Beyond the Button

courtesy William SpaetzelFifth grader, Kenton Stufflebeam, has pointed out an error in a museum exhibit about geology at the Smithsonian that's been out for the public to see for 27 years. By building mechanisms for visitors to share their knowledge and ideas we can avoid this sort of issue in the future. Many museum folk immediately worry about accuracy when we talk about new experiences that let visitors contribute and share authority with our institutions. In this case the expertise flowed from visitor to museum instead of the other way around.

Flick launches statistics for your photo sharing accounts. I know of several folks who are using Flickr as their image engine and then pulling their images into their website via the API. I suspect this will make it easier for more projects to use that model now that they can better track use.

Make sure you look for the funny old skool "under construction" animated GIFs when you sign up for these stats.