Good news for those using NAVI or taking self-guided museum or walking tours

The AT90RF135602 definitely needs a nickname. Even in 8-point type it’s too big a title for the world’s smallest RFID reader! AT90RF135602 see what I mean? is the latest RFID collaboration of California-based Atmel and UK-based Innovision Research & Technology. This single chip RFID reader is a mere 12mm by 12mm by 2mm. For those [...]

Digital and new media for museums! – Welkom op deze site!

Message for Dutch speaking visitors: NIEUW: Ga direct naar de Nederlandstalige museummedia.nl. Every day new posts, a forum, information on new devices, handy resources, inspirational case-studies. Stay tuned. Bookmark this site or Subscribe via RSS 1. Comment on the posts 2. Join the Museum Media Forum 3. Mail your ideas, suggestions, reactions: info@museummedia.nl This website [...]

Augmented Reality for your museum

Augmented reality can be a new feature for exposing cultural news and locations. Several companies are exploring this new technique: Layar, Wikitude. Junaio… Layar is one of the augmented reality browsers for Android and iPhone. Soon on Nokia. This latest video shows daily scenario’s of how Layar is used: to find a place to eat, [...]

Free iPhone App Guide for Italy’s Archaeological Sites and Museums launched on 1 July

An iPhone application that will provide information, ticketing and itineraries for the 40 most visited museums and sites in Italy is to be launched on 1 July. Released by Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (known in Italy as MiBAC), ‘i-MiBAC – Top 40′ is the first of a series of free apps produced [...]

Tentoonstelling Nieuwe Groeten Uit… maakt gebruik van Foursquare

Infofilm/Museummedia stelde enige tijd geleden voor om Foursquare in te zetten voor uw museum marketing. Het Nationaal Historisch Museum is naar ons weten het eerste museum in Nederland die hiermee aan de slag gaat. Tot en met 18 juli 2010 is in Arnhem de tentoonstelling Nieuwe Groeten Uit… te zien. Op 19 locaties in de [...]

Museum Contests onTwitter, guidelines

Some museums have a contest on Twitter. Twitter has published some useful guidelines for running contests: Discourage the creation of multiple accounts: If users make lots of accounts in order to enter a contest more than once, they’re liable to get all of their accounts suspended. Please be sure to include a rule stating that [...]

19th Century London Today on your smartphone with Augmented Reality

Source: GIZMODO Augmented reality might be the future, but my favorite application of it yet transports you far into past. StreetMuseum—an iPhone app from the Museum of London—overlays four hundred years of historic images on today’s city streets. StreetMuseum makes creative use of Google Maps and geo-tagging to show users how London used to look. [...]

Foursquare op Erfgoed 2.0

Op het weblog van Erfgoed 2.0 is een blogpost (van 19 februari) aan Foursquare gewijd: http://erfgoed20.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/foursquare-ook-in-musea-in-nederland/ Tijdens Museums and the Web 2010 viel via twitter ook e.e.a. over foursquare te lezen. Als je zoekt op twitter naar Foursquare en Museum vind je al heel wat interessante links: http://bit.ly/95kCnl . Maar natuurlijk zijn ervaringen uit de [...]

How does your museumsite look on the iPad?

This one looks good and works great: Try your own website here.

Best Practices for Mobile Optimization of your Blog

Some provisions  should be made to insure that your users will have quick access to your content using the slower Internet connections provided by their phones. A few ways to optimize your mobile website for the growing amount of traffic from smart phones. Of course before beginning work on the mobile version of your website [...]