Mashups and Widgets Primer

When I've had to explain mashups and widgets to friends and family who are not involved in our own little ecosystem, I've often wished for a simple overview of the differences between the two (and the definitions of each). Thomas Landspurg has provided us with just such an overview - and mentions that
the distinction between the two will blur over time. He also provides us with a couple simple diagrams that, as they say, paint a thousand words. Very useful.

Comments

[DW Moore]

Widgets and mashups promise to be quite a boon to the way we work with personalization and data delivery.

Does the Mashery advise and contract for use and building of Widgets?

[oren michels]

Mashery provides tools and services for companies that offer web services (including widgets) to use in managing and promoting the use of those services.

We don't provide the actual widgets themselves or any sort of framework for building them, but once you're offering them, we allow you to manage how and where they are used, and encourage people to incorporate them in their projects.