WP Late Night #26: “JSON is the Twinkies of APIs”

Summary: (http://wpcandy.com/files/2012/08/wplatenight-ee.png)This week's episode of WP Late Night saw discussion on APIs, WordPress 3.5 development progress, and deprecated functions. I'm also happy to say that pirate speak didn't overtake the entire episode. We can all be happy about that, right?Thanks to Event Espresso (http://eventespresso.com/wpcandy/) for sponsoring this episode. Event Espresso is the event registration plugin for WordPress. You can use the discount code “wpcandy” (http://eventespresso.com/wpcandy/) during checkout to save $25 on your purchase.* MP3 file (http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/wplatenight/WP-Late-Night-026-JSON-is-the-Twinkies-of-APIs.mp3) (36.7 MB) * Subscribe on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-late-night/id496147707) * Audio RSS Feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/wplatenight) * Watch on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z4fi7e5bj0)Episode #26 Show notes* WordCamp Las Vegas 2012 (http://2012.vegas.wordcamp.org) * WordCamp Philly 2012 (http://2012.philly.wordcamp.org) * XML-RPC on by default and option removed (http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21509) * Privacy submenu merged into Reading submenu of Settings and text changed (http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16416) * Log Deprecated Notices plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/log-deprecated-notices/) * Justin Tadlock experiment on ThemeForest (http://wpcandy.com/reports/justin-tadlock-hopes-to-improve-themeforest-from-within) * Brad: Congrats to Brian Richards on his first child! * Dre: CHOC Walk in the Park 2012 - Support Brandon Dove On October 14th, thousands of CHOC Children’s supporters will walk through the Disneyland® Resort at the 22nd Annual CHOC Walk in the Park. Last year, over 14,000 participants raised over $1.7 million helping to * Ryan: Brad Touenard's code and core patch (http://bradt.ca/blog/image-crop-position-in-wordpress/)