ChaCha API with PHP
ChaCha has finally released an API for their Question and Answer service (documentation here). Personally, I have been waiting for years to get my hands on this data, and today I am happy to share this PHP Class for accessing both questions/answers and trending topics. You will need to register for an API, but the [...]
3 awesome small business ecommerce options.
Thanks to the open source movement, small businesses now have a gaggle of options for running an online store. However, the volume of options usually manifests a decision-overflow that results in complete paralysis. So in efforts to help make your decision easier, here are 3 e-commerce platforms that I would recommend to any small business [...]
Post to Twitter from PHP
Looking to Tweet from PHP? This little function will do exactly that. Simply supply a username, password and Tweet, and thanks to CURLs black magic your message will be Tweeted.
LinkedIn Profile API – Unofficial and 100% Open Source
Presenting the open source PHP LinkedIn Public Profile API, released under the GNU
How does it work?
This PHP Class (requires php5) imports a users LinkedIn public profile (by supplying their public profile username) and turns the results in to a simple XML document.
You can see my example at http://brandonshead.com/work/linkedinProfile/profile.php
How do you use it?
Inside you will [...]
The End of JobFu – The Dying Resume
UPDATE: Download the LinkedIn PHP Class that powered JobFu.
Recently, my little side project JobFu (turning a LinkedIn Public Profile in to a nice looking Living Resume) was slammed on LinkedIn by M. Joyce the Creator of IDEA Masters Online Real Time Magazine (thats a mouthful).
She clearly states that she is partly outraged, not surprised and [...]
