Comments for Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org Things are only impossible until they're not. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on Hadoop, the future of web back ends by Son Nguyen http://kevinchiu.org/archives/hadoop-the-future-of-web-back-ends/comment-page-1#comment-649 Son Nguyen Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:54 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/blog/?p=866#comment-649 Hadoop is definitely on the watch list as it matures. You also face similar complexity when dealing with Hadoop/Hbase/Hive/HDFS (like setting up, breaking things down into tasks). But for many many applications, MySQL (or RDBMS) ain't going anywhere. I see smart companies use both for different portions of their operations. Unless Hadoop can do real-time, low latency yet in distributed farms effortlessly, there is no clear winner now, or ever. Maybe the trend on real-time search (Twitter, FB) might be able to speed this up. Hadoop is definitely on the watch list as it matures. You also face similar complexity when dealing with Hadoop/Hbase/Hive/HDFS (like setting up, breaking things down into tasks). But for many many applications, MySQL (or RDBMS) ain’t going anywhere. I see smart companies use both for different portions of their operations. Unless Hadoop can do real-time, low latency yet in distributed farms effortlessly, there is no clear winner now, or ever. Maybe the trend on real-time search (Twitter, FB) might be able to speed this up.

]]> Comment on Droid so far by Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/archives/droid-so-far/comment-page-1#comment-648 Kevin Chiu Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:08:29 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1227#comment-648 @James Landay Android 2.0 is now available for the G1 - http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/11/14/android-2-0-source-released-already-ported-to-the-g1/ @James Landay

Android 2.0 is now available for the G1 – http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/11/14/android-2-0-source-released-already-ported-to-the-g1/

]]> Comment on Droid so far by Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/archives/droid-so-far/comment-page-1#comment-645 Kevin Chiu Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:18:07 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1227#comment-645 @James Landay I don't think you can upgrade your G1 unless you're willing to install the unoptimized SDK version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ijAgr7v8Mo @James Landay

I don’t think you can upgrade your G1 unless you’re willing to install the unoptimized SDK version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ijAgr7v8Mo

]]> Comment on Droid so far by Kevin http://kevinchiu.org/archives/droid-so-far/comment-page-1#comment-643 Kevin Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:20:03 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1227#comment-643 Keywords here: "for starters" Keywords here: “for starters”

]]> Comment on Droid so far by James Landay http://kevinchiu.org/archives/droid-so-far/comment-page-1#comment-642 James Landay Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:03:31 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1227#comment-642 I'm really surprised you don't have larger complaints about the UI than consistency of the colors... what grade did I give you? :) Really, is it that improved over Android 1? I need to get ahold of one or can I upgrade my G1 yet? I’m really surprised you don’t have larger complaints about the UI than consistency of the colors… what grade did I give you? :) Really, is it that improved over Android 1? I need to get ahold of one or can I upgrade my G1 yet?

]]> Comment on Droid so far by Kevin Chiu http://kevinchiu.org/archives/droid-so-far/comment-page-1#comment-641 Kevin Chiu Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:03:33 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1227#comment-641 Yes, but I think companies are realizing that Android marketshare is a growing minority that will be difficult to ignore in the near future. Looking among my current iPhone apps, I note that Evernote and Dropbox Android apps are in the pipeline. "Devices running on Android accounted for 17% of U.S. smartphone traffic, up from 13% in August." http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/10/admob-mobile-metrics-report-for-september-android-share-is-growing.html Yes, but I think companies are realizing that Android marketshare is a growing minority that will be difficult to ignore in the near future. Looking among my current iPhone apps, I note that Evernote and Dropbox Android apps are in the pipeline.

“Devices running on Android accounted for 17% of U.S. smartphone traffic, up from 13% in August.”

http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/10/admob-mobile-metrics-report-for-september-android-share-is-growing.html

]]> Comment on Droid so far by K http://kevinchiu.org/archives/droid-so-far/comment-page-1#comment-640 K Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:29:19 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1227#comment-640 I suspect point #5 on the 'things you dont like' will be a big hurdle in preventing Droid from becoming popular. Apple has too much of the mindshare already I suspect point #5 on the ‘things you dont like’ will be a big hurdle in preventing Droid from becoming popular. Apple has too much of the mindshare already

]]> Comment on The Ice Cream Integral by Brad http://kevinchiu.org/archives/the-ice-cream-integral/comment-page-1#comment-639 Brad Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:10:29 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/?p=1167#comment-639 really enjoyed this post. really enjoyed this post.

]]> Comment on Scary: Peeling Scotch Tape Emits X-Rays strong enough to take pictures by Fantastak http://kevinchiu.org/archives/scary-peeling-scotch-tape-emits-x-rays-strong-enough-to-take-pictures/comment-page-1#comment-635 Fantastak Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:36:56 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/blog/?p=627#comment-635 i wrapped my arm in it and saw all the bones - true story. i wrapped my arm in it and saw all the bones – true story.

]]> Comment on drop.io vs getdropbox.com by Kevin http://kevinchiu.org/archives/dropio-vs-getdropboxcom/comment-page-1#comment-628 Kevin Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:11:11 +0000 http://kevinchiu.org/blog/?p=507#comment-628 Joshua, it's been months since I posted this, and drop.io has diversified its feature set greatly. Joshua, it’s been months since I posted this, and drop.io has diversified its feature set greatly.

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