As we approach the home stretch of our formal Learning 2.0 program journey, we take on the task of exploring Mashups. I confess that this has been one of the more confusing applications for me. I think I am making it more difficult than it really is, though. A mashup, as I can figure, is taking data from two or more different sites and putting onto one site turning it into something useful. I remember looking through the flickr mashups earlier in the semester and found several that I liked. I wanted to try to find some mashups unrelated to flickr this time, so I explored the web mashups directory and looked through the top picks. I found a great one related to shopping that I thought was especially appropriate as I think about good deals for Christmas. Secretprices.com has a great all in one site: it is a place you can find information on products, where the best deals are for those products, product reviews, and even price comparisons. It is truly one stop shopping! That is my kind of mashup. Now, if it could only help me find a deal on a Wii...
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