DSE Huddling Up And Drinking That Powerful Canadian Beer June 4th in Toronto May 26, 2014 by Super User The Digital Signage Expo people are doing a mixer next week in Toronto, where it is finally warm, bordering on hot. The DSE Huddle, as they have dubbed these things, is June 4th, starting at 5:30 and running for a coupla hours at the Jack Astors’ bar and Grill up above Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square. The …
DSE 2014 Counts 4,003 Through Doors, Down Slightly From 2013 February 25, 2014 by Super User Exactly 4,003 people wandered down the long Sands Expo hallway and through the doors into Digital Signage Expo 2014. The trade show’s organizers released the final numbers today, which included a breakdown of 42% end-users, aka potential buyers. There were another 1,813 poor souls chained for two days to booths on the show floor, bringing total attendance to …
Preset Mixer 2014 Photo Gallery February 23, 2014 by Super User Took me a while to get this together, but here’s all the pix from the Feb. 11 Preset Group event at DSE. Think I’ll get a pro shooter next year. ;-]
Disruption and Denial – thoughts after DSE 2014 February 18, 2014 by Mark Hemphill Guest Post: Dana Buys, PageMan I just finished up attending Digital Signage Expo 2014 at the Sands Exhibition Centre in Las Vegas. It was my first visit to DSE and I think the timing was really good. No shortage of really big screens, super high res 4K screens and video walls all over! Las …
DSE 2014 Parting Impressions February 16, 2014 by Super User I’m not overly delighted to have left the bright blue skies and warmth of Las Vegas for the gloom and endless snow of Southern Ontario, but 5 days of DSE week kicked my butt once again. It was time to get out, go home, and get some sleep and rest the back and feet. I …
DSE 2014 Awards: The Winning Content Projects February 16, 2014 by Super User Here’s the Content Award winners from last week at DSE. As with the project awards, it is good to see some entries and winners who are from outside the usual suspects. Award Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Gold – Niles Creative Group, for content created for Freedom Hall, George W. Bush Presidential Center Silver – Unified …
DSE 2014 Awards: The Winning Apex Projects February 15, 2014 by Super User Earlier this week at Digital Signage Expo the Apex & Content Awards were handed out at the annual dinner. What’s impressive this year was the variety of entrants and winners. Whereas there have been some past winners who got awards seemingly because they were among a handful of entrants, it looks like a LOT of different …
Day 1 At DSE 2014 February 13, 2014 by Super User Out the door at 8 AM, back in the hotel room at 12:30 AM. No time to write. Booked all day. Maybe will be posting from the plane Friday. Generally, quite busy. Everything busy, brighter, thinner, easier, etc, etc. Very little you would look at and think, That’s different or amazing or whatever. Lots of …
Great Night At The Annual Preset Group Mixer February 12, 2014 by Super User Another Preset Mixer is in the can and the reviews last night were all good. We had 317 registered and 311 showed up. Now, there were a bunch of no-shows but there were, in turn, dozens of people who just kinda showed up. That could have been a problem because we were understanding the …
Experiential Can’t Be Just A Buzzword: Denys Lavigne February 6, 2014 by Super User High-impact digital visual projects in corporate and public venues are quickly growing commonplace, but they only truly work when they deliver an experience that respects key parameters, says Denys Lavigne, the President of creative agency Arsenal Media, looking ahead to a couple of speaking gigs at DSE. “Experiential can’t be just a buzzword,” says Lavigne. …
