Will your organization's files, images and records still be around? And if so, will people be able to view them? I highly enjoyed these thoughts by Momus in wired.com about the creation and demise of the formats with which we store our music, photos, film, literature and more. As paper documentation succumbs to the proliferation of digitized formats, cultural and art institutions are joining the race to keep up. A decrease in office paper may be great news for the environment, but what will happen to these gigabytes upon terabytes of historical data 100, 50, even 10 years from now when the technology we used today is a relic?
Colonial Attraction Using Latest Technology
At Colonial Williamsburg you expect to see a true historical representation of what life was like over two hundred years ago. At a living historical museum butter churns, horse drawn carts, and triangle hats are usual sights, but how about iPods? Colonial Williamsburg is one of the latest museums to use iPods to lead visitors along tours of the grounds. This device that has only been around for a few years has had a huge impact on how tours are conducted and accessed. Visitors can now hear the portrayal of Thomas Jefferson on an iPod as they cross the grounds as well follow audio tours. Pretty savvy for a museum that shows how life was without any modern conveniences like electricity. Read an article here. What do you think of the latest trends using iPod technology? Let us know!
Welcome!
Welcome to the Technology in the Arts blog!
We’ve set up this space as a way to open dialogue around the technology issues facing arts managers, from the high-level stuff (how will the senate’s vote on net neutrality impact non-profit arts organizations in the long term?) to the very practical (the difficulties of merging several mailing lists).
Several of us who are working on planning the conference will be posting here regularly between now and the event. But our voices are not enough – we want to hear from you!
I invite and encourage you to participate by commenting on what we’ve written here, or by emailing us a post you’d like us to put up. (Please include your name, where you are, what you do.)
We are living and working in an exciting time. I can’t wait to hear about what your organization has been doing, and sharing a little with you about what we’re up to here.