Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Colleen Hamilton, Art Of Context June 1, 2015 by Super User Colleen Hamilton, one of the principal’s behind the digital wayfinding/directory management software firm and consultancy Art of Context, sent along her note on why she’s getting on a plane to Orlando in a couple of weeks. 1 – How many years have you been going to InfoComm? This is my first trip to InfoComm. I …
Projects: The Projection-Mapped Dead Sea Scrolls June 1, 2015 by Super User LA’s California Science Center used a running exhibit on the Dead Sea Scroll as the visual theme for its big fundraising evening, the Discovery Ball – using a massive projection mapping set-up to make a vast screen that had to work its way around things like dangling airplanes. The set-up used 14 Christie projectors and was pulled together by …
A Different Kind Of Digital Signage Webinar: KPI Tracking June 1, 2015 by Super User Webinars and online hangouts are anything but new ideas, but Denver-based Four Winds Interactive appears to be going at the idea with a different spin – aiming at C-level people with executive talks that aren’t just directed by sales people or sales engineers. Sales and lead generation are, of course, still the end game, but in …
Retail Innovation Workspace And Lab Opens In SF Mall June 1, 2015 by Super User What would be a really good environment to test and tweak retail technologies, and get them in front of major retailers and brands? How about a major mall in a tech hotbed, in a city few people groan about having to visit for a business trip? That’s at least part of the idea of a …
Intel’s Compute Stick Gets Big Shoulder Shrug In Lab Testing June 1, 2015 by Super User The geeks at Engadget have put put one of Intel’s new Compute Sticks through testing, and come back with a resounding shoulder shrug. “The Compute Stick,” concludes the review, “shows that Intel can build an entirely new form of computing device, but it fails to prove why anyone would want one.” The technical testing put …
Four Winds Gets “Cool Vendor” Nod From Gartner May 30, 2015 by Super User Denver-based signage software firm Four Winds Interactive got a nice little nod recently from the tech-centric market analysis firm Gartner, listing it among a tight selection of Cool Vendors for Content Management for 2015. The April report by Gartner evaluated content management vendors that “provide IT leaders, HR and marketing strategists with innovative solutions to help them share, …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Jeff Dumo, Array Interactive May 30, 2015 by Super User Here’s Jeff Dumo, one of the partners in the Silicon Valley-based creative shop Array Interactive, on why he’s heading to Orlando for InfoComm. Jeff is one of the speakers on the the opening day of the digital signage solutions summit. 1 – How many years have you been going to InfoComm? This will be my …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Jim Nista, Insteo May 29, 2015 by Super User Here’s Insteo founder Jim Nista writing about why he’s getting on a long, and I bet not direct, flight from Long Beach to Orlando for InfoComm this year: 1 – How many years have you been going to InfoComm? 5 years now. 2 – What are you looking for when you go? It’s a networking …
Projects: Pooch Follows Shoppers Around UK Mall Via Sensors May 29, 2015 by Super User This is a very clever marketing campaign, spotted in Digital Sign Age, to drive animal adoptions from a London shelter. Called Looking For You, the recent campaign used the digital screens at the Westfield Stratford City in London to run a series of triggered videos that gave some shoppers the sense a very cute little …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Tom Milner, Service And Support Ltd. (UK) May 29, 2015 by Super User Here’s another InfoComm attendee, UK-based Tom Milner, Managing Director of the firm Service and Support Ltd., talking about why he’s going to Orlando this year. 1 – How many years have you been going to InfoComm? This is year one, eyes wide open for me! Long term attendee of DSE in Vegas and ISE in …
