Politics of APIs

There Will Be Data

Lessons learned from operating in and building social data ecosystems

I Have An API, Now I Need Some Help to Identify What Is Needed To Manage My API Presence

It is pretty easy to design, define, and deploy APIs these days, and I get a number of folks who approach me with questions about how to get going with the operations and…

A TweetDeck App Platform

Imagining what developers could do with an API-enabled client sandbox, and…

Customer Service in the Age of the API

Twitter’s plan to leverage an ecosystem of tools using APIs to…

How To Be A Platform: Making Tough Partnership Choices

How Twitter’s choice to not renew Datasift…

Adaptation, Ouroboros, and APIs

How APIs meet storytelling by way of Tolkien

The Politics of APIs

Unraveling why we get so riled up about open APIs, and a framework for…

Platform Philosophy

Thoughts on platform and API strategy and practice.