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Media Manager users: thank Amazon.

I have a love/hate relationship with Amazon right now as they recently made changes to their Amazon Product Advertising API that has broken Media Manager. Now I have numerous users tapping their feet anxiously waiting for an update, during a...
Making a Better PHP Library for Google Checkout

Long before Google had produced their own PHP example code for Google Checkout, I had the need to create my own. It was a library based upon the idea of keeping e-commerce online simple. My goal was to make it...
Introducing Yahoo! OpenID for Movable Type

Today I am happy to announce the availability of the first Movable Type plugin to make use of Movable Type 4.2's built in support for OpenID 2.0. The Yahoo! OpenID plugin for Movable Type allows users to provide Yahoo! users...
Implementing Ping Back for Movable Type

Years ago Ben Trott introduced one of the first seminal technologies and protocols that would shape the very nature of blogging and our industry today. Subsequently, WordPress released an alternate Link Back protocol, the umbrella term to refer to all...
Demonstration of Amazon and Movable Type Integration

Media Manager is still in beta for Movable Type 4.0, but it is still relatively stable and in use by a number of different users across the web. To help demonstrate how seamlessly Movable Type can integrate with a third...
Introducing Media Manager 2.0 Beta 1

Media Manager has been a hobby of mine ever since I first started working for SIx Apart; from my first release of BookQueueToo, which was an expanded version of BookQueue, to a nearly completely rewritten Media Manager for Movable Type...
Movable Type 4.0: The Ultimate Peace Maker

Movable Type 4.0 is most developer-friendly release of the Movable Type platform to date. We have devoted countless hours creating some of the best developer documentation Six Apart has ever produced, and even harder trying to build into Movable Type...
Throwing stones at OpenID

To his credit, Jeremy, in his post entitled 11 Reasons Why OpenID Rocks/Sucks, does identify a few of the good things about OpenID. Thank you. (Although I caution anyone bold enough to make the claim "Bye-Bye comment spam"). However, it...
Spec Love for an Idea

Hat tip to Dmitry Shechtman for giving form to what started here simply as an idea. Introducing SMTP Service Extension for Yadis Discovery....
Announcing "My PHP Google Checkout"

I bet for many people looking to start an online store think of PayPal first. I remember when PayPal first debuted in 1998 when it fueled a renaissance in Internet commerce by enabling the long tail of retail - second...
Google Calendar and Atom

Google today launched Google Calendar. I am sure plenty of people will blog about it, so I won’t bother with a review of all its Ajaxy-goodness. What I thought was interesting, however, is that Google Calendar does not support RSS....
Gluttony for Punishment

I have finally pulled the trigger on ushering the process of getting TrackBack accepted as a core Internet standard. I may feel differently in a couple months, but for some reason I have always wanted to be a key player...
A new logo for Atom?

I have no idea what inspired Mena, but she took it upon herself to design a new logo for the Atom protocol and syndication format, and it’s hot. Who knows if it will be adopted by the Atom community, but...
Updated PHP and Perl Tools for Salesforce Developers

Yesterday I had the pleasure to speak at Salesforce.com's user/developer conference: dreamForce. I spoke to update developers on the progress being made on SOAP::Lite, and on the updated Sourceforge modules I maintain for sForce developers. Several people came up...

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Recent Entries in Web Services

Media Manager users: thank Amazon.

I have a love/hate relationship with Amazon right now as they recently made changes to their Amazon Product Advertising API that has broken Media Manager. Now I have numerous users tapping their feet anxiously waiting for an update, during a...

Making a Better PHP Library for Google Checkout

Long before Google had produced their own PHP example code for Google Checkout, I had the need to create my own. It was a library based upon the idea of keeping e-commerce online simple. My goal was to make it...

Introducing Yahoo! OpenID for Movable Type

Today I am happy to announce the availability of the first Movable Type plugin to make use of Movable Type 4.2's built in support for OpenID 2.0. The Yahoo! OpenID plugin for Movable Type allows users to provide Yahoo! users...

Implementing Ping Back for Movable Type

Years ago Ben Trott introduced one of the first seminal technologies and protocols that would shape the very nature of blogging and our industry today. Subsequently, WordPress released an alternate Link Back protocol, the umbrella term to refer to all...

Demonstration of Amazon and Movable Type Integration

Media Manager is still in beta for Movable Type 4.0, but it is still relatively stable and in use by a number of different users across the web. To help demonstrate how seamlessly Movable Type can integrate with a third...

Introducing Media Manager 2.0 Beta 1

Media Manager has been a hobby of mine ever since I first started working for SIx Apart; from my first release of BookQueueToo, which was an expanded version of BookQueue, to a nearly completely rewritten Media Manager for Movable Type...

Movable Type 4.0: The Ultimate Peace Maker

Movable Type 4.0 is most developer-friendly release of the Movable Type platform to date. We have devoted countless hours creating some of the best developer documentation Six Apart has ever produced, and even harder trying to build into Movable Type...

Throwing stones at OpenID

To his credit, Jeremy, in his post entitled 11 Reasons Why OpenID Rocks/Sucks, does identify a few of the good things about OpenID. Thank you. (Although I caution anyone bold enough to make the claim "Bye-Bye comment spam"). However, it...

Spec Love for an Idea

Hat tip to Dmitry Shechtman for giving form to what started here simply as an idea. Introducing SMTP Service Extension for Yadis Discovery....

Announcing "My PHP Google Checkout"

I bet for many people looking to start an online store think of PayPal first. I remember when PayPal first debuted in 1998 when it fueled a renaissance in Internet commerce by enabling the long tail of retail - second...

Google Calendar and Atom

Google today launched Google Calendar. I am sure plenty of people will blog about it, so I won’t bother with a review of all its Ajaxy-goodness. What I thought was interesting, however, is that Google Calendar does not support RSS....

Gluttony for Punishment

I have finally pulled the trigger on ushering the process of getting TrackBack accepted as a core Internet standard. I may feel differently in a couple months, but for some reason I have always wanted to be a key player...

A new logo for Atom?

I have no idea what inspired Mena, but she took it upon herself to design a new logo for the Atom protocol and syndication format, and it’s hot. Who knows if it will be adopted by the Atom community, but...

Updated PHP and Perl Tools for Salesforce Developers

Yesterday I had the pleasure to speak at Salesforce.com's user/developer conference: dreamForce. I spoke to update developers on the progress being made on SOAP::Lite, and on the updated Sourceforge modules I maintain for sForce developers. Several people came up...