From 1927 'til tomorrow

[DarinBrady777]

Hello, I'm an Account Executive with a company which was founded in 1927. I'm lucky enough to work with a company which has not only kept up with the evolution of the sign industry, but driven it in many ways, by introducing materials and technics which spread throughout the industry over the years. Being part of such an outstanding team, I decided I should add something to the company so my contribution is adding Sight Surveys for our High-Rise projects. Being an FAA certified unmanned aircraft pilot, I'm able to utilize a drone to completely erase the use of blimps or balloons in scaling High-Rise signage and other forms of signs, as well as adding other technics such as the aforementioned Sight Testing, along with 3D mapping, and many other technics which provide the customers with the most information they've ever received as well as providing our computer graphics and art teams with HD photos, videos and other information which make their jobs much simpler.
I truly love what I do. Meeting new people, traveling, and providing the best products on the market make my daily employment fun. Since the end goal is involved in Marketing and Advertising, I spend a lot of time studying these areas to help me provide a little more than the next guy. I hope this doesn't come across as some boastful rant because it's not what I've intended. I simply love what I do.

 

[damonCA21]

Ai is getting worse !

 

[Boudica]

Those signs you've pictured are nothing to boast about. It's just AI slop

 

[chester215]

Blimps??
Who uses them??

 

[White Haus]

Blimps??
Who uses them??

Goodyear

 

[unclebun]

How likely is it that a sign company employee in Springfield, MO (where that cross is located) would be talking about the "technics" they have developed?

 

[White Haus]

How likely is it that a sign company employee in Springfield, MO (where that cross is located) would be talking about the "technics" they have developed?

Not to mention "sight" surveys.

I call bullshit on this one. Most of the sentences don't even make sense.

 

[JBurton]

founded in 1927

Whipper snapper

 

[Gino]

Is this place for real anymore ??

 

[Boudica]

Is this place for real anymore ??

Nope, it's an alternate timeline.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Good, cause renting blimps to do "sight" surveys is getting expensive. I'd love to know more about your techniques. Maybe you can post another 5 paragraph AI response.

 

[Ron at Forest Litho]

AI has ruined my desire to look at cool photos because most likely they aren't real.

 

[damonCA21]

This is why despite being pushed as the next must have thing, AI really isn't that good at anything creative like writing or art or photography. I have yet to see anything written by AI over a paragraph that doesn't give it away

 

[Moze]

Why the negativity?


Darin Brady works for Headricks which has been around since 1927.

The first photo is of a digital billboard which was probably a few hundred thousand dollar sale.

The second photo is a nearly 200' tall pylon sign that was probably a half million dollar sale.

The cross is 218' tall.

The photos themselves aren't the best, but they're verifiable if you take a look at their website.
There are some impressive signs here.

It's not uncommon to use "blimps" and helium balloons for scaling and, yes, sight visibility studies for highrises and pylon signs, especially along freeways and interstates. It's been years, but I've done tons of them.

 

[Boudica]

Why the negativity?


Darin Brady works for Headricks which has been around since 1927.

The first photo is of a digital billboard which was probably a few hundred thousand dollar sale.

The second photo is a nearly 200' tall pylon sign that was probably a half million dollar sale.

The cross is 218' tall.

The photos themselves aren't the best, but they're verifiable if you take a look at their website.
There are some impressive signs here.

It's not uncommon to use "blimps" and helium balloons for scaling and, yes, sight visibility studies for highrises and pylon signs, especially along freeways and interstates. It's been years, but I've done tons of them.

Moze, do you know the OP? He's a for real person?

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

I didn't know that was Headricks. I know that company and makes sense because they do Love's signs. Not easy people to deal with over there. Never heard of using a blimp for hirise. Usually we get a tall enough lift and put it in the air and drive up and down the interstate.

 

[Moze]

No, I don't know him from Adam.

But I spent all of 3 minutes and can see he has a LinkedIn account, a Facebook account, etc., where he's either shown as working at or connected to or friends with others at Headricks.

 

[JBurton]

Whipper snapper

I stand by my statement!
That being said, I scoped out the headrick cross company website, they are a real company, but the post boasting about drone usage and blimps really comes off as strange. Folks come here for a couple of reasons; advice, self promotion, or the odd old salt who can't help but offer advice. OP's post doesn't fit any of those categories, so it's out of place. Couple that with the over the top signage, introducing himself without introducing himself, no sign company name, technics instead of techniques, I can see why the ai accusation bandwagon got overloaded...
But hey, if this gent is real, I'd love to have some more serious insight on engineering such structures. Like, was that loves set with a spread footing?

 

[damonCA21]

If he is real I wonder if he got AI to write the post? It is worded very strangely and does come across as something AI would come up with.

 

[Boudica]

Hey, at least he didn't include (insert interests here)