I love ice cream smoosh-ins! What a smart idea, to take your scoops of ice cream and spread them around on a slab of marble, then smoosh in your toppings and scoop it all back into a dish or cone. Just the way you like it!Too bad we aren't talking about ice cream today. Rather, we are discussing an online concept I can only partially wrap my head around. Mash-Ups. I get it when talking about music. I get it when talking about adding Google maps or census data to your document, adding widgets or weather to your web page or blog or combining amazon info with your library catalog. I just don't get Yahoo Pipes. I recently read an article where a librarian created a virtual assistant with Yahoo Pipes and didn't replace the human who had been her previous assistant because it worked so well. Wha?
I like the idea of adding mash-up value to our library catalog. Let people make wish lists. Let them track what they've read. What they want to read. Add comments. Send lists to friends. If they want to do it and aren't concerned about their privacy, why not? Add away. Even though I don't really get how the apps work (is that what Mr. Suit from ZDNet called them?) I appreciate the final product. Good work, out there! Keep it up!
For this week's assignment, I added a listing for my favorite lunch spot, Marigold Kitchen, to Map Builder. If you're hungry and you're downtown and you want to grab a little lunch, I'll be your date! I love that place.
I can't believe it is already Week 10. I am playing more, learning more and fearing less than I ever did before. Ciao!
