AI, ChatGPT, and Museum Work

The questions for museum workers about AI shouldn't be what to use it for, but who will use it and why.

Links of the Week: March 3, 2023: Minding the Gaps

Sometimes it's what's missing that defines our workplaces.

Links of the Week: February 10, 2023: Tech and friends

Tech was supposed to make the world safe for everything, but it's mostly been good for corporate profits so far.

September Opener: What Does Digital Mean to Museums?

Museums' issues with digital and technology reflect a greater struggle for identity and meaning.

The Trouble with Defining "Digital Transformation" in Museums

Everyone talks about digital transformation, but no one can define it.

Museum Disruption Revisited (and Dismantling Visited)

Can museum workers really down bring their own system?

Personality Types, Personas, and Uncertainty in Museum Work

Personality tests and personas come from the same organizational obsession with absolute certainty.

The Tech-Driven Cult of the Individual Harms Museum Workers' Mental Health

Personalized tech was supposed to help mental health issues in museums. What happened?

Automation and Museum Work, Part I: The Search

Automation in museum work is a search—but are we looking for efficiency or humanity?

The NFT Conundrum for Museums

Can museums resist the latest get-rich-quick-(by-making-others-poor) scheme?

Museum digital for the rest of us

Has org culture in museums caught up to everything that "digital" can mean?

Museums Must Pivot Back to People

Museums have been pivoting to post-normal workplaces. What else are they pivoting to?

Strategy for the Rest of Us

Thoughts from the first of two weeks of the Museum Computer Network's virtual 2020 conference

Art Book Digital Publishing: Hopelessly Lost, Making Excellent Time

Have we moved past the search for the one digital art book format to rule them all?

Mission Driven on a Capitalist Superhighway

Will museums always be monetizing from here on out?