Bookmarks for October 29th

  • InfoQ: Rockstar Memcaching - "In this presentation from RubyFringe, Tobias Lütke talks about memcached, the widely used caching solution. Tobias explains how to use it and gives some practical tips on what not to do. "
  • Never Say “Do More With Less” Again - "We suggest that when budget or headcount reductions are necessary to first say, “we need to do more ON less,” meaning more resources, more staffing, and more focus on fewer initiatives. The result of this approach is a prioritization of the most important and high impact initiatives and getting the new levels of resources focused for delivering results on those top priorities."
  • 2000 feature requests: Our foray into Uservoice - "Question: What do you do with two thousand feature requests sitting in an issue-tracking system?
    Answer: Nothing."
  • Should IT form a union? | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2008-09-04 | By Dan Tynan - "Life for IT workers has never been harsher. Maybe IT should organize and fight back against bosses who demand the impossible and turn to outsourcing as if it were the new scab labor. Then again, maybe not "

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Bookmarks for September 23rd

  • Kirix Strata: Software for Business Analysts - "Kirix Strata is a specialty browser for working with data and the web. Strata gives you the ability to connect to the vast resources on the web as well as your local data, and provides a rich environment for interacting with layers of information on many levels. "
  • Hadoop Map/Reduce Tutorial - "This document comprehensively describes all user-facing facets of the Hadoop Map/Reduce framework and serves as a tutorial. "
  • Database People Hating on MapReduce | High Scalability - "ypical Programmer tackles the technical issues in Relational Database Experts Jump The MapReduce Shark. The culture clash is still what fascinates me."

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Bookmarks for September 12th through September 13th

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