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Examples of changed collections policies
July 16, 2013 - 7:51amDoes anyone have any examples of how collections policies have been changed as a result of UGC or crowdsourcing activities? I.e. members of the public have allowed a museum/archive to scan old photos, letters, etc, and display these online or accession the scans, and how the collections policy was changed to allow this. [...]
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Re: Introducing Textal, text analysis app
July 15, 2013 - 3:48pmLet me know when there's an API - I've got a project I'd love to try it on :)
If anyone wants to get a flavour for the variety of responses and
doesn't have an iPhone I'd recommend the random feature on the website
- http://www.textal.org/random
Jumping through a couple of inevitable look-ups of people's own names
on Twitter searches, I quickly stumbled across this Alice In
Wonderland text from Gutenberg
http://www.textal.org/gallery/f8f52928ba31
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James Morley
www.jamesmorley.net / @jamesinealing
www.whatsthatpicture.com / @PhotosOfThePast
www.apennypermile.com / @APennyPerMile [...]
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Re: Introducing Textal, text analysis app
July 15, 2013 - 11:30amThanks all!
All of the processing is server side - and we will be releasing this as an
API for others to use soon. The app is a skin that connects to the back
end, and we started with iOS as we knew how to do that. We're a small team
with a miniscule budget (its me, and two early career researchers, all with
day jobs doing this in our spare time, but it helps that we have servers at
UCL we can crank this through!). If it takes off, we'll learn how to do
Android too. Part of this [...]
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Re: Introducing Textal, text analysis app
July 15, 2013 - 5:40amHI Melissa
I would echo Mike's comments; an enjoyable engaging (especially if you're a word nerd) app, but why just an IOS app? Did you consider a web app and an Android version?
I did have trouble setting Twitter as the text source, whatever I typed got no results.
Thanks
Nick Stevens
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Re: Introducing Textal, text analysis app
July 15, 2013 - 5:28am+1 to what Mike said, especially as I don't have an iPhone so could
only be teased by nice looking screengrabs! And are there any plans
for an API?
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James Morley
www.jamesmorley.net / @jamesinealing
www.whatsthatpicture.com / @PhotosOfThePast
www.apennypermile.com / @APennyPerMile
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Mike Ellis wrote:
> Hi Melissa
>
> Cool app - thanks, have downloaded and had a play. It works well, looks nice and is fun to use.
>
> I'm wondering though whether you could expand on why you chose to implement it as a mobile app? The functionality [...]
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Re: Introducing Textal, text analysis app
July 15, 2013 - 5:08amHi Melissa
Cool app - thanks, have downloaded and had a play. It works well, looks nice and is fun to use.
I'm wondering though whether you could expand on why you chose to implement it as a mobile app? The functionality and usability seems much more web-app like to me - things like entering a URL, viewing an output on a small screen etc - wouldn't this be better off as a pure web app? [...]
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[MuseomixUK] Call for Applicants closes July 15th
July 12, 2013 - 6:07pmI'm sending this long email to hopefully answer the questions I've been
getting online.
*Closing date for Applicants is JULY 15th*
I'm Project Coordinator for Museomix UK, the only global Museomix happening
in the UK and the only one that's in English (4 locations in France, 1 in
Quebec and us). The concept is not easy to explain as it's an experience,
not an event (although I tend to use both words). [...]
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Introducing Textal, text analysis app
July 12, 2013 - 2:48pmHi folks,
I thought that some of you may be interested in hearing about our new
iPhone app, Textal, which is now up for download for free in the app store!
Textal is a free smartphone app for iOS that allows users to analyze
documents, web pages and tweet streams, exploring the relationships between
words in the text via an intuitive word cloud interface. The app generates
visualizations and statics that can be shared without effort, which makes
it a fun and useful tool for both research and play, bridging the gap
between text analysis and mobile computing. [...]
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external evaluator for Online CPD scoping
July 12, 2013 - 11:07amIWM (Imperial War Museums) is seeking to appoint an external evaluator to determine the potential for online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) available through IWM.ORG.UK. The findings from this scoping will be used by IWM to decide feasibility, audience, content and format of any future provision.
The budget for this work is £3,500 (excluding VAT) to include fee and all expenses. [...]
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British Museum - Analyst Programmer (x2)
July 12, 2013 - 9:53amDear All,
Please see details of two Analyst Programmer positions within the Development section of the IS department here at the British Museum.
