I did an interview recently with a person I consider pretty smart, but I found myself starting to cringe as I kept hearing the dreaded phrase,”Take it to the next level.” I’ve no idea where this phrase comes from, but it has this slightly uncomfortable pick-up line feel to it that I’ve had little luck [...]

In newspaper parlance, burying the lede is an oft-used phrase describing stories that start with inconsequential and uninteresting stuff and then, well into the narrative, finally get around to the interesting bits. The home automation systems giant AMX is, a little surprisingly, in the digital signage business – having acquired a UK company a few [...]

The PR news wires steadily pump out stuff that is inconsequential and sometimes nonsensical, but I can usually at least figure out what the company is going on and on about. Usually. I give you this headline: <Brand X> Xtream Series launched, bridging the gap of borderless digital signage solution globally What on Earth is borderless [...]

I saw a release recently for a company that was changing its name and releasing a new version of its product. The big pitch was that the new version was “a game changer, as it is the most user-friendly DS application available at a price that is hard to beat.” With some notable exceptions, damn [...]

I was just reading a press release about a media network’s plans to increase its footprint by 1,000 locations, starting with 500 by the end of Q3. That may be entirely true, but as someone who has talked to hundreds of early stage network operators over the years, my BS Filter starts shaking and spitting [...]