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Top 10 Best And Worst Of 2014

Wed, Dec 12, 2014
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 151
2014 is firmly in the rear view mirror so it seems like a good time to revisit some of the highest highs and lowest lows that help establish comparative parameter. To that end, here’s a decuplet of the best and worst from 2014 plus one more to acknowledge the sadder moments. Best Of 2014 Worst
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New Year, New Looks, New Tricks

Tue, Dec 12, 2014
by Drew McManus
Venture 2015
2014 was a banner year for the Venture Platform; the number of users more than quadrupled, the amount of e-commerce and CRM integration work exploded, and we’ve continued to set the bar even higher for what arts organizations and artists should expect out of their web providers. Some of the really fantastic work has centered
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Visualizing The World’s Biggest Data Breaches

Mon, Dec 12, 2014
by Drew McManus
I published an article today at ArtsHacker.com that brings attention to a sobering, yet gorgeously rendered, interactive infographic from Information is Beautiful that details the major breaches since 2004, it’s a terrific companion post to the data security breach policy post here from earlier this month.  
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What Were Your Highlights From 2014?

Wed, Dec 12, 2014
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 082
Today’s post was supposed to be a best and worst of 2014 but as I am still very much under the weather it is going to have to wait until next week. Until then, I’m curious to know what you thought the (non artistic) highs and lows for the field were over the course of
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Sick Day

Tue, Dec 12, 2014
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 135
Just a quick post today to link over to a terrific post from Joe Patti about minimalism and presentations. Being a dedicated believer in the adage (meme?) “every time you use a bullet point in a presentation, god kills a kitten” I can wholeheartedly recommend that this is good reading.  
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