Augusto Becciu - Comments

Spock Proxy supports range-based horizontal paritioning of a large MySQL database. The proxy intercepts SQL queries from the client, sends queries to the correct databases based on how the database is partitioned, then aggregates the results from each database and returns them to the client as a regular MySQL result set. - Augusto Becciu

Adewale Oshineye posted a message on Jaiku

“Trying to organise a Google Tech Talk on Erlang, AMQP and RabbitMQ. What would people be interested in hearing the LShift guys talk about?”

August 15 at 6:38 am - Link

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awesome! I would be great if the talk includes a tutorial on how to use the rabbitmq xmpp gateway and show some integration with ejabberd. - Augusto Becciu via twhirl

Thanks. They only have 60 minutes so there won't be enough time for a tutorial. However I'm going to ask them to cover the XMPP gateway. - Adewale Oshineye

I don't know anything about any of these, but will check it out. - Steve Weis

Alexander van Elsas posted an entry on Alexander van Elsas's Weblog on new media & technologies and their effect on social behavior

Why you would pay for a great web service

August 4 at 12:01 am - Link

Jon Price, Dobromir Hadzhiev, TechBase and 21 other people liked this

Best example: 37Signals. - Mohit

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Another interesting one: Flickr? - Alexander van Elsas

I pay for Smugmug and Twitterrific. - Robert Scoble

I would pay for smugmug, 37signals, bitbucket and many other great services. - Augusto Becciu via twhirl

I didn't actually write it down, but I also wonder if there is a group of mainstream users that will pay a reasonable amount for a service regardless of free alternatives. The reason for this could be that they (unlike early adopters) don't want to spent time to find and try free alternatives - Alexander van Elsas

I pay for Yahoo!Mail ($20/yr for clean POP access), Picasa ($20/yr for 10 GB storage), 1and1.com ($5/month for business website). Still using Blogger for free blogs, but may switch in the future for better designs. - Mitchell Tsai

I pay for last.fm and flickr. The company I work for uses basecamp extensively. - Gez

I pay for Google Sites, Picasa (extra storage), Genealogy.com (although a bit pricey, it provides great resources for research), and LinkedIn (b/c as an independent consultant it is the absolute best networking tool, and I want it to succeed). Although the sites who offer a free trial but require a credit card upfront, and then make it impossible to cancel without a phone call...yeah, I can do without those. - cjmart

I pay for flickr. I used to upload a lot of photos there (not as much anymore). $24/year for unlimited storage seems very reasonable to me. And the fact that they have such a nice API so my photos are not locked away if I want to use them made the idea of supporting them financially much more appealing. - Lindsay Donaghe

I pay for Smugmug,Yahoo mail for Pop and Remember the Milk. - Henry Burger via twhirl

I'm thinking of paying for SmugMug, but haven't decided yet. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

I think it really comes down to whether the service is good enough and close to best of breed. - Rob Diana

basecamp, icontact - Jason Goldberg

I've got to think Flickr has the highest number of paid subscribers of any pure-web service. They provide a good service that's useful for free, but if you want to be a serious user you have to move up to pro. There's a good lesson there for all of us in monetizing a web service... Oh, and it's not open source ;) - Jason Carreira

Totally agree with this post. Another reason to pay : a dollar is a vote for a company you belive in. If you insist on free, you aren't really supporting anything but the failed ad only business model of web 1.0. - Jason Kaneshiro

Jason, but it is weird that a LOT of current web 2.0 companies use that 1.0 business model? - Alexander van Elsas

@Alexander, isn't it weird that a LOT of current web 2.0 companies aren't making any money? ;) - Jason Carreira

@Jason I know, but I fail to understand why so many new startups enter that same death grip. Is it pressure from investors, advertisers, fame? - Alexander van Elsas

Too many Web 2.0 startups are built on a cool technical idea with no business plan behind it. - Jason Carreira

Augusto Becciu posted a message on Twitter

“@sulzberger se come el 70% de cpu/memoria y crashea todo el tiempo... Llegue al limite de mi paciencia”

