DS breaks March 16, 2009 by Dave HaynesWhile these are all nice and good for future for loss carry-forwards, etc, you kinda need to be making a profit to take advantage, which not many in our industry are 🙂 The capital gains exemption is GREAT for those getting investment though 🙂
Small biz stimulus and the DS biz March 16, 2009 by Dave HaynesThe seemingly daily podium appearances by US President Barack Obama and/or his surrogates turned, today, to the small business sector – and there appears to be, in theory, some good news for sputerring, wheezing DS technology and network operator companies. While there’s a mob of them up here in Canada, and plenty globally, a big whack …
Take a guilt trip before the bus even gets there March 13, 2009 by Dave Haynes Via Gizmodo, via a few other blogs …This is quite clever, but I’m not convinced a lot of people are going to have warm feelings about the FitnessFirst health club chain after they sit down on a bench in a bus shelter in the Netherlands and an LED screen embedded in the poster window tells people …
Whole Foods network targets creative down to stores and zones March 13, 2009 by Dave Haynes Raji Kalra from Planet-Tek Systems, the Toronto-area company that runs the Marketplace Station digital signage network in Whole Foods Markets up here, sent me a note/press release telling me about a program they have started with a vendor called Seventh Generation.In the interests of disclosure, Raji’s a client, but I’m noting this because it’s interesting.While way too many networks …
Dead transit TV (now I know) March 13, 2009 by Dave HaynesAh, now the mystery is solved as to why Transit TV hasn’t been working on all the Los Angeles MTA buses (except for of course the nice GPS feature showing the bus’s current location. Pity they died. Thanks for sharing this.
Mixer review – March 10 March 12, 2009 by Dave HaynesThe March mixer/meet-up in Toronto went off really well, with a pile of people ignoring the pouring rain and making their way to the Six Steps lounge on Tuesday night.There were perhaps 55 people, and a LOT of them new faces. There were a lot of vendors, covering the waterfront from panels to installation, and …
Server back up – finally March 12, 2009 by Dave HaynesI pay $3.95 a month for Web hosting and you’d think for that premium I’d get gold-plated service.The SQL server was down, again, so I think it may be time to move this to something that actually holds to its uptime guarantees.Sorry for the disruption.
DSE Thoughts – Lyle Bunn March 6, 2009 by Dave HaynesI saw industry consultant Lyle Bunn zipping by 2-3 times last week but I don’t think we chatted – bit of a blur – but he has added to the pile of people issuing their thoughts on the show.It’s a PDF and you can get it here.
DSE confirms attendance down, but not too bad March 6, 2009 by Dave HaynesThe Digital Signage Expo people have released some stats about the show last week, confirming via Digital Signage Today that the crowd went from about 3,500 last year to just over 3,000 this time around.The dip is described as slight, but my high school math suggest that’s something like 13-14 per cent. In this wild economy, I guess …
Data supports old saw about ad spend during recessions March 6, 2009 by Dave Haynes I’ve the argument before that companies should maintain or even increase their marketing spend during a recession, and come out the other end with a much stronger market position. But I haven’t seen a lot of data to back that up.So here’s some …Adrants has a post today about a McGraw-Hill study of some 600 businesses that found …
