Archive | February, 2007
ApolloCamp – Help choose the Yahoo! API for my session

ApolloCamp – Help choose the Yahoo! API for my session

I am proudly slated to present a mini-session called “Building an Apollo Based Mashup with Yahoo APIs“ at the upcoming, SOLD OUT ApolloCamp. At 8:45 PM on March 16, I will take the platform and demonstrate an Apollo mashup with a Yahoo! API. I’d like your help in choosing the Yahoo! API(s) for this session. There are so many engagng Yahoo! APIs to [...]

Mashup of the Day is GameTripping.com – Flex 2, Yahoo! Maps and Flickr

Mashup of the Day is GameTripping.com – Flex 2, Yahoo! Maps and Flickr

My site “GameTripping.com” has been selected as ProgrammableWeb.com  Mashup of the Day. GameTripping uses an inline Flex 2 app to let users review, track and collect the MLB ballparks they’ve visited. The mashup features Yahoo! Maps JS-Flash API which shows a hi-res aerial image of each ballpark coupled with Y! Local listings of area bars, parking, [...]

Yahoo! Maps Mashups SHIPPING and IN STORES

Yahoo! Maps Mashups SHIPPING and IN STORES

My first book “Yahoo! Maps Mashups” is in stores and starts shipping today. What a thrill it was yesterday to spot my book (actually, my wife saw it first) at the local B&N with 4 fresh copies on the shelf. The book is categorized as “Web Development”, “Flash”, “ActionScript”, “JavaScript” and “Ajax” so it finds itself [...]

Developers wanting a Flex 2 Maps API World, Unite!

Those interested in a Flex 2 Y! Maps API, you have a collective voice. Someone created a suggestion queue here: http://suggestions.yahoo.com/detail/?prop=ydn&fid=3208 I can’t say for sure, but I do hope someone is listening. So go vote and let your desire to have a true Flex 2 Yahoo! Maps API be heard. Together, we can change [...]