Comments on: Twitter, the Web Services Phenom http://www.dinafberry.com/wp/2009/07/23/twitter-the-web-services-phenom/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Programmer, Writer, Mom Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:24:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan Hallock http://www.dinafberry.com/wp/2009/07/23/twitter-the-web-services-phenom/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Dan Hallock Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:20:48 +0000 http://www.dinafberry.com/wp/?p=144#comment-11 I'm really hopeful that the Twitter client explosion is opening developers' eyes to the possibilities. There are so many Web services that would benefit from a marketplace of rich client applications… and likewise many Web applications that could see a similar rich-client marketplace open up if they were to offer a full-featured API. (Now that I think about it, maybe it's already happening more than I realized. It's surprising, really, how many native apps that rely entirely on Web service APIs I use on a daily basis. Darkslide (for Flickr), Byline (for Google Reader), Mailplane (for Gmail), Reportage and Birdhouse (for Twitter).) I’m really hopeful that the Twitter client explosion is opening developers’ eyes to the possibilities. There are so many Web services that would benefit from a marketplace of rich client applications… and likewise many Web applications that could see a similar rich-client marketplace open up if they were to offer a full-featured API.

(Now that I think about it, maybe it’s already happening more than I realized. It’s surprising, really, how many native apps that rely entirely on Web service APIs I use on a daily basis. Darkslide (for Flickr), Byline (for Google Reader), Mailplane (for Gmail), Reportage and Birdhouse (for Twitter).)

]]> By: Scott http://www.dinafberry.com/wp/2009/07/23/twitter-the-web-services-phenom/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Scott Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:23:03 +0000 http://www.dinafberry.com/wp/?p=144#comment-10 I'd never thought of any code as a "racked blonde in the corner." A unique metaphor and a curious (if slightly distracting) mental image... I’d never thought of any code as a “racked blonde in the corner.” A unique metaphor and a curious (if slightly distracting) mental image…

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