Faultline is not in the business of people, or individual achievements, or executive hires. We are a technology publication first and foremost. Yet the coming together of humans at NAB Show 2022 was so powerful that we could not avoid conveying our observations from Las Vegas to the rest of the world. A palpable collective sigh of relief reverberated around the shiny new West Hall, as long-lost colleagues, partners, customers, and even arch nemeses embraced for the first time in years. This was very much a show about refamiliarizing oneself with surroundings, and we soon lost count of how many executives told us how valuable the in-person hysteria had been to business – while also ironically distracting from the job…