[MCN-L] cross-platform apps?

[Glen Barnes]

Hi John,

I think you will find more and more tools will come out that support cross 
platform apps. There are several reasons why there are not a huge number of 
them to date:

- Market penetration: Although other smart phones (apart from the iPhone) have 
significant market share people do not use apps on them. You will find that 
iPhone users use more apps, browse the web more and are more willing to 
download extra content  at this point. As other App Stores and devices become 
more usable then I see this changing.

- Lack of Tools for Other Platforms: The iPhone has the most comprehensive set 
of tools to develop on - From the coding environment to the distribution via 
the App Store. It is just a lot easier to get apps out on the iPhone platform.

- Cost: Developing for several platforms costs a lot of money so do you support 
90% of the people who will be downloading for 20% of the cost of supporting 
100% of the people? As a case in point a company I know developed an iPhone app 
and  Java app (for feature phones). The cost of developing the Java version was 
10x the iPhone version and nobody downloaded. The iPhone app is quite 
successful and continues to sell well (not in the cultural sector but for 
travel). 

- Design considerations: Each platform is different and you need to design the 
UI for each platform otherwise things just don't work correctly for the user. 
Each platform has different standards of swiping, button placements, etc. and 
deploying the same UI across platforms just makes the whole experience a bit 
lame for the user.

We will be developing our tools to work across multiple platforms (our tour 
builder is web based so it is _just_ a case of developing a front end app for 
each platform). At the moment I see the platforms of choice are iOS (iPhone, 
iPad, Ipod Touch), Android and Windows Phone 7. 

Hope that gives you a little background on some of the issues. Does anyone have 
anything else they see as issues?

Thanks,
Glen
http://www.mytoursapp.com


  
On 15/06/2010, at 7:00 AM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote:

 
 
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 Message: 2
 Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:38:10 -0500
 From: John Bedard jbedard at artsmia.org
 Subject: [MCN-L] cross-platform apps?
 To: mcn LISTSERV mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Message-ID: 4C15DC6202310004FFBF at MIA1.artsmia.org
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
 
 I see some iPhone apps being developed by museums, including mine.  Don't 
 recall seeing any announcements of cross-platform apps by museums.  With the 
 growth of Android phones I am wondering if anybody has done or plans to do 
 cross-platform apps.  And if not, why not.
 
 
 
 
 John R. Bedard  |  Director of Information Systems
 Minneapolis Institute of Arts
 2400 Third Avenue South
 Minneapolis, MN 55404
 
 612-870-3268  |  JBedard at artsmia.org  |  www.artsmia.org
 
 
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[MCN-L] ecommerce (Nate Solas)

[Glen Barnes]

On 29/01/2012, at 9:00 AM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote:

 Message: 1
 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:32:24 -0600
 From: Nate Solas nate.solas at walkerart.org
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] ecommerce
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Message-ID:
   CABE_EAOPUEGtj7XGQODkGYVGWhChs0Kkkruh_fUwzTem5AG9dw at mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
 
 We switched to shopify.com last year and I'm pretty happy with it. Very,
 very nice admin features, API, and good functionality. Doesn't integrate
 with our POS system but it's light years better than the old system that
 did, so it's worth the extra admin overhead of syncing stock.
 Nate
 
 

As a side note: If you want e-commerce, accounting and POS to work together 
with minimal effort check out VendHQ.com for SaaS POS and Xero.com for 
accounting. Both are kiwi based companies making waves internationally.

Vend and Shopify work well together and so do Vend and Xero and Xero and 
Shopify:

- http://www.vendhq.com/partners
- http://www.xero.com/accounting-software/add-ons/

[MCN-L] Forwarding e-blasts (Ari Davidow)

[Glen Barnes]

Hi Ari,

What mailing list software are you using? If you use something like Mail Chimp 
you can add forward tags to the mailing:

http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-can-i-add-a-forward-to-a-friend-link/

If you have a few big donors you can also get the list of friends off them and 
customise the mail blast so it looks a lot more personalised which can look 
professional.

Thanks,
Glen 

PS: I highly recommend MailChimp - Free for small lists and really affordable 
for bigger lists and to remove the branding. The web based email builder is 
really easy to use as well.

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 Message: 1
 Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:47:08 -0500
 From: Ari Davidow aridavidow at gmail.com
 Subject: [MCN-L] Forwarding e-blasts
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Message-ID:
   CAF+xBDVKmjmmAehxcT7VOYGPVk5f7wzYAqg47v-oWzmw_M=eXA at mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
 
 We have just been through our annual trauma of getting an invite out to our
 annual luncheon. The problem lies with message forwarding. Here are some
 truisms:
 
 1. If you send the information in a JPEG, no matter what happens (assuming
 that the image isn't filtered out), people can read it, and it will look as
 you intended. They won't be able to cut and paste, they won't be able to
 add it to their calendars, etc., but they can read and print it (assuming
 that they aren't using a mobile device that has enough bandwidth and
 doesn't have too small a screen).
 
 2. If you point people to the forward to a friend button (which people
 seem to miss, anyway), they discover that they are limited to 3 or 5
 forwards/hour--an alleged anti-spam setting (I say alleged because many
 more sends could be allowed per hour to meet human needs and still avoid
 worries of spam)
 
 3. If you encourage people to forward using their regular email client, it
 may get mangled--and is especially likely to get mangled on forwards of
 that forwarded email.
 
 As opposed to these options, we have just a few big donors who want to
 forward the e-vite to just a few dozen of their best friends, something
 that cannot be usefully accommodated.
 
