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When Post-Its Won’t Do, Try Trello

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When Post-Its Won’t Do, Try Trello

If you’re looking for a project management application, the following steps are probably familiar: ask for recommendations, visit app websites, look up reviews. You also probably ended up with as many options as when you started. Considering that apps get new features regularly, reviews become outdated quickly.

Looking at Trello, a free web based project management and collaboration tool developed by Fog Creek Software, was perhaps part of that process. Instead of attempting a comprehensive review of all its features, I will concentrate on the core functionalities that make it a great project management tool.

Online Portfolio Management Tool - Works.io

Online Portfolio Management Tool - Works.io

Being an artist or a gallery manager in the 21st century requires an changing degree of technological know-how and engagement  -- or so it might seem.  In 2008, Technology in the Arts presented some options for free web sites for artists:  http://www.technologyinthearts.org/2008/06/free-web-sites-for-artists/.  Over the past 5 years things have only gotten easier with html5, ipads, and an ever-growing app market, and artists have more options at their fingertips to create online galleries of their very own.  A slick and simple option currently in public beta-test is Works.io.

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Cool Tech Resources for Learning - Codecademy, Pen.io, and Duolingo!

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It’s safe to say that today, proficiency can be acquired in two very different kinds of languages; those used by people, and those by people that create, innovate, and run technology. So some have mastered Italian, Russian, and French. Others, JavaScript, C++, and Python. But that leaves a third category still. One that switches from Italian to C++ to German with panache! If you aspire to be in this last dexterously linguistic category, there are resources you can use to develop your technical and literary skills! And we chose to highlight only the best:

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Now available: Virtual Gallery Software Review!

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Virtual Gallery Review

Virtual Gallery Review

Technology in the Arts just released a publication reviewing virtual gallery software for artists and arts organizations interested in creating 3D virtual exhibitions. Access the PDF publication here. The publication reviews three online gallery systems: Virtual Gallerie,  Image Armada, and Scenecaster / 3D Scene.  Which one is best for your organization? Check out the publication to find out which virtual gallery software meets your needs.

This research was initiated by the CUE Art Foundation, which sought to find an existing software system that will allow artists to create and display virtual exhibitions easily.