jake olsen

DJ P said “there is no such thing as a mashup” first about DJ’ng, and with the ever-so-popular Grey Album by Dangermouse, the word was tagged, and started being used in the technology realm.

DJ’s first called the blending of two songs ‘mixes’, or ‘a mix.’ It’s a very basic part of DJ’ing that, to some, was not deserving of a new title to make it more than it was.

Is walking a ‘mashup’ of legs and concrete? Do we call a computer a ‘mashup’ of a processor, memory, and a hard drive?

These are simply tools. These tools can be used to create new systems and products we’re still dreaming of.

Specifically, Google Maps is a tool to display geographic information on a map. It’s a nice service which also allows us to navigate that map. We are appreciative of Google for providing a nice API. Other APIs allow us to extract and interact with data (Flickr, Yahoo everything, EVDB, Amazon, ESRI, etc), allowing for a deeper interaction with humanity.

We are people using tools to help us interact with and shape our world. To call it a mashup makes it a passing fad.

–jake

I was going to get a Treo 700w, then I was reminded of my own post here, as well as the flipped review here.

I think it’s time that my phone does a little more than voice calls, but then again, am not necessarily sold on the benefit of always connected.

Has your Treo / Blackberry infiltrated your life? Do you sometimes wish you just had a regular phone?

–jake

This one’s pretty funny, click the map link below to see it in all it’s glory:

http://platial.com/christine/map/2278#Preferred_Rest_Areas_on_I-5

–jake

Just found the documentary after listening to Fatlip’s new album, TheLoneliest Punk, which dropped last November, but I’m just getting around to listening to it.

Self-effacing and brutally honest. A good story of a comeback kid. I personally know some artists whom I’d like to come out of the same struggle he seems to have overcome.

I hope he’s off the pipe.

–jake