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Re:Turn a light bulb on with every new user or download by nhayes-roth on Monday April 29, 2013 @11:22PM (#5630253)
For a larger company with more signups/uploads, I'm envisioning a wall of LEDs, controlled by an Arduino board.
Re:Turn a light bulb on with every new user or download by masonhensley on Monday April 29, 2013 @11:50PM (#5630329)
Or better yet, make it interactive with something like this:

http://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/majors/150-pan...

Peggy's could be fun too:

http://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/tinykitlist/75...

Re:Turn a light bulb on with every new user or download by nhayes-roth on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @12:31AM (#5630433)
The Peggy 2 looks really neat. I just might spend some time on this during the summer...
Re:Turn a light bulb on with every new user or download by untog on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @12:20AM (#5630404)
Not quite the same, but your description reminded me of Movable Type, the installation in the New York Times building:

http://www.screenmediadaily.com/technology-movable-type-new-...