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Ask The Programmer Episode 169 - Guest Craig Underwood Discusses How to Successfully Wear Many Hats

James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Guest Craig Underwood, Director of AV Engineering at Moravian University, to discuss his AV journey, the expanse of his role at Moravian, and strategies for working effectively and efficiently while wearing many hats and balancing responsibilities.

Craig Underwood can be found on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/caunderwood/ or as an instructor at Lebanon Valley College https://www.lvc.edu/profiles/craig-underwood/.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 168 - The Importance of Having a Community

James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss why communities exist, the value they provide, how their members benefit, and what having a community of AV programmers could mean for programmers throughout the industry.

One of the core missions of Ask The Programmer is to build a community of AV programmers. If you would like to be part of the Ask The Programmer community, join our group on LinkedIn.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 167 - Guest Jeff Hopkins Discusses Programmers' Risk Aversion

James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Jeff Hopkins, Technical Director, Crestron Services Providers, to discuss why programmers tend to be risk averse, the impact it has on them and the industry, and the benefit of expanding outside one's comfort zone.

Jeff Hopkins can be reached at cspinfo@crestron.com. Crestron can be reached at crestron.com.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 166 - Guest Jeff Hopkins Shares Opportunities for Programmers and CSPs

James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Jeff Hopkins, Technical Director, Crestron Services Providers, to discuss his AV journey, opportunities for programmers and CSPs, and the value of trade shows to expand perspective and new ideas.

Jeff Hopkins can be reached at cspinfo@crestron.com. Crestron can be reached at crestron.com.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 165 - Women in AV Making an Impact with WAVIT with Guest Hope Roth

James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Hope Roth, Professional Services Engineer and UCI Specialist at Q-SYS, to discuss her work with WAVIT building opportunities and support for women in AV and programming.

Hope Roth can be found on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hope-roth-0a44b8a/ and on the Q-SYS Communities: https://developers.qsc.com/s/.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 164 - Guest Hope Roth Shares About Her Automated Dollhouse Project

James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Hope Roth, Professional Services Engineer and UCI Specialist at Q-SYS, to share her AV journey and discuss details of her automated dollhouse project and involvement with the Girl Scouts and STEMfest.

Hope Roth can be found on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hope-roth-0a44b8a/ and on the Q-SYS Communities: https://developers.qsc.com/s/.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 163 - AI in AV

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 systems smarter, leveraging efficiencies in projects and coding, and how AI can add value to AV professionals and organizations.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 162 - System Monitoring

James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss the importance of system monitoring, the difficulties of delivering an effective solution, and why simply collecting data is misleading.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 161 - Bloatware

James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss what bloatware is, why it exists, the impact it can make, and how to make it manageable.

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Ask The Programmer Episode 160 - Training a Team

James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss strategies, techniques, lessons learned, and tips for training a team.

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