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Mapping Migration in the United States - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    Interesting interactive data chart of migration and immigration.
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Newfields Director Charles Venable on His Data-Driven (and Maybe Crazy) Quest to Save t... - 2 views

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    In an era of greater entertainment opportunities with on-demand availability, people had begun chiefly seeking out cultural experiences that are defined by "fun." Museums, as traditionally construed, had become boring. Venable embraced this as gospel, and rethought the IMA from ground up.
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Mastodon Isn't Just A Replacement For Twitter - 1 views

  • We need to learn how to become more like engaged democratic citizens in the life of our networks.
  • he challenge and the opportunity of spaces like the fediverse is that it is up to us which rules we want to follow and how we make rules for ourselves.
  • We believe that it is time to embrace the old idea of subsidiarity, which dates back to early Calvinist theology and Catholic social teaching. The European Union’s founding documents use the term, too. It means that in a large and interconnected system, people in a local community should have the power to address their own problems. Some decisions are made at higher levels, but only when necessary. Subsidiarity is about achieving the right balance between local units and the larger systems.
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  • On Social.coop, we don’t just post and comment about what’s on our minds; we also decide on our moderation practices and enact them through committees. The Community Working Group handles conflict resolution through accountability processes. Its members are paid with funds from our sliding-scale member dues. The Tech Working Group maintains our servers, while the Finance Working Group keeps an eye on our budget. Any member can propose new activities and policies, and we can all vote on them according to the bylaws. We adjust Mastodon’s moderation settings as we see fit.
  • a number of servers organized to collectively ban those that harbored white supremacists, like Gab, from the rest of the fediverse — even if it remained active on the network, most people using Mastodon would never see Gab users’ posts.
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Quantum computers are many years away from cracking crypto: MIT Tech Review - 0 views

  • Condensed matter theory physicist and quantum information expert Sankar Das Sarma has argued in MIT Technology Review that quantum computers remain a very long way away from cracking RSA-based cryptography.
  • An example of the methodology in crypto is the creation of a new wallet that generates a public address and private key.
  • Quantum security is seen as a major issue in the blockchain and crypto sector and it is widely believed that powerful quantum computers will one day become advanced enough to hack current cryptography.
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  • cracking cryptography is currently well beyond the grasp of current computing power.
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Algorithms Rule the World - [INFOgraphic] | Futurist Foresight - 0 views

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    Whatever the purpose, algorithms will continue to shake up the status quo.
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    I think our opportunity is to learn how they can personalize the museum experience... remember the data value chain graph-- descriptive to predictive to prescriptive. If we need to learn from another sector= 'Adaptive Learning Platforms' like Knewton and LearnSmart (McGrawHill)--- what are analogs for guiding museum goers?
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Zócalo Public Square :: Why On Earth Am I Looking At This? - 0 views

  • Most Museums Have Trouble Connecting To the Public. Maybe It's Time For Some New Ideas.
  • underprepared for their pending encounter with the visual arts
  • many audience members seem intuitively aware of what is missing: more access to the story explaining how and why a work has arrived at this place for their enjoyment.
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  • soldiering through the galleries and paying minimal attention to the exhibits prepared expressly for their viewing
  • reanimated by the opportunities to engage in eating, spending, and talking on the phone—activities compatible with a sidewalk stroll.
  • critical message about the socializing function of the city
  • There is scientific data, too, upon which to build an argument for ensuring that we do better by our museum guests.
  • participation in the arts, especially as audience, predicted civic engagement, tolerance, and altruism.”
  • “[T]he space of the art museum is an inherently public or civic space,” wrote Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, in a recent essay. “Art museums in this context need to be understood as quintessentially urban institutions that play a critical role in defining the intellectual and physical fabric of cities and towns.”
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Plains Art Museum Seeks Community Involvement with Upcoming Exhibition « Plai... - 0 views

  • The exhibition, titled You Like This: A Democratic Approach to the Museum Collection, will be on display October 6 to January 15. All work in the exhibition will have been chosen by the public through crowdsourcing.
  • three-step process
  • advisory pane
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  • short survey online
  • pieces to choose from, so the panel will help narrow the focus based on the data from the survey.  After that, the public will b
  • After that, the public will be able to vote online for the specific pieces that will be part of the exhibition.
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The Discovery Economy: Why Sharing Your Identity Is A Good Thing | Fast Company - 0 views

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    an interesting analog 
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