Presents
MY LIFE IN AV.
In February, 1997, on the anniversary of my 25th year in
the a-v (video, multimedia, audio-visual, whatever)
business, I decided to use the web as an excuse to
recollect and collect my thoughts on the history of my
career to this point, tying it in with trends in the
industry as well as the personalities involved. Geez, the
ego of the guy!
I set out the chapters (listed to the left) and hoped to
get it done in a year.
Well, we have made some progress, but we're not getting it
done in a year!
In
order to be a bit more realistic and to not disappoint the
five or ten people that might be reading this, I've scaled
back my own expectations a bit. I found that each chapter
grew more expansive as I dug through things to make the
pages visual, sometime leading to offshoots and other
explorations. I've decided that I will get the first 10
years of this done by the beginning of my 27th anniversary
(February 1st, 1999, thank you), and then take a break. I
can not promise I will make it past that point, since to
continue to wallow in the past is sometimes fun, sometimes
a drag, but never particularly productive, especially as
one tries to grow one's own CURRENT business. And the
second ten years (plus 3) were a roller coaster ride of an
accelerated pace that I may need more distance from in
order to provide the proper perspective.
So, enjoy. Please begin at the beginning, if you're just
starting out. I do believe in beginnings, middles and
ends.
