A few days ago Devon Smith announced she’s been working on quantifying how well LORT theaters use Twitter. This is neat. I like this idea, and in the spirit of public feedback about it, here’s, uh, some public feedback: The Metrics I Generally Dig @mentions — Measuring mentions captures something about both re-tweets and conversations. [...]
Category Archives: Business
Remarkable
October 23, 2009 – 7:09 pm
I’ve mentioned before my attempts to suss out a philosophy of marketing. I’ve got plenty of sussing left to do, but some central principles are becoming relatively clear. Central principle number one? Be remarkable. Be worthy of remark. Easy enough to say, I know. But I’m not so sure it’s actually that hard to do. [...]
Toward A New Funding Model for Theater
October 14, 2009 – 11:34 am
Ever since jotting down a few observations on theater’s crappy business model, I’ve found myself mildly obsessed with finding a solution to the problem of funding theater. Why? I’m not sure. Because I love it, I guess. Because although I’m not convinced the arts are strictly necessary, I am convinced they’re one way we make [...]
Five Questions from the Baltimore Sun
October 2, 2009 – 1:43 pm
Hey, neat; there is a brief interview with me over on the Baltimore Sun’s technology blog: Five Questions with Christopher Ashworth Thanks to Mike Subelsky, co-founder of the wildly successful OtherInbox, for a chance to toss in my five cents!
The Free Market is Not Enough
September 29, 2009 – 5:31 pm
I don’t usually whip out a blog post in a wave of rage, but I’m coasting on some serious fury right now and I reckon I’m going to channel it into some good old fashioned public ranting. Attention: my filter is officially off. Hello world! I’m pissed. Today a Senate panel rejected both proposals for [...]