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Mashups!

A technical word that reads more like a slang expression ! I like this.

Well whats all this about Mashups?.
Mashups are presentation of a new service whose building blocks are smaller services pulled off from different sources.
Check this to get an whiff of how it looks like.

Although the idea is there since long, the usage of the term is gaining more popularity now.
Microsoft has even launched a free tool ( yeah , you heard it correct – FREE & from Microsoft !) called popfly to help develop mashups.

Speaking in GoF language, should I call ‘mashups’ a Decorator pattern or a Facade pattern ?.
Oh!. Wait a min.Where did I keep my Martin Fowlers

Here is an article from IBM on the topic.

So there goes

Was searching for some blog which has wiki like features…without the maze of buttons to get one post done.Did not get a good one – did try a hand at wikyblog , but shelved it after discovering that it allows views of change-log to any user :!!Thats exactly when I chanced upon my cousin’s blog @ wordpress : and finally ended up creating my own place here

Oh…by the way forgot to complete the title.

There goes my first post ..!:)