Archive for September, 2008

BTW, NPR has an API

I’m addicted to National Public Radio and listen whenever I can, which is not often enough. NPR has an API now – okay, it’s news to me, it was announced in July – but I’m very excited to see what comes from this when folks start mashing up NPR content.

from their website:

In the next couple of days, NPR.org will be launching our new API, which will be an open and extensive way for our users to share and mash-up our content. Once live, we will be adding a new link on the NPR.org left nav in the Services section called “Tools / API”. We are very excited about this new tool and are looking forward to the inventive ways that you will use our content! After all, there are only a few of us but millions of you…

Get more info on the NPR blog

 

Sloane Crosley

I thought there’d be Cake

Although I appreciate, and really love, her writing. What got my attention was the visual representation of her stories she did for her website. OMG, dioramas, and that wonderfully quirky video – it’s a must-see.


I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley from Book Videos on Vimeo.

http://sloanecrosley.com/