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What museum technologists can learn from the Wu-Tang Clan

For those of you that made it to Atlanta, I did a brief presentation at MCN2011 about collaboration to create digital interactive exhibits. Some people noted that my presentation contained references to the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Why the Wu? I choose them because they are an extraordinary example of the benefits of working on [...]

Launching the new “NorthEast” SIG on July 15!

Things aren’t usually this hard, but it has been a couple of years since several of us began talking about how nice it would be to get together with colleagues between MCN conferences (or, for the lucky among us, MCN and Museums and the Web). The first “northeast” SIG meeting is nigh. We’ll be getting [...]

The Great MCN 2010 Debate

Musematic seems the proper place to put this on the record. There’s no sense in in re-stating what’s already been stated well by Susan Chun, so I’m just going to quote her, below. The debate is available online, here. This year, the MCN conference’s closing plenary was a formal debate, featuring two teams of debaters [...]

New “Northeast” MCN SIG coming soon

One outgrowth of this year’s conference is that after years of discussion, several of us have agreed to ask the Board to approve a “Northeast” SIG as part of MCN. The idea is that we’ll hold at least one day-long regional meeting (I would amend that to “one regional meeting” for this coming year as [...]

MCN 2008: good goings-on in Washington, DC

As many of you know because you were there making it happen, the Museum Computer Network (MCN) held its 36th annual conference in Washington, DC, from November 12 through 15. MCN provides continuing opportunities to explore and disseminate new technologies and best practices in museum information work. This year’s conference theme was “Let’s Do I.T. [...]

Goodbye MCN 2008, it was grand knowing you

Another MCN over. I’m probably going to have to wait a day or two for things to sink in for me to figure out what I’ve learned. Sometimes it isn’t even the presentations themselves, it is the casual mentions by a listener, or the casual conversation in a hall. My own archive, for instance, has [...]

MCN 2008 winddown

It was the last day of the MCN conference today. Washington DC is cloudy, rainy, and humid, and there are a few large protests downtown, making the place extra exciting. I’ve had a whole week’s worth of exciting, so I’m happily curled up on a couch in Suzy Sarraf’s beautiful condo, relaxing and trying to [...]

MCN 2008 Conference Registration is Open

    LET’S DO I.T. RIGHT!  [www.mcn.edu/conferences] 36th Annual MCN Conference November 12th -15th, 2008 Washington, DC   Save now! The Early Bird Registration Deadline is September 27, 2008. http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=888   MCN Members Earlybird: $425.00 | Regular: $475.00 Non-Members Earlybird: $500.00 | Regular: $550.00 Emerging Professional/Student Members Earlybird: $200.00 | Regular: $250.00 To qualify for [...]

MCN Membership – Who We Are (Part II)

Last time, we took a look at where MCN members were around the globe.  But who are these people?  Well, I can’t tell you everything, but here’s what I do know: First, I went through the list and indicated everyone’s gender as best I could.  Fortunately many people had added a Mr. or Ms., etc. [...]

MCN Membership – Where we are (Part I)

On Thursday, we kicked off the 2008-2009 MCN Membership campaign.  In the past, we’re reported some basic statistics during the Business Meeeting at the conference, but I’ve always been curious about what lurked behind the tables and figures reported there. In the next few posts I’ll try visualizing some interesting features of MCN membership. For [...]