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Smartphones Serve as Docents… – NYTimes.com

Chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:05:39 +0000

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 Unfortunately the article doesn’t mention the creator (moi) or give the URL (even though it is no longer being updated since I work for Toura now).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.

Smartphones Serve as Docents in Many Museums – NYTimes.com.

On pilot projects and other things that don’t work

Chris — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:48:21 +0000

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

24 ways: Going Nuts with CSS Transitions

Chris — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:42:02 +0000

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.

Daring Fireball: The Tablet

Chris — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:31:07 +0000

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.

Introducing Typekit

Chris — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:37:49 +0000

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.

Introducing Typekit « The Typekit Blog.

Mobile webkit

Chris — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:13:11 +0000

Developing for the iPhone Safari browser is awesome. There are so many advanced features that make it easy to implement nice touches that were previously difficult, i.e. rounded corners and drop shadows. It also provides local storage of data which I haven’t tried yet. Like this article says every mobile browser should use webkit!

Gizmodo – Every Mobile Browser Should Give Up and Just Go WebKit – Mobile webkit.

Fever° Red hot. Well read.

Chris — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:05:31 +0000

I love Shaun Inman’s website stats tracking software called Mint. I’ve never really used a feed reader, but have always wanted to. I’ve been reluctant because there are a lot of feeds that I would like to follow, but don’t have the time to read all of them. Shaun Inman’s feed reading software looks great because it will help to bubble up to the top the more interesting articles. Just might have to give it a try!

Check out Fever°!

Tools for Sketching

Chris — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:51:02 +0000

Usability experts Adaptive Path have an cool newsletter which addresses the different tools they use to create sketches, diagrams and wireframes. Love the Warm Gray Marker suggestion.

Tools for Sketching.

“Critically Seeing” Getty Trust Leadership

Chris — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:50:39 +0000

Very interesting article on the Getty and how their leadership is out of touch with the rest of the organization. I’m sure many museums can relate to certain aspects of this article. I did not know most of this about the Getty.

Silence Dogetty: “Critically Seeing” Getty Trust Leadership.

MuseumMobile

Chris — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:22:13 +0000

MuseumMobile

Nancy Proctor, from the Smithsonian, is one of the worlds experts in mobile technology. I was privileged enough to be invited by her and Jane Burton to speak at the handheld conference that they put on at the Tate Modern. This is definitely a site to bookmark!