Lately, I have been addicted to using Twitter. It’s a really great site that let’s me keep track of my friends and to see what plans might be in the works for the night. So I was really excited when I found the website Twitter Maps! This site is a mashup of Twitter and Google Maps so that I can physically see where all the twitters on my account are coming from. Living in a city as big as Boston, it’s cool to see how spread out or strangely close my friends and I all are at any given time. It’s so much fun to watch all the updates.

Another great site that I have constantly looked at over the past year or so but never realized to be a mashup is Yelp! Yelp! is a reviews site where users can write feedback on restuarants, coffee shops, bars, and even tattoo and piercing parlors in their area. Yelp uses Google Maps to pinpoint locations on a map. For example, I can instantly see every ice cream shop in my zip code with the click of a button. This is useful because if I want ice cream right now, I can see the closest places and reduce the number of T stops it will take to get there. Alternatively, if I’m looking for the bst ice cream out there, I can plan my trip with a quick look at the map so I know how much time I need to set aside on my quest for the perfect frappe.