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A world without files - we need new protocols

A world without files - we need new protocols

Could we have "content type" protocols like doc://, sheet://, code:// or design:// and a governing body to define the standards of those protocols? Bring your own storage provider for each protocol, and control your data.

Shipping APIs scale vertical SaaS

Shipping APIs scale vertical SaaS

APIs can scale vertical SaaS or integrated operations at any company. Shipping APIs is no exception, and provides a bridge from digital to physical for many software vendors.

APIs are the new Business Development

APIs are the new Business Development

Back in 2008 I spent months and months on integrating with a new partner that the company had hit up. Literally hit up. Talk, meet, go out for lunch, out for beers, meet and talk some more and then see what the technical aspects of such an integration would look

How To Receive E-mails in ASP.NET MVC using MailGun

Mailgun has a fantastic API for doing a lot of stuff with e-mail. Not only is it a breeze to use their dedicated SMTP service to send a lot of e-mails with great deliver-ability – it is also very powerful for routing e-mails back to your application. There’s a lot

How To Use the Google Search Suggestions API (AutoComplete) from C#

Google is currently receiving a lot of negative mentions for their lack of providing keywords [http://searchengineland.com/post-prism-google-secure-searches-172487] to website owners. Keywords used by visitors is such valuable information when running a website, and especially if you rely on that website for income! I figured it’s about time

Twitter Streaming API + SignalR + Google Maps = Powerful Stuff!

I’ve been playing around with a variety of APIs every once in a while. It is great fun to hack around with the enormous amounts of real data that are out there, and it’s always easy to get crazy ideas with it. Whenever you build something, the lack