DSrupted Mixer Coming Together June 11, 2014 by Super User Details are still getting firmed up, but it’s looking like there will be a mixer on Sept. 16th, the night before the DSrupted event in Toronto on Sept. 17th. The mixer will be a good networking opportunity ahead of the disruptive technology in digital signage event set for the Telus conference centre in downtown Toronto. …
Shine Your Business, Together June 11, 2014 by Super User Slogan on the massive Asus booth at Computex. Beats me what it means. I have an admittedly soft spot for curious marketing slogans. This was one of many I saw last week in Taipei. I also particularly liked the secondary slogan in one booth that drew a parallel between a touch screen and prom …
The Ugly Baby Shows Up In Taiwan June 8, 2014 by Super User Yeah, I said it again. Your Baby’s Ugly – my riff on sub-optimal programming in digital signage – came out again Friday for a large crowd at the annual Digital Signage Multimedia Alliance digital signage conference in Taipei. I spoke, Paul Flanigan from the Digital Screenmedia Association spoke, as well as the head of Asiaray …
Computex 2014 Gives Glimpse At What’s Coming In Tech June 5, 2014 by Super User A quick hop on Eva Air and I went from Hong Kong to Taipei today, and pretty much straight over to the huge Computex show that covers at least couple of big facilities in Taiwan’s muggy and (today) wet capital city. Never been. Didn’t know much about it. But I can say it is very big …
DSrupted Digital Signage Conference: 4 of 5 Speakers Set May 27, 2014 by Super User It took a little bit, but the majority of the speaker line-up is now in place for DSrupted, the first conference focused on disruptive technology and digital signage. If you missed it, the event was announced last month and is set for Sept. 17th in Toronto. Tickets are limited to less than 200, and the …
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 …
Get DSrupted On Sept. 17th In Toronto April 28, 2014 by Super User All the pieces are in place and live now for a one-day conference I’m putting on in Toronto, called DSrupted 2014. The day will be focused on the opportunities and implications of disruptive technologies on the digital signage industry. DS=Digital Signage. Disrupted. So DSrupted!!! My God I’m clever. Anyway … The event is set for Sept. 17th, …
Time To Pave The Dynamic Digital Park March 18, 2014 by Super User It’s a month out from the ISA International Sign Expo in Orlando and it’s reasonable at this point to suggest attempts to drop digital signage into the traditional sign industry’s big North American show have not been all that successful. The “Dynamic Digital Park” off in one corner has lots of empty slots and the vendors who …
DSF Plans March 26 Atlanta Meet-Up March 11, 2014 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation is kicking off its 2014 regional networking program in Atlanta on March 26 with a evening at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Drop $30 and you get in the door and get free drinks, light apps and a presentation by Mark Geiger, the guy behind the install at the …
Taiwan’s Digital Signage Body Puts Out Speaker Call For June Forum March 11, 2014 by Super User The Taiwan-based Digital Signage Multimedia Association holds an annual forum and has put out a call for speakers to present at this year’s event, June 6th at the Taipei International Convention Center. John Wang of IAdea is directly involved with the event and says his group looking for 30-minute talks about state-of-the-art digital signage applications, and an …