WTF is a "mash-up"?
Written on 10:12 PM by Gabe Cizzle
It seems the word "mashup" is a word that re-surfaced, reinvented itself as a buzz word and a definite sign of the times. It is used in a plethora of connotations.
Wikipedia.org describes it as:
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.
Mashup (music), the musical genre encompassing songs which consist entirely of parts of other songs
Mashup (video), a video that is edited from more than one source to appear as one
Mashup (web app), a web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source
Dictionary.com describes it as:
mash-up or mash·up (māsh'ŭp') n. An audio recording that is a composite of samples from other recordings, usually from different musical styles.
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.
Mashup (music), the musical genre encompassing songs which consist entirely of parts of other songs
Mashup (video), a video that is edited from more than one source to appear as one
Mashup (web app), a web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source
Dictionary.com describes it as:
mash-up or mash·up (māsh'ŭp') n. An audio recording that is a composite of samples from other recordings, usually from different musical styles.
In my opinion, mashup is any two or more items that are compounded that result in achieving a desired effect or outcome. Whether it's real or fiction, it doesn't matter. For instance, to me the ideal mashup for a vice president would be physical aspects of Sarah Palin, mashed in with everything else of Joe Biden. Another ideal mashup for me, would be the cartoon mashing of GI Joe & the Transformers. Wouldn't you agree?
I bet you're thinking.. wikipedia shmickipedia... dictionary.com bleh-ictionary, right?
Well I brought this up because i'd like to do some footwork and find out what mashup means to you readers. I'd like to see kind of mashups would be ideal for others. Got a mashup idea? Post a comment ;)
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I think we're just starting to scratch the surface of mash-ups. In fact mash-ups might be the next generation of the web.
I love the Palin Biden mashup idea and brainstorming ideas for new ones sounds like a blast.
I am feeling a little stuck at the moment and all that comes to mind are green tech related ones like solar panel windows and 4-wheel drive SMART cars.
Thanks for the Pandora music link. My brother really diggs it.
Rosemary