On silence, cities, and Symbolist art
The most disconcerting thing about my walks through the centre of Edinburgh at present is the sound of my footsteps. The last time I was home, they barely seemed to exist; drowned out
Terence Gould
Exhibitions of 2017: my five favourites
This article was originally published on my Medium Account on January 3rd, 2018 Coming into 2018, there’s plenty coming up in museum world that I’m looking forward to — with some fantastic
Digitisation at the National Galleries of Scotland
I've recently co-authored an article with Ashley Beamer, Technology Project Manager on the ongoing programme at the National Galleries of Scotland to digitise its entire collection by 2020. It talks about some of
On Trello and Slack
This short post is a response to a question from @davidmuseums, regarding Trello and Slack; a pair of applications that are very useful when working on Agile projects (or just working in digital
Significant spending on Scottish museums!
The last two weeks has borne some excellent news for some ongoing museum projects in Scotland, in the form of funding announcements from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Scottish Government. First in
An experiment in audio
I thought I’d start this post with a fact of the day – did you know that the very first museum audioguide was developed all the way back in 1952? Seen as a