Comments on: iPhone Apps for Museums? http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ayo http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 Ayo Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:25:22 +0000 http://newcurator.com/?p=583#comment-2115 Pete, Check out www.juncanoo.com. I'm a student at the university of Pennsylvania developing apps for museums and I'd love to talk with you about it all - I'm sure you have some great ideas and ton of knowledge on the space. Please email me if at all possible and we'll talk in some detail. Ayo Pete,

Check out http://www.juncanoo.com. I’m a student at the university of Pennsylvania developing apps for museums and I’d love to talk with you about it all – I’m sure you have some great ideas and ton of knowledge on the space. Please email me if at all possible and we’ll talk in some detail.

Ayo

]]> By: Popular iPhone Applications to Aid Museum Marketers « Colleen Dilenschneider- Know Your Own Bone http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 Popular iPhone Applications to Aid Museum Marketers « Colleen Dilenschneider- Know Your Own Bone Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:27:48 +0000 http://newcurator.com/?p=583#comment-1533 [...] centers are actively tapping into ways to utilize iPhone apps. There seem to be discussions and brainstorms everywhere about the best ways for museums to do [...] [...] centers are actively tapping into ways to utilize iPhone apps. There seem to be discussions and brainstorms everywhere about the best ways for museums to do [...]

]]> By: Bob Cobb http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-767 Bob Cobb Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:05:51 +0000 http://newcurator.com/?p=583#comment-767 A different take on iPhone apps for museums - a custom iPhone app could be used by a museum for fundraising, visitor information, special content feeds, and membership awareness. The Toy Lounge of St. Paul Minnesota creates custom iPhone apps for museums and other nonprofits - http://TheToyLounge.com - try something new for membership and fundraising! A different take on iPhone apps for museums – a custom iPhone app could be used by a museum for fundraising, visitor information, special content feeds, and membership awareness. The Toy Lounge of St. Paul Minnesota creates custom iPhone apps for museums and other nonprofits – http://TheToyLounge.com – try something new for membership and fundraising!

]]> By: jtrant http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-342 jtrant Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:18:38 +0000 http://newcurator.com/?p=583#comment-342 fyi -- there's a workshop at <a title="see the conference site" href="http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/" rel="nofollow">Museums and the Web 2009</a> about this: Programming the iPhone/iPod touch for your museum <a href="http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/bios/au_4307.html" rel="nofollow">Bert Degenhart Drenth</a>, Adlib Information Systems<a title="see the description" href="http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001968.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001968.html</a> fyi — there’s a workshop at Museums and the Web 2009 about this: Programming the iPhone/iPod touch for your museum
Bert Degenhart Drenth, Adlib Information Systemshttp://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001968.html

]]> By: paixa http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-312 paixa Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:57:24 +0000 http://newcurator.com/?p=583#comment-312 Well, I know there is an app for reading comics, (comiczeal for example) but your wondering what comics have to do with exhibitions.  Actually alot I think. At least the way that you experience a condensed version of them on something like an iphone. whether the images and words are coming together on a page or a wall- on an iphone they both become words and images on a screen.  Imagine if you planned out sequentially, like a comic, how a viewer would walk through a space, what the labels would say and then had them on your iphone. You could keep walking through your show without being there until you get it right.   Of course, order isn't everything- but sequence and narrative is.   Well, I know there is an app for reading comics, (comiczeal for example) but your wondering what comics have to do with exhibitions.  Actually alot I think. At least the way that you experience a condensed version of them on something like an iphone. whether the images and words are coming together on a page or a wall- on an iphone they both become words and images on a screen.  Imagine if you planned out sequentially, like a comic, how a viewer would walk through a space, what the labels would say and then had them on your iphone. You could keep walking through your show without being there until you get it right.   Of course, order isn’t everything- but sequence and narrative is.  

]]> By: Koven http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Koven Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:47:19 +0000 http://newcurator.com/?p=583#comment-310 If a museum or gallery is using a CMS with an RSS feed to display collections information, there are tools that make rendering pages on the iPhone relatively straightforward.  <a href="http://www.intersquash.com/" title="" rel="nofollow">Intersquash</a> works for any site with an RSS feed, and <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/" title="" rel="nofollow">WPtouch</a> works for sites using Wordpress.  I wouldn't be surprised if the <a href="http://omeka.org/" title="" rel="nofollow">Omeka</a> community is working on something that works natively with that platform, as well.  While these aren't, strictly speaking, "iPhone apps," they help to turn an existing site into a nice-looking iPhone app in relatively short order. If a museum or gallery is using a CMS with an RSS feed to display collections information, there are tools that make rendering pages on the iPhone relatively straightforward.  Intersquash works for any site with an RSS feed, and WPtouch works for sites using Wordpress.  I wouldn’t be surprised if the Omeka community is working on something that works natively with that platform, as well.  While these aren’t, strictly speaking, “iPhone apps,” they help to turn an existing site into a nice-looking iPhone app in relatively short order.

]]> By: Pete http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Pete Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:37:41 +0000 http://newcurator.com/?p=583#comment-306 Erm... An RFID with GPS data on every object, an XML overlay of a map image, a museum wide RFID scanner, an iPhone app that links to the scanner via museum-wide wifi. Doesn't seem that hard Erm… An RFID with GPS data on every object, an XML overlay of a map image, a museum wide RFID scanner, an iPhone app that links to the scanner via museum-wide wifi.
Doesn’t seem that hard

]]> By: koven j. smith » Blog Archive » The future of mobile interpretation redux http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-305 koven j. smith » Blog Archive » The future of mobile interpretation redux Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:20:28 +0000 http://newcurator.com/?p=583#comment-305 [...] towards a few interesting resources. The first is a post from New Curator with a discussion about iPhone apps that might be useful for museums. Another is the Museums and Mobile Adoption Survey by the Center [...] [...] towards a few interesting resources. The first is a post from New Curator with a discussion about iPhone apps that might be useful for museums. Another is the Museums and Mobile Adoption Survey by the Center [...]

]]> By: Amy http://newcurator.com/2009/03/iphone-apps-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Amy Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:42:52 +0000 http://newcurator.com/?p=583#comment-304 There was a convo on twitter a while ago discussing the usefulness of an app that would alert you to an object in your proximity that maybe of interest to you. I would want something (similar to a tour map) that would allow me to route a visit depending on which exhibits/objects I want to see. Both would probably be quite complicated to create. There was a convo on twitter a while ago discussing the usefulness of an app that would alert you to an object in your proximity that maybe of interest to you. I would want something (similar to a tour map) that would allow me to route a visit depending on which exhibits/objects I want to see. Both would probably be quite complicated to create.

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