I just finished the second lesson of Real-Time Analytics with Apache Storm. At this stage I should be able to understand how Sprouts and Bolts interact, and to parse data from Twitter in real time.
And more work in the data science world. I've joined yet another Coursera class: Machine Learning. Yes, I might be overdoing it.
As part of my efforts to understand more of the data science world, I've joined another Coursera class: Mining Massive Datasets. First week done, how was it?
Marc Andreessen famously said that Why Software Is Eating the World. There is a lot of truth in this but if we think about it a bit more it feels that, nowadays, the way this is happening is via machine learning and analytics. These are the tools that can move personalization to the next level and, with it, changing the way services interact with customers.
Another year, more technology to test :) Busy as I am in Gumtree, I've been able to test some interesting stuff. You know, evaluation of technologies to see if they make sense from a business perspective. Or playing around, it depends on the point of view ;)