Day One – Strategy Institute June 8, 2010 by Dave HaynesFirst some whining. Lordy it is hot here. With that out of the way, I can tell you about Day One at the Strategy Institute’s Digital Signage Technology Summit. I am not going to write a bunch about it because I didn’t learn a whole bunch, and if you are a regular reader, you also …
Strategy institute: UCLA and emergency management June 7, 2010 by Dave Haynes“If you don’t have good policy and design, don’t even get started,” says David Burns, whos run the emergency management program at UCLA. A former paramedic, he runs a multi-headed communications beast across the giant campus – from sms, email, and sirens to indoor LED boards. He doesn’t do many flat panels because the cost …
MIT Media Lab presenting at Strategy Institute event in LV Monday June 7, 2010 by Dave HaynesYes, I am alive. I have been in Las Vegas since late Tuesday for meetings and then, come the morning, the Strategy Institute conference (and then InfoComm). I rented a car for the first time here (since I stuck around through the weekend) and had the bright idea of going hiking in 107F heat. Let’s …
AV gearheads, and me, getting set for InfoComm May 28, 2010 by Dave HaynesI’m starting to do my planning and scheduling for InfoComm, which is just a week and a half out now. It’s about the biggest show of the year for the panel, projector and AV integrator guys in this digital signage sector – an event aimed more at the propellerhead and arms and legs guys than …
Show Me The Digital Signage Money Summit Back On May 24, 2010 by Dave HaynesOne of the more popular and successful Strategy Institute conferences the company does on this sector is the one on investors, probably because raising money is anything but easy. The 5th annual Digital Signage Investor Conference has been announced for Oct. 5-6 in New York, this time moving up from the Wall Street area and …
The Screen sets first US DOOH event for June in NYC May 17, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe guys behind The Screen in the UK – driven by Digital View and a few others, I think – has been doing events in London for a few years now and next month jumps the pond for its first North American event – a morning event on June 22nd done in collaboration with the …
Media Post DOOH awards: And the winners are … May 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesI don’t know if this is indicative of much, but I nonetheless find it interesting that virtually all of the winners of last night’s MediaPost Digital Out Of Home Awards are companies that would be considered part of the digital signage and DOOH sector, as in companies that show up at trade shows and conferences …
Forum tomorrow in NYC covers DOOH landscape May 12, 2010 by Dave HaynesMediaPost 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 Dave HaynesThis 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 Dave HaynesIn 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 …