Comments on: Elevator Advertising on Campuses

By: Kevin Chiu

Kevin Chiu — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:40:20 +0000

Why limit yourselves to elevators?

By: Ann "you know who" lee

Ann "you know who" lee — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:25:09 +0000

Jack Po…this seems like a great idea…how are you gonna get Columbia to fund this ??

By: Joshua L

Joshua L — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:24:58 +0000

I also have my doubt regarding elevators. Seems like there would be so many better places on a college campus, e.g. the line at coffee stand, behind the bar at the student pub, treadmills at the gym.

I will get the the photos of the system in place at Hopkins soon. Where is this PowerPoint you promised?

By: Rich P

Rich P — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:34:38 +0000

I know that it is allowed in NYC. I have seen them in the Hotel Pennsylvania, next to MSG. The thing is that the building is about 20 stories, so there is time to view stuff. I am not sure a college would occupy that much of a building to make it worth it…

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:39:23 +0000

Ooh.
Great idea.
Captivate is a pretty big company that has done very well in offices. I know I am always riveted every time I am in an elevator and it would seem to me college kids are a great target demographic to get advertisers onto.

Only worry I can see is the number of elevators you can even do this with. New York campus’s tend to go upward, but in my experience, most college campus’s tend to sprawl horizontally. I don’t think I ever was in a elevator when I was at Hopkins or Michigan.

btw- I hate captha’s.

By: DAR

DAR — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:18:44 +0000

Hi Jack. Congrats on the anti-stealth stance! As one of the people who spoke out for NextNY’s anti-stealth movement, I applaud you!

Re: “Incidentally, what exactly happened to the NextNY anti-stealth movement? There was a lot of activity at the end of October, and then the whole movement seemingly collapsed.”

I can’t speak for anyone else, but as for me personally, the short story is that I haven’t achieved any new milestones on my project, so there’s been no updates for me to toot the “anti-stealth” horn with. (The long story is that I have a full-time job – and kids – and so can only hack on my project on the side, making progress very slow.)

Would love to pick up the pace, and have more to report, but I don’t see things changing significantly for me any time soon. It’s a real bummer. But – hey: hacking on the side towards a start-up, is better than not working towards a start-up at all!

Best of luck with your new venture!