Friday, October 31, 2008
Mashups
I neglected to comment about Mashups in my earlier blog entry. I can see how great a tool Mashups can be. Combining different applications to allow the user to search for information is an excellent way to give more comprehensive search results. I tried the Flickr picker color search interface and found some great images with particular color shades. I am not certain how that specific tool would be of use by the VHS but then I am not a web designer. I can imagine how you could somehow combine our membership database with a google map application to fond out all sorts of accurate demographic information (all done in-house of course). I can definitely see how combining applications by Mashups provides users with a much-improved search capabilities.
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Maybe the Flickr color picker isn't necessarily something we would use, but perhaps if we had images on Flickr that were pulled through this mashup (or any other) then we might increase our accessibility and (ack! word just left me, but basically looking for the word that would mean viewability) Also, I think adding a frapper or google map is a great idea to the website!
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