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Too Cool To Miss

Fri, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 120
The 5/18/2016 edition of Fortune.com published an article by David Meyer that highlights a new piece of wearable technology designed to provide deaf people with a way to experience a live orchestra concert. The Sound Shirt, designed by Cute Circuit for Junge Symphoniker Hamburg, is exactly what it sounds like; a shirt that converts sound
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How Satisfied Are You With Your Ticketing Software?

Wed, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 174
While performing some work for Venture clients recently, my development team and I found the need to perform some research and in the process, I reached into my files for a resource that I sadly neglected to mention here when it was released: The 2015 Ticketing Software Satisfaction Survey report from Carnegie Mellon’s Arts Management
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Solving Problems, One App At A Time

Tue, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
resource manager
One of the really fun parts about working as an arts-focused software developer is coming across opportunities to solve big problems. To that end, we’re wrapping up work on a new web app designed to solve one of the most time consuming and frustrating problems: resource scheduling. One of our existing users, The Society Of
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Apple Plans To Bach-Block Your Live Event Recording

Fri, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 195
Your opinion on the pro/con smartphone camera use inside the venue argument may become moot if one or more of Apple’s recently granted patents makes its way into iPhones in the near future. In a nutshell, the patents detail the ability for the phone to receive infrared signal that will effectively disable or otherwise prevent
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Are You Interested In Saving A Boat Load Of Money During Your Next Web/CRM/Ticketing Update?

Thu, Jun 6, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 033
If there’s one area where arts organizations have untapped expense reduction savings, it’s creating a more efficient process for integrating and updating your existing web, Box Office, and CRM systems. To that end, one of the most popular articles here for the past several years has been Understanding The Relationship Between Websites, Box Office, and
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