 So, we have gone with option (3), encouraging people to include something
 in their forwarding notes that to send this on, use the tell a friend'
 link at the bottom of this email so that you are forwarding a fresh copy of
 the message. We'll see what happens.
 
 How do other people handle this?
 
 ari
 

[MCN-L] Forwarding e-blasts

[Glen Barnes]

 
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 Message: 2
 Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:40:58 -0500
 From: Ari Davidow aridavidow at gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Forwarding e-blasts (Ari Davidow)
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Message-ID:
   CAF+xBDViacVz9wa6ykFSxpXdMvZ4ZEE0TCdd033AG5hQq5ZLCg at mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
 
 Putting in forward tags isn't the problem! The problem is HOW MANY
 forwards a person can make before anti-spam measures take over, and the
 knowledge that there are legitimate cases where someone wants to forward to
 10s of people, where most forward tools limit one to 3-5/hour (or worse).
 
 To how many people can you forward a MailChimp message before you run into
 that limit?

Not sure. Maybe an email to their support email would work? But if MailChimp 
won't support that particular use case then I guess the point is moot.

 If it is in the 10s, then MailChimp may be a good choice for
 this purpose (albeit, for us, not sufficiently sophisticated to support
 complex campaigns--but that's another discussion).

I'm always of the opinion to simplify everything ;-)

Hope you find something that works.

Glen

[MCN-L] Suggestions for Web Analytics software besides Google Analytics

[Glen Barnes]

Hi Bilkis,

You can track the downloads pretty easily using the _trackEvent tag [1]:

_trackEvent(category, action, optional_label, optional_value)

The key here is not to manually add this to _every_ link you want to track. I 
can't find the exact page[2] that you want to access now but basically on page 
load you have a default piece of javascript that adds the correct Javascript to 
each anchor tag. Here[3] is a script that does it using the old method of 
generating 'fake' page views (the new way of using event tracking is the 
recommended way).  

Hope this helps.

Thanks
Glen Barnes
http://www.mytoursapp.com

[1] http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/eventTrackerGuide.html
[2] 
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=enclient=safarirls=enq=javascript+add+google+analytics+event+tracking+to+each+download+automaticallymeta=aq=faqi=aql=oq=gs_rfai=
[3] http://www.goodwebpractices.com/downloads/gatag.js

On 15/04/2010, at 7:00 AM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote:
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 Message: 2
 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:49:42 +0100
 From: Mosoddik, Bilkis bmosoddik at museumoflondon.org.uk
 Subject: [MCN-L] Suggestions for Web Analytics software besides Google
   Analytics
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Message-ID:
   CBE3ED7D5509D54F9C4E1D614931DF0E066ADA20 at 
 mail-mwh-2k3.museumoflondon.org.uk
   
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
 
 Hi everyone,
 
 We use WebTrends and Google Analytics (GA) for analysing our web
 statistics at Museum of London. However, WebTrends has become
 increasingly very expensive for us and we want to move away from it to a
 new, preferably free, package and would appreciate all your
 recommendations. I am aware of some of the software out there that has
 been mentioned in previous emails, but I would like a recommendation of
 one that you think is really good.
 
 A couple of things that the software should do that GA doesn't:
 
 * Allow reanalysis of web log files 
 * Allow analysis of visits to downloads
 
 Any other comments or suggestions are welcome.
 
 Thanks.
 Bilkis.
 
 
 Bilkis Mosoddik
 Web Content Manager, Web Team, Communications
 Museum of London
 150 London Wall
 London. EC2Y 5HN
 Tel: 020 7410 2213 / 020 7814 5723
 Fax: 020 7600 1058
 Email: bmosoddik at museumoflondon.org.uk
 www.museumoflondon.org.uk
 
 Spectacular new ?20 million Galleries of Modern London opening at Museum of 
 London on 28 May 2010.
 
 Find out more at www.museumoflondon.org.uk 
 
 Before printing, please think about the environment
 
 
 
 
 

[MCN-L] App stats

[Glen Barnes]

People just don't use their Android devices anywhere near as much as iOS users 
so even though the installed base is bigger the usage is a lot lower. I would 
hazard a guess that a  lot of Android users don't even really know they have a 
'smartphone' and have no idea how to use most of the functions. It reminds me 
of the days of Symbian - The phones could do a _lot_ of things but the 
population that actually anything other than make phone calls and store 
contacts was tiny. 

As Android starts to become a user friendly OS (which is slowly happening) we 
might see an increase in usage. I are seeing that in other verticals where 
Android usage is creeping up above 25%. Also let's not forget Windows 8 which 
is due for launch next week. It could be 3rd time lucky for Microsoft.  

Glen

On 26/10/2012, at 12:50 AM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote:
 
 
 Message: 1
 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:45:54 -0500
 From: Heather Marie Wells HeatherMarie.Wells at crystalbridges.org
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] App stats
 Message-ID: CCAD5A31.1F4FA%heathermarie.wells at crystalbridges.org
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
 
 
 Hi Frank,
 
 I appreciate your sharing these sales stats which I've already accessed.
 I was looking for more actual user stats.  I'm wanting a picture of what
 devices are actually being used to access museum content and in what
 ratios.
 
 And with the stats I've gather from colleagues it seems to be very
 interesting that even though the Android platform is the top mobile
 platform, it's the Apple devices that are dominating in actually access
 content.
 
