Technology & Culture

Applied Technology and Design in Cultural Heritage

Monday, October 30, 2006

Technology Trends for NonProfits

I came across a very interesting compilation of resources on technology trends for non-profits. I am still working my way through these documents but thought I would share.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Create and Publish Podcasts Free

Odeo Studio is a tool that lets you record and post podcasts. I will be giving this free online tool a trial and will post my review here. This is potentially an excellent tool for museums who wish to create podcasts to accompany items or an exhibit in their collection.

Create and Publish Podcasts Free

Odeo Studio is a tool that lets you record and post podcasts. I will be giving this free online tool a trial and will post my review here. This is potentially an excellent tool for museums who wish to create podcasts to accompany items or an exhibit in their collection.

Friday, October 13, 2006

Tools to help you track traffic to your Web site

Watching what visitors do at your physical museum can be done in a number of straightforward, inexpensive, but time consuming ways. Determining exactly what visitors do at your museum Web site is a bit trickier, but it can now be done in a way that is very inexpensive and takes very little time. The author of Four Must-Have Web Stat Tools ยป SOME RANDOM DUDE has provided some excellent reviews of tools that you can use to keep track of the number of visitors to your Web site, as well as determine what they do once they get there. Most of these tools are either free or inexpensive.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Enterprise Level Applications are Moving to the Web

Web 2.0 meets the enterprise | CNET News.com

This is a very interesting article that talks about enterprise level applications adopting a Web 2.0 feel. This is happening at the same time that productivity applications that were traditionally installed on a users` desktop are enjoying growing popularity in online form. Thanks to "Web 2.0" applications being offered by Google and others, you can enjoy free access to applications online that cost hundreds of dollars to purchase.

In a sense the adoption of Web 2.0 at the enterprise level -- which is by no means complete -- is a significant transformation of enterprise applications.

Why is this important to museums? It holds out the promise of the blending of more traditional business applications, with some of the newer, Web 2.0 technologies. It offers the possibility of lower cost and greater interoperability among these products. Stay tuned!