Rebecca Coleman IPhone Apps for Theatre Types
I have an IPhone! And let me tell you, it’s a revelation. For the past two years, I have been using a Blackberry, for various reasons that expired as time went on. I get why workaholics like Blackberries. You can’t […]
Social Bookmarking… explained elegantly
Today’s post is a guest post by Stephanie Michelle Scott, who is a Consultant at Wildfire Effect Consulting. Think back to the Old Stately Manors in our favorite old movies. Kitchens had pantries and living rooms were divided into parlours […]
Enough About Me. What About You?
Gentle reader, we have been on this journey together for two years. Through good times and bad times… And I feel like I’ve been remiss. Sure, I know some of you, but I’d like to get to know more of […]
Social Media Marketing at The Vancouver Opera
Today, I interview Ling Chan, Social Media Manager at The Vancouver Opera. I have long been a fan of the VO’s forward-thinking and cutting-edge social media marketing techniques (which resulted in a Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver pick for Best […]
Puritan Guilt
A long time ago, in my thirties (:-)), I dated an artist called Mr. Fire-man. He was a really fabulous painter, and very dedicated to the artistic lifestyle. He was like magic–even though he didn’t always have a reliable source […]
Friday Link Love
The blogosphere has been especially generous to me this week, so I thought I’d share some of it with you. ”In the theatre, the key audience demographic is women in their 40s to 60s. As a result, it’s helpful to […]
Don’t Make Me Think
As you know, I recently got a redesign done on my website. One of the books I read in preparation for this is Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think. Have you ever heard of Useability? Useablity is the study of […]
Banishing Adjectives
I recently read this this fabulous post over on 2amt by Trisha Mead: Kill the Adjective- 3 Reasons to Make Your Descriptions as Action-Packed as Your Plays. In it, Trisha advocates us to get rid of adjectives when writing our […]
Creating a YouTube Video to Highlight Your Work (no videocamera required)
Today, a two-part lesson in how to create a YouTube Video of your work using digital photographs. This is a mini-course: it’s about 17 minutes all together. While creating your YouTube video, you can watch it and stop it in […]
Making It Interactive
Here in Vancouver, we have an outdoor sculpture exhibition called the Vancouver Biennale. Large, sometimes colourful, sometimes controversial outdoor sculptures dot parks and public spaces around town. Possibly the most popular one is at English Bay. It’s popular partly because […]