We've just started tweeting at the Smithsonian American Art Museum - first our Lunder Conservation Center team started sending out updates on artworks in conservation (http://twitter.com/lunder), and then we added a stream of current events (http://twitter.com/americanart). Both feed through to the EyeLevel Blog (http://eyelevel.si.edu/), and from there into Facebook (AmericanArt Renwick & place page Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and the Renwick Gallery) - or that's the idea. The app seems a little cranky about auto-refreshing. If anyone has suggestions for a better way to automate such feeds on Facebook, we'd love to hear them!
Many thanks, Nancy Nancy Proctor Head of New Media Initiatives Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) MRC 970 PO Box 37012 Washington DC 20013-7012 USA o: +1-202-633-8439 f: +1-202-633-8455 c: +1-301-642-6257 proctorn at si.edu http://www.americanart.si.edu http://eyelevel.si.edu/ On 9/18/08 3:00 PM, "mcn-l-request at mcn.edu" <mcn-l-request at mcn.edu> wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-request at mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Twitter? (Perian Sully) > 2. Re: Twitter? (Anna Holloway) > 3. Re: Twitter? (Deborah Wythe) > 4. Re: Twitter? (Stan Orchard) > 5. Re: Twitter? (Smith, Koven) > 6. Re: Twitter? (Chuck Patch) > 7. FW: music file search based on ...a hummed snippet? > (akeshet at imj.org.il) > 8. Re: Twitter? (Beck Tench) > 9. Omeka (Julia Baldini) > 10. new JPEG 2000 open source server (Christopher J. Mackie) > 11. Re: Twitter? (Jim Spadaccini) > 12. Re: Twitter? (Nina Simon) > 13. Re: Twitter? (Beth Kanter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:11:56 -0700 > From: "Perian Sully" <psully at magnes.org> > Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <AD775DE5635C2042BF1DCB7EED36A83B528182 at jlm-net.jlm.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your institutions > using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it > myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. > > > > How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you and > your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? How > have you found this to be effective? > > > > Thanks in advance for any help or insight! > > > > Perian Sully > > Collection Information and New Media Coordinator > > Judah L. Magnes Museum > > 2911 Russell St. > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > http://www.magnes.org > > http://www.musematic.org > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:18:58 -0400 > From: "Anna Holloway" <AHolloway at marinersmuseum.org> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <419F10D4185BC14BAF9056D59B7355260320312E at data3.tmm.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > We've experimented with Twitter, Pounce, Tumblr and Plurk - but only as > a means for communicating with staff and interns to this point. We're > hoping to launch a Mariners' tweet later in the fall - but so far we've > only used it internally. > > That said, there's definite potential there to keep visitors/members > engaged! > > > > Anna Holloway, Vice President, Collections & Programs > The Mariners' Museum > 757-591-7740 > 757-591-7312 (fax) > > The USS Monitor Center - Now Open!!! > An Ironclad Promise of Adventure > visit us at www.marinersmuseum.org > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Perian Sully > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:12 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? > > Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your institutions > using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it > myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. > > > > How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you and > your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? How > have you found this to be effective? > > > > Thanks in advance for any help or insight! > > > > Perian Sully > > Collection Information and New Media Coordinator > > Judah L. Magnes Museum > > 2911 Russell St. > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > http://www.magnes.org > > http://www.musematic.org > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:24:07 -0400 > From: Deborah Wythe <deborahwythe at hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Cc: shelley.bernstein at brooklynmuseum.org > Message-ID: <BLU126-W35767DFB18BC5D6FDF8EC8CF4C0 at phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > > Hi Perian, > Here's a post about Twitter at the Brooklyn Museum, back in fall 2007. Not > sure what's going on at the moment. > http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers/2007/10/08/twitte > r/ > Deb Wythe > Brooklyn Museumdeborahwythe at hotmail.com > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:11:56 > -0700> From: psully at magnes.org> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu> Subject: [MCN-L] > Twitter?> > > Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your institutions> > using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it> myself, > and only just set up an account to try and check it out.> > > > How is it > working for you? Is it one-way communication between you and> your followers, > or are they able to interact with you in some way? How> have you found this to > be effective?> > > > Thanks in advance for any help or insight!> > > > Perian > Sully> > Collection Information and New Media Coordinator> > Judah L. Magnes > Museum> > 2911 Russell St.