|
A
& W D I G I T A L B I L L B O A R D
25 November 2010 - The editorial team of the A&W Digital Billboard consists
of Isabelle Hylkema, Marcel Weijermans and Auke Bloembergen. Would
you like to let your fellow residents about your activity or event? Then send
your message to auke@archipelbuurt.nl
and it will be posted on the billboard via the website.
 Launch
of A&W billboard in Citronics
Saturday
20 March 2010 - Willemspark gets its own digital billboard. The one in Archipel
(in the window of the Albert Heijn supermarket) has been up and running for a
few months now, displaying community news and a foretaste of what there is to
find on the community website.
Telecommunication products shop Citronics in Frederikstraat has made space available
in their window for the second A&W
"street" billboard so that the local residents around Javastraat and
Frederikstraat can more easily catch up on what’s going on in the neighbourhood.
More detailed information about the announcements can always be found on the community
website <http://www.archipelwillemspark.nl>
Would
you like to let your fellow residents about your activity or event? Then send
your message to auke@archipelbuurt.nl
and it will be posted on the billboard via the website.
Because
there is also a screen in the Klokhuis Community Centre, the billboad can now
be viewed at three different locations.
Launch
of A&W billboard in Albert Heijn Alderman
Huffnagel launches A&W digital billboard  
11
November 2009 - In the rain and in the presence of other council representatives,
members of the A&W Residents Association, Albert Heijn employees and passersby,
Alderman Huffnagel officially activated the Digital Billboard hanging in the corner
window of the supermarket. Passersby will be alerted to all that is currently
happening in the community and referred to the community website for further details.
Launch of digital billboard planned for 11 November
2009
The A&W digital billboard was installed
in Albert Heijn’s window on Thursday 5 November 2009. After a short proof
run, Alderman Huffnagel will officially launch the billboard on Wednesday 11 November
at 13.00.
The billboard displays
various bulletins about upcoming events, activities and news in the community
and also references to the kind of information that can be found on the community
website: www.archipelwillemspark.nl.
Another billboard has already been in service for some time in the Klokhuis Community
and the Residents Association is looking for a third suitable location, this time
in Frederikstraat. 
June
2009 - Our
Residents Association – like many other associations in The Hague –
is busy making preparations for a community billboard or newspaper. The initial
(test) versions can be seen in the Klokhuis Community Centre. A monitor will also
be on display in the window of Albert Heijn and also somewhere in Frederikstraat. The
uninitiated probably think it is just a case of putting a few photos and announcements
on the screen for people to look at. But it is not quite as simple as that! To
get things on the road, the website team and board member Auke Bloembergen
have been working on ideas and designs with a vengeance, but ultimately the idea
is that a small working party should take over the running of this digital news
source. Who
is the billboard for? Naturally
this new innovation is meant for all our fellow residents, but different groups
have different requirements. First of all, there are those who read the messages
at a glance as they pass by. Then there are those who would rather sit (in the
Klokhuis) and take their time reading what’s on the screen. Then there is
what we think is the “ideal” situation, those who use the Digital
Billboard in combination with the Website. Although there is still a long way
to go before everybody is computer literate, the Billboard still has an important
role to play. Word
and deed The
Hague Council is helping the people who will be “filling” the Billboard
pages in word and deed on the technological front (because it is no easy matter
getting everything onto the screen just the way you want it!) and with practical
tips like no long-winded text, keep it short and to the point, keep the words
simple and check carefully for typing errors and indicate clearly any address
or website where more information can be found. When
the Digital Billboard will be up and running throughout The Hague and here in
our neighbourhood is still not clear, but every effort is being made to realize
this as quickly as possible. ED
- Community Newspaper June 2009 | 
.jpg)
