api | Kris Smith has read these articles about "api" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "api" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpBen Stein Watch: October 21, 2007- October 22, 2007 I've never been a big believer in the predictive power of the reversion to mean theory, but at the same time it stands to reason that after a reasonably sensible outing last week, Ben Stein would hand in an utter shocker of a column this week and that the NYT would slap it on the front page of the business section, too, under what Yves Smith describes in an email to me as "the classic &39;God&39;s light from the heavens&39; shot that you see in religious material...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/marketmovers/~3/173156268/ben-stein-watch-october-... My Social Media Life And Why Walled Gardens Don't Work- October 22, 2007 While out running recently, I re-listened to a Six Pixels of Separation podcast during which Heidi Miller talked about the social media overload in her life. I got to thinking about how I feel about social media overload and the implications it has for the tools I use.I first dipped my toe into creating content on the web back in 2000 when I managed the website of a division of Hitachi Europe Ltd. I've maintained my own personal website since then, but I've only recently launched myself...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dfPR/~3/173127276/my-social-media-life-and-why-walled.html Comcast Is Pretending to be You - This AP story makes clear ... (Susan Crawford blog)- October 21, 2007 Comcast Is Pretending to be You This AP story makes clear that Comcast is pretending to be part of online conversations in order to frustrate users who want to use particular online applications. This happens all the time in the name of "traffic shaping" it&39;s the kind of thing that China does to interfere with internet use. Source: Susan Crawford blog Link: http:scrawford.netblogcomcast-is-pretending-to-be Techmeme permalinkTags: pretending comcast blog crawford ...http://www.techmeme.com/071020/p13#a071020p13 Less Is More: Tumblr Raises $750K- October 19, 2007 Tumblr, a blogging software startup that ascribes to the philosophy that less is more, has raised $750,000 in Series A funding, according to Private Equity Hub. The money came from Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures, with Spark general partner Bijan Sabet joining Tumblr's board. Tumblr's service, Tumblelogs, gives users pared-down tools to set up a ...Tags: tumblr spark bijan sabet partnerhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/172163627/ The Google Effect- October 19, 2007 A resourceful job applicant could certainly use Google's search technology to take the measure of a target company, to learn about its size, performance, and reputation. But when it comes time to benchmark corporate benefits, it turns out that Google is much more useful as a yardstick rather than as a tool.The perks of working at the Googleplex are legendaryfree gourmet food and snacks, free bus service to and from work, free massages, free you-name-itso that, like its stock price, Google's...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/portfolio/careers/~3/172117345/The-Google-Effect Google Does It Again- October 19, 2007 Google said its profit soared by 46 percent in the third quarter, serving notice to rivals that its meteoric growth continues even as its market capitalization closes in on $200 billion.The company said its net income increased to $1.07 billion from $925 million in the second quarter. Not counting stock options grants to employees, Google earned $3.91 per share. That topped analyst estimates of $3.78 per share, which also excluded options-based compensation.Revenue climbed 57 percent in the...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/top5/~3/171782547/Google-Earnings-Rise-46 Popfly opens up it's Beta doors and announces contest- October 18, 2007 Today, the Popfly team announced the public beta of Popfly.com. What is Popfly you might ask Well, Popfly is this incredibly cool tool, built using Silverlight technologies, that allows you to easily create mashups, gadgets and web pages. There's a visual tool that offers a number of building blocks, some of which wrap API's ...Tags: popfly tool beta web gadgetshttp://davebost.com/blog/?p=324 Why Google Won't Help Your VC Pitch- October 18, 2007 A conversation with a top venture capitalist yields three cautionary pieces of advice for Web startups seeking seed funding Tags: web advice pieces startups seekinghttp://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2007/sb20071017_927850.htm?campaign_id=rss... US Congress: Bloggers Are Journalists Too- October 18, 2007 Ars Technica reported late last night that the Free Flow of Information Act, which would grant protection of sources and documents at a federal level to journalists, including professional bloggers, easily passed the US House of Representatives by a vote of 398-21. The bill, which was cosponsored by Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Mike Pence (R-IN), still may never become a law should it reach President Bush's desk. According to Ars, the Bush administration views the FFIA "as carte blanche to...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/171280274/us_congress_bloggers_are_journali... Why RSS is "Broken"- October 16, 2007 I&39;ve been thinking about RSS a lot over the last few weeksmonths and with all the hub-bub about RSS stats this past weekend, I thought it is a great time to talk about why I think RSS is "broken" and in it&39;s current form isn&39;t sustainable over the long-term. Before I begin let me state that I like what RSS offers a lot and do read several feeds. Let&39;s look at RSS from two different "broken" angles: subscribersmetrics and marketing. I put broken in quotes because.http://www.centernetworks.com/why-rss-is-broken |