> > Berkeley, CA 94705> > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357> > > Fax: 510-849-3673> > http://www.magnes.org> > http://www.musematic.org> > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org> > > > > _______________________________________________> You are currently subscribed > to mcn-l, the listserv of t > he Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu)> > To post to this list, send > messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu> > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery > options > visit:> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > _________________________________________________________________ > Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn ?10 hidden secrets? from Jamie. > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F > 681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:36:10 -0700 > From: Stan Orchard <stanorchard at mac.com> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <64FD5673-9A78-4B19-B93F-FBC46189E08F at mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > LOVE Twitter! We (me) now do two twitter streams. One general news, > occasional science news, reminders, even gave away some tickets and > other items. The other stream is a daily science calendar item. We've > had great response and have gotten good feedback from some users. See > MuseumTweets. She is a Univ. of Wash. museology grad student doing her > thesis on museum use of twitter and has compiled a good list. Twitter > is addictive, fun, informative, evolving. > > http://twitter.com/museumtweets > http://twitter.com/pacsci > http://twitter.com/sciencecalendar > http://twitter.com/stanorchard > > Stan Orchard > Pacific Science Center > > On Sep 17, 2008, at 9/17/082:11 PM, Perian Sully wrote: > >> Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your >> institutions >> using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it >> myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. >> >> >> >> How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you and >> your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? How >> have you found this to be effective? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for any help or insight! >> >> >> >> Perian Sully >> >> Collection Information and New Media Coordinator >> >> Judah L. Magnes Museum >> >> 2911 Russell St. >> >> Berkeley, CA 94705 >> >> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 >> >> Fax: 510-849-3673 >> >> http://www.magnes.org >> >> http://www.musematic.org >> >> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:40:18 -0400 > From: "Smith, Koven" <Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <28FD664987125B47BE7F43488685EDC71629F256 at E2KVS2.metmuseum.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > The Brooklyn Museum (@brooklynmuseum) and Columbus Museum of Art > (@columbusmuseum) are both using Twitter to communicate with their > audiences. Brooklyn Museum's stream has pointed me to some really > interesting stuff over the past year. > > Incidentally, I've been playing with Twitter Stream Graphs of late, > which is actually how I discovered the Columbus Museum of Art's stream: > http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php Twitter > Stream Graphs parses out the relevant concepts from tweets, aggregates > them, and graphs them over time, so you can see what people are posting > about and when. I graphed "Metropolitan Museum of Art" just to see what > was interesting about us to the Twitter community, and found a relative > paucity of postings until the opening of the Poiret show in late August, > then a settling down again, followed by a huge explosion in postings > when our new director was named. > > I guess it's a little geeky, but still really fascinating. > > Koven J. Smith > Associate Manager of Interpretive Technology > The Metropolitan Museum of Art > 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 > (212) 396-5063 > koven.smith at metmuseum.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Anna Holloway > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:19 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > > We've experimented with Twitter, Pounce, Tumblr and Plurk - but only as > a means for communicating with staff and interns to this point. We're > hoping to launch a Mariners' tweet later in the fall - but so far we've > only used it internally. > > That said, there's definite potential there to keep visitors/members > engaged! > > > > Anna Holloway, Vice President, Collections & Programs The Mariners' > Museum 757-591-7740 > 757-591-7312 (fax) > > The USS Monitor Center - Now Open!!! > An Ironclad Promise of Adventure > visit us at www.marinersmuseum.org > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Perian Sully > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:12 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? > > Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your institutions > using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it > myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. > > > > How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you and > your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? How > have you found this to be effective? > > > > Thanks in advance for any help or insight! > > > > Perian Sully > > Collection Information and New Media Coordinator > > Judah L. Magnes Museum > > 2911 Russell St. > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > http://www.magnes.org > > http://www.musematic.org > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:05:48 -0400 > From: "Chuck Patch" <chuck.patch at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <639de3630809171505l6389b60i732c0c50106e10b9 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Perian, > > One potential use of Twitter that may only be relevant to folks living in > disaster-prone areas is for post -disaster communications. I wish we had > this following Katrina a few