Insteo's Twitter visualizations used for Ulster election meet-ups April 13, 2011 by Super UserThis is pretty interesting. The U.K. digital marketing agency Blue Apricot is working with U-TV, or Ulster Television, on a series of special election Tweet-up meetings in Northern Ireland. The idea is that Ulster locals who use Twitter to talk politics can gather at these meetings, but also have a community at large, including politicians …
It's free, well, free-ish, well … ummm April 6, 2011 by Super UserThe “free” software guys are eternally interesting with their tortured approach to marketing. Consider the following news: Saudi Aramco ranks first among oil companies worldwide in terms of petroleum production and exports. It has purchased licenses for up to 22 Locations for the use of Digital Recalls Digital Signage Software. In addition to Saudi Arabia, …
Rant: Content-farmed tips make for worthless reading April 5, 2011 by Super User (Rant alert) The system of tubes is polluted with crappy human or machine-generated articles about anything under the sun. Far too many of the things that pop up on Google Alerts for this sector are just content farm produce that is about as useful as weeds. It’s spam like too many emails we all get. What …
"1,000s of people are getting excited over nothing" April 4, 2011 by Super UserOh Lord. I can just imagine why some retailers and brands have mixed feelings about in-store digital. This was what was worth shooting video about at GlobalShop??? The other stuff posted isn’t a hell of a lot more compelling.
Must Read: ScreenMedia Daily on search engine marketing March 29, 2011 by Super UserI would normally just flag this on Twitter, but that’s only reaching a percentage of people who should read this excellent post by Lionel Tepper of ScreenMedia Daily about digital signage and search engine marketing. It’s a really strong, detailed piece looking at how companies in this sector market themselves online, and how the term …
Buffalo jail debuts Captive Ads program March 29, 2011 by Super UserThe Erie County Holding Centre in Buffalo (aka jail) now has a giant HD monitor running ads for defence lawyers and bail bondsmen. The ads, reports the Buffalo News, targets people who have been recently arrested. The Buffalo News cites Anthony N Diina, the head of a company offering digital advertising services to Erie County government, as …
Video: 3D projection mapping on Sydney Opera House March 22, 2011 by Super UserHere’s video of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra finale from Sunday night at the Sydney Opera House. As it is described: The art of real-time visual technology meets modernist architecture as audio-reactive graphic projections and live digital painting simultaneously canvas the interior and exterior of the iconic building with parallel projection shows. Done by Obscura Digital.
Emory U's new public health bldg embeds giant MicroTiles wall March 21, 2011 by Super UserThings have improved a lot on recent years, but we’re still largely seeing digital signage deployments with screens that are bolted on to walls or hung from things. It’s still rare when it is built in, which is why I like this. This is a display in the atrium lobby of the new Claudia Nance …
Very cool: 3D Projection-Mapping Blasted From Half-mile Out To Sydney Opera House Sails March 18, 2011 by Super UserThis looks pretty spankin’ amazing on a bunch of levels. A week-long music festival in Sydney, Australia will culminate with a performance at the city’s iconic concert hall by the YouTube Symphony Orchestra – some 100 classical musicians from around the globe who auditioned online to be part of this event. The big concert on …
Cheating face detection the Twisted Sister way March 15, 2011 by Super UserI have been doing some writing lately about face detection technology and certainly getting better educated about the issues and arguments around privacy issues as it relates to cameras and software looking for and bracketing faces. Engadget has an interesting piece up about an NYU student who figured out how face detection could be thwarted …
