tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post4953229749899137872..comments2024-03-27T05:04:39.476-07:00Comments on Museum 2.0: What is Twitter, Really? And Can it Do Anything for Museums?Nina Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-20552619028348075332008-09-08T09:03:00.000-07:002008-09-08T09:03:00.000-07:00And now, as it turns out, you're nobody if you're ...And now, as it turns out, you're nobody if you're not on twitter (at least according to the song: <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/6dvzef" REL="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/6dvzef</A> ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-24502750958346538572008-08-07T17:09:00.000-07:002008-08-07T17:09:00.000-07:00Hi Nina, I know I'm a year behind you all but as p...Hi Nina, I know I'm a year behind you all but as part of Project AMEP I've been discussing <A HREF="http://museum30.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2017588%3ABlogPost%3A8263" REL="nofollow">here</A> (see the last post), we're thinking of using Twitter to post live updates from the <A HREF="http://museum30.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2017588%3ABlogPost%3A8263" REL="nofollow">Australian Museum Eureka Prizes</A> awards nite dinner (these are described as the 'Oscars of Australian science' so they're pretty huge).<BR/><BR/>Any tips welcome and I'll be blogging how we go (and yes, how long it takes of course). Wish us luck!Lynda Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250840956155339043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-25388920140070721472008-02-16T10:17:00.000-08:002008-02-16T10:17:00.000-08:00Give each object in the museum a twitter account s...Give each object in the museum a twitter account so users can friend it and receive casts of how fellow users are interpreting it though some means, most likely by using a replica of the object which is placed amongst others on an interactive surface/table where they can be placed in relation to each and the relation described or simply annotated.<BR/><BR/>1st order objects in a museum are the artifacts. 2nd order objects are the 'story' or 'rationale' behind their ordering and display.<BR/><BR/>Users should to be able to play about and de/re-construct both of those in a very hands-on way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-66625808977704315312008-02-03T11:07:00.000-08:002008-02-03T11:07:00.000-08:00I have created a simple mashup that reads pointing...I have created a <A HREF="http://pipes.yahoo.com/amoroso/watchdish" REL="nofollow">simple mashup</A> that reads pointing data of Jodrell Bank radio telescopes from Twitter feeds, and displays on a star map the corresponding areas of the sky under observation.Paolo Amorosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789843965489611451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-50877932442817673032007-04-20T19:14:00.000-07:002007-04-20T19:14:00.000-07:00I too am a Twitter, but I don't have any friends o...I too am a Twitter, but I don't have any friends on it! :( It is cool, but it's mainly for brief, SMS, communication...Koozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869461776256107772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-49400328452705204282007-04-20T08:43:00.000-07:002007-04-20T08:43:00.000-07:00So what are the file size limitations of this Tech...So what are the file size limitations of this Tech? Endless? Can e-mail messages be delivered through this network? How about graphics? If so this may actually have some merit. When this moves from people spouting meaningless blather and into sharing of useful info then I'll be impressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-72567812100579235832007-04-16T10:04:00.000-07:002007-04-16T10:04:00.000-07:00I have been bit by the Twitter bug and use it as a...I have been bit by the Twitter bug and use it as a very early public lifelog prototype. However, lifelogging complexity aside I think Twitter's core strength can be summed up as <BR/>"cross platform, party-line text messages". Sometimes I want to blast a text message (cell, IM, email) to a group of people, no matter where they are or what platform they are using and Twitter fills that gap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com