My first session of the day was my favorite of day 2. I wasn't quite sure that would be the case going in, but I quickly came to see the value and applicability of the subject matter. Michael Edson, who gave last year's day three keynote, provided an update of the Smithsonian Institution's process towards reshaping its website. The improvements which were demonstrated at the beginning of the presentation haven't really been implemented yet. They are just assembled into a mockup demonstrating a scenario and how everything should work (in this case a scenario involving someone planning a trip to the Smithsonian). However, the meat of the presentation wasn't the specifics of what the Smithsonian is planning to do with its website, but rather the well thought-out and open process by which they have arrived at the point where they are today.
Michael's presentation slides, which give a taste of everything that he covered, are available in the show "Prototyping the Smithsonian Commons" on his page on SlideShare.
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