Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2011
There’s a lot happening with Social Actions right now but one bit of news is really exciting, and needs to be highlighted: some incredibly important technical enhancements have recently been made to the Social Actions API. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? was difficult.
NTEN
OCTOBER 28, 2009
Entrants built useful applications incorporating at least one data feed from Data.gov , in an effort to make government data accessible and usable. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. An API is basically a contract between computers.
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NTEN
JANUARY 27, 2009
When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?" Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz APIs. " Duh: the NTEN community! Don't worry if you're not a coder geek.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 17, 2006
for geeks is APIs. Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 1, 2010
In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api. They've incorporated an interactive component, called Gallery Tag where visitors select a tag or create their own, go find works in the galleries that match, enter accession numbers and earn points and prizes. (For
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 10, 2007
For those without personal computers, they could login to a secure website to access and change the information. The API key would be free and simple to access and governed by Creative Commons licensing. Everything built off of the API would have to be licensed similarly, encouraging an overall culture of openness.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
Other times it is more important to have an open API or an app that is properly designed for plug-ins or extensions. And with mashups becoming more and more popular, there’s a kind of meta-collaboration at work now too. There are multiple ways to ‘play well with others.’ 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08
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