from Web


to a Programmable Web


to a Programmable World


DC Web API User Group, January 31st 2013

Kin Lane

API Evangelist

  • 23 Years Database Engineer
  • Evangelize APIs to Masses
  • Democratizing Power of APIs
  • Independent Voice

History of APIs

History of APIs

Commerce

  • Salesforce
  • eBay
  • Amazon
  • Paypal

History of APIs

Social

  • Flickr (Photos)
  • Delicious (Bookmarks)
  • Twitter (Messaging)
  • Facebook (Friends)

History of APIs

Cloud / Infrastructure / Scalability

  • Amazon S3 (Storage)
  • Amazon EC2 (Compute)
  • Amazon SimpleDB (Data)
  • Amazon RDS (Database)

History of APIs

Mobile

  • Instagram (Photos)
  • Foursquare (Local)
  • Pandora (Music)

History of APIs

Data

  • Guardian (Journalism)
  • Data.Gov (Government)
  • World Bank (World)

Number of APIs

2010


Number of APIs

2011


Number of APIs

2012


Tech of APIs

Business of APIs

Politics of APIs

Success of APIs

Why Is It Working?

  • Simplicity
  • Self-Service
  • Developer Centric
  • Hackable
  • Distributed
  • Built on HTTP

Growth of APIs

Today


API Directories

API Hub

Aggregation



Interoperability



Automation



Real-Time



Scripting



Voice


Programmable Web

Mobile


iPad


Quantified Self


Automobile



Buildings & Homes

Sensors


Programmable World


The End


By Kin Lane (@kinlane)