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.
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.
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?