July 30 at 10:32 am - Link

Lo de los recursos es muy cierto. Me parece raro lo del crach, a mi no me pasa nunca, y tenemos el mismo OS - Matias Sulzberger

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Yo tengo promedio 50 tabs abiertos todo el tiempo... Y opera hasta ahora parece ser mucho mas estable y eficiente para ese tipo de uso - Augusto Becciu via twhirl

Yo vi gráficos de uso de memoria y supuestamente FF3 era el mejor, pero nunca se sabe. A mi Opera me gusta, el problema que los plugins de FF hace que no lo pueda dejar, tengo demasiados y me gustan! - Matias Sulzberger

Muy cierto, yo lo que mas extraño es el plugin de del.icio.us... Pero los bookmarklets ayudan bastante.. - Augusto Becciu via twhirl

Yo para todas las 2.0 uso Shareahlic, así tengo uno solo y me sirve para todos. Pero los greasemonkey scripts y esas cosas las perdes. Ni hablar de Firebug - Matias Sulzberger

DeWitt Clinton posted a link

Google hates XML - O'Reilly XML Blog

July 11 at 11:10 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Erhan Erdogan, Stuart Woodward, Deepak and 5 other people liked this

Two for one day. Ric, please see this long thread: http://friendfeed.com/e/e955f7.... Google does not hate XML. : ) - DeWitt Clinton via Bookmarklet

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And ... I responded. http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/... - DeWitt Clinton

:) The Google vs. XML meme is taking on a life of its own... - Vlado Handziski

protbuf or thrift are definitly useful for internal services where XML is just overkill. - Augusto Becciu via twhirl

Type "google hates xml" in any search engine and see that Google has indexed my post in less than TWO HOURS. Google ROCKS. - ric johnson

Well I tried a couple of search engines and only 1 had indexed your post: http://uk.ask.com/web?q=%22goo... and http://uk.search.yahoo.com/sea... - Adewale Oshineye

If someone makes an XML serialisation format that has comparable performance I shall be _very_ surprised. For the record I'm a big fan of XStream: http://xstream.codehaus.org/ which is the nearest equivalent. - Adewale Oshineye

I posted a new blog in response: http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/... - i would be interested in your view. sorry for the oblique insults (or not so oblique) - ric johnson

I'm afraid I read your post and all the name-calling made me feel very tired. If you're sorry for the insults then why use them? It just guarantees that you'll draw the most negative parts of your readership into commenting. - Adewale Oshineye

"I bet I could make XML run circles around their system just by simplifying their schema." I'd take that bet. - Nick Lothian

it would seem that this is a wierdly inflammatory subject: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2... - Robin Barooah

I remain so confused by the hostility toward protobufs and why people think it is being promoted as an XML replacement. You typically wouldn't use XML in the places Google uses protobufs, so...? - DeWitt Clinton

DeWitt - Protocol buffer are KEWL but why did you invent a whole GNU format? It looks like JSON would have server you better for the proto files. I really do not understand. - ric johnson

Hmm. The .proto file format is a DSL designed to concisely and unambiguously describe the structure of a protocol buffer. How would wrapping that in a string-based key/value dictionary format help? Perhaps we would understand your position better if you gave some examples of .protos as you would like them to be described in JSON. If you have time, perhaps propose a better way to express the example .proto at (http://protobuf.googlecode.com...)? - DeWitt Clinton

Ric, looking at ASCII and binary Protobufs side by side, the binary versions are 1/3 the size and take a fraction of the time to process. The comparison against JSON doesn't make any sense for large scales or high-performance environments. Google invented a whole new format because they had to, not for fun. - Steve Weis

Don MacAskill posted a message on Twitter

“HOLY AWESOMENESS BATMAN! SmugShot is *#1* on the 'What's Hot' tab in the new App Store on my phone!$!@$#$!@##$!@”

July 10 at 8:31 am - Link

Jesse Wolgamott, Martin Buhr, Kevin Scott and Augusto Becciu liked this

Man this was a nice thing to wake up to. Everyone go give it a whirl (free trial right from the app, even if you don't use SmugMug) and let me know what you think! - Don MacAskill

