DS WTF-O-Meter: The Adcolizer March 13, 2012 by Super User [youtube id=”qayrB_selNI” width=”600″ height=”350″] My WTF-O-Meter needed new batteries after seeing this last week at DSE 2012. Purpose=good. Business model=shaky. I’d suggest taking test before investing in a breathalyzer-based ad network. Selling advertising is already really hard, without layering in that your target audience is people who’ve been drinking. Video from rAVe [Publications].
Full List: DSE 2012 Apex & Content Award Winners March 12, 2012 by Super User Here’s the full list of winners of the DSE Apex & Content Awards for 2012, announced last week in Lost Wages. Gold, Silver and Bronze Apex Awards were presented to winners in 11 categories from a field of 88 entrants, representing 18 countries, as: Arts, Entertainment & Recreation GOLD – Parx Casino, nominated by Cisco …
DSE 2013 Rolls Back To Usual End Of February Schedule March 12, 2012 by Super User It looks like the first week of March was a one-year thing for Digital Signage Expo. Next year’s event is scheduled for Feb. 26 to March 1 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Digital Signage Expo 2013 is “co-located with the Interactive Technology Expo and Digital Content Show” – which are show within show things on …
DSE2012 Preset Group Mixer Photo Gallery March 10, 2012 by Super User We made the wise decision of assigning someone the task of walking around and taking snappies of the mob at the 2012 DSE Preset Group Mixer at the Golden Nugget.
DSE2012: Day 2 Impressions March 9, 2012 by Super User I wish I was taking notes when I attended a quasi-debate Thursday on interactive in digital signage, but that would have looked stupid given that I was the moderator. Stephen Randall of LocaModa and David Weinfeld of ScreenReach did a great job arguing the good and the bad of this space, and the merits of …
DSE2012: Impressions From The Floor (Day 1) March 8, 2012 by Super User Up really, really early (time zones, jet lag, etc). I had a client along, and another, different one today, so that limited my free time, but I did get a pretty good look around. Things that struck my admittedly jaded head: Most display and software guys are ignoring, oblivious to or can’t build/support interactive screens …
DSE2012: rAVe Cranking Out Content At Show March 8, 2012 by Super User Pro-AV focused rAVe [Publications] has a bunch of people at the show generating quick posts, images and videos from the show and running it through a dedicated portal. I will select some stuff and run when I have time, but the full feed is here. rAVe is a content partner for Sixteen:Nine.
DSE2012: PhenomBlue Bringing Interactive Surface To Las Vegas March 6, 2012 by Super User One of the names that popped up in the exhibitor list this week was Phenomblue, an interactive agency from Omaha. I had not seen them around this space and was pleased to see a company that works outside this sector taking an interest and actually investing in being at Digital Signage Expo. Here’s my Q&A …
Net Display Wisely Using Good Coffee As DSE Booth Bait March 2, 2012 by Super User The line-up at the Starbucks in the Las Vegas Convention Center is always crazy long, so any vendor that has coffee brewing on the trade show floor is going to draw a crowd, including me. The Dutch company Net Display Systems is at Digital Signage Expo this year (not sure they have shown in the past) …