Tool of the Day: If This Then That

Data is the main currency of the modern Web. The more data you have, the more you can do with it. Lots of developers find keen ways to use data from several services together in one mail application; this is called a mashup. We’ve covered mashups of all sorts here on 10,000 Words, and we’ve even discussed what manipulating this data from APIs means for journalism. But without a knowledge of how APIs work, along with some scripting knowledge, finding ways to make the data from different services work together can be a difficult process.