Mashups would not make my life easier, because I'm not a big fan of social networking. Mashups would be a drain on my productivity and not a booster. Too time-consuming. I don't see myself using this Thing much. I haven't looked at my Facebook, Ning or Twitter pages for some time. However, I can see why people who have multiple email accounts and social networking accounts might want to bring them together in one place for easy access.
I looked at most of the websites. I tried Superglu several times on different days. Not there anymore. Apparently Superglu didn't have much sticking power. I thought about signing up for Fuser, but I don't have the right version of Internet Explorer.
I looked at TabUp and watched the demo, but I didn't sign up.
On to Thing 42.
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
THING 40. MASHUP THE WEB
I liked Lunchbox. You plug in a zip code and find a place to eat. Wheel of food is fun and colorful, but hard on the eyes with all the spinning. I searched TimeTube using the keywords "CDC H1N1." Imagine my surprise when I pulled up a single video called "Swine flu rappers." After looking closely, I saw I typed in "HiNi" instead of "H1N1." I searched with the correct spelling and pulled up a timeline with several YouTube videos. I tried to embed it in my blog but it didn't work. Couldn't view the terms and conditions.
Crime reports lets you plug in an address to pull up crime reports in that area.
I tried Walkable to find out the walkability score of my neighborhood. The score was 35 out of 100--"car dependent"--only a few destinations within walking range. No argument there. I sometimes go for a walk in my area, but I don't run errands by walking. I tried my old address in Roseville and the same score came up--35. I have to disagree with that. I lived across the street from a movie theater and a grocery store. I was within easy walking distance of a drug store and the bank. I walked to Como park. I even walked to the library sometimes!
Crime reports lets you plug in an address to pull up crime reports in that area.
I tried Walkable to find out the walkability score of my neighborhood. The score was 35 out of 100--"car dependent"--only a few destinations within walking range. No argument there. I sometimes go for a walk in my area, but I don't run errands by walking. I tried my old address in Roseville and the same score came up--35. I have to disagree with that. I lived across the street from a movie theater and a grocery store. I was within easy walking distance of a drug store and the bank. I walked to Como park. I even walked to the library sometimes!
Friday, June 12, 2009
THING 33. TRAVEL 2.0
ARTICLES ON TRAVEL 2.0
Next Wave of Travel Sites feels like MySpace describes travel 2.0 as the "second wave of travel sites on the web". What's different according to author Gregory Lamb, is the use of social networking. Travelers can post discusssions of their trips and answer questions from those planning a trip. The article discusses TripAdvisor.com, Farecast.com and Gusto.com. So far my use of the web for travel has been limited to checking flight schedules and airfares. After doing this Thing, I'll look at travel 2.0 sites when planning a trip.
Under TRAVEL BLOGS & PODCASTS, I looked through The Lost Girls. This was the winner of the 2009 Lonely Planet Travel Blog Award for Best Destination Blog. I looked at this around Easter. The Easter events on Oahu listed among other things, a $78 Sunday brunch at the Monarch room of the Royal Hawaiian. Meanwhile the Four Seasons Resort Lanai had a cheaper brunch for a mere $65. Remind me not to go to Hawaii for Easter.
TRAVEL MASHUPS
I looked at Fastfoodmaps.com. I am not a big fan of fast foods, but I looked at this anyway. When I clicked on caffeine maps, a map of the U.S. comes up showing dots for 10,709 Starbucks (this is as of July 2008). You can't zoom in and there are no street addresses. Just dots on a map.
The map for fast foods shows markers for places around the country for 10 fast food chains. Minneapolis is on the map, but there are no markers-- meaning there are no fast food places there. Not very accurate, I'd say.
Next Wave of Travel Sites feels like MySpace describes travel 2.0 as the "second wave of travel sites on the web". What's different according to author Gregory Lamb, is the use of social networking. Travelers can post discusssions of their trips and answer questions from those planning a trip. The article discusses TripAdvisor.com, Farecast.com and Gusto.com. So far my use of the web for travel has been limited to checking flight schedules and airfares. After doing this Thing, I'll look at travel 2.0 sites when planning a trip.
Under TRAVEL BLOGS & PODCASTS, I looked through The Lost Girls. This was the winner of the 2009 Lonely Planet Travel Blog Award for Best Destination Blog. I looked at this around Easter. The Easter events on Oahu listed among other things, a $78 Sunday brunch at the Monarch room of the Royal Hawaiian. Meanwhile the Four Seasons Resort Lanai had a cheaper brunch for a mere $65. Remind me not to go to Hawaii for Easter.
TRAVEL MASHUPS
I looked at Fastfoodmaps.com. I am not a big fan of fast foods, but I looked at this anyway. When I clicked on caffeine maps, a map of the U.S. comes up showing dots for 10,709 Starbucks (this is as of July 2008). You can't zoom in and there are no street addresses. Just dots on a map.
The map for fast foods shows markers for places around the country for 10 fast food chains. Minneapolis is on the map, but there are no markers-- meaning there are no fast food places there. Not very accurate, I'd say.
THING 32. GOOGLE MAPS AND MASHUPS
I created a map called "Walking and eating in the Roseville area" (exciting title, huh?). I outlined Bennett Lake in Central Park, Lake Como and Snail Lake. I clicked on places of interest and then under dining checked Seafood, Italian and other. This adds dots to the map to show the location of the restaurants. So far so good. How do I take some of the restaurants off the map and leave others? I can't find a way to do this. Also I discovered that the restaurant dots disappear when you sign out and then sign back in.
Google Maps: 100+ Best Tools and Mashups has many interesting maps. I looked at these two:
Prescription drugs in drinking water across the United States-- The only drug that showed up for Minneapolis was caffeine.
If the earth were a sandwich-- This is the point on the earth that is the exact opposite of the selected point. I selected Minneapolis. It's opposite was somewhere in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and western Australia.
Google Maps: 100+ Best Tools and Mashups has many interesting maps. I looked at these two:
Prescription drugs in drinking water across the United States-- The only drug that showed up for Minneapolis was caffeine.
If the earth were a sandwich-- This is the point on the earth that is the exact opposite of the selected point. I selected Minneapolis. It's opposite was somewhere in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and western Australia.
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