(it probably goes without saying, but I mean the app as it's currently published as of this email--I could imagine any number of different ways they could adapt the app to benefit the in-museum case)
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:11 AM, James William Yoon <[email protected]>wrote: > I think the app is designed specifically (and exclusively) for the > out-of-museum case. I can't imagine anyone using this chronically in-museum, > in part because the content often unrelated to the museum space (e.g., > pictures of staff or researchers, of excavation sites, etc.), but mainly > because there's no way to link what you see on the device to what you see in > the space, or vice versa. > > James > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Alistair Jones <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Glad you checked it out! >> >> Quick question: What space do you think the application was designed >> for? Does it make as much sense to use in the museum space as it does >> to use it at home? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Alistair >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:23 PM, James William Yoon >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I love it. >> > >> > The app encourages exploration and playfulness. Its interface is pretty >> > simple and straightforward. >> > >> > Interestingly though, while I get really excited about exploring the >> mosaic >> > of photos, I have almost no inclination to make use of its "Info" option >> to >> > learn more about particular photos. I'm even less inclined to comment, >> and >> > galaxies away from wanting to send any of the particular photos to my >> > friends. I wonder if this is because the interface encourages surface >> > exploration over deeper investigation (who wants to read and type when >> you >> > can pan, pinch and zoom across tens or hundreds of thousands of >> photos?), or >> > because there's a truly overwhelming number of photos I *could* read >> about >> > (and thus pick none; i.e., the problem of too many candies to choose >> from), >> > or because I'm a bad museum user, or because I have little interest in >> > dinosaur bones. >> > >> > All of that notwithstanding, I think they did a fantastic job of >> creating an >> > app that makes it *fun* to explore photos of their space, people, >> artifacts, >> > and other domain-related things, if only for a few minutes before the >> > novelty dries out. >> > >> > Thanks for sharing this! >> > >> > Cheers, >> > James >> > >> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Alistair Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Apparently the American Museum of Natural History has released an >> >> iPhone app for its dinosaur bones exhibit. I would love to test it >> >> out, but I dont know have an iPhone... If you check me know your >> >> thoughts! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/american_museum_of_natural_history.html >> >> >> >> >> >> Alistair >> >> _______________________________________________________ >> >> fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, >> >> see http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work >> > >> > >> > >
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