...my excuse being a very busy week following my annual leave. I've also been trying to get my head round all the concepts in last week's readings - I'd never heard of Mashups before.
Mashups
I liked the idea of Biowizard, which had some similarities to CiteULike. Users can search PubMed and submit their favourite articles - a good way to share and promote the best research.
Healthmap is interesting. You can find out where in the world there have been outbreaks of specific diseases and you could use it to check whether you might catch something nasty before you book a holiday. It uses Google Maps and other data sources to provide a comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases.
Search Engines
These use Web 2.0 technology to allow you to create your own search engine. I think this could be a really useful tool on a library website. Rollyo allows you to specify a list of authoritative websites and the search is narrowed to pages from these websites, so that you can be sure your users are finding reliable information. A Swicki takes this one step further - it learns from its users so that search results are affected by what they are interested in.
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