I added quite a few new API methods to the SWX Flickr API yesterday, including authentication methods. I plan to add quite a few more today with the aim of implementing the full Flickr API before adding utility methods that make it even easier to use. You can play with the current methods using the [...]

I'm using the SWX Service Explorer to test out the new authenticated Flickr methods in the SWX Flickr API. I will be releasing these as part of SWX Beta 1.2, which also includes improvements to the Service Explorer (previously the Service Browser).

Now this is interesting. Apparently, the Miguel de Icaza's team at the Mono project has implemented nearly all of Silverlight for Linux, and in record time (21 days!) I can only assume that this is a sanctioned project by Microsoft (it was developed by the Novell-sponsored Mono team and Novell and Microsoft appear to be [...]

I just saw on Tom Morris's blog that Wired has a write-up on last week's Hack Day in London. If you watch the video in the post about the lightening strike, you might see a few familiar faces from Brighton. The initial comment you overhear is yours truly branding the "stunt" (we initially thought [...]

I forgot to mention during the SWX screencast that you will need to configure the gateway URL in the PHP Service Browser the first time you use it. I just made a post on the SWX web site with full instructions on how to configure the PHP Service Browser. Unfortunately, this configuration step is currently [...]