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Museullaneous
What is Foursquare?
A passing fad, yet another social networking site to annoy us or is there something to Foursquare?
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Museullaneous
Smithsonian Commons Prototype
The Smithsonian Commons is doing more than "... enabling discoveries. It will make possible new fields of discovery". What is the Smithsonian Commons and how will this be made possible?
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Science
Our first female Prime Minister
History has been made in Australian politics. Australia see’s the first female PM sworn in.
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Science
Turning the Tide
The ocean gives us so much yet we continue to treat it with little respect.
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Museullaneous
Kids and credibility in the online world
What do children think about the credibility of information they find online? A new report from MIT Press gives answers.
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Science
The Plastiki Expedition sets off on their final leg to Sydney
The Plastiki left Samoa this morning (our time). The crew has been replaced, the Plastiki restocked, spirits are high and they will sail into the harbour in 30 to 40 days time – Good luck crew!!
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Science
The BP oil spill in the US
There are many questions to be answered about how this oil spill in the USA happened. What policy and procedures were in place to ensure an environmental catastrophe would be avoided if something were to go wrong?
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Science
Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
On the 1st of June in South Korea governments gave the go ahead for the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
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Museullaneous
Museums and Wikipedia
Is there a place for museums and Wikipedia? Yes, according to the British Museum.
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Museullaneous
The role of narrative in museum exhibitions
Just been reading a review of several museums in an article by Amanda Lohrey called The Absent Heart in The Monthly, June 2010. Got me inspired to re-visit the work I did on narrative in my doctoral thesis, and here's some thoughts.
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Science
Update of The Plastiki Expedition
After nearly a couple of weeks on xmas island the Plastiki with new crew members set sail for Fiji – or say they thought!
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Museullaneous
USA Trip 2010: Impressions from a land far far away
Been travelling in the States. First to Washington to present the George Brown Goode Memorial Lecture at the Smithsonian (talk titled How Web 2.0 is Changing the Nature of Museum Work), then to the American Association of Museums Conference in Los Angeles.
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At the Museum
Sustainable Exhibition Design Workshop
The second Sustainable Exhibition Design Workshop was held in Sydney on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 April 2010.The workshop allowed museum exhibition and graphic designers to share sustainable design solutions with an emphasis on practical advice and case studies and including a focus on l
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At the Museum
Renovation!
After nearly a quarter of a century the Museums Mineral Gallery has had a face lift.
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Museullaneous
Who is the public? A talk by John Falk
Who is the Public? Research in Identity in Museums, a talk by John Falk, Oregon State University, 18 May 2010.
