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Mashups for Dummies

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I am currently at AMCIS 2008 in Toronto, and meeting lots of new people. I attended a Microsoft Popfly masup workshop and had limited success because I couldn’t get myself a Live-id password (some wireless problem in Sheraton hotel).
Once I did, I found it very easy to create a little mashup. Popfly has a visual interface that lets you connect and configure ready made blocks, then adapt them if you are feeling adventurous. Mark Frydenberg (@checkmark on twitter) from Bentley College not only gave the workshop but has also provided lots of lovely teaching resources at http://www.popflywiki.com/teachingpopfly.ashx - thanks Mark.

Here is my easy-peasy 3 block first attempt - choose your search term and click Show Images!

I had problems editing this blog post in Firefox once I had inserted the script reference, but the mashup does seem to work in Firefox.

AT the popfly site, there is also support for creation of games - probably worth a look!

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