1.	But all this is secondary. As a consistent evangelist of Internet-based scripting, Google's move helps enormously. They got people thinking. If the Internet is anything, it's a collection of minds and wills. If the evidence is there, the minds believe. Web services can make you think, make you want more. The art and science of Internet scripting can be transparently simple. The new technology is for curious developers and hobbyists, for the motivated and the excitable, for people learning and exploring. At the start it has to be that simple so lots of people can get on board.
2.	Dave Winer
3.	PS: API stands for Application Program Interface. Think of an API as a wire that connects a machine to an application. A gas nozzle at a gas station is like an API. The car is the app, driving is the platform, which has many APIs. Roads are one. An ignition key is another. They're all important.