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July 2008 - Posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:08 AM

I Don't Want to be a Downer...

It seems like there is always a good bit of talk about what a fun place ETC is to work but last night I was lying awake in bed obsessing over a number of different issue I need to deal with and felt that someone should address the fact that we do real
Posted by mmeskill | 3 Comments
Friday, July 25, 2008 8:18 AM

Rare sighting at ETC

A very rare event was experienced today. A member of the ETC team retired and there was a party in town square! This is only known to have happened one time before and there was also a party for that occasion. Dean North has been with ETC over 12 years
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:20 PM

On the subject of fun

As long as we are blogging about ETC being a fun place to work. I thought I would share this photo. It is on the door leading into Fred's office. The regular door - not the garage door. Fred posted the "addendum" at the bottom. Enough said. David Lincecu
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:07 AM

Lunchtime fun

So just a couple of days ago Mike Meskill, Durrell Ramer and myself went to get a sandwich and soup for lunch. Durrell always suggests healthy food places during the rare times we head outside of the building together and it's for that, and the great
Posted by dnorth | 3 Comments

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:13 PM

The door's open, come on in!

In the wee hours of the morning on Saturday of Workshop, Michael Harris and I were bantering about workshop and ETC culture. Michael has always been one of the attendees whom I really look forward to seeing. He’s always good for a laugh, a snippet of
Posted by chiefjoseph | 0 Comments
Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:52 AM

Light Minds at ETC Workshop 2008

Every year about this time we hold a workshop for our dealers and reps in the US. It is always a fun event and we try to keep things active and upbeat. Attendees get in depth product training and we have a lot of fun outside activities as well. The event
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:56 AM

An Opera follow up

In a few posts I have pondered what is happening to the arts in "this day and age." I do wonder about these things - but I don't lose much sleep over them. When I posted about the NYC opera deciding to take a year off and then do a season of all modern
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Friday, July 11, 2008 3:42 PM

Wireless airspace management

Talking a while back to my buddy Victor he was updating me on the RFR being used for a NY production. Turns out it was working great until the audio guys showed up, installed their own personal wireless network and absorbed some of the last few free channels
Posted by dnorth | 2 Comments
Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:10 PM

Have a good time.

So, I've been a little preoccupied. Lincecum and I talked quite a while ago about adding my two cents to the ETC blog pool and I was all jazzed about it. I mean, what a great opportunity to actually get to write something interesting! No offense to those
Posted by chiefjoseph | 0 Comments
Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:16 PM

An Evening with Rush – spoiled??

I’ve been a fan of Rush since before I was allowed to go to their concerts. Whether its 2112 taking notes from Ayn Rand’s “Anthem,” a mathematical cacophony of syncopation and time signature changes, or social and political lyrics by the non-singing drummer,
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Monday, July 07, 2008 7:37 AM

Twin Cities theatre closing

I noticed this while on vacation (so sweet!) That a longtime Minneapolis theatre had closed its doors dues to debt. This is a very sad situation, especially considering the strong stature of the theatre. They won a tony award three years ago for outstanding
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:19 PM

Lesson on launching new features

There's quite a bit of chatter online the last few weeks regarding Netflix's decision to first kill, then revive, a little-used, cumbersome feature of it's service called "Profiles". I'm not a Netflix subscriber (I actually use Blockbuster's mail service),
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 2:33 PM

Mike’s Three and a Half Years in Europe

After three and a half years of living and working in Europe I have only come to grasp one thing with absolute certainty: Europe is not the U.S.A. and the European Union is not a single market place. Granted, it is very nice to have a single currency
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