Thing #6: Flickr Mashups

Eeek, I'm falling behind schedule. Between work, my practicum, and other various commitments, I'm finding it hard to find time to work on this blog! Yeah, the CML folks can get away with blogging at work, I just feel guilty if I do so while on desk. =/
Today's "thing" introduces mashups in relation to Flickr and other photo-sharing sites. Now, on the off chance anyone reads this who doesn't know what a mashup is, a mashup is a type of Web application that utilizes more than 1 tool into a single application. One easy example of a mashup is the infamous GoogleMaps, which utilizes photos into the map/direction database so you can "see" where you're going...or stalk an ex, either or. =) I wanted to put a picture up of my library, but it's not indexed in GoogleMaps' database. So instead, a link of my library growing up, the Gahanna Branch!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gahanna+Library&ie=UTF8&ll=40.024098,-82.869637&spn=0.009465,0.022745&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.018475,-82.870121&panoid=Zr4yQJ0x_tCRu0YdkM0H6w&cbp=1,19.93966268672341,,0,5

But that Mashup is not necessarily Flickr, I don't think. So here's a true Mashup that utilizes Flickr, from Spell with flickr:



This type of technology, (Flickr mashups) allows users to play around and have extended fun with pictures, fostering creativity and sharing, the basis of Web 2.0, IMO.

~T