Meghan Blanchette
Meghan Blanchette is an editor at O'Reilly Media. She has spent the last few years exploring the tech world and tripping into geekdom.
TurboGears Just Keeps Getting Better
A quick look at the open source web framework
Alessandro Molina, is CTO at Axant.it and a member of the TurboGears web framework development team. I recently got the chance to sit down with him to talk about the exciting opportunities TurboGears offers users, how being open source has affected the proejct, and what we should expect next.
- The current focus of the TurboGears dev team is reducing dependencies and making the framework faster! [Discussed at 0:12]
- Yes, TurboGears 2.1 and forward supports MongoDB! [Discussed at 1:56]
- TurboGears make editing code on the fly very easy. [Discussed at 3:45]
- It takes an open source community to raise a web framework. [Discussed at 4:57]
You can view the entire interview in the following video.
Doug Hanks on how the MX series is changing the game
Doug Hanks on how the MX series is changing the game
Doug Hanks (@douglashanksjr) is an O’Reilly author (Juniper MX Series) and a data center architect at Juniper Networks. He is currently working on one of Juniper’s most popular devices – the MX Series. The MX is a routing device that’s optimized for delivering high-density and high-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet services. As you watch the video interview embedded in this post, the data is more than likely being transmitted across the Juniper MX.
We recently sat down to discuss the MX Series and the opportunities it presents. Highlights from our conversation include:
- MX is one of Juniper’s best-selling platforms [Discussed at the 0:32 mark].
- Learn if the MX can help you [Discussed at the 1:00 mark].
- What you need to know before using the MX [Discussed at the 6:40 mark].
- What’s next for Juniper [Discussed at the 9:39 mark].
You can view the entire interview in the following video.
Drupal for Designers
Dani Nordin on what you need to know
Dani Nordin (@danigrrl) is an O’Reilly author (Drupal for Designers) and UX designer.
We sat down recently to catch up on her current projects and her predictions for the future of Drupal design. She shared some best practices for designing, her experiences with a large-scale academic project, and what criteria goes into the Design 4 Drupal Boston event.
Highlights from the conversation include:
- Learn the common pitfalls Drupal designers fall into, along with some tips and tricks to avoid them (hint: Drupal is like a cake recipe) [Discussed at the 0:17 mark].
- How the Berklee College of Music is using Drupal [Discussed at the 5:49 mark].
- The focus for 2013’s Design 4 Drupal Boston [Discussed at the 7:50 mark].
- The ways Drupal 8 could change how designers work [Discussed at the 9:40 mark].
You can view the entire interview in the following video.
Natural language annotation for machine learning
James Pustejovsky and Amber Stubbs on machine learning best practices.
James Pustejovsky (@jamespusto) is an O’Reilly author and professor of computer science at Brandeis. Amber Stubbs (@amber_stubbs) is an O’Reilly author and post doc at SUNY Albany.
We sat down to talk about natural language annotation as it relates to machine learning. James and Amber reviewed methods, best practices, and what they see coming in the future.
Highlights from the conversation include:
- Learn why it is important to create your own corpus for machine learning. [Discussed 20 seconds in.]
- Discover different methods for creating a corpus. [Discussed at the 6:15 mark.]
- Understand the MATTER Annotation Development Process. [Discussed at the 9:58 mark.]
- Hear what James and Amber see coming next for machine learning. [Discussed at the 15:23 mark.]
You can view the entire interview in the following video.
The future of MongoDB
Steve Francia on alternatives to Hadoop and what lies ahead for MongoDB.
Steve Francia (@ spf13) is an O’Reilly author and chief evangelist at 10gen.
Steve and I sat down during the Strata + Hadoop World conference in New York last month to talk about what he’s most excited about nowadays. He focused on alternatives to Hadoop, what we can expect to see next from MongoDB, and the future of big data.
Highlights from the conversation include:
- Discover alternatives to Hadoop. [Discussed 18 seconds in].
- The new features in MongoDB 2.2. [Discussed at the 1:23 mark].
- How being an open source company helps 10gen connect with its users. [Discussed at the 3:09 mark].
- Long-term goals for MongoDB. [Discussed at the 5:10 mark].
- New technologies are enabling all of us to participate in big data. [Discussed at the 7:05 mark].
You can view the entire interview in the following video.