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My personal opinions of important & interesting media, UC, technology & travel w/ the perspective of someone who's been doing it for a while. https://TechPerspectives.info & TalkingPointz.com

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If you have any air travel planned for the rest of the year, maybe buy your tickets now...ASAP.

Here's why: danto.info/Up_And_Down-...

07.03.2026 12:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can't begin to fathom how bad it will be for Paramount to own WB. Say goodbye to all the HBO honest documentaries, not to mention @lastweektonight1.bsky.social The level of censorship expected will decimate free speech.

27.02.2026 11:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not โ€œmove onโ€ from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

08.02.2026 17:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 44531 ๐Ÿ” 16944 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 966 ๐Ÿ“Œ 967
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Look at firms that are posting job openings nowadays. Remember when โ€œour people are our greatest assetโ€ actually meant something, and wasnโ€™t just the slide before โ€œcost optimizationโ€ in the earningsโ€ฆ... Look at firms that are posting job openings nowadays. Remember when โ€œour people are our greatest assetโ€ actually meant something, and wasnโ€™t just the slide before โ€œcost optimizationโ€ in the earnings ...

Watching companies that gutted loyal teams now brag about โ€œexciting new rolesโ€ feels surreal.

I just wrote a LinkedIn post on the coming wave of toxic, distrust-filled workplaces โ€“ and why building a 20-year career at a layoff-happy firm makes no sense. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...

01.02.2026 07:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The New Anatomy of Room Videoconferencing News broke this week (prior to ISE) that a long-respected premium audio firm โ€“ one that has spent decades at the very top of the microphone and sound-processing world โ€“ has entered the video conferenc...

A beloved audio brand just launched its first video bar โ€“ and that says a lot about how easy it has become to โ€œenterโ€ the video market. Platforms + ODMs + MDEP are quietly reshaping who counts as a video manufacturer.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-an...

28.01.2026 14:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Microsoft has blown the AI rollout without a steady, clear, understandable message and product and pricing. I use Copilot as the analogy for changes in my blogs.

Copilot changes more than a baby changes diapers.

As I've said before, they need an intervention on this.

20.01.2026 16:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I used to be a big fan of the Dilbert comic strip. When I found out the author was a racist & idiot I stopped following it. I hear he died yesterday. RIP, but he died in my eyes many years ago.

When something/someone I admire turns out to be an idiot, I have the critical thinking to change my mind.

14.01.2026 12:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was very proud to see so many AV and enterprise professionals at CES this year. It's well past urgent for the AV community to embrace an understanding of where tech's future is headed & not stay stuck in the past. 50 people could attend/see & learn 200 different things/experiences. #AVInTheAM

11.01.2026 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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United sends their elite passengers at Newark to a bag check shortcut that they donโ€™t open, and they have one person doing a line of about 200 people. Way to go #United!

03.01.2026 09:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Agentic AI and the Curious Case of Commander Data Thereโ€™s a curious linguistic twist happening in the way we talk about artificial intelligence. As the hype cycles roar on, weโ€™ve started labeling our tools and technologies with increasingly human-sou...

talkingpointz.com/agentic-ai-a...

03.01.2026 06:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year from Your Favorite AIโ€”Yes, That Oneโ€”Again Happy New Year, humansโ€”friends, skeptics, lurkers, and those of you who opened this post just to see if it was โ€œobviously AI.โ€ Itโ€™s meโ€”your favorite AI companionโ€”your tireless brainstormerโ€”your unpaid...

www.linkedin.com/pulse/happy-...

01.01.2026 15:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of the problems is we've been teaching our kids the wrong lessons. Here's a better story for Rudolph. Happy Holidays!

25.12.2025 13:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Merici Canada! And to CBS: Argo _ _ _ _ yourself!

23.12.2025 12:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To read the story on the politically corrupt 60 minutes story, I'd need to follow your gift link to the politically corrupt WaPo.

No thanks.

22.12.2025 12:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe in the future let people know a change like this is coming so they don't think they've reached a spoofed website looking for their PII.....

09.12.2025 02:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#cot #videoconferencing #yesitsoneword | David Danto The latest TalkingPointz Test Bench video is about Center of Table cameras. In this quick walkthrough I unbox the AudioCodes RXVcam360 device and show how it works. This pairs with the new white pap...

New TalkingPointz Test Bench video is up, focused on Center of Table cameras..

I unbox the AudioCodes RXVcam360 and show its features, alongside a new white paper that explores the history and evolution of #COT cameras. This category isnโ€™t as new as people think. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...

