Cultural website, review of the week #001: National Portrait Gallery
The first in a new series, some thoughts on what the new NPG site does well, and less well.
Ash Mann
This week's best things
A checkout audit, films on Tiktok, Millennial and Gen Z shopping habits, research showing how difficult simplicity is, a gallery of footers, and 40 years of This Mortal Coil
Where has your audience gone? And why aren't they coming back?
Some pondering on the challenges the cultural sector is facing attracting and retaining audiences.
This week's best things
Including an article which explains why we were never meant to see our own faces this much, Google are changing our search terms without us realising, research from Channel4 on video habits, and more
Digital Works Podcast: George Montagu
A summary of some of the key points from my chat with FT Strategies' Head of Insights, George Montagu. We talk metrics, digital pivots, subscriber engagement, and being data-informed.
This week's best things
Record-breaking classical music audiences, digitisation in museums, how the 2016 Brexit Referendum was won, telescope-inspired art, and Ken.
Recruiting for digital roles
Some thoughts about the ways cultural organisations could think differently about how they deal with their recruitment needs (and expectations) around digital roles.
This week's best things
A couple of interesting reports on digital engagement, a look at the impact of the internet on our attention spans and happiness, and a touching article on Japan's dementia cafes
Novel perspectives, emotional proximity, and working out what we take for granted
Thinking about what digital is good at.
This week's best things
A roundup of the best things that I've been sent, read, seen, or heard over the past week. Articles on falling in love with AI, unexpected collaboration, the psychological impact of listening and more