This article follows my previous post on my trip to NASA in Langley, Va. in early March 2019. This is the second and last part of this article. Before going […]

I like to use π day, to remember a few things about science and technology that influence who I am. This year, π day is perfect for that. Let me tell […]

The checklist is updated for ATO 2019! All Things Open 2018 (ATO 2018), a premier open source conference, will open its doors on October 21st 2018 in the Raleigh Convention Center, […]

Chapter 3 of Spark with Java is focusing on the dataframe. There is something majestic with Apache Spark’s dataframe, like those mountains of Montana. Apache Spark revolves around the concept of […]

Why a book on Informix? Informix has been a passion for almost 20 years. Very often, a younger version of myself would say: “I don’t like databases, that’s why I […]

A quick post to share the next Spark event that we will run in the NC Triangle (RTP – Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh). This event will be held on December […]

To help foster the Apache Spark community in the (Research) Triangle region (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill in North Carolina), with some friends, we decided to create a Slack team […]

As I live the American public school system, I see a little more how it works and made contacts there. It’s a bit the same as when you read about […]

OpenDataSoft is helping communities build portals where data can be easily accessible. Such communities can be cities, counties, universities, governments, and so on. Data can be traffic, school results, crime, […]