Month: March 2016

Instagram Change Notification

Getting Into Instagram’s New Algorithm Rhythm

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If you’ve been following ArtsHacker’s recent exploration of Instagram, you’re already well on your way to making the most of this very visual social media tool. And change being the only thing you can rely on these days, Instagram recently announced they will be implementing an algorithm to show users posts they are “most interested in” first, rather than in strict chronological order. This is in the same vein as how Facebook (and now Twitter, kinda-sorta) re-orders the timeline feed you see as a user, which is unsurprising considering the increasing usage … Read more

Portrait v Landscape Hero Image

Three Ways You Can Prevent Frustrating Design Problems When Working With Portrait And Landscape Images

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One common frustration when creating web content is trying to fit portrait aspect ratio photos into a landscape aspect ratio container, such as a landing page slider or something like a standardized event image template. It is the digital image equivalent of pounding a square peg into a round hole but here are three solutions you can use to help solve, and even prevent, this aggravation. THE PROBLEM At the heart of the trouble is the need to fit an image that is taller than it is wide (portrait) into a space that … Read more

Most Favored Nation

Most Favored Nation (or Give It To Them, Gotta Give It To Me, Too)

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In international trade, having a most favored nation agreement means that your country will receive trade terms on par with the most favorable terms offered to another country. When it comes to performing arts the term is applied in a similar manner. The term Most Favored Nation (MFN) appears most frequently in connection with performance rights for songs. Entertainment lawyer Gordon Firemark recently posted a video on the subject: “When you see that a deal point is treated on a Most Favored Nations basis, it means that No other deal (of its … Read more