InfoComm Profiles: Why Do You Go Or Why Do You Show? May 26, 2015 by Super User I had maybe 20 or so companies take up my offer for free blog love and promotion ahead of DSE in March, the companies answering a set of questions about what attendees should expect to see at their booth. I’m stumped as to why more people wouldn’t take that up, but … Last week I was …
Infocomm Running Content-Centric Solutions Summit At June Show May 14, 2015 by Super User Infocomm is a month out and I am starting to stockpile shirts and anti-perspirant in anticipation of several days in the steam bath of Orlando. I’ll take 115F and bone dry in Vegas any day over 95F and 95% humidity in central Florida. I’m going for several reasons: 1 – DSE gets so busy I …
Toronto’s BIG Digital Goes After High Demand-Low Supply Short Term Business April 30, 2015 by Super User If you have sold digital signage solutions at all, you have undoubtedly come across clients – particularly brands, their field marketing agencies, and events companies – who didn’t want to buy your stuff. They wanted to rent it. Because they didn’t need it for long. Or they didn’t want to store it. I always had …
DSrupted: How One Guy Reimagined Digital Signage Content April 29, 2015 by Super User When I watched a video a couple of months back about a corporate communications digital signage program in the customer contact center at Blinds.com, the first words out of my mouth were: “That’s <naughty word> brilliant.” So I am very happy to report that the guy who put it together will be in Toronto this …
DSE’s Operator Launches 2nd Vertical Market Event, Based On Corporate Communications April 27, 2015 by Super User The company behind Digital Signage Expo has announced another event that looks like a bit of a hedge against the mother ship’s future. The EduCOMM Expo in Atlanta will focus on the implementation, oversight, and management of internal digital campus communication projects in the higher education vertical. It will run at the same time and place …
Talk Interactive At Tomorrow’s DSF Online Hangout April 7, 2015 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation is staging what it dubs a DSF Education Hangout online tomorrow, focused on “What to Look for in Interactive Technologies.” The 45-minute session at 2 Eastern will be run by Rise Vision’s Ryan Cahoy and feature Vincent John Vincent, from Gesturetek, and Jim Nista from Insteo. The learning objectives include: Identifying new …
DSrupted 2015 Site Live, Tickets On Sale April 6, 2015 by Super User The DSrupted 2015 website is now live, the agenda is out and ticketing is live for the event, Sept. 16th in Toronto. We’re pulling together our speakers and already have commitments from a couple of really, really good ones. Microsoft’s Mike Pell will talk about data visualization. He’s a Senior Designer in the Cloud + Enterprise …
Will They Hear Crickets At Sign Expo’s “Dynamic Digital Signage” Park Next Week? March 31, 2015 by Super User A couple of contacts have sent notes recently asking if I was going to the International Sign Association’s annual trade show, which runs next week in Las Vegas. Nope. Can’t see any reason why I would. I did go to Sign Expo a couple of years ago, but that was with a client, on said …
DSrupted 2015 Taking Shape For Sept. 2015 March 24, 2015 by Super User I don’t think the mikes had even gone on for the first DSrupted last fall and a main sponsor was already talking about doing it again. Roughly six months out, I can say we are indeed planning to do it again. The one-day conference that looks at disruptive and emerging technologies is being shaped again …
DSF Meet & Greet Mixer Set For Mar. 25 In Dallas March 19, 2015 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation is running a Meet and Greet Mixer for members and prospective members next week in Dallas. The event is March 25th at 6:30 PM at Del Frisco’s Grille, 3232 McKinney Ave. It runs until 8:30. In between nibblies and guzzling Shiner Bocks, there will be a presentation by a couple of Cisco …