Reference
1347215
Location
London
Closing Date
Monday 22nd July 2013 12pm Noon
Additional Information
Salary: £30,746 - £36,772 per annum
Contract: Permanent (Full Time)
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Project Manager role for new CRM
July 12, 2013 - 7:10amHi All
We have a vacancy for a part-time project manager helping to implement a new CRM system. This position is initially a six month contract but with the potential for a continuing role. Closing date is 22 July 2013.
Full details can be found here, http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/s/crmjob
Nick Stevens
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Makers, tech, workshops hacking and Cory Doctorow - London's First Maker Faire, quicky review
July 11, 2013 - 3:11amDear All,
for anyone who did not get to London's first Mini Maker faire at the London College of Communication last weekend, I have cobbled a quick review on the V&A Digital Media blog.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/b/blog/digital-media/elephant-castle-mini-maker-faire-2013
Andrew
Andrew Lewis
Acting Head of Digital Media
Digital Media Team
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London SW7 2RL
020 7942 2373
a.lewis@vam.ac.uk
www.vam.ac.uk/digitalmedia
linkd.in/andrewlewis ( www.vam.ac.uk/digitalmedia )
@rosemarybeetle ( https://twitter.com/rosemarybeetle )
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Heritage Show + Tell, 18th July 2013 (Yorkshire)
July 10, 2013 - 2:25pmHeritage Show + Tell, 18th July 2013
Experience Barnsley
Heritage Show + Tell is a chance for people passionate about heritage in Yorkshire to come together and share their work, get feedback on ideas and meet new collaborators.
The next Heritage Show + Tell will be hosted by the brand new Experience Barnsley, the first ever Barnsley Museum which opened at the end of June. Join us for a tour of the new museum at 4pm. We will then kick off Heritage Show + Tell at 5pm. [...]
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Digital collaboration survey
July 10, 2013 - 6:56amDear Colleague,
This is a friendly reminder to please take a moment to fill out this questionnaire regarding collaborative initiatives among digitisation projects. If you have filled out the survey, thank you!
If you have not had a chance to take the survey yet, I would appreciate your reading the message below and completing the survey. [...]
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Survey on your favourite objects
July 9, 2013 - 4:04pm*Apologies for cross posting*
Dear MCGers,
The Human Computer Interaction Research Group at the University of York, as part of our work in interactive systems in museums, are conducting a survey about people's favourite museum objects! We are particularly interested in hearing from people who work to build exhibits in museums, but we will take responses from anyone who is passionate about museums! [...]
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Fixed term Web Developer post at the Museum of London
July 9, 2013 - 10:25amHi all,
We have an exciting new opportunity in our web team! We are looking for
a Web Developer at the Museum of London to work with us on our
collections online projects. If you are interested, or know anyone who
is interested in the post, please use the link below to find out more
and to make an application: [...]
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Re: Mailchimp & Institutional spam filter advice
July 8, 2013 - 12:33pmHi Mike,
Yes I had, although clearly not as thoroughly as I thought. I don't remember the last two pages on firewalls... So thank you for reminding me about that one.
Cheers
Tony
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Re: Mailchimp & Institutional spam filter advice
July 8, 2013 - 12:04pmHi Tony
I'm assuming that you've read the excellent "How to avoid spam filters" guide from Mailchimp…?
http://mailchimp.com/resources/guides/how-to-avoid-spam-filters/
cheers
Mike
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Mailchimp & Institutional spam filter advice
July 8, 2013 - 11:56amDear All,
Any general advice on how to get through institutional spam filters when using Mailchimp? I know Mailchimp has various tools for spam filters which I have used already, but are there any good guides to syntax or avoiding certain phrases or words?
For those that are rightly worried I can confirm this request is not to enable me to start a spamming career, it's just I am having a little trouble with an e-newsletter for a professional association. [...]
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Treasures of Cumbria Project - Mobile and online features implementation - Invitation to tender
July 8, 2013 - 11:08amTreasures of Cumbria Project
Mobile and online features implementation
Invitation to tender
Treasures of Cumbria is an exciting new project which looks to stimulate the people of Cumbria into becoming interested in and actively engaged with both its museum collections, and its wider heritage and history.
Delivered across a mix of platforms - online, mobile, print, radio and more - Treasures of Cumbria creates a level-playing field for museums, community groups and individuals to create, edit, vote and comment on the 'Treasures' of the county. [...]
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