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Google Buzz

The buzz today is Google Buzz, already trending on Twitter (#googlebuzz). Google is making another run at Social Networking and using Gmail to do it this time. After their previous attempts this is probably their final shot at getting some traction with social networking, if they miss here, they should just forget about it. At [...]


My Twitter Tools

After reviewing the sites and applications I use most in conjunction with Twitter, I discovered it was more than I thought. I use the Twitter Home page, HootSuite, Tweetie, Bit.ly, Facebook, Twitter API, and probably a couple more every now and then. I then reviewed how and why I used each one, this process helped [...]


Ajax API Video WordPress Plugin

Since mid 2006 I have participated in the Google AJAX API. At first the API was only for search, but it quickly grew and began encompassing all the tools that Google had available. From RSS Feeds to Video, the Google AJAX APIs have a lot to offer developers. One of the key elements to the [...]


Twitter Tools

Sometimes it takes one thing, to make another thing come into focus. Twitter has been like this for me. I tried Twitter a long time ago, and just could not get into it. However, recently I posted about a great new IM system called Digsby, and Digsby has brought Twitter back into my daily routine [...]


API Explained

Since I spend so much time working and talking about API’s I thought it would be a good idea to show others what an API is, and what it does. This video does a good job of explaining in very easy terms how API’s work. Whether you are interested in the Google, YouTube, Facebook or [...]


Google AJAX APIs

Google AJAX API is a huge emerging technology that a lot of mainstream bloggers know about but don’t put forth the effort and time to learn about. As I am a very successful programmer and web developer and bring a lot of business to the table for many clients I work with, utilizing Google AJAX [...]


Images added to Google AJAX Search API

This morning the Google team led by Mark Lucovsky released Google images to the AJAX Search API. With one line of code I was able to adjust my search page to now include the images. This morning, we are announcing Image Search in the API. Image Search is just as easy to use as all [...]


Google BlogBar

I have installed a Google BlogBar at the top of the page. I set this BlogBar up using the BlogBar Wizard and did not modify any of the code. For now I used “CyberCoder” as the only keyword. It will rotate through the most relevant blog posts it finds in Google Blogsearch. The Google AJAX [...]


Google Groups

Seems I spend more time on Google Groups than I thought. Most of this activity is within the Google AJAX Search API, but there are a few posts scattered across some other topics too.   Tweet