Congrats Don!!! You abosolutely diserve it. - Augusto Becciu via twhirl

Works in iPod Touches, too. So just grab iTunes 7.7 and update your phone/ipod and away you go. It's free, of course. :) - Don MacAskill

Rock on! - Martin Buhr

David Spark favorited a video on YouTube

craziest skateboard video ever

July 9 at 9:00 am - Link

Anthony, Nick Munson, Tim Aldiss and 13 other people liked this

YouTube at its best. - Robert Scoble

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Skateboarding meets Parkour - Toby Graham

amazing - Morgan

I'd like to know how many broken bones went into the making of that. - Paul Grav

That last one, is just insane.. - Simon Wicks

AWESOME!!!! - Augusto Becciu via twhirl

These guys are crazy! Especially the last one. - Giorgio Pingiotti via twhirl

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Startup Warrior

June 23 at 2:13 pm - Link

StartupWarrior shows the locations of computer technology companies across the globe. Use the map to find a startup job, explore your neighborhood, or decide where you should start your own company. - Augusto Becciu

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Startup Warrior

June 23 at 2:13 pm - Link

StartupWarrior shows the locations of computer technology companies across the globe. Use the map to find a startup job, explore your neighborhood, or decide where you should start your own company. - Augusto Becciu

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[greenlet] Lightweight concurrent programming

June 20 at 1:37 pm - Link

The "greenlet" package is a spin-off of Stackless, a version of CPython that supports micro-threads called "tasklets". Tasklets run pseudo-concurrently (typically in a single or a few OS-level threads) and are synchronized with data exchanges on "channels - Augusto Becciu

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[greenlet] Lightweight concurrent programming

June 20 at 1:37 pm - Link

The "greenlet" package is a spin-off of Stackless, a version of CPython that supports micro-threads called "tasklets". Tasklets run pseudo-concurrently (typically in a single or a few OS-level threads) and are synchronized with data exchanges on "channels - Augusto Becciu

Jeremy Zawodny posted an entry on Jeremy Zawodny's blog

Leaving Yahoo!

June 12 at 6:42 am - Link

accesine, Jeremiah Owyang, Diana Valerini and 73 other people liked this

Good luck at your new gig! - Phil Glockner

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From somebody who's Internet experience has been heavily influenced by you (you were one of the first blogs I ever followed), best of luck and I look forward to seeing the results of your new opportunity! - Damon via twhirl

yahoo won't be the same without you.. :( - Augusto Becciu via twhirl

Just to hope you all good to your new work, whatever it is. - Daniel Schildt

Where are you going? Anywhere we've heard of? - Tony Ruscoe

Jeremy. Good luck. I can only echo what Damon said above - Deepak

good luck - Andreas Gohr

shocked to know that u'r leaving. good luck. - Jansen Lu via twhirl

:) - Sarath via Alert Thingy

shocked. And happy for you :) - John Mueller

woo. crazy. all the best to you. - Josh via twhirl

Congrats on a huge move, and all the best, Jeremy. You'll be deeply missed as a Yahoo, even by those of us that don't work there. - DeWitt Clinton

Welcome to the ex-Yahoo club, Jeremy, and congratulations on the move. Looking forward to seeing what comes next for you. - Ryan Kuder

Congrats! - Ginger Makela

Best of luck! - Mike Reynolds

Who's the next lucky one to hire you!? :) - directeur

Good luck! - Matt Wood

Reading this in Friendfeed. Doesn't seem appropriate to "like" it. More "ackknowledge that it is news". You seemed like a force for good in a good company Jeremy. - Scott Koon via twhirl

Congratulations ;) What's next ? Google or Own project ;) - David Berrebi via twhirl

