Projects: Canada’s Busiest Highways Get Interactive At Travel Centre Stops September 6, 2016 by Dave Haynes If you’ve even driven the 401 highway that runs up from Detroit through Toronto and almost to Montreal, you’ll have been thankful there’s a set of travel centres that provide the essentials to motoring: gas, coffee and clean restrooms. About 500,000 people a day pull in to these centres across the province. There are 23 …
Why And How To Engage The Bosses With Digital Signage September 2, 2016 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix You’ve hired some of the best and brightest people around to help you run your company. Use your corporate digital signage solution to support, encourage and inspire them as they steer your organization to success. Seven Traits to Thrive Harvard Business Review identified seven traits that companies most need in …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Jim Nista, Insteo August 31, 2016 by Dave Haynes Jim Nista and I have had lotsa long, interesting talks over trade show cocktails in Las Vegas or Orlando about the state of the industry and what needs to happen, particularly as it relates to content. Unfortunately … or perhaps fortunately, when I really think about it (hic) … they were not recorded. But the …
Experiential Design and Data Visualization: The Business Shift To Big Data August 24, 2016 by Rebecca Downden Guest Post: Hoa Tong, Array Interactive If you’ve been keeping current with the latest business industry practices the last decade, you’ve probably seen that many significant company decisions today affecting time, money, and outcome are no longer made based solely on executive counsel, trends, or even past experiences. They’re now made based on pure data …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Brian Fitzpatrick, Revel Media Group August 24, 2016 by Dave Haynes Every so often I bump into a company that’s stayed well out of the spotlight, kept its collective heads down, and built up a thriving business – while most of the industry was unaware the company even existed. Consider Revel Media Group, which is based in the greater Salt Lake City area. Revel is a digital signage …
The Path To The Post-Search Era August 23, 2016 by Vpetersson Guest Post: Kaijus Asteljoki, Valotalive “Why?” That was the question, a good friend asked me recently. “Why do you do what you do? What inspires you and your company to push forward?” I had an immediate answer to that question, because it was obvious to me. Now I want to share my answer with you. We …
Digital Signage Goes To Another Kitchen August 23, 2016 by Dave Haynes Here’s a different take on the idea of putting digital signage in private homes. Cassidy Smirnow is Senior VP of Operations at Denver’s Four Winds Interactive, and as a result, knows here way around the platform and the idea of building and publishing a layout to a display. For the last couple of years she has …
Two Keys To Creating Unforgettable Customer Experiences, In Any Physical Environment August 5, 2016 by Michal Lisewski Guest Post: Jeff Dumo, Array Interactive For the last seven years, my company has focused on creating digital experiences within physical environments to connect people and brands. In each case, custom content was powered by digital signage display systems, video walls, gestural systems, reactive and interactive installations, and other digital touch points. Some have been …
And Now There Are Digital Signage Pokémon Templates August 3, 2016 by Dave Haynes The whole Pokémon Go thing escapes me, but I’m guessing there are countless baby boomers who aren’t quite seeing the thrill of running around catching imaginary cartoon characters on a phone. But we’re not the market, and it’s clearly taken off among a younger crowd. Mark McDermott from Screen.Cloud provided a useful post this morning …
How Local Businesses Can Use Digital Signage To Attract Pokémon Go Fans August 3, 2016 by Niel Rieger Guest Post: Mark McDermott, ScreenCloud If you were ever a fan of Pokémon as a kid or teenager, you’ll know about Pokémon Go, a new app developed by Niantic. Pokémon Go creates an augmented reality experience (something virtual appearing in the real world), to allow you to chase Pokémon characters all over town, to lure …