Search
-
Recent Posts
- London Cycle Hire 3D Visualisation in Google Earth
- Armchair Auditor interview with Henry Kelly on BBC Radio Berkshire
- How to deal with #Twifakes
- Sutton pedestrian crossings proposed for removal by TfL
- Armchair Auditor interview with Eddie Mair on BBC Radio 4 PM
- Boris Bikes — A gift to the city
- Some more facts about SpotlightOnSpend for FullFact.org
- Digital simulacra and the iPad human interface guidelines
- Philippa Stroud’s statement regarding The Observer’s story
- How to lie with statistics, Liberal Democrat style
Categories
- Architecture (1)
- Armchair Auditor (2)
- Citizenship (6)
- Design theory (10)
- Graphic design (1)
- Media Appearances (2)
- open data (4)
- Planning (3)
- Politics (9)
- Product design (9)
- Simplicity (8)
- Software design (7)
- Sutton (19)
- Uncategorized (12)
- Urban design (6)
- Urbanism (3)
- Usability (8)
- Web design (24)
@AdrianShort
- My review of Sutton's new animal sculptures (scroll down to comment 11): http://bit.ly/9LndxI #art #criticism 1 day ago
- My carbon monoxide alarm doesn't let you close the battery drawer without batteries in it. A kind of poka-yoke? http://bit.ly/9ixECv 1 day ago
- Bike basket satnav: Interesting promo shot for Samsung Galaxy Tab Android 2.2 tablet: http://bit.ly/af3ZgV 1 day ago
- RT @cyclehireapp: Coming up on v4 of Cycle Hire App - An innovative viz of the # of bikes in each docking station: http://twitpic.com/2kgs3u 1 day ago
- . @phiali For a good dose of urban/computing follow/read Sydney resident @cityofsound http://bit.ly/cG7iP6 in reply to phiali 1 day ago
- More updates...
Meta
Tag Archives: apis
DDAM: Don’t discriminate against machines
I’d like to emphasise a point that Emma Mulqueeny has alluded to in her seven principles for digital engagement and which I also made in passing in my previous article on building local news mashups. The web is rife with … Continue reading
Building a local news mashup with Twitter, TwitterFeed, Delicious, Yahoo! Pipes, Ruby and RSS
(Click on the image to download the PDF, 19KB, opens in new window/tab.) Like this? Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/adrianshort I’m a self-confessed and unashamed news junkie and this is how I’m starting to mash up news in my local … Continue reading
Posted in Software design, Sutton
Tagged apis, atom, Delicious, Hpricot, mashups, mysql, news, Paul Burstow, rss, Ruby, Stonecot Hill News, Sutton Council, Sutton Guardian, Twitter, TwitterFeed, Yahoo! Pipes
19 Comments
My thermometer has got an API
Meet my thermometer. It’s an old-school analogue device, probably at least 50 years old. I don’t expect it’s very accurate, certainly not by scientific standards. It hangs outside my door and every now and then I take a look at … Continue reading
Posted in Software design
Tagged apis, everyware, Internet of Things, sensors, thermometers, ubicomp, ubiquitous computing
Leave a comment