Comments on: The Business of Mashups – APIs http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Integration in the Browser : Venture Chronicles http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-187028 Integration in the Browser : Venture Chronicles Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:27:28 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/#comment-187028 [...] page. I’d like to write something insightful about this but I’ve been talking and writing about integration and extension moving to the edge for a long time. Salesforce.com, [...] [...] page. I’d like to write something insightful about this but I’ve been talking and writing about integration and extension moving to the edge for a long time. Salesforce.com, [...]

]]> By: Mashups : User Interfaces : Venture Chronicles http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-125953 Mashups : User Interfaces : Venture Chronicles Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:57:16 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/#comment-125953 [...] written a couple of posts going into detail on mashups and APIs, I thought it would be good to focus on [...] [...] written a couple of posts going into detail on mashups and APIs, I thought it would be good to focus on [...]

]]> By: Cate Long http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-117138 Cate Long Thu, 24 May 2007 18:03:41 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/#comment-117138 Thanks Jeff for the excellent posts...keep them coming... Thanks Jeff for the excellent posts…keep them coming…

]]> By: Alastair Bathgate http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-116780 Alastair Bathgate Wed, 23 May 2007 22:12:04 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/#comment-116780 Hi Jeff We work within the enterprise systems integration field and frequently find useful APIs in target apps but if they are not there (or they get removed) there are other ways of integrating systems, for example through the presentation layer. Most apps are presented via host emulator, browser, Java, Windows etc. and these are increasingly easy to interface with. A useful and generally secure, if sometimes tactical option. Hi Jeff
We work within the enterprise systems integration field and frequently find useful APIs in target apps but if they are not there (or they get removed) there are other ways of integrating systems, for example through the presentation layer. Most apps are presented via host emulator, browser, Java, Windows etc. and these are increasingly easy to interface with. A useful and generally secure, if sometimes tactical option.

]]> By: The Business of Mashups: APIs (the Buy Side) : Venture Chronicles http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-116410 The Business of Mashups: APIs (the Buy Side) : Venture Chronicles Wed, 23 May 2007 03:42:46 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/#comment-116410 [...] Yesterday I wrote about APIs and mashups, focusing on the publishing of APIs. Today I want to cover some ground from the other direction, building out a business using APIs to access other people’s code (OPC). [...] [...] Yesterday I wrote about APIs and mashups, focusing on the publishing of APIs. Today I want to cover some ground from the other direction, building out a business using APIs to access other people’s code (OPC). [...]

]]> By: Rob Schoening http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-116274 Rob Schoening Tue, 22 May 2007 20:36:40 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/#comment-116274 The thing that's missing in the web-services/mashup world is a common incentive struture that doesn't require a unique business model to capitalize. It is the service that ought to be valuable and innovative, not the business model behind it. With AdSense, you need zero business model to make money...just traffic. To make money on raw materials (APIs), you need to either (a) charge for them or (b) have a fairly unique business model (FeedBurner, for example). Until there is an option (c) that does what AdSense did for the economics of Web 1.0, mashups are going to remain Web 2.0's flaming logos, dancing hamsters, and pet stores. What is the AdSense of Web 2.0? I wish I knew. ;-) The thing that’s missing in the web-services/mashup world is a common incentive struture that doesn’t require a unique business model to capitalize. It is the service that ought to be valuable and innovative, not the business model behind it.

With AdSense, you need zero business model to make money…just traffic.

To make money on raw materials (APIs), you need to either (a) charge for them or (b) have a fairly unique business model (FeedBurner, for example).

Until there is an option (c) that does what AdSense did for the economics of Web 1.0, mashups are going to remain Web 2.0′s flaming logos, dancing hamsters, and pet stores.

What is the AdSense of Web 2.0? I wish I knew. ;-)

]]> By: Calgoo http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-116218 Calgoo Tue, 22 May 2007 17:30:52 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/#comment-116218 We at the Calgoo office have made use of Google Calendar's API and feel that is a mutually beneficial relationship. Not to get too into details but they have saved us a lot of headaches in regards to hosting / security / etc. We provide them with user referrals on a regular basis. That said it will be interesting to see how things like this evolve over time. - Calgoo We at the Calgoo office have made use of Google Calendar’s API and feel that is a mutually beneficial relationship. Not to get too into details but they have saved us a lot of headaches in regards to hosting / security / etc. We provide them with user referrals on a regular basis.

That said it will be interesting to see how things like this evolve over time.

- Calgoo

]]> By: Identity 2.0 » Blog Archive » The Business of Mashups - APIs http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-115942 Identity 2.0 » Blog Archive » The Business of Mashups - APIs Tue, 22 May 2007 02:20:56 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/05/21/the-business-of-mashups-apis/#comment-115942 [...] original post here: Venture Chronicles Identity [...] [...] original post here: Venture Chronicles Identity [...]

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