Who Loves Hadoop?

Who Loves Hadoop?

This article was very interesting to me considering my final paper topic is on enterprise mashups. Hadoop is an open source software framework, which has recently gained a great deal of popularity.

"Hadoop changes the economics and dynamics of large-scale computing because it's scalable, cost effective, flexible and fault tolerant," IBM says. It is unique because it has no schema, therefore it can absorb any type of data from any number of sources. As the article explained, "when a node goes down, the system redirects work to another instance where the data is stored."

Users of Hadoop include: Yahoo, Facebook, Amazon, eBay, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter, HP, IBM and Apple. The problem with Hadoop however, is that it is driven by enthusiasts, so the deciation in personnel, training and machine costs is very expensive. As Steve Wooledge, senior director of marketing at Teradata Aster explained, "when people say it is free, it is free like a puppy, it requires some care and feeding."

The solution would be to take Hadoop out of the FOSS(Free and Open Source Software) fold.

Maily: The App That Introduces Email to Your 4-Year-Old

http://mashable.com/2012/08/03/maily-email-4-year-old/

This ties in with what I covered in this week's discussion question regarding children's online privacy. I think a big issue is how the population being targeted keeps getting younger and younger starting with apps such as these. Children are exposed to so much on the internet at such a young age now, but they're also completely unaware of the repurcussions of their behavior/actions. This I believe will continue to become a much larger issue.

Big Data Knows What You're Doing Right Now

http://moneyland.time.com/2012/07/31/big-data-knows-what-youre-doing-right-now/

A handful of companies are making big bucks by aggregating tiny scraps of information about you and putting the puzzle pieces together to build your digital profile. The two co-chairs of the Bipartisan Congressional Privacy Caucus and six other Congress members have sent a letter to nine of these companies collecting this personal data asking “where they get their data, how they slice and dice it, and to whom they sell and share it.”

The article further states that “after we give our information away, we have no idea what companies do with it. Unlike credit reporting agencies, which are required to let you see the composite picture of you they’ve created with the data they mine and organize, data companies keep their vast virtual warehouses under lock and key.”           

It was also interesting how the article talks about information as currency. Personal information can be used to sell you stuff. A company can target you by figuring out whichever ad may sway you based on personal information collected.  Lawmakers and privacy experts worry about the accuracy of this personal information, which is something that was also discussed in my peer-reviewed journal I read. Individuals have no idea what marketers and other interested parties see and how they’re judging us.

The Evolution of IT: BYOD and Consumerization

The Evolution of IT: BYOD and Consumerization

Why did Colorado shooting suspect avoid social media?

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/tech/social-media/colorado-suspect-social-media/index.html

In the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Aurora, CO that took place last Friday, law enforcement has turned to the Web in an attempt to pinpoint any behavioral patterns that would help determine that it was indeed a premeditated attack. However, the article stated that it appears that he left virtually no digital footprint, indicating there was several months of preparation.

This contradicts what Don Tapscott believed would be a major concern with NetGeners. Tapscott stated that privacy controls and behavior on such social media networks as Facebook and Myspace could be detrimental to the future of NetGeners. The article explained how it is not the norm for someone his age, 24(A NetGener), to have such little presence on the Web, putting him "squarely in the minority among his peers."

Are social media making the resume obsolete?

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/11/tech/social-media/facebook-jobs-resume/index.html

After watching Don Tapscott's interview on NetGeners in this week's discussion, this article exemplifies how times have drastically changed, with social media being a major component of this social transformation. Tapscott was extremely confident about the net generation, this "babyboom echo," who are the first to grow up digital, completely changing the way we work, play, and communicate.

One thing that Tapscott did say could have a major negative impact on the net generation was the idea of privacy controls through social media networks, how an individual behaves. I thought this article would be a perfect topic for discussion, using Facebook as a prime example, it explains how the idea of a paper resume has almost become obsolete.

Facebook may be joining the ranks of online-employment brokers, which indeed would mean that the idea of a resume would be virtually non-existant in the near future. The article states:

"What hiring manager is going to make a decision based on an e-mail attachment when they can browse your LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, read the gory details in your blog and hit Google to find out more about you -- good or bad -- all in one sitting?"

This ties in directly with what Tapscott believes could pose as a serious threat to the employment process for generations to come.

Michio Kaku: Tweaking Moore's Law and the Computers of the Post-Silicon Era

This video was a very interesting piece, where Dr. Michio Kaku explains that Moore's Law could end within the next ten years, an idea that has alreagy begun to decline. Computer power cannot maintain it's rapid potential buys using standard silicon technology.

The end of silicon means such proposals as protein computers, DNA computers, optical computers, etc. Microsoft uses the idea of paralell processing, this idea of instead of using one chip, spread it out horizontally. Dr. Kaku explained that the post-silicon era could bring molecular computers, potentially even quantum computers.

The problem with molecular computers is mass production and wiring, how do you wire molecules so small? Quantum computers also have issues, the main one being incoherence. These computers could become contaminated by disturbances from the outside world.

In next ten years, Dr. Kaku believes Moore's Law will be tweaked with chip-like computers in 3d. Beyond that will be molecular computers and by late 21st Century possibly even quantu computers. I thought this video was an interesting perspective on Moore's Law after having a brief discussion on this concept in the first week of class.