 Thanks,
 HM
 
 Heather Marie Wells
 Education Technology Coordinator
 
 
 
 600 Museum Way
 Bentonville, AR 72712
 
 479-418-5700 (main)
 CrystalBridges.org 
 applewebdata://2B2A8410-4C36-4D85-8BA3-371AEF938703/crystalbridges.org
 
 Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/crystalbridgesmuseum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 On 10/23/12 9:44 AM, Frank E. Thomson FThomson at ashevilleart.org wrote:
 
 According to a study by ComScore more than 110 million people in the U.S.
 owned smartphones as of June 2012. Google's Android operating system
 remained the top mobile platform, accounting for 51.6% of smartphone
 subscribers, while Apple's iOS captured 32.4% of the market and Research
 in Motion's (RIMM) share fell to 10.7%. Rounding out the group was
 Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone operating system and Symbian with 3.8%
 and 0.9%, respectively.
 
 Frank Thomson, Curator
 Asheville Art Museum
 PO Box 1717
 Asheville, NC 28802
 2 South Pack Square
 828.253.3227 tel
 828.257.4503 fax
 www.ashevilleart.org
 fthomson at ashevilleart.org
 
 Engaging, enlightening and inspiring individuals and enriching community
 through dynamic experiences in American Art of the 20th and 21st
 centuries since 1948.
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
 Holzer, Morgan
 Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 5:08 PM
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] App stats
 
 Heather Marie-
 
 I just ran a quick search for July 1 - September 30, 2012, and these are
 the figures for the top 10 reported devices to www.metmuseum.org.
 
 In short:
 Apple Products: 841,858
 Android Products: 64,174
 
 1. Apple iPad: 481,215
 2. Apple iPhone: 334,287
 3. (not set): 48,198
 4. SonyEricsson LT15i Xperia Arc: 40,090 5. Apple iPod Touch: 26,356 6.
 Samsung GT-I9100 Galaxy S II: 6,228 7. Samsung Galaxy Nexus: 4,894 8.
 Google Nexus S Samsung Nexus S: 4,605 9. Samsung SGH-T989: 4,302 10. HTC
 ADR6350 Droid Incredible 2: 4,055
 
 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
 Heather Marie Wells
 Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 4:56 PM
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
 Subject: [MCN-L] App stats
 
 Hello,
 
 We are looking at which platforms we offer our mobile app on and we are
 considering expanding into Android devices.
 
 I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share stats that they have
 for how many Android users they are severing and which Android devices
 you are seeing the most use from.
 
 Thanks,
 Heather Marie
 
 
 Heather Marie Wells
 Education Technology Coordinator
 
 
 600 Museum Way
 Bentonville, AR 72712
 
 479-418-5700 (main)
 CrystalBridges.org
 
 Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/crystalbridgesmuseum
 
 
 
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[MCN-L] Different Copyrights / Different Image Resolutions

[Glen Barnes]

Hi Kate,

Speaking from an NZ perspective here. I've found that in NZ institutions
tend to limit access to higher quality images and have separate licensing
on these (rather than copyright). You are free to use the web published
version but if you want anything extra then you need to jump through hoops
to get a high res version, possibly pay for it and agree to restrictive
licensing terms. It is changing but only slowly.

Also in response to this comment:

There can be no valid copyright in images that are merely slavish
reproductions of two-dimensional works, no matter that some institutions
may continue to make such claims. So with respect to those slavish types
of images, questions about resolution and size are simply irrelevant from a
legal perspective -- and no CC license attached to any such image could be
valid.

Maybe in the US but in NZ organisations are claiming copyright over scanned
photos and other images. I don't think this has been tested in court. IANAL
so I don't know if they have valid claims or not.

Thanks,
Glen

[MCN-L] Requirements for Museum Gift Shop/Cafe POS system

[Glen Barnes]

I don't have a list of requirements as such but you should have Vend on
your list of options - http://www.vendhq.com.

Thanks,

-- 
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Founder/CEO
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 Message: 2
 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:22:47 -0400
 From: Julie Brubaker jbrubaker at geh.org
 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] Requirements for Museum Gift Shop/Cafe POS system
 Message-ID:
 
 CAM0ucr5Ah9FZ7JC+FBUzQYxUa-kd_qGr_D0iUiO4j5QL2-4a_g at mail.gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

 Hi MCN-ers!  Does anyone have a relatively recent list of requirements for
 a POS (gift shop/cafe) system that they'd be willing to share with me?
  We're about to start a selection/implementation and I'd love to have a few
 examples from other Museums to make sure our requirements are complete and
 comprehensive.  If you have anything you can share, please email to me at
 jbrubaker at geh.org.
 Thanks!
 Julie
 
 Julie P. Brubaker
 Director of Information and Interpretive Technology
 George Eastman House
 jbrubaker at geh.org
 585.355.3342 (c)
 585.271.3361 x386 (o)

[MCN-L] Cloud Computing (Cindy Mackey)

[Glen Barnes]

A few of my notes in answer to, and +1 to things raised in the responses:


 If the cloud server goes down, you have no ability to fix it. You just
 have to wait.


Which is just the same as an onsite server. Amazon/etc. have teams of
people dedicated to just keeping the servers running and to deal with
security. Local IT person just can't compete with that. If you can find a
local IT company who are experts at supporting your services running on
cloud services then this is a much better proposition.


 When your data is off-site with a third party you don't have control over
 it. You will think you do though!


I think this is a really important thing to consider. You often don't 'have
control' over it if you host it yourself either. If you are help to ransom
by 'IT' then this can be just as bad. I think a good disaster recovery and
backup plan is essential. Consider things like Amazon Glacier for long term
back ups. Mutli-availablity zones and local backups. Also look for services
that let you recover from accidental deletions and can recover items.


 Having multiple users accessing the same files at the same time can get
 tricky with off-site storage


Google Docs is an option for any of the Office style documents. Being able
to collaboratively edit documents is a godsend. You can also easily share
the docs with external people such as vendors and contractors and not have
to email versions of Word docs back and forth.


