Mashups

Mapping mashups look pretty useful and could be applied in many library situations e.g. locations of mobile library stops. I wasn't aware of the real estate mashup SuburbView before - what an easy way to see what's going on in your local area. The day they took the photos for Google Maps in our street was just after the wheelie bins had been emptied so everything looks a bit messy. You could probably use this site if you were doing an informaton literacy session on searching online for real estate.

Out of all the mashups I looked at on the MashUp Awards site, I like twonvert the best even though I don't twitter yet. It allows you to convert text into sms shorthand. I went to the site and converted some text- it would be pretty useful.