Choosing the Right Social Media Tools for Your Business [Video] Designing Social Interfaces: Overview and Practical Techniques - Advertisement The standard approach to interface design is to craft a channel that allows you to easily and efficiently control hardware or software; it’s all about the interaction between people and computers.
But today, the two entities on each side of the user interface are changing: it’s no longer about people interacting with computers, but rather about people interacting with people through computers. Location Is Everything: Foursquare’s API Is Proof. Twitter, for all of its greatness, would not have significantly altered the landscape of real-time online communication without the swell of developer interest around its API.
The simpleness of the service was, no doubt, key to Twitter's meteoric rise, but Twitter applications - desktop, web, mobile - drove home the utility and practically of the service. Many have tried to replicate their success, but few are poised to capitalize on the release of an API quite like Foursquare, the location-based social network and game that is proving to be more useful by the day. The company has raised funds, released business services, and even partnered with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.