Web APIs

Looking at the new module feed for drupal I found GEO RSS which seems like a cool concept for tagging where things happen.. I have always loved mapping tricks so here is another for drupal..

It is based on:

GeoRSS is simple proposal for RSS feeds to also be described by location or Geotagged. We standardize the way in which "where" is encoded with enough simplicity and descriptive power to satisfy most needs to describe the location of Web content.

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QEDWiki is way cool... Another shining star from IBM and Zend check out this article on Zend Developer Zone... with the links... impatient view the screencast here

Think a wiki page where you drag and drop page widgets and web services to build something "way cool"...

Event Management / Time Management / Calendering / ToDo Listing are all important in so many ways. What should I be doing? Goofing off on the web or mowing the yard?

I saw a great calender application today check out Trumba. They have a very slick product. It is a hosted calendar solution (free and pay versions) with lots of features

I also have tried out a drupal module Event with volunteer time slots. It is very easy to use and a great way to setup ...

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In the corporate world I get lots of email from ZDNet ... sometimes I read it ... I really like Web 2.0 stuff. I wish I could have taken advantage of the first internet bubble ... but I missed it ...

Assembling great software: A round-up of eight mashup tools is one of the blog posts I enjoyed

programmableweb has 267 web api's that can be "mashed up" ... lots to look at.

Read/Write Web has a great title Widgets are the new black ... widgets are small "widgets" you can add to your site by just embedded some code in a web page ...

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check out this article on zend using PHP5+

PHP SOAP EXTENSION

is this easy enough:

  <?php
$client
= new
   
SoapClient(
       
"http://services.xmethods.net/soap/urn:xmethods-delayed-quotes.wsdl"
   
);

print(
$client->getQuote("ibm"));
 
?>