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Tag Archives: APIs
Headless at VCU’s ALT Lab
Tim and I had the good fortune to be able to head down to Richmond on Wednesday to catch up with the Research & Development group of VCU’s ALT Lab. We basically sat in awe for over two hours while … Continue reading
A Domain Admin Dashboard with APIs
In my last post I tried to capture the work Tim and I did at BYU last week figuring out how an API-driven community site might work. The post is heavily narrative and as much notes for us and BYU as … Continue reading
Initial Notes on an API-Driven Community Site for BYU
Last week Tim and I travelled to Brigham Young University to continue conversations started in June around how BYU’s University API initiative, Domain of One’s Own, and an emerging vision of personal APIs might converge. We spent the first part of … Continue reading
A Personal API
Having just blogged about the overall experience of the University API conference I spent the last two days at, and I wanted to get down some of the more focused discussions and thoughts around how the University API might intersect with some … Continue reading
The University API: an (un)conference
The University API & Domains (UAD) workshop covers topics on developing API’s, implementing DevOps practices, deploying Domain of One’s Own projects, improving the use of digital identity technologies, and framing digital fluency on University campuses, This workshop is focused on … Continue reading
API & Domains Summit
On June 3rd and 4th BYU and University of Utah will be co-hosting a two day unconference around APIs and Domains in Salt Lake City. The idea is to join a bunch of folks who want explore how APIs can … Continue reading
Shark Bites, Plumbing, and Syndication
I’ve been renovating my bathroom over the last month, and last weekend I finished replacing the shower valve. This is fairly minor work for anyone with some experience, but given I have none it was full blown plumbing for me. … Continue reading
Pushing the Known Syndication Hub Beyond RSS
Born of the brainstorming conversation Tim Owens and I had on our way to Oklahoma last month, the push-based syndication hub using with Known for Wire106 has come to pass. It’s pretty exciting, and it marks a welcome departure from the hacky hacking that has … Continue reading
Technical Vistas: Flat Files and APIs
It’s been an exciting time at DTLT for a bunch of reasons, not least of which is that the Domain of One’s Own project, much like the Death Star, has been fully operational for more than a semester now. We’ve … Continue reading