Monday 7 July 2008

Digital Noticeboard

digital noticeboard
Yesterday, I went to a local supermarket (a rather small one) and was surprised to see this new public display now being mounted right behind the check out counters. On closer inspection, I found out that it actually is a digital pin board/notice board, where people can put up their classifieds.

Sure enough, nothing was on there yet (except for some commercial advertisement) and there was some sort of paper 'classified' stuck next to it. But seeing that you have to either call them or post a postcard to them in order to get something on the screen, it doesn't seem surprising that nobody is inclined to use it so far. It's not even possible to text/Bluetooth something to the display and there is no keyboard or pen to interact directly.