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All Things TechIE podcast Episode 13. Justin Dawson speaks to Steve Ashby from Involve Visual Collaboration.

Welcome along to episode 12 of the All Things TechIE podcast where Simon and Justin are joined by a special guest Michelle Loret to discuss Huwaii, InfoComm and Father's Day tech toys.

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Show Notes:

MoMo - it's a Japanese sculpture it isn't real!

After being destroyed by the Japanese Artist, MoMo received worldwide attention. The original sculpture, called Mother Bird, shows a human-style head with long dark hair spread sparsely over the creature's forehead, enormous round eyes, an over sized mouth and a flattened nose. The naked creature has the feet of a bird and not much of a torso. It was built in 2016 and displayed at Vanilla Gallery in Tokyo. 

The Momo challenge was an online game, shared on messaging services like WhatsApp, that tried to convince young children to commit violence or even suicide.

It made headlines  for allegedly causing the death of a 12-year-old girl in Argentina. While it has been refuted by various police agencies worldwide due to lack of evidence, the hysteria surrounding the Momo challenge grew, sparking other iterations of the challenge.

With the viral news controversary MoMo caused, just how bad is it for children to be connected to the online world via games consoles, smartphones, tablets, mobile phones and PC?

Or even a more worrying question do parents know what they're children are doing online, what games they are playing even on their games console who they are communicating with?

Justin Dawson interviewed  Cliona Curley from Cybersafe Ireland and asked how to protect minors from abuse online.

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Show Notes and Useful Links 

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• YouTube says there's 'no evidence' of videos promoting Momo Challenge

Please note that we will be creating several instructional videos explaining parental controls for tablets, PC and smart phones which will be available here shortly.

• Contact Justin on Twitter

We've reached double digits. Welcome to Episode 10 of the All Things TechIE podcast

In this episode, Justin & Simon attend the 146 AES International Convention in the CCD Dublin. 

Dublin was the 2019 destination for Europe’s preeminent professional audio education and networking event. If your interests include Studio Recording, Live Sound, Networked Audio, Broadcast & Streaming, Music Production, Post Production, Game Audio, Spatial Sound, Audio for AR/VR/XR and Product Development, AES Dublin was the place to be!

The Audio Engineering Society is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Founded in the United States in 1948, the AES has grown to become an international organization that unites audio engineers, creative artists, scientists and students worldwide by promoting advances in audio and disseminating new knowledge and research.

The Audio Engineering Society’s 146th International Pro Audio Convention in Dublin, Ireland drew to a close on March 23, wrapping up four days of audio science and education that drew attendees from 47 countries to Europe’s premier annual professional audio event. “It was a pleasure to bring the AES convention to Dublin for the very first time,” commented Convention Co-Chair and Dublin resident Enda Bates, “and an excellent way to kick off the formation of the new AES Ireland regional section in style. It was also great to see a more diverse range of presenters and topics, something which was specifically highlighted by many attendees as a welcome development.” 

 The Convention content was packed with options, notes Co-Chair Ben Kok, with 200 individual Workshops, Tutorials, Paper and Poster presentations and Special Events held in parallel across the four days of AES Dublin in seven auditoriums in the Dublin Convention Centre. Hosting top minds in audio from around the world, this year’s convention featured the AES Heyser Memorial lecture “Learning to Listen” by industry innovator and digital reverb pioneer David Griesinger and the keynote address – arranged by AES Dublin’s third co-chair, Mariana Lopez – “Inclusive Sonic Interactions” presented by Aalborg University Copenhagen Professor Stefania Serafin. 

 “For topics like cathedral acoustics and spatial electroacoustic music and education, there was a link between the technical program, off-site and special events,” Kok elaborates, “Overall, immersive/3D sound and spatial audio had a strong presence at the convention, covering both sonic capture as well as reproduction through loudspeakers or headphones.”

 Playing a key role in the Convention’s immersive content, Co-Chair Lopez was actively involved in the program including having the “true honor” of chairing the panel “The Present and Future of Audio for Film and Television,” which brought together industry notables Howard Bargroff, Anna Bertmark, Emma Butt and Fiona Cruickshank. 