years ago when the cell network was on its > knees for weeks. Here's a video that describes its use for that purpose: > > http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2<https://204.213.35.27/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http > ://tinyurl.com/yq93w2> > > Chuck Patch > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Smith, Koven > <Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org>wrote: > >> The Brooklyn Museum (@brooklynmuseum) and Columbus Museum of Art >> (@columbusmuseum) are both using Twitter to communicate with their >> audiences. Brooklyn Museum's stream has pointed me to some really >> interesting stuff over the past year. >> >> Incidentally, I've been playing with Twitter Stream Graphs of late, >> which is actually how I discovered the Columbus Museum of Art's stream: >> http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php Twitter >> Stream Graphs parses out the relevant concepts from tweets, aggregates >> them, and graphs them over time, so you can see what people are posting >> about and when. I graphed "Metropolitan Museum of Art" just to see what >> was interesting about us to the Twitter community, and found a relative >> paucity of postings until the opening of the Poiret show in late August, >> then a settling down again, followed by a huge explosion in postings >> when our new director was named. >> >> I guess it's a little geeky, but still really fascinating. >> >> Koven J. Smith >> Associate Manager of Interpretive Technology >> The Metropolitan Museum of Art >> 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 >> (212) 396-5063 >> koven.smith at metmuseum.org >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >> Anna Holloway >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:19 PM >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? >> >> We've experimented with Twitter, Pounce, Tumblr and Plurk - but only as >> a means for communicating with staff and interns to this point. We're >> hoping to launch a Mariners' tweet later in the fall - but so far we've >> only used it internally. >> >> That said, there's definite potential there to keep visitors/members >> engaged! >> >> >> >> Anna Holloway, Vice President, Collections & Programs The Mariners' >> Museum 757-591-7740 >> 757-591-7312 (fax) >> >> The USS Monitor Center - Now Open!!! >> An Ironclad Promise of Adventure >> visit us at www.marinersmuseum.org >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >> Perian Sully >> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:12 PM >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >> Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? >> >> Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your institutions >> using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it >> myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. >> >> >> >> How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you and >> your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? How >> have you found this to be effective? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for any help or insight! >> >> >> >> Perian Sully >> >> Collection Information and New Media Coordinator >> >> Judah L. Magnes Museum >> >> 2911 Russell St. >> >> Berkeley, CA 94705 >> >> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 >> >> Fax: 510-849-3673 >> >> http://www.magnes.org >> >> http://www.musematic.org >> >> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:47:21 +0200 > From: <akeshet at imj.org.il> > Subject: [MCN-L] FW: music file search based on ...a hummed snippet? > To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <149FDECF7500014B85D070C43C708BE7A6612B at mail3.imj.org.il> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Below, one of those cool things that just drop into the inbox and > jump-start the day, like a strong cup of coffee. As it says, > "Musicologically engaged computer scientists take note!" Also music > archivists. > Amayah Keshet > > > ________________________________ > > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Humanist Discussion Group willard.mccarty at MCCARTY.ORG.UK > > > Midomi finds music by taking a sample that you hum, sing or > get from the immediate environment or whose artist or title > you speak; once the music is found (often in multiple > versions) it gives you a snippet to play and, if you wish, > connects you to iTunes so that you can buy the music. Of > course there are problems, esp if you cannot carry a tune. > Sometimes what Midomi finds is not what you sang or hummed but > something related, it may seem -- by genre? by mood? (BTW, > Midomi is free. Thanks to Chris Chesher for showing me this > one.) Musicologically engaged computer scientists take note! > > In an interview published in Ubiquity > (http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/interviews/t_winograd_1.html), > Terry Winograd describes his encounter with what we now do > every day: > >> What surprised me, which Google was part of, is that >> superficial search techniques over large bodies of stuff could >> get you what you wanted. I grew up in the AI tradition, where >> you have a complete conceptual model, and the information >> retrieval tradition, where you have complex vectors of key >> terms and Boolean queries. The idea that you can index >> billions of pages and look for a word and get what you want >> is quite a trick. To put it in more abstract terms, it's the >> power of using simple techniques over very large numbers >> versus doing carefully constructed systematic analysis. > > As I am fond of pointing out the basic idea was envisioned in > the late 1970s by a Bell Northern engineer, Gordon B Thompson > ("a man of wit and original mind"), and published in "Memo > from Mercury: Information technology is different" by the > Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal (June 1979). > What I take that idea to be is, I suppose, part of the > argument for augmenting human capacities rather than trying to > replace them: that searching could be made enormously more > powerful by combining traces of human intelligence with > machine processing. In the case of Midomi, the trace in > question is embodied knowledge of the music one wants to find > or the music itself. > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:25:45 -0400 > From: "Beck Tench" <beck.tench at ncmls.org> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <ef561bb50809180525r7b35ece7k3e6d5be2e75a430e at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > We're using Twitter at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. > I'm trying to make it a "what it's like to be at the museum everyday" > snack bite of information. We've got about 70 followers in a little > over two months. > > I've tweeted with a visitor while he was here and we ran a #hanna > tweet experiment, asking folks to tweet their weather conditions using > the Beaufort scale (which is something we have an exhibit on). We've > also had a retweet of a particularly funny animal dept. blog post and > I have tracked traffic on our site relative to tweet days/times and > we're seeing small spikes. > > http://twitter.com/lifeandscience > > Small successes, but they've all been "feel good" ones. > > Beck Tench > Director of Web Experience > Museum of Life + Science > http://lifeandscience.org > (919) 475-3421 > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Chuck Patch <chuck.patch at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Perian, >> >> One potential use of Twitter that may only be relevant to folks living in >> disaster-prone areas is for post -disaster communications. I wish we had >> this following Katrina a few years ago when the cell network was on its >> knees for weeks. Here's a video that describes its use for that purpose: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2<https://204.213.35.27/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=htt >> p://tinyurl.com/yq93w2> >> >> Chuck Patch >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Smith, Koven >> <Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org>wrote: >> >>> The Brooklyn Museum (@brooklynmuseum) and Columbus Museum of Art >>> (@columbusmuseum) are both using Twitter to communicate with their >>> audiences. Brooklyn Museum's stream has pointed me to some really >>> interesting stuff over the past year. >>> >>> Incidentally, I've been playing with Twitter Stream Graphs of late, >>> which is actually how I discovered the Columbus Museum of Art's stream: >>> http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php Twitter >>> Stream Graphs parses out the relevant concepts from tweets, aggregates >>> them, and graphs them over time, so you can see what people are posting >>> about and when. I graphed "Metropolitan Museum of Art" just to see what >>> was interesting about us to the Twitter community, and found a relative >>> paucity of postings until the opening of the Poiret show in late August, >>> then a settling down again, followed by a huge explosion in postings >>> when our new director was named. >>> >>> I guess it's a little geeky, but still really fascinating. >>> >>> Koven J. Smith >>> Associate Manager of Interpretive Technology >>> The Metropolitan Museum of Art >>> 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 >>> (212) 396-5063 >>> koven.smith at metmuseum.org >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf >>> Of >>> Anna Holloway >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:19 PM >>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>> >>> We've experimented with Twitter, Pounce, Tumblr and Plurk - but only as >>> a means for communicating with staff and interns to this point. We're >>> hoping to launch a Mariners' tweet later in the fall - but so far we've >>> only used it internally. >>> >>> That said, there's definite potential there to keep visitors/members >>> engaged! >>> >>> >>> >>> Anna Holloway, Vice President, Collections & Programs The Mariners' >>> Museum 757-591-7740 >>> 757-591-7312 (fax) >>> >>> The USS Monitor Center - Now Open!!! >>> An Ironclad Promise of Adventure >>> visit us at www.marinersmuseum.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf >>> Of >>> Perian Sully >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:12 PM >>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>> Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>> >>> Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your institutions >>> using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it >>> myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. >>> >>> >>> >>> How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you and >>> your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? How >>> have you found this to be effective? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help or insight! >>> >>> >>> >>> Perian Sully >>> >>> Collection Information and New Media Coordinator >>> >>> Judah L. Magnes Museum >>> >>> 2911 Russell St. >>> >>> Berkeley, CA 94705 >>> >>> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 >>> >>> Fax: 510-849-3673 >>> >>> http://www.magnes.org >>> >>> http://www.musematic.org >>> >>> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >>> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:13:37 -0400 > From: "Julia Baldini" <jbaldini at windsorhistoricalsociety.org> > Subject: [MCN-L] Omeka > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <30E3EBB73860F54B8293F04D0784EB221AA2EC at whssvr01.WHS.