Projects: New DC Bloomberg Offices Greet Visitors With Dynamic Visuals October 18, 2016 by Dave Haynes Here’s a nice example of how to present real-time data in a visually interesting way. This is the elevator lobby of financial news giant Bloomberg’s new Washington, DC offices – the entrance flanked by a pair of video walls. The office is a hub for about 250 staff in the US capitol. Montreal’s Telecine, which has …
Inside Secrets For Making Great Digital Signage Content October 18, 2016 by Dina Townsend Guest Post: Linda Hofflander, Skykit I’ve seen some really bad digital signage content in my 15+ years in the digital signage business. I’ve seen signage using long bullet-point lists on default PowerPoint themes. I’ve seen neon yellow text on a royal blue background, so bright it made my eyes hurt. I’ve seen low resolution images …
ScreenFeed Makes FIDS Displays A Subscription App October 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes Flight arrivals and departures displays were in the early days of digital signage something akin to a killer app – something that needed no ROI exercise to demonstrate the value, but something that also required specialty software and software/data integration expertise. Companies like Omnivex and PresentationPoint did a lot of trade in FIDS solutions for airports …
Projects: National WWII Museum Issues Digital Dog Tags October 17, 2016 by Dave Haynes I was in New Orleans for a few days last week, and felt lucky to have the time to tour the National World War Two Museum that has become a huge attraction in that city. It has been around for a few years , and recently added some new digital wrinkles I thought were worth sharing. …
How To Unify Sales, Marketing And Customer Service With Digital Signage October 13, 2016 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix Sales and marketing have been aligned in the corporate world for years, even integrated, in many respects. But what about customer service? Forbes magazine says that, in today’s customer-driven era, customer service is no longer just a post-sale activity, but is part of the total buying cycle. Business.com compares the …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Kurt Dupont, PresentationPoint October 12, 2016 by Dave Haynes We’re talking PowerPoint this week, the presentation software that has usually been regarded with abject horror by people who’ve been around the digital signage industry for years. While using PowerPoint templates to generate slides for signage systems is the fast lane to mediocrity, that’s not what Belgium’s PresentationPoint does with its software. For the last couple …
UK Access Control Firm Adds Construction Site Digital Signage Offer October 11, 2016 by Dave Haynes In a hyper-competitive market like digital signage software, it’s important for most companies to choose a vertical market and go after it with focused products. Here’s an example of a company that isn’t really in the signage software business, but has nonetheless developed a software product that is laser-focused on a vertical industry – in …
Everything Not To Do In Digital Signage Design, In One Gloriously Bad Pic September 29, 2016 by Dave Haynes I’ve seen worse. But this is pretty bad. If you are reading this and don’t see the problems … Too many zones Fonts are too small to read Busy background White text on white background Duelling visuals Just because the software allows you to do all these things in a layout, doesn’t mean it’s therefore …
3+ Options For Using WordPress As A Digital Signage Platform September 19, 2016 by Dave Haynes If you run a website or blog, there’s a pretty good chance you have some exposure to WordPress, the open source online publishing platform used by 60 million-plus of companies, organizations and individuals. This site runs on WordPress, for example. It’s a powerful tool with a vast developer community that feeds into it, developing templates …
Stars Are In Toronto For TIFF, While Commuters Take Subway And Watch Tuff September 8, 2016 by Dave Haynes For the 10th year running, digital signage screens in Toronto’s subway system are being used as the medium for a film festival that pretty much coincides with the glitzy, celebrity-riddled Toronto International Film Festival. The Toronto Urban Film Festival (or TUFF) is running 72 films from 36 countries on screens owned and operated on commuter …