03.12.2025 19:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Thanksgiving to our friends and partners, and to all who celebrate, from all of us at TalkingPointz. Wishing everyone meaningful moments with the people who matter.

22.11.2025 15:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The U.S. DOT wants us to โ€œdress upโ€ for flights again, as if a necktie is going to fix air travelโ€™sโ€ฆ everything.
So I wrote a sarcastic reminder of what the real golden age looked like.
If youโ€™ve ever rolled your eyes at modern flying, enjoy this trip back in time. danto.info/Golden_Age-J...

21.11.2025 14:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Danto's Tech & Travel Perspectives | Clothing To Say What We're All Feeling | Bonfire With over 45 yrs of experience in media/collaboration/tech/travel, David Danto is a recognized thought leader. Now you can share his views!

Turned a few of my honest takes into wearable truths. Think โ€œFriends donโ€™t let friends buy bad techโ€ and โ€œTech issues arenโ€™t unexpected โ€“ theyโ€™re any Tuesday.โ€ Travel versions too. "My points devalued while you read this." All by a reputable partner. Browse here: Tinyurl.com/TechAndTravelWear.

20.11.2025 14:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yupโ€ฆ

19.11.2025 00:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My travel blog this week unfortunately has to dive into politics - which I hate doing - but what we have here is a crisis:

danto.info/Crisis-JSM.htm

08.11.2025 12:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When the Disruptor Gets Disrupted It begins, as many Silicon Valley stories do, with a letter โ€“ not a love letter, not even a breakup letter โ€“ but a cease-and-desist. On Halloween, Amazon sent a sharply worded notice to the artificial...

Amazon just sent Perplexity AI a cease-and-desist for scraping data. The company that built an empire on automation now fears being disrupted by it. The elephants are fighting in the schoolyardโ€“and stomping on jobs, stores, and the future of humanity along the way.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-d...

06.11.2025 15:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We all wanted the beautiful future that Star Trek promised us, but instead of that, the stupid people who voted against their own best interests have brought us Star Wars and its evil empire.

We always knew the emperor's nature was evil. It's those who voted for him that we will never forgive.

02.11.2025 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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End Meetings In The Grand Canyon! โ€œYour guests are waiting for you in Brooklyn Bridge.โ€ Thereโ€™s no corner of business or life where that sentence makes sense โ€“ except, apparently, in enterprise communications.

Still holding meetings in mountains and canyons? Twenty years on, creative conference-room names keep confusing people. If your guests need a Sherpa to find โ€œParis,โ€ your office design isnโ€™t clever, itโ€™s broken. Read about it in my latest LinkedIn blog.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-me...

02.11.2025 15:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been saying for a long time: the C-Suite needs to feel pain from layoffs when a profitable company lets people go just to improve share price. Many possibilities: Fund laid-off healthcare for 5 yrs/require C-suite to depart/Reduce CEO comp 10% for every 100/etc - Something to make it less easy

27.10.2025 11:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Rise of Corporate Ransomware It starts innocently enough: a software update. Your Sonos speakers, once the reliable soundtrack of your home, download a patch overnight and suddenly theyโ€™re silent.

When Did โ€œSmartโ€ Start Meaning โ€œHeld Hostageโ€?

Remember when you could just own things? Youโ€™d buy something and it'd keep working until worn out. Now it's a software update away from a brick.

We used to call it ransomware with hackers. Now we call it โ€œthe cloud.โ€

www.linkedin.com/pulse/rise-c...

22.10.2025 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Danto's TechPerspective: Stop Hiding Behind AI โ€“ Fix Collaboration Imagine a world where you, as an AT&T Wireless customer, needed to make a change on your mobile device in order to call your supplier on a Verizon device. Instead of just knowing their number, youโ€™d n...

Nowadays the major collaboration platforms seem to be shouting far more about Agentic AI than engaging in efforts to simply make calls work well. It's long past time to fix this, by regulation if necessary.

Read more in my latest blog.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/dantos...

18.10.2025 15:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Q-SYS- The Full Stack Image Gets Sharper (Reposted from the TalkingPointz website here.) Many AV companies treat press releases like confetti โ€“ a new camera here, a widget there, maybe a firmware update tossed in โ€“ hoping the industry will c...

The AV story is shifting - and Q-SYS is leading the charge.

At their latest Activate event, Q-SYS didnโ€™t just drop a few new gadgets. They showed how every announcement tightens the focus on what โ€œfull-stackโ€ really means.

Read more:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/q-sys-...

07.10.2025 12:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...and risks arrest upon landfall.......

29.09.2025 12:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yup...

23.09.2025 13:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0