Web 2.0??!? When did that happen??

British Columbia Museums Association
Conference 2006

Introduction

Jonathan Lathigee

I.T. Administrator, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
jlathigee _at_ aggv.bc.ca
http://aggv.bc.ca

Principal, zero one design inc.
jonathan _at_ zeroonedesign.com
http://zeroonedesign.com

Warm Up: "Discuss Amongst Yourselves"

  1. what’s the most visited web site on the internet? notes

  2. what is a “cutting edge” feature that a museum / gallery web site *could* have?

  3. What are “necessary features”?

Then vs. Now

Reality and expectation are fickle and changing things...

Web 2.0 - Exciting New Things

Flavour of the year?

New technologies are often used as a call to action just for the fact that they're new -- everyone else is doing it, you should too. I don't say that.

Light a Fire Time

So what should Museums and Galleries be doing?

Glad you asked