Notes from the week of 2011-02-27

PayPal X Platform

• Advanced @PayPalX payment flows via MPL on iOS
  http://bit.ly/h6rTxJ
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• How to make @PayPalX transaction queries using YQL
  http://bit.ly/fke0Qw
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• Free @PayPalX Mobile Express Checkout (MEC) chapter
  http://bit.ly/fXzh2w
  from the new "PayPal APIs: Up and Running"
  http://amzn.to/h6PyTJ
  # (disclaimer: I provided tech review and a quote for the back cover of “PayPal APIs: Up and Running“)
• Building an online market using Python, @PayPalX Adaptive Payments, and Google App Engine
  http://bit.ly/e0ZIOM
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• Inter-penetrating orgs
  http://bit.ly/e1SWwY
  discussion with @TimOReilly is not nearly as dirty as it sounds (via @travisro on @PayPalX blog) #

Big data

• Quora: Who are the major data market players? Answer:
  http://qr.ae/gdBJ
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Wireless and mobility

• To Apple: "We are the App Store"
  http://bit.ly/fHLdpM
  is spot-on, pay attention #
• Particularly love the opening image and discussion: "Why I don't care very much about tablets anymore"
  http://bit.ly/h64Kci
  via @arstechnica #
• Android 3.0 platform and SDK tools release
  http://bit.ly/eaqkji
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APIs and development

• One of the reasons I lean towards Python
  http://bit.ly/gNXuaR
  (easier to read, hence great for maintainability, examples, and tech articles) #
• And yet, despite the simplicity of Python code, you do have problems such as this
  http://bit.ly/e3mnoW
  (careful, code slingers!) #
• Search StackOverflow and HackerNews book topics via HackerBooks
  http://bit.ly/fIE3Wn
  (e.g. "Python NLTK" returns:
  http://bit.ly/gQa6kh
  ) #
• jsFiddle
  http://bit.ly/gNsnnk
  is another interesting web development editor (docs are here
  http://bit.ly/fpSa0d
  ) #
• Complete @OReillyMedia "2010 State of the Computer Book Market" report
  http://bit.ly/gCR427
  (PDF) is worth reading in its entirety #
• Must try: Pattern, a Python web mining module
  http://bit.ly/fzhxp5
  bundling data retrieval, text analysis, and viz tools, via @ptwobrussell #
• #Ruby concurrency explained
  http://bit.ly/i4Xo8K
  (good points for understanding the issues with other languages, too) #
• On the causality of scaling
  http://bit.ly/h5kJLi
  and how to design for it
  http://bit.ly/ggrI3I
  from @merbist #
• Excellent PHP cross reference
  http://bit.ly/gpmnmK
  for #WordPress hackers, via @Nectarineimp #

Personal things

• Up all night with a sick baby. He appears to be a bit better, cautiously optimistic. Hope to try a little "real" but bland food later. #
• FYI I've started sharing conferences I'm tracking, attending, and speaking at here:
  http://bit.ly/hMrqdz
  @lanyrd #
• Amazon Prime Instant Video coverage from @arstechnica
  http://bit.ly/h66y14
  and @engadget
  http://engt.co/dQtpMX
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• The @wsj on the surprising benefits of distractibility
  http://on.wsj.com/hJ3Uxn
  Fascinating! #
• Track tweets related to today's #STS133 Space Shuttle Discovery launch at
  http://bit.ly/hZ8cfv
  #
• STS-133 official NASA launch blog
  http://bit.ly/ecHPm9
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Running

• Yesterday: Wind 30mph, gusting to 40, yeah! Final long slow run before Post Oak Half Marathon.
  http://bit.ly/dQNHsb
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• Ran 4.01 miles in 38 mins and felt great.
  http://bit.ly/gV3CBy
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• Ran 3.13 miles in 29 mins and felt good. Short tempo run in prepping for Post Oak this weekend. Warm and win…
  http://dailymile.com/e/NHz1
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• Going to tear it up at the Post Oak Half tomorrow. OK, I'll accept "finish with dignity" if that's what's in…
  http://dailymile.com/e/NV4h
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