We had a lively and inspiring session at the IT University Thursday. Here are some of the links and book titles i promised to pass on to you.

Links

• Programmableweb.com has thousands of mashups as well as a long list of available APIs for your mashup pleasure – another list here
• Google’s app platform, App Engine could be very suitable for mashups. I haven’t gotten around to trying it yet
• Yahoo Pipes is an interesting early step into the non-code heaven in the near future. You simply connect feeds with feeds using a direct interface
• Google Maps is particularly easy to mash up

Getting started, the reading way
I highly recommend these tutorials in this order

1. HTML
2. CSS
3. PHP
4. SQL

If you prefer books, take a look at the not-so-boring Head First series written keep your brain active as you learn(!) (PHP and MySQL, HTML and CSS.

The viewing way (or monkey see, monkey do)

If you’re the TV kind of person, make sure you check out Lynda.com. Here’s a PHP and MySQL video tutorial. It’s not free, but once you’ve paid the monthly fee of 25 dollars (three pizzas), you get access to more than 500 tutorials including Flash, Photoshop, and the list goes on.

Slides and cards

Printable mashup cards (PDF)

I use this when I get that “quick, show me something cool” feeling. Since this actually works, I should warn you that it is addictive.

1. Add your Delicious network to your Google Reader

2. Give it a name
Could be anything as long as you’re able to remember it for 45 seconds.

3. Go to settings > Goodies > Put reader in a bookmark
Pick the second option that allows you to create a next bookmark for a specific tag. Find the tag you made. Select it.

4. Drag the link to your browser’s toolbar

5. Click it when you want to see something your friends think is cool.

If your friends are boring, try the popular links or Digg. Or put them all in one folder.