Today we talked a lot about mashups, what they used to be (i.e. the grey album, et. al.), what they are, and what they may be in the future. We worked with Google Maps, and were able to create custom maps that detailed the steps between two locations (and many places in between). My map, below, shows a route from Irish Lion to the Wells Library that I may or may not have taken one night in recent memory. I found using Google Maps to create a map very easy, thankfully; it seems they have updated the application since I first attempted to play around with it early last year.
The "mashup" I created was fairly simple to do as well. I used an .html document I had created earlier in order to embed several widgets. The process for created badges for most sites generally involves a quick trip to the "goodies" or "extras" section of the website whose content you want to embed (and it seems more and more sites are hopping on to this "widget" culture, as it were). I have included content from a variety of sources, including two twitter accounts and books from my Librarything.
Mashup: it ain't pretty but it works.
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The mashup that you created has a good mix of different items. How long have you been using library thing for and how do you like it?
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i've been using lt for about a year, and i think it is a very useful tool for library-types like most of us who want to organize largish personal libraries. i think there is an exciting social aspect to the site as well, which i use less than i wish i had time for. mostly, i use it as a way to easily search my library and keep track of new additions; i tag very extensively, based on decade published, country of origin, genre, etc., which are useful for searching and recommendations. AND, speaking of which, i've found that librarything has a number of very strong recommendation systems (and grows as you add titles and ratings), which might be enough of a reason to join on its own.
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