Do the Mash (Even if You Don’t Know All the Steps) - New York Times

Timely snapshot of Pipes, Popfly, and QEDWiki 

Now mash-ups are poised to hit the mainstream, and to spread well beyond music. Yahoo, I.B.M., Microsoft and others are creating systems to let ordinary people who’ve never been near a Java class create useful computer applications by combining, or “mashing up,” different online information sources.

If the technology catches on, many of us may become part-time programmers, instead of waiting for the people in information technology to help.

Do the Mash (Even if You Don’t Know All the Steps) - New York Times