Let Me Be Your Guide

Each morning I jumpstart my day with three tasks: 1.) get up and visit the bathroom 2.) check my email –my laptop sleeps under my bed so I usually check email while still in bed 3.) watch RocketBoom. You may be familiar with the acts of going to the bathroom and checking email, but RocketBoom may be a new concept to you. As I noted before, they are my favorite Vlog (video blog), and today covered a story regarding podcasting and museums together at last.

In New York, NY at the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) David Gilbert and a few of his students talked about their spin on podcasting, Art Mobs. The idea is to download a podcast from the internet, then go to the museum and listen to that podcast as a museum audio tour guide. Here’s what David had to say:

“What we’re trying to do is we’re trying to get people to take control of their own information consumption. Rather than being passive consumers of media whether it’s television radio or even a museum guide, we want people to realize that with digital technology they can now produce their own news, their own television, their own radio, and even their own audio guides for museums.”