Del.Icio.Us Mashups

Brett O'Connor lives in Denver, Colorado, where he heads Blimps go 90, a private web technology consultant firm. He is also one of the managing partners for the online tattoo artwork and lifestyle--related websites Flash2xs.com and TattooFinder.com. During the rare moments when he is not working, he enjoys hiking, snowboarding, canoeing the interewebs, and practicing his air guitar.

Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: The Mashup--Friendly Web. Chapter 1: Web 2.0 and del.icio.us. Enter del.icio.us. Organizing Your Bookmarks. Using Bookmarklets. Socializing with Other del.icio.us Users. Exploring the del.icio.us Community. Chapter 2: del.icio.us and the Mashup. del.icio.us: A Mashup Pioneer. RSS Feeds for (Almost) Every Page. The Application Programming Interface (API). Chapter 3: Going Deeper Inside the del.icio.us API. del.icio.us as a Subsystem. Protocols. The del.icio.us API Methods. Language--Specific API Libraries. RSS versus API. Chapter 4: Other Mashable Software. Flickr. Yahoo! Search. Amazon Web Services. eBay. Google Search. WordPress. Firefox Extensions. Part II: Get Ready to Mash. Chapter 5: Mashup Tools. Understanding Editors. Setting Up a Web--Development Environment. Installing phpMyAdmin. Setting Up a Weblog. Accounts and API Keys. Chapter 6: More Mashup Technologies. Web Development Technologies: HTML, XHTML, and CSS. Data Storage and Transfer with PHP. Other Methods and Software. Chapter 7: del.icio.us Mashup Techniques. A Deliciously Simple JSON Remix. Using PHP and MySQL for Full--Bodied Flavor. Taking It to the Desktop. Part III: Mashups and Remixes. Chapter 8: Mashing del.icio.us and WordPress. Sharing Your Daily Discoveries. Spreading Your Ideas. Tracking Your Popularity. Combining Relevant Bookmarks. Using the Del.icio.us Play Tagger for Your MP3 Links. Chapter 9: Remixing del.icio.us with Greasemonkey. Greasemonkey Explained. Skinning del.icio.us. Customizing the del.icio.us User Interface. Fetching Remote Data. Chapter 10: Remixing RSS Feeds. Cleaning Up Tag Feeds. Media Tag Remix: An Image Feed Slideshow. Media Tag Remix: An MP3 Jukebox. Chapter 11: Mashing It Up with Web Services. The HotJobs, eBay, and Flickr Autobookmarking Scripts. Amazon: Caching Pages with S3. Part IV: Mashups Applied: A Research Project Hub. Chapter 12: Collecting References with a Custom Firefox Plug--In. Starting a Firefox Extension. Creating the Rally Poster User Interface. Completing the Rally Poster Extension. Deploying the Rally Poster Extension. Chapter 13: Aggregating, Organizing, and Displaying Your Research. Basic Page Layout. Adding Styles. Adding a Quick Posting Form. Chapter 14: Bringing in Other Web Services. Adding a Calendar. Implementing Maps. Chapter 15: Managing Incoming Links. Part V: Looking Forward with del.icio.us. Chapter 16: New and Different Directions. Desktop, Web, and Mobile Clients. New Perspectives on del.icio.us Data. Effective Mashups. The Future of del.icio.us. Appendix A: Exercise Answers. Appendix B: Sympathy for the API--Enabled Web Services. Index.