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Archive | November, 2011
Inside McKinsey – FT.com
November 30, 2011 
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As a private body it releases no figures, but Forbes estimates its current overall annual revenues at $7bn. It boasts 9,000 consultants worldwide out of a total staff of 17,000.
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Following Digital Breadcrumbs To ‘Big Data’ Gold : NPR
November 30, 2011 0 Comments
The ability to process so much information so quickly makes all kinds of things possible that weren’t before. So LinkedIn finds jobs or people you might like to know about, and biotech companies can analyze gene sequences in billions of combinations to design drugs.
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The Five Signs That an Application is Ripe For the Cloud – ReadWriteCloud
November 30, 2011 0 Comments
- Apps that are already virtualized
- Apps that are loosely coupled and modular in their design
- Apps that have low requirements for privacy and security
- Apps that can tolerate latency
- Apps that are unencumbered by regulatory requirements
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Everything I Ever Learned About JVM Performance Tuning @Twitter
November 26, 2011 0 Comments
Eclipse Xtend – a language made for Java developers
November 26, 2011 0 Comments
In contrast to Java, Xtend removes unnecessary noise. Reducing code to the minimum not only helps you type less, but more important makes the code more readable and maintainable. Boilerplate is mainly avoided by the following features:
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Creating Web Services by Working Backwards at Amazon.com
November 26, 2011 0 Comments
The product definition process works backwards in the following way: we start by writing the documents we’ll need at launch (the press release and the faq) and then work towards documents that are closer to the implementation.
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Treehouse – Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development
November 26, 2011 0 Comments
What do you want to learn today?
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Don’t Send That Email. Pick up the Phone! – HBR
November 26, 2011 0 Comments
Email and text often promote reactive responses, as opposed to progress and action to move forward. Email prolongs debate.
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