Archive for the 'posse' tag

Today, we are taking a page from Google and releasing a labs environment for our collection online.  Having the collection online for 18 months has taught us a lot and there’s a plenty of data we can explore, but we need a place to do it! Edison labs, Henry Ford Museum, Detroit.  Via...
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Ever wish you could remix the gallery experience?  When I walk into a museum I enjoy the structure—the information given, which objects have been placed where, the specific sequence in which the space has been designed—but I will admit, there are times when I want something else...
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As most of our readers know, we encourage tagging on our online collection and we created Tag! You’re It to make that contribution more fun and more relevant.  We’ve been surprised at the tagging that has taken place, how much of it is really excellent work and how committed some...
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One of the things we’ve gotten to know about our community is people often have specialized areas of interest.  In just one example, we’ve gotten to know Vincent Brown and his interest is in all things Egypt, so we started to think about our tagging game and adjustments we could make...
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Chances are, if you’ve heard of the Internet, you’ve also heard of Google and chances are pretty good that you’ve set up an e-mail account with them as well. Personally, I’ve got three, and that doesn’t even take into account the e-mail I use with sites that are likely...
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