It??™s a less nuanced and more
chaotic way of doing things but can yield some useful results.
William Denton has been experimenting with both xISBN and thingISBN, showing that it
might be better to use both services rather than just one.18
Tracking Other Mashups
Of course, many mashups exist other than the ones I have highlighted in this chapter. You can
always learn more by studying other examples of mashups.
In studying mashups, you will find one web site that is a particularly useful resource:
http://programmableweb.com. This site is created and managed by John Musser.
I will be referring to Programmableweb.com throughout the book but want to highlight
some specific parts here that will help you keep up with mashups:
??? The Programmableweb.com blog is a narrative of the latest developments in the world
of mashups and APIs.19
??? The Mashup Dashboard provides an overview of the mashups in the Programmableweb.
com database, which as of August 2007, covers more than 2,220 mashups.20
Summary
In this chapter, you studied three major examples of mashups: Housingmaps.com, Google
Maps in Flickr, and the LibraryLookup bookmarklet. I chose these examples to illustrate some
commonalities and differences you will find among mashups. By posing a number of analytic
15. http://bookburro.org/
16. http://www.librarything.com/about.php
17. http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/06/introducing-thingisbn_14.
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