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A tale of two iPod Tours...

Video iPod Tour - Origin of

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•Challenged to create

•First tour in November 2005

•10 iPods available for check-out

•Political show with popular

music edited in.

•Not offered as a podcast (RSS)

•Since 2005 we have offered

some form of iPod interactive in

the gallery

Video iPod Tour - Origin of

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Benefits

•Familiarity

•Ease of Use

•“Notes-Only” Mode

•Visitors could use their own

•Affordable

Video iPod Tour - Origin of

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Limitations

•Flexibility

•Font-size

•Updating is time consuming

•Text-based User-Interface

•Small screen size

The Holistic Approach

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•All content produced in house

•Tools utilized: HD Video Camera, Wireless Mics, Final Cut Express...among others

•All content pushed out through a variety of means:YouTubeiTunes (via RSS) Cell PhoneMost importantly - our iPod tour

iPhone Purchase - October 2007Life is good!

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Web Apps

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Web Apps as inspiration

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•Started exploring all the Web App options that were out there.

•Discovered iPhonewebdev Google Group

•Apple Developer documentation

•Joe Hewett’s IUI Framework for Facebook

•Started developing prototype of iPhone guide

•Found the platform to be significantly better than the current Video iPod that we were using in Notes-Only

iPod Touch Interactive Guide

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Created using:

•IUI Javascript Framework

•AJAX Asynchronous Javascript XML

•XHTML

•CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

Robots

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•Beta tested with a few units during our Goya Exhibit

•Offered Robots sneak peek

•Discovered WiFi issues (solved, more in a minute)

•Charging issues

Robots

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•Purchased 30 iPod Touch Units

•Built special cabinets to house

•Museum Experience Representative in-gallery checkout

WiFi Speed

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www.sjma.mobi

www.sjma.mobi

DNS Server@SJMA

web.comSJMA web

hostingRedirect to

SJMA websitesjmusart.org/m

Two Servers sync nightly

Inside SJMA viasanjosemuseumofart

WiFi

Outside SJMA viavia other network

Contact Info

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Chris AlexanderManager of Interactive TechnologyEmail: calexander@sjmusart.orgTel. 408-271-6875www.slideshare.net/cmalexander

Links to videos shown in presentation:•http://vimeo.com/1487144 (iPod Touch/iPhone)•http://vimeo.com/363779 (Video iPod “Notes Only”mode)