Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

A New Trend: Diggin' Data The new year brings some new trends in how people are using the web and with them brings new realms for museums to explore. Want to plot all the Wal-Marts on a map over time ? You don't need Wal-Mart's permission, just an API and a source for the data. Data is also getting stored in new places.

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Museum Web Teen Flickr 20

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

We're hosting a contest called the NetSquared Mashup Challenge that I wanted to let you know about, and am hoping that you'll pass on to social changemakers and web innovators in your community. Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool."

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Mashup Netsquared Challenge San Jose 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Adding a new data point to it. Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. Wikipedia , the online open-community encyclopedia, is the most well known. Examples of Mashups.

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Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50