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Episodes
Ask The Programmer Episode 167 - Guest Jeff Hopkins Discusses Programmers' Risk Aversion
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Jeff Hopkins, Technical Director, Crestron Services Providers, to discuss why programmers tend to be risk aver...
Ask The Programmer Episode 166 - Guest Jeff Hopkins Shares Opportunities for Programmers and CSPs
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Jeff Hopkins, Technical Director, Crestron Services Providers, to discuss his AV journey, opportunities for pr...
Ask The Programmer Episode 165 - Women in AV Making an Impact with WAVIT with Guest Hope Roth
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Hope Roth, Professional Services Engineer and UCI Specialist at Q-SYS, to discuss her work with WAVIT bui...
Ask The Programmer Episode 164 - Guest Hope Roth Shares About Her Automated Dollhouse Project
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Hope Roth, Professional Services Engineer and UCI Specialist at Q-SYS, to share her AV journey and discuss det...
Ask The Programmer Episode 163 - AI in AV
19 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss the current and future impact of AI in AV including the positive and negative effects of making products and s...
Ask The Programmer Episode 162 - System Monitoring
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss the importance of system monitoring, the difficulties of delivering an effective solution, and why simply coll...
Ask The Programmer Episode 161 - Bloatware
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss what bloatware is, why it exists, the impact it can make, and how to make it manageable. To join the conversat...
Ask The Programmer Episode 160 - Training a Team
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss strategies, techniques, lessons learned, and tips for training a team. To join the conversation or have your q...
Ask The Programmer Episode 159 - Jamie Rinehart Discusses Programming vs. Configuration
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Jamie Rinehart, Education Resources Director at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and Host of AV Su...
Ask The Programmer Episode 158 - Jamie Rinehart shares how programming offers outlet for creativity
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Jamie Rinehart, Education Resources Director at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and Host of AV Superfr...
Ask The Programmer Episode 157 - Erin Maher-Moran Reflects Progressing from Podcast Guest to Host
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Erin Maher-Moran from Johns Hopkins University to discuss her journey from one of her first podcast guest...
Ask The Programmer Episode 156 - Erin Maher-Moran Discusses How to Get Involved in the AV Community
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt mark three years of producing podcasts by welcoming back their first returning guest Erin Maher-Moran from Johns Hopki...
Ask The Programmer Episode 155 - How Changing Programming Rather than Hardware Can Fix Systems
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss the age-old debate about how to fix an existing system that isn't working to a client's satisfaction. While it...
Ask The Programmer Episode 154 - Understanding and Managing Client Expectations
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss the importance of identifying, understanding, and managing client expectations for programming projects includ...
Ask The Programmer Episode 153 - The Business of AV Programming with Brittany DiCesare
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Greenblatt speaks with Brittany DiCesare, Director of Sales and Operations at Control Concepts, regarding her unique perspective on the industry...
Ask The Programmer Episode 152 - Neil Silver shares his AV journey and his entrepreneurial ventures
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Greenblatt speaks with Neil Silver from LCD about his journey from being a technician for live events and theater to a lighting control programm...
Ask The Programmer Episode 151 - The value of standardization with Marc Cholewczynski
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Marc Cholewczynski, Associate Director of Academic Technology Technical Services at Oregon State Universi...
Ask The Programmer Episode 150 - Marc Cholewczynski shares the importance of knowing programming
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Marc Cholewczynski, Associate Director of Academic Technology Technical Services at Oregon State University an...
Ask The Programmer Episode 149 - Single-Brand vs. Multi-Product AV Solutions
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss the pros and cons of single-brand vs. multi-product AV solutions. What makes each option viable or risky in va...
Ask The Programmer Episode 148 - Well-Rounded Programmers
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss what it takes to be successful in AV programming beyond the obvious of writing code including the value of wel...
Ask The Programmer Episode 147 - Cece Porter asks what is your favorite programming project and why
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt answer a question from Cece Porter from Pace University about our favorite programming projects and why they were memo...
Ask The Programmer Episode 146 - Cece Porter asks how to explain programming to non-technical people
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt answer a question from Cece Porter from Pace University about how to explain technical aspects of programming to those...
Ask The Programmer Episode 145 - Cece Porter asks about advice for someone starting in programming
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt answer a question from Cece Porter from Pace University about advice for someone starting in programming. Cece Porter ...
Ask The Programmer Episode 144 - Careers in AV with Pace University Student Cece Porter
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss careers in the AV industry, the Pace University AV Summit, and how to the AV industry can attract more young p...
Ask The Programmer Episode 143 - Pace University AV Summit 2023 with the Bald AV Guys
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Rich Miller and George Chacko, the Bald AV Guys, to talk about their recent event at Pace University that...
Ask The Programmer Episode 142 - Holiday Sentiments and Year-End Reflection
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss end-of-year reflection, highlights, and takeaways from 2023 along with holiday sentiments. To join the convers...
Ask The Programmer Episode 141 - Questions from ChatGPT
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss popular questions courtesy of ChatGPT including programming scalability, coding optimization, and programming ...
Ask The Programmer Episode 140 - Planning AV Projects
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss how to get the best results and minimize surprises on your AV projects including the value of including progra...
Ask The Programmer Episode 139 - Programming Can’t Fix Equipment Shortcomings with Brian Magrogan
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Brian Magrogan, Senior Systems Programmer at Verrex, to discuss his insight on why programming can't over...
Ask The Programmer Episode 138 - Brian Magrogan Discussed His Role as an In-house Programmer
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt speak with Brian Magrogan, Senior Systems Programmer at Verrex, about his career journey in AV, the responsibilities o...
Ask The Programmer Episode 137 - Professional Development for Programmers
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss the importance of professional development, resources for AV programmers to grow, and how non-technical skills...
Ask The Programmer Episode 136 - Red Flags in Projects
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss how to identify red flags in projects and what to do about them so they don't result in bigger issues. To join...
Ask The Programmer Episode 135 - How Modern Programming Language Adoption Impacts AV Programming
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss what impact AMX's recent announcement of the Muse platform and its adoption of modern programming languages ha...
Ask The Programmer Episode 134 - AMX Muse with Chris Backus, Director of ITG at Harman
29 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt speak with Chris Backus, Director of the Integrated Technologies Group at Harman, about the recent release of the AMX ...
Ask The Programmer Episode 133 - In-house and Independent Programmers with Marc Lavecchia from BMA
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Marc LaVecchia, Owner BMA Software Solutions, to discuss how in-house and independent programmers can coe...
Ask The Programmer Episode 132 - Marc LaVecchia of BMA discusses Independent Programmers
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James King and Steve Greenblatt speak with Marc LaVecchia, Owner of BMA Software Solutions, regarding his journey in AV, how he went from sales to own...