Back at HQ. What’d I Miss? October 7, 2013 by Super User I’m back. I did a good job of ignoring email, RSS and Twitter for two weeks. What’d I miss?
Gone Snorkeling … September 21, 2013 by Super User I’m going off the grid for a bit – hilltop cottage on a little island. Posts resume in early October.
Guest Post: Why Should I Care About HTML5? September 20, 2013 by Jeremy Ozen HTML5 has been slowly changing the internet over the last several years. Like kudzu overtaking the abandoned landscapes of Flash, HTML5 is offering new and creative ways to drive content on the web. It’s no secret that Steve Jobs looked to put Flash six feet under when he blocked all Flash content from complying with …
Planar Debuts Budget “Simplicity” Display Line September 18, 2013 by Super User I tend to think of Planar Systems operating at the higher end of the LCD display market, but the compoany has just announced a new series of displays aimed more at the entry-level market. The Simplicity series is characterized by narrow-bezels, no brand logos, and some built-in media playback capability. Planar Simplicity Series full-featured digital …
M2M Gets Built Into Digital Signage PCs; Halves Connect Costs September 18, 2013 by Super User Machine-to-Machine wireless communications has been around for several years now and has made some inroads in to the digital signage eco-system, but it’s been hindered by a few things. USB data sticks that business travellers use to get online while on the road are great for that, but are generally terrible as reliable 24/7 …
Sightings: Projection Mapping In Montreal September 13, 2013 by Super User I have been up in Montreal the last couple of days and out last night in this terrific city having dinner with clients/friends in the arts district, much of which is now lit up by large format projection systems. Several buildings in the area have been 3D-mapped and are now permanently lit at night with …
Projects: Queue Management For Cyclists September 11, 2013 by Super User Queue management systems are no-brainers as great customer service applications, as as content for digital signage screens. If I am waiting for attention at a retail location, restaurant or government office, I will refer relentlessly to a screen that tells me where I am on the wait list. Like POS, queue management systems have more …
Vine Changes Advertising As We Know It??? Bullsh*t! September 11, 2013 by Super User I just finished reading a post on American Express’s Open Forum (which is about … I’m not sure) that posed with a straight face the question: Could Dunkin’ Donuts’ Vine Ad Change Advertising As We Know It? The answer is No. The micro-spot using Twitter’s Vine service ran on ESPN’s Monday Night Football the other …
When It Comes To Travel Rest, Nothing Tops 3D Headbanging September 11, 2013 by Super User The whole auto-stereoscopic, glasses-free 3D thing is curious, but it just got weirder with news that now you can pull off a US highway for a much-needed comfort break and rest, and take in some ferocious head-banging. The Travel Plaza TV network – which does its content in glass-free 3D – ran a trailer starting …
Apple’s Gorgeous, Digital Signage-lite Stores September 10, 2013 by Super User Note: Revised based on reader comments … Look around the retail landscape and you see no end of design directly influenced by Apple’s minimalist stores. They’re beautiful. The state of the retail design art. And they have little or no digital signage. There are iPads on tables that could be called digital signage (I …
