A call for lanyards and badge-holders March 9, 2011 by Dave HaynesBased on a lot of feedback from the big Preset Group Mixer in Lost Wages a coupla weeks ago, the Toronto mixer last night featured the amazing new innovation of name tags – with names scrawled with a Sharpie on the $5 “Hello, My Name is …” stick-on your chest things I got at Zeller’s …
And that makes 2,000 posts March 9, 2011 by Dave HaynesI was hoping I could get to 2,000 posts by the start of February, to line up with five years of this nonsense, but alas, it took a few extra weeks. The odometer just rolled over this morning with the mixer post. Onward.
Mixer Report: A great evening, with 70-plus March 9, 2011 by Dave HaynesReviving the Toronto mixer series proved to be a great idea, and thanks to the people who nagged me about getting it together. We didn’t do a formal head-count, but I think it is entirely safe to say somewhere around 70 or more people showed up last night. Best Buy For Business did a terrific …
Reminder: Toronto Digital Signage/DOOH Mixer Tonight March 8, 2011 by Dave HaynesIt had been way too long between mixers, but schedules and workload kept getting in the way of getting things organized. The demand is certainly still there, though, and we are now expecting at least 50 people to the industry networking mixer tonight in downtown Toronto. I know that because I did an EventBrite thing …
UPDATED: Details on Toronto industry mixer, March 8 March 1, 2011 by Dave Haynes Best Buy For Business, which does a pile of deployment work in Canada and is getting more deeply involved in the sector, is sponsoring an industry mixer next Tuesday, March 8th, at Shoeless Joe’s in downtown Toronto. The address is 276 King Street West, at the intersection of King and Duncan. The mixer will …
Denys Lavigne's arm-load of awards February 28, 2011 by Dave HaynesThis is Arsenal Media president Denys Lavigne holding an arm-load worth of DSE content and project awards – including three top prizes – right after last week’s DSE awards dinner. The moron beside him is, of course, claiming to be the real mastermind behind Arsenal Media’s success. Denys and I have been friends for many …
Video: Preset DSE Mixer February 27, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe final tally seems to land at about 260 people. I asked a friend to take photos for me, and … let’s just say I know she is talented in so many other ways. Nothing good to show you there. Adrian/DailyDOOH, did send me a few snaps, including this one with Jill Miller and Jason …
The Digital Content Circle goes live February 26, 2011 by Dave HaynesSomewhat lost in all the bustle and noise that is DSE week in Las Vegas were several announcements from vendors and other industry companies. Because there was interesting stuff coming out, but precious little time to more than nod at the releases, I am going to ignore the stale-date thing and look at a few …
DSE Day One – DSF Golf Day February 21, 2011 by Dave HaynesGot out of Toronto last night storm nipping at plane’s tail. Nice chunk of locals heading to show in clung Capital Network’s, Angelo Kosmidis from Apex (BUSY Canadian integrator) and Mark Mantha, who has left Alchemy and is town talking about next gig. In very late and now up too early. The DSF has it’s …
DDC done … call the guys Cineplex Digital Solutions February 18, 2011 by Dave HaynesDDC, aka Digital Display & Communications Inc., has been rebranded as Cineplex Digital Solutions (CDS)., as of today. The new handle comes roughly eight months after Stuart, Steve and the rest of the crew were acquired by Cineplex Entertainment in July 2010. Cineplex is Canada’s largest movie theatre chain and already runs some digital networks, …