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.phpSeeds- January 20, 2008 I had an absolute good time at the Seed Conference. I had hoped to be and was a little out of my element yesterday. The vast majority of the attendees were associated with the visual arts. The conference was put together and featured presentations by Carlos Segura of Segura Inc., Jason Fried of 37signals, and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners. Each presentation was followed by a question and answer session. While each presentation was unique there was a common theme that was woven through out...http://www.noded.com/noded/archives/002171.html FAQ: Why only 20 pics- January 17, 2008 When you first subscribe to a feed in FlickrFan you generally will get 20 pictures in the folder for the feed. People wonder why this is and how they can get more. The reason for this is that Flickr keeps the 20 most recent pictures in the feed for each account. So when I post a new picture to my Flickr account, it replaces the oldest picture in my feed. Then, anyone who has subscribed my feed, will get the new picture next time they scan. It works the same way RSS works for blogging or a...http://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/01/17/faqWhyOnly20Pics.html Merrill: How to do a Conference Call Right- January 17, 2008 I wasn't on the Merrill call this morning, but David Gaffen was, and it seems from his live-blog - and the Merrill share price - that John Thain just gave the market a masterclass in spinning negative announcements. Rember that Merrill lost $12 per share in a single quarter - this is for a stock trading in the mid-$50s. The number was significantly larger than official analyst expectations of less than $5 a share, and the mood was grim going into the call. But just look at how Thain played...http://feeds.portfolio.com/~r/portfolio/marketmovers/~3/218294535/merrill-how-to-do-a-conf... Can We Talk About Twitter for a Second- January 17, 2008 About a year ago, I wrote how I had completely sworn off instant messaging, and how, despite its fast-rising user base, I had no intention of using Twitter. And so far, I haven't given in to the siren song. While I hadn't expected to ever gain a Facebook account, and eventually succumbed, Twitter has remained on my personal "Do Not Call" list.Meanwhile, as I remain a Twitter luddite, others swear by it. I find myself occasionally checking in on the Twitter streams of friends and others like...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LouisgraycomLive/~3/218038603/can-we-talk-about-twitter-for... Podcasting: Who Will You Serve- January 17, 2008 There are certain debates in new media that I've had so many times that I end every exchange thinking that I will never get embroiled in that particular turdfight again. The make money fast end of podcasting is one of those I've sworn off many times, just like someone who quits smoking over and over. I believe by reading through these posts and trying to refine my reflexive umbrage I've reached insights I haven't ever had, so what the hell. Let's let it rip. Please bear with me for a couple of..http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/01/16/podcasting-who-will-you-serve/ Library of Congress Flickr feed- January 17, 2008 Wow, this is really really coooooool. The Library of Congress is partnering with Flickr, releasing pictures that it believes are not copyrighted, through Flickr. One of the fantastic side-effects of that is that there's an RSS 2.0 feed of those pictures that connects perfectly to FlickrFan. If you click on this link on the machine that FlickrFan is running on, you'll automatically subcribe to the Library of Congress feed on Flickr. This is one of those moments when the standards are working,..http://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/01/16/libraryOfCongressFlickrFee.html Perspective: Myspace Still Kicking Facebook's Ass in Traffic- January 17, 2008 While the media and Silicon Valley have lost our collective minds over the rise of Facebook over the past year, traffic analysts Hitwise released numbers today indicating that things are not as they might seem. Apparently, all the Facebook hype has not translated into a huge growth in social network market share among US users. Hitwise says that Myspace received 72.32% of US visits to the top ten social networks in December 2007, while Facebook received just over 16%. How about year over...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/217934667/myspace_still_kicking.php Sun Buys MySQL for $1B and Wall Street Mourns- January 17, 2008 Sun Microsystems said today it would pay $1 billion to buy privately held open-source database maker MySQL, a move that strengthens Sun's ability to offer an alternative to proprietary software. The purchase, while smaller than the $8.5 billion Oracle-BEA deal that was also unveiled today, is notable because MySQL was a highly anticipated IPO candidate, and had long rebuffed suitors interested in buying it. For other technology firms planning IPOs, the deal may be as welcome as a kick in the.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/217814436/ Examining Feeds in Social Networks- January 17, 2008 In mid-december, I interviewed Kevin Marks (Developer Advocate, Google Open Social) on ReadWriteTalk . One of the areas we spent considerable time discussing was Open Social's Activity Streams. Since that interview, I have found myself reflecting a lot about the increasing number of social networks that create 'feeds' around user activity within the site. As someone who has been an avid user of RSS for the past few years and created a product to intelligently filter sets of RSS feeds, it...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/217818036/examining_feeds_in_social_network... Freebase Takes $42 Million- January 16, 2008 Online database company Freebase has taken $42 Million in a round that included Benchmark Capital and Goldman Sachs. Total funding to date is $57 million The purpose of the Freebase is to centralize as much data as possible, and allow participants to freely add and access data - developers can extract information from Freebase via a set of APIs and add it to their web applications. It also builds relationships between highly structured pieces of data, something that can't easily be done with...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/217750481/ |