And also please see Wired, The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet, http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip/
Cheers, Alan Newman National Gallery of Art On 8/12/10 2:30 PM, "museumpods at gmail.com" <museumpods at gmail.com> wrote: > I think museums still need traditional Internet 'surfing' websites but they > should also be converted to be mobile ready. > > A few easy cost-effective steps to make your website mobile ready. > > 1. Go to this site http://bit.ly/10d8NN where you can insert your existing > URL to check how mobile ready it is. > > 2. Your website may be fully compatible to be mobile ready, if not, use the > recommendations to redesign and make your existing site more mobile ready. > > 3. Buy a .Mobi domain name for your museum and it will automatically > convert your website to mobile ready. Use the domain on your social sites > like facebook as a link or on mobile apps (iPhones/Androids...) if you plan > on developing any. > > This process works really well and doesn't cost much to implement unless you > have to do a lot of redesign to your existing website like removing a lot of > Flash or something. > > If your website isn't mobile compatible you are missing out on a large > amount of people surfing the Internet and social sites with hand-held > devices. > > Best, > Kurt Stuchell > MuseumPods > stuchell at museumpods.com > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephanie Weaver" <sweaver at experienceology.com> > To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:44 PM > Subject: [MCN-L] "Do we still need websites?" > > >> Great article in Advertising Age online by Pete Blackshaw about the >> role of websites (as brand anchors) in this new social media world: >> http://adage.com/cmostrategy/article?article_id=145351 >> >> Best, >> >> >> Stephanie Weaver >> Visitor experience consultant >> experienceology: Because happy visitors return. >> San Diego, CA >> >> For information on our book, blog, podcast, upcoming classes, and e- >> news, visit www.experienceology.com or follow me on twitter.com/ >> experienceology. See samples of my classes here: >> www.youtube.com/experienceology >> . Watch the free archived version of my class on the visitor >> experience here: http://bit.ly/NlunE >> >> Upcoming presentations: >> Downey City Library: August 13, 2010 >> Heard Museum & Phoenix Zoo: October 6, 2010 >> Western Museums Association: October 2010 >> >> Past presentations: >> AAM TIE Online conference plenary session: June 2010 >> American Association of Museums: May 2010 >> Tijuana Estuary docent training: April 2010 >> California Association of Museums/CERA Salon: March 2010 >> Ass'n of Partners for Public Lands: February 2010 >> UCLA Extension: January 2010 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/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 > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
