In its most generic definition, a mashup takes two things and blends them together. I think the first ever was Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, but I haven’t done enough research to confirm this. In our present time, there are two dominant usages of the term:
So I’m kicking off a new recurring “column” (and I use the term loosely) called “Ask Skeptic’s Mom” in which I will ask my mother a question related to Web 2.0, and we’ll see what she has to say. The rules we’ve agreed to are as follows:
