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My second MCN conference presentation was the conference round up session where a group of us got 7 minutes each to recap on a conference we attended during the year. I got TED. No I didn't get to attend, but I watched it on TV - well, the web at ...

Its been a while. In fact its been six months. I only have so much writing in me and I've spent the summer preparing, and the fall teaching, a course through Johns Hopkins online Museum Studies Program. The course is entitled The Management of Technology in Museums. Its really a ...

Audio and Visual Tours Entries include tours of specific locations that range from in-gallery handheld audio tours, PDA tours, and podcasts tours to cell phone tours.

Clever...

I love this stuff. Big news from Xerox: "With the development of a new silver ink, Xerox scientists have paved the way for commercialization and low-cost manufacturing of printable electronics...

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. Youdon'tsucceed unless you’re not afraid to start and not driven enough tofinish. He...

We're pleased to announce that five MCN 2009 sessions will be webcast live, free of charge. MCN 2009 takes place week after next in Portland, Oregon. While we urge everyone who is interested to register and attend the conference in person as the only way to engage with its full ...

For those who are really caught up in the on-going saga known as the Google Books Settlement (by far the best reality show now running) and the impact of book digitization on our culture in general, here are the links to Peter Hirtle's extensive summaries of the D for ...

My iPhone envy just reached new heights. For any of you in iPhone enabled countries (ahem!) who like gadgets for gadgets, have a look at this article about iPhone apps for photographers. It even mentions my old favorite, the level app. http://www.creativepro.com/article/iphone-apps-photographers

Thomas L. Friedman notwithstanding, the world most definitely is not flat when it comes to "earth shaking" new consumer tech products like the iPhone or the Kindle e-book reader. I live in a Kindleless iPhone desert, and I resent it...

I used to ask that question of my students in art history classes. Paul Gauguin was a famous painter, but by all accounts, a less-than-perfect husband. I'm not going to get into a debate here, nor did I then, about whether or not Mrs. G. might have been relieved when ...

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 ...