i·ro·ny  [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] noun, plural -nies.
An outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
- Dictionary.com

Yesterday I spent several hours figuring out how to use MailChimp.com to automatically send email updates from the website. I did this because Feedburner had an annoying habit of sending out posts from months ago, at random, unpredictable times. (I enjoyed Band Camp last July, but even I was getting tired of hearing about it.)

And then yesterday evening, I got my first email update from the MailChimp, um … chimps, and it’s not even old news. It’s a template. Like a “here, newbie, you need to change this so it sends out your stuff, obviously” template. And I can’t blame the chimps for this one. Continue Reading →

Isn’t he cute?

No, we’re not adopting a mascot for the band or the theater. But we’re switching how we’re sending out email updates to the Madisonarts.org website. If you’ve already subscribed to the emails, you’ll have noticed that the automatic system that sends them out has sometimes, perhaps out of boredom, sent out old information from months ago. Please forgive us for the unintended spam, and take heart that we’re trying something else.

Now we’re using a different system called MailChimp, and we hope it will give you just the updates, and not old news. Continue Reading →