Mashup Events this week

For all you geeks out there. There are two mashup events around MIT this week.

If you are confused already, here is what a mashup is from the About Mashup Camp site:

Mashups (be they software or content-oriented) are most often characterized by the way they draw upon functionality and/or content from two or more sources (at least one of which is third-party to the developer) to produce a new creative work. For example, if a birdwatcher "mashed up" her own database of birdsightings (by GPS coordinates) with the functionality and content of Google Maps, the resulting visual presentation where the locations of birdsightings are interactively overlayed on top of a map within the context of a Web browser could be considered a mashup.

First event,
Mashups in Flash
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Free
MIT Stata Building
Room 32-144

This presentation includes a what is discussion, expamples, and a walk through of how to create a mashup using flash and photos from flickr.

>> Mashups in Flash

The second event,
Mashup Camp 3 @MIT
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - Thursday, January 18, 2007
Hotel @ MIT
20 Sidney Street
Cambridge

This two day event will include a variety of topics (proposed list of dicussions) and will be run open space style.

>> Mashup Camp