Web/Tech
Some Amazing Design Tools To Improve Accessibility
Thu, Oct 10, 2014
by Drew McManus
Toward the top of any good arts marketer’s tech resource list is SmashingMagazine.com, which published a fantastic article yesterday by design consultant Cathy O’Connor about design accessibility for online content. In short, there are some astounding tools available that help you simulate what users with one or more visual impairments experience when visiting your online
Some Potential Good News For Net Neutrality
Mon, Oct 10, 2014
by Drew McManus
During a 10/9/2014 town-hall style meeting in Santa Monica, CA President Obama provided a very clear, if not belated, executive position on the impending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision on whether or not they will move forward with proposed rules that would ultimately allow Internet Service Providers (ISP) to slow down traffic for any organization
Pop Quiz: Contemporary Web Iconography
Wed, Oct 10, 2014
by Drew McManus
Icons are everyone online and although they’ve been an integral part of interacting with computers for decades, the use of icons has exploded within the last few years thanks to an increase in mobile devices that reply on symbols to not only help save space but encourage simple, predictable and user friendly interaction. To that
It’s The Eleventh Hour For Responding To Net Neutrality
Thu, Sep 9, 2014
by Drew McManus
Many thanks to Thomas Cott for reminding everyone via yesterday’s newsletter yesterday that Monday, 9/15/14 is the deadline for submitting your comments to the proposed changes that would gut Net Neutrality as we know it. If you’re just coming in on this issue, here’s what you need to know in a nutshell: it’s a terrible
How To Create Relevant JDs for 21st Century Arts Marketers
Fri, Aug 8, 2014
by Drew McManus
We must have reached a tipping point in this business and whatever the reason, all I know is that the last several weeks have seen a few dozen requests from CEOs and VPs cross my inbox related to what sorts of tech oriented skill sets should be included on contemporary marketing, box office, and communication
