Robert J Weisberg

I work on a bit of everything in museum content. I find human solutions to tech problems. I geek out on workflow. No, really. I learn and teach and write everything down.

21 November 2023

Awareness of Self and Others in Museum Work

If we don't have the time for awareness of ourselves, how can museum workers serve audiences and society?

17 November 2023

Links of the Week: November 17, 2023: Everything Everywhere

After a virtual conference considered the Future of Museums, can we find common ground between civics, tech, and worker wellbeing?

14 November 2023

Can Museums Prioritize Civics, Wellbeing, and Technology All at Once?

A brief virtual conference made a game attempt to link civics, in a partisan age, staff wellbeing, and technology.

10 November 2023

Links of the Week: November 10, 2023: Not My Problem, Give Me Some

Are museum workers ready to help society confront hard choices?

07 November 2023

We Are All Standing on the Edge

As we teeter on the edges of so many problems, can we take in all that we're facing?

03 November 2023

Links of the Week: November 3, 2023: MAP Your Museum's Culture

Do museums have the organizational culture to tackle real problems in real ways?

31 October 2023

People's Goals and Progress Space—A Chat with Kyle Bowen of Museums As Progress

Instead of obsessing about institutional growth, museums should think more about people's progress.

27 October 2023

Links of the Week: October 27, 2023: The Epic Ethical Issues of AI

AI is a technology and a product but also an all-consuming ethical dilemma.

24 October 2023

Is AI the Right or Wrong Solution to the Right or Wrong Problem?

We finish up—for now—our month of AI-related post asking four big questions for museum workers.

20 October 2023

Links of the Week: October 20, 2023: AI and Creativity

Is AI the gateway to creativity or just another corporate illusion?

17 October 2023

The Analytics and Intuition Dilemma for Museum Workers

Data and analytics are important for museums, but intuition and genius need to be democratized, too.

13 October 2023

Links of the Week: October 13, 2023: The Business of AI

The business world can't stop thinking about AI. That's good for the hyperati, but what about the rest of us?

10 October 2023

The Personalization Dilemma and the AI Temptation for Museums

In aiming for personalized storytelling for every visitor, have museums created a task that only AI can possibly solve?

06 October 2023

Links of the Week: October 6, 2023: AI in the Workplace

AI is an embodiment of everything that's troublesome about workplace tech trends

03 October 2023

Museum Luddites Unite?

How does the lost history of the Luddites inform our debates about workplace AI?