twittering?

[ashley cooper]

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 <ferrisoxide at gmail.com>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 <76066.515 at compuserve.com
> > 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 <john at johnengle.net>
>> > 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
>> >
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