Took me a LOOOOOONG time to figure out how this worked. I kept having things not show up. I didn't know I had to go back and reopen the file to get it to upload those things or at least display them. Anyway, though, I hope this works.
The collage aspect is really neat. I think it helped my creativity AFTER I figured out how to use it. Before I was so frustrated I wanted to quit. I like the ability to bring together many different media in one place so there are several different ways to interact on it. It is visually appealing, too, to see the graphics and videos and blurbs all next to each other. My only issue was I was afraid I'd lose something off in a corner since it got dragged around so much. So... I'm still out on the idea of moving things around.
With a written story, the reader has a clear direction of how to progress. With a Mash-up, their mind can wander all over the place just like the medium used. No way to guarantee what they look at first, whether they actually read something. For advertising or to switch things up or to create contrast or something it is good. But I feel people won't be as likely to read anything on it because they would prefer to look at the pictures or the video, so getting a real message across prolly isn't best done with this.
I think Data masher could be a very useful tool if used properly, but there is always the chance it could bee used to manipulate data. But that's the case with all of the Media 2.0 tools - they can be great or they can be abused.
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