I found several mashups that will be useful. It is nice to be able to search for mashups and I have saved the mashup search tools to my delicious account.
- QLock = World Clock...gives times around the world by just hovering a mouse over a world location. http://www.qlock.com/time/gmaps?map=1
- Health Map/Global disease alert = Infectious disease outbreaks around the world http://healthmap.org/en
- 100 Great American Towns on Google Maps http://www.mibazaar.com/fortune/GreatAmericanTowns.html
- Map Builder = Create maps using Google maps. http://www.mapbuilder.net/index.php
I have played with Rollyo in the past, but it was fun to go back and re-discover it.
I created a new searchroll and it is posted below.
http://rollyo.com/btweed/web_2.0/
After searching librarianblogs for privacy, I found many interesting posts. I found it interesting that Google has a bad privacy profile...guess they are so popular that they can get away with it.
"Privacy International placed Google at the bottom of its ranking because of the sheer amount of data it gathers about users and their activities; because its privacy policies are incomplete and for its poor record of responding to complaints."
I am interested in young people's views on privacy and found the following comment thought provoking:
"Younger people, one could point out, are the only ones for whom it seems to have sunk in that the idea of a truly private life is already an illusion." "Your life is being lived in public whether you choose to acknowledge it or not."
Since Google is a creation of this younger generation, perhaps that provides the reason for the looseness of their privacy policies.
Thanks for the class....I really enjoyed it!
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