In the News
New Developer Portal Incoming!
If you’ve been following us for the past few months you know I’ve been working with TopCoder to get a new Developer Portal for everyone. I posted the test link previously and now we should be switched over this week!
I’ll post a larger explanation of the Portal functionality when it’s live so you can see [...]
Ford/Microsoft Sync API Coming?! How did I miss this?
While catching up on some news I came across this story on Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/ford-to-give-sync-some-app-store-flavor-opening-api-to-devs-in/
I think this is really interesting. I know a few people who have Sync technology in their car and they love it. I myself haven’t had a chance to play with it but the feature set is really interesting. Not to mention [...]
Best Buy Best Selling Widget. Test Version Live!
As I believe I’ve mentioned in the past, we’ve been working on starting a widget base. We heard feedback that we needed to somehow help our non-developer friends use the API to their advantage in conjuction with the affiliate program. Here is one way: The Best Buy Best Selling Widget.
The widget will show by category [...]
Check Out The New Portal: Give Us Your Feedback!
Remix Community,
As you may or may not know I’ve been working on getting us a new portal. Something with a little more expandability and functionality for you and for us.
Well, I have the site up for a preview. I’d like for you all to check it out and let me know what you think.
I’ve created [...]
Napster API Launched
As many of you may have heard today Napster has officially launched their API to the public.
Check out this article on Billboard Biz: Napster Opens Service To Developers
Thanks to those of you in the Remix community who helped us test the API recently! If you read the article and press releases about the API today, [...]
Announcing the Napster API Preview!
Recently our counterparts over at Napster were discussing the upcoming release of the Napster API with us. The first preview was available at the Music Hack Day in Boston in November. While we were discussing I had asked if we should help connect the Remix community with the new API and run a preview for [...]
Minnebar 2009 Recap
What is Minnebar you might ask? This quote is from the Minnebar website:
For nearly four years now, a small yet growing group of Minnesota tech and design professionals have been striving to bring their various communities close together and make them stronger. It started with Minnesota’s first BarCamp and continued with the creation of nearly [...]
Remix Powered Widget Development with TopCoder!
We have started down the path of creating a widget to display our best selling products by category using the Remix API data!
Over on the TopCoder powered Remix Challenge website we explain a little more about what it is we are creating and how you can get involved.
I’m excited to see this take shape, I [...]
Remix Developer Portal Contest
Through our journey with TopCoder and the Remix Challenge we’ve seen some very interesting results so far in terms of innovation and great participation.
Now, we’ve asked the community to help us with our own website! The current Remix Developer Portal works, but we would like to see what a new experience could look like. So [...]
Saying Goodbye to a Friend
Hi, everyone. Our friend, and my counterpart Keith Burtis, will be leaving the Remix team on Friday, August 28. Keith was presented with the daunting task of raising awareness and consideration of a crazy (at the time) Best Buy venture, called the Remix API. Keith took on the challenge, and exceeded our expectations. We’re grateful [...]
