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When Tim O'Reilly calls something a milestone in the history of the Internet, I've found that it's often best to just go ahead and snitch the rest of his first paragraph:
'[Yahoo! Pipes is] a service that generalizes the idea of the mashup, providing a drag and drop editor that allows you to connect internet data sources, process them, and redirect the output. Yahoo! describes it as "an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator" that allows you to "create feeds that are more powerful, useful and relevant." While it's still a bit rough around the edges, it has enormous promise in turning the web into a programmable environment for everyone.'
After a very interesting start--as it turns out a whole lot of folks wanted to try it out over that first weekend--Pipes is up and running strong. Here are a few pipes, mash-ups, and tutorials to get you started:
Nice Pipes
Tutorials
Working Examples and Mash-Ups
It is especially thrilling for us to note that some of the very best material on how to use and enjoy Pipes comes from the audience the team really wanted to address: the developer community itself. Bravo, folks; please keep up the good work!
Kent Brewster
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