I was wondering if anyone has come across some abstracted API that allows you to link to all these various social outlets to broadcast updates, pictures, videos etc.?
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              You could use the API at ping.fm if it covers all the services/etc you wish to access. Their API becomes the abstraction. Supports REST, so should work in just about any tech you use
                  John Paul Ashenfelter
                   2010-02-03 05:37:15
                
              Awesome. I'll have to check it out!
                  Matt
                   2010-02-06 22:54:53
                
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            There is indeed a common API for such a purpose that is rather new, but is gaining adoption among many of the popular social media sites:
Open Social
Wikipedia: Open Social
OpenSocial.org
Hope this helps.
                  byte
                   2010-05-19 04:14:49