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I recently created a couple of working examples using Scribd API and the Mimeo Connect Cloud Print API:
Pulling a PDF Using Scribd API and PHP
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Google has launched a BETA program of the Google Cloud Print for mobile documents and Gmail for mobile.
Google Cloud Print for mobile allows you to print any document from your smartphone. You can open a document in Google Do...
Its interesting to watch self-publishing move mainstream and gain more acceptance. The conversation seems to be moving from, Is self-publishing a viable option? to Self-publishing is the way to go!.kinlane-productions2kinlane-productions2
Services like Lulu.com and Amazon self ...
When it comes to developing for Print applications you need to be able to programmatically manipulate images. Currently with Mimeo, ultimately everything needs to be in a PDF format before it gets sent to the Mimeo Connect Cloud Print
Facebook is jumping on the HTML5 bandwagon and supporting it within their developers community.
They are counting on HTML5 helping developers operate across web, desktop and mobile devices. They are proposing that all you would need to build Facebook...
One of the aspects of my current job that I enjoy, is the transparent nature of my role. My job is to generate attention for Mimeo and the Mimeo Connect Cloud Print API.
Let me give you an example. In various roles I've had at companies as lead developer, director of technology, or just a developer I spend a lot of time researching n...
ImageMagick is open source Apache 2.0 project that allows you to programmaticaly create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images.
It can read and write images in over 100 formats:
GIF
JPEG
PDF
This is another post in my API Ideas series, I'm posting all my ideas for applications that could be built using the Mimeo Connect Cloud Print API.
Instagr.am a popular Photo sharing IPhone applications has ...
This is another post in my API Ideas series, I'm posting all my ideas for applications that could be built using the Mimeo Connect Cloud Print API.
Infographics are becoming a c...
I'm building the API area for the Mimeo Connect Cloud Print API currently. When it is ready, I will need developers.
I will need developers to write code samples, working on internal projects and be available to work on partner projects.
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I'm still working on the deployment of the Mimeo Connect Cloud Print API area. In the mean time I am preparing a lot of content to publish when its ready.
I am noticing that code samples are common elements across my blog post, application directory and even some of my print ideas. Some code samples stand on their own, but most are inter...
Last week Facebook expanded the information available to external websites and applications to include profile address and mobile number.
Ummm....Not Cool.
Today they responded with:
Over the weekend, we got some useful feedback that we could make people more clearly aware of when they are granting access to this d...
I have a central keyword list that I use as a reference on a daily basis.
I track these keywords across many tools from Google Reader, Google Webmaster, 
On my hunt for killer scripts and tools to go with with my Cloud Print API, I came across a way cool JQuery Flipbook script over at codecanyon.
I am taking some time and writing down my image management strategy to share with Audrey. I have a specific process and set of tools I use to manage images I use across my Kin Lane Blog, API Evangelist Blog and my Twitter, LinkedIn...
Being the big data geek I am, I'm pretty excited that Google has integrated BigQuery with Google Apps Script and Google Spreadsheets.
This means you can take power of BigQuery for storing and querying of very large data sets and combine them using Google Apps Scripts with any of your Google Spreadsheets.
With a simple query Google...
Quora has exposed a JSON-based data API that allows users to access data about a currently logged-in user.
To request particular fields about the currently logged-in user, you can add fields to a query string and append to http://api.quora.com/api/logged_in_user.
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Currently supported fields include:
I am intrigued of any patterns or art you can extract from Big Data. I have been fascinated by the art of fractal mathematics since my 7th grade social studies teacher introduced me to them in 1984. Her boyfriend w...
Course Description: Data mining is used to discover patterns and relationships in data. Emphasis is on large complex data sets such as those in very large databases or through web mining. Topics: decision trees, neural networks, association rules, clustering, case based methods, and data visualization. The following chapters from the textbook will be covered i...
There are as many definitions of cloud as there are technology bloggers. However, the major theme is that a Public Cloud provides IT resources that are provisioned remotely from the consumer and operated by a third party.
In a Private Cloud, the infrastructure policies are governed by a single organization where workloads and data can be moved to and from internal and external data centers. Private Clouds provide an organization a single point of control for security, manageability, p...