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I was wondering if any of the museums have used to online exhibit > program Omeka and what are your thoughts? We are a medium-sized museum > looking to do more exhibitions online and have heard of this new > program. Are there other programs on the cheaper side of the scale? > > Thank you! > > Julia Baldini > Windsor Historical Society > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:14:03 -0400 > From: "Christopher J. Mackie" <CJM at mellon.org> > Subject: [MCN-L] new JPEG 2000 open source server > To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <71FF3FD0C999544099745B34E94485160C2221 at ny2exch08.office.share.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Those involved with serving high resolution images may be interested in the > following announcement, of a new, high-performance, standards-compliant open > source JPEG 2000 image server targeted at museum and library collections. > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/september2008-chute > <http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/september2008-chute> > > It's produced by a group at Los Alamos National Labs that is deeply involved > with library and scholarly communications standards work; they're also leaders > in OAI/ORE, among other projects. > > Hope this helps, --Chris > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:03:31 -0600 > From: Jim Spadaccini <jims at ideum.com> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <B8605967-2786-4243-94D9-F5062860FDC7 at ideum.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Everyone, > I did a search for "museum" on Twitter a few weeks back and found > about two dozen museums. I've been on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/jims > ) for about a year or so and frankly haven't done too many updates. > > An interesting way to use Twitter is to set up auto-posting via a > service like TwitterFeed. This will automatically post blog postings > or other information from RSS Feeds. This could be useful for museums > that have RSS feeds for blogs, events, Flickr groups, or dynamic > collections. > > I blogged about Twitter feed two weeks ago. I > http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/09/05/using-twitterfeed-to-update-twitter/ > > TwitterFeed requires OpenID, so you will need to set up an account if > you don't have one already.I use TwitterFeed in conjunction with more > personalize posts. > > Another way to update microblogs is Ping.fm (http://ping.fm/). This > allow you to update multiple accounts simultaneously. > > Best. > > Jim > > Jim Spadaccini > Ideum "ideas + media" > 4895 1/2 Corrales Road > Corrales, NM 87048 > phone: 505-792-1110 > fax: 505-792-1111 > portfolio & blog: http://www.ideum.com > Try RSS Mixer: http://www.rssmixer.com > > > On Sep 18, 2008, at 6:25 AM, Beck Tench wrote: > >> We're using Twitter at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. >> I'm trying to make it a "what it's like to be at the museum everyday" >> snack bite of information. We've got about 70 followers in a little >> over two months. >> >> I've tweeted with a visitor while he was here and we ran a #hanna >> tweet experiment, asking folks to tweet their weather conditions using >> the Beaufort scale (which is something we have an exhibit on). We've >> also had a retweet of a particularly funny animal dept. blog post and >> I have tracked traffic on our site relative to tweet days/times and >> we're seeing small spikes. >> >> http://twitter.com/lifeandscience >> >> Small successes, but they've all been "feel good" ones. >> >> Beck Tench >> Director of Web Experience >> Museum of Life + Science >> http://lifeandscience.org >> (919) 475-3421 >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Chuck Patch <chuck.patch at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Hi Perian, >>> >>> One potential use of Twitter that may only be relevant to folks >>> living in >>> disaster-prone areas is for post -disaster communications. I wish >>> we had >>> this following Katrina a few years ago when the cell network was on >>> its >>> knees for weeks. Here's a video that describes its use for that >>> purpose: >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2<https://204.213.35.27/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=ht >>> tp://tinyurl.com/yq93w2 >>>> >>> >>> Chuck Patch >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Smith, Koven <Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> The Brooklyn Museum (@brooklynmuseum) and Columbus Museum of Art >>>> (@columbusmuseum) are both using Twitter to communicate with their >>>> audiences. Brooklyn Museum's stream has pointed me to some really >>>> interesting stuff over the past year. >>>> >>>> Incidentally, I've been playing with Twitter Stream Graphs of late, >>>> which is actually how I discovered the Columbus Museum of Art's >>>> stream: >>>> http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php >>>> Twitter >>>> Stream Graphs parses out the relevant concepts from tweets, >>>> aggregates >>>> them, and graphs them over time, so you can see what people are >>>> posting >>>> about and when. I graphed "Metropolitan Museum of Art" just to >>>> see what >>>> was interesting about us to the Twitter community, and found a >>>> relative >>>> paucity of postings until the opening of the Poiret show in late >>>> August, >>>> then a settling down again, followed by a huge explosion in postings >>>> when our new director was named. >>>> >>>> I guess it's a little geeky, but still really fascinating. >>>> >>>> Koven J. Smith >>>> Associate Manager of Interpretive Technology >>>> The Metropolitan Museum of Art >>>> 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 >>>> (212) 396-5063 >>>> koven.smith at metmuseum.org >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On >>>> Behalf Of >>>> Anna Holloway >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:19 PM >>>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>>> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>>> >>>> We've experimented with Twitter, Pounce, Tumblr and Plurk - but >>>> only as >>>> a means for communicating with staff and interns to this point. >>>> We're >>>> hoping to launch a Mariners' tweet later in the fall - but so far >>>> we've >>>> only used it internally. >>>> >>>> That said, there's definite potential there to keep visitors/members >>>> engaged! