Microstock API Overview

Imagine you are a micro stock photograph. Also imagine your are not working exclusively for one agency but contributing to the top 5: iStockphoto, Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Fotolia and let’s say… Stockexpert.

Here is where the problem begins: each agency has its own rules, interfaces, submitting channels (HTTP, FTP etc.). Obviously, as the microstock marked is growing, there is a need for additional services and software both for and contributors and buyers.

I also have a couple nice ideas in this area, so  I’ve done a short research on existing microstock API (Application Programming Interface).

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Flying back and forth

North America – the continent I have never visited before. These were my thoughts at the beginning of 2008. Two months later I was sitting in San Antonio in the Hard Rock Cafe. Now Guanajuato – The Middle of Nowhere – is on my schedule. Is there anybody in our travel department, who can spell this name correctly? I’m very curious about this fact.

There are two continents left before I stop. Still not sure whether it is a statement or a question…

MySQL Query Optimization

From the first month of my employment at SAP I was really impressed how the guys in support become crazy on SQL optimization. Deeply impressed on variety of tools for doing this on Oracle and DB2 I decided to carry out the same analysis on my own projects. The first question I’ve asked myself: “Do we have any native MySQL tools for sql optimization?”.

Yes, we do.

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SC Eppingen GoLive

I started my first serious project on WordPress basis: Chess Club Eppingen (Germany).

It is far away from it’s final shape. I believe this is only the first step of the long and exiting journey. There are a lot of nice features and ideas came up with it. I hope I have enough time to speak about some of them in the next weeks.