[MCN-L] Museum Computer Network Conference 2009 - on site and online

2009-11-04 Thread MCN Announcements
There is still time to join the Museum Computer Network for its annual 
conference, November 11 through 14, 2009, in Portland, Oregon.  Network 
with your colleagues in the Northwest's "Best Big City" and take part in 
a full range of programming spanning diverse aspects of technology and 
information work in the museum and cultural heritage environment today, 
and covering the topical theme of doing more with less.

View the conference program and register online now at 
http://www.mcn.edu/conferences.  Registrations are also accepted onsite 
at any point during the conference.

NEW THIS YEAR - Online conferencing and session webcasts! Five selected 
MCN 2009 sessions will be webcast free of charge on the open Web. Access 
details will appear at http://www.mcn.edu/mcn2009online by Wednesday, 
11/11/2009. If you like what you see, please consider joining MCN to 
support continuing access to these resources, or joining us in person at 
MCN 2010.

We hope to see you in Portland and beyond!




[MCN-L] GeoCities RIP

2009-11-04 Thread Chad Petrovay
Geocities: a shrine for first generation website design.


Chad Petrovay ?| ?Collections Database Administrator
MIM-Musical Instrument Museum | 8550 S. Priest Drive ?| ?Tempe, AZ 85284 
480.481.2460 main ?| ?480.353.2746 direct | 480.481.2459 fax ?| www.themim.org



-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of 
Perian Sully
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:11 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] GeoCities RIP

Proof that even CSS can be used for evil...

(ow. I have a headache now)

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Morgan, Matt
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 7:12 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] GeoCities RIP

I got a kick out of this translation of an eyeball-searing geocities
page into beautiful CSS:

http://csszengarden.com/?cssfile=http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/zen/sample
.css
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[MCN-L] Bulk email service (for e-newsletters) - advice

2009-11-04 Thread Kathy Amoroso
We use ConstantContact.com.. happy with it and it's simple to use and cost
effective.


Kathy Bolduc Amoroso
Director of Digital Projects 
kamoroso at mainehistory.org or kathy at mainememory.net
Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207)774-1822 x227 |  www.mainehistory.org | www.mainememory.net





[MCN-L] Upcoming MCN 2009 conference info: planning your visit to Portland

2009-11-04 Thread Christina DePaolo
Dear MCN-L:
For those of you who are attending the conference, you will find information on 
Portland restaurants, bars, and attractions in this Google Map of Portland. 
http://secondstory.com/mcn_map/

Communicating via Twitter
If you are on twitter, we encourage you to tweet about the conference. Please 
use #MCN2009.

Friday Night Pub Crawl Locations
Make sure to attend our FIRST ever SIG Pub Crawl, starting at 7pm on Friday, 
Nov. 13.  You don't have to be a member of a SIG to participate.  This is a 
great opportunity to socialize and kick back with your MCN colleagues in a city 
with a kickin' pub/restaurant scene.  The SIGS will be at following pubs. Maps 
will be provided.

Stanford's at Lloyd Center
913 Lloyd Center
503.335.0811
Semantic SIG, Koven Smith
http://www.stanfords.com/page/home

McMenamin's on Broadway
1504 N.E. Broadway
(503) 288-9498
Metrics & Evaluation SIG, Sheila Carey
CAL SIG, Marla Misunas and Diana Folsom
http://www.mcmenamins.com/

Rose and Thistle
2314 NE Broadway
(503) 287-8582
IT SIG, Janice Craddock
Digital Media SIG, Stanley Smith
http://portland.citysearch.com/profile/8487883/portland_or/rose_thistle_pub.html

Ping
102 NW 4th Avenue
503.229.7464
Pacific Northwest SIG, Christina DePaolo
http://www.pingpdx.com/

Deshutes Brewery
210 NW 11th Avenue
(503) 296-4906
Intellectual Property (IP) SIG, Amalyah Keshet
http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/brewery/brew-pubs/portland-pub/default.aspx


Thank you. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.


Christina DePaolo | New Media Manager
Seattle Art Museum | 1300 1st Avenue | Seattle WA 98101
christinad at seattleartmuseum.org | 
206.654.3165

Find SAM at:
http://samblog.seattleartmuseum.org
http://facebook.com/seattleartmuseum
http://twitter.com/iheartSAM




[MCN-L] GeoCities RIP

2009-11-04 Thread Perian Sully
Proof that even CSS can be used for evil...

(ow. I have a headache now)

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Morgan, Matt
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 7:12 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] GeoCities RIP

I got a kick out of this translation of an eyeball-searing geocities
page into beautiful CSS:

http://csszengarden.com/?cssfile=http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/zen/sample
.css