Technology: WTF!Technology: WTF!WTF = “An intensive form of what” (Wiktionary)

Douglas HegleyDirector of Technology

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

@dhegley

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• Four calling birds

• Three French Hens

• Two Turtle Doves

WTF: Technology?WTF: Technology?

WTF: Director of Technology?WTF: Director of Technology?

The Story, by Adolf Fassbender, 1936 (Minneapolis Institute of Arts)

WTF: Communication?WTF: Communication?

/WTF: WTF?WTF: WTF?

Less than 5 minutes

We need an iPad app now!

We need an iPad app now!

Um, okay, to do what, exactly?Um, okay, to do what, exactly?

I don’t care! You’re the tech guy. Just make us an app!

I don’t care! You’re the tech guy. Just make us an app!

WTF: Solutions before Problems!WTF: Solutions before Problems!

WTF: Subjectivity and Perceptual SetWTF: Subjectivity and Perceptual Set

WTF: Future-proofing?WTF: Future-proofing?Douglas thinks you

can future-proof your approach.

Tell ‘im he’s dreamin’!

With apologies to: The Castle (1997) Directed by Rob Sitch

WTF: Irrational BiasWTF: Irrational Bias

David Hasselhoff … in 3D!

Hubba! Hubba!

WTF: Augmented Reality?WTF: Augmented Reality?

WTF: Gamification?WTF: Gamification?

WTF: Museum Software?WTF: Museum Software?

WTF: Fear of Failure?WTF: Fear of Failure?

WTF: Strategic Plans?WTF: Strategic Plans?

You Want Strategy?You Want Strategy?

WTF: Hiring, the Old-Fashioned WayWTF: Hiring, the Old-Fashioned WayLet’s conduct a comprehensive search to hire a

seasoned executive leader to head an initiativeto plan for a committee to oversee a task force

dedicated to the implementation of state-of-the-art technological solutions based on industry

standards and implemented by a cross-disciplinary team spear-headed by a dedicated manager and

augmented by a carefully-selected team of outside experts who can create the synergy necessary to blah

blah blah and spend every last centuntil there is truly nothing

left at all

.

WTF: Big Boy Pants?WTF: Big Boy Pants?

The End of WTF!The End of WTF!

WTF

A Final WTF: Why is Douglas Still Talking?A Final WTF: Why is Douglas Still Talking?

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dhegley@artsmia.org

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