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The latest links from Eric’s internet-information-addiction, compliments of Delicious:
Studios Escaping Liability for Giant Billboards — So Far | The Wrap
Whoa…$1m bail and thrown in jail for violating LA’s sign ordinance. Ouch.
(tags: losangeles legalese outofhome billboards regulation)
The latest links from Eric’s internet-information-addiction, compliments of Delicious:
Advertising | Report says U.S. ad spending on digital and online to outstrip print | Digital Signage Today
Good news for anyone in digital advertising…more bad news for anyone in print advertising.
(tags: advertising studies)
With all the buzz about IE6 dying, I’d like to throw this out there. Adobe Flash is dying too. What or who is killing it off? HTML5. It’ll be a couple years though, Flash does enjoy over 99% market penetration, after all. But Apple’s continuing decision to not support Flash on their mobile devices (iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad) tells you something’s up. And websites like this one (hat tip: Andy Clark), that use nary a lick of Flash, didn’t used to be possible, even as recently as a year or so ago.
The entire nature of web design is in flux, as it has been from the beginning, we’re just entering into a whole new era at this moment. “Web 2.0″ — that awful moniker — is becoming a reality — and Flash is not a part of it.
Yesterday was recycling day here at RedPost, with ADEC coming to pick up our e-waste and BetterWorld Books emptying out our book recycling bin we host. ADEC picked up 7 CPUs, 12 TVs, 22 CRTs, 24 printers, 10 VCR/DVD players/stereos, 3 microwaves and a host of other electronics. BetterWorld Books collected well over 100 books from their bin. Here are some photos:
A month ago, with Google’s quiet announcement of discontinuing support for IE6 as of March 1, 2010, I wrote:
Everyone’s been waiting to dump IE6 for a long time (I’d guess about 5 years) but hasn’t quite got the nerve to do it yet; thanks to Google’s lead, by the end of the summer I predict a giant leap forward in the speed, functionality and general usefulness of many web apps. Countless, countless development hours are now freed for actual, useful tasks.
Today, I see this announcement on my bank’s online banking site (provided by third party NetTeller):
Important information regarding access to your Online Banking Account: Effective April 8, 2010, Internet Explorer 6.0 (or older) users attempting to access Online Banking will no longer be able to access their account with this browser version. Internet Explorer 6.0 (or older) users should update to the 7.0 or 8.0 version of Internet Explorer prior to April 8, 2010.
It’s happening! IE6 is dead!
RedPost is now starting to sell LCD mounts designed and manufactured locally by MOR/ryde (check out their product line here), who builds several components we use, including our custom-designed Sign/Post. These are great mounts — rock solid, high quality, much better than a lot of the cheap crap coming out of China nowadays. Here’s a pic:
In low volumes, they cost us a bit more, but I’m fine with that as the money stays local and in the U.S.
From the IEDC release:
ATLANTA (March 4, 2010) – Elkhart, Ind. was the top destination for new corporate investment in 2009 among metropolitan areas with populations less than 200,000, according to data tracked in Conway Data Inc.’s New Plant Database.
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Governor’s Cup winners are selected based on the number of new corporate location projects in each state and metropolitan area that meet at least one of three criterions: involve a capital investment of at least $1 million; create at least 50 new jobs; or add at least 20,000 square feet of new floor area.
As I said, we’ll be fine.
A fun round-up of Digital Signage Expo 2010 gossip by Adrian Cotterill over at DailyDOOH. My favorite:
At $750/day for network access, a $1,000 fine + 3G card is a better deal than actually paying for network access. I’ve used my Sprint 3G card for the past two years since we exhibited at DSE ‘08 and I’ve yet to pay what I would have paid for 3 days of network access. I’m just saying.
A fascinating article over at 538:
There is a common theme across the internet: US manufacturing is dead and it’s never coming back. Well, there’s a big problem with that analysis: it’s not true. In fact, as the chart above indicates, it’s actually false. Note that since 1960, the index of industrial production has risen from a little below 30 to its current level of about 100. And note the increase is continual — meaning the number didn’t just hover around 30 for most of that time only to spike up in one big move. The index has continually risen over that entire period.
There is, however, a decline in manufacturing jobs, but this is due to greatly increased productivity, not decreased manufacturing. I love how the CW is so often wrong.
…will be when, at Digital Signage Expo, all signs such as the below will actually be digital. I’m just saying, there’s nothing as simple, quick to install, and cheap as paper. Note that the arrows on these signs swivel for maximum flexibility.
