Installing HBase on Windows
HBase is a distributed, column-oriented store, modeled after Google’s BigTable. HBase is built on top of Hadoop for its MapReduce and distributed file system implementation. All these projects are...
View ArticleCloud computing in plain English
Ever wondered what cloud computing is all about? What is the rationale behind everything as a service? Are you getting dizzy from all the terms and acronyms? rPath has made a very fun video about it,...
View ArticleAtom for ReST Data Representation
During the last weeks, I’ve been designing an architecture for a new application that’ll have to live in the cloud. Of course a ReSTful API comes as a natural fit. I must confess that I fell in love...
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Kindle … 1st impression
As Christmas gift, I received an Amazon Kindle from my loving family. Thank you all! Amazon Kindle The amazon Kindle is an electronic book reading device, that spurts wireless connectivity to, amongst...
View ArticleDesign Driven Development
Anybody that is working on software engineering, software development and/or agile methodologies, will be very interested in the ideas from the Design Driven Development (D3) website. Premise The...
View ArticleScrum Guide
Just thought I’d share … Yesterday, I came across a nice piece of reading material for everyone interested in Scrum as agile methodology. The Scrum Guide by Ken Schwaber on ScrumAlliance is a condense...
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MIT Personas, more than a stunning data mining and -visualization project
By way of some interweb connections, I also came across this amazing MIT project, Personas. It’s actually quite a strange thing, that leaves you pondering about a few things internet related. To quote...
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Mysterious parcel delivered
Itchy itchy itchy … must refrain not to get my cutter out … Mysterious parcel delivered
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Mobile Camp Brussels 2010
Some weeks ago I heard some echos over the twitter channel about #mcbxl. On Saturday, May 8th, 2010, the first edition of MobileCamp Brussels would be organized by some guys that I was following. I...
View ArticleThe Fifth Conference
As mentioned on their website, The Fifth Conference is a platform for vision, innovation and entrepreneurship. They publish a quarterly journal, organise events and make their website. On Wednesday...
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