Announcement
Fixity Pro Release 2020
24 June 2020
AVP is excited to announce that we are releasing Fixity Pro in late 2020 with lots of new updates and features. The application will be released using a low-cost paid subscription model.
Why paid? For sustainability so we can continue to fix bugs and make Fixity better. Stay tuned for sneak peaks and more specific information in the weeks ahead. If you want to sign up to receive Fixity announcements so you can be sure to get the latest and greatest info, fill out this form.
Black Lives Matter: What We Believe and What We Will Do
4 June 2020
What we know and believe
The systemic and historic racism and injustice in our country, and the world, that results in persistent and pervasive inequity and ongoing oppression of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) is very real.
AVP Holiday Card – 2019
23 December 2019
Artwork by Stephanie Housley from Coral & Tusk (scratch off)
AVP 2019 Holiday Card
10 December 2019
Did you receive an AVP holiday scratch off card this year? If so, what scene is beneath your scratch off? If it’s a fireside scene and the clock reads 12 then you won the grand prize. If it’s a fireside scene and the clock reads 6 then you won the runner-up prize. If it’s a snowman scene it means you have won our appreciation and admiration. All of you are AVPeeps and we treasure you.
If you are a grand prize winner or runner-up prize winner email us at [email protected] with a photo of your winning card and your shipping information. Happy Holidays and New Year!!!
Grand Prize: A limited edition, signed copy of Said the Computer to the Scientist from illustrator Tom Rowe. This book of illustrations captures the essence of the meaning behind our holiday card this year (read the explanation below). The grand prize winner will also receive a mug with the snowman and fireside illustrations seen below, created by by Stephanie Housley from Coral & Tusk.
Runner-Up Prize: A mug with the snowman and fireside illustrations seen below, created by by Stephanie Housley from Coral & Tusk.
Explanation: The holiday card this year is a reflection on the larger role that technology plays in our lives beyond the function that it serves. At the point of creation, all technology (broadly defined) fulfills some need. Take, for instance, the design of the television illustrated on our holiday card this year. Clearly aesthetics was central to the design of such a television, ensuring it brought the world into our homes through an attractive piece of living room furniture any family could proudly display. Aside from aesthetics, the state of the technology at the time likely drove whatever other design wasn’t purely aesthetic: the shape of the television screen, or the push button navigation and control panel. Today, in retrospect, and with the dramatic changes in how we consume media, both the intentional and unintentional choices that went into creating the televisions of yore give us a sense of time and place, evoking a quaintness and sentimentality that never could have been foreseen by the original designers.
The let it snow text on top of the scratch off is — as you might assume — a reference to the television “snow” illustration that it’s printed over. Television “snow” and its accompanying crackling audio, both caused by transmission signal noise, were once considered an annoyance, greeting those that fell asleep and awoke in front of the television after all programming had ended for the night. Or something to be quickly passed over in search of a signal containing an actual television program. Today, many people wouldn’t even know what a mention of television “snow” was in reference to. It will not be long until the reference point will go extinct entirely. This one time annoyance, that was simply a reality, will soon be, if it’s not already, looked upon with warm feelings, as a shared experience among older generations, taking people back to another time and place.
The illustrations revealed beneath the scratch off speak to the warmth and sentimentality that underlie and evolve out of the technology that we use in our everyday lives. Often considered only as a tool in the present, technology and the associated aesthetics are interwoven and imprinted in our minds as part of life events, time spent with loved ones, aesthetic trends, political moments, societal norms, and so much more.
Artwork by Stephanie Housley from Coral & Tusk (scratch off)
Unscratched
Scratched Snowman Scene
Scratched Fireside Scene with clock at 6 o’clock (runner-up prize)
Scratched Fireside Scene with clock at 12 o’clock (grand prize)
Back of scratch off
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AVP 2019 Holiday Card
10 December 2019
Did you receive an AVP holiday scratch off card this year? If so, what scene is beneath your scratch off? If it’s a fireside scene and the clock reads 12 then you won the grand prize. If it’s a fireside scene and the clock reads 6 then you won the runner-up prize. If it’s a snowman scene it means you have won our appreciation and admiration. All of you are AVPeeps and we treasure you.
