State / Country List

Just in case any of you geeks need a state or country list in XML,

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States - search for states.xml

Countries - search for 'iso 3166'
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API's and Web Services Connecting the World -- How Do We Get a Piece of the Pie?

Well, I'm speaking out of my league here, but Mike P and I have these conversations all the time. There are some sites out there GMAIL, BLOGGER, FLICKR, AUDIOSCROBBLER, TECHNORATI -- all of them have some sorta interconnected functionality, humping my brain trying to figure it out.

Labeling and metadata are the key, this turns into information, just gotta be the best at the service and information provided, and be specialized, leveraging these already built technologies that expose web services and api's.

One day with Mike P's genius and my practicality, we are gonna figure out the connection put a meter on it, attach a biz plan, and retire in some tropical isle, not Mike P and I together, but somewhere while professional management takes the idea and runs with it. Well at least the plan.