Website of the Week

Adobe Museum of Digital Media - http://www.adobemuseum.com/

And now for something completely different….

You've been to a "real" museum. There's a building which is open during certain set hours, and there are exhibits. Current exhibits are there now, upcoming exhibits will be there for your future visits. Sometimes docents or curators talk to you about the exhibits. Sometimes film and lecture programs supplement what you learn or see in the exhibits.

The Adobe Museum of Digital Media exists only in the virtual sense. Everything is there, a lobby, a curator, and the exhibits, but you have to click around a bit to find them. Hint: Look for the directory and the map.

Find the exploding shopping cart in Tony Oursler's "Valley" exhibit. Listen to John Maeda's lecture. See an animated timeline map of the tweets issued in the east coast region of the U.S. following the August, 2011, earthquake there. Listen to someone's heart beating.

Play with this one for a few minutes, even if you think you'll hate it. It may awaken a part of your brain that doesn't get much use. You won't come away unaffected.

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