16px Font Size and 48px Wide Buttons Are The New Black

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We’re going to geek out a bit today over a few user experience (UX) items that are going to have a substantial impact over not just online design but print design as both formats as users increasingly gravitate toward uniformity. The driving force behind many of these changes is the rise of mobile platform usage; i.e. Smartphones and tablets. Due to the touch interfaces found on mobile devices, it should come …

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Skinning A Cat, Beethoven Style

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Conductor Bill Eddins posted a terrific blog on 2/22/2012 that lambasts the concept of right and wrong interpretations via recordings. Coincidentally, regular Adaptistration guest author, Chris Blair, sent me an email on the same day with a link to a YouTube video that provides a chronological survey of the opening chords of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3; from 1924 through 2011.

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Arts Admin. Hey Girl, It's The Sexy Career Choice

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Arts Admin. Hey Girl, It's The Sexy Career Choice

In case you’ve been stuck under an office rock the past few months and have been missing out on Ryan Gosling, Arts Administrator then we need to get you an appletini and some trendy new threads stat. If you’re not up on the whole Ryan Gosling “Hey Girl” thing, it’s a Tumblr meme that started with one guy and snowballed into a host of derivatives, even arts administration.

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Arts Admin. Hey Girl, It’s The Sexy Career Choice

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Arts Admin. Hey Girl, It's The Sexy Career Choice

In case you’ve been stuck under an office rock the past few months and have been missing out on Ryan Gosling, Arts Administrator then we need to get you an appletini and some trendy new threads stat. If you’re not up on the whole Ryan Gosling “Hey Girl” thing, it’s a Tumblr meme that started with one guy and snowballed into a host of derivatives, even arts administration.

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Louisville Musicians Reject Arbitration Then Miss An Opportunity

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On Thursday, 2/16/2012 the Louisville Orchestra (LO) Musicians formally rejected an offer from management to enter binding arbitration. This comes as no real surprise in that the offer had a number of provisos tailored to ensure that any decision would conform to financial and operational parameters contained in their previous proposals, all of which have been previously rejected by LO musicians. Moreover, the lack of any input on selecting the pool …

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