Category Archives: Information Flow
Exploring the Unofficial Google Reader API
Google Reader has no official API. However, folks have figured out ways of using the existing API even though Google has not officially published any documentation. There is a Google Group: Friends of the Unofficial Google Reader API | Google Groups. … Continue reading
vCards as QR Codes with Google Chart API
Here is an example of a vCard turned into a UTF-8 encoded URL string. Once we encode it in this fashion, we can put it in a URL formatted for the Google Chart API that will generate a QR Code … Continue reading
Tarpipe: a cool idea for lifestreaming, but is it secure?
I decided to check out Tarpipe because it looks like the kind of information flow / lifestreaming thing I’ve been interested in developing for Posterous. Strangely, Tarpipe doesn’t support Posterous, but instead supports Tumblr. But I thought I’d try it … Continue reading