You Think There Are a Lot of APIs Now? Wait Until Everythng Has An API

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Post by apievangelist » Sat, May 28, 2011, 7:55 PM UTC

You Think There Are a Lot of APIs Now? Wait Until Everythng Has An API
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Post by jpadilla » Sat, May 28, 2011, 9:06 PM UTC

Nice! Finally where I've always wanted to be... The future!

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Post by wslh » Sat, May 28, 2011, 10:12 PM UTC

There aren't a lot of real APIs. Google has deprecated their APIs for search, Twitter is very restricted with their API and Facebook has a lot of issues with their API.

The irony is that Microsoft is/was more open about their APIs than the web.

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Post by jat850 » Sat, May 28, 2011, 10:38 PM UTC

Title (on HN) is a bit misleading - maybe intentionally so, I'm not sure. The linked article refers to "Evrything", a specific service, having an API.

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Post by extension » Sat, May 28, 2011, 10:42 PM UTC

I eagerly await the Wikipedia of Data, but I think it would at least have to be an open, non-profit type operation to be successful. I don't think the commercial sector is capable of that degree of cooperation and long-term vision.

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Post by apievangelist » Sun, May 29, 2011, 12:53 AM UTC

jat850 wrote: post #4

Title (on HN) is a bit misleading - maybe intentionally so, I'm not sure. The linked article refers to "Evrything", a specific service, having an API.

Thats actually based upon the double meaning of the company name. Get it? The company Evrything wants "every thing" to have any API.

Not misleading, its a play on words.

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Post by scotth » Sun, May 29, 2011, 11:10 AM UTC

apievangelist wrote: post #6

jat850 wrote: post #4

Title (on HN) is a bit misleading - maybe intentionally so, I'm not sure. The linked article refers to "Evrything", a specific service, having an API.

Thats actually based upon the double meaning of the company name. Get it? The company Evrything wants "every thing" to have any API. Not misleading, its a play on words.

Completely misleading. What Evrything is going to be providing is not at all similar to every object on earth having its own, specific API.