Thing 21: Mashups

I learned about mashups while in library school in a reference class; I did a short report to the rest of the class on what it was.  There are a LOT more out there now.  I especially liked Spell with Flickr; that was fun.  I typed in different names from my family and friends, some of them twice and received different views.  I thought the Time Tube could be very helpful and represented a "reality check" for events when they occurred, not when people THINK they occurred.  That could be helpful for a community college student working on a paper about a current event and showing when different aspects of a subject occurred, at least according to YouTube!  The Wheel of Lunch was also fun, but it didn't have my favorite place to eat locally so I didn't find it as useful.  The Google Mashups could be the most helpful for personal reasons; for housing, places to walk/run, etc.  I also like maps so maybe that's part of it!