Yearly Archives: 2007

Kirix Strata: Access and Manipulate Data from the Web

Kirix Strata: Access and Manipulate Data from the Web – this is quite cool, and it’s great to see a lot of data/stats/visualization stuff coming to the web these days. For their specific app though, it seems like it would … Continue reading

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DeWitt Clinton » Blog Archive » Yelp search API

DeWitt Clinton » Blog Archive » Yelp search API – yesterday I decided I didn’t have the time to read through the whole Yelp spec and make my suggestions on how they be using OpenSearch. So naturally, DeWitt (independently) did … Continue reading

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Official Google Maps API Blog: Microformats in Google Maps

Official Google Maps API Blog: Microformats in Google Maps – they could do a lot more, but it’s a good start.

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Right to Dry

Right to Dry – looks like someone in (sorta) my area has taken up the cause

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Digg – Facebook Carpool: the First Useful Facebook Application

Digg – Facebook Carpool: the First Useful Facebook Application – so the Facebook application I’ve been working on made #1 on digg. not bad. By “working on,” I mostly mean giving my opinions and advice, as I don’t have the … Continue reading

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High Earth Orbit » Blog Archive » OpenSearch Geo and Time extensions

High Earth Orbit » Blog Archive » OpenSearch Geo and Time extensions – I was working on something like this back when I was working on OpenSearch, but the industry and formats weren’t at the right stage. It’s great that … Continue reading

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A big OpenSearch roundup

A big OpenSearch roundup – it’s been a while since I posted an OpenSearch update, fortunately DeWitt has kept up with things better than I have. One thing seems clear: that OpenSearch is gaining adoption everywhere and moving into the … Continue reading

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Acquisitions

I think there are two web companies in the last few years that I’ve really wrote here about how great I thought they were, JotSpot and Feedburner. Now 2/2 acquired by Google… of course, let’s hope this purchase goes better … Continue reading

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Popfly

Popfly – I heard about this first though email, but it’s all over the web as well. Microsoft has done an amazing job of making it really easy to combine web services, and I only hope that the output itself … Continue reading

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You Are What You Grow

You Are What You Grow – this is a very true and depressing story of the massive implications of the US’s farm bill, which everyone should read. Via del.icio.us.

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