David Danto
@njdavidd.bsky.social
My personal opinions of important & interesting media, UC, technology & travel w/ the perspective of someone who's been doing it for a while. https://Danto.info & TalkingPointz.com
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
danto.info/Crisis-JSM.htm
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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
danto.info/Crisis-JSM.htm
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 schoolyard–and stomping on jobs, stores, and the future of humanity along the way.
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When the Disruptor Gets Disrupted
It begins, as many Silicon Valley stories do, with a letter – not a love letter, not even a breakup letter – but a cease-and-desist. On Halloween, Amazon sent a sharply worded notice to the artificial...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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 schoolyard–and stomping on jobs, stores, and the future of humanity along the way.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-d...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-d...
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.
We always knew the emperor's nature was evil. It's those who voted for him that we will never forgive.
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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.
We always knew the emperor's nature was evil. It's those who voted for him that we will never forgive.
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 “Paris,” your office design isn’t clever, it’s broken. Read about it in my latest LinkedIn blog.
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-me...
End Meetings In The Grand Canyon!
“Your guests are waiting for you in Brooklyn Bridge.” There’s no corner of business or life where that sentence makes sense – except, apparently, in enterprise communications.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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 “Paris,” your office design isn’t clever, it’s broken. Read about it in my latest LinkedIn blog.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-me...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-me...
When Did “Smart” Start Meaning “Held Hostage”?
Remember when you could just own things? You’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 “the cloud.”
www.linkedin.com/pulse/rise-c...
Remember when you could just own things? You’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 “the cloud.”
www.linkedin.com/pulse/rise-c...
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 they’re silent.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
When Did “Smart” Start Meaning “Held Hostage”?
Remember when you could just own things? You’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 “the cloud.”
www.linkedin.com/pulse/rise-c...
Remember when you could just own things? You’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 “the cloud.”
www.linkedin.com/pulse/rise-c...
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.
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Read more in my latest blog.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/dantos...
Danto's TechPerspective: Stop Hiding Behind AI – 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, you’d n...
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October 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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...
Read more in my latest blog.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/dantos...
The AV story is shifting - and Q-SYS is leading the charge.
At their latest Activate event, Q-SYS didn’t just drop a few new gadgets. They showed how every announcement tightens the focus on what “full-stack” really means.
Read more:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/q-sys-...
At their latest Activate event, Q-SYS didn’t just drop a few new gadgets. They showed how every announcement tightens the focus on what “full-stack” really means.
Read more:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/q-sys-...
Q-SYS- The Full Stack Image Gets Sharper
(Reposted from the TalkingPointz website here.) Many AV companies treat press releases like confetti – a new camera here, a widget there, maybe a firmware update tossed in – hoping the industry will c...
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October 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The AV story is shifting - and Q-SYS is leading the charge.
At their latest Activate event, Q-SYS didn’t just drop a few new gadgets. They showed how every announcement tightens the focus on what “full-stack” really means.
Read more:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/q-sys-...
At their latest Activate event, Q-SYS didn’t just drop a few new gadgets. They showed how every announcement tightens the focus on what “full-stack” really means.
Read more:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/q-sys-...
Once upon a time a Fortune50 firm appointed an #AI #Agent as #CEO. The #CFO’s math: Why replace $50K workers when we can replace $10M+ ones the same way? The new boss’s ultra-original playbook: Work smarter, not harder.
If this concept makes you uncomfortable – good.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceo-no...
If this concept makes you uncomfortable – good.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceo-no...
The CEO Is Now an AI Agent.
In a move that would have sounded hypothetical a year ago, a Fortune 50 company announced it named an agentic AI instance as chief executive officer. The company said the agent will set strategy, brie...
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August 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Once upon a time a Fortune50 firm appointed an #AI #Agent as #CEO. The #CFO’s math: Why replace $50K workers when we can replace $10M+ ones the same way? The new boss’s ultra-original playbook: Work smarter, not harder.
If this concept makes you uncomfortable – good.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceo-no...
If this concept makes you uncomfortable – good.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceo-no...
I recently purchased a mattress at Mattress Firm. They took my email.
I've received about 2 emails a week since then, each pitching me on buying a new mattress.
Wouldn't they know I don't need one now? #BadMarketingPlan
I've received about 2 emails a week since then, each pitching me on buying a new mattress.
Wouldn't they know I don't need one now? #BadMarketingPlan
August 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I recently purchased a mattress at Mattress Firm. They took my email.
I've received about 2 emails a week since then, each pitching me on buying a new mattress.
Wouldn't they know I don't need one now? #BadMarketingPlan
I've received about 2 emails a week since then, each pitching me on buying a new mattress.
Wouldn't they know I don't need one now? #BadMarketingPlan
On the next @talkingpointz.bsky.social #UCWeeklyNews, Yorktel's CEO Ken Scaturro discusses the merger with Kinly & what it means for customers and the industry.
Join us Aug 25 on any of the listed channels ~10am EDT, or anytime after that at DantoReport.com
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Join us Aug 25 on any of the listed channels ~10am EDT, or anytime after that at DantoReport.com
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August 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
On the next @talkingpointz.bsky.social #UCWeeklyNews, Yorktel's CEO Ken Scaturro discusses the merger with Kinly & what it means for customers and the industry.
