iPhone app from the American Museum of Natural History

[James William Yoon]

(it probably goes without saying, but I mean the app as it's currently
published as of this email--I could imagine any number of different ways
they could adapt the app to benefit the in-museum case)

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:11 AM, James William Yoon
<james.yoon at utoronto.ca>wrote:

> I think the app is designed specifically (and exclusively) for the
> out-of-museum case. I can't imagine anyone using this chronically in-museum,
> in part because the content often unrelated to the museum space (e.g.,
> pictures of staff or researchers, of excavation sites, etc.), but mainly
> because there's no way to link what you see on the device to what you see in
> the space, or vice versa.
>
> James
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Alistair Jones <ajonesolt at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Glad you checked it out!
>>
>> Quick question: What space do you think the application was designed
>> for?  Does it make as much sense to use in the museum space as it does
>> to use it at home?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:23 PM, James William Yoon
>> <james.yoon at utoronto.ca> wrote:
>> > I love it.
>> >
>> > The app encourages exploration and playfulness. Its interface is pretty
>> > simple and straightforward.
>> >
>> > Interestingly though, while I get really excited about exploring the
>> mosaic
>> > of photos, I have almost no inclination to make use of its "Info" option
>> to
>> > learn more about particular photos. I'm even less inclined to comment,
>> and
>> > galaxies away from wanting to send any of the particular photos to my
>> > friends. I wonder if this is because the interface encourages surface
>> > exploration over deeper investigation (who wants to read and type when
>> you
>> > can pan, pinch and zoom across tens or hundreds of thousands of
>> photos?), or
>> > because there's a truly overwhelming number of photos I *could* read
>> about
>> > (and thus pick none; i.e., the problem of too many candies to choose
>> from),
>> > or because I'm a bad museum user, or because I have little interest in
>> > dinosaur bones.
>> >
>> > All of that notwithstanding, I think they did a fantastic job of
>> creating an
>> > app that makes it *fun* to explore photos of their space, people,
>> artifacts,
>> > and other domain-related things, if only for a few minutes before the
>> > novelty dries out.
>> >
>> > Thanks for sharing this!
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > James
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Alistair Jones <ajonesolt at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Apparently the American Museum of Natural History has released an
>> >> iPhone app for its dinosaur bones exhibit.  I would love to test it
>> >> out, but I dont know have an iPhone...  If you check me know your
>> >> thoughts!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/american_museum_of_natural_history.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Alistair
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