[MCN-L] Touchpads anyone?

2010-08-11 Thread Hanan Cohen
Hello, We are considering the use of a touchpad instead of a trackball in a computerized exhibit in development. Does anyone here have any good/bad experience with touchpads used by the public? What model/s do/did you use? Thanks, Hanan Cohen Webmaster Bloomfield Science Museum

[MCN-L] Job Announcement

2010-08-11 Thread Maggie Hanson
Hello, all! Sorry about the cross-posting, but I have an exciting job opportunity to share. The Portland Art Museum is currently looking for a Digital Assets Manager for a one-year grant funded project. I've attached the job description. Thanks! Maggie

[MCN-L] Job Announcement

2010-08-11 Thread Maggie Hanson
Apologies about the faulty attachment re: Digital Assets Manager position. Please visit our website instead, just to be on the safe side: www.portlandartmuseum.org/join/careers Thanks again! Maggie -Original Message- Hello, all! Sorry about the cross-posting, but I have an exciting

[MCN-L] Environmental measurements on line

2010-08-11 Thread Margarita Lucia Vivas Becerra
Hello everyone, At the National Museum we have some equipment for environmental measurements in the 18 exhibition rooms are brand oaklon, the problem is that in order to know the measurements should be down each of the dataloggers and download the information into a computer, therefore the

[MCN-L] Touchpads anyone?

2010-08-11 Thread Elton Prater
We have six keosks currently running with touch pads as well as 4 trackballs. Most of the time they are great, but they do have a quite a bit higher failure rate than a good trackball. I suspect they are getting static zapped. Of course it may make a difference that we are using consumer grade

[MCN-L] sms message services?

2010-08-11 Thread Ari Davidow
I am convinced that we have some content that would be of interest to some of our members via sms. It's not a big deal, but it could be fun. At the same time, I can't imagine figuring out how to set up something that would handle subscribing/unsubscribing/changing something this far outside of our

[MCN-L] IIT Positions Open at the Museum of Science in Boston

2010-08-11 Thread Marc Check
I am currently seeking to fill the following positions. Please visit http://www.mos.org/visitor_info/about_the_museum/jobs for more information, or to apply. Systems Administrator (2 Open Positions) - ACTIVELY ACCEPTING RESUMES This position will manage, support and implement information