Category: Digital Puglishing

Digital Puglishing, Donna Murdoch, Tech Software

The API Economy and You

It’s the consumer Internet – that’s what is driving the massive growth of Silicon Valley and all things B to C.  With that comes the need for APIs.  Salesforce.com is a great example of how an open API can drive success.  “Since the time of these early examples, APIs have seen massive growth and adoption. One of the most successful companies to open its API has been Salesforce.com. The company has nearly 3 million applications represented in its third-party app ecosystem, with the majority of its site traffic driven by its API.”

via The API Economy and You.

Digital Puglishing, Donna Murdoch, Tech Software

Twitter Now Lets You Tag Photos And Create Tweet Albums

New feature in in Twitter is very similar to Facebook.  My first reaction is that when I tweet, I do it really quickly, even when taking a photo.  I can’t imagine taking the time to tag, etc. but it does seem handy for certain occasions.  Most likely people will send less tweets and save up pictures to send all at once.  “Tagging photos on Twitter works almost exactly as it does on Facebook. When you select a photo, you’re prompted to tap on “Who’s in this photo?” and then type and select the name of the person you want to tag. Users will receive notifications if they’re tagged in a photo; however, if the person sharing the photo doesn’t use the @-mention, the user’s name will appear next to the photo as it does on Facebook. ”

via Twitter Now Lets You Tag Photos And Create Tweet Albums – ReadWrite.

Digital Puglishing, Donna Murdoch, Tech Hardware, Tech Software

A Look Back In Techdirt History

I’ve never felt TechDirt got the attention it deserved, but it’s a great resource and this article was a reminder of the “informed” side of the internet we’ve been focusing on for the past 15 years.  This is a recollection since 1999.  “The site had existed for nearly two years before that, but was mainly done as an email newsletter. Back in March of 1999, the word “blog” still didn’t even exist until a few months later (though “weblog” had been around for a little while before that) and didn’t really catch on for a couple years. Anyway, given 15 years of blog posts, I thought it might be fun to look back at what we were writing about five, ten and fifteen years ago.”

via A Look Back In Techdirt History | Techdirt.

Digital Puglishing, Tech Software

How Were You Using the Internet in 1999? Remembering AOL CDs

When I saw this article on Gizmodo, I couldn’t help but laugh.  I’m sure there were more AOL CDs printed than any top seller music album in history.  The funniest thing to me is how many people I’ve had to tell – and somewhat recently I might add – that AOL email addresses are free.  As far as I can tell, they never informed their long time loyal users that they could keep their email address and account for free, and still charge their credit cards monthly.  Though I will qualify that and say it is heresay – I only know what people told me and I don’t know for sure.  Interesting article about Internet nostalgia regardless.

“One thousand hours free for 45 days! This, of course, started us all down a road of weird nostalgia, recalling how we used (or misused) the World Wide Web back in the twilight of the 90s. What were you doing on The Internet back then?”

via How Were You Using the Internet in 1999?.

Digital Puglishing, Donna Murdoch

The common elements of good storytelling

What makes a good story? Simple. Emotional. Truthful. Real. Valid. This article from TNW expands, and I think anyone will agree.  “Storytelling is as old as any culture, but probably better preserved as a practice with First-Nations than European culture. It was the primary way of passing along information, long before the written word even existed.”

via The common elements of good storytelling – The Next Web.

Digital Puglishing, Donna Murdoch

With Medium, Evan Williams Is Tackling the Future of Writing Online

I like Medium, another Ev WIlliams (Twitter, Blogger) startup.  Do we like longer-form posts when reading online?  Often when we are writing content to be posted, we try to be short and succinct.  Medium content is somewhere in between long and blog-post short.  Critics say it is hard to filter quality from noise – but the quality tends to rise to the top.  “Mr. Williams is also still trying to decide how to describe his venture. Medium is for short posts and long ones, by amateur writers and professional ones. It emphasizes a clean design and relies on a network of writers and readers to edit and discover new posts.”   It is well done.

via With Medium, Evan Williams Is Tackling the Future of Writing Online – NYTimes.com.

Digital Puglishing, Donna Murdoch, Tech Software

What are New York and San Francisco Tweeting About?

Evidently people tend to complain about the same things via Twitter if they are from the same city.  “New Yorkers are always complaining about the weather, while San Franciscans tend to moan about the city’s perpetually poor MUNI bus service. That’s not just a stereotype — it turns out there’s hard, Twitter-based evidence for it.”

via What are New York and San Francisco Tweeting About?.