No.+6+Flickr+Mashups



What is a "mashup"?

[|Wikipedia] offers a great article that explains [|mashups]. Basically they are hybrid web applications that take features from one application (like Flickr) and mash it up with another (like Google Maps). In this example, you get [|Mappr].

Like many web 2.0 sites, Flickr has encouraged other people to building their own online applications using images found on the site ([|Flickr Services]). Through the use of APIs (application programming interfaces), many people have created third party tools and [|mashups] that use Flickr images.

Discovery Resources:

Here are a few examples of mashups that use Flickr:

[|Mappr] - allows you to take Flickr images and paste them on a map. [|Flickr Color Pickr] - lets you find public photos in Flickr that match a specific color. [|Mosaic Maker] - create a photo mosaic from photos found on Flickr.

Discover more mashups, [|web apps], and [|Flickr Tools].

Discovery Exercise:

Your discovery exercise for this "thing" is to:

1. Explore some of the fun Flickr mashups and 3rd party tools that are out there. 2. Create a blog post about one that intrigues you. 3. In your post, talk about some ways Flickr and/or Flickr mashups could be used in your library program.

One of our favoriety tools is [|FD Toy's Trading Card Maker]. And there's a ton of librarians out there who have created their own [|Librarian Trading Card].

So have some fun discovering and exploring some neat little apps. And if you're up to the challenge while you're at it, why not create a trading card of your own?! :-)

P.S. Play image above created by [|Spell with Flickr].