411 on mashups
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411 on Mashups
Presented by Julie Fricke
MLS Workshop April 24, 2008
Mashups
What are they? What do they look like? How do I make one? Implications for libraries
What is a Mashup?
Term originated in pop music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-is6S_b_g
In the web world it means an application that uses content from more than one source to create something new
Content typically comes via an *API or RSS feed
*API (Application program interface) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface
Why are Mashups a big deal?
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19821.wss
Why are Mashups a big deal?
New York Times, February 10, 2008
Why are mashups such a big deal?
Easy to use Relatively inexperienced user ready
(although basic knowledge of html is helpful)
Don’t need to be a programmer! More software coming out every day
Easy to find Programmable Web Mashable
Why are mashups such a big deal?
Easy to manipulate “Self service” End users can manipulate info on their end Most applications can be run from your
browser
Future of computing? Knowledge mapping
Top Mashups (October 2007)
October 15, 2007 from the Programmable Web
Top Mashups (April 2008)
April 21, 2008 from the Programmable Web
Mashup EcosystemDion Hinchcliffe’s Web 2.0 Blog
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
What do mashups look like?
Foobar Poster - The Internet
(CC) Photo by Sebastien Prooth
http://flickr.com/photos/sebastianprooth/31566462
Facebook: Visual Bookshelf
Facebook: Visual Bookshelf
Captioner
Google Maps API
Lewis & Clark LS Route Maps http://
www.lcls.org/news.aspx?nID=170
Daily Mashuphttp://dailymashup.com/
Newsmap http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm
Hot Title Carouselhttp://www.cambridgelibraries.ca/hot/carousel.cfm
Hot Title Carousel (April 21, 2008)http://www.cambridgelibraries.ca/hot/carousel.cfm
Placeopedia
Placeopedia
USGS Earthquake Hazard
USGS Earthquake Hazard
Chicago Crime Statistics
Housing Map
ExLibris AlephHarvard Catalog Bib Record
Harvard University Catalog Bib Record
ExLibris AlephGoogle Books/Harvard Catalog
More Mashups
Supr Glu http://suprglu.com/ Fricke Glu http://frickej.suprglu.com/ Del.icio.us, blogs, flickr
Frappr http://www.frappr.com/blogginglibrarians Google API, various blogs
How do I make one?
Add this app (point & click)Some knowledge of htmlCloneProgram (server side)
Point & Click
Facebook appsiGoogle
Facebook Applications
iGoogle
Captioner Big Huge Labs
Captioner Big Huge Labs
Captioner Big Huge Labs
Captioner Big Huge Labs
Captioner Big Huge Labs
Captioner Big Huge Labs
SuprGlu (FrickeGlu)
SuprGlu (FrickeGlu)
PopflyMicrosoft Popfly Overview
PopflyMicrosoft Popfly Overview
PopflyMicrosoft Popfly Overview
PopflyMicrosoft Popfly Overview
Pipes (Cloning)
Pipes (Cloning)
Pipeshttp://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?Location=green+bay%2C+wi&_cmd=Run+Pipe&_id=dIZPnm173BGizMi2qGIyXQ&_run=1
Pipes
Google Maps API
Google Map API
Google Maps: The Mudd
Springshare LibGuides
NWTC LibGuides
NWTC Guide to the Library
Subject PlusLU Installation
Subject Plus
More Mashups to try
Teqlo http://www.teqlo.com/ QEDWiki (IBM) http://
services.alphaworks.ibm.com/qedwiki/ Dapper http://www.dapper.net/ Data Mashups http://datamashups.com/ Coghead http://www.coghead.com/
Implication for Libraries
Intellectual Property When is it OK to “remix”
Copyright Many have creative commons licenses Others have limitations (e.g., Google Map API)
Implications for Libraries
Provenance Origin of information Authority
Scale and dependency
Keeping up!
More information
Programmable Web http://www.programmableweb.com/
Mashable http://mashable.com/ Google Maps Mania
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/ Dion Hinchcliffe’s Web 2.0 Blog
http://web2.socialcomputingmagazine.com/