At a mashup event in liverpool last week organized by ljmu libraries, several technologies were highlighted. Ardunio [programable chip] and different mapping software were being tested and demo, to destruction in different rooms.
The highlight for me awas meeting Tony Hirst – (Open University @psychemedia) and hearing him speak about the work he does with yahoo pipes. What he discussed was a very new, but old school, way of developing solutions. Using a combination of online social services [yahoo pipes and google docs] he moves, combines and develops data from different sources. This reminds me of the early days of multimedia development, were nonn-programmers can get involved and sort their own solutions.
The openings that google docs bring to pulling in data and sorting it in different ways is very powerful, and well worth a look. I have since developed something using and look forward to exploring it further. As tony saidonce you get use to the tools you can knock out services very quickly. I don't think it will be for everyone, but having the skill could save a lot of effort in certain situations
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