Plotting Good Things in Portland :: pdxbridge.js / WTF Databases /

Several people got together yesterday to start planning things for 2014 in PDX. It ranged from coding workshops to PDX Node to Node PDX to what kind of food to eat at for lunch. Ya know, daily tactical things that come along with the big picture items. 😉 Two things that I want to bring... Continue reading →

In Portland, Work With Data? Happy Data Hour…

Happy Data Hour is happening this Thursday, I just stumbled upon it and met the organizers and others. It will be a top group of fun people talking about all sorts of modern data ideas, advances and related topics. In addition, drinks are on the organizers of Keen.io and Digital Ocean. I hear that (and... Continue reading →

PDX Cloud – A Question Posed.

I attended the PDX Cloud meeting to present, but more to ask a question. Here’s how I posed that question (slide deck at the bottom of this blog entry). I frame the scenario of the distributed development world of cloud computing, dive into the vertical world of enterprise dev and then throw down the big... Continue reading →

It’s Happening Again, Seattle Code Camp!

I’ve got two presentations happening this year at Seattle Code Camp! Are you signed up? If not, hit this and get signed up ASAP: https://seattlecodecamp2013.eventbrite.com/ My two presentations are: Distributed Databases – An Introduction to Riak Presenter:Adron Hall I’ll dive in with a quick definition and context of what distributed databases are. From there we’ll... Continue reading →