@Jeremy startup please!! ;-) - Erhan Erdogan

He said a 'smaller' company. So that rules out Google. - Adewale Oshineye

Best of luck Jeremy ! - Charlie Anzman

Good luck Jeremy, can't wait to see what your up to next. - Barry Schwartz

Wow! All the best man! - Robert Cooper via twhirl

Wow! Good luck Jeremy! - Niranjan Tulpule

The problem with having an ! in your company name is people always sound so excited when they write about leaving - Christian Anderson

oh, dear. - edythe

Good Luck, Jeremy. - Krishnan Hussein Subraman

All the best to you Jeremy....I'm looking forward to the next chapter. in your book. - Jerry Chacon

Good luck and thank you for your great work at Yahoo! I always enjoyed the developer video podcasts you did. - Lars Trieloff

After Yahoo-Google deal day; I understand better why more than 59 people have "Like"d a leaving post :-) - Erhan Erdogan

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apt-get install wife

May 23 at 8:45 am - Link

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heh - Jeremy Zawodny

LOL - Augusto Becciu via twhirl

always use "-s" first ;) - 9000

gem install wife - Kevin Johnson via twhirl

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“Open FriendFeed call. Who is on FriendFeed who I have NOT subscribed to yet? You know how to let me know.”

May 7 at 7:40 pm - Link

Rob Diana, Mark Dykeman, Franklin Pettit and 38 other people liked this

I'm not sure if this is how I let you know, but I'm here and super new to this. - Johnny Baker

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You're not following me, yet. ;-) - Jordan Hofker

You are not following me yet... I am open to be converted :-) - bankwatch

Robert Scoble is not subscribed to me - Shey

I don't think you are following me... - elroy via twhirl

You're not following me http://friendfeed.com/merrycri... - Mary Wehrle

I have yet to be microscobelized. - Sean O

How can I find out if you've subscribed to my FriendFeed? - Lawrence Liu via twhirl

According to the little bubble, not me. Even though you said the other day I was being added to the World Wide Talk Show. ;-) Oops, can't press Enter for a newline. What I was going to say, prior to the Post button getting unexpectedly pressed, is that I cannot imagine following 20,000 (or even some fraction of that) on FF. It's gotta be tough as it is on Twitter. - Joanmarie

Guessing that comments are the way to let you know :) - Jed White

Not following me! - brian junyor

I'm on both FF and twitter. :) http://friendfeed.com/oheresy - Beau Liening

I just joined FF because of you - Louis Bourque

Scobleize me. - Scott Edward Anderson

You're quick. Thanks for the follow. - Jordan Hofker

Letting you know. :-) - Ray Grieselhuber

someone said this was the line for the cattle call? - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Never mind. I can see ur FF subscriptions on ur FF webpage. Ur already sub'd to my FF. :-) - Lawrence Liu via twhirl

also all comment owners in here; add the others at the list : ) this is a may 8th; human feed day! ; ) - Erhan Erdogan

You are not following me yet. Ready for Scobleization. - Michael Pardee

http://friendfeed.com/digidigo - David Clements

Present. You're not following me on FF yet. - Oliver Ortega Chua

OK, it took me a disturbingly long time to figure out how to see IF you were following me, but I believe you are not. - Elisa Camahort Page

Aye! - cmiper

You're not following me with your software but you're following me with your subconscious. - Akiva Moskovitz

You aren't following me on FF yet. And I'm friends with Corvida! lol - Phil Glockner

You should be following me on FF and Twitter. I'm hurt Robert. Very hurt. - MikeonTV

http://friendfeed.com/jasonbez... - Jason Bezerra

I have not be Scobleized. - Stanton Champion

[watching as Scoblization Ray passes overhead] My God, it's full of blogs -- - Karim

You're not following me, but I understand because people who do frequently get lost. ;) - Michael Dragone

I'm soo ronery ;)...http://friendfeed.com/lebard - Jeremy

I think you just found a way to unite FriendFeeders. Lots of new people to follow now :) - Shey

Wow you're fast! Truly a blogging god among men/women. - Stanton Champion

oooo ooo mr Kottah! mr. Kottah! you're not following me. ;) - Sean Reiser

Last time I checked you weren't following me :) - Larry Rubin

not subscribed to me yet - ben bloch

okay...sign me up...and, thanks for shopping - Michael

http://friendfeed.com/gcn - Gabriel N.

