[MCN-L] Touchpads anyone?
Thanks, We have installed the Ergonomic Touchpad on one of our computerized exhibits. We have found out that whoever used a touch interface (laptops and smartphones) felt comfortable with it. Young kids and older people didn't know how to use it. http://www.ergonomictouchpad.com/xl_touchpad.php Regarding durability, the maker wrote me his products are also used in public places and that he had no complaints or returns. We will use this touchpad in two exhibitions that are in development now and see how it goes. We have found heavy duty touchpads but they are quite expensive and we are not sure we need them. http://www.indukey.com/shop/shop/CURSORSTEUERUNG/MZFP/MZGTOUCH.html?star t=0&sel=KH02007 I hope to remember and report on the results here. --- Hanan Cohen Webmaster Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Elton Prater Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:06 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Touchpads anyone? We have six keosks currently running with touch pads as well as 4 trackballs. Most of the time they are great, but they do have a quite a bit higher failure rate than a good trackball. I suspect they are getting static zapped. Of course it may make a difference that we are using consumer grade pads (Cirque Easy Cat). You need to make sure to disable the right click on them either in software or mechanically, unless there is a reason to leave it accessible. Another advantage to the touch pad, at least over the standard Hap trackball is they don't mind being mounted on an angled surface. I tried a 45 degree panel with a trackball, and it wouldn't work at all. Elton Prater Exhibits/IT Mgr. Science Spectrum Lubbock, TX On 8/11/2010 11:38 AM, Hanan Cohen wrote: > Hello, > > We are considering the use of a touchpad instead of a trackball in a computerized exhibit in development. > > Does anyone here have any good/bad experience with touchpads used by the public? > > What model/s do/did you use? > > Thanks, > > Hanan Cohen > Webmaster > Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem > ___ > 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 at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > ___ 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 at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] "Do we still need websites?"
See also the New York Times pointing out that Wired's graph allegedly showing the death of the web is awful. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/the-growth-of-the-dying-web/?hp While web has declined as a PERCENTAGE of internet traffic, the total AMOUNT of web traffic has increased by a factor of 10. Wired's graph has video taking over in dominance, but that's an artifact of video being such a bandwidth hog. I'm very skeptical of any claims that the web is in decline - I'd want to see data that people are spending less time looking at web pages before I'd believe it. -Anders Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 1945 SE Water Ave Portland, OR 97214 503-797-4606
[MCN-L] TechFocus I: Caring for Video Art
Forwarded for a colleague; do not contact me about this program. For further program details and registration please visit: http://www.conservation-us.org/videoart TechFocus I: Caring for Video Art Guggenheim Museum New York September 1-2, 2010 http://www.conservation-us.org/videoart The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation and the AIC Electronic Media Group are pleased to announce a two-day workshop, "TechFocus I: Caring for Video Art," to take place September 1-2, 2010 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, in conjunction with the exhibition, "Haunted - Contemporary Video, Photography and Performance." Supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, this inaugural workshop is starting a series of four planned workshops on the preservation and presentation of electronic art, acknowledging the 10th anniversary of the ground-breaking "TechArchaeology" symposium. This workshop aims to acquaint participants with the technical functionality of both analog and digital video art as well as the technical and aesthetic impact of digitization, compression and format migration. A comparative 'school of seeing' will be offered to sensitize the participant's eye for image structure and quality. Sessions focus on the varieties of display modes of video art in an exhibition context and demonstrate the impact of equipment selection on the integrity of the artwork. Curators, conservators and technicians will provide insight into their decision-making processes and discuss their perspectives on the preservation of video art installations. Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Turning it On - Mounting Video Exhibitions 9-00-9.30 Coffee and Registration 9-30-10.00 Introductions Carol Stringari, Christine Frohnert 10-00-10.45 John Hanhardt Curating the Moving Image: Change Over Time 10-45-11.30 Chrissie Iles Curating Historic Video Art (working title) 11-45-12.15 Jennifer Blessing Media Works in the current exhibition 'Haunted' Lunch Break and free admission to the exhibition 'Haunted' 2.15Joanna Phillips Caring for Video Art 3.00Steven Dye Assembling Video Art (working title) Coffee Break 4-15-5.00 Heather Weaver Displaying Video Art (working title) 5-00-6.00 Panel Discussion Dara Meyers-Kingsley Moderator Thursday, September 2, 2010 Towards a School of Seeing 9-00-9.30 Coffee 9-30-9.45 Introduction Christine Frohnert 9-45-11.00 Mona Jimenez and Maurice Schechter What is Analog Video? 11-00-11.30 Coffee Break 11-30-12.15 Howard Besser What is Digital Video? 12-15-1.00 Chris Lacinak What is High Definition Video? 1-00-2.30 Lunch Break 2-30-4.30 Agathe Jarczyk with Joanna Phillips, Maurice Schechter and Heather Weaver A School of Seeing 4-45-5.30 Discussion Christine Frohnert Moderator For further program details and registration please visit: http://www.conservation-us.org/videoart
