Jon Udell: “A picture can be worth a thousand words. But a URL can be worth half a dozen pictures. When application behavior is expressed [as a web service], you empower your community of users to share it directly. And Google, which can zero in on URLs and URL fragments in Web pages posted by those users, becomes your tireless and efficient helpdesk assistant.”

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