I am proud to announce my series of screencasts on The Cloud and Amazon Web Services. It’s published by the good people at Pragmatic Programmers. “The Cloud” is a buzzword that’s been hyped and overused. We’ll cut through the marketing...
A Kinder, Gentler Apple When Tim Cook took the reigns of Apple, I wondered if that would usher in a kinder, gentler Apple. One of Steve Jobs’ biggest contributions to the Internet was his vendetta against Flash. I wonder if Tim Cook has the same vitriol for a...
I’ll be speaking at this year’s Strata and Hadoop World conference. I’ll be talking about my Million Monkeys project, randomness, and using Hadoop in your business. It’s a great way to learn more about Hadoop. See you...
My original review of Hadoop The Definitive Guide (TDG) was for the 2nd edition. Recently, the 3rd edition was released. I reread the book in its entirety. The new edition covers the latest changes to the 1.x (0.20) and the 2.x (0.23). The book’s examples now...
Things have been pretty quiet around here. A little too quiet. Like all things in life, I got really busy. I changed jobs and I’m a Curriculum Developer and Instructor at Cloudera. I will be teaching people more about Hadoop and its ecosystem. Look for more...
