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Based on the semantically-enriched data model, we have implemented three different components/tools in the CHIP demonstrator: Artwork Recommender, web-based virtual Tour Wizard and PDA-based Mobile Tour. (i) Artwork Recommender. a Web-based rating dialog for artworks/topics to build a user profile, based on semantics-driven recommendations. (ii) Tour Wizard. a Web-based tool using the user prole to generate (semi)automatically personalization virtual museum tours for each user. (iii) Mobile Tour. a PDA-based tool to map virtual tours into the physical museum space with constraints; to give guidance to users and to synchronize the user profile on the web and in the PDA. prsented at Museum and the Web 2008: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/abstracts/prg_335001703.html

User participation Focus on the 'critical success factors' for user participation: what are the conditions, do's or don'ts, to make user participation really work? Are there any crucial or determining (external and internal) factors to take into account when developing user involvement strategies?"

This article provides an overview for anyone producing content about these two options. We argue that most content producers should focus on the mobile web, especially if they want to make their content more widely accessible. Mobile apps may be appropriate if looking for new sources of revenue, or deep user engagement, but many other factors make the mobile web the more sensible platform for most content producers.

"This article provides an overview for anyone producing content about thesetwo options. We argue that most content producers should focus on the mobileweb, especially if they want to make their content more widely accessible.Mobile apps may be appropriate if looking for new sources of revenue, ordeep user engagement, but many other factors make the mobile web the moresensible platform for most content producers. I'll provide a detailed comparison of both mobile web and apps for thedissemination of content focusing on the following: making contentaccessible, dealing with a multitude of devices and platforms, cost ofproduction, control over what content can be published, leveraging socialnetworks and search engines, features (such as ability to access users'location), user engagement, and monetization." (Author)

ne of the core questions behind Web 2.0 and user participation (especially in the museum context) is this: what is the proper role and relationship of experts and amateur enthusiasts?

Concluding this two-part article, we hear from creative professionals who are leading the way in this relatively new world of combining the craft of storytelling with user experience. We'll also see how storytelling can be applied to more than just interactive experiences: we find it in everything from packaging to architecture.

Just yesterday we learned that Google acquired AppJet, the company behind EtherPad, a real-time collaboration word processor. ... "- We are working with the Google Wave team to get all EtherPad users a chance to try out the Google Wave preview within the next couple of weeks. We do realize (as does the Google Wave team) that Wave doesn't yet have all the functionality you rely on, and isn't yet as mature as EtherPad."

To coincide with the opening of the Dickens and London exhibition, the Museum of London has launched a new iPhone and iPad app which takes users on a journey through the darker side of Charles Dickens' London.

photoarchive of the monastry Einsiedeln (CH) with more than 50000 photos from the beginning of photography up to today. registered users can add comments and can help to identify photos

Following on from the success of award-winning app Streetmuseum™, the Museum of London has joined forces with AETN UK's flagship channel HISTORY™ to develop a new app which gives users the opportunity to see Roman London as it was 2,000 years ago

Time travel through Bristol on the iPhone: The Time Traveller's Guide to Bristol project will launch a website later this week and an iPhone app at on July 28, allowing users to browse archive material and upload their own images of contemporary Bristol. It features 100 years of film and photography focused on six areas of Bristol, and invites users to superimpose archive material on a 3D model of contemporary shots - some of which were badly damaged during WW2, like Castle Park.

Trying to fix an organization's content problems by installing a content management system (CMS) is like trying to save a marriage by booking a holiday. We know that a successful web project needs a content strategy-but when it comes to the CMS, we stop thinking strategically. Despite all the talk about user-centered design, we rarely consider the user experience of the editorial team-the people who implement the content strategy. We don't design a CMS, we install it.

"We've been keeping an eye on super-simple feed reader Lazyfeed for about six months now. Cofounder and CEO Ethan Gahng wrote us today to let us know about some exciting changes users will see tomorrow morning when the startup launches Lazyfeed Squared, the second version of the product. "In our previous version," he said, "users had to click on updated topics to see what's inside. That is not lazy. And it wasn't fun enough. With the new version, it's not just the topics that update - each topic has its own live updates which show the latest headlines along with images." "

Crowd Sourcing What will changing innovation processes mean for design practitioners? "Adam Schilling, Senior Designer, 99designs.com Adam Schilling is passionate about design, typography, and freethinking. As Senior Designer and a founding member of 99designs.com, he's responsible for crafting user interfaces, conducting guerrilla usability testing, "

"What can all of this tell us? Museums are creating YouTube videos but only a small number of users watch them and an even smaller number interact with them. YouTube's front page shows us their most popular videos. Users are catching up on TV programmes, getting their celebrity fixes and watching those random funnies."

I read with interest this week an article by Ruth Jamieson in The Guardian extolling the virtues of Twitter for us visual arts types. It largely confirmed what I've known for nearly a year now: Twitter is a great way to stay virtually connected with friends and professional contacts. It's fast, painless and has a Zen-like 140-character limit that disallows users from overwhelming other users with lengthy monologues.

It's been a good year for Twitter, and not merely because the company announced yesterday it has secured another huge round of funding. The microblogging platform has grown by over 100 million users this year and expanded its staff from 130 to 350 people. And it's rolled out major redesigns and improvements to its site, mobile apps and APIs.

Wie misst man den Erfolg im Social Web? Wann ist Social Marketing wirklich beim User angekommen? Fragen, die mich seit 2008 ständig beschäftigen und immer wieder zu neuen Antworten führen. Die einfachste: Wenn ich durch meine transmedialen und interaktiven Web-Aktivitäten nicht nur Aufmerksamkeit, sondern (virale) Verbreitung, Unterstützung und - ja, auch und vor allem das - On/Offline "Freundschaften" aufbaue. Die Massstäbe des klassischen Online-Marketings wie Seitenaufrufe und Impressions kann man in dieser Welt komplett vergessen. Was hier gemessen werden muss geht nämlich viel tiefer: Der "Social Impact".

"With marketers around the world all trying to come up with creative ways of engaging with users on Facebook and building fan bases we thought we would do a little research and share some of the best case studies from around the world. There are games, videos, interactive campaigns and lot of big brands spending lots of money on this list and if you have your thinking cap on you might just pick out a little gem for your own campaign"

City of Memory: a story map of new york. a) Stories curated by City Lore b) Stories uploaded by Users

a social support platform called Temptd. With Temptd, users can get immediate feedback and support through a Facebook app (and soon to be-launched iPhone app).