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Armchair tour of museums and Web 2.0

September 16, 2008 By 1 Comment
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By Nina Simon

Confused about social media? Don’t know where to start? For the last two years, I’ve been hunting down great projects in and outside of museums that exemplify the themes of visitor participation, user-generated content, and flexible relationships between institutions and visitors. Here are some of my favorite museum projects that represent interesting, thoughtful experiments with Web 2.0:

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What is social media?

September 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment

For the last couple of years, the terms “web 2.0″ and “social media” have been used for nearly anything new and interactive on the internet. Since Voices of the Past and sites like it integrate many basic social media tools, let’s take the time to consider the concept of social media and its potential to advance heritage preservation.

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RSS and Aggregation: The web you want, where you want it

August 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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We’re all hearing stories about how newspapers are obsolete and print is dead. But what’s taking their place? After, all the big attraction of newspapers is their scannability. We humans have become accustomed to absorbing a world of timely knowledge, at a glance. The answer lies in RSS, or really simple syndication.

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Social Bookmarking: organize your online experience

August 11, 2008 By 1 Comment

Yahoo claims to have indexed some 20 billion web pages. With that much real estate on the web, how can you be assured you will ever find—and get back to—the information most relevant to you?

The answer is social bookmarking. And it’s not quite the same as the favorite birthday card you used to hold your spot in the novels you read over the summer. One of the most widely used of these tools is one called “Delicious.” Delicious is a free service that allows the user a web-based way to bookmark sites.

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