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January 2007

Mashup Camp 3 Notes | January 19, 2007

by Jeb Boniakowski

I’m making my way home from Mashup Camp 3 and finally catching up with the various blog posts about it. I thought Mashup Camp was pretty awesome, and honestly, I was a little bit surprised by it. That hippie-sounding Open Space Technology stuff like “whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened,” while clearly not true, creates a sufficient anti-conference vibe that people really do have much higher-quality discussions. After attending another traditional conference last week which will remain nameless, I’m a big buyer of the whole “unconference” concept. Most of the people there were really smart and passionate and fun to talk to. However, my main takeaway is that Mashup Camp should split in two. More on that below the fold.

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An 8-Minute Yahoo! Meta-Search App With Video Demo | January 31, 2007

by Byron Binkley

Here's the demo. Here's the story behind it:

Up at Mashup Camp 3 during the speed-geeking competition, I was demoing Proto’s “group/ungroup” functionality for one of the QEDwiki guys when I heard from over my shoulder, “Cute.”

A year and a half ago I would have trembled in my sneakers. But today when I hear “cute” from a programmer wearing a VPLs-are-lame, pocket-aces grin across his face, I get excited.

“Cute?” I inquired. And he asked what a lot of passer-bys think, but tactfully avoid saying, “It’s cute, but what can it really do.”

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