This site is intended to be an online resource for arts professionals and arts organizations. Web tools can rock your world – in a good way! – this website tells you how.
Whenever someone finds out I know something about web 2.0 or even just that I know how to hook a router up to a printer, I get asked a lot of questions about “geek stuff,” particularly web tools and web trends – basically, artists and arts managers want to know if they need to, or ought to, jump on this next train (be it Twitter or wiki publishing or Basecamp etc…). The reverse also happens often: I start using (and loving) a new web tool and think that artists and arts managers could be, even should be using, but they’re not. And it’s just because they don’t know about it (yet) and/or they have preconceptions and misconceptions about how difficult it will be to implement another new tool.
No stress! Web tools can be great tools. In fact, the newest web tools are designed to be user-centric, user-friendly.
Just remember, you don’t still write grant applications by hand or on a typewriter. By now (I hope) you’ve found a computer that works for you. Maybe it’s a PC, maybe it’s a Mac, maybe it’s any old thing with 24-hour tech support from a friend, family member, volunteer or staff person. The point is, I bet you get a lot of mileage out of your computer. This site will help you get maximum mileage out of your web browser.
Yes, this site will focus on browser-based tools — meaning tools or applications that run from your browser window (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Chrome) usually without any downloading or installation required. A great example of a web-based tool would be your webmail – whether it’s your Hotmail, your Gmail, your work email that you can access via webmail – could you imagine life without being able to access your email from any browser in the world?
Browser-based tools are the key to mobility, accessibility, efficiency, and money saved.
By the way, if you are sensitive to the needs and challenges of arts profesionals and would like to contribute to this site, please contact me! Initially, I had envisioned this site as a public wiki so that anyone could suggest a tool and talk about its uses. But frankly I don’t know too many (read: any) arts managers who have time to contribute to a wiki that I can’t promise has readers yet. So I’ve started off solo to get the ball rolling. If you want to pen (type) a review, or if you just want to suggest a tool for me to review, get in touch.
If there are more than, say, three of us, we can definitely move this site over to a wiki platform. I’ve already got a wikidot site registered in anticipation…
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