It is sometimes difficult for SQL users to learn Pig because their mind is used to working in SQL. In this tutorial, examples of various SQL statements are shown, and then translated into Pig statements.

Lately, I've gotten interested in the Twitter stream. Last weekend, I hooked up a desktop to download the stream for about ten hours on Friday. I did two main things. First, I just took a look at the data, and what it has in it. Then, I applied TF-IDF to my personal tweets in an effort to see if I could find new tweets based on my tweet stream.

Unfortunately, there is not much built in support for PyFacebook in Google App Engine, and very few tutorials about it. This is a brief tutorial to explain how to get Facebook Connect working with Google App Engine.

I recently found the need to sort by value (intead of key) in Hadoop. Essentially, I wanted the reducer's values iterator to be sorted. There seem to be almost no docs, tutorials, or examples (that I could find) on the net for this.

After attending ICWSM this year, and talking to some folks from Digg, I got interested in comparing Digg to Twitter. The question that I wanted to answer was: Has Twitter made Digg obsolete?

My notes on the Hadoop Summit '09 conference in Santa Clara this year. The conference was very energetic, and Hadoop's momentum is undeniable.

I attended the International Conference for Web and Social Media (ICWSM) this year. I was left with a few lasting impressions, and some exciting papers to read.

This example outlines how to get GPS working on a real BlackBerry Storm using Verizon Wireless with GPS and data services enabled.

My sister approached me recently with a collaborative project idea. She was working on a paper about E.E. Cummings' collection of poems entitled "1 X 1", and wanted to visualize the work.

Walkthrough showing how to setup the Eclipse IDE to develop for the BlackBerry Storm (9530).

This coding tutorial shows how to develop a login screen for the iPhone. I walk through the complete process of creating and designing a basic iPhone screen. Concepts include the Xcode IDE, Objective C, the iPhone Cocoa UI SDK, Controllers, Outlets, and more.