Doug Marttila - Mashups in Flash January 16, 2007

Topic: Mashups in Flash
Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Cost: Free
Where: MIT Stata Building
AKA Building 32, on this map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg
Room 32-144

The Presentation:

First, we will discuss what a mash-up is, and take a look at some of the best on-line examples.

Second, we will walk through a code sample of a simple mash-up: creating a slide show in Flash, using photos stored on flickr. Source code will be provided.

Third, a general discussion + question and answer period. Attendees are invited to bring URLs for their favorite mashups so that we can explore them together.

Doug Marttila:

Doug Marttila is VP of Technology at Visual i|o (www.visual-io.com), a leading provider of business-focused data visualizations with customers including Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and Fidelity. He has spoken on data visualization at the Adobe MAX Conference. He blogs (occasionally) at forestandthetrees.com. His mashup (findr, located at tagtree.net) was nominated for a FlashForward application award in 2006.

Examples of Doug's outstanding data visualization work can be found at these URLs:

http://www.visual-io.com/baseball/

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/hseih/content.htm

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