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            • December 27, 2005

              Interesting, Yes! Suprising? Not The Slightest Bit.

            • Google Reader API - Hire Me, Google

              It looks like Google is about to reveal yet another API. Niall Kennedy has been able to figure out the back-end for the Google RSS Reader. Jason Shellen and Chris Wetherell have confirmed the existence of an API and Shellen mentioned that they built the API first and the reader second. At first glance it seems that the reader API will enable third party developers to build their own front-ends, similar to the Google Reader, using data from Google. Interestingly enough, the Reader API changes all feeds to Atom, regardless of their original format.

              The last sentence in the above quote is obviously where the title came from. Extending from this, for anybody who has been spending any amount of time working with the Atom format they will tell you exactly the same thing I'm about to:

              Atom is the future. And apparently from Googles perspective, the future is now.

              [InnerThought Monologue: Hmmm. That is interesting. The thought of being forced to work with RSS 2.0 in ANY sort of development capacity makes me sick to my stomach. Google is focusing on Atom? I like the thought of working with Atom from a major development platform perspective. Huh... Suddenly, it seems like I need to be paying more attention to the Google dev world and less to Microsoft. That is of course unless Microsoft were to somehow find a way to set the data feed politics aside and go with a format whos design was led by folks who actually know what they're talking about instead of someone who thinks he does, but most definitely DOES NOT. Of course there are folks at MS who know what they're talking about as well. But I guess my politics point has only been re-emphasized. Of course, maybe Microsoft does plan to at very least provide direct support for Atom 1.0 in addition to RSS 2.0 inside of their Windows Live API and just hasn't taken the time NECESSARY to tell anyone about it.

              I guess until they do, I need to starting REALLY LOOKING into GOOGLES API instead as if given a choice over RSS 2.0 and Atom?]

              [...]

              [OuterVoice: Hey, if anybody needs me, I'm going to be playing over in Googles sandbox, K. They've got more interesting toys to play with. ;)]

            • Posted by m.david : December 27, 2005 06:58 PM GMT

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