Next DSF Webinar Focused On The Boring Stuff That Really Matters October 21, 2016 by Super User A lot of webinars I see promoted in this industry don’t seem to stray much off a common set of themes – the why XX is important or how to do YY stuff. So it’s interesting to see the Digital Signage Federation promoting a Nov. 16 “Hangout” panel discussion about Accelerated Environmental Life Testing for Digital …
SEGD Offering BOGO Deal For Next Week’s Xlab in NYC October 20, 2016 by Super User The annual Xlab conference is next week in New York, and the Society for Experiential Graphic Design people behind it are doing a last minute push to gets bums in all the seats at the theatre down in Chelsea where it’s run. There are tours and a mixer on Thursday and the big conference is …
Digital Signage Summit Part Of InfoComm’s New York Event Nov. 9-10 October 19, 2016 by Super User Much of the industry attention will be on NYC next week and the whole NY Digital Signage Week thing (will be in and out of that on an overnighter), but there’s another industry event planned for two weeks later in the city. InfoComm has a Connections trade show and conference set for the Javits Center …
Projects: Toronto’s Casa Loma Projection-Mapped For Halloween Attraction October 10, 2016 by Super User The Toronto landmark Case Loma, a Gothic Revival-style house that looks like it could be used for a Canadian version of Downton Abbey, has been transformed this month as a projection mapping surface for a Halloween attraction. It is part of Legends of Horror, an immersive theatrical experience that will take guests more than 1.5 kms …
Digital Trends Showcase Touts Possibilities For Sensor-Driven Video Walls October 7, 2016 by Super User I’ve been aware of the Digital Trends Showcase that’s been running for a few years now in Toronto, but schedules have never allowed me to go see what it was all about. This year was different, for a couple of reasons: 1 – I wasn’t already set to be somewhere else; 2 – It was in …
New York Digital Signage Week Takes Shape September 14, 2016 by Super User If you also read DailyDOOH from the UK, you will have already read endless bits about what’s been dubbed New York Digital Signage Week. If you don’t, here’s what’s up with the now annual gathering of the clans. There are several events Oct. 24-28, from cocktail parties and open houses to conferences – set around Manhattan. One …
Four Winds Previews Next Month’s Forward Conference In Denver August 17, 2016 by Super User Four Winds Interactive is holding what will be its second, now annual educational conference next month in Denver, and has released the agenda and overall plans for the Sept. 21-23 event. I went last year and thought, for a first stab at it, the event was quite good and useful both in terms of the …
Enter The AV Nerd Nonagon On 9/9 August 16, 2016 by Super User This looks and reads like a hardcore pro AV nerdfest – a networking and education event next month in Anaheim with the call to action of traveling to the 9th dimension at the NitWit Nonagon. Ummm … OK??? I asked, and organizer Randy Pagnan of RP Visuals explained that Nit references a common measure of …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Florian Rotberg, Invidis August 3, 2016 by Super User This week I’m speaking with Florian Rotberg, the managing director at the Munich-based digital signage consulting and events firm Invidis. Florian talks about the background of his company, and his impressions of the global digital signage market. Rotberg goes into detail about the differences between the North American and European/EMEA market, and the challenges American and …
Projects: Turning Stone Casino Makes Digital Part Of Guest Experience July 27, 2016 by Super User I’m outside of Syracuse, NY for part of this week, hanging out at Seneca Data’s annual Partner Connect conference, held at a casino resort. First time at the conference, which is really well packaged and executed – something that probably makes sense because the Syracuse-based pro computing solutions company is populated by persnickety engineers and …
