Section: Websites

iSquint Profile Dead on Facebook, Revived as Fan Page

If you were a friend of iSquint on Facebook, you might have noticed that you lost a friend recently.  That is because iSquint has died on Facebook.  Not literally!  I just deactivated that account as a profile.  It just didn’t make sense.  I mean, how can a web site be a person?  That is what [...]

New Trivia Contest In Town: TechnicalTrivia.com

Do you like testing your knowledge and winning stuff at the same time?  Think you know a lot about the technical side of our industry?  There is a new trivia contest and web site out there to test your knowledge of just that, TechnicalTrivia.com.
Here is the offical press release from the marketing department:
On the Fourth [...]

Get Triped Out Online – MoodLight Online App

Last night while scrolling through the massive inbox, I came across an interesting note.  Steve from MoodLight sent me a note about his new online color changing app, MoodLight.
MoodLight turns your computer screen into a multi-purpose, color changing light. The online app can be customized by choosing your own color, adding effects, and setting the [...]

Show Your MA Love While You Work

Are you a grandMA user/fan?  Why not show your love off for the company that makes the grandMA, MA Lighting out of Germany.  I just learned of MA’s newest website, www.ma-merchandising.com.
On the site, you can purchase a number of articles of clothing with the MA Lighting Logo on it.  Anything from Polos, Fleece, Caps and [...]

Love Never Dies – A Glimps Into the Design Process

Rob Halliday, a new friend and fellow Lighting Design and  writer let me in on a little known web site yesterday.  The site is a journal of Mrs. Paule Constable, a leading lighting designer out of the UK.  You may remember Mrs. Constable winning the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design for her [...]

iSquint and Jimonlight #LDI2009 #LDI09tweetup – Get Your RSVP ON!

Remember all of that “JimOnLight.com and iSquint.net are having a Tweet-Up at the LDI21009 Orlando Conference this year!” stuff?
It’s officially now official.  If you’re on Twitter and coming to the LDI 2009 Tweet-Up, go check out the official TwitVite!  Let us know that you’re coming or not, and see who else is coming to meet [...]

New Job Site: Show Crew Networks

We just received word of a new job and networking website called Show Crew Network for the entertainment industry. Are you looking for work either as a freelancer or as a company looking to hire? Show Crew Network is a site designed to help you locate and land a gig with in the entertainment industry.  [...]

MIA: grandMA2 With Series 2 Software

For to long we have been waiting for news on the release of the grandMA2.  Well, that has come and gone.  The grandMA2 may be out and in the wild, it is lacking one important thing, Series 2 software that the console was designed for! The grandMA2 hardware may be out on tours and in [...]

Congratulations JimOnLight, One Year and Counting!

Way to go Jim!  All of us here at iSquint congratulate you on bringing excellent lighting news to the interwebs with JimOnLight.com.  You really have the ability to find some interesting uses of LEDs in the architectural world! Also, kudo’s to your wife and web designer, the new layout looks fantastic!
If you do not know [...]

Hi! I’m Larry From ZollDesign

Hey everyone,
Along with Jim from JimOnLight I’ll be doing a bit of contributing here at iSquint.  I am Larry Zoll from ZollDesign.com, a  lighting designer and blogger with with experience in theater, event, and architectural lighting.  I’ve designed and programmed systems from small 50 seat theatres to LED control systems that cover 3 city blocks. [...]

LDI Show Is Only 123 Days Away

That’s right, the LDI show in Orlando Florida is only 123 days away!  Lighting & Electronics wants to make sure you are able to get in and see the show as well as see them on the exhibit floor at booth 1327.  L&E wants to see you there so bad that they are offering FREE [...]

ESTA Announces eSET Portal

The ESTA Foundation has launched a new site geared towards providing entry level entertainment technicians a educational portal to learn and better understand terms and fundamentals within the entertainment industry.
The Essential Skills for the Entertainment Technician (eSET) goals are to provide technicians with knowledge and skills to function across all fields of the entertainment industry [...]