April 2009
Make Amazon's S3 cloud much easier with Java based JetS3t
It's always best to write less code, right? And it makes a lot of sense to borrow someone else's hard work too. As you'll see in this article, the Amazon S3 service can expose the RESTful API and JetS3t makes working with S3 and the Java language a lot easier and ultimately a lot more efficient.
September 2008
Open, geographic information systems at Geonames
One of the best sources for geographical information for users and developers is a shining example of the power of open data. GeoNames is a database, Web service, and destination site for all things geographical. It has a rich, RESTful API and offers Semantic Web features using Linking Open Data conventions. Learn how to use GeoNames, as a user and as a developer.
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