1. Interesting Social Media
Mashups
Melda M. Washington
Information Culture, November 26, 2012

2. Overview
 Introduction
 University Social Media Mashups
 Pinstagram
 Facespace
 Funny

3. Introduction
 Social Media NOT my thing.
 Social media mashups
 the
combination of two independent social
networks -- into one are all the rage right now.
 Looked at Pinstagram, the combination of
Pinterest and Instagram, and people seem to
think its kind of cool.

4. Vanderbilt University
 Takes their Facebook, Twitter, Flicker,
YouTube, and LinkedIn and makes it into an
interactive feed.
 Clean presentation and content speaks for
itself.

5. Vanderbilt University

6. William & Mary
 William & Mary shows six posts at a time with
the most recent official posts on the first
window.
 Receive feeds from Facebook, Twitter, Blogs,
Flickr, Foursquare, LinkedIn, YouTube,
Pinterest, Tumbler
 Other than the official posts, they also have a
filter for “official-ish” and “unofficial”.
 Simple, yet functional

7. William & Mary

8. Harvard University
 Incorporated twitter updates, videos, and a
social media directory in a simple layout.
 The top of the page highlights community life
through videos and featured tweets.
 The bottom has a directory which breaks down
all departments’ social media accounts to find
and follow.

9. Harvard University

10. John’s Hopkins
 Hopkins Interactive is their social media
student hub.
 It incorporates student photos, tweets, and
blog posts in a scrollable frame.
 Primarily the focus is on content versus Twitter
feed aspect of many other schools.

11. John’s Hopkins

12. Pinstagram
 Is a mashup app that launched May 2012
 It combines the Internet applications Instagram
and Pinterest.
 It presents your Instagram feed in the Pinterest
signature waterfall layout.
 In addition, it also lets you pin your favorite
Instagram photos to your Pinterest boards.

13. Pinstagram

14. Facespace
 November 2010, MySpace 'Mashup' adds
Facebook Connect
 MySpace users can use Facebook Connect to
get updates streamed to their MySpace
accounts from things they have "liked" on
Facebook.
 User comments:
 "What’sa myspace?"
 "Why does MySpace still exist?"
 "yawn“
 http://vimeo.com/16974783

15. Facespace

16. Funny Social Media Mashups
 Facesquare
 Prove to your crush that you love them more than
anyone else by checking into his or her
Facebook profile over and over and over…
 LinkedInstagram
 Filtered photos of your curriculum vitae.
 Angry Birds With Friends
 Alternate every other bird you fling with a friend
in the slowest iPhone game of all time.

17. Other Social Media Mashups
 CNETflix
 For just $7.99 per month, you can read all the
CNET reviews you want. For an additional $7.99,
CNET will print them out and mail them to your
house.
 Hulu-gle+
 Paid access to Google’s struggling social
network, except you still have to watch
commercials every 15 minutes, even though
you’re paying.

18. Other Social Media Mashups
 Instagramdora
 This mashup of Pandora and Instagram lets you
know that if you like this heavily-filtered photo of
a puppy wearing sunglasses, you will also
probably like this other heavily-filtered photo of a
puppy wearing sunglasses.
 FoursquayPal
 Check into your own bank account whenever
you’re making a deposit or withdrawal. Hopefully
you’re the mayor!

19. Other Social Media Mashups
 SpotiFySpace
 Just like Spotify, except all the music is recorded
in a garage by a bunch of 16-year-olds from
Idaho and never stops playing even if you
eventually find the pause button.

20. Questions?

21. References
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/11-
social-media-mashups-we-never-want-to-
see_n_1477282.html
http://blog.inigral.com/top-social-media-
mashups-from-private-universities/
http://www.programmableweb.com/apis/directory
/1?apicat=Social&sort=mashups