codebits

Teddy in Lisbon

December 1, 2010
Mahout, codebits, Lisbon, teddy

Teddy in Lisbon # After Apache Con I spent a few days in Lisbon for Codebits. The conference is not developers-only. It is more of a mixture of hacking event, conference, exhibition. Though the location was not optimal for giving presentations (large exhibition hall with now a rather noisy presentation area) the whole event brought quite an interesting mixture of people together in one place in the capital of Portugal. ...

Travelling

November 22, 2010
ApacheCon, codebits, Schiphol, General, Lisbon, Apache Con, Software Foundation, Devoxx

Travelling # Currently on my way back from a series of conferences in the past three weeks in the IC from Schiphol. After three weeks of conferences, lots of new input and lots of interesting projects I learned about it is finally time to head back and put the stuff I have learned to good use. View Travelling in a larger map As seems normal with open source conferences I got far more input on interesting projects than I can expect to ever get applied in on a daily basis. ...

Apache Mahout @ Lisbon Codebits

October 31, 2010
Apache Mahout, sapo, codebits, General, Mahout, Software Foundation

Apache Mahout @ Lisbon Codebits # Second week of November I’ll spend a few days in Lisbon - never would have thought that I’d return so quickly when I visited this beautiful city this summer during vacation. I’ll be there for Codebits - thanks to Sapo for inviting me to be there. Back in summer I learned only after I returned to Germany that there was someone form Portugal seeking to meet with other Apache people exactly when I was down there. ...