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The App Is Dead, Long Live The App!

Thu, Sep 9, 2013
by Drew McManus
It’s easy to get confused when talking about apps and after watching too many clients spend their limited web budgets on developing or maintaining platform specific apps they don’t need, it is high time to demystify apps in a way everyone can understand. A Quick Primer On App History When Apple launched the iPhone in
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What Everybody Ought to Know About Page Load Speed

Wed, Sep 9, 2013
by Drew McManus
LA vs. Philly
When it comes to your website, you want pages to load as fast as possible, anything less than snappy response times means decreased conversion and lower revenue. High speed internet connections have made sluggish page load speeds for desktop and Wi-Fi connections nearly a thing of the past but that doesn’t mean they can’t improve
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Here Are Some Quick Ways To Avoid Common Website Mistakes

Tue, Sep 9, 2013
by Drew McManus
subscriptions
As the 2013/14 season is getting underway for most groups, this is an ideal time to make sure you aren’t inadvertently overlooking a few vital aspects at your website that are should be easy to modify. To that end, let’s take a look at what those are and how they can be corrected. 1) Subscription
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Are There Problems With NY City Opera’s Kickstarter Campaign?

Mon, Sep 9, 2013
by Drew McManus
Is the New York City Opera (NYCO) muddying the waters for nonprofit performing arts groups with their current Kickstarter campaign? Ever since the NYCO announced its Kickstarter campaign to raise $1 million to “produce a 2013–2014 season” a number of colleagues have contacted me expressing concerns that the broad all or nothing fundraising campaign violates
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Minnesota Burnout

Fri, Sep 9, 2013
by Drew McManus
ADAPTISTRATION-GUY-131
Anyone else getting burnt out over Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) news? It’s bad enough that newsworthy developments are perhaps better defined as regifted spin; consequently, today is the last MOA post at Adaptistration until something profound transpires such as Vanska resigns, an agreement is reached, or something equally shocking takes place (keep in mind, I’m
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