Monthly Archives: June 2008
Carousel 5.2: Player Status Monitoring
This is one of a series of posts describing the new features in Carousel 5.2 which will be entering Beta testing very soon. Be sure to check out the other posts in this series so far:
Bulletin Impression Tracking
DisplayEngine Network Diagnostics
Web-based Channel Preview
For larger Carousel installations, managing several dozen Carousel Players can get a bit tricky. [...]
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Carousel 5.2: Web-based Channel Preview
This is one of a series of posts describing the new features in Carousel 5.2 which will be entering Beta testing very soon. Be sure to check out the other posts in this series so far:
Bulletin Impression Tracking
DisplayEngine Network Diagnostics
One of Carousel’s most impressive features is the fact that the entire user interface is web-based. [...]
Carousel 5.2: DisplayEngine Network Diagnostics
This is one of a series of posts describing the new features in Carousel 5.2 which will be entering Beta testing very soon. Be sure to check out the other posts in this series so far:
Bulletin Impression Tracking
Problem: You’re all set to launch your new digital signage system, when you discover that, for some reason, [...]
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Unability exception: MAX light rail announcer in Portland confusing
We were at RailsConf in Portland a few weeks ago and were riding the MAX light rail system. The MAX is great! I wish MSP has a system like that. It was really easy to get everywhere we needed to be on the train. It is a normal train with doors on each side of [...]
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Unability exception: Northwest Airlines flight notification
Northwest sends you a text message before your flight to notify you of your departure time. This is a useful feature because it confirms that your flight is on-time or delayed. So the text message reads:
(Northwest Departure Status) NW 218 June 2 ON TIME to depart MSP at 5:35 pm and arrive PDX at 7:31 [...]
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Usability exception: Introduction
I was recently on a trip with the devel team and I saw a lot of things that bugged me; which in turn bugged the team when I complained about them. Most of them were related to how we interact with things.
This series is dedicated to BAD usability. I coin them usability exceptions. Not exceptional [...]
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In review: Still in love after the honeymoon
So, I’ve had my Macbook Air for a few months now and I still love it! I actually had to do some maintenance on my wife’s Dell the other day and i couldn’t believe how bad the keyboard was. It felt like I was using an old computer from the 80’s. The feel of the [...]
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Carousel 5.1.3 Released (5.1.2, too!)
Today we’re announcing the availability of a maintenance update to Carousel 5.1. This version, Carousel 5.1.3, includes several fixes, many relating to the reliability of video playback.
Notable Fixes:
Fixed an issue where Live Video Input could lose A/V sync over time.
Upgraded our Live Video playback infrastructure to be more efficient
You can now preview bulletins even [...]
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Excel and Reports in Cablecast
Cablecast has some pretty cool reporting features built in. However, it doesn’t do everything and that’s when people turn to Excel to fill in the gaps.
Here are some tips that might be helpful.
Getting the Data into Excel as XML
The best way, that I have found, to get data from Cablecast and into Excel is through [...]
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Carousel 5.2: Images in RSS Feeds