Step Two In Preparing For Post Net Neutrality Slowdowns Is Image Compression
Fri, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
If I could give out gold stars to arts admins who know how to properly compress images for web use, they’d be made out of actual gold. That’s just how big of a deal this is to optimization and page load speed. Although some aspects of the series I’m writing for ArtsHacker about how to
#TBT It’s As Though We Don’t Want To Learn From Our Mistakes
Thu, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
In the wake of the breaking scandal at The Met, today’s #TBT post focuses on a series of articles that demonstrate that a failure to take Human Resources (HR) policies seriously is going to continue damaging organizations, putting stakeholders at risk, and generally mucking things up for everyone. Here’s a historical overview of what’s come
100 Years Ago In The World Of American Classical Music: Musical Reputations
Wed, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
In addition to providing a window into the classical music community from 100 years ago, the December 1917 edition of The Etude magazine plants some fascinating seeds of irony. Case in point, one of the lead articles by Genry T. Finck is titled “Music Reputations and How They are Achieved” (page 791). A Prominent lawyer once
Might Makes Right: A Predator’s Paradise (Update: Met Suspends Levine)
Mon, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
Over the weekend, the New York Post published an article by Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein that reports on a Lake Forest, IL police report that accuses conductor and Metropolitan Opera (Met) Music Director James Levine of alleged child molestation. A host of additional outlets followed up with their own accounts in the wake of
Things Are Going To Get Worse For The Met Before They Get Better