With rumors of layoffs at even Microsoft, I guess the Wired Tech Layoff Tracker is the Mashup that best defines these early days of 2009.

Mozilla Ubiquity is described as "an experiment into connecting the Web with language". The aim is to use sentences to control a browser eg "Book a flight to Chicago next Monday to Thursday, no red-eyes, the cheapest. Then email my Chicago friends the itinerary, and add it to my calendar. It is not quite there yet, but does support more simpler commands such as "email it to Celine", "translate this to English" and "weather brisbane". In its simplicity to does get more useful eg retrieve everything tagged with css by user aneesha -  "get-delicious aneesha tag css" and update my facebook status -  "facebook-status is exploring Ubiquity". There is a library of commands available and a command authoring guide. Ubiquity provides a great interface for non-programmers to create mashups and accomplish tasks from a central interface.

Taking ideas for e-learning Ubiquity commands now….

• CSS Frameworks that emerged in abundance
  Blueprint, Formy, Hartija, Tripoli, Uni-Form to name just but a few
• Rappers singing with the help of Auto-Tune
  Auto-Tune is a phase vocoder used to correct pitch - think T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and even Akon…
• Lady Gaga
  In 2008, we learnt the difference between fame and "The Fame" and who could forget the disco stick. Can’t wait to see what Lady Gaga has in store for 2009. Maybe a duet with Madonna……..

Hey - check out this 2009 Movie Guide. I hope its a good year for Movies in 2009! I look forward to Terminator Salvation, Wolverine, Watchmen & Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen.