Industry mixer set for Monday night in NYC September 30, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Digital Screenmedia Association is organizing an industry mixer for this coming Monday night in New York, ahead of the Digital Signage Investor Conference the next day and at the tail end of the meeting Steve Nesbit is running Monday for the cast of 1,000s who’ve received patent infringement notices recently. They will need a …
DS Talent Pool: Mark Emmons September 29, 2010 by Dave HaynesMark Emmons and I have never met but we certainly have a few things in common. He comes out of the big city daily newspaper business, knows and is friends with my Preset partner Pat Hellberg, and has been banging away at digital signage forever. As one of a few at the LA Times who …
DS Talent Pool: Tracy Bloch September 28, 2010 by Dave HaynesI noticed an industry friend put up a tweet the other day to lend a hand to a friend and former colleague looking for her next gig, and I offered to provide some profile in the DS Talent Pool. Tracy Bloch is a New York-based corporate attorney who knows the OOH business inside and out, …
DS Talent Pool: Tom McGowan September 20, 2010 by Dave HaynesTom McGowan and I met on my first day on the job with BroadSign, having been enticed to join the team. He impressed me right away, because he spoke his mind and knew the technical side of the business like few I’d run into through the years. He’s the subject of my latest Talent Pool …
DS Talent Pool: Mark Lawson September 16, 2010 by Dave HaynesMark Lawson and I go back several companies between the two us, and have done a number of similar things. He’s the subject of my second DS Talent Pool profile. A Toronto guy, Mark recently left Bassett Media Group this spring after a couple of years of riding the rollercoaster that is a DOOH media …
DS Talent Pool: Kate Sheehy September 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesI don’t know what it is but I have heard from several industry friends the last little bit who are making career shifts. A little bit, I think, has to do with the state of the industry and how the molasses pace of many deals just wears on people, and on staffing budgets. I also …
Sixteen:Nine and rAVe work new partnership September 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesWell after 1,700-plus posts, the odd angry letter and threatened lawsuit, and endless side notes about me being “such a smart-ass”, Sixteen:Nine is making a bit of a big move this week. I have entered into a content and sales/marketing partnership with rAVe [Publications] that will see some Sixteen:Nine content being used on rAVe’s AV …
Adcentricity bulking up in Toronto office September 14, 2010 by Dave HaynesCo-founder Jeff Atley sent over word that the Toronto office of Adcentricity, where he’s based, is looking to add three new bodies. We are currently looking to fill 3 positions at ADCENTRICITY in our Toronto office for immediate placement. If you know of someone who may be interested and a good fit for any of …
"Well, duh" Dep't: DSF and DSE are BFF September 9, 2010 by Dave HaynesIn an announcement this evening I would describe as, ummm, quirky … the Digital Signage Federation (DSF) has rather grandly named Digital Signage Expo (DSE) its official trade show, and in turn the DSF is the exclusive trade association sponsor of DSE, the industry’s largest annual gathering. The agreement is described as historic, but I’d venture …
Tour of Ogilvy's Innovation Lab part of next NYC The Screen event September 8, 2010 by Dave HaynesThe Screen USA is holding another one of its morning breakfast briefings in New York later this month, this one focused on creative. The event is being held in cooperation with the global creative agency Ogilvy & Mather – with a morning briefing to be held at Ogilvy’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday the 21st, followed by …