More DSE 2010 Impressions February 26, 2010 by Dave HaynesSo the theory was that because I was not going to be chained to a booth, I for once could really have a good look around. Didn’t work so hot. I did indeed see a lot more than usual, but there were a lot of vendors and I ran out of time to have more …
DSE Impressions … so far February 25, 2010 by Dave HaynesDay three at DSE in Lost Wages. On the go for about 20 hours each day so NOT a lot of time to type away. But wifi is now working in the press room, so quickly, here’s what I know and see … Busy show. Lots of people and some booths like Christie very crowded. …
LocaModa sweats it assets; opens apps store February 16, 2010 by Dave Haynes This is smart. LocaModa has taken a lot of the Flash-centric applications it has developed and refined over the last 3-4 years, added some new ones, and packaged them up into an app store. These are essentially full-screen widgets that DOOH networks can grab to juice up their programming with something outside the over-used and …
If you want to see lots of hand waving a February 16, 2010 by Dave HaynesIf you want to see lots of hand waving and arm flapping without gloves, walk the floor next week at DSE!
Only seven sleeps until Las Vegas Industry Mixer, time to profile the event's kind sponsors February 16, 2010 by Dave Haynes All the pieces are in place for the big digital signage industry mixer in Las Vegas Feb. 23.If anything, it is over-subscribed, so if you are figuring you didn’t register online and you’ll just show up anyway, please don’t. It’s not that we’re trying to be exclusive, at all. It is simply that the place …
Another arm-flapping, hand-waving look at future computing February 16, 2010 by Dave Haynes TechCrunch is reporting on one of the presentations at a recent TED conference by the guy who came up with the user experience Tom Cruise waved his arms and wiggled his fingers in front of in the film Minority Report. The New York Times had a writer at the event, who reports: John Underkoffler, who led the team that came …
Very well said. 20 years ago I remember February 15, 2010 by Dave HaynesVery well said. 20 years ago I remember my colleagues had a niche, and it was in stadium advertising and sponsorhsip. They did very well and made a good living at it. That is all they did and I believe it was because people knew them as the guys to go to for stadiums. Stadiums …
ScreenFeed gets service sampling going by offering free Vancouver 2010 medal count files February 15, 2010 by Dave Haynes This is a smart, simple way to do a little new business development … Jeremy Gavin over at ScreenFeed got is team to put together a medal count piece for the Olympic Winter Games going on in Vancouver for the next two weeks, and he is making it available at no charge to networks that want it.The …
Any DS start-ups looking for downtown TO space? February 12, 2010 by Dave Haynes I was chatting the other night with Toronto digital signage mixer regular Kelly McGillivray and she asked if I knew any start-ups looking for downtown Toronto office space, as she has room in their place that’s gathering dust. Nope, I said, but I offered to float something out there and see if it got any nibbles. Peoplecount has shared …
Focus and flourish: Why being everything for everybody is a bad idea February 11, 2010 by Dave Haynes I have had three conversations this week talking about the industry and about various companies, mostly software companies. They all came down to one comment: “Boy, those guys seem to be doing a lot of business …”The people I was yakking with couldn’t figure out why, but it was pretty clear to me. The companies …
