Web Crawling Automation
Apart from the various ways you can use PERL, or other scripting languages for Automated Web crawling- this is a…
The enlightening, essential survival application for the iPod…
The enlightening, essential survival application for the iPod touch and iPhone — use auto-location to tell you about all the…
NYC Loves Obama – A closer look (but not too close)
The other day I mentioned Data visualization in conjunction with my blog on the helicopter lesson. Interestingly we almost missed…
Guest Interview with Chris Rasmussen: Looking at Government 2.0 Social Tools
Four months ago, amid a summary of Uncle Sam’s social networking applications used by the U.S. Intelligence Community, I mentioned…
Looking Back at 14 Years of White House Website Designs…in Pictures
There’s been a lot of talk over the past week about the new look of WhiteHouse.gov, from its blue hues…
Are You Watching the Watchers?
I am not a parent but when I think back to my youth, I remember asking questions. I remember asking…
SSD and DB usage
Image via Wikipedia Recently I have seen several articles about Solid State Drives (SSD) and some articles are picking 2009…
Apple, DRM & Content Protection
Image via CrunchBase The music industries decision to do away with DRM, which has lead to Apple’s ability to offer…
What is Hadoop?
Image via CrunchBase Ok so you are setting out to build the next Google and are considering using a Map/Reduce…
Kickfire: Data Analytics for the Masses
You may not realize it, but the data analytics market is buzzing. There are new vendors emerging, new products popping…