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Futurist Friday: Telepathic Theater

What if you could hear what characters in a play were thinking, as well as what they were saying? How would that change how playwrights create and audiences experience performance?While my …

Museums and Personalized Learning

Technology is fueling personalization of products, services, communications and experiences. We explored some of the implications of this trend in TrendsWatch 2015, but the impact and …

Worldless Wednesday: Taking Attendance

Real or parody? Make your guess before you follow the link… #Churchix #FacialRecognition #Privacy #TakingAttendance  Follow the link in the photo caption to the associated story. …

Futurist Friday: The Digital Panopticon

Who saw you on your way to work today? Even if you didn’t see a soul, chances are, no matter where you live and work, someone did, or could, spot you, via one or more cameras …

Toward a Creative Ecosystem: Relationship Management, Access and a Culture of Invitation

 In TrendsWatch 2015 I cite YBCA:You as an example of personalized museum services, one which integrates individualized curricula into a membership-based community engagement program. …

Monday Musing: TrendsWatch Watch

Here’s a quick roundup of recent stories related to the themes in TrendsWatch 2015 (Haven’t got your copy yet? Download the free PDF here. Print copies will be available in the AAM …

Futurist Friday: The Encrypted Archive

Here’s a challenge for GLAMS (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums): how can we guarantee the privacy of donors who want certain records to be kept from the public until a …

Futurist Friday: A Graphic Look at Big Data and Privacy

Sometimes, in this job, I get dang tired of reading. That’s one reason I so often feature videos in Friday’s periodic glimpse of the future. Next best thing to video? …

Wordless Wednesday: Teenie Techie Turtles

#WearableTech #Biomonitoring #iOSinfants Follow the link in the photo caption to find out more. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links to associated articles) on …

Privacy in a Watchful World TW 14 update

This is one of a series of mid-year updates on the 2014 TrendsWatch trends. I’ve already posted entries on Big Data, Social Entrepreneurship, the Sharing Economy and Robots, as well …

Navigating the Social Media Morass

What do Jelly, Nextt, Spayce, Pheed, Sulia, Sharebloc, Bubblews and Learni.sthave in common? They’re all new social media sites, most having launched within the last year. It seems like …

Wordless Wednesday: Assistive Emotional Intelligence

Wonder what this is? #FacialRecognition #EmotionalIntelligence Follow the link in the photo caption to find out more. You can find more glimpses of the future (and links to associated …
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