Cultural Digital newsletter #58 - major lasers
Cultural Digital
Hello, and welcome back
How should we kick off 2017 on Cultural Digital? With lasers, of course. This is OUTLINES by Tundra and it looks amazing.
Links
Choosing the right yardstick: What research tools to use when in the digital development process. Kati Price at the V&A "reflecting on a handful of projects, I explored the different ‘yardsticks’ – the research tools, methods and processes – we’ve used to measure and evaluate our work, at different points within the digital development process".
TechCruch writes about museums, startups and accelerators, referencing Te Papa, ACMI, and others.
Along similar lines, here's Matthew Richards at Te Papa on Creating a high-tech Learning Lab in a museum and an interview with John Stack and Dave Patten in The Digital Lab of the Science Museum.
The Future of Medium Should be Episodic. Matt Locke of Storything is good at thinking about media formats and attention patterns. I couldn't care less about all the 'oh no, whatever shall become of Medium' stuff that's filled my feeds lately, but this is good.
CultureCase – Crowdfunding follows traditional investment model "By using an online platform, crowdfunding has the potential to overcome geographic barriers and the limitations of entrepreneurs’ existing social networks. However, the study found that crowdfunding replicated the dynamics of traditional investing" Interesting but, to be totally honest, I'm also including this because of 'Catarse'.
‘Netflix of the spoken word’: big changes in the world of audio for 2017 "For fans of audio fiction, 2017 promises to be a year of significant change as major players from the world of publishing, broadcasting and technology move into the field". No mention of theatre in that list. Hmm. With podcasters increasingly moving into live venues, I wonder if anything will go the other way.
There's a new podcast called CultureVoice: The Marketing of Arts and Culture.
Geo-located or audio-enhanced walks. Lots of suggestions from a Museum Computer Group thread all collected in one place.
Brian Eno put out an album of generative music as an app. Here's the NYT's article about it: A New Year’s Gift From Brian Eno: A Growing Musical Garden
People talking about their new websites:
MIT Media Lab talk about their recent redesign
Lucie Paterson covers process in A new website for ACMI, while Andrew Serong goes deep into the technical side of things in GLAMKit and switching technology stacks at ACMI
New websites
Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie, Collections Trust, London Sinfonietta, New English Art Club, Royal West of England Academy, Science Museum Group Collection.
Jobs
There are digital-related jobs up for grabs at Colston Hall, Royal Museums Greenwich, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Trinity Laban, and Waddesdon.
Thanks for reading. Please pass this on to friends and colleagues and I'll be back with more next week.
Chris Unitt
@chrisunitt
I work with lots of really good cultural organisations on projects involving digital analytics and user research. Visit One Further for more on that.