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Steve Klabnik: Nobody Understands REST or HTTP

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Karl

Steve Klabnik outlines some best practices in API design in “Nobody Understands REST or HTTP”, some of which I admit I need to follow more consistently. As he states in the end: Seriously, most of the problems that you’re solving … Continue reading →

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A visualization on the growth of public APIs and open data

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Karl

GOOD: “Out in the Open”

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An open data challenge from Anil Dash

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Karl

Anil Dash: “The Health Graph: Mortal Threats & Signs of Life”: As a community of developers and technologists, we have to build powerful, indispensable apps and services on top of this data. Killer apps that save lives. If we can … Continue reading →

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Readings on DSLs (Domain Specific Languages)

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Karl

Martin Fowler: DomainSpecificLanguage Martin Fowler: FluentInterfaces InfoQ: Martin Fowler: Introduction to Domain Specific Languages The Structure of Structures: Are DSLs simply XML Hell? Ward Cunningham Wiki: Domain Specific Language defmacro.org: The Nature of Lisp Wikipedia: Domain-specific languages

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Maptivism getting easier, happening more

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Karl

Combine mapping, with participation, and a subject matter that needs attention, and you can create some powerful, useful tools. Google Maps APIs and various mashup techniques made it easy for technologists to build services that pulled together these concepts, but … Continue reading →

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Joshua Bloch on “How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters”

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Karl

This is a great Google Tech Talk and while it may be Java-centric, I think much applies to any language you work with. YouTube: GoogleTechTalks: “How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters”: This is what I believe … Continue reading →

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Data Journalism and Visualization with an Example

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Karl

Guardian: Paul Bradshaw: “How to be a data journalist” ProPublica: Jeff Larson: “The Rainbow Connection: How We Made Our CDO Connections Graphic” (tools mentioned: google-refine (formerly Gridworks), Raphaël, JSON)

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Interested in data and visualizations?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Karl

Check out the Guardian’s Datablog, and while you are at it, read/watch the Guardian’s Simon Rogers interview with Jonathan Stray of Nieman Journalism Labs on the rise of data journalism and the tools they use.

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Want to know what people want?

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Karl

Well this doesn’t get you exactly there, but László Kozma has a Perl script and some analysis that points you to the top sentences on the Web that start with “How can I” using Google. Fascinating stuff.

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A working Python library for Google Reader unofficial API

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Karl

The linked library handles authentication and offers working methods for a few of Google Reader’s methods: libgreader. Looks like a great start.

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