Category Archives: apis

GPS device + data feeds + social = awesome service

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Matt McAlister

One of the most interesting market directions in recent months in my mind is the way the concept of a location service is evolving. People are using location as a vector to bring information that matters directly to them. A … Continue reading →

Posted in apis, dash, discovery, geo, georss, gps, location, pipes, platform, startup | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Where are the best answers to business questions?

Posted on March 7, 2007 by

Reid Hoffman reminded me the other day that I needed to take a look at the LinkedIn Answers service, the peer-to-peer Q&A service for business. It obviously emulates much of the Yahoo! Answers product, particularly the user experience, so I … Continue reading →

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Preview of the del.icio.us publisher api

Posted on December 19, 2006 by

I just posted a short screencast on the YDN blog of the cool new publisher api coming from del.icio.us soon. I’ve also embedded the video below. Lots of interesting possibilities with this new service, for sure. Embed video:

Posted in apis, community, delicious, don loeb, feedburner, how to, innovation, media, screencast, social media, tagging, web services | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Top 5 new business ideas

Posted on December 5, 2006 by

The month of lists has begun, so I decided to rank the business ideas from the last year that could or should be a big deal in the next year. Most of these ideas and companies have actually been around … Continue reading →

Posted in answers, apis, attention, behavior, development, future, ideas, identity, innovation, interestingness, last.fm, leadership, models, social media, startup, strategy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

I know where and when my favorite bands are playing

Posted on November 16, 2006 by

Last.fm is my favoriate web app. There’s nothing else on the Internet that comes close. This thought occurred to me a few weeks back, but it wasn’t until I explained last.fm to a group of publishers at the Stanford Publishing … Continue reading →

Posted in apis, attention, behavior, last.fm, music, personalization, recommendations, startup, upcoming, web services | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments