Notes from the week of 2011-01-23

My PayPal X DevZone writing:

• Accelerate development using the @Apigee API console http://bit.ly/hhzqqM focuses on @PayPalX (see also http://bit.ly/hFWG7p) #
• Facebook or Twitter? Foursquare or SimpleGeo? goo.gl or bit.ly? Sound off: http://bit.ly/gpp9uv #

Wireless and mobility:

• Tips on using the SQLite database in #Android http://bit.ly/frzDgx from Ethan Winograd on the @PayPalX DevZone #
• Why iPad, or rather its iTunes sales model, is proving a bitter pill for magazine publishers http://nyti.ms/g9udLl #
• Ethan Winograd closes his #Android eBook store @PayPalX article series with some REST, PHP, JSON, and Java http://bit.ly/fvPJQi #
• 10 tips for #Android app development http://oreil.ly/fZijoQ (there are some *really* great tips in here, worth perusing) #
• New Starbucks mobile payments http://on.mash.to/e13fJw tested as fastest way to pay; fast -> happy customers -> repeat business! @PayPalX #
• Dual and soon quad core chips in phones http://on.mash.to/fwc24D = mobile homerun for @NVIDIA! #
• Eric Schmidt, (soon to be ex-)CEO of Google, on preparing for the Big Mobile Revolution http://bit.ly/gZmMn6 via @HarvardBiz #
• “We must attend to the development of mobile money.” -Eric Schmidt, excerpted from http://bit.ly/gZmMn6 #
• Analysis of Eric Schmidt’s comments on the Big Mobile Revolution and Google’s top three priorities for 2011 http://bit.ly/fB2s2K #
• The @Starbucks Card Mobile app http://bit.ly/eoAFcu is another great use of @PayPalX Mobile Express Checkout http://bit.ly/e6F4Kk #
• Ideas for making printed communications more productive with QR codes http://bit.ly/hbadPV (another crossover a la http://bit.ly/hiBNcx) #

Big data:

• Best HTTPS RSS feed aggregation + sorting option I’ve found so far is YQL http://yhoo.it/fb9Qsn via Yahoo Pipes http://bit.ly/h7APpG #
• The problem with the YQL->Pipes solution: Only getting 10 items per RSS feed being munged. Need all the items since the feeds launched. #

APIs:

• Wow: @Apigee reports 16 billion API calls per month and expects 5x that many by the end of 2011 http://rww.to/i96JoL (note telco influence) #
• “Wide open space” for exploring the implementation aspects of REST http://bit.ly/eTR3wA (need to do a little browsing here sometime) #
• Reading this portion of implementing-rest http://bit.ly/gWuumP right now, for a project I’m working on (thank goodness for Javadocs + wikis) #
• Made me smile on a day of coding and hackery: API Disasters http://bit.ly/eJ2y3L #

Web development and site stuff:

• Quora: What is the optimum way to cache static content in WordPress? Answer: http://qr.ae/AufV #
• Using Apache RedirectMatch http://bit.ly/h5GagD to 301 folks from old URLs to where they should go now (if only it were that easy offline!) #
• Google launching Groupon competitor http://on.mash.to/ftwOjJ via @mashable (+ analysis here http://on.mash.to/eFgA4C) #GoogleCheckout #
• Excellent jQuery intro from my friend and former Sun colleague Dr. Doris Chen http://bit.ly/gGDDCo #Ajax #
• More beginning jQuery info http://bit.ly/dMiMVC this time from @amberweinberg #
• I am *loving* Trunk.ly tools http://bit.ly/ffNaKL and export http://bit.ly/ihaWno need to investigate their REST API http://bit.ly/ee8m73 #
• You can search links I’m sharing across my various blogs and Twitter via Trunk.ly: http://bit.ly/hVkLB5 #
• More on Trunk.ly http://bit.ly/gAAA6b from @webworkerdaily #
• Cloud9 http://bit.ly/f2ia2o has a sweat online JavaScript IDE http://bit.ly/hZoND5 automagically tied into github #

Personal:

• My wife on @GeekMomBlog rocking the geekiest Disney princess http://bit.ly/ez4fHX and fighting cancer with cupcakes http://bit.ly/h1SLx3 #

Running updates:

• Ran 6.66 miles in 1 hour and 6 mins and 8 secs and felt great. 10k+ capping off the midpoint of my training for the … http://bit.ly/hu6NUf #
• Ran 4.52 miles in 43 mins. Broke out my new @TheNorthFace running hoodie to fight the bitter wind. Monkey thumbs + … http://bit.ly/efPJBr #
• Ran 3 miles in 32 mins and felt great. Split paces 8:31, 8:16, 7:40, 8:07, 8:13, 8:22, 8:14, 7:22. Plus sleet for ad… http://bit.ly/fHX2DI #
• Ran 3.15 miles in 35 mins and felt great. Slow pace as I skidded and scooted around on the ice and snow. Slippery fun! http://bit.ly/fLYoZj #
• Used this as motivation today: “There is no such thing as bad weather, only weak people.” -Bill Bowerman via http://bit.ly/ftulP6 @iRunFar #
• Ran 4.01 miles in 36 mins and felt great. Mile splits 9:38, 9:16, 9:12, and 8:47. http://bit.ly/hdCcv4 #