April 17, 2002
Flash Google API

More cool stuff, there is a lot of work being put into making a good Flash frontend for Google:

  • The initial thread on were-here
  • 720 Flash frontend (google.public.web-apis announcement)
  • David Burrows PHP Flash to Google API Bridge
  • Flash Google Interface implemented at flash-db.com

    Posted by jarle at 08:53 AM
  • More Google API

    I hope you get to check out the Google Box I have added, using Sebastian Bergmann's excellent Google API PHP class together with PEAR's SOAP client (soon to get a homepage).

    Ohh, BTW: I can't wait till someone connects Moveable Type with the Google spellcheck. The spellcheck Paolo Valdermarin calls "The most democratic dictionary" (well worth a read for an insight to the spellcheck / dictionary and how it possibly works). Until someone gets the spellcheck wired into MT, I guess I will have to live with Hypertext Webster Gateway. Hmm, maybe someone should give them a hint about exposing their API?

    Posted by jarle at 08:40 AM
    Scott Andrew is Google API'ing away..

    Scott is covering and taking part in the wiring of the Google API to the web. Latest news is hot wiring Mozilla with its SOAP client to the Google API via JavaScript. Cool stuff.

    Posted by jarle at 08:24 AM
    Why RTFM Won't Work: Documentation As Narrative

    Russ Lipton writes about documentation. I must say I share many of the same thoughs about the lack of documentation for a lot of products/technologies. (Hey John, are you reading this?).

    I haven't really gone deep into Radio, but what I have seen - is that they are using their own tool (eating their own dog food) for documentation. Not sure if I like it or not, I must say that in everyday work I put in high regards the documentation for PHP - which to me is a meeting of official documentation of functions etc. and the community of developers that code in PHP and find their own best solutions and share their experiences in user added notes to the documentation mixed together with active moderators. All in all the mix put together at php.net works really well. I wish the commercial companies would get something resembeling php.net's greatness up and running.

    Posted by jarle at 05:24 AM