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Ana Chiritescu

Rasmus, thanks for your comment! Glad you like my analogy with bridges. I agree with you, analogies are a good way to simplify understanding of what for others could seem abstract concepts.
One would argue that a bridge analogy points towards point-to-point integrations, however, I don't expect that to happen with a not very technical audience :-)
I've been working with APIs (not web APIs though) for a few years now, never crossed my mind to look into the Wikipedia APIs. Definitely a must check!
As soon as I will know more about the attending group, I'll decide on the right technical level for the talk and depending on that I might go for some of the other tips you shared. Stay tuned!