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APIs for Humans

John Sheehan
November 29, 2012
Technology
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APIs for Humans

Bridging the gaps between how people use APIs and how developers build them.

John Sheehan

November 29, 2012
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Transcript

  1. @johnsheehan
    APIs
    ~  for  humans  ~
    Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  2. Twilio
    IFTTT
    Developer  Experience
    Platform  Lead
    RestSharp
    Creator
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  3. How do humans
    use APIs?
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  4. if then
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  5. if then
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  6. if then
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  7. if then
    RECIPE
    TRIGGER ACTION
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  8. Wednesday, November 28, 12

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    15000
    22500
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    ProgrammableWeb IFTTT Channel
    All-time
    First week
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  10. Bleep  blorp
    GET  POST
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  11. Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  12. Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  13. How do devs
    build APIs?
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  14. Data dumps.
    Client-driven.
    One size fits all.
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  15. How can we
    build APIs that
    speak human?
    Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  16. ARCHIVING
    Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  17. Withings
    Wi-Fi Body Scale
    Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  18. There's no such thing
    as too much data.
    Make search a part
    of the API.
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  19. SHARING
    Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  20. Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  21. Pre-assemble sharable
    bits of information.
    Provide curated feeds
    of high quality info.
    Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  22. NOTIFICATIONS
    Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  23. what's
    NEW
    Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  24. Wednesday, November 28, 12

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  25. what's
    NEW
    Wednesday, November 28, 12

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