I am now exploring wikis, and especially Sharepoint (not a wiki, but a very
 useful way to organize files and related ephemera), looking for better ways
 to ensure that files are grouped together in ways that facilitate work,
 rather than adding to backup costs These, too, are sanest hosted in the
 Cloud.


Try Confluence https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence from
Atlassian for a wiki. It fits the bill of being an easy to use and being a
wiki ;-)


 The file server is the hardest piece, because it is so dependent on your
 external internet connection speed (mostly) and latency (the time it takes
 your action to travel over the wires to an externally-hosted document).


If you are storing content on Amazon s3 then check out the storage gateway
(and its competitors) - http://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/. This service
has a local cache which means less data across the wire.

And lastly even if you continue to host internally you should be thinking
about how you can harness some cloud services for things like backup and
caching. If you publish your collections online you will be amazed out how
much better performance you get if you cache the images using Amazon
CloudFront.

Cheers from down under!

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Founder/CEO
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[MCN-L] A working list of free/low-cost alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud products

[Glen Barnes]

 For audio, Audacity is a solid and free cross-platform editor. FFMPEG
 to replace Adobe Media Encoder is a natural but could use a GUI (Miro
 Video Encoder used to do but has recently gotten bloated with browser
 add-ons, any suggestions?).


Check out Zencoder (http://www.zencoder.com) or Amazon Elastic Transcoder (
http://aws.amazon.com/elastictranscoder/) if you want to do bulk
video/audio transcoding. 5 cents a min for a pay as you go and it take
basically anything and output basically anything.

Audacity is is good for quite a few things and I've also found Fission to
be good (http://rogueamoeba.com/fission/). Just yesterday I had to batch
convert 30 wav files to mp3 and it was a simple drag, drop and a couple of
clicks.

For image editing on Windows I used to use Paint.net (
http://www.getpaint.net/index.html). I'm all Mac but if I have to use a
Windows box to do something then I install this.

http://alternativeto.net also has lots of recommendations (Although their
website seems to be a bit broken right now).

Cheers
Glen

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Founder/CEO
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 Message: 2
 Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:41:50 -0400
 From: Richardjurban richardjurban at gmail.com
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] A working list of free/low-cost alternatives to
 Adobe   Creative Cloud products
 Message-ID: 00581156-4A7C-4250-BC9C-38D5E02B76E0 at gmail.com
 Content-Type: text/plain;   charset=us-ascii

 Hi Michael,

 Bamboo DiRT might also be a good resource for other kinds of tools.

 http://dirt.projectbamboo.org

 Richard

  On Jun 26, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Edson, Michael EDSONM at si.edu wrote:
 
  I'm running a working group here at SI to identify free and low-cost
  alternatives to the products in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
  To that end, I've put a working list of those products  - - and possible
  alternatives to them - - on our public wiki:
 
 http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com/Alternatives+to+Adobe+Creativ
  e+Cloud+products
 
 
  Many of you know that Adobe has recently moved from a buy-it-and-keep-it
  model to an annual subscription model, and for us here at the
  Smithsonian, Adobe has also dropped our educational discount: this is
  going to cost us a lot of money - - maybe $500/year per user.
 
  Our assumption is that most creative professionals will need to continue
  with Creative Cloud, but in many instances - - say, an intern doing basic
  photo manipulation - - a free/cheap tool may be just as good. (I've been
  using GIMP, a free/open alternative to Photoshop, for years and I'm very
  happy with it, and Google+ has quietly introduced a very elegant image
  editing solution that works for 90% of the image editing I do.)
 
  If you know of other products or have something to add, please feel free
  to comment on the page, edit it, or contact me directly. I'll ping the
  list when we issue our recommendations.
 
  Thanks!!
 
  Michael Edson
  Smithsonian Institution.
 
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 Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:17:49 +
 From: Brad Epley (bepley at menil.org) bepley at menil.org
 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] Job Opportunity: Digital Asset Manager at The Menil
 Collection
 Message-ID:
 ED9C2E346117F8429CE4190CDD6B7E88ADB339 at exchange2010.menil.local
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 The Menil Collection
 Employment Opportunity

 Title: Digital Asset Manager

 Department: Registration

 Reports to: Chief Registrar

 General Responsibilities:

 Reporting to the Chief Registrar, the Digital Asset Manager is charged
 with developing the infrastructure of the museum's digital asset platform,
 and leading efforts in migrating and organizing exiting media, chiefly
 images, to meet the Menil Collection's strategic digital initiatives and
 future implementation of a Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).

 Specific Duties:

 1.Work closely with the Menil Archives, and Curatorial,
 Communications, Publishing, and Conservation Departments, to consolidate
 the museum-wide image and media usage and storage and establish consistent
 standards, policies, and procedures regarding the same.
 2.Create and enforce naming taxonomies and metadata scheme,
 tagging files with relevant and accurate metadata

[MCN-L] Gift Shop Point of Sales Solutions (Blackwell, Katherine)

[Glen Barnes]

I would have to put a plug in for fellow kiwi company VendHQ who are making
waves worldwide with their cloud based POS system - http://www.vendhq.com.
The main thing I have seen feedback on is that whatever you choose you need
to make sure you set it up properly to start with - Make sure the
accounting department is on board, you hook it in with existing systems,
etc.

One of the key strengths of a cloud based POS system is cost - You can get
up and running at a fraction of the cost of traditional POS systems. The
data is also available across multiple sites so you can just pick up an
iPad and use the same POS system at an offsite event or separate venue.

