Going Geek - Talking About Mashups

Hi All,

In todays' post I'm going to go a little geek on you. I'm not sure if this term has become mainstream or not, but today's post deals with 'mashups'.

Click here for a concise definition of what a mashup actually is.

Click here for another - alternative - definition of a mashup.

Finally, click here for a video description - from ZDNet - of what a mashup exactly is...

Simply put a mashup is the use of computer software on content (or data, pictures, etc) on two distinct sources of information. The sources of information are 'mashed up' and the output is a new, distinct set of data that combines the two original sets of data. Are you still with me?

Excellent...if you are still interested - and how can you not be :) keep reading.

For more on mashups, click here for the Programmable Web - a comprehensive list of mashups on the internet.

Click this link for yet another article on mashups - this time the article is from About.com and is a bit more sophisticated - without losing the general reader...

Click on this link from About.com which is entitled, 10 Best Web Mashups. Why is this so interesting? Because readers can fully understand what mashups can actually accomplish -and do for you - by visiting each of the 10 mashups presented. Cool stuff.

'nuff geekiness going on here today. I'll stop now. Promise.

Regards,

Hope your mashups are all they can be!

Stu

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