Notes from the week of 2011-07-17

PayPal X Platform

• Part 5 of my alternative payments series http://bit.ly/jz8cOK compares @Square and Intuit @GoPayment to @PayPalX http://bit.ly/oDtytf #
• Bitcoin, a guide to the future of currency http://zd.net/nmHJ3u via @ptwobrussell on the @PayPalX DevZone blog http://bit.ly/nOA9Ng #
• Intriguing examination of open data, mobile banking, and the app economy in Kenya http://oreil.ly/nIc9yK via @radar #Android #
• Final article in my Alternative Payments series http://bit.ly/rbH9lc cross-compares the @PayPalX Platform to others (includes feature table) #
• Key takeaways from @PayPalX DevZone alternative payment systems series http://bit.ly/nkA2Xc (includes bit.ly bundle of all six articles) #
• Info on the iOSDevCamp at @PayPal HQ http://bit.ly/okrfiz #

Big data

• Free @OReillyMedia Strata online conference http://bit.ly/ncN7VL examined "personal analytics" aka life-logging #bigdata #

APIs and development

• Seven reasons to use Java again http://oreil.ly/qvMDti by @edd on @radar (of course, many of us never stopped, just added other tools too) #
• A rough guide to JVM languages http://oreil.ly/pohl6r via @radar (all hail the power of bytecode!) #

Personal things

• How to pick good chocolate http://bit.ly/nOPsIn via @runnersworld #

Running

• Ran 6.21 miles in 1 hour and 13 mins and 17 secs and felt good. Very hot 10k. http://bit.ly/nNZXZG #
• My training last week: 6 workouts for 17.22 mi and 2437 calories burned http://bit.ly/mTiWGu #
• Ran 5.5 miles in 58 mins and felt good. Yep, still blazing hot. http://bit.ly/r3MC76 #
• Weighing @higdonmarathon "Novice 2" http://bit.ly/qHNcbb vs "Intermediate 1" http://bit.ly/o62UJX marathon training… http://bit.ly/nKAOON #
• I'm thinking of easing into two-a-days with these guidelines http://bit.ly/pWBxIw from @runnersworld #
• Ran 3.67 miles in 40 mins and felt great. Paces 8:34, 8:37, 8:28, 8:25, 8:23, 8:26, 8:47, 8:36, 8:26, and 8:15. http://bit.ly/p1yQop #
• Ran 4 miles in 42 mins and felt good. When will this heat break? Please don't say "October"! http://bit.ly/qxIYke #