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Anna Holloway, Vice President, Collections & Programs The Mariners' >>>> Museum 757-591-7740 >>>> 757-591-7312 (fax) >>>> >>>> The USS Monitor Center - Now Open!!! >>>> An Ironclad Promise of Adventure >>>> visit us at www.marinersmuseum.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On >>>> Behalf Of >>>> Perian Sully >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:12 PM >>>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>>> Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>>> >>>> Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your >>>> institutions >>>> using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it >>>> myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you >>>> and >>>> your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? >>>> How >>>> have you found this to be effective? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for any help or insight! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Perian Sully >>>> >>>> Collection Information and New Media Coordinator >>>> >>>> Judah L. Magnes Museum >>>> >>>> 2911 Russell St. >>>> >>>> Berkeley, CA 94705 >>>> >>>> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 >>>> >>>> Fax: 510-849-3673 >>>> >>>> http://www.magnes.org >>>> >>>> http://www.musematic.org >>>> >>>> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>> >>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>> >>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>>> Computer >>>> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>> >>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:11:44 -0700 > From: Nina Simon <nina at museumtwo.com> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <0F86BDAD-8AC8-43BE-BD1B-9598A55345C9 at museumtwo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > It's worth checking out Yammer (www.yammer.com), which allows you to > maintain internal micro-blogging by subscribing via email addresses. > It publishes a feed from all who are subscribed, which seems like a > useful way to keep a pulse on goings-on in a company or museum. > > Some things I'd like to see Twitter/micro-blogging used for in museums: > --wade into social media. Twitter is the absolute easiest way a > museum can publish content in Web 2.0. Lowest barrier to entry, no > expectations of frequency, high incentive to join the conversation > rather than just lurking. > --exhibit maintenance. Exhibits could be set up with accounts and > send automated SMS messages when they are not functioning or when > visitors hit a button, etc. > --exhibit feedback. This could be done yammer-style, with each > exhibit given an account and a keyboard, and then you could view all > exhibit feedback from a central feed (in the lobby!) > --update museum "status" of all kinds across the institution. It > would be very easy to use a Twitter feed as a homebase via SMS for > program locations, closing announcements, exciting events that could > be published throughout the galleries. > --live events. twitter is used pretty extraordinarily at some geeky > conferences and concerts. I know this is where Brooklyn had trouble, > but it could be useful if used properly. > > I use it frequently for research to ask for quotes, suggestions, and > resources. It's also really nice that you can use it as a Facebook > update. I'm always surprised that a question posted on Twitter will > receive as many responses via Facebook as through Twitter. But my > real aha moment came months ago when I got trapped in the Dallas > airport, an old friend saw my status change, called me, and offered me > a comfy bed instead of an airport floor for 72 hours. Nothing > professional about it. :) > > Nina > > Nina Simon > Museum 2.0 - www.museumtwo.com > > 831.331.5460 > nina at museumtwo.com > 1040 Mystery Spot Road > Santa Cruz, CA 95065 > skype, twitter, yahooIM, flickr, facebook: ninaksimon > > > > > > On Sep 18, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Jim Spadaccini wrote: > >> Everyone, >> I did a search for "museum" on Twitter a few weeks back and found >> about two dozen museums. I've been on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/jims >> ) for about a year or so and frankly haven't done too many updates. >> >> An interesting way to use Twitter is to set up auto-posting via a >> service like TwitterFeed. This will automatically post blog postings >> or other information from RSS Feeds. This could be useful for museums >> that have RSS feeds for blogs, events, Flickr groups, or dynamic >> collections. >> >> I blogged about Twitter feed two weeks ago. I >> http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/09/05/using-twitterfeed-to-update-twitter/ >> >> TwitterFeed requires OpenID, so you will need to set up an account if >> you don't have one already.I use TwitterFeed in conjunction with more >> personalize posts. >> >> Another way to update microblogs is Ping.fm (http://ping.fm/). This >> allow you to update multiple accounts simultaneously. >> >> Best. >> >> Jim >> >> Jim Spadaccini >> Ideum "ideas + media" >> 4895 1/2 Corrales Road >> Corrales, NM 87048 >> phone: 505-792-1110 >> fax: 505-792-1111 >> portfolio & blog: http://www.ideum.com >> Try RSS Mixer: http://www.rssmixer.com >> >> >> On Sep 18, 2008, at 6:25 AM, Beck Tench wrote: >> >>> We're using Twitter at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. >>> I'm trying to make it a "what it's like to be at the museum everyday" >>> snack bite of information. We've got about 70 followers in a little >>> over two months. >>> >>> I've tweeted with a visitor while he was here and we ran a #hanna >>> tweet experiment, asking folks to tweet their weather conditions >>> using >>> the Beaufort scale (which is something we have an exhibit on). We've >>> also had a retweet of a particularly funny animal dept. blog post and >>> I have tracked traffic on our site relative to tweet days/times and >>> we're seeing small spikes. >>> >>> http://twitter.com/lifeandscience >>> >>> Small successes, but they've all been "feel good" ones. >>> >>> Beck Tench >>> Director of Web Experience >>> Museum of Life + Science >>> http://lifeandscience.org >>> (919) 475-3421 >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Chuck Patch <chuck.patch at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi Perian, >>>> >>>> One potential use of Twitter that may only be relevant to folks >>>> living in >>>> disaster-prone areas is for post -disaster communications. I wish >>>> we had >>>> this following Katrina a few years ago when the cell network was on >>>> its >>>> knees for weeks. Here's a video that describes its use for that >>>> purpose: >>>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2<https://204.213.35.27/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=h >>>> ttp://tinyurl.com/yq93w2 >>>>> >>>> >>>> Chuck Patch >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Smith, Koven <Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org >>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The Brooklyn Museum (@brooklynmuseum) and Columbus Museum of Art >>>>> (@columbusmuseum) are both using Twitter to communicate with their >>>>> audiences. Brooklyn Museum's stream has pointed me to some really >>>>> interesting stuff over the past year. >>>>> >>>>> Incidentally, I've been playing with Twitter Stream Graphs of late, >>>>> which is actually how I discovered the Columbus Museum of Art's >>>>> stream: >>>>> http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php >>>>> Twitter >>>>> Stream Graphs parses out the relevant concepts from tweets, >>>>> aggregates >>>>> them, and graphs them over time, so you can see what people are >>>>> posting >>>>> about and when. I graphed "Metropolitan Museum of Art" just to >>>>> see what >>>>> was interesting about us to the Twitter community, and found a >>>>> relative >>>>> paucity of postings until the opening of the Poiret show in late >>>>> August, >>>>> then a settling down again, followed by a huge explosion in >>>>> postings >>>>> when our new director was named. >>>>> >>>>> I guess it's a little geeky, but still really fascinating. >>>>> >>>>> Koven J. Smith >>>>> Associate Manager of Interpretive Technology >>>>> The Metropolitan Museum of Art >>>>> 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 >>>>> (212) 396-5063 >>>>> koven.smith at metmuseum.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On >>>>> Behalf Of >>>>> Anna Holloway >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:19 PM >>>>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>>>> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>>>> >>>>> We've experimented with Twitter, Pounce, Tumblr and Plurk - but >>>>> only as >>>>> a means for communicating with staff and interns to this point. >>>>> We're >>>>> hoping to launch a Mariners' tweet later in the fall - but so far >>>>> we've >>>>> only used it internally. >>>>> >>>>> That said, there's definite potential there to keep visitors/ >>>>> members >>>>> engaged! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Anna Holloway, Vice President, Collections & Programs The Mariners' >>>>> Museum 757-591-7740 >>>>> 757-591-7312 (fax) >>>>> >>>>> The USS Monitor Center - Now Open!!! >>>>> An Ironclad Promise of Adventure >>>>> visit us at www.marinersmuseum.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On >>>>> Behalf Of >>>>> Perian Sully >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:12 PM >>>>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>>>> Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>>>> >>>>> Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your >>>>> institutions >>>>> using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it >>>>> myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you >>>>> and >>>>> your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? >>>>> How >>>>> have you found this to be effective? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance for any help or insight! