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Application Program Interface

A set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications

Practically, an API is any interface that enables one program to use facilities provided by another

A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks

Check these sites for great APIs and some good tutorials:

http://nate.koechley.com/blog/2005/01/20/beautiful-api/

http://www.flickr.com/services/api/

http://www.programmableweb.com/apis

Her research focuses on how people negotiate a presentation of self to unknown audiences in mediated contexts. In particular, her dissertation is looking at how youth engage with networked publics like MySpace, Facebook, LiveJournal, Xanga and YouTube.

http://www.danah.org/

Most of her publications & papers, can be found here.

She also has a great blog here.

Email from Jax:

Carrying on from recent conversations about what to do and where to go with the current lack of available tickets and/or funds, this is something that requires neither – just some time off work…

Fairies bestow good luck on us humans on midsummer’s eve so we’re bound to have a good time, even if it pisses down. I’ll be taking some fruit, so we can all bless it in celebration of the marriage of the Goddess and the Horned God, who’s union is the force that creates the fruit and allows us to ferment it. 🙂

http://www.new-age.co.uk/stonehenge-solstice-pics-2006.htm – pictures from last year

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conProperty.313 – a bit of history

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.9587 – longest day practical info

Solstice Car Park Opens: 1900 hours (7pm) Wednesday 20th June
Access to Stonehenge: 2030 hours (8.30pm) Wednesday 20th June
Stonehenge Closes: 0800 hours (8am) Thursday 21st June

Hope to see you there!!!

http://www.downloadsquad.com/

http://jaiku.com/

http://www.designcanchange.org/

http://www.placestostayintheuk.co.uk/docs/results.asp?area=WEYMOUTH

http://www.hotel-windsor.co.uk/

http://www.sunbayguesthouse.co.uk/

http://www.cunardguesthouse.co.uk/

http://www.theseaham.co.uk/bookingconditions.html

http://www.bedandbreakfasts.co.uk/propertysearch.asp?query=DT4&force=&nomap=

Superb tutorials by Webpodge.

Here are some more general links to articles and smaller tutorials:

http://needforcontent.com/tutorials/drupal-tutorials

http://tips.webdesign10.com/drupal-theming-tutorials

http://webpodge.com/tags/drupal/page/3/

http://www.drupaldojo.com/lessons?page=3

http://www.art-dept.com/

In particular, check Steve McCurry’s portfolio:

http://www.art-dept.com/artists/mccurry/index.html

Beautiful drawing from thi New York artist:

http://www.southersalazar.net/

Experience 87 minutes of hypnotic retinal bliss by San Francisco VJ and software artist Spot a.k.a. Scott Draves. Five video tracks sync with electronic music by jhno, Spool, dj vordo, and mbb. Three more tracks sync with music by techno-violin sensation Kenji Williams (ABA Structure), including an original track not released elsewhere.

http://www.spotworks.com/

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