Registration Now Open For June 13th Digital Signage Industry Mixer At InfoComm April 15, 2024 by Super User Registration is now open for the big digital signage industry mixer set for June 13th in Las Vegas, during the giant InfoComm pro AV trade show. Admission is free but you’ll need to be on a registration list to get in. That list is attendance-capped because the venue is a bar, not a convention center. …
Schneider Leaves Architecture Giant Gensler To Run Brooklyn-Based Experiential Design Studio Volvox Labs April 5, 2024 by Super User I wrote a reply to a PR company this morning saying I was sorry, but I didn’t intend to write about a new hire its client had announced, because readers didn’t tend to have much interest in new hires – especially for things like new regional sales directors or managers of this or that. But, …
AVIXA Launches Brad Sousa Impact Fund; Now Taking Donations And Grant Applications February 23, 2024 by Super User The AVIXA Foundation, the charitable arm of the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, has officially launched the Brad Sousa Impact Fund, bolstered by a $50,000 contribution from the company where the much-liked pro AV veteran was CTO. The goal is to get the fund to $200K, and the foundation is now accepting donations, as well …
Impressions And Lotsa Pix From Last Night’s Industry Mixer In Barcelona January 30, 2024 by Super User The 2024 digital signage industry mixer went off nicely last night in Barcelona – with a packed house and, finally, a tech-driven check-in process. Miguel Fonseca, the CEO of Displax and a founder of sister company Moviik, hand-carried a kiosk unit in a backpack from Braga, Portugal to Barcelona – so we didn’t repeat the …
AVIXA Creating “Impact Fund” Honoring Pro AV Industry Vet Brad Sousa January 17, 2024 by Super User This is a nice tribute and legacy for a well-known and much-loved pro AV industry veteran who passed away early and unexpectedly last year: an “impact fund” in his honor. Brad Sousa was the CTO of AVI Systems and served on the AVIXA Board of Directors. He passed away on Nov. 8, 2023, in Austin, …
Merry Christmas! December 21, 2023 by Super User I don’t expect a lot of news or word of interesting new projects or developments over the next week and change, but I’m around and paying attention. If Christmas is something you mark and celebrate, have a great one with family and friends! Our grandson is now two and it will be the first Christmas …
KC’s Dimensional Innovations Helps Drive Visual Experience For Ted Lasso-Filled Thundergong Charity Concert December 19, 2023 by Super User This isn’t digital signage, but some great set design and supporting creative done by a company that is well known and very active in digital signage and creative technology jobs – Dimensional Innovations. If you’ve been on YouTube and come across videos of a charity concert involving some of the cast of Ted Lasso, that …
School’s Digital Signage Management Handed Off To Young Woman Battling Cancer, To Keep Her Connected December 18, 2023 by Super User Sometimes stories are just about the people using technology, and not the whiz-bang nature of the display tech or software. Take the case of this school in Oklahoma, and a teacher who found a way for a young student to stay involved in her school – even from home, where she was dealing with cancer …
Neat To See: Poppulo’s Management Team Has More Women Than Men December 18, 2023 by Super User This is neat to see … I did a quick check today of the Poppulo website, curious to see if it had cut over the leadership page to reflect CEO David Levin stepping back Friday after 18 years to a board position and Ruth Fornell taking over. The site has indeed been updated – and …
Four Winds Co-Founder David Levin Stepping Down As CEO Of Company Now Known As Poppulo December 15, 2023 by Super User Big news out of Denver as David Levin, the longtime CEO and co-founder of Four Winds Interactive (now known as Poppulo), is stepping down from that role. Counter to some rumors out there, Levin said the decision was his and that he helped recruit his replacement, Ruth Fornell, who starts Monday. Levin will stick around …
