There should be an App for a Personal API

  There Should Be An App For That Apps and websites (and features) are becoming single function, best-of-breed experiences. And in the future (and the present) customers want to knit them back together into a mix-up of their own creation.…

You are the product

Be outraged. Facebook is no longer allowing you to hide and not be found in searches. Instagram is including ads in stream and getting rid of the ability to stop auto-play. LinkedIn is selling your “endorsements”. Google is reading your…

Revisiting the API of Me

Revisiting the API of ME About 6 months ago, I wrote an article on the “API of ME“, an idea for a system of capturing, sharing, and **limiting* information by and about customers so that they could participate actively in…

The API of Me

What is the “API of Me”? When you think about browsing the web on your computer, tablet, or mobile device, you undoubtedly think about the ads presented to you, the information stored by companies whose websites you visit, and the…