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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 29/09/2026

If I find out your using one of these to talk to me, I'm coming for you. And it'll be easy since they'll just tell me where you live.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 25/09/2026

I'm out at BSides #Albuquerque today and tomorrow. Come say hi, come see me talk tomorrow at 9:50am about, you guessed it, audio visual.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 20/09/2026

Come join AV in the AM, a weekly conversation between me and Chris because nobody in AV is brave enough to come hang out on BlueSky.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 19/09/2026

I feel like we've forgotten the amount of damage a human can do when given escalated privileges on a system they don't understand. If you let a computer engage in that behavior automatically, powered by the stupid things you can find on the internet, it's going to replicate that activity.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 17/09/2026

I do not understand using LLMs, that are designed to summarize and rephrase, for something that requires transcription. Transcription is secure, mature, and accurate these days. It can run locally in a computer.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 16/09/2026

Glad to see more apps scanning for Meta glasses, but s/o to @yjeanrenaud.bsky.social for being possibly the first with an app and it's free, unlike the $25 price tag of the pro zuckoff app. Download nearby glasses, it's on Yves' account, pinned.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 03/09/2026

This is why any sane person is fighting age verification laws.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 25/08/2026

We already have Minecraft and isn't the point of Legos the physical act of putting them together? Maybe stop making a simple set $55 and people won't have to buy a game to pretend they own them.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 17/08/2026

I learned about the burning of The Library of Alexandria by Julius Caesar as a kid and, being a book kid, thinking it was one of the most despicable things ever done. I thought about all the things that would never be read and it made me sad. It's happening again now and it's no less despicable.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 15/08/2026

"I've been fascinated and repulsed by this device ever since." is one of the best device reviews. Kind of sums up what happens every time I buy some cheap, strange knock off device from aliexpress.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 09/08/2026

Yet another way LLMs are making lives worse. You can't just sit down and write with whatever tools you prefer, you have to create a forensic trail and guard against accusations of using AI. Lovely.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 18/07/2026

This is for your coworker who uses Copilot to summarize their emails.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 12/07/2026

Messi is what we in the US call a "ball hog"

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 06/07/2026

They took the brushes away! We demand brushes! This is why the AV industry is dying, fewer brushes. This is what industry consolidate gets you - consolidating brushes out of existence. Follow me for more hot takes on topics I know nothing about. #avsf #avmsp #avtweeps

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 05/07/2026

This is bleak and is probably just the start of these kinds of gifts. Generative AI and crypto are the two latest hyped up tech fads and seem to only serve as tools to steal from everyday folks in more and more creative ways.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 30/06/2026

Ah yes, ads, famously never the source of malware.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 30/06/2026

Well. There goes my "best VPN" recommendation.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 11/06/2026

I'm not sure I want this to become *that* kind of social media.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 11/06/2026

Lots of great things coming from AV SuperFriends at InfoComm! Check out the events and go spend some time with them. #avtweeps #infocomm2026 #ic26 #avmsp #avtrust

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InfoSecSherpa 🏔️ Lake Ontario 🚣‍♀️ @infosecsherpa.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In honor of #TransVisibilityDay, today's Search Party is all about tools to help keep our transgender family and friends safe. Search Party: Transgender Day of Visibility #OSINT research tools, tips, tricks, and strategies from Sherpa Intelligence! sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/search-par...

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Search Party: Transgender Day of Visibility

OSINT research tools, tips, tricks, and strategies from Sherpa Intelligence!

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The push for age verification requirements for operating systems is bullshit. It’s worth your time to read why. agelesslinux.org

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Ageless Linux — Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 19/03/2026

Yikes. Bad news for @microsoft.com and especially bad news for claiming FedRAMP means anything.

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Picard engineering tip: Maintenance of existing systems is just as important as building new capabilities.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 07/03/2026

If you played Trust and Safety Tychoon, you know ignoring a legit court order ends your game immediately. I appreciate Proton's response to this. Their email systems are useful to organizers and mutual aid groups that are often subject to harassment and surveillance. Not perfect, but good..

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 06/03/2026

Why would anybody do that?!?!?!?!

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 04/03/2026

When I say I'm outdoorsy, this is what I'm talking about.

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Chris Satterfield @compgeke.com · 10/02/2026

In this household we will be replacing Discord with Polycom VSX Video Coneference Phones running over 512K worth of ISDN connections.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 03/02/2026

Great work here. While you may be interested in using Gen AI features, having them forced on you by default is now how tech is adopted.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 31/01/2026

At a time when dvled video walls are often only 1080, need for 8k for noon technical use seems a long way off

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 17/01/2026

This is why we don't let AI interact with customers, among many other reasons. #avmsp

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 13/01/2026

Hi #avtweeps! We are back for another year of AV service roundtables. I've set the entire schedule, you can sign up for any and all RIGHT NOW! We've changed the format a little bit and those changes should make these conversations more useful. #avmsp #avservice av-msp.com/av-roundtabl...

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AV Service Roundtable - 2026 Schedule - AV-MSP

This AV Service Roundtable returns in 2026 with 12 months of topics. Pick your favorites or join them all! We welcome customers and providers alike.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 16/12/2025

I appreciate that Google is doing some form of a "responsible" rollout of AI tools but its kind of too little too late.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 13/12/2025

If you're still using LastPass..... why?

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 21/11/2025

We have one more AV Service Roundtable left this year, on Dec 11th at Noon EST. Come join us to celebrate the year and make wild predictions about the coming one! #avtweeps #avmsp #avservice

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 18/11/2025

We lost an absolute legend today. She impacted the gaming industry and people's lives for decades. ❤️❤️❤️

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 03/11/2025

The one case where keeping the default password might have been a better idea.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 27/10/2025

Biamp (who can't be bothered to be on here) is buying up ClearOne's intellectual property. I guess it's just a matter of time before they sue Shure (also not on here, lame). #avtweeps #avmsp

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Biamp Announces Asset Acquisition of ClearOne Intellectual Property and Brands

Biamp adds intellectual property and brands.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 22/09/2025

New instrument just dropped! I think I'd just stick to euroracks, myself but it looks cool.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 22/09/2025

Woo! Thanks Chris. I still have a bunch of these, in case anybody wants one. #avmsp #avtweeps

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 13/09/2025

Howie is consistently one of the best things in my feed. Great teacher. It's nice to always be learning and sometimes it's mathematical.

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AV MSP/Colin Birney @av-msp.com · 11/09/2025

Hi #avtweeps, we're having another AV service roundtable. We hope you'll join us for a no pressure, no marketing chat with your AV peers. Sept 25th, noon eastern. Use the link below to get a reminder. #avmsp tiny.cc/1rfs001

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