411 on mashups

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/

Contact Information

Julie FrickeLawrence University

frickej@lawrence.edu(920) 832-6700