Will's House

Here is Ira Glass of “This American Life” talking about the building blocks of a great story.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

NPR’s Scott Simon: How to Tell a Story

Video Capture

Virtual Dub

Video Editing

Adobe Premiere

Special Effects

Lightwave, Premier, Photoshop

3D Animation

Lightwave, 3D Studio


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Want a cheap airfare? Watching those plane tickets for the best price? I’ve started to compile a list of services which alert you when they find the best deal.

• http://www.bookingbuddy.com/sub/changesubscriptions.php
• http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/ (click on my fare alerts in the top right)
• https://www.kayak.com/k/profile/alerts

also try:

• TripAdvisor.com/flights
• Kayak.com
• Yapta.com
• Bing.com/travel
• Travelocity.com
• Orbitz.com
• Farecompare.com

Let me know if you have more!

Wordpress is working on a new theme for 2010, called “Twenty Ten”

http://2010dev.wordpress.com/

The new theme supports a lot of built in options for customizing the banner, background, and typefaces. Kubrik was a great starting place for a lot of <= 2.8 themes, but with 2.9 and 3.0 coming out, it’s time to embrace the upgrade. Go Wordpress team!

I’d like to use the term “click affinity” in the world of web design – if it does not already exist. I just realized this concept when I visited the Wall Steet Journal’s online magazine site and was immediately tempted to click on many of the stories.

It was a difficult struggle as I had many other things I needed to be working on (ie: no time to visit that site) but there was still a pull to get into their content.

In addition to having good design and usability, the real core piece of being popular online is having good content, which is:

• Unique / Original
• Up to date
• Well-written / Easy to understand

I believe having valuable content, content-teasers, graphics, and yes – even ads will increase that content’s “click affinity,” which will  engage users.

Try to present good content! Raise the click affinity for the items on your website.

I’ve been thinking that I need to revamp the site again, maybe do a more custom template. I don’t really do any advertising here, nor do I plan to, so I’m thinking of going with a minimalistic theme that just highlights the content well.

o The Chronicle of Winston-Salem
o Television
o Social Networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
o Website or Blog
o SECCA E- Newsletter
o Acquaintances or Friends
o Local Print Publications
o The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County Newsletter
o Radio

possible benefits of membership at secca

o Special workshops
o Pre/ Post Show Exhibition Receptions
o Meet the Artist, Dinner or Cocktail Parties
o Artist studio visits, behind-the-scenes private collector and/or museum visits
o Discounts to area merchants or restaurants
o SECCA organized group travel

Art activities:

o Art Exhibitions
o Theatre
o Music
o Films
o Dance
o Lectures
o Social Events
o Community Days

Ways to be solicited for donations:

o Direct mail / Brochures
o Telephone calls
o Face to Face Solicitation
o Online giving

things to do to increase patron participation

Public Art
Film Series
Music Series
Thursday Night Artist Talks
Thursday Night Curator Talks
International Lecture Series
Panels & Symposia
Café (Free Wireless Internet)
Family Activities
Gift Store with SECCA merchandise