Thanks
Glen



 I'm investigating point-of-sales systems for use in a gift shop
 environment. I noticed some discussion in the archives about Retail Pro,
 Gateway and Counterpoint.  I'm curious what other solutions  people are
 using.

 If you are using a gift shop POS system, I would love to know:

 1.   How well the system has been received at your institution by key
 stakeholders (end users, IT, finance).

 2.   What key strengths and weaknesses have been observed.

 3.   What the hosting model is. Has anyone used a cloud solution?

 Your insights are much appreciated. Thanks!


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Re: [MCN-L] KWI Cloud POS

[Glen Barnes]

I haven't had any experience with KWI POS but you may want to check out
VendHQ (http://www.vendhq.com) if you haven't already. They are doing some
great things with cloud based POS

Glen


 Message: 2
 Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 18:20:12 +
 From: Blackwell, Katherine k-blackw...@nga.gov
 To: mcn-l@mcn.edu mcn-l@mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] KWI Cloud POS
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 Has anyone used (or considered using) KWI as a point of sales solution in
 their museum shops? KWI is a cloud inventory management and point of sale
 solution.

 http://www.kwi.com/pos/


 Thank you,
 Kate
 202-842-6313



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Re: [MCN-L] High efficiency scanners

[Glen Barnes]

I'm not sure what you have to scan but have you looked at what the Internet
Archive offers? 10 cents a page. https://archive.org/scanning

Brewster Kahle gave a talk at NDF last year and I was very impressed with
their setup. They will be bringing out a DIY $10K scanner this year which
looks like a great option for cheapish, high volume scanning.

Cheers
Glen


 Message: 1
 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:48:20 -0800
 From: Locker, Mark mark.loc...@nike.com
 To: mcn-l@mcn.edu mcn-l@mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] High efficiency scanners
 Message-ID:
 
 00a178ba63486d488b5afd67e61d80bc042f473...@beavertn-svr-vc.nike.com
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

 Hello,

 Anybody have experience with scanning high volumes of material? Looking
 for something that is fast and high quality. Any ideas?

 Thanks
 Mark

 Mark T. Locker
 Data Manager, DNA
 Office: 503.532.3280
 Cell: 503.810.2461
 dna.nike.com


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Re: [MCN-L] handheld GPS devices for recording object locations

[Glen Barnes]

I'm thinking you should just use an app on a smartphone? There are tons
around but it sounds like you need something basic - An app that allows you
to go to a location and record a POI with some form of data and then export
the list. iOS or Android should be fine. Just check how good the GPS unit
is on the device or you could use something like this app which averages
GPS coordinates to give a more accurate location:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.destil.gpsaveraging

So in short save $200 and use what you have in your pocket!

Cheers
Glen

Message: 2
 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:23:37 -0400
 From: Wilson Jarred jarred.wil...@ringling.org
 To: mcn-l@mcn.edu mcn-l@mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] handheld GPS devices for recording object locations
 Message-ID:
 
 00b0a68556ff3c4b89af7ff7ba7314f4010896dd3...@henri.rma.ringling.org
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

 This message also went to the RCAAM list - please excuse any duplication.
 Hi all,
 I want to see if anyone out there has a recommendation for a handheld GPS
 device. We are going to attempt to use GPS coordinates for recording
 specific locations of objects on the grounds of our 66-acre campus. There
 seems to be a few big names in the market (Garmin, for example), and I'm
 thinking of something in the $200-$300 range. But I'm having trouble
 narrowing it down.
 Has anyone researched such equipment and have any advice they would be
 willing to share? Thanks in advance for your help!
 Best,
 Jarred

 Jarred Wilson
 Associate Registrar

 The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
 5401 Bay Shore Road
 Sarasota, FL 34243

 tel. 941-359-5700 x1504
 fax 941-359-7716
 www.ringling.orghttp://www.ringling.org/





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Re: [MCN-L] handheld GPS devices for recording object locations

[Glen Barnes]

Edit: That app did seem like it hadn't been updated in a while. Try:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blogspot.solheimsoftware.gps.location.saverhl=en

I've used Ultra GPS Logger in the past while drive testing some tours;

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flashlight.lite.gps.logger

And try this search on the Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=ultra%20gps%20loggerc=appshl=en

Plenty of options ;-)

Glen


On 12 June 2015 at 09:42, Glen Barnes g...@mytoursapp.com wrote:

 I'm thinking you should just use an app on a smartphone? There are tons
 around but it sounds like you need something basic - An app that allows you
 to go to a location and record a POI with some form of data and then export
 the list. iOS or Android should be fine. Just check how good the GPS unit
 is on the device or you could use something like this app which averages
 GPS coordinates to give a more accurate location:

 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.destil.gpsaveraging

 So in short save $200 and use what you have in your pocket!

 Cheers
 Glen

 Message: 2
 Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:23:37 -0400
 From: Wilson Jarred jarred.wil...@ringling.org
 To: mcn-l@mcn.edu mcn-l@mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] handheld GPS devices for recording object locations
 Message-ID:
 
 00b0a68556ff3c4b89af7ff7ba7314f4010896dd3...@henri.rma.ringling.org
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

 This message also went to the RCAAM list - please excuse any duplication.
 Hi all,
 I want to see if anyone out there has a recommendation for a handheld GPS
 device. We are going to attempt to use GPS coordinates for recording
 specific locations of objects on the grounds of our 66-acre campus. There
 seems to be a few big names in the market (Garmin, for example), and I'm
 thinking of something in the $200-$300 range. But I'm having trouble
 narrowing it down.
 Has anyone researched such equipment and have any advice they would be
 willing to share? Thanks in advance for your help!
 Best,
 Jarred

 Jarred Wilson
 Associate Registrar

 The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
 5401 Bay Shore Road
 Sarasota, FL 34243

 tel. 941-359-5700 x1504
 fax 941-359-7716
 www.ringling.orghttp://www.ringling.org/






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Re: [MCN-L] Data-driven museum maps?

