Over the weekend I was working with google labs for help with my iterations. According to google With the AJAX Feed API, you can download any public Atom or RSS feed using only JavaScript, so you can easily mash up feeds with your content and other APIs like the Google Maps API. The labs offer a lot of help with google maps like how to add markers and boxes to your maps.Labs are good for people who have there own websites or blogger. You can integrate feeds on your website easily. I was able to use the Ajax feed and pull information from a blog without using php. The labs also have information on other apis and helps you with JavaScript.
I know javascript is already enough to learn and then you put php on top of it. I don't have much knowledge on php either. So google api could be a bit simpler to integrate. I was testing out the feed control wizard I was able to pull headings from a specific blog. I'm thinking about adding it to my final iteration.