Join us Aug 25 on any of the listed channels ~10am EDT, or anytime after that at DantoReport.com
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Join us Aug 25 on any of the listed channels ~10am EDT, or anytime after that at DantoReport.com
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#AI isn't coming for your job. It's coming for Google's job. And if AI keeps delivering answers faster and better, Google is going to need a parachute. And someone might need to drop Charlton Heston in from a helicopter just to keep things from crashing over there.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-isn...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-isn...
August 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#AI isn't coming for your job. It's coming for Google's job. And if AI keeps delivering answers faster and better, Google is going to need a parachute. And someone might need to drop Charlton Heston in from a helicopter just to keep things from crashing over there.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-isn...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-isn...
Remember the sci-fi flick Demolition Man? Stallone wakes from years of sleep & learns that after the wars, all restaurants are now Taco Bell.
I bring this up because the audiovisual (AV) industry is undeniably warming up the tacos.
Read more in my latest article www.linkedin.com/pulse/welcom...
I bring this up because the audiovisual (AV) industry is undeniably warming up the tacos.
Read more in my latest article www.linkedin.com/pulse/welcom...
Welcome to Taco Bell AV
In the 1993 sci-fi action flick Demolition Man, Sylvester Stallone’s character wakes from decades in cryo-sleep into a sanitized future. He’s invited to an “important” dinner – at Taco Bell.
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August 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Remember the sci-fi flick Demolition Man? Stallone wakes from years of sleep & learns that after the wars, all restaurants are now Taco Bell.
I bring this up because the audiovisual (AV) industry is undeniably warming up the tacos.
Read more in my latest article www.linkedin.com/pulse/welcom...
I bring this up because the audiovisual (AV) industry is undeniably warming up the tacos.
Read more in my latest article www.linkedin.com/pulse/welcom...
Now do players - couldn't be much worse than the Mets yesterday....
I'm practically in tears
After 45 years of umpiring and advocating for other women umpires, I'm about to witness what I was beginning to believe would never happen: Jen Pawol will be in uniform on the field in Atlanta this Saturday for the Marlins @ Braves doubleheader. www.mlb.com/news/jen-paw...
After 45 years of umpiring and advocating for other women umpires, I'm about to witness what I was beginning to believe would never happen: Jen Pawol will be in uniform on the field in Atlanta this Saturday for the Marlins @ Braves doubleheader. www.mlb.com/news/jen-paw...
Pawol to make history as MLB's first female umpire
Jen Pawol will make history this weekend as the first woman to be an umpire in a regular-season MLB game.
Pawol will ump three games during this weekend’s Marlins-Braves series in Atlanta, including b...
www.mlb.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Now do players - couldn't be much worse than the Mets yesterday....
Remember the Diamond Rio? No? Exactly. Remember when Zoom was the dominant company in #Videoconferencing? It's getting harder to do. Read the beginning of the article below and keep reading on the TalkingPointz website via the embedded link.
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-...
First or Stickiest: Remember The Diamond Rio?
When I meet with clients to talk shop – usually somewhere between an echoey conference room and a hotel ballroom with terrible coffee – I often bring up the Diamond Rio. Remember that? No? Exactly my ...
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July 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Remember the Diamond Rio? No? Exactly. Remember when Zoom was the dominant company in #Videoconferencing? It's getting harder to do. Read the beginning of the article below and keep reading on the TalkingPointz website via the embedded link.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-...
Who’s Watching Whom? The Growing Battle Over Your Digital Likeness - my latest Linkedin article.
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Who’s Watching Whom? The Growing Battle Over Your Digital Likeness
Walk through any bustling city center, shopping district, or large mall, and you’ll see them: sleek, bright, high-resolution digital signage displays promoting food, fashion, tech, entertainment – ess...
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July 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Who’s Watching Whom? The Growing Battle Over Your Digital Likeness - my latest Linkedin article.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/whos-w...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/whos-w...
Trelane is Q! (that’s right up there with “clams got legs”)
IYKYK🖖
IYKYK🖖
July 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trelane is Q! (that’s right up there with “clams got legs”)
IYKYK🖖
IYKYK🖖
Thank God new episodes of Star Trek are back on TV. I don’t think I could’ve survived another day without them.
July 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank God new episodes of Star Trek are back on TV. I don’t think I could’ve survived another day without them.
Is it just me, or when you're peeling a clementine to eat, you sing the song "My Darling Clementine" in your head?
July 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Is it just me, or when you're peeling a clementine to eat, you sing the song "My Darling Clementine" in your head?
I gotta admit, I liked this one…..
July 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I gotta admit, I liked this one…..
What do #InfoComm25 and the #AV industry have in common with frogs? Read my latest blog for @ravepubs.bsky.social to find out.
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InfoComm 2025: AV’s Slow Boil Into IT
At many of my recent in-person presentations, I begin with the often-repeated (questionable) tale that frogs will jump out of a pot of boiling water if you try to put them in, but if you put them in c...
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June 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
What do #InfoComm25 and the #AV industry have in common with frogs? Read my latest blog for @ravepubs.bsky.social to find out.
www.ravepubs.com/av-convergen...
www.ravepubs.com/av-convergen...
It really does explain a lot.....
June 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It really does explain a lot.....