twitterapi Meetup at Twitter HQ
A couple nights ago, I attended a @twitterapi meetup at the Twitter HQ in downtown San Francisco. It was pretty cool just being there, and great to get updated on the Twitter API while also doing a little networking. It was pretty informal as expected which was good. The Twitter guys basically opened up the floor for questions and comments on the Twitter API. They said “in order for us to succeed, you [the 3rd party developers] need to succeed”. Beer and pizza was served which was cool, and not surprising since there were about 3 women scattered in a sea of 25- to 40 year-old men! There was approximately 150 people in attendance.
Here are some takeaways from the discussion:
- Basic Authentication to be deprecated as soon as June 2010, just a few months away! In favor of Open Auth.
- For non-web clients, xauth is suggested for authentication. You may email “api AT twitter DOT com” to request access.
- A few asked, but they didn’t respond to questions about advertising.
- An address book API is coming soon.
- They plan on using the HTML5 Geolocation feature.
- Enhancing functionality for Favorites in the API is on the list, but not a priority.
- The word “Tweet” is OK to use in an application name as long as the app is solely a Twitter app (does not include other social networking functionality).
- Follow the Twitter API at @twitterapi
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