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I'm working through some 100K views of the API service provider arena, and trying to evolve my perspectives of Whats Next for APIs.
This is all a work in progress, so I'm publishing here on kinlane.com instead of on apievangelist.com.
I wrote the other day about ...
My 10 year old daughter Kaia and I were chatting last night about a old family friend that is coming to visit. She hasn't seen him since she was three years old.
He showed up to the house, and she got back on chat and told me she doesn't remember him at all. She described what he looked like, and said she doesn't know him.
I went to my Flickr acc...
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Apple's new iCloud platform provides a centralized cloud storage solution for managing documents from any computer and iOS device.
iCloud document storage is not just cloud storage. It provides a complete document management solution that keeps fi...
I spend time each day monitoring how technology is impacting various industries. APIs are playing a major role in evolving how business is done in just about any sector. In my search for new APIs and technologies for the print and publishing industry I came across a new community called 
The Yellow Pages Group (YPG) ann...
On June 8th, 2011major web companies, including Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, will enable IPv6 on many of their websites for 24 hours to test how IPv6 performs in the real world.
Google will be doing a live test where they will be using IPv6for Google Apps, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Sites.
They state t...
Lots of big news coming out of Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC2011) in San Francisco today.
We saw major enhancements coming down the pipes with IOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion. What really stood out was their new
Lots of big news coming out of Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC2011) in San Francisco today.
There were major enhancements coming down the pipes with IOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion. What really stood out was their new
I do a lot of reading on topics ranging from APIs to Printing. I read articles, white-papers and other news from a wide variety of sources on my desktop, laptop, tablet and my mobile phone.
When I come across longer articles I tend to save them for reading later, using a tool called Instapaper.
I'm working my way through a list of projects I have, and currently theInstapaper API is top of my list.
I couldn't find an easy to use PHP class for authenticating against Instapaper's Full API using XAuth.
I wanted to take some time and recap my thoughts from the 2011 Glue Conference.
A lot happened last week, but I wanted to highlight some of the sessions and discussions that really stuck with me.
First, it was one of the best events I've been to in a while. The event is about everything I focus ...
The Internet has changed how we do business, and more specifically how we obtain signatures for client contracts. Using paper documents to finalize transactions, sending documents back and forth can be costly and time consuming, especially in today's fast-paced industries, with multiple partners, ...
Instapaper is a dead simple tool to save web pages for reading later. It allows bookmarking of web pages, blog posts and any web or mobile content. Once bookmarked the content is available for reading on Instapaper...
I've started exploring Google Books as a publishing platform for my books. I write my own books, but I want to explore what it looks like to be a publisher using Google Books and Mimeo Connect Cloud Print.
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As a publisher, Google Book allows me to:
With the growing number of 3D models used in 3D printing there is a building need for warehouse space to store these virtual products, and parts.
Of course this is virtual warehouse space, but it has a lot of the same characteristics of warehousing for physical products.
Google provides a
3D printing starts with someones idea. Someones idea to recreate an existing object, or a vision of an object they hold in their head.
The evolution of 3D modeling software and 3D printers is creating a whole new generation of designers and creators.
These 3D creators come from many walks of life; architects, product designers,...
Once in production, a 3D model will be printed layer by layer using one of four potential 3D printing processes and corresponding materials:
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) - SLS is an additive manufacturing technique ...
Marketplaces are necessary to showcase and make 3D printing products and parts accessible by the public and other potential customers.
Shapeways and Google SketchUp provide integrated warehousing and marketpla...
Just like it takes creators to develop 3D models of physical objects, it takes makers, who are people that actually bring these virtual representations into the world.
3D models used in 3D printing are stored in files. These files can be a wide range of standard or specialized file formats.
File formats often depend on the type of 3D modeling software used, but there are many common formats:
.stl - STL is a file format native to the stereolithograp...
3D printing is about delivering a virtual object as a physical object, on demand.
This is where our current shipping industry steps in; UPS, Fedex, USPS, DHS and other shipping providers will make sure we receive our 3D printed objects.
With growing fuel costs, the need for localized delivery will grow, and here is another are...
3D printing doesn't always start with a human designer or creator. There are wide variety of 3D scanners that can be used in the 3D printing process.
A 3D scanner is a device that analyzes a real-world object to collect data on its...
When it comes to creating 3D models for 3D printing there are many types of software to choose from.
3D software solutions range from commercial to free, and can be desktop or part of a newer evolution of web-based applications.
Popular 3D modeling software includeds 3DTin,
A 3D printer works by taking a 3D model, then by making a series of slices that are printed one on top of the other to create a 3D object of the model.
Since 2003 there has been large growth in the sale of 3D printers, due to the decline in their cost.
You can find 3D printing used in jewellery, footwear, industrial design, arch...
In preparation for Maker Faire this weekend I'm collecting more of my thoughts around 3D printing.
As I do with all my research, I blog along the way, to help me learn and organize my thoughts. This is a first post in my ongoing evaluation of the role of APIs in 3D print...
