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://TechPerspectives.info & TalkingPointz.com
Reposted by David Danto
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
Watching companies that gutted loyal teams now brag about “exciting new roles” feels surreal.
I just wrote a LinkedIn post on the coming wave of toxic, distrust-filled workplaces – and why building a 20-year career at a layoff-happy firm makes no sense. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...
I just wrote a LinkedIn post on the coming wave of toxic, distrust-filled workplaces – and why building a 20-year career at a layoff-happy firm makes no sense. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...
Look at firms that are posting job openings nowadays.
Remember when “our people are our greatest asset” actually meant something, and wasn’t just the slide before “cost optimization” in the earnings…...
Look at firms that are posting job openings nowadays.
Remember when “our people are our greatest asset” actually meant something, and wasn’t just the slide before “cost optimization” in the earnings ...
www.linkedin.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Watching companies that gutted loyal teams now brag about “exciting new roles” feels surreal.
I just wrote a LinkedIn post on the coming wave of toxic, distrust-filled workplaces – and why building a 20-year career at a layoff-happy firm makes no sense. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...
I just wrote a LinkedIn post on the coming wave of toxic, distrust-filled workplaces – and why building a 20-year career at a layoff-happy firm makes no sense. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...
A beloved audio brand just launched its first video bar – and that says a lot about how easy it has become to “enter” the video market. Platforms + ODMs + MDEP are quietly reshaping who counts as a video manufacturer.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-an...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-an...
The New Anatomy of Room Videoconferencing
News broke this week (prior to ISE) that a long-respected premium audio firm – one that has spent decades at the very top of the microphone and sound-processing world – has entered the video conferenc...
www.linkedin.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
A beloved audio brand just launched its first video bar – and that says a lot about how easy it has become to “enter” the video market. Platforms + ODMs + MDEP are quietly reshaping who counts as a video manufacturer.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-an...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-an...
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.
When something/someone I admire turns out to be an idiot, I have the critical thinking to change my mind.
January 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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.
When something/someone I admire turns out to be an idiot, I have the critical thinking to change my mind.
United sends their elite passengers at Newark to a bag check shortcut that they don’t open, and they have one person doing a line of about 200 people. Way to go #United!
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 AM
United sends their elite passengers at Newark to a bag check shortcut that they don’t open, and they have one person doing a line of about 200 people. Way to go #United!
One of the problems is we've been teaching our kids the wrong lessons. Here's a better story for Rudolph. Happy Holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
One of the problems is we've been teaching our kids the wrong lessons. Here's a better story for Rudolph. Happy Holidays!
Merici Canada! And to CBS: Argo _ _ _ _ yourself!
December 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Merici Canada! And to CBS: Argo _ _ _ _ yourself!
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 isn’t as new as people think. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...
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 isn’t as new as people think. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...
#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...
www.linkedin.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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 isn’t as new as people think. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...
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 isn’t as new as people think. www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...
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.
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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.
The U.S. DOT wants us to “dress up” for flights again, as if a necktie is going to fix air travel’s… everything.
So I wrote a sarcastic reminder of what the real golden age looked like.
If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at modern flying, enjoy this trip back in time. danto.info/Golden_Age-J...
So I wrote a sarcastic reminder of what the real golden age looked like.
If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at modern flying, enjoy this trip back in time. danto.info/Golden_Age-J...
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The U.S. DOT wants us to “dress up” for flights again, as if a necktie is going to fix air travel’s… everything.
So I wrote a sarcastic reminder of what the real golden age looked like.
If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at modern flying, enjoy this trip back in time. danto.info/Golden_Age-J...
So I wrote a sarcastic reminder of what the real golden age looked like.
If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at modern flying, enjoy this trip back in time. danto.info/Golden_Age-J...
Turned a few of my honest takes into wearable truths. Think “Friends don’t let friends buy bad tech” and “Tech issues aren’t unexpected – they’re any Tuesday.” Travel versions too. "My points devalued while you read this." All by a reputable partner. Browse here: Tinyurl.com/TechAndTravelWear.
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!
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Turned a few of my honest takes into wearable truths. Think “Friends don’t let friends buy bad tech” and “Tech issues aren’t unexpected – they’re any Tuesday.” Travel versions too. "My points devalued while you read this." All by a reputable partner. Browse here: Tinyurl.com/TechAndTravelWear.
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.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-d...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-d...
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...
www.linkedin.com
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.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-me...
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.
www.linkedin.com
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.
www.linkedin.com
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.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/dantos...
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...
www.linkedin.com
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...
www.linkedin.com
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...
www.linkedin.com
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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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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