacy to Lament

• Data-Driven Decisions

• AV Tech: The Good, The Bad, and The Outdated

• When Do We Say Goodbye?

• AV Apocalypse Now

• Lessons from the Trenches

• Streamlining the Chaos

 

Far superior human-generated alternate show titles:

• Be a part of it with as little work as possible

• There's nothing to it 

• Money motivates

• Member that?

• I need this old widget to talk to this other widget

• It's all in the metaverse

• That one from last year gets nothing

• Let's all do it wrong together 

• This isn't on your network; it's in the cloud

• I will speak for higher ed at large

• Yellow light for the premium package

• Now you've got a hoedown

• You're making an assumption; they never said that

• Give me a really big package

• Way too many clouds

• Everything on the same cloud

• Dirty Data

• A giant spreadsheet of garbage

• But here's the thing… you like your job

• Sketcho box

• Free is not free

• We don't have a lot of bandwidth to be wrong

• Pay some other department to really manhandle it

• I'm in the middle of this sh*t right now and it's a storm

• Doing the wireless thing is easy / Have this: it's going to fail you

• Give us feedback on about what you hate about 'em

• You're really gonna hate this sh*t

 

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