(Sorry Jim, this got lost in my in-box) Jim posted a survey on computer-based exhibits a couple of weeks ago and is trying to get as many museum folks to respond as possible. http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/03/18/introducing-open-exhibits-tell-us-about-exhibits-in-your-museum/ Please help!
Auntie Beeb (the semi-affectionate name for the BBC) has a documentary series called I Wish I’d Thought Of That, which starts off with an interview with Tim Berners-Lee and Weaving the World Wide Web. Sir Tim is to www what James Brown is to Soul, except that the Godfather of Soul didn’t invent Soul. (Sorry, [...]
The title “Site Design Impact on Robots” conjures up, for me at least, rows of shiny robots browsing the Internet and confronting usability issues on various robotics-related websites. But the point of an interesting article in D-LIB Magazine isn’t that — it’s how site design affects the way search engine robots or crawlers read a [...]
“It wouldn’t be an issue if Hollywood’s fascination with monitoring our words and images was confined to fiction.” In keeping with our intention of highlighting technology advocacy issues during this election year, here is the link to a great post (essay, really) by Art Brodsky, on Public Knowledge — a site that in itself is [...]
Brain research just keeps getting better and better. The Art Newspaper reports that astronomical prices for works of art have more to do with how our brains work that they do with the quality of the art. (Somehow, the moment I wrote that, it seemed obvious.) “The scanner showed consistently that the flow of blood [...]
It has been fun being a guest blogger. I would like to thank the scholarship recipients for taking the time to write such thoughtful responses about their experiences at the MCN 2007 conference. If you are new to the profession, a student, or new to MCN, think about applying for a scholarship for the upcoming [...]
So far, our scholarship recipients represented on the blog have been from western North America. Today we head to the east coast of the U.S. and hear from Adina Langer, Curatorial Assistant at the National September 11 Museum & Memorial. As a newcomer to the museum-technology field, I was impressed by MCN‘s long history, by [...]
Continuing our postings from the 2007 MCN scholarship recipients, today we hear from a Heritage Museum Director from the beautiful Southern Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Darryl MacKenzie, Museum Director/ODHS Administrator, Oliver and District Heritage Society, http://www.olivermuseum.ca/ I would like to start my article by thanking the scholarship committee of MCN for selecting me as [...]
The five MCN 2007 scholarship recipients were asked to reflect on what they got out of attending last year’s annual conference. Today we hear from Chris Alexander, Manager of Interactive Technology at the San Jose Museum of Art. Bear with me while I go through a mid-life crisis of sorts… I just turned 40, two [...]
Following on in the Museum Directors/IT Professionals vein, there was a great article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday. Sound familiar?: Costly Neglect: Most top executives fail to recognize the value of information technology. They think of IT as a basic utility, or as an expensive headache that they’d rather not deal with. They don’t [...]
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