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Brief reviews and links to things Bill recommends

Notes from the week of 2011-12-25

Facebook Timeline is here (the man behind the curtain speaks about its development) http://t.co/trGIuhAp # Command Line Crash Course: Controlling Your Computer From The Terminal http://t.co/Mmq254Hd # Generator tricks in Python (PDF) http://t.co/GOpNVVCX # Stairs are faster than elevators http://t.co/51zEbcY0 # Added to my book queue: "I was blind but now I see" http://t.co/QhHk0zoz via [...]

Notes from the week of 2011-12-18

ZDNet Asia on the many and wondrous benefits of APIs http://t.co/cQaFUa8b # Amen!!! RT @jjacobs22: The road to recovery should be paved with less protectionism and litigation and more innovation and hard work. # The Painless Path to Endurance http://t.co/mxfB3Hvu via @timferriss # Video of the @RunKeeper demo by @jjacobs22 at @leweb http://t.co/DsROpmHP last week [...]

Ruby fans, meet the Health Graph

This week we are featuring one of the developers building libraries and wrappers on top of the Health Graph (@healthgraphapi), Kenny Ma (@kennyma). Kenny has made his Health Graph Ruby gem available via GitHub for anyone and everyone to use. Click here to give it a try yourself and read on for more on why [...]

Notes from the week of 2011-12-11

In some ways, it already is. RT @jjacobs22: starting a tech company in the Valley will one day be a liability, not an asset. # Announcing the brand new @foursquare developer site http://t.co/fjh6dDk4 # Free @OReillyMedia "Moving to Big Data" online conference, 7 December, details here: http://t.co/qsoPkKGJ # My theory exactly! RT @tomboates: Over communicating [...]

Health Graph update from Le Web (video)

Our CEO Jason Jacobs (@jjacobs22) provided a great update on the Health Graph (@healthgraphapi) in his discussion with Leo Laporte (@leolaporte) at Le Web (@leweb). Click here or watch the embedded video below.

Nexercise makes fitness fun with the Health Graph

Fitness games are an important and growing segment of the health and fitness landscape, and we’re very happy to have some several fantastic partners implementing games on top of the Health Graph (@healthgraphapi). Case in point: Nexercise (@nexercise), our featured partner this week. Bill Day: Please tell us about yourself and your company. Benjamin Young: [...]

Health Graph libraries

We have created a new “Health Graph libraries” page to provide a repository for all of the third party Health Graph API libraries, wrappers, bindings, and other tools available for developers. Click here to access the page or here to jump straight to the Google Docs spreadsheet. You can subscribe to the spreadsheet’s RSS feed [...]

Notes from the week of 2011-12-04

"Startups create 3 million new jobs per year" (more from PBS Newshour on Accelerators) http://t.co/Q0F8idXn # Nouns are good, verbs are bad in base URLs (RESTful API design tips from @apigee) http://t.co/PuLU4H1S # My 2011 @route66marathon finishers certificate http://t.co/hCSlRAl7 # Several must-reads in "Books On Entrepreneurship" from @feld http://t.co/BGBjqZ8Q # Watch my walk right now [...]

Notes from the week of 2011-11-27

Watch my run right now with @RunKeeper Live http://t.co/AcVg3gGZ #RKLive #RunKeeper # Just completed a 26.64 mi run – First marathon, DONE!!! http://t.co/AcVg3gGZ #RunKeeper # I love seeing an update like this in my @RunKeeper feed. Thanks @route66marathon, what a day! http://t.co/aJwJ9BRV # A pic of my @route66marathon bling, including the coin for extra run [...]

Off road mapping via OS RouteMapper and the Health Graph

Mark Kelsey (@freddy4th) is a doctor and a programmer with some great ideas for using the Health Graph (@healthgraphapi). This week we feature him and his first published Health Graph app, OS RouteMapper (@osroutemapper), in our ongoing series on Health Graph partners. Bill Day: Please tell us about yourself and your company. Mark Kelsey: I [...]