AVP Holiday Card – 2020
22 May 2019
| With 2020 behind us, we dive head first into 2021 with gusto! So this year’s card is notably a New Year card, with an enthusiastic emphasis on what lies ahead, but with a nod toward the humanity that arose from our collective 2020 virtual realities.For years we have spent time with everyone in a professional setting, getting glimpses here and there into the people behind the positions and roles that bring us to the same endeavors and events. Something that resulted from the virtual live-and-direct-from-home video conferencing experience, for which we can be grateful, is the vulnerability and humanity that resulted. We got to see into each other’s homes to see what hung on the wall, what books were on the bookshelf, what photographs were pinned to boards, what treasured knickknacks sat in the background representing family heirlooms and past travels. We got to see each other’s family members wander through the background, kids needing the helping hand of a parent, dogs nudging an arm for pets, cat tails seemingly appearing from nowhere, and lots more. It hasn’t always been pretty, or easy, or convenient, or funny at the time, but it has been real and something we are all in together. We have offered each other grace and latitude, compassion and empathy, understanding and care. We have been presented with the fullness of people living their whole lives in the same space on the other side of the camera and microphone. It is a level of disclosure, vulnerability, and intimacy that no one would willingly offer or wish for in a professional setting. Though, it has in fact brought us closer together. We have brought each other into our whole lives and worlds in a way that never would have happened otherwise, and there is a beauty in this fact.Our card this year is a gesture toward this sentiment. The layout represents a videoconference grid and each of the animals you see are dearly loved pets of AVPeeps. You probably saw and/or heard many of them over the past year if you have been on the other side of the camera and microphone from us. In this way, we are letting you all into our whole lives a little bit more with the hopes of hanging on to the positive aspects of our collective circumstances. The illustrations and stop motion animation were done by Stephanie Housley of Coral & Tusk. |
From top left to bottom right, AVPet (AVPeep):Fuji, the forever snoring, Neapolitan Mastiff (Chris)Gaby, our dearest Spanish-speaking house guardian (Pamela)Mariah (Kara)Baxter, an eternal fetcher, the sweetest big brother, gone but not forgotten (Bert)Junipurr (David)Jersey, this sweet pibble is often seen snuggling in the (her) big green chair in the back of Zoom meetings (Rebecca)Dez, born in 2020, this pibble puppy girl loves Zoom meetings (Amy)Marvin (Shawn)Kado Bear Jones, the best boi (January)Nike, a grumpy old man who hates doorbells, should’ve named him Walter Matthau (Vida)Mr. B (Kerri)Bunny (Judi doesn’t have a pet but if she did would like a bunny rabbit) Although it is not tied to the message behind our card this year, it would be remiss to mark the end of 2020 and start of 2021 without recognizing the need for continued focus and effort on matters of equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism. For this reason we say again here that we are committed to continuing the hard and critical work as individuals, as a team, as a company, as part of communities and professional associations, and as part of society that is necessary to make progress on these fronts. |
AVP Is Hiring An Inside Sales And Marketing Professional
25 February 2019
AVP is hiring! We are looking for an Inside Sales and Marketing professional to join our fast growing team. In this exciting new position, you will have the opportunity to pioneer sales and marketing methods and tools, promote AVP’s story and brand, and attract new clients.
Come work with a great group of people that are working on innovative and exciting projects in support of clients that represent the best of the best. Find the job description and apply at https://weareavp.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2ojaokutumq
AVP Introduces New Aviary Software Platform to Easily Search Audio and Video Archives, Collections, and Files
22 January 2019
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies adopts Aviary, allowing their users to search 12,000 hours of video content in seconds
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — AVP, a software development firm focused on maximizing the usability of data, today announced Aviary, a new, cloud-based platform for publishing searchable audio and video content. With the new platform:
AVP Holiday Card – 2018
31 December 2018
Artwork by Jenny Green from Shu Shu Design
Happy Holidays 2018
12 December 2018
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Because all of you let us into your lives in a very real way, we’ve created this card to offer you a sneak peek into the reality that underlies the annual creation of the AVP holiday card.
