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Description
This month we'll talk about APIs, how to consume them on large scale, how to manage them, and other relevant topics.
We'll have several short talks from people doing interesting work with APIs, and then a panel discussion. After the session, as always, we'll hang out and grab some drinks at a bar nearby.
Speakers:
1. Dan Busch is platform integration lead at SumAll, where he is one of the founding engineers. Dan spent several years in the consulting world helping startups build their products before diving head-first into the startup experience at both Squarespace and Gilt Groupe.
SumAll - SumAll is a web based, real-time e-commerce analytics tool that allows store owners to identify patterns in their data, and make more money.
2. Temboo - Temboo helps to consume many different APIs by providing a common interface. Temboo finds common sources of friction in software development around APIs and addresses them by building Choreos, sophisticated ready-to-use processes that live in the cloud and are ready to be deployed right into your code. Temboo’s SDKs provide access to a library of 1200+ Choreos that perform developer shortcuts, interact with 100+ APIs, and more.
3. SPUN Mobile App
SPUN consumes lots of APIs.. foursquare, facebook, twitter, cloudinary, amazon and well as importing around 900 RSS feeds. Robert's team uses groovy to simplify access to the APIs, and he also contributes to fourSquare Java API client libraries.
Rick Mangi is the SVP of Technology SPUN and is responsible for developing the backend services. He has been active in the New York software development community for over 15 years developing web technology for numerous startups and large companies. Most recently he was at MTV where he was Director of Technology for Nick Jr. and for the core platform team supporting hundreds of websites. Rick has a B.A. from The University of Colorado in Computer Science and Sociology. The father of three daughters, he also enjoys coaching soccer and teaching Lego Robotics.
4. Robert Gezelter, Consultant
Title: Contracts with Your Future: Application Programming Interfaces
Abstract:
Most code can afford to be "agile," whether it changes or not has little impact on outsiders. Applications Programming Interfaces (APIs) are different; they are the quintessential "outside face;" providing the contract for outside interaction. In both technology and biology, internal mechanisms evolve; interfaces are conserved. New and improved interfaces never supplant established interfaces; instead both interfaces must continue to coexist. Release is merely the first step of a gradual, painful, never-ending process. Complete replacement is the subject of worship, but it is never achieved. We will examine ways to avoid "rebooting" APIs.
Biography: Mr. Gezelter is in private practice, with clients ranging from the Fortune 10 to small businesses, both locally and internationally.He has spoken and published extensively on operating systems, networks, performance, security, tools, and similar areas.Since 1985, he has spoken worldwide for organizations including ACM,Connect (previously Encompass/DECUS), ISSA, ISACA, and IEEE. He was appointed to the IEEE Computer Society's Distinguished Visitors Program for a three-year term in 2004. Mr. Gezelter holds BA and MS degrees in Computer Science from New York University.
He was also a Contributing Editor to the Computer Security Handbook,since the 3rd Edition (1995) through the most recent 5th Edition (2009),and contributed to the Handbook of Information Security (2005).
He maintains his offices in Flushing, New York. He can be contacted via his firm's www site at http://www.rlgsc.com.
5. Jimmy Fountain is the Lead Engineer at Zeel.com, an app and website that allow you to book same day massages. He's been working as a PHP developer for startups for the past 5 years. Previous to that he worked for several different agencies for clients like British Airways, Oxford Healthcare, MTV and others.
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