Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

API stands for Application Programming Interface, and refers broadly to the way one piece of software or dataset communicates with another.) I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. And what does “Linked Open Data” refer to?

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API Action Open Data 186

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time.

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Interview San Diego Map Mashup 123

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Like its predecessors, the report provides succinct backgrounds and reference projects for technologies predicted for widespread adoption on the 1, 2-3, and 4-5 year timescale. The folks at the New Media Consortium have released their annual Horizon Report , a roundup of up-and-coming technologies relevant to museums, archives, and libraries.

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Museum Report Technology Mashup 35