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Matthew

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Member since : Oct-31-2008 (Verified)
2 Ideas, 11 Comments, 14 Votes

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This is another option for getting other "instigators" involved. Depending on the format, Nina could even syndicate some of the best postings on the main Museums 2.0 blog if she wanted to run a guest feature.
 
This would be a "front page" way to get other voices on the main Museums 2.0 site. Could even be a regular feature. Nina could solicit postings a few weeks out and then every Friday could be "guest blog day".

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Agreed. This sounds like a good idea. Since it builds on travel people would already be doing, it makes sense to "double-dip" and turn those travel opportunities into additional networking opportunities! Also, it doesn't cost anything to let people know when you're going to be in the area, so we might as well have the feature as an option for those who want to use it.
I haven't heard of this before, but I love the concept. I particularly like the ease of use, and that you can build it almost transparently to your normal online activities!

I would definitely use it, and I say we should give it a try.
I agree. I love this idea. This could be a really great way to galvanize and/or create the online museum community. It would provide some direction and a goal, and it could be a really visible way to draw more attention and get more people involved. Great idea!

I'm very interested in connecting real world museum/science center environments to online environments. I don't have a preference for content, but I think doing something that had a virtual and an IRL (in real life) component would be really interesting. (Especially if the IRL component was easily accessible and cheap, and the virtual component could be accessible to anyone who wanted to join up).

I'll think about this some more and post some more specific ideas soon. I like the idea of a music project...
Just for clarification, I don't mean that there have to necessarily be other posters on the main Museums 2.0 blog, but the IDEA of a rotating primary poster with responses from the community is interesting to me, perhaps using another tool.
I think the blog is a great top-layer. It would be nice to be able to have discussions in a "reception area" so to speak. It's sort of like going to a really great talk and then having people to talk with afterward over coffee, and it's even better when you get to talk to the speaker! As I said in one of my other comments, the blog is a great "instigation" tool. It gets others thinking, and focuses the conversation for a time on one (current?) topic of interest. It might also be fun to see what other "instigators" might offer. That way there's not so much pressure on Nina to have to always come up with new stuff, and other people will undoubtedly have other interesting perspectives.
Just because I like contradicting myself, I will say, in contrast to my comment on the "asynchronous" idea, that this might be a good "sometimes" option. I've been playing around with videoconferencing software, particularly ooVoo, which supports multi-user video conferencing (unlike skype) and is cross-platform (mac and pc). It's not a perfect solution, but it is certainly a good start. I'd be interested to have other folks look at it and tell me what they think.

http://www.oovoo.com/
I find forums difficult to follow, especially when they begin to splinter into lots of different discussions. Depending on the format, it can be difficult to wade through all of the postings to find what you're looking for. I would also require some sort of active reminder system to let me know when there are new postings so I can go back and catch up.
I agree 100%. There is no substitute for getting together and bouncing ideas around. Obviously it's challenging because of geography, but it's worth doing when possible, at ASTC, for example.
So I already voted, but I like this idea for the simple reason that this method benefits from someone (or several people) playing an "instigator" role. Like Nina does with her blog, it's nice to have someone regularly posting and presenting ideas to respond to. It's often easier to respond to something than to start from scratch.
I agree with Nina about the down-sides of Ning, however, if we set up an RSS feed, at least people can use it to keep track of new posts. I find that I loose track of some of the discussions in this format, as in forums. There are just too many ways to post information and too many threads to track.
This option is my favorite because I can check in when I have time, and there is a record of what is going on rather than a live chat that is gone when it's over (if it's not recorded) or audio clips that I have to sift through (if it IS recorded)