Food order screens blend with ads at new JetBlue terminal December 22, 2008 by Dave Haynes Airports have, for a while now, been a key target digital screen networks – usually but not always the big outdoor companies who already have a footprint there. In almost all cases, the approach has been digital screens replacing backlit posters, or content-driven pseudo-TV channels in wait lounges.Now a Philadelphia-based restaurant services company called OTG …
Emerging Media Lab flags in-store digital as trend to watch December 22, 2008 by Dave Haynes Agency giant Interpublic’s Emerging Media Lab has flagged in-store digital media as a key emerging trend to watch over the next year.As relayed in MediaPost (can’t find it on the Lab site):Brands must keep pace with consumers with a presence at every stage of the conversation (where they can respond–not react) and formulate a Web …
Death knell for tickers? Please, say it's so December 21, 2008 by Dave Haynes The New York Times had a piece posted online today about the demise of the crawling ticker on its screens, offering a cleaner look with just a little headline strip across the bottom that refreshes rather than moves.For cable news viewers who are suffering from information saturation, last week offered relief.The crawl, as it is …
Great December 21, 2008 by Dave HaynesGreat post Dave and kudos for the new layout, I think it is much better, easier on the eyes (for the rare occasion I come on here and do not read you in my RSS reader).
Special Post: Making the right software decisions December 21, 2008 by Dave HaynesI sell the pots and pans for one of those software firms. That means I have a vested interest not only in winning business but also steering people to other solutions when it’s clear my pots and pans aren’t the ones to use. I can’t afford to chase no-hopers. And I have also spent way …
New look December 20, 2008 by Dave HaynesNow that I kinda sorta have a grip on using the Joomla content management system, I am trying out a new template that does a better job with font sizes and comments. At least that’s the hope. There are a bunch of things I will be fiddling with over the holiday break, so stuff may look …
OBN and Rogers team up for interactive LED board December 20, 2008 by Dave HaynesThis is pretty cool in terms of blending big-ass screens with little handheld devices.In what is touted as a Canadian first, Outdoor BroadCast Network is working with Rogers Wireless on a real-time app at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square, which is a smaller, colder version of Times Square.Using Rogers Wireless BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphones, reports SelfService World, the public can …
A most excellent missive! December 19, 2008 by Dave HaynesDave, thanks for putting the article out there! – tm What they really do #6, 10, 11 What is the real motivation of the provider? As a digital plumber I have pulled out and replaced the many of the best of the top applications with another top notch competitor’s product. Problem solved, without ever having …
Ho Ho Flippin' Ho December 19, 2008 by Dave Haynes 2:09 PM, December 19 – The view from my office as a big storm blasts through.This is when I REALLY like working from home, though I sometimes wish that home was beside the Gulf of Mexico and not Lake Ontario. Sigh.
Wireless Ronin….Employee HeadCount December 19, 2008 by Dave HaynesDave…as the former President of Impart, which reached 38 employees at its height of operations in Digital Signage, with double the revenues of Wireless Ronin, 97 employees does sound like bloated overkill…oh well…anyway, a heartfelt congratulations with 2009 market success to new CEO Jim Granger in his efforts to turning things around at a good …
