Build an App With Yahoo Pipes
Yahoo’s data plumbing application, Pipes, lets you turn RSS feeds and output from APIs into data you can use. It’s extremely powerful. One cool feature I hadn’t noticed is that it has the ability to...
View ArticleCraigslist to Developers: Look Elsewhere For Mashup Data
Thinking of building a mashup using Craigslist data? You might want to look elsewhere for classified listings. Craigslist has a long history of being openly hostile to outside developers, but the site...
View ArticleCraigslist Reverses Yahoo Pipes Ban, But Developers Have Already Moved On
Earlier this month, Craigslist blocked Yahoo Pipes from accessing any Craigslist page. As a result, mashups all over the web were suddenly without data. After not responding to inquires, Craigslist CEO...
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PVC-Pipe Speakers for Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
If Stanley Kubrick had decided to make the plumbing in 2001’s Discovery One spaceship visible, it would have looked like this. These gorgeous speakers are hand-built by Etsy seller Ikymagoo, and are...
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Ugly Duckling Lamp Makes Swan-Necked Lights from Junk
Take some PVC pipe and connectors, an stack of old soda bottles and a few bits from the shelves of the hardware store electrical department and what do you have? That’s right: The Ugly Duckling Lamp, a...
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Why Business Models Fail: Pipes vs. Platforms
Why do most social networks never take off? Why are marketplaces such difficult businesses? Why do startups with the best technology fail so often? There are two broad business models: pipes and...
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Here’s the Most Beautiful Pot Paraphernalia You Ever Did See
Sweetflag, a woman-owned hardware startup, is the antithesis to your neighborhood headshop. The post Here's the Most Beautiful Pot Paraphernalia You Ever Did See appeared first on WIRED.
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