Learning 2.0: Mashup Editors

Okay, seriously, people have way too much time on their hands. Give me a call; you can help me clean my house!

One of the first things we learned about with this lesson is how "creative" types have come up with lots of different ways to find photos on Flickr thanks to mashups. Over at 11 Craziest Ways to Browse Flickr Photos we learned about tools that will let you search for photos on Flickr using song lyrics, RSS, and lots of other crazy ways. The one cool one looked to be the one that let you search by color, which I bet could be useful for someone looking to match colors for a website, etc.

Next, I'm suppose to actually try to create a mashup of my own. Hmm, yikes. I'm going to have to think about this. Stay tuned.....

Update: I surrender! I can not think of a mash-up to create. Seriously.

Learning 2.0: Mashups

One of most interesting, and confusing, web 2.0 tools we learned about was mashups. Mashups are basically taking one tool and combining it with another to create a whole new product..

There are several sites out there that list many mashups. In exploring those sites, I came across one that interested me immediately: Access Denied Map. What this map does is highlight websites that have been banned or blocked and where this happened. It was fascinating to see what sites are being blogged (Blogger and other blogging sites were very common) and where they are being blocked.

I definitely see the potential of mashups in education. The possibility of combining Google Maps and Flickr for an exploration of mountain top removal; LibraryThing and Blogger; the possibilities are endless!

Learning 2.0: Podcasts

Wow, there are a lot of different podcasts out there! More than enough for any type of interest or profession.

I looked at two podcast directories to try to find some podcasts of interest to me: Podcast.net and Podcastalley.com. I definitely liked Podcastalley more as it at least seemed easier to search to me and had more library-related topics.

I did locate a podcast which I have been hearing about for a while called Uncontrolled Vocabulary. Lots of different librarians, from both public and academic libraries, participate in a conversation about libraries and library issues. What could be better than that?!

Midland? Hmmm....

My friend over at It's Not Easy Being a George took an accent quiz. So I had to take it too. Here's what it said about me:

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
The Inland North
The South
The Northeast
Philadelphia
Boston
North Central
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Try it:

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have