AVSuperfriends

#164 technology podcast in Canada! Accelerating growth within the HigherED AV community and others passionate about the professional AV industry.

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🤖 Google and Microsoft are putting AI EVERYWHERE. But what happens when your institution doesn't want it? 😬

Can you opt out, or is AI now the price of admission? 🔒💻
The AV SuperFriends have thoughts. Lots of them. 🎙️🔥

https://t.co/eIiq4srcFQ
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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🎙️ We recorded an entire episode about AI automatically detecting technology problems...

...and then our RSS feed broke. 🤖💀

The irony is not lost on us. 😂

Episode 82 with George Birchall from Epiphan is back! MCP, automated classroom checks, and the future of AV.

🔌 Give it another listen (or a first listen):
https://t.co/VAb02bXmW2

#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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🚨🔧 TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES! 🔧🚨

We're an AV podcast. Of COURSE something broke. 🤦‍♂️

The RSS gremlins ate our latest episode, so we're giving it another shot!

🤖 Epiphan joins us to talk MCP, AI-powered classroom monitoring, and the future of AV integration.

🎧 NOW AVAILABLE (for real this time):
https://t.co/VAb02bXmW2

#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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🚨 ICYMI! 🚨

Could AI eventually replace traditional AV control systems? 🤖💀

We welcomed George Birchall from Epiphan to explore MCP, agentic AI, automated classroom checks, and what happens when AV hardware finally starts talking to everything else.

🔌 The future is getting weird. And we like it. 😎

🎧 Catch up here:
https://t.co/VAb02bXmW2
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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AVSF: Off the Rails LIVE! Ep 148 Join the AV SuperFriends on Friday at 315p EDT / 1215p PDT for a live conversation about oddball observation spaces, renewing Zoom contracts, and Google says No Search For You! #AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav https://t.co/txTa4qkR6H

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🎛️ 19 different AV management dashboards. NINETEEN. 😵‍💫

What if you could just ask AI, "How are my classrooms doing?" 🤔

We're talking MCP, automated room checks, equipment monitoring, and whether the days of giant proprietary AV control ecosystems are numbered. 👀🔥

🎧 Join the conversation!

https://t.co/VAb02bXmW2
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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🤖🔌 What if AI could talk directly to your classroom AV equipment? No more bouncing between dashboards, digging through menus, or writing mountains of custom code!

🎙️ This week, George Birchall from Epiphan joins the AV SuperFriends to talk MCP, AI-powered monitoring, and the future of AV integration! 🚀

https://t.co/VAb02bXmW2
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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🎃 ICYMI: Justin's trapped, reality is broken, and something is chasing the AVSF crew through decades of classroom technology. 👻

It's our 2026 Halloween special: THE BACKROOMS!

🎧 https://t.co/Ye7PUK7sdI
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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AVSF: On Topic LIVE! Ep 82 Join the AV SuperFriends on Friday at 315p EDT / 1215p PDT for a live conversation about clever uses of MCP to automate all the things! #AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav https://t.co/JSIFm8TnZj

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📼 VHS. 📺 TV carts. 🔌 VGA. 🤖 AI.

Every generation built the “classroom of the future.”
Now the AVSF crew has to survive ALL of them. 😱

🎃 The Backrooms:
https://t.co/Ye7PUK7sdI
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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👻 Something is following them.
⏳ Justin is coming apart.
🚐 Chris found a 1980s service van.

Somehow, that's the rescue plan. 😂

🎧 AVSF Halloween 2026: The Backrooms
https://t.co/Ye7PUK7sdI
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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🚪 1986. 📼 2006. 🤖 2026.

Three classrooms. Three different futures. One really bad idea.

🎃 Welcome to THE BACKROOMS, our 2026 Halloween radio drama!

🔗 https://t.co/Ye7PUK7sdI
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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🎃👻 The Metaverse is shutting down. Nobody cares.

Except Justin. He's still trapped inside. 💀

The AV SuperFriends are going in after him. What could possibly go wrong?

🔗 https://t.co/Ye7PUK7sdI
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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AVSF: Third Friday LIVE! Join the AV SuperFriends RIGHT NOW for a live conversation about higher ed AV & IT! #AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav https://t.co/p7xhXiYNED

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👀 ICYMI: Season Seven of Off the Rails has officially left the station. And possibly the tracks. 🚂💨

AI holograms! 🤖👻
Pepper’s Ghost! 👻
Bad documentation! 📄🔥
Mystery departmental AV! 🎛️❓
And plenty of yelling! 📢

Episode 147: Why Didn’t You Ask for It?

https://t.co/GcciPyUWiv
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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🔁 ICYMI: Can digital signage moonlight as a presentation system? 🍷📺

We kick off Season 7 with wine dashboards, wireless arguments, and signage that needs an AirTag. 🛞😂

https://t.co/RcEK49IifY
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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Check out the cool project by our friends at NCSU and Computer Comforts, Inc. #evolve_lectern #higheredav #edtech

https://t.co/KsI9qem3gi

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📄 “Why didn’t you ask for it?”

Great question.

Why do we meticulously document hardware, racks, signal flow, and displays… but then basically tell the programmer, “Eh, you’ll figure out how it works”? 🤷‍♂️🎛️

DSPs, RFPs, programming, commissioning, lifecycle planning & more. 🔥

https://t.co/GcciPyUWiv
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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🎙️ SEASON SEVEN IS HERE. 🚂💥'

We’re kicking things off with AI “holograms” 🤖👻, Pepper’s Ghost, missing AV documentation 📄, lifecycle chaos 🔄, and departmental technology that somehow becomes IT’s problem the second it stops working. 😬

https://t.co/GcciPyUWiv
#AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav

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AVSF: Off the Rails LIVE! Ep 147 Join the AV SuperFriends on Friday at 315p EDT / 1215p PDT for a live conversation about undocumented critical information, replacing other people's stuff, and the news! #AVSF #avtweeps #edtech #higheredav https://t.co/Y7KiLQ39ce