#6 Bangers and Mash

This business of 'mashups' is really interesting. I wish there was more time to explore the nature of this technology, espcially the creation of simple web applications. A couple of sites were of passing interest;

• http://www.musiclovr.com/

This one because of my long time interest in music. Interestingly it seems that a great number of "music" related web applications deal only with 'popular' music. If a jazz or classical name is entered very little information, if any, appears. Is this because non-pop oriented music listeners do not visit these sites or are not so interested or familiar with the technology? Or because such processes favour commercial music which almost invariably means 'pop'?

• http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/

And this one is a great idea, given that the increase in the efficiency of global communication technology continues to be a problem for political regimes that do not favour openess or broad accountability.

I did take a brief look at Librarian Trading Card, but need more time to consider the possibilities.