Recently, a press release went out about a new appointment to a local museum. I’ll be somewhat vague here, as the particulars don’t matter to the discussion, but there was a phrase within that had some of my colleagues (and myself) a bit piqued. The release stated how excited the person was to be working [...]
Thanks to my fantastic teaching assistant, Julie, for bringing this article to my attention, from Intelligent Life magazine (Winter 2009). In it, professional cricket player, Ed Smith, asks the question “Are we too professional?” I’d be the first to admit that museums don’t have a lot in common with professional cricket, but I nearly fell [...]
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It’s not coming up with the idea… we all have great ideas. It is about making ideas happen. Successful people start and complete projects. You don’t succeed unless you’re not afraid to start and not driven enough to finish. Here is a great video from Seth Godin on that subject: Seth Godin: Quieting the Lizard Brain from 99% [...]
One of the reasons that I post so seldom here is that oft-noticed problem of being over-extended. If you are going to MCN 2009 in Portland next month (and I hope you are), you’ll notice that I am involved in workshops on Cloud Computing, and a very special project of mine, “Project Management.” But, not [...]
When I was at the Skirball Cultural Center and we were testing out our new children’s exhibit Noah’s Ark my favorite tool was my camcorder. No one could say “I think they do this” or “I think they do that” because we saw what they were doing in the video. If you want to convince [...]
I was at a recent seminar entitled “Looking for the Upside in the Downturn: Time-Tested Models of Nonprofit Innovation” hosted by the School of Leadership and Educational Sciences at the University of San Diego. Notwithstanding the paradox in the title, there was a really good session on collaboration, a subject near and dear to my [...]
“I never take audio guides. I can’t stand them!” I love that phrase. I think it encapsulates everything museums have got wrong with mobile interpretation. I’ve now heard it so often that I’ve resigned myself to producing a polite smile each time I hear it; I’m rarely able to summon the strength to follow it [...]
Recently Kim’s been obsessing over museums, her new “hobby.” Here she reads from her latest report, “The Creation of Value: meditations on the logic of museums and other coercive institutions.” Ouch: “museum people who decide what gets put into a mueum probably don’t have anything in common with you. Museum people need lots of training [...]
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. [...]
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