Okay so I took a quick look at mashups. My initial reaction was, "Okay this is a fun way to waste a little time but what good is it?" . . . and then I thought about it a little and it presents s0me interesting possibilities for interactivity with Society collections . . . how, well, here's my thought . . .
Say in the lobby we setup a kiosk that has some type of menu option for "scavenger hunts" in the gallery. One of the options is the mashup to "spell with flickr" - someone enters a word, say their name, and gets a quick printout of a selection of collection pieces, on display in the galleries, that spell out their name . . . then they have to go find them. An interesting option for getting people to take a look around at what we've got on display . . .
You could do the same sort of thing with the flickr picker color . . .
The best part about all of this is since its technology and web based, you don't per se have to give them a print out at all . . . they could just download it to their phone, their Blackberry, their home computer, etc. . . . or perhaps have terminals in the galleries themselves, where they can check off items as they find them . . . and get a print out at the end, only after they've located all them items . . .
So apparently, some interesting possibilities after all. Maybe not traditional museum experience but if it gets them in the door and into the galleries maybe they'll stay a while. And even if they only stay 20 minutes, isn't a 20 minute visit better than no visit at all?
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Way to think outside the box on this. I have to admit, I was had some trepidations on reading your email. From your title I was worried I'd be reading how this was a waste of your time. I'm really glad you put some thought into this. Thank you!!
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