http://strange.corante.com/2006/02/08/fowa-ten-reasons-why-you-need-to-build-an-api-shaun-inman Picking out patterns in the chaos Wed, 16 May 2012 20:51:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://strange.corante.com/2006/02/08/fowa-ten-reasons-why-you-need-to-build-an-api-shaun-inman#comment-1869 RanJa Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:49:47 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2006/02/08/fowa-ten-reasons-why-you-need-to-build-an-api-shaun-inman#comment-1869 I love your article on API. I agree with you one hundred percent. Indeed, an API lets people know about your application; so, this is why I am so interested in learning how to build my own. What do you think about google's OpenSocial API for social network websites like myspace and Hi5? Google saw that Facebook is capturing the majority of Myspace members and set out to do something about it. Google said it wants to provide their API to all social network sites, which is a good thing. However, google's own social network site (Orkut) gets first dibs with this API. Google said it will eventually make the API available to all social sites, but not so fast. Google is making sure that its own social site reaps as much benefit from its API before every single social site on the net gets a chance at the big pie. What do you think about this approach by Google? I love your article on API. I agree with you one hundred percent. Indeed, an API lets people know about your application; so, this is why I am so interested in learning how to build my own. What do you think about google’s OpenSocial API for social network websites like myspace and Hi5? Google saw that Facebook is capturing the majority of Myspace members and set out to do something about it. Google said it wants to provide their API to all social network sites, which is a good thing. However, google’s own social network site (Orkut) gets first dibs with this API. Google said it will eventually make the API available to all social sites, but not so fast. Google is making sure that its own social site reaps as much benefit from its API before every single social site on the net gets a chance at the big pie. What do you think about this approach by Google?

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