Press And Marketing Tips Ahead Of DSE 2015 February 26, 2015 by Super User I have been going to DSE since 2005, and writing a blog that included coverage of said show since 2006 – so I have seen a LOT of press releases and direct marketing pieces over the past decade. And I’ve drawn some conclusions. First – many companies time their BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS for the opening day …
New Tech: A Smart Projector That Screws In Like A Lightbulb February 26, 2015 by Super User Pico projectors have been around for a few years now, offering up a way to do projections onto surfaces using something much smaller and lighter than a conventional conference room projector. A Pico projector costs $200 and up and is not much bigger than a smartphone. Now there’s a Kickstarter campaign out for a little …
DSE 2015 Booth Field Guide: Enplug February 25, 2015 by Super User Ryan Gushue, Enplug DSE Booth: FT4 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Enplug will be announcing the release of their software development kit (SDK) for its open digital signage platform, which is applying the ‘app’ paradigm of mobile devices to digital signage. Enplug’s …
Help Output Magazine Keep Up Its Good Work February 25, 2015 by Super User A little start-up in the UK has, for the last few years now, been diligently covering digital signage and its intersection with the more traditional printed sign industry. Output Magazine is a very polished effort that belies the size and relative youth of its owner and staff. But Output is in immediate risk of going under, owing …
Badges In, Lanyards Ready, Labels Printed February 25, 2015 by Super User It’s less than two weeks out to DSE and to the annual Preset Group Mixer. We’re now well over 300 in registrants, between people who signed up and sponsors who invited folks. The venue is all set, signed and insured. Most of the sponsor videos are done (using Spotomate!). And the postcard/sideline pass/badge thingies are …
Projects: WTF In Denver February 25, 2015 by Super User This is a really nice digital install at a new Denver restaurant called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, or WTF for short. It’s just up the block from the funky old warehouse offices of Four Winds Interactive, which put the project together for the owners. FWI CEO took me down there Tuesday to grab a bite and …
The DSA Is Done, Replaced By New Word Jumble Thingie February 25, 2015 by Super User The Digital Screenmedia Association has been taken out back and shot – the organization shut down and its members rolled into a new tongue-twisting aggregate entity called the Interactive Customer Experience Association, or ICXA. Ick-zah. Nice! This new entity will roll up the interests of companies in the CRM, POS, digital display, self-service, e- and …
Paul Flanigan Out At DSA February 23, 2015 by Super User The story has been circulating on Rumour Central UK for several days now, but it can be confirmed that Paul Flanigan is out as the Executive Director and figurehead of the Digital Screenmedia Association. He was formally there for 15 months or so, but Paul confirmed by email with me that he’s no longer with the …
Post Number 4,000 (And Still Counting) February 20, 2015 by Super User It is perhaps fitting that a major milestone for this blog comes in the immediate wake of a post about goofballs updating a digital sign with duct tape. More than nine years and 4,000 (as of this one) posts, there’s still no end of goofy stuff going on. All those posts since 2006 have followed …
Why Update A MenuBoard Digitally When You Have Duct Tape Handy? February 20, 2015 by Super User This is just all kinds of awesome – as relayed by a regular reader. It’s a digital display used by a BBQ/pulled pork food concession at the big international auto show in Toronto. It appears the concession went out of stock on an item, and in the absence of having the tools or even …
