iSquint.net: "There is a new and different type of entertainment industry iOS app out there, the Truck Loader app. If you have ever worked a dock for a touring show, you know that packing a truck is an art form all it’s own. A correctly packed truck not only ensures that the equipment doesn’t roll around and break, but also can require less trucks on the road.
Monday, April 18, 2011
New iOS App: Truck Loader
iSquint.net: "There is a new and different type of entertainment industry iOS app out there, the Truck Loader app. If you have ever worked a dock for a touring show, you know that packing a truck is an art form all it’s own. A correctly packed truck not only ensures that the equipment doesn’t roll around and break, but also can require less trucks on the road.
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Can't really see this being that useful. I would hope that A) it's memorized or B) you have the truck pack maps handy when you are loading and unloading. Some places, like Tait Towers, actually print the truck pack map on the travel carts and cases so everyone knows exactly where that case goes.
Jimmy has a point about the truck pack often being printed on the cases. That seems like an easier and quicker way to do things than having one guy with an iPhone who has the necessary information. This way, anybody can look at the case and tell where it goes.
However, as much as I am opposed to the seeping of iProducts and other gadgets into our daily lives, I can see how apps for things like this could eventually make our lives easier. The rigging calculators they now have for iPhones are pretty handy, and they seem to be constantly developing new apps. Someday perhaps I will be persuaded to own one.
This looks like a great product for real fast one off or a short tour. But a show that goes up and down multiple times, it will quickly become unnecessary as the crew gets comfortable with the load out. If you are getting a new crew every stop, there are simpler ways to be efficient rather than working the crew in to a system like this.
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