January 6, 2010
How much of Scrum is implemented? # I have started using Scrum for various purposes: It has inspired the way software is developed at my current employer. I use it to organize a students’ project at university. In addition we are using it at home to get all personal tasks (preparing breakfast, doing the laundry, meeting with friends…) in line for each week.
Constantly looking for ways to evaluate, refine and improve work - I am also looking for ideas on how to evaluate which aspects of the Scrum implementation can actually be improved.
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January 5, 2010
Third “December Hadoop Get Together” video online # In the following video taken at the last Hadoop Get Together in Berlin Jörg Möllenkamp explains why Hadoop is interesting for Sun - and why Sun Hardware might be a good fit for Hadoop applications:
Hadoop Jörg Möllenkamp from Isabel Drost on Vimeo.
In a blog post published after the event, Jörg gives more details on his idea of Parasitic Hadoop he introduced at the meetup.
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January 3, 2010
Second December Hadoop Get Together video # Richard Hutton from nugg.ad explained how they scaled their ad recommendation system to an increasing number of users with the help of Hadoop. To learn more on their use case and details on which problems they solved with Hadoop, watch the video below:
Hadoop Richard Hutton from Isabel Drost on Vimeo.
December 31, 2009
With a little help from my friends # The end of the year 2009 is quickly approaching. To me it feels a little like it ran away far too quickly. So instead of taking part in the annual review of past events, I would like to use it as an opportunity to say thank you: The past twelve months were a lot of fun with lots of interesting, nice people from all over the world.
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December 31, 2009
First December Apache Hadoop Berlin video online # The video of Nikolaus’ Pohle’s talk at the December Apache Hadoop Get Together Berlin is online already - more to come soon.
hadoop nikolaus pohle from Isabel Drost on Vimeo.
Thanks to Martin from newthinking for video taping and uploading. Thanks to StudiVZ for sponsoring the video.
December 26, 2009
Screws are out # Before:Some time in between:After:
On December 22nd those screws got taken out of my knee: Early in the morning (early as in arrive at 6:45am) I was to be at the hospital. In return I was allowed to go home the same day in the afternoon: Finally some time for reading and refining MAHOUT-85 ;)
December 18, 2009
Winter arrived at Berlin # Finally winter seems to have arrived at Berlin as well:
Looks a little like Christmas is drawing closer. Only disadvantage of the weather: One of the breaks of my bike was frozen after very few minutes. Luckily for me, my bike has one of those old-fashioned back pedal brakes ;)
December 16, 2009
Summary - December Get Together # Today the seventh Apache Hadoop Get Together took place in Berlin. The room was again packed with more than 40 people from various companies with and without practical experience with Hadoop: There were people from Nokia Gate 5, Sun, nurago, StudiVZ, Dawanda, Last.fm, nugg.ad. There were people from academia, e.g. HPI Potsdam. And a few Freelancers interested in the topic or providing help with Hadoop.
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December 16, 2009
On Thursday: Open Hadoop User Group Munich # If one evening of Apache Hadoop is not enough for you: The next Christmas Meetup in Germany takes place one day later in Munich.
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When: Thursday December 17, 2009 at 5:30pm open end
Where: eCircle AG, Nymphenburger Straße 86, 80636 München (“Bruckmann” Building, “U1 Mailinger Str”, map in German http://www.ecircle.com/de/kontakt/anfahrt.html and look for the signs)
Talks scheduled by Bob and Lars:
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December 14, 2009
On Wednesday: December Apache Hadoop @ Berlin # This week on Wednesday at 5p.m. the December Hadoop Get Together takes place in newthinking store Berlin.
Talks scheduled so far:
Richard Hutton (nugg.ad): “Moving from five days to one hour.” Jörg Möllenkamp (Sun): “Hadoop on Sun” Nikolaus Pohle (nurago): “M/R for MR - Online Market Research powered by Apache Hadoop. Enable consultants to analyze online behavior for audience segmentation, advertising effects and usage patterns.
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