Archive for January, 2009
Holy cow, Slashdot!
The Finance and Commerce article got linked up by Slashdot, which is resulting in a notable increase in signups. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/26/2240255
More positive comments than I expected.
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Remix in the news
Two great pieces appeared online today, both about Remix.
First is an excellent article from Finance and Commerce about what Remix means to Best Buy.
http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2009/01/27/Bestbuycom-seeks-wider-Web-footprint-Electronics-retailer-hopes-API-technology-will-boost-sales-and-
Second is a write-up on using Ruby and HTTParty to consume web services. Fascinating stuff.
http://www.ioncannon.net/ruby/91/using-ruby-and-httparty-to-consume-web-services-the-easy-way/
- Kevin
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Cool Product Look-up through the Twitter Tubes
Recently, developer Omar Abdelwahed has been working on a product look-up tool that combines the powerful Best Buy Remix API along wih the Twitter API. Omar has created an uber-cool application that allows you to look up items from the Best Buy product catalog using what he calls a ‘Twitter bot’. Here’s how to use [...]
Remix Portal Maintainence
This Saturday morning, January 10 the Remix developer portal will be offline. The API wil be functioning as per usual and there will be no disruption to API calls. The team here at Remix is working hard on portal design, the affilaite program and in making your user experience better. The portal will only be [...]
