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APIs for Humans

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November 29, 2012
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APIs for Humans

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

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John Sheehan

November 29, 2012
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Transcript

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

  2. Twilio IFTTT Developer  Experience Platform  Lead RestSharp Creator Wednesday, November

    28, 12

  3. How do humans use APIs? Wednesday, November 28, 12

  4. if then Wednesday, November 28, 12

  5. if then Wednesday, November 28, 12

  6. if then Wednesday, November 28, 12

  7. if then RECIPE TRIGGER ACTION Wednesday, November 28, 12

  8. Wednesday, November 28, 12

  9. 0 7500 15000 22500 30000 ProgrammableWeb IFTTT Channel All-time First

    week Wednesday, November 28, 12

  10. Bleep  blorp GET  POST Wednesday, November 28, 12

  11. Wednesday, November 28, 12

  12. Wednesday, November 28, 12

  13. How do devs build APIs? Wednesday, November 28, 12

  14. Data dumps. Client-driven. One size fits all. Wednesday, November 28,

    12

  15. How can we build APIs that speak human? Wednesday, November

    28, 12

  16. ARCHIVING Wednesday, November 28, 12

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

  18. There's no such thing as too much data. Make search

    a part of the API. Wednesday, November 28, 12

  19. SHARING Wednesday, November 28, 12

  20. Wednesday, November 28, 12

  21. Pre-assemble sharable bits of information. Provide curated feeds of high

    quality info. Wednesday, November 28, 12

  22. NOTIFICATIONS Wednesday, November 28, 12

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

  24. Wednesday, November 28, 12

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