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When Menu Screen Goes Out, Go Back To Print?

This is even weirder than the McCafe label thing … A Toronto reader snapped a shot at Yorkdale Mall in Toronto – arguably Canada’s ritziest shopping centre – that had a food court WSR vendor using a whole printed menu sign OVER the digital menu display. This was from about six weeks ago. Cheaper, I suppose, than replacing a dead screen/player, but really??? […]

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Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:11 AM

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Now That McCafe Is Using Print Labels And Packing Tape For Digital Menu Messaging???

We noted in August, as spotted by a reader, a McCafe in central NYC that was using electrical tape – instead of CMS software – to delete (OK, hide) menu items on a digital board. […]

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Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:29 AM

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16:9: Why Remove Items From A Digital Menu With Software, When Electrical Tape Will Do?

Spotted by a reader, at a McCafe in central NYC. Some things evidently aren’t available on the menu, so instead of someone going into the software to make changes, a staffer has covered up that information with electrical tape. Thought it was just the stuff on the top right of the display and then noticed a whole line in the HOT items has been taped off. […]

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Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 8:11 AM

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These Digital Screens Spit At You

This is a public art installation somewhere in Switzerland. A water spout is sync’d with the content so it looks like the subject on the screen spitting out water is flying off the screen. Best opinion I can muster is: Hmmmm …. […]

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Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:02 AM

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16:9: Does The World Need Interactive Gas Pumps? Clue: No

Via Adweek Is the two to three minutes you spend at a gas pump an tedious, endless ordeal, or two to three minutes you spend absently looking around as the tank fills up? For me, it’s the latter. I survive, somehow. […]

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Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 9:05 AM

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Why Update A MenuBoard Digitally When You Have Duct Tape Handy?

  This is just all kinds of awesome – as relayed by a regular reader. It’s a digital display used by a BBQ/pulled pork food concession at the big international auto show in Toronto. […]

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Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 12:14 PM

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