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What is Twitter, Really? And Can it Do Anything for Museums?

Museum 2.0

There's twittervision , twitter's most popular mashup, which shows tweets (twitter entries) real-time on a global map. And many more mashups and applications available here. No more dealing with one team member on AIM, another on gchat, one who thinks IM services are evil, and the fourth on the museum floor with a cell phone.

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Quick Hit: 2010 Horizon Report on New Technologies and Museums

Museum 2.0

The folks at the New Media Consortium have released their annual Horizon Report , a roundup of up-and-coming technologies relevant to museums, archives, and libraries. The Horizon Reports ARE really useful if you need arsenal to explain the relevance, utility, or educational value of new technologies in your museum.

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Self-Identification and Status Updates: Personal Entrypoints to Museum Experiences

Museum 2.0

I've become convinced that successful paths to participation in museums start with self-identification. The easiest way to do that is to acknowledge their uniqueness and validate their ability to connect with the museum on their own terms. Who is the "me" in the museum experience? Not so at museums.

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