A long-overdue update on the book, and other news.
A Tale of Two Exhibits: “It was the best of times…” Part One
Have you ever had one of those days when amazing things unexpectedly happen and make you remember why you go to work every day? Tuesday
thoughts on museums, content, design, and why they matter
A long-overdue update on the book, and other news.
Acknowledging the present crisis I’ve been wondering what the future of museum work might look like. As the world starts to hesitantly open up again,
What I’m interested in is where to go next, personally, professionally, and as a society.
Happy Leap Day! I’ve had a bunch of conversations lately that are all converging around the intersection of reflection and learning. I had a meeting
Happy holidays, comrades! Here we are, on the cusp of 2020, and I want to ring out the old year by reflecting on some of
Imagine a typical museum visitor in the act of “being engaged” by something at the museum. What are they doing? Thinking? Feeling? Can you describe what that “engagement” looks like? How can you know that visitor is engaged as opposed to confused or looking at their email? Is engagement like pornography; hard to define but you know it when you see it? I don’t think so.
My chapter from “the Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites” by Hannah Lewi, Wally Smith, Dirk vom Lehn, and Steven Cooke
Hello, world! It’s been awhile! Almost a month ago, I hit an important professional milestone. The job I’d come to the Peabody Essex Museum to
Part Three in a series of posts about the process I’m using to write the book. This one focuses on how you can be part of it.
Part Two of many on the process of writing this book. This one focuses on my hard and software tools.
Part One of many on the process of writing this book. This one focuses on three rhythms of writing research based works.
Have you ever had one of those days when amazing things unexpectedly happen and make you remember why you go to work every day? Tuesday