The rapid transition to Work From Home (WFH) while simultaneously homeschooling the kids is stress inducing. Throw in a global pandemic and it’s understandable why so many people default to pointing out challenges with the current environment. Despite the challenges, some benefits have emerged that are worth reflecting on. For many of us, the current …
Effective meetings are an important element in running a high-performance organization. Meetings provide a high-fidelity and efficient means to quickly communicate, collaborate, and coordinate. However, too often meeting lack the structure to necessary to drive the desired outcomes. Meeting Invite The following provides a high-level outline of the primary sections to include in meeting invites. …
Overview WebM is a free and open video format designed for HTML5. WebM is an open source project sponsored by Google. You can learn more at the WebM website. Install Miro Video Converter Open http://www.mirovideoconverter.com. Click Download. When the download is finished double-click MiroVideoConverter_Setup.msi. Click Next. Select Custom Installation. Uncheck Install the AVG toolbar and …
I’m a relatively recent convert from Subversion to Git, so getting to know the git equivalent of an svn command is challenging. Reverting a file in git actually uses the checkout command. For example, if you want to revert your uncommitted changes for a file named package/File.java, then you would use the following command: git …
Introduction I had configured only YARN in my original post on how to Install Cloudera Hadoop (CDH4) with YARN (MRv2) in Pseudo mode on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Importantly, YARN is not ready for production yet, so we’ll go ahead and install MRv1 to get some production development done. Stop the YARN Daemons We first have …
I was going through my old notes as I’m cleaning our my closet. I came across the following notes, that I like a lot, on how to write a professional email. Use email macros to both improve your efficiency in replying to email, and to improve quality. End each sentence with the correct punctuation. Write …
I’ve been “trying” to use Google Wallet for a couple of weeks now, and I’ve pretty much given up. When it works it’s great…but that’s the problem. You never know when it’ll actually work. First, it’s anybody’s guess if an in-store reader will even work. The same reader may work in the morning, then completely …
It’s been long overdue, but I’ve been cleaning up the HTML in my blog posts to make them more readable. The Pentaho posts are the first to be updated. Send me an email if you like the new format / find it easier to read.
What is Pentaho Pentaho is an open source Business Intelligence (BI) Suite that comes in with either commercial support (http://www.pentaho.com/) and or community support (http://community.pentaho.com/). This post provides instructions for the Pentaho community edition suite. Install Pentaho BI Server 4.5 on Windows 7 x64 Install Java Your steps may vary slightly as I had an …
I have finally stopped installing Flash in my browsers by default. Up to now, I used to install Flash as soon as I upgraded my browser. However, it’s time to start the transition to the brave new world of HTML (including HTML5). Flash, it’s been great.
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