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Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

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Post by akd »

patio11 wrote: post #20
replicatorblog wrote: post #16

Have you thought about making something like this a startup? A SaaS metrics dashboard service? I deal with a lot of call centers and marketing houses that do big "competitive" dashboards to motivate/track staff and they have to roll their own systems. I'm sure a bunch of tech groups would like to have a Panic-esqe dashboard, but wouldn't want to go through the hassle of doing it themselves. Not sure if it is a huge m…

Hardware + per customer customization + sales cycle which requires talking to people = I have no interest in that business at all. But if you want it, go for it.

It wouldn't necessarily have to involve any of these. Most of these that I've seen have been cobbled together through Excel, so they have the skills to get everything into Excel. You could offer a product that made really pretty charts around these metrics.

The hardware would be just a 720p TV which they would have to buy and mount - you would just sell teh software.

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

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Post by akd »

akd wrote: post #21
patio11 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hardware + per customer customization + sales cycle which requires talking to people = I have no interest in that business at all. But if you want it, go for it.

It wouldn't necessarily have to involve any of these. Most of these that I've seen have been cobbled together through Excel, so they have the skills to get everything into Excel. You could offer a product that made really pretty charts around these metrics. The hardware would be just a 720p TV which they would have to buy and mount - you would just sell teh software.

A cursory search reveals no less than 8 companies already selling this

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

#23

Post by g0atbutt »

patio11 wrote: post #5
starnix17 wrote: post #2

Very cool that it's open source, but definitely not as eye catching as the Panic dashboard.

Patches welcome. Been waiting years to say that.

I'm a designer, and would love to help out. What's the best way to get in touch with you?

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

#24

Post by replicatorblog »

akd wrote: post #22
akd wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It wouldn't necessarily have to involve any of these. Most of these that I've seen have been cobbled together through Excel, so they have the skills to get everything into Excel. You could offer a product that made really pretty charts around these metrics. The hardware would be just a 720p TV which they would have to buy and mount - you would just sell teh software.

A cursory search reveals no less than 8 companies already selling this

What companies? I did a search for "LCD Marketing Dashboard" and didn't come up with anything. Not doubting you, just curious what these would be called!

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

#25

Post by joezydeco »

durin42 wrote: post #9

Anyone know of a frame that works like this that can work without some third-party service for publishing? I'd like to do something like this on information that's under a strict NDA.

Why are we all doing this with RSS feeds?

I want a frame that serves up a samba folder over a wifi network. That's all. I can make a dozen different things that stuff pictures dynamically into that folder, all the frame needs to do is cycle through them.

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

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Post by roel_v »

rivo wrote: post #19
durin42 wrote: post #9

Anyone know of a frame that works like this that can work without some third-party service for publishing? I'd like to do something like this on information that's under a strict NDA.

About a year ago, I bought my parents a Phillips digital frame with wireless which (8FF3WMI) could read directly from a feed with no third party software. As long as you don't use the URL anywhere else, no one will be able to find it. I built a small web interface for it where we can all upload pictures. My family is in different parts of the world so it's nice to send the pictures right into my parents' living room…

I did something similar with the Philips frame, bought one for my parents and my in-laws and they both have their own dedicated galleries in a self-hosted Gallery2 installation, which allows me and the rest of my family to upload through the web, via email or directly from windows with the 'publish to the web' feature. Works great. Only complaint that I have with this frame is that it reloads every image every time it's shown, rather than caching it. Don't know why, it does cause high bandwidth usage :/

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

#27

Post by mikexstudios »

durin42 wrote: post #9

Anyone know of a frame that works like this that can work without some third-party service for publishing? I'd like to do something like this on information that's under a strict NDA.

Chumby, http://www.chumby.com/, is a device that's made to be easily hackable. However, the screen size is small.

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

#28

Post by stanleydrew »

g0atbutt wrote: post #23
patio11 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Patches welcome. Been waiting years to say that.

I'm a designer, and would love to help out. What's the best way to get in touch with you?

If you look closely you can see his gmail address near the bottom of the dashboard frame :)

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

#29

Post by ncarlson »

durin42 wrote: post #9

Anyone know of a frame that works like this that can work without some third-party service for publishing? I'd like to do something like this on information that's under a strict NDA.

7" usb monitor. $99 USD.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/c609/

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