tate handheld conference
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Presentation that I was fortunate to give at the Tate Modern Handheld Conference on September 6th, 2008.TRANSCRIPT
San Jose Museum of Art getting it done
Chris AlexanderManager of Interactive Technology
Tate 2008 Handheld Conference: from audio tours to iPhones
SJMA Culture and Background
‣ Small Staff (30-35 employees)
‣ Nimble
‣ Minimal budget
‣ All content created in-house
- HD Video Camera, Wireless Microphones, Apple Software
‣ My Background
- Masters of Fine Arts degree in Visual Arts
- Web Design training
- On the job learning
San Jose Museum of Art: getting it done
Podcast YouTubeYouTubeCell Phone iPod Touch/iPhone
SJMA Technological History‣Technology program started in 2005
‣Used Video iPods in “Notes-Only” Mode
‣First Customer of Guide by Cell (prototype)
‣MUSE (American Association of Museums) Award recognition in 2006
‣September 2007 prototyped iPhone tour
‣May 2008 officially launched iPod Touch tour
‣Holistic approach/Many points of access
San Jose Museum of Art: getting it done
Devices Used
Cell Phones Video iPods iPod Touch/iPhone
San Jose Museum of Art: getting it done
Cell Phones
‣ Started cell phone tours and Video iPod tours concurrently
‣ Guide by Cell first beta user
- Simple to use web interface
- Great statistical information
‣ Audio basically recycled from iPod tour
‣ Broadest visitor reach/accessibility
‣ Limited capabilities
‣ Usage has trailed off since launching iPod Touch Tour
‣ Text messaging and polling available
San Jose Museum of Art: getting it done
Video iPod
‣ Used Notes-Only Mode aka “Museum Mode”
‣ Beginning learning curve
‣ Good Apple documentation
‣ Limiting (font-size, images, buttons)
‣ Creative UI solutions
San Jose Museum of Art: getting it done
iPod Touch/iPhone
San Jose Museum of Art: getting it done
How it is constructed:
‣ IUI Framework
‣ CSS
‣ XHTML
‣ AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript XML)
WiFi Set-up
San Jose Museum of Art: getting it done
www.sjma.mobi
www.sjma.mobi
DNS Server @ SJMA
Redirect to SJMA websitesjmusart.org/m
Two Servers are synced
Inside SJMA viaSanJoseMuseumofArt
WiFi
Outside SJMA viavia other network
web.com SJMA web hosting
Contact InfoChris AlexanderManager of Interactive Technology San Jose Museum of Artemail: [email protected]: www.chris-alexander.com
Slided available at: www.slideshare.net/cmalexander
iPod Touch/iPhone tour video at: www.vimeo.com/1487144
Video iPod in Notes-Only Mode: www.vimeo.com/363779
San Jose Museum of Art: getting it done