Alex Payne, API Lead
The Twitter API has grown over the past 2 years and become very important to Twitter as well as developers who build on our services. This has all happened despite the fact that we could only spare one engineer to work on the API about half of his time. Things are changing.
Alex Payne has been leading much of our API development since he started working on Twitter in March, 2007. As part of a larger plan to dedicate more resources to developers, Alex has taken the official role of API Lead. Twitter engineer Matt Sanford will join him in focusing on our developer offerings.
We're thrilled that Alex has taken the lead on our API. And Matt's familiarity with our search API is critical as we continue to integrate the technology we brought to Twitter as part of our recent search acquisition. With Alex and Matt focusing on our developer offerings full time, there's a lot in store.
Alex Payne has been leading much of our API development since he started working on Twitter in March, 2007. As part of a larger plan to dedicate more resources to developers, Alex has taken the official role of API Lead. Twitter engineer Matt Sanford will join him in focusing on our developer offerings.
We're thrilled that Alex has taken the lead on our API. And Matt's familiarity with our search API is critical as we continue to integrate the technology we brought to Twitter as part of our recent search acquisition. With Alex and Matt focusing on our developer offerings full time, there's a lot in store.
9 Comments:
Congrats, Alex! Twitter's application programming interface is in good hands.
This is great and all, but how about fixing the IM service. Or at least giving us an idea when, if ever, it will be restored.
This is great. Alex does a fantastic job.
Congrats Alex!
Ahem, the API (or Twitter) seems to be Effed. I'm able to see @replies made by my followers to their followers whom I do NOT follow. What gives? No mention on the blog as well?
okay - how about replying to all the threads on Get Satisfaction with people who can't use the replies tab (it gets a 404)
I like this blog very much. keep it up
I'm with anonymous from "8/18/08 4:27PM" - how about an update on the IM situation? At this point the communications blackout you guys have going on the subject is doing as much or more damage to your reputation than the lack of IM itself, I think.
Best of luck, Alex.
ADG
The URL http://twitter.com/help/api linked to from this post is 404ing.
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