Notes from the week of 2011-05-01

PayPal X Platform

• New @PayPalX series: "Integrating Payments into WordPress, Part 1: Features and Getting Started" http://bit.ly/fGwYea #
• Part 2 of my "Integrating Payments into WordPress" series focuses on @PayPalX plugins http://bit.ly/e3DlIm #
• Comments from @factual CEO in "An iTunes model for data" http://oreil.ly/jqePgT echo my @PayPalX data markets series http://bit.ly/ecZ3Rm #
• How @PayPal can help Where close the loop from mobile intent to purchase http://tcrn.ch/l36Tcc (eBay is acquiring Where) #
• This week I solicited input on @PayPalX & payments pain points http://bit.ly/hI2kGO and WordPress http://bit.ly/lzd5U2 #
• Who will corner the market on mobile card readers? http://bit.ly/m4pa1O @Square, Intuit GoPayment, or someone else? (via @PayPalX DevZone) #
• Thoughts from @gigaom on the p2p economy http://bit.ly/mj5t4b (more to think about RE my @Square @PayPalX post http://bit.ly/lYklw8) #

Wireless and mobility

• Mobile flops article http://bit.ly/eow82W from @infoworld provides a nice summary of how we got to the dominance of iOS and Android #

APIs and development

• Auto-checkin app wins @factual hackathon http://bit.ly/inXY6d via @programmableweb #

Personal things

• It's nice to see Google buying wind energy for its new Oklahoma data center http://bit.ly/dUmns1 but I wonder about transmission efficiency #

Running

• Ran 9.3 miles in 1 hour and 31 mins and felt great. My weekend long run, a couple of days late when the sun f… http://dailymile.com/e/SLJE #
• The skinny on how much carbs and protein, and when, an athlete should consume http://bit.ly/kzo6Wy via @activenetwork #
• Ran 3.36 miles in 29 mins and felt great. Tempo run, 8:45 peak sustained pace. http://dailymile.com/e/SYpm #
• Ran 2.28 miles in 23 mins. 6×0.25mi intervals w/ paces 7:41, 7:29, 7:39, 7:43, 7:51, and 7:10. http://dailymile.com/e/Sd1m #
• Ran 3.53 miles in 47 mins and felt great. Family walk/run pushing the stroller. Yearling deer near the road. http://dailymile.com/e/ShPZ #