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I hope you imagined all that said with the cadence of a slam poet. :-P On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Douglas Hegley <dheg...@artsmia.org> wrote: > Check this link: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computing_and_IT_abbreviations > I think your goal is to boil this down a little for a museum audience, > laudable but a large task. I agree with Rob that it would be good to be > some kind of shared work space available online. > Anecdotally, one of my favorites in our sector is that museum technology's > CMS is not the same CMS as the rest of the world. > We have Collections Management Systems, everyone else has Content > Management Systems. This always throws my new hires for a loop when they > first arrive. > All the best, > Douglas > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Tanner, Simon <simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk> > wrote: > > > Hi Carissa, > > > > In the spirit of not being at all helpful but enjoying the opportunity to > > roll out a true favourite... > > > > Back in the 90's we had a digital project which we gave the acronym: > > SQUIRREL NUTKIN > > > > It stood for: > > Sequential Query User Interface Resourcing a Research Electronic Library > > Notably User-oriented Technology for Keeping the Information Needed > > > > All my best, > > Simon > > ____________________________________________ > > Simon Tanner > > Department of Digital Humanities > > Room 219, 2nd Floor Drury Lane > > King's College London > > > > Email: simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk > > Twitter: @SimonTanner > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > > Carissa Dougherty > > Sent: 10 February 2015 20:00 > > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > > Subject: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms! > > > > Hi, all... > > > > I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be > > important for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very > least, > > recognize. Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of -- > file > > extensions (PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related > (HTML, > > PHP)... > > > > So... > > > > - Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important? > > > > - What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech meetings? > > > > - Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted? > > > > I'd be happy to share my "final" list when I've got it ready... > > > > FIRE AWAY!! > > > > Thanks... > > > > Carissa > > > > Head of Knowledge Management > > > > The Morton Arboretum | 4100 Illinois Route 53 | Lisle, Illinois 60532 > > T *630-725-2136* | *cdoughe...@mortonarb.org < > cdoughe...@mortonarb.org > > >* > > | mortonarb.org > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > > > > > -- > Douglas Hegley > Director of Media and Technology > Minneapolis Institute of Arts > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > (612) 870-3072 | dheg...@artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > -- ......... ........ ....... ...... ..... .... ... .. . . . . . . Nikhil Trivedi . Senior Application Developer . Art Institute of Chicago . http://www.artic.edu/ . . P . 312.629.6541 . ......... ........ ....... ...... ..... .... ... .. . . . . . . Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840 <http://click.email.artic.edu/?qs=371385b25a02902ad709440d12ac15b86c6fc8dfc41c9188ef4ab95499ffdb3364e399a022d07fb3> . March 17-June 7, 2015 .
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