It's very difficult to keep up with the world of public APIs and mashups — even for someone like me who is writing a book on the topic and teaching a course on the subject! Now that I have a bit more time to work on the topic, I turn now to being more assiduous […]
"Machine tags" (see Flickr: Discussing Machine tags in Flickr API) have been introduced into Flickr as generalization of things like geotagging. Machine tags are also known by many as "triple tags". These are tags with a specific syntax aimed primarily for "machine consumption" (that is, by programs) and not directly for display to the typical […]
In a sidebar to Chapter 3, I ask the question of whether we will be able to ultimately rely on visual searching instead of tags? I mention that that companies like Riya are hard at work to bring us visual search. What other companies are out there? Trying out Riya has been on my list […]
Since I'm writing Chapter 3 right now and learned that Thunderbird 2.0 supports tags, I decided to take a look immediately. The interface looks a bit spiffier. I will say that I'm generally pleased with Thunderbird, so I was hoping that the tags would be a great new feature. So far, I don't quite see […]
In my post Mashup Guide :: Amazon URL structures, I mentioned that I will pose my questions concerning the Amazon web services in the appropriate forums. I'm looking at the list of forums Amazon Web Services Developer Connection : Developer Connection but I'm uncertain whether any of them is appropriate yet. Along the way I […]
I spend a substantial part of Chapter 2 on the topic of understanding the syntax and semantics of URLs in web applications. Knowing how URLs are formed lays the foundation of mashing them up later but also enables users to recombine content from various sites without much programming. In the chapter, I look at URLs […]
I have posted the first draft of Chapter 2 (pdf) "Looking at Flickr, Del.icio.us, Google maps, and Amazon.com as end-user tools". The chapter analyzes Flickr (as our primary extended example) for what makes it the remix platform par excellence for learning how to remix a specific application and exploit its many features that make it […]
Fodder for Chapter 17 on office suites when I get to writing it in detail: Google office destined to be mashed – CBRonline.com: "We definitely want to build out APIs, especially for the spreadsheets side, as spreadsheets are more data-oriented, but maybe also for he word processor," Google product manager Jonathan Rochelle said. "People will […]
Today, I start posting early drafts of the Introduction and Chapter 1 of my book. I'm keen on hearing feedback from those of you who would like to read early drafts of my book. The latest versions of chapters will be linked from the table of contents. Although my book will be fully released under […]