I wrote about the New York Times APIs a while ago, but today I found a new mashup using Amazon and the NY Times Bestseller Lists – Reading Radar.
Last week we reported on the release of another API by The New York Times: the Times Bestseller’s API. Well it didn’t take long for the API to make its way into a neat book recommendation engine called Reading Radar.
I think it’s a great example of how APIs lend to great new displays of data.
Found via ProgrammableWeb.
This sound so awesome – but I can’t participate because I have a Mac.
WeFi is software loaded onto your laptop or mobile device. It automatically detects and qualifies all Wi-Fi access points within range and connects you to the spot with the best Internet connection. If the WeFi software detects a new access point, it allows you to be the first to map it. WeFi also provides you with Instant-Messaging tools, allowing you to create a buddy list, and to see where your friends are currently connected.
If you get to play with it, let me know how it works.
Found via SmashingApps.
Okay – now this is just sad – not sad that the US Congress has an API – but sad that the government has an API before most ILSes.
The New York Times has just announced its new Congress API, which provides capability for developers to access to four sets of data about US Congressional representatives and their votes: “a list of members for a given Congress and chamber, details of a specific roll-call vote, biographical and role information about a specific member of Congress, and a member’s most recent positions on roll-call votes” (see Congress API profile for details).
This news from ProgrammableWeb.
I often have to drive around the local area to do talks and teach classes. Part of that is putting together expense reports. What I’ve love to see is a mashup of tolls and Google Maps. I’d love to see the total amount that the tolls will cost for the trip so I can write up my expense report.
This request is coming from me having to find the toll rates for the PA Turnpike – when I don’t remember what tolls I went through with my EZPass.
I’m catching up on blog reading after ages away from home and found two new APIs from the New York Times.
First the TimesTags API:
Today we’re releasing the TimesTags API, which is the gateway to a lush garden of Times metadata. What’s so great about metadata? Well, you’ve probably heard that “information wants to be free.” But even more than that, information wants to be found. And metadata — data about the data — improves findability.
Second the Movie Reviews API:
Today we’re launching the Movie Reviews API, a new way to access over 22,000 New York Times movie reviews going all the way back to 1924.
Keep ‘em coming!!! This is great stuff. One day soon we’re going to see a ‘super OPAC’ that uses a ton of APIs to enhance content displayed to our patrons!!
This is so awesome!!!
Introducing the LibraryThing Web Services API.
The API will eventually do many things.
For starters it includes all of the data in LibraryThing’s Common Knowledge project, our groundbreaking “fielded wiki” for interesting book information (see original blog post). It includes fields like series, important characters, important places, author dates, author burial places, agents, edits, etc. If you’re interested in building or enhancing book-data applications, this should be very interesting.
Common Knowledge is always in progress, but the results so far have been quite impressive. Members have made over 500,000 edits, and certain data types have become exceedingly useful and comprehensive. I’m particularly proud of our Series coverage (eg., Star Wars), better—we think—than any commercial series data.
Oh, and it’s free! The data is made available under the highly permissive Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license.
This makes me want to get back into developing so I can create neat new sites with this information!! Read the rest from Tim.
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Several librarians I know have Moo cards. I however stuck to my custom business cards ordered from VistaPrint because I preferred the standard size. Now Moo is offering full sized business cards!
Going to have to hide the credit cards so I don’t go crazy buying cards with puppy pictures 
I wanted to try Wordle again. I decided to put in my resume from LinkedIn and my Publications & Presentations to see who I was according to Wordle.
I see this as an addicting little toy … what else can you create a Wordle tag cloud with??
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A great way for non-profits to get $10,000.
How would you mash up the Network for Good donation processing service with other services to make it easier for nonprofits to raise money online?
NetSquared, Network for Good, and the Case Foundation invite you to help them enhance Network for Good’s online donation process.
Winners in each category will receive a $10,000 cash prize by a panel of judges at the NetSquared Conference, as well as a one-year license for the Network for Good donation API.
