CIL2008: Mashups for Non-technies

Speaker: Jody Condit Fagan

Great presentation on the use of Yahoo Pipes to create mash-ups of rss data. Since the presentation is online - http://cil2008.pbwiki.com/f/Mashups+for+the+Nontechies_Final.ppt - on the CIL2008 Wiki, along with additional material from Jody, I'll just mention some key points.

• No programming involved - just plug in information
• Mashup information with a map, so the feed has a map
• Idea: Combine RSS of Events feeds with a map?
• Website is built for new users
• Idea: Use pipes to create search boxes?
• Pipe output can be read in any reader
• Use RSS to Javascript to convert to HTML for website
• Copy anyone else's pipe & modify - browse popular pipes
• Get Amazon account for web development use - data sent by XML which can be manipulated
• Can use Google mash-up editor along with Yahoo Pipes