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, …
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 …
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 …
Instagram for Arts Orgs: What You Need To Know About Filters
Once you’ve got your Instagram account set up and have made goals and content decisions, now, you’ll need to start posting pictures to your profile. This is the fun part. Like other social media and mobile phone cameras, the Instagram app gives users the opportunity to edit their pictures and to add filters to pictures, which are pre-determined and set combinations of various photographic settings. A theater’s light board has one set level that makes the stage go …
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