Mashup Day Talk
by Peter Robinett
www.bubblefoundry.com
What is a mashup?
"A mashup is a Web application that combines data or functionality from one or more sources into a single integrated application." - Wikipedia
Basically, that means we combine cool things to make more cool things. The sum is great than the parts!
Mashups are sexy!
But what's the big picture?
Mashups are huge!
There have been mashups
as long as people have been
creative.
whether in art
Illustration © by Jasmine T. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/quasimondo/323010657/
or music
or technology
but enough background...
Let's make our own mashup!
You all are broadcasters, right?
So something with TV would be good
How can we enhance the existing viewing experience?
Shows with long and convoluted story arcs are popular (think Lost, Heroes...), so it's hard for a casual viewer to stay up to date. And dedicated fans always want more infromation.
Solution?
Let's make an iPhone app!
Here are some inputs we could use
© Fabiola Medeiros - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiolarebello/206950948/
© Jim Clark - http://www.flickr.com/photos/joc67/774419510/
http://www.imdb.com/interfaces
http://www.imdb.com/Licensing/
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
two types of mashups
http://tvnotify.com/page/notifications
http://portal.omroep.nl/help?nav=yjkkgCsHEbGkRxGvL
http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/index.php/rss
http://www.flickr.com/services/api/
http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/overview.html
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/
Thanks!
Any questions?
spoke and hub
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