You are not subscribed to me on FF yet - Jeff

whell while ur at it - Mrinal Wadhwa via Alert Thingy

Sent mine to ya on Twitter... - Jason Nielubowicz

Mee https://friendfeed.com/vialls - Steve Tunstall

http://friendfeed.com/trancemi... - TranceMist

Always enjoy your posts, Robert. I'm http://friendfeed.com/brentnew... - Brent Newhall

I'm http://friendfeed.com/wdawe - Wayne Dawe

https://friendfeed.com/randalh... - RandaL Hicks

http://friendfeed.com/kevinpsh... - Kevin Shannon

http://friendfeed.com/mixmasta... - Casey Kusiak

http://friendfeed.com/schmeesy - Lisa L. Seifert

http://friendfeed.com/douglasw... - Douglas E. Welch via twhirl

http://friendfeed.com/strider - Mick Adams - Mick Adams

http://friendfeed.com/kenmat - Kenichi Matsumoto

http://friendfeed.com/jonofson... - Jon Erickson via twhirl

You're not following me either! :) - Vince

http://friendfeed.com/linklett... - Ian Linkletter

Ooh, ooh, ooh. Me, Me, Me!!!! - Robert Haas

And me. :) - Jianjun Zhang via twhirl

Me too - John Spencer via Alert Thingy

http://friendfeed.com/chacon - Jerry Chacon

Holy crap. You've practically got the SNN goin' on - Scoble News Network ?? You will all be featured this week on Fast Company TV - Submit bio to ... - Charlie Anzman

This is the greatest thing to happen to anyone ever! Cheesecake for everybody. - Akiva Moskovitz

I let you know via Twitter, perhaps this is more appropriate. - bill shamam

I don't think I am yet - Mike Wills

http://friendfeed.com/dennisg - Dennis Goedegebuure

I don't think you're following me yet. - Sandra Sinclair

twitter yes, friendfeed no - Johnny Sewell

I'm availabe here friendfeed.com/sachendra - Sachendra

http://friendfeed.com/dr1ft - Michael Allen via twhirl

Now why do you want to follow everyone? - Tanath

I am: http://friendfeed.com/fruetel - Thomas Frütel

That'd be me. - Christopher Harley

http://friendfeed.com/jimyjosh... - Jaimini via Alert Thingy

Friendfeed.com/mentalist - Haim Schlesinger

http://castfortwo.blogpost.com - Lode Nachtergaele

http://friendfeed.com/charmin ...via AlertThingy - Carmen

You're not following me. You're really a sucker for punishment, aren't you? - Nathan Howell

start following me ;) - Timo Heuer

Hi Bob! - Guillaume Lemoine

You're also not following me... :) - Christian Bogh

http://friendfeed.com/amund - Amund Tveit

ping, ping nhitze on FF - Nils Hitze via twhirl

ping friendfeed.com/steaprok - Steaprok via twhirl

IF you are able to WITHSTAND fair portion of Russian (sorry, but I try to bring here my community from Russian segment of livejournal.com after buyout disaster) and/or stream of Nokia-tablet/Maemo/etc related-stuff and/or a lot of bitch about this and that... http://friendfeed.com/silpol ;) - silpol

or me...buddyboy2006 - Dan Delphin via twhirl

http://friendfeed.com/alexebel - Alexander Ebel

http://friendfeed.com/cart - Cartwright Reed - Cartwright Reed

http://friendfeed.com/luminus - Olumide Alabi via twhirl

http://friendfeed.com/dedlam - Dedric "That One" Lam

http://friendfeed.com/leonho - Leon Ho via twhirl

http://friendfeed.com/wiredryo - Ryo - Ryo

https://friendfeed.com/tricky - Richard Edwards via Alert Thingy

here - Samuel Bostock via Alert Thingy

http://friendfeed.com/timthefo... - TimTheFoolMan

(Raises hand) http://friendfeed.com/jdandrea - Joe D'Andrea

http://friendfeed.com/lmo - Mark Jenniskens