Back at the desk July 19, 2010 by Dave HaynesOk, I seem to mostly have my act together after a week on the other side of the … zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Mostly, I stress … I had to look on my boarding pass on the flight home to not only confirm it was the 16th, but that it was Friday. Very disorienting for a Far East …
OBN shutting down LED board business July 16, 2010 by Dave HaynesSad to relay news that Canada’s Outdoor Broadcast Network (aka OBN) is shutting down its national LED board network, having decided there isn’t enough money yet in the still emerging DOOH marketplace to warrant the reinvestment capital needed for upgraded displays. The company, started and run by my old Elevator News Network colleagues Peter Irwin …
Off the grid next week July 10, 2010 by Dave HaynesMe no postee very much next week. I’m at a client thing all week, in Asia, so no time or ability to post. I think. My butt may never be the same given the airplane hours I am about to log. BUT, looking forward to the stuff once on the ground. Can’t say much, but …
Digital Signage Federation adds standards group; chairs for other committees July 1, 2010 by Dave HaynesWell, I thought the tomato fight between the Digital Screenmedia Association and the fledgling Digital Signage Federation might be sorted by now, but both are still moving along parallel, separate tracks as far as I can tell. maybe it won’t get sorted??? The DSF has created a new standards committee and got Ken Goldberg, the CEO …
Retail POS system adapted for simple iPod Touch July 1, 2010 by Dave HaynesStarmount Systems came out with an announcement last week about a deal to use the Apple iPod Touch as a mobile POS unit in Urban Outfitters stores. I didn’t write anything on it at the time because the release was a little light on detail. However, a little email back and forth with some folks …
Short Bites intros canned content libraries June 29, 2010 by Dave HaynesWe’re starting to see more pre-packaged content come into the space, with material that has a better shot of interesting viewers than news and business headlines. Short Bites Media is a new company based out of Charlotte, NC (one of my favorite places) that has packed up a series of short segments on subject areas. …
IAB's new QA guidelines instructive for DOOH sector June 29, 2010 by Dave HaynesFor those of us who were involved in online media when it first started taking shape, the work of the Interactive Advertising Bureau is always interesting. While online is so much bigger than DOOH, there are definite parallels between the two mediums. Both have seen countless crazy ideas come and go. And both have gone …
DOOH giant Accent Health does the CEO Shuffle June 22, 2010 by Dave HaynesAccentHealth, one of the biggest DOOH networks in the US, has switched out CEOs, with Daniel Stone replacing Richard Ruth, who co-founded the thing and has been with the company for 15 years. There is no back story provided in the press release about why Ruth is leaving, not even a pursuing other opportunities line. …
Top Five Posts of the Week June 18, 2010 by Dave HaynesOne of the nice things that my move to WordPress gives me is a dashboard and instant analytics on what people are reading – something that was probably possible -somewhere in Joomla. So now I can see what people are reading and what they could care less about. This week, the top posts were: Movie …
DOOH creative part of Canadian New Media Awards … but just June 18, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe 10th annual Canadian New Media Awards committee is now accepting nominations for the set of honors it will hand out in November, at Toronto’s Design Exchange. Google Alert flags digital out of home for me, and with some extra searching I read that DOOH is one of the examples of the the type of …