So what’s a mashup? Let’s try Wikipedia:
Mashup (digital), a digital media file containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video, and animation, which recombines and modifies existing digital works to create a derivative work.
Huh? digital…derivative…whatever dude.
Well, maybe this will help remember those Reeses peanut butter cup commercials from the ’80s? So a few days a go, John Herren took peanut butter (NYT) and chocolate (Amazon) and combined them to form something wonderful called Reading Radar.
Want to know more about mashups, APIs and Reading Radar? Check out the article on the always excellent, Read Write Web
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