How to design a good API

June 23, 2009, 1:43 PM — If you really want to get on board the Web 2.0 train (before everyone stops using that buzzword!), you'll want to have ways for other people to interact with your online services -- and that means a well-designed API. Google is the king of this, of course, so this internal Google tech talk will give you a glimpse of their secrets; you'll learn how their processes work, if nothing else.