Whatever happened to GSBC? April 28, 2007 by Dave HaynesFor a company that was beating its chest about essentially taking over the digital signage industry just a few weeks ago, things sure are quiet. When the excited pronouncements about takeovers and massive revenue expectations from Ronald Flynn (left) first popped up in the new year, there was a Flash website that kinda, sorta had …
Screens light up on Ontario Go Trains April 23, 2007 by Dave Haynes I spent about three years bouncing along the Lakeshore West Go Tranist line commuting by rail from my suburban home to downtown Toronto, looking now and then at the utterly useless LED scroller thing installed in the passenger compartments. Some company tried for many years to sell that as an ad medium but had precious …
"The problem is these people don't know who to believe" April 23, 2007 by Dave HaynesThe St. Paul Pioneer-Press (good paper, by the way) has a piece about the industry and hangs it on 3M, which is either one of the biggest, or THE biggest, employer in the Twin Cities area. It goes through all the usual stuff about it being fast emerging and the pot of money at the …
Reseller mag survey says we're still in early adopter phase April 23, 2007 by Dave Haynes This week’s issue of CRN Tech — I think CRN is Computer Reseller Network or something like that — has the focus on the digital signage industry, with a cover story and a handful of related pieces and profiles. A good chunk of it has an advertorial whiff about it, as the detail on some …
AdVision steps up; hosting next mixer April 20, 2007 by Dave Haynes Jack Przemieniecki from AdVision Systems up in Markham (suburban Toronto, if you are reading this in Spain) zipped me a note to say his company is stepping up to host the next industry mixer. Jack, who I suspect I will only ever introduce as “Jack”, passed along these details: Summary: Taking the torch from …
Will agencies and buyers book spots online? April 19, 2007 by Dave HaynesThere has been much noise about Google moving beyond online advertising and trying to take its model into mainstream media, and emerging media such as digital sign networks. Along with this behemoth, eBay is working on a media buying marketplace, and there are much smaller companies trying to get traction in this space – the …
Next mixer two weeks out, but who's the host??? April 18, 2007 by Dave HaynesOK, it has been a couple of weeks since the last industry mixer and we’re trying to keep to a reliable pace of once a month. BUT, we need someone to step up and ID a time, date and venue – ideally week one May. Here’s the deal – You work in the industry. You …
Could you have at least waited until the crime scene tape came down??? April 17, 2007 by Dave HaynesFrom the Department of Tasteless Opportunism: NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire/ — “A community alert system using all available PC screens, digital signs and student notebooks, could have made a difference at Virginia Tech University,” says Frank Hoen, CEO of Netpresenter. “In yesterday’s news conference, Virginia Tech University President Charles Steger said notifying students immediately …
Adobe releases latest design suite April 16, 2007 by Dave Haynes If you are the person who cuts purchase orders for your digital signage company, that nervous shuffling sound you hear behind you right now is the lead creative type waiting for just the right moment to ask you for this: The gadget blog Gizmodo is reporting this morning that Adobe has released Adobe CS3, …
Dead simple screen at Whole Foods that works April 13, 2007 by Dave HaynesI was in New York yesterday and walked to the office from Penn Station, dipping into the Whole Foods in Chelsea to grab something to munch on. Like a lot of things in New York, this store is squeezed into an older commercial building and the store layout is a little weird. Instead of a …
