Robert J Weisberg
I work on a bit of everything in museum content. I find human solutions to tech problems. I geek out on workflow. No, really. I learn and teach and write everything down.
We've Met the E-Mail Problem, and It is Us
Yes, we have been talking about email killing workplace productivity for THIS long …
Links of the Week (3/1/16)
Articles on the deeper meaning of design, agile, and multitasking.
Discuss: Empathy and Talia Jane
Museum workers are now on the internet discussing making a living wage … once upon a time, the digital media sector was having that very conversation.
Discuss (2/19/16): Empathy in the Workplace
Is empathy the answer to the host of problems accompanying fast-paced organizational change? And what it might mean for museums.
Links of the Week (2/18/16)
Articles on museum trends, workplace exhaustion, and "peak content."
The Hater Bell Curve
Does your organization lean towards haterism? Is it even more pronounced in museums?
Was 2015 the Year that Print Fought Back?
Did print stage a turnaround? Did people get tired of ebooks? Or is this all just PR?
Reading the Museum CODE
Many different takes on what technology has done and still can do to and for museums—a lively conversation in book form.
Discuss (1/20/16): Museums and Branding
Many museums are rethinking their brand—no matter how many staff think the very idea of a brand is gross and corporate.
Design [Thinking] Your Museum—an Interview with Dana Mitroff Silvers
A pioneer in applying Design Thinking to museums and other cultural institutions talks about change and evolution in museums.
Links of the Week (1/18/16)
Some useful articles on digital journalism, valuing one's time, and spaceflight.
10 points about the Amazon workplace "debate"
What discussions about Amazon as a workplace say about the larger world of work.