Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
Wiki Software and Facilities for Museums
1. Wiki Software and
Facilities for Museums
Prof. Jonathan P. Bowen
Museophile Limited
United Kingdom
www.jpbowen.com
MW2008, Montréal,
Québec, Canada,
April 9–12, 2008
2. Background
• Collaboration – natural for humans for survival
• Marshall McLuhan – “the medium is the
message” and “global village” in the 1960s
• WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link) – started in
1985
• Virtual communities – social networking
• Web 2.0 – blogs, discussion forums, wikis, etc. –
enabling technology
• Technology support improving; community
building still needs expertise and effort