 The immersive audio emphasis was continued into AES Dublin’s innovative hands-on sessions, part of the Convention’s dedicated student programing including the bustling Education and Career fair and the student recording and design competitions. Student attendance was typically strong for AES Dublin, a harbinger of future Society leadership as evidenced by former Student Members who attended AES Dublin as professional Members and participated in paper presentations and workshops, along with AES Dublin planning.

 The theme of diversity and inclusion was brought to the forefront of the Convention with Co-Chair Lopez’s AES Dublin Opening Ceremonies challenge for support and participation of the Society’s initiatives, and in the AES Diversity & Inclusion Committee’s Town Hall dialog, which she moderated. Questions about how the Society moves forward towards equality, noted Lopez, “are ultimately about who we are, and who we hope to be.” 

 As AES Dublin concluded, the site selection of Vienna, Austria, was announced for AES Europe in 2020 (May 25 – 28). Next on the AES Convention calendar is the upcoming AES New York International Pro Audio Convention (October 16 – 19, 2019)

Whoops Justin said episode 7 on the beginning of this show. We're actually on Episode 9!

Welcome to this episode of All Things TechIE where Justin starts off with a personal message thanking all the fans of the show for their support during a recent family bereavement in his family with the loss of his late Dad Bobby. Justin also thanks the fans for their votes in the AVNation.TV Readers Choice Awards where Justin has been awarded AV Professional of the Year for 2018.

Contact the show: 

www.AllThingsTech.IE  @SimonLangAV  @JustinRDawson #AllThingsTechIE

In this episode:

• We discuss this is the first of maybe 3 shows this month as Justin and Simon will attend AES (The Audio Engineering Society) convention next week in the CCD Dublin.

Show Note Links

• Samsung Galaxy S10 and foldable phones

Its a new year for our podcast and we're hitting in with controversial technology and Audio Visual questions including:

• How does Bluetooth Headsets actually work especially during commutes in rush hour to work?

Also if you have a moment, Justin Dawson is up for another AV Award. This time the AV Nation readers choice award. You can vote for Justin at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZQTDFG6

In Episode 7 - (December 2018 part II) 

• Projection Mapping

As always you can message us

• Simon Lang @SimonLangAV

Thank you for listening to the All Things TechIE podcast

This is episode 6 of our podcast. Apologies for our delay in bringing you our latest podcasts, we we're aiming for a monthly podcast throughout 2018. Now we have learnt that our subscribers would rather shorter, more regular shows which is what we aim to do in 2019.

In Episode 6 (December Part 1)

• McDonalds with smart screens and iPads for kids, how clean of an environment is it?

As always you can message us

• Simon Lang @SimonLangAV

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This month Simon Lang joins us from the "remote" locations of County Clare with somewhat dodgy internet connectivity which added to some audio problems!

Our special guest this month is the AVIXA Senior Staff Instructor Chuck Espinoza aka Mad Sound Guy who tells us his story of how he entered the world of Audio Visual.

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Lets blame the heat wave summer for missing our monthly August episode!

In this months episode of All Things TechIE, Simon couldn't make it into studio due to the fact he is so busy with installations.

The latest news:

• Samsung releases the Galaxy S9

We've moved from our regular production of All Things TechIE to an episode we believe may become a small series on the topic of how some global AV professionals got involved in the world of Audio Visual. The idea of this topic originated during the summer when Simon and I were discussing the Leaving Certificate Irish state examinations and both of us came to a conclusion that neither of us dreamt that we were going to end up in the world of Audio Visual.

So is it easy to enter the world of Audio Visual? Do many AV Professionals plan that this is the career they wanted to take as a young 17 or 18 year old who has just finished their state examinations? Is there enough courses to assist with young people wanting to pursue audio visual as a career?

This programme has received a massive response which has resulted in a small series on "How I got involved in AV" which will be part of our monthly podcast. 

Our thanks to:

• Christa Bender

for contributing to this months episode. Please dont forget to subscribe to our programme and give us your feedback!