Notes from the week of 2011-09-25

RunKeeper and the Health Graph API

• "Beers, Brilliance, and Baby Tooth" http://t.co/bZlQHS8P @RunKeeper hackathon recap from @sarahhodges #
• Another @RunKeeper hackathon write-up http://t.co/sktfk5ew (this one from @terriblelabs) including video of the event http://t.co/YBxAAPUQ #
• The future of health and fitness http://t.co/7qJt6iT3 and @runkeeper & the @healthgraphapi within it from @thenextweb via @sarahhodges #
• Health 2.0 organizers: Please post video of your data utility layer session http://t.co/Y73YeAdG (@runkeeper CEO @jjacobs22 speaking) #
• "What you need to know about the @HealthGraphAPI" http://t.co/KbmhKSly from a @RunKeeper hackathon attendee #
• 2ndQuadrant case study of @runkeeper http://t.co/0iwnClcW (PDF) #
• Love Fourguide's integration of @runkeeper and @foursquare via @healthgraphapi http://t.co/SpgFOpzb (get it here http://t.co/8uvZImu1 ) #
• Two @runkeeper meetup groups that are crushing it http://t.co/SzLr6AOt via @sarahhodges (way to go OKC!) #

PayPal X Platform

• A history of microfinance and crowdfunding http://t.co/GCgjn23X via @mashable #
• Note to @X_commerce developers: New X site structure broke some previous URLs, be sure to search by title / cc @PayPalX @eBayDev @Magento #
• My latest on the @PayPalX, @eBayDev, and @Magento combined @X_commerce vision for shopping and payments http://t.co/f9AqMlvj #
• Developer details on the Google+ API launching for public data http://t.co/yNHjGJaO via @PayPalX @X_commerce blog #
• iPhone vs Android sales from an indie developer http://t.co/Ut5HLOAA via my @PayPalX @X_commerce blog #
• From my @PayPalX @X_commerce blog: @Square adoption and the bigger mobile payments opportunity http://t.co/V6CJPwbK #
• New @X_commerce blog post: Innovate conference speakers and tracks http://t.co/VHk5dacd / cc @PayPalX @Magento @eBayDev #

Big data

• To do: Try out the Pandas #Python data analysis toolkit http://t.co/cQsNY3eF #

APIs and development

• Researchers successfully hack SSL http://t.co/njh1f7vO (and use their trojan to decrypt a @PayPal authentication cookie, no less) #
• How to supercharge your favorite web apps with If-This-Then-That http://t.co/buwzbqQQ (easier than it sounds) #
• Note to self: Setup tweet-to-Google+ as soon as there's a G+ IfTTT channel supporting that action #
• “Your API is not a website!” @apigee webinar video and slides http://t.co/NAthF352 #
• "Thinking like a platform…helps your business prepare for disruptive forces you cannot possibly predict" http://t.co/V9MUOavK #

Personal things

• Discussion of Discovery's art & science teams for social media http://t.co/qtBGUHLz #
• How @VirginGalactic plans to open space travel to the masses http://t.co/ubpzl16i #
• On having very few company policies (read the topic posts linked at end) http://t.co/bPGuQYsb #
• Sequencing startup DNA http://t.co/BOZzQT9U on @linkedin (I love the founders age at first startup and where they come from stats) #
• Tonight I'm a kid again: Dad just gave me one of my favorite childhood toys, missing 25+ yrs, which he just found. http://t.co/SVrmlRar #
• File this under "do, or do not" – RT @bryce: Three Simple Rules in Life http://t.co/3bvnkKJ4 #
• Innovation is the way out of this jobs mess, @fredwilson is spot-on http://t.co/bD7Hsu2M #
• MBA Mondays from @fredwilson now available via audio http://t.co/MB7jWN11 #
• Look! It's Fall!!! http://t.co/3tQ09ib5 #

Running

• 5.24mi easy run after 1wk off for knee, some walking esp at end. http://t.co/DvNnA7lu #RunKeeper #
• Fall colors were just starting to appear as I ran along our hill on this beautiful September morning. http://t.co/eVbZ8wCe #
• Cool evening 4.44mi run pushing our toddler. Great fun together calling out cars, planes, and a helicopter. http://t.co/jUMGGHw1 #RunKeeper #
• 13.1mi long run, first since knee, took it very easy. http://t.co/0oOI93su #RunKeeper #