The events of five years ago today, and the world that followed, demand I write only a short post today, pointing us all to the absolute power and passion of creative expression in times of grief and confusion. A few thousand cases in point are available through the Library of Congress and their Witness & […]
Archives for September 2006
Managing the magic list
There is perhaps nothing more essential to the earned revenue of most arts organizations than a clean, current, and accurate customer list. The names, contact information, and transaction profile of anyone who has donated, visited, bought, or registered in some other way are the key to the large majority of your future revenue. Not a […]
Anticipation and memory
Recent studies in brain function have reinforced the idea that anticipation of an event plays a powerful role in the clarity of memories of that event. Says this report summary: The UW-Madison scientists found that two key regions of the brain — the amygdala and the hippocampus — become activated when a person is anticipating […]
A weblog-worthy quote
Eco-advocate Anna Lappé suggested the vital and organic role we all play in forming the world around us when she said: “Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want.” An interesting exploration of this idea comes from Design Stream and their Emissary Credit Card, a forward-looking concept […]
The promise of portable video
If you’ve had your tech antennae up lately, you’d have noticed that Internet and portable video is popping up everywhere. The video sharing site YouTube has seen massive growth in web visitors and visit duration, drawing some 724 million web site views in June. Major networks are starting to offer full-length episodes of their programs […]