Not sure if anyone has noticed but Google Buzz has an API out. However, our friends at AddThis.com have already added Google Buzz to the sharing menu.
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Add Google Buzz to your Site!
So as everyone knows Google has released Buzz and by now most everyone has it. The number one question is how do I add it to my site so that people can share my content with their buzz friends. Well, if you are running WordPress it’s pretty easy. Head on over to WordPress.org and search for the plugin called Google Buzz for WordPress. If you are not running WordPress you can just use this link and replace out the variables (designated by <<>>)
http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=<<URL>>&title=<<TITLE>>&srcURL=<<SRC>>&srcTitle=<<SRCTITLE>>
Where
URL = Url of the page you want to share
TITLE = Title of the page that you are sharing
SRC = Source of the page that you are sharing. for instance you may share http://www.kapustabrothers.com/ to buzz but found the link and shared it from aol.com so the SRC would be aol.com.
SRCTITLE = The title of the source.
It’s that simple. A box will pop up you can add some tags and some comments and click post. This will post directly to your buzz feed for all your buzzy friends to see.
Next are the icons. What should you use for an icon? Well you can search the net for them but I found some pretty cool simple ones from http://www.chethstudios.net/
All you have to do is wrap the icon with the link and your all set. I suggest setting a rel and a target too if applicable.
Update: Here is another icon that I found floating around on the interwebs.
Enjoy!
Getting Ready for Google App Engine
Funkatron.com has a really good article on a Google App Engine from a PHP developer’s perspective. Very well written and love the sense of humor. I think the best line in the article is
Otherwise, Python is a good fit for me philosophy-wise, because it’s totally the anti-Perl, lacking goofy magic characters and 1000 ways of doing the same thing. I can’t stand languages where “
~^s” means “find all numbers that start with the letter ‘s’, add them, multiply them by 75, and then post the result to Twitter”. I’m not freakin’ R2D2 here.
I personaly haven’t tried out Google App Engine but will here in the near future. I have to freshen up Python skills. I definatly belive in what funkatron says about learning more than one coding language.
Plus, getting hung up on one language is a sure way to be a boring dude who gets caught up in lame religious language wars.
Social Graphing API
Google has released a Social Graphing API which follows XFN and FOAF links. This is very cool. Here is a short video on how it works.
With the social networking boom there are many possibilities that open up through this API. Anyone have any ideas on what can be done with this or if anyone is currently using this API?
It would be very cool to put it in Kyle Sholz JsVis Project. Demo, Tutorial.
Cloning Google Suggest
Have you ever used Google Suggest and want to implement it on your site? phpRiot() has a good tutorial on how to create your own customized Google Suggest using Ajax
Cloning Google Suggest with AjaxAC: http://www.phpriot.com/d/articles/php/application-design/google-suggest-ajaxac/index.html