API Craft - 100 Years Ago...Lessons LearnedPat Cappelaere

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1913Photograph of Alice Paul, seated at desk, in profile, speaking on telephone...

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Connecting Users Required Some Interface Skills...

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That Quickly Became An Obstacle

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We Could Not Add Switchboard Operators Fast Enough

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Today...This Is Scary...

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http://blog.programmableweb.com/2012/11/26/8000-apis-rise-of-the-enterprise/

We Are Running Out of These..

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API Developers

How Can We Scale Up?

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API - The Wrong Approach?

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Users Are Likely To Use Dozens of API’s Simulataneously...

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But Should Not Need API Developers

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Design API’s For The Right Users

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1913 - 2013

The API Days Are Over!