Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Nice write-up in the New York Times about mobile tours in museums which mentions the work that I did at the San Jose Museum of Art. Unfortunately the article doesn’t mention the creator (moi) or give the URL (even though it is no longer being updated since I work for Toura now). Good overview though and a lot of people I respect are referenced in it.
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
My good friend Koven wrote up this article about pilot projects within museums and how they mostly relate to technology. I’ve been privileged in the past at the San Jose Museum of Art because we’ve had a lot of freedom with technology and exploring ways of using it for interpretation. I can relate to his article though because of others I’ve come in contact with that share their stories. Worth the read for anyone that implements them or struggles with them.
On pilot projects and other things that don’t work
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
Nice article on how CSS animations (transitions) are going to change how we do things on the web and ultimately crush Flash.
24 ways: Going Nuts with CSS Transitions.
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
John Gruber is a great Apple commentator and I agree with everything he speculates on here regarding the inevitable release of an Apple “Tablet”. Apple doesn’t just create products, they create experiences and that is why the “Tablet” has been anticipated so long. Apple is waiting for the experience to be refined to the point that it becomes something that we cannot live without. I believe the “Tablet” will change the way we consume printed media like newspapers and magazines, while offering us other great features in the process.
Daring Fireball: The Tablet.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
I’m a little late on reporting this, but I’m really looking forward to more font choices while doing web development. sIFR is nice, but it can be a little difficult implementing. Typekit will handle the copyright and licensing concerns that come along with being able to link to different fonts for display in major new browsers.
I recently started reading a book that was edited by handheld guide expert Loïc Tallon and fellow Londoner Kevin Walker. The book is a collection of essays by prominent technologists in the museum space writing about mobile guides in museums. The range of information is extensive ranging from best practices to research in the field. The book is highly recommended to those with an interest in this area of digital museum interpretation.
Purchase the book here: Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience: Handheld Guides and Other Media
Back in high school I would religiously play albums I liked over and over and over. As I’ve grow older these albums are becoming few and far between. Once in a blue moon I come across one that I can’t stop listening to. Some groups of the last several years are The Clientele, Starsailor, and The Shout Out Louds. Recently I discovered a group called The Last Shadow Puppets, and for me their music has proved to be some of the most exciting and creative that I have come across in recent years. Like a lot of the music that I’ve been enjoying recently their music has a retro 60s feel to it. However, this group has a dynamic quality that I haven’t come across in years. A sense of urgency that makes you think that their music flows out of them like water, more like rapids in this case. The orchestral aspect of their music is definitely the strongest selling point for me. Strings, horns – you name it it’s there. Very good stuff that you should check out today.
Purchase the album here: Age of the Understatement