[Glen Barnes]

I do a bit of work on OSM in New Zealand but haven't yet done anything for
indoors. I'm not sure OSM is really the right tool for the job although
there have been several attempts -
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Indoor_Mapping#Projects

Since I last checked the IndoorGML spec has been published which looks
interesting - http://indoorgml.net.

In terms of delivery of maps MapBox seem to be the only ones doing
interesting open source stuff and storage in MBTiles seems like the way to
go.

I would be interested to see where you get with your project. Feel free to
ping me offline.

Thanks

Glen Barnes
Founder/CEO
e: g...@mytoursapp.com
p: +64 (9) 3600 617
m: +64 (21) 0429 471



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 Message: 1
 Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:37:04 -0500
 From: Douglas Hegley dheg...@artsmia.org
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l@mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] Data-driven museum maps?
 Message-ID:
 CAAFdUp=3yJ3tmJ6GnXU_m9LHMY1V82WDQhUdYBBR9unOT=
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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

 Question: Any museums out there using Open Street Map or another
 data-driven model for gallery maps? If so, let's collaborate - on process,
 delivery mechanisms, update methods, etc.
 Thx,
 Douglas Hegley
 Director of Media and Technology
 Minneapolis Institute of Arts
 2400 Third Avenue South
 Minneapolis, MN 55404
 (612) 870-3072 | dheg...@artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org

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Re: [MCN-L] CZur book/document scanner Indiegogo

[Glen Barnes]

We’ve just ordered one to test out. I’ve got a DIY Bookscanner kit which
I’m just getting my head around and it will be interesting to see how this
scanner pans out. I’m really interested in using cheap but good hardware
for digitising local heritage. I do wonder how hackable it will be in terms
of storing images locally and coming up with your own workflow but for $200
it is worth a punt.

I will post something when we finally get a hold of it.

Thanks
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:33:21 -0800
> From: Perian <per...@emphatic.org>
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
> Subject: [MCN-L] CZur book/document scanner Indiegogo
> Message-ID: <56441691.1000...@emphatic.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> Has anyone else looked at this $200 scanner? It's a little different
> than the formats we've seen previously, and promises to offer some
> automatic OCR, image cleanup, straightening and trimming features.
>
>
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/czur-scanner-build-your-own-digital-library#/
>
> Really interested to know what you folks think.
>
> ~P
>
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[MCN-L] Cases for Android devices

[Glen Barnes]

Hi All,

There seems to be a few options for protective cases for iPods and iPads
around but I haven’t had any luck finding cases for Android devices. Does
anybody know of decent protective cases for rental devices for Android
based devices? We haven’t selected any hardware yet so it could be for any
reasonably modern phone/tablet. Also charging solutions that would work for
multiple Android devices would be good.

And recommendations appreciated!

Thanks
Glen Barnes
Founder/CEO
e: g...@mytoursapp.com
p: +64 (9) 3600 617
m: +64 (21) 0429 471
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Re: [MCN-L] Online Collections Tagging

[Glen Barnes]

We’ve just done some initial testing with Clarifai
 for
auto-tagging images. The tags are not 100% but I think there is an
opportunity there to tag using something Clarifai and present these tags to
users - “Do any of these tags describe the work? painting, barn, landscape,
tractor”

They have 5000/month free plan which is good for testing. I would be
interested to see if others have had any experience with this or similar
systems.

Cheers
Glen




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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:51:03 +
> From: "Sternbergh, Margaret" 
> To: "mcn-l@mcn.edu" 
> Subject: [MCN-L] Online Collections Tagging
> Message-ID:
> <288c230cb6b86d4d91e9dbc5e7de06329efa5...@mfah-ex-mail01.mfah.local
> >
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Having recently made our collections available online for viewing and
> searching, we are beginning to determine next steps to make the database
> more useful. One priority is tagging the collection for context (style, art
> movement, etc), material (wood, metal, etc) and other useful searchable
> terms. We'd like to learn from other institutions who have recently
> embarked on such a project. If you have undertaken a tagging project and
> would be available to answer a few questions of from our registration team,
> please be in touch.
>
> Thanks!
> Margaret
>
> Margaret Sternbergh
>
> Manager of Gallery Interpretation
> The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
> P.O. Box 6826
> Houston, Texas 77265-6826
> 713.639.7749
> msternbe...@mfah.org
>
> www.mfah.org
>
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Re: [MCN-L] Online Collections Tagging

[Glen Barnes]

Hi Ntae,

I hadn’t but just tried with one image and the results weren’t as good. I
will take a closer look though. The great thing about Clarifai is that
there is transparent pricing on their website and self serve signup.
Alchemy allows you to get a dev key easily enough but upgrading is a
“Contact Sales” scenario.

Cheers for the link.

