Non-Linear Planning: Mind the Gap

In the linear world, planning used to involve walls covered with sticky-notes.  Strategic long term schedules were ever under threat from sudden gusts of wind or slammed doors.  In the non-linear world, planning is still an issue and it seems to be a blind-spot for a lot of vendors offering systems to help operations.  This [...]

NAB 2011: Nevermind the buzzwords…

The dry air of Vegas is thick with buzzwords each year at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show.  2011 was no exceptions with booths screaming workflow, brochures urging collaboration, and IP and The Cloud everywhere you look.
Behind some of those buzzwords and demonstrations are serious industry trends, however, so here’s my take on the [...]