MediaPost launches Digital Outsider May 26, 2008 by Dave HaynesMediaPost editor Joe Mandese has been very active in reporting about the agency and corporate sidfe of this industry, and he and his bosses have stepped it up a bit this week by launching a new online piblication called Digital Outsider. The first version is a single article explaining why he’s started this, and what …
100,000 and counting May 26, 2008 by Dave HaynesJust noticed the counter went past 100,000 this weekend. It says hits but I think that means either page views or visitors. Whatever the case, I thought it was pretty cool when I went past 25 one day, back when I started. The little Clustr Map thingdoodle that tracks inbound IP addresses suggest people have …
POPAI adds blog with roster of contributors May 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesPOPAI announced this week it has added to the long list of companies and organizations doing blogs on what’s shaking in this industry. The difference here is two-fold … maybe. There is no particular vested interest on the part of POPAI, other than educating the industry and taming the Wild West. And the panelists include …
EK3 changes gears with entry level offer May 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesLondon, Canada-based EK3 Technologies has been around the marketplace for many, many years, and its calling card has long been the deal it won to get screens in the menu boards of some 3,000 Tim Horton’s coffee and donut shops in Canada. The company (note: competitors of mine) have long positioned themselves as an enterprise-level …
Traveling … May 23, 2008 by Dave Haynes Sorry about the lack of posts. I have been traveling, soaking up the glamor of five hour plane rides with toddlers who could rotate their heads 360 degrees and regional jets so small I could pretty much rest my chin on my knees. Coming soon … aka when I get a plane ride that allows …
NSR drops a stink-bomb on industry May 20, 2008 by Dave Haynes Interesting little analysis posted today by Northern Sky Research, a Boston-based market research firm. It looks at the state of the industry and references some of the business failures starting to bubble up here and there – something I think we will be seeing more and more. The first thing that kicks in after working …
USPS puts its DS experience to paper May 20, 2008 by Dave Haynes Margot Myers turns up to speak or sit on a panel at a lot of industry conferences for a couple of key reasons: she runs the US Postal Service’s DS program, and she has good things to say. The post office has been fiddling with and tweaking its media strategy for many years, and has …
Japanese firm stitching three plasmas together for jumbo screen May 20, 2008 by Dave Haynes The Japanese firm Shinoda plasma will have a booth next month at infoComm in Las Vegas, humping the delights of a curvy 125-inch plasma display – really three smaller plasma tube arrays stiched together to create a super widescreen. Reports Engadget: The 3- x 1-meter display consists of three PTA (plasma tube array) modules connected …
About This Blog May 19, 2008 by Dave Haynes I have been hanging around in this industry since the very early days. I’ve seen a lot, and even learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn’t. I’ve looked around and seen a few industry blogs, but what I’ve read tends to be product-centric and quite self-serving. People can’t seem to resist the …
The industry cull is underway May 19, 2008 by Dave HaynesI have been hearing lots of stories lately about networks in Canada and the US huffing and wheezing away as they try to generate the sort of ad revenues needed to move forward. UK and European blogs have also been reporting lately of the business failures of Big Media Group in England, Digital Poster in …
