Audience Experience

Trav SD does what he says, offers a variety of arts. If you don't like what's on offer, wait till the act is over, 10 minutes at most. Books are marvelous, but live life is important, too!! It's better (and exactly like) Facebook.  Things to make you smile. And cat videos (starring humans)!

The Lumineers are on Q (an NPR show, taped in Canada).  They are talking about how their fans were rooting for them on the way up, and now people are mad/annoyed/sad that they are now "famous" (They've had a minor hit as a band with "Hey-Ho") So, I love rooting for the underdog.  Perennially and persistently. What do you do as an audience member/fan when you know that your favorite band has jumped the shark? As a lifelong fan of the Monkees, I've always taken a lot of joy in the TV show and the music.  Yet, somehow, I find myself cringing when I hear that they've become "famous" again.  They are on their 50th anniversary tour right now, and I'm shying away from it for the most part.  I don't think I'll go to any of the shows. Ironically enough, I think if I were alive when they were first popular, I wouldn't like them-because everyone else liked them (they outsold the Beatles & Rolling Stones put together in 1967). ...

Despite his famous grave at Sleepy Hollow, HDT is alive and well. There are countless books, events, plays being read, written, performed and published about him every year. The "interpretations" take on various permutations.  Live-action humans who lead educational programs, or people who write books for children.  Or, theater which extends the documented & literary materials into personal immediacy (not that I am biased, but this is what I do). Lately, there has also been a video game created about Walden. And a young graphic designer who wants to "update" Thoreau's words for the modern age.  Something about "how dated the language is" and the "inaccessibility" of its ideas.  (I can't bear to include a link, or even the designer's name for fear of adding to publicity, and thereby adding "support") The last example is the slippery slope.  At what point does he need to be repackaged, yet again? Instead of taki...

Do you turn to Yelp to get insight into the experiences of your customers? How do you know when there is a disconnect? http://mashable.com/2016/01/19/dive-bar-yelp/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#B6WAlKonNOqa If customers are clueless, how can you educate them? Or convince them to come back when they are in a mood befitting your astmosphere? Like above, come back & have a drink with us. Isn't it always better to break through social media into humanity? 

If you are a guy, try to remove all judgement for the length of this post. And read it to the end. This is not women complaining, this is a series of articles I've seen in the past few DAYS that seem like Women Being Dissatisfied in the Marketplace means that more than 50% of consumers are not happy. What is the actual percentage of women as decision makers for YOUR brand anyway? Buying a bra: http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/no-one-can-figure-out-my-bra-size#.qm0BwENYnA Why women feel that critics no longer represent them http://www.autostraddle.com/carol-didnt-get-oscar-snubbed-because-its-too-gay-it-got-oscar-snubbed-because-it-dismisses-men-324022/ Why women & minorites feel that Hollywood no longer represents them: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-nominees-include-zero-nonwhite-855751 Women are generally NOT believed, no matter what http://www.vox.com/2016/1/14/10767998/believe-rape-victims-bill-cosby

Hey! Random research question. In the Tech Field of Usability, corporations focus on things to enhance the UX, i.e. making a "buy" button bigger, etc. I'm on the lookout for designs of online & real life processes that show BAD UX, i.e. "refugee status" is difficult & time consuming. There are SO many smaller examples of this that perpetuate racism, classism, etc. This can apply to orgs that have GOOD intentions but fail in their follow through. Starbucks offers free college to their workers, but only SELECT college, not a more convenient college program for the workers-like their local community college or an aspirational university which they might actually get accepted into.