Glen

Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 19:17:41 -0600
> From: Nate Solas <homebre...@gmail.com>
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Online Collections Tagging
> Message-ID:
> <
> caff-f5pcahhctmmyuqr-xacxqvto6p0bo7nnx2+ns46kkht...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Have you looked at Alchemy API? Recently acquired by IBM's Watson unit,
> they do decent image recognition.
> Nate
> On Nov 16, 2015 6:05 PM, "Glen Barnes" <g...@mytoursapp.com> wrote:
>
> > We?ve just done some initial testing with Clarifai
> > <http://www.clarifai.com> for
> > auto-tagging images. The tags are not 100% but I think there is an
> > opportunity there to tag using something Clarifai and present these tags
> to
> > users - ?Do any of these tags describe the work? painting, barn,
> landscape,
> > tractor?
> >
> > They have 5000/month free plan which is good for testing. I would be
> > interested to see if others have had any experience with this or similar
> > systems.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Glen
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [MCN-L] data archiving (Matt Wheeler)

[Glen Barnes]

The base _costs_ for online storage through Amazon s3 is ~$370/year. Plus
there are costs for pushing data into and out of the archive, another
copying in Amazon Glacier, plus developing the archival software so
$1200-$2000/year isn’t too bad but can be expensive for smaller
organisations.

You could try and roll something yourself if you basically wanted multiple
copies stored offsite. I would look at Amazon Glaicer + another storage
option that can have more on demand access. Backblaze have launched their
cloud offering at $0.005/GB month which comes out at $62/year for storage
with free upload. Add Amazon Glacier at $82/year and you have quite
reasonably priced storage across 2 different cloud providers.

You would have to manage all of the _preservation_ aspects yourself but the
storage becomes quite cheap in this scenario.

Thanks
Glen


> Good evening. In trying to come up with a long-term preservation plan for
> digital image master files, we've spoken to reps at a few digital
> repositories which offer professional services, but at a higher per-TB
> annual storage cost than our small museum can afford (anywhere from
> $1200-$2000/TB/year). Are there reputable archives with lower fees? I'm not
> sure where to begin looking. Thanks for any insight.
>
> Best regards, Matt
>
> --
> Matt Wheeler,
> Photography Archives,
> Penobscot Marine Museum
> Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211
> 5 Church Street, PO Box 498
> Searsport, Maine 04974
>
>
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[MCN-L] Metadata description language

[Glen Barnes]

I’m looking for any good examples of metadata description languages that
would allow a user to define the data fields, validation and forms for
different records. I’ve come across this article
<https://www.box.com/blog/designing-metadata-templates-to-evolve-a-technical-overview/>
about how Box approached the problem and we’re looking for something
similar that is open source.

Has anybody had any experience with this in the sector or know of any good
implementations?

Cheers
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Founder/CEO
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[MCN-L] Class Booking Systems

[Glen Barnes]

Hi,

We have some smaller customers who are looking for a class/group booking
system. One of them is currently using Timely <http://www.gettimely.com> but
their class booking system isn’t that great (their platform is more geared
towards 1-1 bookings).

Does anybody know of a simple, affordable, SaaS based class/group booking
system for smaller organisations? My Google-foo eludes me ;-)

Cheers
Glen Barnes
Founder/CEO
e: g...@mytoursapp.com
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Re: [MCN-L] Translation Services

[Glen Barnes]

We use iTours Australia/China Digital for our translations -
http://www.itoursaustralia.com.au. They are specialists in interpretative
content and do a great job.

For our app work (menu’s, etc.) and any small one off work (say a single
page with quick turnaround) we use Gengo - https://gengo.com. You can’t
beat it for speed and price and the quality seems to be OK.

We also use Transifex to manage our translations for our apps -
https://www.transifex.com.

Cheers
Glen



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> Message: 12
> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:47:57 +
> From: "Sweeting III, Floyd" 
> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv (mcn-l@mcn.edu)" 
> Subject: [MCN-L] Translation Services
> Message-ID: 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Thanks for all your responses about apps vs mobile web and loaning ipods
> to visitors.
>
> Do any of you use foreign language translation services? Recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Floyd Thomas Sweeting III
> Head, Technology & Digital Media
>
> THE FRICK COLLECTION
> 1 East 70th Street
> New York, NY   10021
>
> (212) 547-6889 tel
> (212) 547-0708 fax
>
> www.frick.org
>
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[MCN-L] Android Rental Devices

[Glen Barnes]

Following on from the iPod rental discussion…

Has anybody used Android devices as rentals? If so what device, cover and
charging solution did you choose?

Cheers
Glen Barnes
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Re: [MCN-L] Platform for accessing text, images and videos in gallery spaces

[Glen Barnes]

There are plenty of different apps for iOS and Android that will allow you
to create interactive ‘presentations’ that can be run on kiosks or you can
use something like Kiosk Pro (http://www.kioskproapp.com) and author your
content as HTML and lock down the device.

In terms of devices, define affordable :-). If you can stretch to iPads
then you can get the new iPad for $329. You can get Android tablets cheaper
but just make sure you test them out first and see if they work for what
you want. Quality varies widely but check AliExpress for some options -
https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-Android-tablet.html?site=glo_id=SB_20170402135023=Android+tablet=200216621=y

Cheers
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> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 22:06:19 +
> From: Molly Wilmoth <molly.wilm...@wshs.wa.gov>
> To: "mcn-l@mcn.edu" <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
> Subject: [MCN-L] Platform for accessing text,   images and videos in
> gallery spaces
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Greetings!
>
> I'm brand new to the listserv but was directed by a colleague who says you
> are the folks in the know!
>
> Our exhibit spaces are rather outdated.  One space in particular is
> intended to be a highly interactive and hands-on environment for
> facilitated field trip groups.  However, we have adapted the activities
> hosted in the space as many of the exhibit elements are no longer function
> or relevant to current methods of teaching students how to behave as
> historians.
>
> We have four computer kiosks with outdated CPUs and touch screens.  We
> hoped to update these kiosks with new software, at least, that could host
> simply some text as well as images and videos from our collections.  The
> software would not need to link directly to our collections database, we
> would just need to be able to create something interactive from newly
> created files.
>
> Can anyone recommend any software and/or accompanying hardware for this
> type of highly interactive space?  And of course, on a budget? :)
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Molly Wilmoth
> Lead Program Manager
> Washington State Historical Society
> 1911 Pacific Avenue   |   Tacoma, WA 98402
> T: 253-798-5926   |   F: 253-272-9518
> molly.wilm...@wshs.wa.gov<mailto:molly.wilm...@wshs.wa.gov>
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Re: [MCN-L] Managing and storing video content for website

