Author: John Lux

We have been working with the American Red Cross for the past six months of so. Rick Stone has been the primary member of our team working with the Red Cross and he recently took a trip to Houston for the project. As his connecting flight was pulling away from...

So, a colleague and friend of the company set us up to do a couple of speeches and a workshop at the National Association of School Boards Technology and Learning conference in Denver. Who knew an early season snowstorm would almost shut Denver down! Anyway, we accepted the invitation to...

We've been doing a lot of Facebook and Twitter posts about the construction on our stage and Audio A but it's been a while since I wrote about it here. There has been a lot of progress. Actually, there's something new every day. Whether it's another layer of drywall, HVAC...

We have a product that we have been developing for more than a year now. TeacherStudio™ (www.TeacherStudio.com), is a multimedia, research-driven, Web 2.0 site where teachers can see, hear, and collaborate with exemplary educators. This online professional learning community allows teachers across districts to come together anytime, anywhere to share...

We are commencing work this week with the Naval Hospital - Jacksonville on a number of fronts to enhance the patient experience throughout their system as well as identify ways to improve patient safety. In many ways it’s a classic example of the way we approach to culture change. We...

So I think this You Tube thing is going to stick around a while. I know, I'm a genius for thinking that all by myself. But what I really meant was that creating our own IDEAS You Tube Channel is really going to help us. Here's the story. A couple...

IDEAS is always experimenting. We also have a long history of collecting fascinating colleagues and friends on the road of story. A few years back, we were doing some work with the Navy Learning Strategies Consortium and we were part of a discussion panel on “learning games”. The dialogue was,...

This past week was pretty much the midpoint of physical construction for our new post production audio mixing suite and our insert/Foley stage. All of the framing is completed (hard walls, closets, ceiling), doors are cut, rough electric has been run for Audio A. We should be obtaining final permits...

There's nothing good about a bad economy and people losing jobs. If you can't make the economy better and you can't hire everyone that has been laid off, the only thing you can do is try to help people find new jobs. One of our clients, Navigator Executive Advisors, does...

Here's what I thought of the Emmy Awards last night. First, Neil Patrick Harris was great. Since he started on How I Met Your Mother he has gotten increasingly silly and I don't mind it. With everything going on in the world I don't mind a celebrity that acts like...

Sitting here watching the Emmy Awards brings me back a couple years when a miniseries we worked on, Elvis, was nominated for 6 Emmy Awards. I don't even remember all of the categories but I do remember the one we were most proud of, Best Miniseries.We got a phone call...

This was an interesting week at IDEAS, although not that out of the ordinary when it comes to the varied types of work. Except for the ceiling, we have a fully framed Audio A mixing room built inside our stage. There have definitely been bumps in the road over the...