tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post8867211973602326333..comments2024-03-27T05:04:39.476-07:00Comments on Museum 2.0: Is Your Museum Website a Walled Garden?Nina Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-35061187337511138872008-08-12T13:19:00.000-07:002008-08-12T13:19:00.000-07:00Concerning #5, i.e. allowing content embedding, se...Concerning #5, i.e. allowing content embedding, see <A HREF="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/08/12/why-media-and-corporations-should-allow-content-to-be-embeddable/" REL="nofollow">Why Media and Corporations Should Allow Content to be Embeddable</A>.Paolo Amorosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789843965489611451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-49838230521775462592008-08-04T05:52:00.000-07:002008-08-04T05:52:00.000-07:00Nina -- I have to join the chorus of folks agreein...Nina -- I have to join the chorus of folks agreeing with you on this one. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is in the process of planning a major site overhaul in order to make all of our content as portable/sharable as possible. It is going to be a HUGE undertaking. I encourage any institutions that are just beginning to build their sites to consider carefully both the format they use for distribution on the front end and method for storing data on the back end to maximize portability. In the meantime, I have been engaged in various work-arounds to make our content more visible and sharable. So, while the Flash exhibition featuring Angelina Jolie's journey through eastern Congo may not be uber-sharable/portable, the audio files, maps, and teaching materials from that exhibition are all available for download via iTunes U. [yes, I know, a hasty fix at best, but there it is.]David Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04781679887018899941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-30100643625488224052008-07-30T12:29:00.000-07:002008-07-30T12:29:00.000-07:00Nina I couldn't agree with you more about limiting...Nina I couldn't agree with you more about limiting the use of flash to foster spreadable content. I often feel "locked out" on flash sites. <BR/><BR/>Kelly, have you looked at Omeka for your collection? <BR/><BR/>http://www.omeka.org/Maria Mortatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10675337532545580232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-10765783775006368432008-07-30T05:38:00.000-07:002008-07-30T05:38:00.000-07:00I'd love to 'tear down the walls' but what applica...I'd love to 'tear down the walls' but what applications are out there where you can put your collections online in an embeddable, commentable format while still maintaining the records within your site?Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17473737895136872966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-61980276853261450622008-07-30T01:45:00.000-07:002008-07-30T01:45:00.000-07:00Ulf: there are a number of approaches for trying o...Ulf: there are a number of approaches for trying or using online applications without registration. Here are a few examples.<BR/><BR/>The <A HREF="http://twiddla.com" REL="nofollow">Twiddla</A> shared whiteboard has a sandbox for trying the service. The <A HREF="http://www.weebly.com" REL="nofollow">Weebly</A> template-based web site creation tool lets you work on a live demo without registration, and it remembers your work which you can later use if you do register. Finally, the <A HREF="http://www.picnik.com" REL="nofollow">Picnik</A> online image editing tool lets you perform basic editing without registration.Paolo Amorosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789843965489611451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-69215093465884829472008-07-29T15:20:00.000-07:002008-07-29T15:20:00.000-07:00Ulf, Login could be an added feature, but it neede...Ulf, <BR/>Login could be an added feature, but it needed not be a required gateway to enter. There are many technical ways to assign a series of action to an anonymized user in the context of a single web visit. Right now, I can't start building myCollection unless I create a registration first. I should be able to click paintings and aggregate them in a collection without being assigned a unique persistent identity. At the end of that collection experience, I could choose to: <BR/>-email the collection to myself or a friend<BR/>-display it as a badge on a social network or blog<BR/>-create a registration via SAAM to use advanced functions<BR/>-other things I haven't thought of!<BR/><BR/>By putting the gate at the front rather than the end of the experience, SAAM loses people who might engage in the core activity (collecting) but don't want to be "in the SAAM network."<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, when you do this activity from within SAAM's walls, you are not required to register first. You can just click paintings and email them home to yourself as a myCollection (at least that was the status when I last visited).Nina Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-48053954404414830952008-07-29T12:46:00.000-07:002008-07-29T12:46:00.000-07:00#4. Don't you need the login part to give the user...#4. Don't you need the login part to give the user a easy way and a interface to store a connection between the user and the objects chosen for the myCollection feature?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-33812000301975354872008-07-29T11:00:00.000-07:002008-07-29T11:00:00.000-07:00In my experience, requiring web site registration ...In my experience, requiring web site registration for subscribing to a mailing list cuts subscriptions by 80-90%, overnight.Paolo Amorosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789843965489611451noreply@blogger.com