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Category Archives: Presentations

Links to presentation materials (slides, archived webcasts, demos)

Android Open 2011 Highlights

This October I was able to attend both the O’Reilly Android Open (@androidopen) and X.commerce Innovate conferences back-to-back in San Francisco. I wrote more about Innovate in a separate DevZone article. This time, I’d like to break down the most interesting bits of Android Open from a developer-centric perspective. Fascinating morning keynotes Android Open was [...]

Developer Evangelist position

Jason Elkin of CityGrid Media is looking for a Developer Evangelist. If you’re interested, drop him an email (be sure to mention I sent you, please). DEVELOPER EVANGELIST Can you evangelize products for one of the largest local ad networks? Do you have an infectious enthusiasm for technology and mobile and web development? CityGrid Media [...]

Innovate 2011 Highlights

I was recently privileged to attend both the O’Reilly Android Open and X.commerce Innovate conferences back-to-back in San Francisco. Both were mind and network expanding events, and I’d highly recommend either to developers and business colleagues considering attending next year. I hope to write more about my key takeaways from Android Open at some point [...]

Notes from the week of 2011-03-20

PayPal X Platform Puzzled why this @Infochimps @YQL query works in the console http://yhoo.it/gYZ17r but not in this Python program http://bit.ly/f8URm9 # Ways to donate to Japan earthquake and tsunami relief using @PayPal http://bit.ly/dJXTU3 (100% of your donation goes to charity of choice) # This pointer to Python-YQL env info http://bit.ly/hYyCjX from @pjdonnelly solves my [...]

Notes from the week of 2011-02-13

PayPal X Platform: Now that @PayPalX Digital Goods is out of beta http://bit.ly/gd5JZm here's a refresher on how to use it: http://bit.ly/hqPf1E # New @PayPalX DevTalk newsletter http://bit.ly/i2x3z0 includes free @OReillyMedia epayments report http://bit.ly/fh6ysK (login required) # Fav line from this new @PayPalX ecommerce article http://bit.ly/hRBoRg "If you're paying for things upfront nowadays, you're doing [...]

Watch Strata keynotes live

Strata conference keynotes are being livecast. Watch the latest below.  [UPDATE:  Now that the conference has ended, O'Reilly is providing recordings of the keynotes via the stream embedded below.] You can also follow along via Twitter with O’Reilly Media’s @strataconf and hashtag #StrataConf. Watch live streaming video from oreillyconfs at livestream.com

Developing and Deploying PayPal Apps

How would you like to be able to get more traffic for your PayPal-based applications? Embed your apps in the PayPal.com site? Have thousands or even millions of customers consider and potentially use your new application? If that sounds like a great opportunity to you, you need to look closely at PayPal Apps. PayPal Apps [...]

Accelerate your development using the Apigee API console

It seems these days that every service provider must offer a developer API for their services if they are to attract partners. This rise of the API economy has been well documented and discussed for some time. What may be a bit more lacking than APIs themselves, however, are tools to make API usage simpler [...]

Tips for using and creating your own WordPress plugins

My friend and former Digital Reasoning Systems colleague Peter Mancini, now the Principal at Nectarine Imp LLC, has put together an eighteen slide presentation introducing WordPress plugins and their use. It includes a section on creating your own, too. If you’re new to WP or want to patch any holes you might have in your [...]

How to grow your business

In my last X.com post I looked back at 2010 and which blog and article topics you found most interesting based upon number of hits.  I also drew general conclusions about the importance of mobility, third party APIs, and pay-per-view content in the coming year. Now I want to encourage you to take what you [...]