Comments on: The Twitter in Mind. http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/ The IMA blog is a space to discuss everything related to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:58:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Prescription Drugs - Paxil Cr http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-50236 Prescription Drugs - Paxil Cr Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:56:14 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-50236 <strong>Prescription Drugs - Paxil Cr...</strong> A post the other day on Eye Level rather subtly announced that the L [...]... Prescription Drugs – Paxil Cr…

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]]> By: Richard McCoy http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-9218 Richard McCoy Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:23:13 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-9218 And, yes, of course there is a twitter song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYP-wBaqQAI And, yes, of course there is a twitter song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYP-wBaqQAI

]]> By: Richard McCoy http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-9065 Richard McCoy Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:02:16 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-9065 Hey, thanks to all for checking in. Jeff: I looked up the Marx book and it seems very interesting. I was a little bummed to see that the IMCPL (http://www.imcpl.org/) doesn't have it, so I'll have to get it from Amazon. Meg: What? You rely on MAN to get you to me? I for one thought it would be the other way around. How about a little love, Meg, and putting the IMA's blog into your Google Reader? Speaking of Google Readers, welcome to mine, PastaQueen, and I'm glad we are now "following" each other on Twitter. Really, though, the more I use Twitte the more I wonder why I use it (I think I need to read Jeff's book). Which brings me to Julie's thoughtful response. Wow, I'm impressed with your somewhat scientific approach to using Twitter. I think I'm at the other end off the spectrum on this one -- the less science the better. In fact, last night I figured out how to make Jott notes that go to Twitter, and then go to my facebook status. So now you can have audio on your twitter. Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/3jtzum (hit the little speaker to hear me speak). I have my brother, Douglas, to thank for showing me Jott. He's also a big fan of evernote (http://www.evernote.com/), but I haven't had a chance to mess with that. Thanks, Douglas. Hey, thanks to all for checking in.

Jeff: I looked up the Marx book and it seems very interesting. I was a little bummed to see that the IMCPL (http://www.imcpl.org/) doesn’t have it, so I’ll have to get it from Amazon.

Meg: What? You rely on MAN to get you to me? I for one thought it would be the other way around. How about a little love, Meg, and putting the IMA’s blog into your Google Reader?

Speaking of Google Readers, welcome to mine, PastaQueen, and I’m glad we are now “following” each other on Twitter. Really, though, the more I use Twitte the more I wonder why I use it (I think I need to read Jeff’s book).

Which brings me to Julie’s thoughtful response. Wow, I’m impressed with your somewhat scientific approach to using Twitter. I think I’m at the other end off the spectrum on this one — the less science the better. In fact, last night I figured out how to make Jott notes that go to Twitter, and then go to my facebook status. So now you can have audio on your twitter. Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/3jtzum (hit the little speaker to hear me speak).

I have my brother, Douglas, to thank for showing me Jott. He’s also a big fan of evernote (http://www.evernote.com/), but I haven’t had a chance to mess with that. Thanks, Douglas.

]]> By: Julie Heath, Lunder Center Conservation Coordinator & Nancy Proctor, Head of New Media Initiatives, Smithsonian American Art Museum http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-9020 Julie Heath, Lunder Center Conservation Coordinator & Nancy Proctor, Head of New Media Initiatives, Smithsonian American Art Museum Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:23:00 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-9020 Richard, Thanks for your thoughtful questions and mention of Eye Level and the Lunder Center’s Twitter site. Our conservation staff use Twitter to send real time alerts when treatment or benchwork begins in the Visible Labs that may be of interest to visitors. This keeps the Museum’s Visitor Services Manager (and therefore the large group of volunteers who staff the information desks) up-to-date on what is happening. Others who are interested can also follow. We don’t really know much about our 60-odd Twitter followers, or why they are following us. We have started seeing an increase in visitors to the Lunder Conservation Center after tweets go out, but need to verify whether there is a direct causal link. We also hope Twitter will help those who can’t come to the labs stay in touch with our conservation efforts from afar. We think that the immediacy of the alerts can make for a stronger connection, but we don’t know if our short messages are hitting the mark in both content and style. In short, we need some research, which we hope to conduct this fall once our followers reach a critical mass, to ensure Twitter is truly meeting our staff’s and audiences’ needs, and not just another example of technology for technology’s sake. Richard,
Thanks for your thoughtful questions and mention of Eye Level and the Lunder Center’s Twitter site.

Our conservation staff use Twitter to send real time alerts when treatment or benchwork begins in the Visible Labs that may be of interest to visitors. This keeps the Museum’s Visitor Services Manager (and therefore the large group of volunteers who staff the information desks) up-to-date on what is happening. Others who are interested can also follow.

We don’t really know much about our 60-odd Twitter followers, or why they are following us. We have started seeing an increase in visitors to the Lunder Conservation Center after tweets go out, but need to verify whether there is a direct causal link.

