Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
We talk a lot about password security here and why it is important to use strong passwords and how to update and manage them, but sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. To that end, check out this log report designed to record attempted login hack attempts: This report includes more than 3000 records detailing nearly 10,000 failed attempts over a period of a few weeks at InsideTheArts.com and from a …
News of the Heartbleed bug has made the rounds throughout mainstream media and if would appear that the internet is coming to an end; fortunately, it’s not that bad. But Heartbleed is an insidious bug albeit focused only on a certain aspect of your website and here’s what you need to know to make sure your site’s encrypted transactions are safe. Do you have an SSL certificate at your site? If …
Amidst the summer conference/convention cycle, one of more enjoyable shop-talk conversations that come up is comparing notes on tools used to get stuff done. Consequently, let’s expand the discussion to the extended online crowd and talk about what you use for tools of the trade. Caveats (*) Since part of my business incorporates web development, some of the tools used are due to those efforts. As such, any item marked with …
If you’ve noticed that some websites seems sluggish or you’re having connectivity issues, you’re not alone. The past several days have witnessed a large uptick in coordinated hacker activity, with the lion’s share of the brute-force and DDoS variety. This is something performing arts groups need to pay attention to because thanks to lower-than-should-be budget levels for things like IT support and computer security, they can find themselves at a higher …
There’s nothing quite like having a good problem and one that’s been nagging away at my elbow over the past two months is getting the Venture Platform’s Live Demo back online. Since launching the 2.0 update business has been booming, so much so that getting non-client projects completed, like the demo update, has been an ongoing challenge. Part of the challenge was not only implementing the 2.0 update but completely redesigning …