Mr. Crankypants Rolls Over 3,000 Mark January 28, 2013 by Super User One of things I like about WordPress as a content management system is it gives you all kinds of stats on a configurable dashboard, so it is easy to know where you are at. I know I was coming up on my 7th anniversary as Mr. Crankypants blogger (post 1 was Feb. 5, 2006) but …
Preset Mixer Registration Stats January 28, 2013 by Super User Eventbrite’s ticket registration engine does a nice job of logging stats and spitting out analytics on events. The map shows where people are coming from, and the chart below tells you what people do. I didn’t know there were 22 consultants in this space. We could have a club! And secret handshakes! We’re now past …
Low Bandwidth, High Quality H.265 Video Gets Standards OK January 28, 2013 by Super User In what’s kind of a big deal for ops guys and people who pay the bandwidth bills, the International Telecommunication Union has approved the H.265 video encoding standard, which means the same piece of video can have its file size reduced by half without compromising quality. So if you are moving a lot of video …
Mixer Update: 30 Tickets Left January 28, 2013 by Super User There are just 30 slots left for the annual Preset Group Mixer. I thought they’d go on the weekend, but apparently people have lives. To grab one one of the last spots, register here: http://presetmixer2013.eventbrite.com/
Locbit Takes Swing At Screen To Mobile Integration January 28, 2013 by Super User The San Diego-area start-up Locbit did an interesting little screen-to-mobile integration project this past week with a PGA Tour supplier, letting golf fans scan a QR code off rented leaderboard screens temporarily positioned around Torrey Pines (famous golf course) to get the full scores at the Farmers Insurance Open. Snapping the code launched a browser window …
AMD Comes Up With Its Own Gizmo January 25, 2013 by Super User If you think the Raspberry Pi $35 is pretty cool and cheap and all that, but also think it’s a bit like running a donkey at The Preakness, AMD has a more expensive nerd-tinkerer gadget that it says is well-suited to low-cost digital signage apps. AMD has launched the $199 Gizmo board, described as …
DSE Sets Roster & Agenda For Ad-Based Network Conference January 25, 2013 by Super User The Digital Signage Expo people look to have developed a pretty solid set of speakers and panelists for its annual pre-trade show conference on digital out of home/digital place-based/whatever we’re calling it this week. There are a few “Oh, you again … ” people, but also some pretty interesting ones. Susan Danaher, President & CEO, …
Samsung To Launch Really Smart TVs For Digital Signage Market January 25, 2013 by Super User One thing that seemed pretty obvious when the panel guys started releasing smart TVs for the consumer market was that one of them would see the opportunity in also making a Smart-er TV for the commercial market, and more specifically for digital signage. Samsung appears to be the first to do so, with commercial flat …
Capital’s Android Player Among 2012 Best Of Picks January 25, 2013 by Super User Congratulations to the folks at Capital Networks – sixteen:nine blog and 2013 mixer sponsors – who picked up the Product of the Year award from Signage Solutions magazine for its Audience For Android player. Dallas-based Signage Solutions has made Best Of picks in 12 industry categories. You can find all the picks here …
The Mixer: About 75 Spots Left At 6 PM EDT January 24, 2013 by Super User There’s a nice pile of people already registered to fill the bar and this outdoor patio for the annual Preset Group Mixer at DSE in almost exactly a month, so if you want to attend for free drinks, nibblies, Inuit throat-singing and handling snakes, procrastination is not your friend. There are roughly 75 slots left …