We also hope Twitter will help those who can’t come to the labs stay in touch with our conservation efforts from afar. We think that the immediacy of the alerts can make for a stronger connection, but we don’t know if our short messages are hitting the mark in both content and style.

In short, we need some research, which we hope to conduct this fall once our followers reach a critical mass, to ensure Twitter is truly meeting our staff’s and audiences’ needs, and not just another example of technology for technology’s sake.

]]> By: PastaQueen http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-9013 PastaQueen Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:07:20 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-9013 Twitter has a lot of uses - to entertain, to update people on what you're doing, to direct them to links on your site - but I most enjoy having conversations on Twitter with people I would never have met otherwise. I'm always interested in who's following who, and from there I make new and interesting connections. It's also interesting to eavesdrop on other people's conversations. Twitter is also a great tool to use during conferences because you can see what everyone else is thinking and doing during the events. Twitter has a lot of uses – to entertain, to update people on what you’re doing, to direct them to links on your site – but I most enjoy having conversations on Twitter with people I would never have met otherwise. I’m always interested in who’s following who, and from there I make new and interesting connections. It’s also interesting to eavesdrop on other people’s conversations. Twitter is also a great tool to use during conferences because you can see what everyone else is thinking and doing during the events.

]]> By: Meg http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-8530 Meg Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:54:02 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-8530 I was happy to be redirected to your blog from Tyler's. MAN shout outs are always a treat! I'm trying to determine the applicability of Twitter to marketing/communications. I'm searching for the right application for the tool. Might be interesting to track individuals in a Museum...Follow the daily activities of a conservator, visitor services representative, curator, or member of the exhibition installation team. It would certainly provide unprecedented access into how a museum operates. Problem is finding the right people willing to do it. .. I was happy to be redirected to your blog from Tyler’s. MAN shout outs are always a treat! I’m trying to determine the applicability of Twitter to marketing/communications. I’m searching for the right application for the tool. Might be interesting to track individuals in a Museum…Follow the daily activities of a conservator, visitor services representative, curator, or member of the exhibition installation team. It would certainly provide unprecedented access into how a museum operates. Problem is finding the right people willing to do it. ..

]]> By: Girl at the Piano: Recording Sound | Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-8485 Girl at the Piano: Recording Sound | Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:53:27 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-8485 [...] Recently, I’ve been pondering the possibilities so-to-speak. After reading Richard’s insightful post on the use of Twitter in museum conservation and then spotting Nick Brien’s article, [...] [...] Recently, I’ve been pondering the possibilities so-to-speak. After reading Richard’s insightful post on the use of Twitter in museum conservation and then spotting Nick Brien’s article, [...]

]]> By: Jeff Peachey http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-8352 Jeff Peachey Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:06:49 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-8352 In light of your last question, you might be interested in Leo Marx's "The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America" Some of it deals with the technological framing/ interpreting of art. A lot might depend on how broad of a definition of technology you choose to adopt-- at the extreme end, Jacque Ellul, linking technology and technique, sees it as almost as broad and pervasive as thought itself, in "The Technological Society." In light of your last question, you might be interested in Leo Marx’s “The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America” Some of it deals with the technological framing/ interpreting of art. A lot might depend on how broad of a definition of technology you choose to adopt– at the extreme end, Jacque Ellul, linking technology and technique, sees it as almost as broad and pervasive as thought itself, in “The Technological Society.”

]]> By: Richard McCoy http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-8346 Richard McCoy Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:13:50 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-8346 Hey, thanks for your note, Noelle, and adding more questions to the pile. Maybe it's just that I'm still in my Sunday morning on-line-newspaper-reading-mode, but I really don't have any good answers to your questions. I did, however, find a very interesting article in the NYT Technology Blog: In Praise of Political Tweets: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/in-praise-of-political-tweets/ Another intriguing way to use Twitter ... Hey, thanks for your note, Noelle, and adding more questions to the pile. Maybe it’s just that I’m still in my Sunday morning on-line-newspaper-reading-mode, but I really don’t have any good answers to your questions.

I did, however, find a very interesting article in the NYT Technology Blog: In Praise of Political Tweets:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/in-praise-of-political-tweets/

Another intriguing way to use Twitter …

]]> By: Noelle http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/09/26/the-twitter-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-8325 Noelle Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:34:39 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1167#comment-8325 Fascinating thoughts Richard. I was just pondering some of the same ideas today when thinking about what to blog about next. I wonder at work if the online content produced really drives people to the museum, engages them online and ends there, or serves as an ever cooler marketing tools. What is the ultimate purpose? What do people really want? Fascinating thoughts Richard. I was just pondering some of the same ideas today when thinking about what to blog about next. I wonder at work if the online content produced really drives people to the museum, engages them online and ends there, or serves as an ever cooler marketing tools. What is the ultimate purpose? What do people really want?

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