Upcoming conference on node.js

March 15, 2012
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Just signed up for node.ph, on April 23rd 2012. Looking forward to learning more about this event-driven framework and how to apply to business challenges. Schedule of events includes Introduction to the event-driven I/O framework that is changing that way we think about developing web applications. Fully loaded Node! Lloyd Hilaiel will explain how to [...]

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Reflections on Innovation and recent opinion piece in NY Times

March 14, 2012

People often ask me about what metrics I would use to evaluate an organization’s level of “innovation”. Depending on how well I know that person, I sometimes flippantly respond with a question (or two; the first one being the more important one): Has the organization recently created an “Innovation Center” or team? This is usually [...]

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Cloudera Hadoop Developer Training- Is it Worth it?

March 2, 2012

Is Cloudera Developer Training for Apache Hadoop worth it? I just finished the Cloudera Developer Training for Apache Hadoop course, and passed the Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop exam. I am feeling good about passing the certification exam on the first try, but have some mixed feelings, primarily around: is it worth the course [...]

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Cloudera Hadoop Developer Training: Day 1

February 28, 2012

Cloudera Hadoop Developer Training: First Impressions Just wrapped the first day of Cloudera Hadoop Developer Training… so far so good! Training lasts 4 days, with the option to take the Certification Exam within 30 days of course completion. Apparently the exam policy is changing in the next couple of months. Right now, the exam is [...]

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Crowdsourcing solutions for healthcare industry – Kaggle and the $3M Heritage Health Prize

March 28, 2011

Heritage launched the $3 million Heritage Health Prize with one goal in mind: to develop a breakthrough algorithm that uses available patient data, including health records and claims data, to predict and prevent unnecessary hospitalizations. Heritage believes that incentivized competition – one that includes the involvement of those with passionate minds that don’t know what [...]

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Large-Scale Data Storage and Processing for Scientists with Hadoop

March 28, 2011

Great overview of Hadoop and related “big-data” tools Large-Scale Data Storage and Processing for Scientists with Hadoop View more presentations from Evert Lammerts

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Launch of DAVIDphoto.co

March 20, 2011

Just wanted to let everyone know I launched a new photo website! It’s simple, showcasing only 20 photos. The rest can be seen on my flickr stream. Thanks for viewing!

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ARO Mobile – Finally “truly intelligent” smart phone software…

October 28, 2010

Here’s an idea my friends and I have been kicking around for a while… turns out another bunch of (well-funded, well-connected) people have been secretly working on this in the meantime…. So what is Aro? Currently, it’s a piece of software that runs on top of Google’s mobile Android OS. But it’s not just another [...]

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David Beach’s Blog: Developing for Android

September 9, 2010

Like it or not, Android is huge. Creating an open source mobile platform was one of the smarter things Google has done. It's too bad that they haven't done that great of a job doing it. Android has succeeded despite Google. In fact it's safe to say that Android is successful for one primary reason. [...]

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GDC 2010: Ngmoco’s Neil Young on how freemium will change the App Store world

September 9, 2010

interesting article on freemium model for mobile app development He and his company decided that an app was a trade with customers — customers would pay money to have the company fill out their free time. And that’s how the company attached itself to the concept of DAUs. DAUs, explained Young, are “daily active uniques” [...]

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