---
title: "Gettin’ techie wit it"
date: 2005-12-11
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Gettin’ techie wit it

I’ve noticed some excellent techie posts lately, so I feel duty-bound to point them out.

[Phil Pearson](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170531/http://www.myelin.co.nz/post/2005/12/11/#200512111), XML expert [Kimbro Staken](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170531/http://www.xmldatabases.org/) and Movable Type consultant [Chad Everett](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170531/http://www.everitz.com/) have been working on a [Structured Blogging](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170531/http://structuredblogging.org/) plugin for WordPress and MT. This is to enable ordinary folks (like me) to publish “new microcontent types, support microformats and other standards like Media RSS”. [Phil’s looking for feedback](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170531/http://www.myelin.co.nz/post/2005/12/11/#200512111), so if you’re technically inclined jump over to his blog and add your 2 cents.

Also I found a great resource via the [9rules homepage](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170531/http://9rules.com/), an article at Fiftyfoureleven.com about [how to use the Yahoo! API](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170531/http://www.fiftyfoureleven.com/weblog/web-development/programming-and-scripts/apis/yahoo-apis-search-web-services). As it states in the intro:

> “Looking at Yahoo!s APIs, you can see a little of that “openess” that Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel referred to at 2005’s Web 2.0 conference. From images to movies to maps and search, they offer a lot of data through their APIs.”

Fiftyfoureleven.com also offers an [ongoing API series](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170531/http://www.fiftyfoureleven.com/weblog/web-development/programming-and-scripts/apis/apis). Great stuff and I’ll be reading this very closely and experimenting when I get some free time (in about a week!). Also check out ProgrammableWeb’s [How to Make Your Own Web Mashup](https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170531/http://www.programmableweb.com/howto) article. The beauty of mashups is that anyone can play, thanks to great resources like these and the backend work of folks like Phil Pearson.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gettin_techie_w.php))*