I certainly got bogged down trying to understand mashups. I found the links to the flickr examples confusing: I kept looking for something to do, or play with, in both Mappr and Montagr, and finally decided they must just be static end products. Was I right?
The Wikipedia link was helpful. I have heard people talk about Screen Scraping and APIs, not to mention mashups, so many times (at OLITA sessions and SirsiDynix User Group conferences, for example). Now I have a vague idea what they're going on about.
The image generator was too fun -- as you can see (above).
However, I know I'm not REALLY wasting time, I'm just getting sidetracked. Or maybe I'm not.
At this rate, I'll never get through this assignment...
I think I could have a lot of fun creating new signage around the library.
And hey, "Improved Signage" has been one of my PDP (Performance Development Program) goals for about two years now.
