Mashups

I started this weeks assignment with a head spinning so fast that I thought it would drop off! But as I have calmed down and looked at some of the 'play' things available on my PC, I have enjoyed myself.
Podcasting
I am basically quite a lazy reader so the idea of podcasting appeals to me. Also, it is great to have the opportunity to acquire learning audibly in addition to visually, I know that this is very helpful to some people with dyslexia. However, the thought of producing my own podcast is still feeling a bit too ambitious. Thinking about applications in the work environment. In my Trust there is some discussion about audiotaping patient consultations. I was concerned that although it is a good idea for patients to have a recorded version of the consultation audiotapes are now really outdated technology. I am now beginning to wonder if podcasting could be a better way to do this, but it would obviously need a lot of thinking through.
Mashups
I found this a really great learning experience, although I am finding it hard to think of how this could be applied to our service. I first visited Healthmap http://healthmap.org and quite depressed myself finding out that there had been an outbreak of bird flu quite near in the last week or so. So next I tried out Google Maps http://www.google.com/apis/maps and enjoyed the various facilities on the mapletts, such as finding out where a particular film is playing or searching for properties that are for sale. I also liked the feature to find out the travelling distance between 2 places simply by clicking on them both and letting the computer work it out. So why don't you go to Google maps and find yourself a nice apartment for sale in New York?