Forum tomorrow in NYC covers DOOH landscape May 12, 2010 by Super UserMediaPost probably more than any other “mainstream” ad industry publication keeps a steady gaze on the Digital Out Of Home sector, and it’s reflected in how they have developed and run a substantial event each year looking at DOOH. The next one is tomorrow in New York, and it looks like a nice solid line-up …
Impressions on a virtual trade show April 28, 2010 by Super UserThis was a nutty day, and I am writing this in between scheduled calls, so my time spent at the digital signage virtual trade show held today was fairly fleeting. Maybe 25 minutes or so spent poking around. So I am in no position to offer any deep impressions and ideas. But then, I didn’t need …
DSE asking speakers to figure out what they'll talk about 10 months from now … good luck with that April 23, 2010 by Super UserIn an industry that is changing rather quickly, it’s a little curious to see a trade show calling for presentation proposals now for an event that opens 10 months from today – but that what Digital Signage Expo is doing. The deadline to get proposals in is mid-June – 8.5 months out. If you make the …
Why you should attend mixers … April 20, 2010 by Super UserRichard Fortin is the president of ITES Media, a Montreal software house that does digital signage but is mostly focused on kiosks. He sent me a nice note yesterday, running through how making the time to come to a Toronto event led to him expanding his business. One year ago, I was in Toronto on April …
Nanonation demos iPad app for retail and digital signage April 20, 2010 by Super UserThis is my first stab at using my little Flip video thingdoodle – kindly supplied by some friends at Cisco – to show some stuff I see at trade shows and from my other travels. The video is a quick chat with Brian Ardinger on Nanonation about the iPad app they quickly did up for …
Kioskcom/Digital Signage Show wraps up April 17, 2010 by Super UserCompared to my visit here in February, this Las Vegas trip has been remarkably well-behaved – punching out one night before 11 pm (major record) and keeping over-indulging to a minimum. Despite that I have not had the time or energy to crank out posts. I did the “What? Huh?” thing when somebody mentioned Europe’s …
Kioskcom and DS Show being re-branded as Customer Engagement Technology World March 18, 2010 by Super UserJD Events, the guys who have been doing Kioskcom for the past decade, are renaming and re-branding the the kiosk show and its sister digital signage event as Customer Engagement Technology World, starting this fall in New York. The show that is in Vegas next month will be, yay!!!, in San Francisco in spring 2011. …
Live streaming from SXSW in Austin, to DOOH network in Chicago March 16, 2010 by Super UserOne of the things that gets repeated over and over again, but usually ignored, is the need to get content on screens that is unique and actually interesting to the targeted viewing audience. This definitely qualifies as unique. The LA-based consulting group Future Content LLC is running something called Viewtopia this week, live from the …
Reminder: DOPES meeting and meet-up Tuesday night in LV February 23, 2009 by Dave Haynes Well the authorities kindly let me into the country, and I am safely on the ground in Las Vegas, looking east from my third floor room at the Rio over a glorious expanse of HVAC plants and satellite dishes. One look at me and I suppose it was clear I was not a whale, and …
Vegas meet-up and formative society meeting February 19, 2009 by Dave Haynes Yes, there’s a place where it’s still 1974 — where, for a few carefree hours, one can sink back into a plush booth next to a bubbling pool of fire; where cocktail waitresses in full-length gowns bring you mai tais and zombies while you munch on salted almonds and bask in the hazy, blue- and …
