promising things

http://www.technologyinthearts.org/2012/04/americans-are-paying-more-for-technology-and-culture/#more-4683

This blog post condenses some information recently released by the CPI and analyzed by The Atlantic and NPR's Planet Money.  Findings show that there is a slow increase overtime in the American recreation index, and even in recent post-recession years, there has been an increase in recreation in favor of admission to cultural events.

However, Americans are spending way more money in the recreation index on technology.  What does that mean for us?  It means that instead of putting the increased income back into policies and departments from whence it came pre-recession, it should be used to modernize cultural organizations using social networking, smart phone applications, etc.  This would help bring these organizations into the 21st century and make them more attractive to the up-and-coming generation.

IT and the arts are at an exciting, very promising crossroads.