Notes from the week of 2011-05-29

PayPal X Platform

• My latest @PayPalX DevZone post: Capture checks to @PayPal on #Android http://bit.ly/lqA77y #
• Bart Eisenberg wrote a great @PayPalX article http://bit.ly/l3YRss interviewing me, @appbackr, @rentalic, @kabbageinc, and @plasticjungle #
• Here's a very nice introduction to Android in-app payment options from Google and @PayPalX http://bit.ly/myb3Ks by @ppalavilli #
• How will Google answer @PayPalX and Fig Card, @Square, and ISIS? Google Wallet, details at http://bit.ly/jiftuR #
• PayPal files lawsuit to protect trade secrets http://bit.ly/lv10lD (official statement via the @PayPal Blog) #
• Good news @PayPalX developers: In-app payments on Android using MPL now works for tablets too http://bit.ly/k2bSoi via @ppalavilli #
• How @PayPal sees @Square http://bit.ly/jWUui2 from @FastCompany #

Big data

• An introduction to machine learning http://bit.ly/lkJc5C from @hmason via @oreillymedia #

Wireless and mobility

• Top 10 ways #iOS outdoes #Android http://lifehac.kr/jkb8yc from @lifehacker #
• Dead iPhone power button -> new iPhone 4 -> bookmarking iPhone tips and tricks http://bit.ly/mdl0No #

Personal things

• Weather channel perspective on this year's deadly tornadoes http://bit.ly/jqXOPY #
• My wife has a colleague whose family lives in Joplin. Thank the Lord they are ok, but their house was destroyed. Praying for MO… #
• How many days in your life do you get to feed an elephant and get up close to a rhino too? For me, one and counting! http://t.co/RQsCscy #

Running

• Ran 3.26 miles in 34 mins and felt great. Recovery 5k as I get back into training for the Turkey Track Trail … http://dailymile.com/e/UaWq #
• Ran 6.03 miles in 1 hour and 3 mins and 4 secs and felt great. 4×1.0mi intervals with 8:48, 9:02, 8:39, and 1… http://dailymile.com/e/UnS0 #
• How to put the hammer down on your competition with a well timed surge http://bit.ly/m6N8y3 via @runnersworld #
• To do: Jump rope regularly and other "switch hits" http://bit.ly/ivkByA via @runnersworld #
• Ran 5.63 miles in 54 mins and felt great. Muggy tempo run. http://dailymile.com/e/Uyj5 #