Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Say Hello To Improved Conversion With Honeypots!

Fri, May 5, 2012
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Today marks the beginning of a new era of improved interaction here at Adaptistration thanks to saying so-long to Captcha, that box you find at the end of comment forms and pretty much anywhere were websites are trying to block spammers. Unfortunately, they also do a pretty good job at blocking users, ticket buyers, and

How To Be A Patsy: The Machold Update

Thu, May 5, 2012
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Where would this business be without the reality show circus that is the world of buying and selling rare string instruments? Probably better off, but that isn’t the case. Nonetheless, an article by Carsten Holm (and translated from the German by Christopher Sultan) in the 5/10/2012 of Spiegel Online International brings us the latest (and

New Details About The Proposed Palm Beach Juilliard Residency

Wed, May 5, 2012
Following last week’s post about a proposed Juilliard residency vis-a-vis the Palm Beach Symphony that created quite an uproar in the comment section of the Palm Beach Daily News article announcing the program, it seems as though the initiative in its original form may be at an end.

Arts Org Tech Alert: Are You Using Network Solutions?

Tue, May 5, 2012
It’s no secret that some domain name registrars and hosting providers have designed their user policies to intentionally make it as difficult and/or expensive as possible for existing users to move to other providers. The list of tricks in seemingly endless and can be as overt as charging users to export database records and/or registration

Revisiting Frank

Mon, May 5, 2012
Although I had the opportunity to meet a number of wonderful folks (you know who you are) during my recent trip to NYC for the Nashville Symphony’s Spring For Music concert it was a sincere pleasure to bump into Frank J. Oteri. Regular readers and culture blog denizens are likely well aware of Frank and