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Seb Chan replied to Kate Stone's discussion iPad & iPhone in organisational context
"Hit up Dan Collins, IT manager at Powerhouse. He's been doing some great work getting all our front of house AND back of house iPads integrated. They're even using them for IT systems management . . . ."
Mar 16, 2011
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(FREE!) Mike Edson & the Smithsonian Commons at the Powerhouse Museum at Coles Theatre, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

October 15, 2010 from 6:45pm to 8:30pm
Although this is FREE seats are limited so you need to REGISTER online.--The talkThe Smithsonian Institution, with 137 million physical objects and a vast network of scholars and experts, is the world's largest museum and research complex—but how should it apply its resources to succeed in the digital age? Is it business as usual with a new veneer of Web pages and iPhone apps? Or does the new logic of digital technology…See More
Sep 25, 2010
Seb Chan replied to Kunstpedia's discussion Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) highest ranking art museum on the web in the group Web teams
"That's one of the reasons why the "stats" are problematic - they add an air of 'scientific truth' (if you start talking methodologies then you are implying provability). The notion that they 'feel' right is like…"
Feb 5, 2010
Seb Chan replied to Kunstpedia's discussion Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) highest ranking art museum on the web in the group Web teams
"Any methodology that uses Alexa is seriously flawed - and even though you've used Compete as well the methodology is not explained. Compete will weight heavily towards USA only and Alexa is just rubbish. The use of Google Page Rank is simply…"
Feb 2, 2010
Seb Chan commented on David Milne's blog post GLAM/Wiki Trial: Social History Photographs of Early 20th Century Queensland
"This will be an interesting trial! The benefit of Flickr really is the nature of its community - which, whilst diverse, is primarily predisposed with an interest in images and photography. Wikimedia is more a repository which requires the…"
Nov 17, 2009
Lynda Kelly commented on Seb Chan's blog post Powerhouse joins the Commons on Flickr
"Just received notification from Liz Holcombe of the Australian War Memorial about a blog post she has done celebrating their first year on Flickr Commons. Hopefully she'll have some tips to share!"
Nov 11, 2009
Seb Chan replied to Jonathan Cooper's discussion Bulk email service (for e-newsletters)
"Everything costs - even the free stuff. The good thing about paying for bulk email is that it forces you to prioritise database cleanups and the removal of people who don't read your spam. It also starts to engender a mindset that focusses on…"
Nov 8, 2009
Seb Chan replied to Jonathan Cooper's discussion Bulk email service (for e-newsletters)
"We use Campaign Master (http://www.campaignmaster.com.au/) now which is good and can be handled entirely by the marketing team. Campaign Monitor (http://www.campaignmonitor.com/) is very good if you want to have a lot of control over design etc. We…"
Nov 4, 2009

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About Me:
Sebastian Chan is currently the Manager of the Web Services Unit at the Powerhouse Museum. Coming from a background in social policy, journalism and media criticism as well as information technology, he has been building and producing websites and interactive media since the mid 1990s. At the Powerhouse he has been responsible for driving a strong user focus in design, usability and content, as well as expanding the scope and reach of the museum's suite of online projects. In the last financial year his team was responsible for tripling visitation to the Museum's online resources and a large suite of innovative experimental projects. He is known as a cultural sector specialist in social media and Web 2.0 applications, as well as web analytics.

He is a regular speaker in Australia and has also delivered workshops and presentations in the USA, Latin America, Canada, Asia, New Zealand and UK.

His other interests include electronic music and digital art, and he has directed and curated large scale national and international events and festivals, and also produces related media from radio broadcasts to print.
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Blog
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/

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Commons on Flickr 3 Month Report from Powerhouse

I've finally blogged our 3 month report on the Commons on Flickr.

Its long so make some tea before you sit down and read it. Maybe even break out the Tim Tams.

Posted on July 22, 2008 at 12:04am — 2 Comments

New post over at Fresh & New - Facebook Application analytics

I've done a short profile of a service that gives you access to analytics on which Facebook applications are getting used and which aren't . . . . and by who.…



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Posted on June 13, 2008 at 12:38pm

New post on Fresh & New: User experience is all that matters

I've written a new post around user experience, newspapers and museum sites . . . with follow ups to come.

Have a gander.

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2008/06/06/user-experience-is-all-that-matters-a-reminder-about-content-search-and-users/

Posted on June 7, 2008 at 7:06pm

Fresh & New - More on augmented reality and museums

Another blog post over at F&N - Mobile augmented animals.

Posted on June 2, 2008 at 5:06pm

More new posts at Fresh & New - some thoughts on APIs and augmented reality

Some new posts over at Fresh & New might be of interest.

On APIs.

On augmented reality.

Posted on May 28, 2008 at 11:15pm — 2 Comments

Comment Wall (4 comments)

At 11:12am on March 7, 2008, Mardi Nowak said…
Hi Seb, I really enjoyed your presentation at the conference on Friday. It was really engaging. I would love to find out more about the collection stuff that you guys are doing, mostly as I've described myself as a 'one woman' gallery and access to our collection and finding out more about it is a big thing for us.

Cheers!!
At 2:19pm on August 26, 2008, Angelina Russo said…
Hey Seb
If you're going to conference then I will too!
Hope all is well in anywhere other than cold southern Australia!
Cheers
At 9:24pm on November 23, 2008, Incognita Nom de Plume said…
Hey Seb -- is there anywhere I can find a list of your podcasts?
At 9:00pm on March 29, 2009, Chris Winter said…
Just can't help myself ....

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