[Glen Barnes]

So we don’t manage a museum website but we do manage 1000’s of audio and
video clips at My Tours. We use Amazon s3
<https://aws.amazon.com/s3/?nc2=h_m1> for storage (Backed up to Backblaze B2
<https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html>) and Amazon Elastic
Transcoder <https://aws.amazon.com/elastictranscoder/?nc2=h_m1> for
converting the source content into different formats (streaming, HD and SD
download, etc.).

We also use Amazon CloudFront <https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/?nc2=h_m1>
as the CDN to serve it all up. You can hook it all up so that as soon as
you drop the source file into S3 the ElasticTranscoder does its thing so
not a lot of set up required.

Cheers
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Founder/CEO
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m: +64 (21) 0429 471


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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 12:52:41 +
> From: "Goble, Lisa" <go...@frick.org>
> To: "mcn-l@mcn.edu" <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
> Subject: [MCN-L] Managing and storing video content for website
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> Hello All,
>
> I'm interested to know what other institutions use in terms of managing
> and storing video content on their websites (rather than embedding from a
> video sharing site like YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)  It seems like we can go with
> a few different options. Are you using CDNs (Content Delivery Networks)?
> Cloud-hosted video solutions? Self-hosted? What works best? We are using
> Drupal.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Lisa Candage Goble
> Media Producer
> The Frick Collection
> 1 East 70th Street
> New York, NY 10021
> 212-547-6892
> go...@frick.org
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Re: [MCN-L] Examples of augmented reality in museums

[Glen Barnes]

I don’t know what others on this list think but this post seems like
blatant advertising? As a vendor myself I am very careful to only post
response to questions where we can add value to a discussion. I would hate
to see this discussion list to turn into a LinkedIn group ;-)

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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 21:43:32 -0400
> From: Neil Mathew <n...@vertical.ai>
> To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
> Subject: [MCN-L] Examples of augmented reality in museums

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> Hi everyone,
>
> With the recent surge of interest in augmented reality (AR) I thought I
> would share some examples of the ways museums I work with have adopted AR
> so far.
>
> If you're not sure what AR is, here's a quick video:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB7dUyxDjgQ
>
> Basically, it lets you create the illusion of digital content overlaid on
> the physical world when viewed through a phone's camera. It means you can
> drop virtual content on physical artifacts or paintings and let visitors
> view it through their phones.
>
> *A few ways it's been used so far:*
> 1. Digital placards - Augmented reality placards let you create multimedia
> placards, with personalized content that would never be possible with
> paper.
>
> 2. Interactive self-guided tours - augmented reality lets you create
> digital guided tours without any beacons. i.e. the next generation audio
> tour.
>
> 3. Scavenger hunts - AR lets you play games like Pokemon go indoors in any
> exhibit space.
>
> *Here's another video to make this clear*
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z77Idbx-_C0
>
> I hope you all enjoyed this! If you have any questions about how you could
> leverage Augmented reality in your own space, don't hesitate to shoot me
> your questions! This is what I do all day :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> *Neil Mathew*
> CEO | Vertical <http://vertical.ai/placenote>
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Re: [MCN-L] Preparing for quickly approaching GDPR deadline

[Glen Barnes]

"The GDPR not only applies to organisations located within the EU but it
will also apply to organisations located outside of the EU if they offer
goods or services to, or monitor the behaviour of, EU data subjects. It
applies to all companies processing and holding the personal data of data
subjects residing in the European Union, regardless of the company’s
location.”

If you collect data on an EU resident it counts. We have had to abide by
rules the US has pushed on the rest of the world in relation to money
laundering, travel and other areas for years. Our bank is making small
businesses in NZ who have no business outside of the local community fill
out forms declaring US based income, etc. (See FACTA:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/79049481/thousands-of-bank-customers-called-on-to-reveal-us-connections
)

The US is about to get a taste of its own medicine ;-) So yeah, welcome to
the club!

Cheers
Glen Barnes
CEO/Founder
Authentic - Home of My Tours, Curtis, STQRY and 7scenes
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e: g...@getauthentic.io
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 11:33:45 -0800
> From: Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org>
> To: "mcn-l@mcn.edu" <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Preparing for quickly approaching GDPR deadline
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> James - I don?t think that is right otherwise every business in the U.S.
> would be potentially liable.
> -nik
>
> 
>
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[MCN-L] Bulk charging stations

[Glen Barnes]

Apart from the Parat Solutions charging bays/cases has anybody had any
experiences with other vendors? Who else is out there that supplies this
type of equipment? Looking for something iPod Touch and also something
Android (for outdoor stuff that needs GPS).

Thanks
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Re: [MCN-L] Multilingual websites (Amalyah Keshet)

[Glen Barnes]

>
>   Less so for exhibition texts, articles, and deep content, but its
> certainly better than nothing.


Just a word of caution here for interpretative text.

IMHO nothing is better than machine translation if dealing with culturally
significant text. Do you really want to trust a machine to translate
nuanced interpretation about ethnic cleansing or colonisation? This may
land your organisation in some sticky situations if the translations
somehow trivialised certain historical events.

Cheers
Glen
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