Well, I sure wish they had open approval. But this is where "business" meets "San Francisco thinking." The Guardian wants this to be awesome and they want to make money from running ads around the api stories people use. I don't begrudge them wanting to screen their initial users. I just wish they'd approve me!
I signed up for an API key for this, and was told they're approving them by hand over the next few days. bah!
This looks really spectacular so far though.
What do you think of @davewiner's post that this API isn't really open for reason's having to do with slow approval?
http://www.scripting.com/stories/2009/03/10/folksThisIsInNoWayOpen.html
Well, I sure wish they had open approval. But this is where "business" meets "San Francisco thinking." The Guardian wants this to be awesome and they want to make money from running ads around the api stories people use. I don't begrudge them wanting to screen their initial users. I just wish they'd approve me!