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Could museum parking lots be more fun in the future?

In L.A. at least, folks are beginning to have the option of owning a new, affordable (affordable by L.A. standards at least) single-family home in trendy neighborhoods, albeit on tiny lots.

'The Future is Here' conference at the Smithsonian; also this month's Smithsonian magazine features lots of future studies articles

big data can help businesses offer much more precisely tailored products or services through an ever-narrower segmentation of customers lots of data points in this article

Folks at any museum who are thinking about incorporating experiences for the blind should watch these videos - especially Describing Colors to Blind People, Intangible Concepts to a Blind Person, and How a Blind Person Uses a Computer. Lots of other good stuff here too, plus you gotta love Tommy's attitude.

Lots of third spaces in the making here. Look at all the California finalists!

A cautionary tale...I saw lots of references to this on blogs I track in Feedly. Thought my brother-in-law should know about it since he works in electrical engineering. Tracked down the source to Kickstarter. It's an idea -- and probably a good one -- but not real yet.

What's needed...is a lot more public debate about the risks of inaction. "Risk is something we all understand in our daily lives...and if people were to think more about the risk of inaction, we think they would be more inclined to take action." How can museums help move the conversation forward?

...outfits designed to resist bacteria and odor. The new gym clothes should keep the exercising astronauts smelling a lot better...

Museums the world over are doing amazingly well. Can they continue? Lots of interesting charts and diagrams.

"More of the news we are likely to consume today is visually driven," he says. "A lot of knowledge is non-verbal." How do we use powerful images to convey knowledge and feeling, not just illustrate?

Third spaces can be developed anywhere as this parking lot that incorporates green facades and a rooftop playground shows us.

How can museums participate in this trend?

I like this trend --- how do we get in? Open course material by age group -- by themes --- design for cross institutional learning -- micro credentialing (Mozilla just opened the Badges Backpack platform)... lots of potential for museums to provide continuity of learning experiences...

Interesting piece on urbanism, the "creative class," and class and economics in general.  Where to do museums fit into this "hip cool"? Burning money trying to become "cooler" ends up looking something like the metropolitan equivalent to a midlife crisis.

This has gotten lots o' buzz... w/ his intellectual enemy Joel Kotkin (?) stirring the fire... I look at museums as needing this creative class to drive buzz -and innovative efforts.... these are the 'First Friday' night party people...

Company behind the 3D hologram of Tupac at Cochella... Getting lots of viral attention...

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