Where are the content people? June 11, 2010 by Super UserI was at InfoComm chatting and mostly listening to Dos Dosanjh from Cisco, who is the company’s content evangelist (though I don’t think that is what’s on his biz card). We were having one of those conversations that many, many of us who’ve been around for a while have about the poor state of content …
InfoComm Day 2 – Impressions June 11, 2010 by Super UserAnd here I sit at Gate B15, getting the heck out of Las Vegas, at least for a while. Nine days on the ground here is tooo much. By about 2 PM walking around the LVCC I was done, but kept on visiting people. I wandered into most corners of the floor, yakking with a …
Another display vendor gets into digital signage software game June 10, 2010 by Super UserLG Electronics has announced a turnkey digital signage solution called LG SignNET, that includes hardware, software, news feeds from CNN, and a dozen starter templates. Aimed at the SMB market, the service is set to come available by end of summer, and gives customers a full-meal deal at $179/month, for three year agreements. The deal …
InfoComm Impressions – Day One June 10, 2010 by Super UserThe big AV gadget show is on here in Las Vegas, with a few days of seminars for that crowd followed by a three day exhibit hall. This show gets something like 30,000 and it is a must for people who deploy screens. I don’t have a bunch of solid impressions just yet because my …
When safe trumps best in digital signage software June 8, 2010 by Super UserA couple of things struck me yesterday during the first day of the Strategy Institute’s digital signage technology conference. Gabriel Tullier runs the student and staff-facing digital screen network for Palm Beach Atlantic University, and he explained in considerable detail the process the Florida school went through to make its software decision. It was very …
Calling A Digital Signage Mixer Audible June 8, 2010 by Super UserOk, game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals is on Wednesday night at 5 local in Lost Wages, where I have set up the western HQ of Sixteen:Nine. I have had several people asking where the digital signage mixer was, and my brilliant answer has so far been, “I dunno…” Well, it is a pretty …
Day One – Strategy Institute June 8, 2010 by Super UserFirst some whining. Lordy it is hot here. With that out of the way, I can tell you about Day One at the Strategy Institute’s Digital Signage Technology Summit. I am not going to write a bunch about it because I didn’t learn a whole bunch, and if you are a regular reader, you also …
Strategy institute: UCLA and emergency management June 7, 2010 by Super User“If you don’t have good policy and design, don’t even get started,” says David Burns, whos run the emergency management program at UCLA. A former paramedic, he runs a multi-headed communications beast across the giant campus – from sms, email, and sirens to indoor LED boards. He doesn’t do many flat panels because the cost …
MIT Media Lab presenting at Strategy Institute event in LV Monday June 7, 2010 by Super UserYes, I am alive. I have been in Las Vegas since late Tuesday for meetings and then, come the morning, the Strategy Institute conference (and then InfoComm). I rented a car for the first time here (since I stuck around through the weekend) and had the bright idea of going hiking in 107F heat. Let’s …
NEC's digital signage software now free, to anyone June 1, 2010 by Super UserNEC Displays made an announcement this morning that will likely make a number of people in the software start-up side of this industry get up to find a very large coffee. Or drink. The Chicago-based company is now making its hosted digital signage software solution available free of charge to anyone, regardless of whether they …
