Balboa Park Online Collaborative Blog

posted on: 05/01/2012 - 7:54am by mdougherty

Representatives of BPOC are participating in several technology-related sessions at this week's AAM Annual Meeting. Others of us will be watching from afar via Twitter (#AAM2012) but if you're there, be sure to say hello and learn about some of the collaborative technology projects BPOC has been leading in San Diego's Balboa Park.

Yesterday, BPOC Deputy Director Vivian Kung Haga discussed an IMLS-funded project to develop an open source online contest solution during the session "Investing in Innovation and Creativity: Results from IMLS's Sparks Ignition Grants." Future sessions with BPOC staff include:

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Giskin Anomaly in Sunset Magazine

posted on: 04/23/2012 - 4:42pm by mdougherty

Our parkwide cellphone adventure Giskin Anomaly is featured in the May 2012 issue of Sunset Magazine. We've had 9997 calls into the Giskin phone system so we anticipate that this mention will put us over 10,000 calls.

Haven't played yet?

You have a few more months to get your game on. Look for the first marker near The Old Globe box office. You don't need any kind of smartphone to play; any regular cellphone will do. Learn more at www.giskin.org.

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Congresswoman Susan Davis visits BPOC

posted on: 04/04/2012 - 11:32am by mdougherty

San Diego Congresswoman Susan Davis visited BPOC's office yesterday to learn more about our Wounded Warrior/Veterans Technology Internship Program. She met with some of our interns and learned about the work that they're doing in areas of IT support, video editing, and kiosk development.

Susan Davis

Congresswoman Susan Davis with Director Rich Cherry and four of our technology interns

From left: Mitchel McCullough, Rich Cherry, Andre Rowe, Congresswoman Davis, Brian Levinson, and Corey Pike

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UT San Diego highlights Balboa Park WiFi project

posted on: 04/03/2012 - 10:04am by mdougherty

The UT San Diego featured a story about our work on WiFi and mobile apps for Balboa Park museums.

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BPOC Launches Video Production Services

posted on: 02/23/2012 - 3:58pm by mdougherty

With the hiring of Video Project Manager, Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli, and the addition of two video production interns, Chris Radomski and Corey Pike, BPOC has started offering video production services to Balboa Park cultural institutions on a fee-for-service basis.

Anna has an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of California San Diego where she also taught video production, performance art and film history. A video installation artist with a background in small-gauge film and photography, she closely follows the rapidly changing landscape of video technology for both production and display, specifically in context of the gallery and museum. She has worked as a technician for the Guggenheim Museum and developed video content for The San Diego Museum of Art, as well as with numerous individual artists providing consultation for projects and overseeing production of live events and finished video works.

Together with Chris and Corey, Anna will work on a variety of video projects for members, including in-gallery video displays; educational videos for websites, podcasts, and kiosks; and videos highlighting special events and exhibitions. Just this past weekend the new video team with the help of a volunteer film crew produced content for a series of videos to advertise the Balboa Park Commons (due to launch this spring). Anna has also launched...

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