In my 2008 CES recap post, I mentioned that while Microsoft had some great demos, and did a terrific job of brainstorming customer experiences for a multi-touch interface, I didn’t expect them to be able to get the Surface hardware to market.
According to Fortune Magazine, Microsoft now doesn’t expect to make Surface available until 2011.  [...]

Curbed LA: CurbedWire: Digital Billboard Sabotage on La Brea?
It almost happened. A number of Clear Channel digital billboards in Los Angeles appeared to get hacked, in the first appearance of digital graffiti that I’ve heard of. As it turns out however, the graffiti was actually a purchased advertisement on the signs, [...]

I’m happy to report that traffic picked up at the show on Wednesday. I still think overall attendance will end up down for the show, but day 2 was much better than day 1. Thursday is a half day and typically has pretty light attendance.

Global Shop has long been one of my favorite shows. I love to hang out with lots of smart people who spend their days thinking about great retail experiences.
This year’s show got off to a slow start. After getting swamped in our booth the last two years, I was surprised to the trickle [...]

So far this quarter I’ve visited:
CES, Las Vegas
NRF, New York
EuropShop, Dusseldorf
DSE, Las Vegas
The next stop on the tour is Chicago for Global Shop. My company MTI has an exhibit here, and the team has been working long hours to get the booth constructed while complying with the all the quirkly Chicago exhibitor rules. [...]

Las Vegas, Feb 25-26. Digital Signage Expo (DSE). This was the fourth year of the show, which used to be called the Digital Retail Expo. This is one of several shows trying to become the main destination for vendors and customers of Digital Signage and Kiosks Digital Merchandising. The show moved from Chicago [...]