2008 Redux Beyond the API: Why Companies Should Have a Presence on All Major Platforms Much has been written lately about the rise of the API. Offering a programming interface to an online service is now standard practice amongst this generation of web companies. Through APIs, we get to enjoy a range of innovative Twitter clients, wide availability of maps and location information, custom search engines, and more. However, delivering… Alex Iskold View comments
Music Will Music Labels Make a Deal with Hulu and Shun YouTube? According to a report by the Financial Times, some of the larger music labels are looking into creating a single destination site for their artists' video content. The Financial Times cites two unnamed label representatives who argue that Hulu (and not YouTube) would be the most likely partner for this venture. Play Frederic Lardinois View comments
2008 Redux How Common Craft Stopped Doing Client Work, In Plain English Five years ago Lee LeFever was an online community manager for a B2B healthcare company called Solucient. Today, his voice has been heard by millions of people around the world, making strange new applications feel easy to use and offering some of the clearest explanations of how the Internet is changing. LeFever is the founder of Common Craft… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Product Reviews Zephyr: A Secular Winter App From the Makers of Ocarina If you imagine Brian Eno doing a Twitter-like anonymous messaging application for the iPhone, and then mix in a good dose of PostSecret and a somewhat belated holiday spirit, you might just come up with something akin to Smule's Zephyr. Zephyr (iTunes link) lets you write messages and draw pictures with snow on your screen and simultaneously… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Web Development What Comes After SourceForge and SlashDot? When your company owns the biggest open source code repository online, the most venerable geek news aggregator there is and many geeks' favorite place to shop for wacky stuff - what do you do next? Hopefully we're about to find out, because the owners of SourceForge, SlashDot and ThinkGeek are apparently working on a new project. One of the… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments