Notes from the week of 2011-01-16

My PayPal X DevZone writing:

• My latest @PayPalX post on mobile card readers http://bit.ly/dQR8HB just so happens to be my 1,000th BillDay dot com blog post. w00t! #
• FYI here's a bundle of all the resources linked to from my mobile card reader @PayPalX post: http://bit.ly/bundles/billday/3 #
• When you read my @PayPalX post "Which APIs matter to you?" http://bit.ly/hFWG7p please respond here: http://bit.ly/gpp9uv #
• More on mobile card readers from @Radar http://oreil.ly/gbhMbc and @FortuneMagazine http://bit.ly/g7sjPV (follow-up to http://bit.ly/dQR8HB) #

Wireless and mobility:

• Boom! iPhone on Verizon is official http://on.mash.to/edFJwb via @mashable #
• What's to come from next gen Android devices in 2011 http://bit.ly/fwexQe by @swebster77 on @cnet #
• Follow the Amazon Appstore developer blog http://bit.ly/dJOGRF and tweets @amznappstoredev for news on their soon to launch #Android store #
• Handy #Android emulator switches http://bit.ly/igCDi4 from @PayPalX DevZone blog #

Big data:

• Mining Wikipedia with Hadoop and Pig for natural language processing http://bit.ly/gmGSIb #
• How Twitter uses NoSQL http://rww.to/gihkB2 and Big Data tools to understand its petabytes, via @rww #
• As @acroll points out, it's not about who owns your data, it's about who analyzes it http://on.mash.to/heNY8x via @mashable #StrataConf #

APIs:

• Google adds API for URL shortener and link analytics http://bit.ly/ehoWtS via @programmableweb #
• Why every brand needs an open API http://on.mash.to/dXfXRr is well explained by @adamkleinberg on @mashable #

Web development and site stuff:

• Spot on: The web is a *customer service* medium http://bit.ly/hNumBV (addresses "Why wasn't I consulted?") #
• To read: "Dive into HTML 5" free at http://bit.ly/ijwt3T (learn more from the author's blog here http://bit.ly/hATrOD ) #
• I'm actively updating my menu of services http://bit.ly/hWwQqc Requests or suggestions? +1.918.994.2112 #
• PostRank is proving to be an interesting way to slice and dice site analytics http://bit.ly/iflvNq #
• Anatomy of a WordPress theme http://bit.ly/eRCdvL aka which file(s) to tweak, via @mashable http://on.mash.to/fWXNB7 #
• 3 more Google Analytics tips http://bit.ly/egO85f from @gigaom #
• Responsive web design http://bit.ly/ffBZwr what it is and how to use it via @smashingmag #
• Google Labs tools for web developers http://oreil.ly/gsXSYR #
• Quick insights from Google Analytics navigation summary pages http://bit.ly/hsmWsd #

Personal things:

• Created an About dot me page http://bit.ly/ieAj42 just for fun (and yes, that background is one of my pics) #
• From my wife: Muppet eyes http://bit.ly/gDrIfu Katie's book http://bit.ly/f6EUGY and stuff our kids won't know http://bit.ly/gMVXip #
• My wife's "The Princess Knight" review on @GeekMomBlog has been cross-posted to @WiredGeekDad http://bit.ly/gHI7H1 very nice! #
• There's some actionable info in this online employment report http://bit.ly/hyZK9D from @oDesk (skills to focus upon, for instance) #

My running odyssey continues:

• Finishers certificates for @Route66Marathon full & half are now online; here's mine http://bit.ly/f8SoJG #
• My 2010 Year End running report from @dailymile http://bit.ly/hwWS9U captures the stats from mid-Feb onwards #
• My winter haiku: It is cold outside. / If it is snowing, why go? / Need to suffer a little. (if you're a runner, you understand) http://bit.ly/fa1ulO #
• Ran 5.37 miles in 51 mins and felt great. Felt great to run after too much cold and work lately! http://bit.ly/ifwlzd #
• Ran 5.27 miles in 50 mins and felt great. Easy sunset run, mile split paces 9:55, 9:30, 9:35, 9:30, and 9:18. http://bit.ly/gIiqih #