Twitter has grown like crazy since it first debuted in 2007 at SXSW. The Internet hip and happening went gaga over the simple ease of the SMS to Web microblogging service, and journalists have jumped on with some successes and mishaps as we have reported here. I helped throw a little twitter party for the inauguration with NPR and CBS and some killer developers that pulled in 35,000 posts.
What fuels all things Twitterati is what Wired is posting about today, the simple and friendly API. Beyond mashups, hardware hackers are using the Twitter platform in ways unimaginable to the creators. When that happens, you know struck magic. The New York Times has recently launched an API, and so has the Sunlight Foundation. And I’ve already gushed over the NPR API here. And remember, facebook was just a fun little myspace for school kids, but the timing of the API and opening it to the public was the spark that lit an amazing growth period.
APIs are smart things, folks. The Web is a platform and service is the name of the game. Share and share alike.