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Those Special Codec Moments…
502The following is not gibberish: A portmanteau is a blend of two or more morphemes. The word codec is a portmanteau of “compressor- decompressor” or, more commonly, “coder-decoder”. Wikipedia explains: A codec encodes a data stream or signal for transmission, storage or encryption, or decodes it for playback or editing. If you have been involved in dynamic sign content, you know
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, From Sneaker Net!
563It seems like just yesterday we were discovering the world of dynamic signage, and loading up our content by manual transmission, ie, flash drives and DVDs, aka, using the “sneakernet.” With a DVD or VHS network you have what is called a “SneakerNet” – can be prone to human errors. Just look back to 2009,
Kiosk, You Ask?
415We thank the Kiosk company for assisting with information on the subject of kiosks – a great product for many applications. KIOSK has many years of experience in working with customers to deploy small to medium to very large kiosk projects. They have found six factors to consider when choosing and deploying kiosks for your
All In One, vs. Delivery Systems – Where They Fit
432We classify digital content delivery systems into four types: All In One Systems: a media player is connected to a screen, and content is updated via USB or flash drive or other method. The software is local, in other words, not web-based, and the playlist formatting and management software is loaded onto the media player.
Tell Your Story – Part 5
385This is a series all about marketing through good digital signage design. The first in this series related the importance of “story” or narrative. The second offered a perfect advertising message that wins sales. The third post covered the “song and dance” To Do list for your content. And the last two posts cover what
Sign Companies as Branding Machines
347Branding machines, such as ad agencies, media companies, marketing firms, sign companies, and brand managers, must be great at keeping up with the trends, spotting trends, utilizing the latest technologies and knowledge, to help build those consumer brands…. So we,visual communicators, must brand ourselves as “In the Know” for the coming decade… as part of the “Brand Building
What is Retail Marketing? Part 2
387Retail Marketing is, at its most fundamental, the push of sensory stimuli in the retail environment to engage a decision to buy. The sensory stimuli are events that reach through noise and clutter to engage the consumer. Knowing this, is it any surprise that sign design professionals have become far more expert in this craft than even