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Perian Sully >>>>> >>>>> Collection Information and New Media Coordinator >>>>> >>>>> Judah L. Magnes Museum >>>>> >>>>> 2911 Russell St. >>>>> >>>>> Berkeley, CA 94705 >>>>> >>>>> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 >>>>> >>>>> Fax: 510-849-3673 >>>>> >>>>> http://www.magnes.org >>>>> >>>>> http://www.musematic.org >>>>> >>>>> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>>>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>>> >>>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>>>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>>> >>>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>>>> Computer >>>>> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>>> >>>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>> >>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:59:39 -0400 > From: "Beth Kanter" <beth at bethkanter.org> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <4550b5110809180959t45b38898j272b383eb014d849 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > If anyone is using Twitter for listening, I have a tip sheet here > http://socialmedia-listening.wikispaces.com/Project+1 > > B > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Beck Tench <beck.tench at ncmls.org> wrote: > >> We're using Twitter at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. >> I'm trying to make it a "what it's like to be at the museum everyday" >> snack bite of information. We've got about 70 followers in a little >> over two months. >> >> I've tweeted with a visitor while he was here and we ran a #hanna >> tweet experiment, asking folks to tweet their weather conditions using >> the Beaufort scale (which is something we have an exhibit on). We've >> also had a retweet of a particularly funny animal dept. blog post and >> I have tracked traffic on our site relative to tweet days/times and >> we're seeing small spikes. >> >> http://twitter.com/lifeandscience >> >> Small successes, but they've all been "feel good" ones. >> >> Beck Tench >> Director of Web Experience >> Museum of Life + Science >> http://lifeandscience.org >> (919) 475-3421 >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Chuck Patch <chuck.patch at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Hi Perian, >>> >>> One potential use of Twitter that may only be relevant to folks living in >>> disaster-prone areas is for post -disaster communications. I wish we had >>> this following Katrina a few years ago when the cell network was on its >>> knees for weeks. Here's a video that describes its use for that purpose: >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2< >> https://204.213.35.27/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://tinyurl.com/yq93w2> >>> >>> Chuck Patch >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Smith, Koven <Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The Brooklyn Museum (@brooklynmuseum) and Columbus Museum of Art >>>> (@columbusmuseum) are both using Twitter to communicate with their >>>> audiences. Brooklyn Museum's stream has pointed me to some really >>>> interesting stuff over the past year. >>>> >>>> Incidentally, I've been playing with Twitter Stream Graphs of late, >>>> which is actually how I discovered the Columbus Museum of Art's stream: >>>> http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterStreamGraphs/view.php Twitter >>>> Stream Graphs parses out the relevant concepts from tweets, aggregates >>>> them, and graphs them over time, so you can see what people are posting >>>> about and when. I graphed "Metropolitan Museum of Art" just to see what >>>> was interesting about us to the Twitter community, and found a relative >>>> paucity of postings until the opening of the Poiret show in late August, >>>> then a settling down again, followed by a huge explosion in postings >>>> when our new director was named. >>>> >>>> I guess it's a little geeky, but still really fascinating. >>>> >>>> Koven J. Smith >>>> Associate Manager of Interpretive Technology >>>> The Metropolitan Museum of Art >>>> 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 >>>> (212) 396-5063 >>>> koven.smith at metmuseum.org >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf >>>> Of >>>> Anna Holloway >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:19 PM >>>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>>> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>>> >>>> We've experimented with Twitter, Pounce, Tumblr and Plurk - but only as >>>> a means for communicating with staff and interns to this point. We're >>>> hoping to launch a Mariners' tweet later in the fall - but so far we've >>>> only used it internally. >>>> >>>> That said, there's definite potential there to keep visitors/members >>>> engaged! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Anna Holloway, Vice President, Collections & Programs The Mariners' >>>> Museum 757-591-7740 >>>> 757-591-7312 (fax) >>>> >>>> The USS Monitor Center - Now Open!!! >>>> An Ironclad Promise of Adventure >>>> visit us at www.marinersmuseum.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf >>>> Of >>>> Perian Sully >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:12 PM >>>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >>>> Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter? >>>> >>>> Alright, alright, I'm slow to the game, but are any of your institutions >>>> using Twitter to communicate with your audience? I haven't used it >>>> myself, and only just set up an account to try and check it out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> How is it working for you? Is it one-way communication between you and >>>> your followers, or are they able to interact with you in some way? How >>>> have you found this to be effective? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for any help or insight! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Perian Sully >>>> >>>> Collection Information and New Media Coordinator >>>> >>>> Judah L. Magnes Museum >>>> >>>> 2911 Russell St. >>>> >>>> Berkeley, CA 94705 >>>> >>>> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 >>>> >>>> Fax: 510-849-3673 >>>> >>>> http://www.magnes.org >>>> >>>> http://www.musematic.org >>>> >>>> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>> >>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>> >>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer >>>> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>>> >>>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> > >
