%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2009 %T Editorial: Open APIs (April 2009) %A Dru Lavigne %A Michael Weiss %X A few short years ago, the term "Internet" reflected the technical savvy sitting at a workstation reading email or using a search engine to find data. Today, people of all ages are using all manner of devices to: obtain public transit directions with Google Maps, share photos using Flickr and videos using YouTube, Tweet their whereabouts, meet new friends through Facebook, and perform countless other activities which have quickly become ubiquitous to every day life. This new generation of online activities is the result of open APIs, mashups, and rich Internet applications. These concepts are the focus of the April issue of the OSBR. The authors have done an excellent job of taking the editorial theme of "Open APIs" from the mysterious realm of programming into their applicability to daily life and business. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 04/2009 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/240 %N April 2009 %9 Editorial %1 Talent First Network Dru Lavigne is a technical writer and IT consultant who has been active with open source communities since the mid-1990s. She writes regularly for O'Reilly and DNSStuff.com and is the author of the books BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics. %2 Carleton University Michael Weiss holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, and is a member of the Technology Innovation Management program. His research interests include open source ecosystems, mashups/Web 2.0, business process modeling, social network analysis, and product architecture and design. Michael has published on the evolution of open source communities, licensing of open services and the innovation in the mashup ecosystem.