links for 2008-05-28

Long, long, long list of web API services [via yelvington.com]

"It's important to realize that platform thinking, when applied to news sites, doesn't have to be restricted to application development. Inviting your users to add their information to your website - as simple as commenting - is platform thinking, too."

It is news! It is gambling! It is widgets! It is like all my Christmasses have come at once!

More unworkable legislation being threatened to protect industries that don't know how to re-invent their business model for the 21st century.

"My blog had been completely removed from Google’s index. All of my blog posts were effectively gone to everyone that uses Google, which is basically everyone."

From the 'dog bites man' files - apparently if you take pictures of stuff on the street, you see the kind of stuff that happens on streets. No primary research necessary, it all just links to Gawker and news.com.au, and notably doesn't mention the hookers

"More often than not websites end up not being designed to accomplish the main goal, such as facilitating transactions or gathering information for a sales follow up, but instead end up a compromises to appease the ego’s of corporate infrastructure."

The author behind the "13 year old steals dad's credit card to buy hookers and really pi$$ off Dan Hon" emerges to proclaim the success of their fictional linkbait...