Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
There’s nothing quite like working on a project where you really get to push some boundaries and break out of the old trying to catch up by going slower routine. Case in point, I launched a new Venture user website this week for composer Jim Stephenson. If you aren’t already familiar with Jim’s work, it’s amazing. He’s the next big thing when it comes to living composers. But I digress, this …
Back in April 2017, Google published a blog post announcing some big changes designed to move websites toward improved security standards. You’re probably familiar with their existing measures which include showing big, full page warnings when visiting a page collecting credit card information that is not secure. Here’s how Google describes the next step in this process. “Starting October 2017, Chrome (version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE” warning when users …
Musical America recently published an article about EnCue, a real time program notes app for iOS and Android devices. The idea has been around since 2003 (remember Palm Pilot based Concert Companion?) but like so many topics in this field, it just can’t seem to break free of the same old, tired, discussion points. Let’s summarize the conversation: “Glaring screens will be a distraction.” “I get to use my phone in …
Since Net Neutrality is anything but safe, proactive arts managers will begin developing some skills to optimize your organization’s website so pages load as fast as possible. One of the key elements in creating web pages with snappy response times are optimized images. Just look at how much important Google places on this aspect of web design: Images often account for most of the downloaded bytes on a web page and …
Over the last few weeks, we’ve examined topics that circle back to a problem in the arts field where organizations tend to place artificial limitations on how they connect online with patrons. A key point of contact in that process is e-commerce, which covers everything from purchasing tickets to making donations. Instead of merely ranting about it, I’ve been working with a new arts-based website client over the past few months …