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We had the first "PayPal

We had the first "PayPal Developer Network GeekFest" at the office on Wednesday... pretty cool :)

Just 5 companies, but it was great to meet with some smart PayPal Developers, and start sharing ideas on what we can do with the product.  We talked a lot about PayPal Recurring Payments and Subscriptions functionality.

In attendance:

  Jason Shellen - www.Blogger.com,
  Jim Young - www.HOTorNOT.com,
  Jeremy Stoppelman - PayPal,
  Patrick Breitenbach - PayPal,
  Heather Castillo - www.SimFreaks.com,
  Adrian Scott - www.Ryze.org ,
  Mark Castillo - www.SimFreaks.com,
  Kevin Hartz - www.mollyguard.com,
  Alan Braverman - www.mollyguard.com,
  Chris Gregory - PayPal,
  James Hong - www.HOTorNOT.com,
  Dave McClure - PayPal (yours truly)

and Topica just did a

and Topica just did a really cool integration of payment functionality with HTML email newsletters using the service. 

Check it out... now you can send "Buy Now" buttons in email!

Two really great sources of

Two really great sources of information for online business geeks:

• The I-Sales Discussion List
• Dr. Ralph Wilson's (aka "Doctor Ebiz") Web Marketing & E-Commerce site

I-Sales is an extremely informative and moderated email discussion lists of online marketers that's been around since 1995.  Great group of folks, and you can really pick up the pulse of the industry by listening to the conversations.  They have a rotating moderator every 2-4 weeks, so you also get a variety of angles on the industry (both from posters and editor).  Adventive also has other lists on business and technology subjects.

And if you had to pick a single website for resources and info about E-Commerce and online marketing, Dr. Ralph's site is definitely the place to go -- you may get overwhelmed with the knowledge available on his site(s), but you won't be bored.  I can't tell you the number of times I've been hearing tidbits about some new technique or technology, and then I get his Doctor Ebiz weekly newsletter with a full run-down of the subject.  He also has several e-books that are chock-full of reviews on shopping carts, affiliate software programs, email marketing tools, and other great topics.

Both sites and newsletters are worth their weight in gold -- highly recommended :)

recently developed a PayPal

recently developed a PayPal add-in component for Visual Studio.NET.  The ComponentOne PayPal eCommerce control for ASP.NET was featured recently on the Microsoft ASP.NET site.  Nice.

Kevin Hartz is having some

Kevin Hartz is having some success with his startup .  Seems like it's working :)


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for All Your Base fans...

for All Your Base fans...  an AYB Extravaganza
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new word for the day: MemeJacking

got nominated for a

got nominated for a Webby Award. 

congrats Adrian :)