The Brooklyn Museum recently opened an API for their online collection. In and of itself this is impressive and awesome but the collection was just put online a mere six months ago. Allowing access to all of the collection data is a huge achievement for researchers, individuals and countries of [...]

Last night was the March installment of Refresh Philly. It was a good time which started out with pitches from some projects born out of BarCamp Philly such as HealthCampPhiladelphia, BarCamp NewsInnovation, and HigherEdCamp. Its great to see more niche programs and projects grow out of social media using the [...]

Last night I attended The Junto at P’unk Ave in South Philadelphia where the topic was ‘Rethinking The Library’. The topic of the library as a whole in Philadelphia conjurs up intense debate as many of our branches were set to close due to budgetary issues. Last night a panel [...]

Recently there has been a surge in coverage of twitter being used by corporations.i have to ask, why do people care? There are so many great museums/cultural organizations using Twitter as a tool to connect in a meaningful way with their followers. Using Twitter as a tool to connect with [...]

By hampering full access to the GApps i think Google is doing a disservice to its users. By creating less usable shortcut apps and then opening the flood gates to inordinate amounts of tweaks and additions. Google is watering down the essence of their applications. interacting with the GApps should [...]

The mission that created the evening: Refresh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in their areas. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards. The Refresh Manifesto: Let’s Gather Great Minds Let’s Share All Of Our Knowledge Let’s [...]

Museums, cultural institutions and non-profits have a chance to benefit from the new internet. major strides are being made in what is known as web 2.0 but no one has been able to bring it together in a way that makes any kind of direct impact on society as a [...]