nice description, Tom... thanks for the invitation to let our creativity and passion wander into the technical world.
ashley On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Tom Tuddenham <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Doug > Geek-rant-mode on > > The notion of an "open interface" is a published, readily understandable > (at least to a technical audience) set of protocols for connecting to an > online service. > > Both Twitter and Facebook have what are called APIs (Application > Programming Interfaces) that allow you to either extend the functionality or > interact with the underlying service. If you have a look at > http://twitter.com/downloads you'll see a list of applications that make > use of the Twitter API. Some of these applications are written by the > Twitter crowd, but some are from individuals who presumably just had an > "itch to scratch". > > I've been playing with the Facebook API lately - mostly just to just to get > my head around how the technology works - and it strikes me as an > interesting adjunct to OST. Because I'm probably more focussed on technology > than on OST (just the nature of my work) I wanted to put out there the idea > that Twitter, Facebook and the other "social applications" aren't closed > systems; that we can not only embrace things like Twitter and Facebook but > also use their open interfaces to extend them and create new value. > > Geek-rant-mode off :) > > Cheers > Tom > > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:54 AM, douglas germann <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Tom-- >> >> Please explain this term which is new to me: open interfaces. >> >> :- Doug. >> >> On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 05:41 +1030, Tom Tuddenham wrote: >> > Somewhat tangential but Facebook, Twitter, etc all have open >> > interfaces for extending their functionality. >> > >> > >> > What would make Facebook and Twitter a more worthwhile experience - or >> > a more enjoyable experience - for you? How can they be extended to >> > support OST? Apologies for such geeky questions - I'm just intrigued >> > by how these applications are shaping the way we all connect and >> > communicate and am trying to imagine where it's all headed. >> > >> > >> > Cheers >> > Tom >> > >> > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:07 PM, John Engle <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > Fellow listers, >> > >> > Any of you, like me, wondering what social networking >> > applications to spend time with and which ones don't feel >> > worth it? >> > >> > I've certainly enjoyed connecting with quite a few of you on >> > Facebook, LinkedIn, and more recently, Twitter. >> > >> > I'm finding Twitter particularly fascinating because of it's >> > speed and simplicity. I'm "following" a number of you but >> > welcome the opportunity to "follow" more of you. It's the >> > ideas, musings, activities, and resources of people like YOU >> > that interests me! >> > >> > Here's my twitter page in case you want to connect with me >> > there: >> > http://twitter.com/johnengle >> > >> > And of-course, I welcome the opportunity to connect with you >> > on other social networking applications as well. Borrowing >> > from Lisa Heft, you're my tribe ; ) >> > >> > Appreciatively, >> > >> > John >> > >> > * >> > * >> > ========================================================== >> > [email protected] >> > ------------------------------ >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >> > view the archives of [email protected]: >> > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html >> > >> > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >> > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >> > >> > >> > * * ========================================================== >> > [email protected] ------------------------------ To >> > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of >> > [email protected]: >> > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about >> > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >> > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >> >> * >> * >> ========================================================== >> [email protected] >> ------------------------------ >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >> view the archives of [email protected]: >> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html >> >> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >> > > * * ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
