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Dumping A Spreadsheet Of Your Most Recent Tweets - TweetCSV.pl

I am releasing the Perl script I run to dump a spreadsheet of my most recent tweets, Contacts.pl, as an open source project, under the Artistic License. This is the same license that Perl uses. I’ve been using this script or variations of it since before the Haiti earthquake, so it’s [...]

Collecting Historical Twitter Data For A Topic - TopicTweetHistory.pl

I am releasing the Perl script I run to collect historical Twitter data for a topic, TopicTweetHistory.pl, as an open source project, under the Artistic License. This is the same license that Perl uses. I’ve been using this script or variations of it since before the Haiti earthquake, so it’s pretty well tested.

The master repository [...]

Collecting Twitter Data After An Event - GeoTweetHistory.pl

I am releasing the Perl script I run to collect Twitter data after an event, GeoTweetHistory.pl, as an open source project, under the Artistic License. This is the same license that Perl uses. I’ve been using this script or variations of it since before the Haiti earthquake, so it’s pretty well tested.

The master repository is [...]

Social Fresh Portland

As you can see over to the left, I’m volunteering at Social Fresh Portland. And I’d like to invite those of you outside of the Portland area to join me! As the web site says, “Social Fresh Portland (Oregon) is a social media conference for marketers. We focus on case studies and what social [...]

I Go With MeeGo!

Only time will tell what the market impact of the formation of MeeGo from the merger of Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin projects will be. But for the moment, it clearly appeals to me as a developer far more than the iPhone or Android platforms have.  So I have joined the MeeGo site – look [...]

Linux Capacity Planning

Modeling Tools

PDQ
PRISM

Linux Server Profiling Tools

oprofile
systemtap
blktrace
seekwatcher

Load Testing Tools

Apache JMeter

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Linux Server Profiling: Using Open Source Tools For Bottleneck Analysis

This tutorial covers profiling of Linux servers using open-source tools such as “iostat”, “oprofile” and “blktrace”. Both processor-bound and I/O-bound cases are covered, and the emphasis is on tools that provide visual displays of relevant metrics.

Linux Server Profiling: Using Open Source Tools For Bottleneck Analysis

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Three Must-Have Books on Data Visualization

Prerequisite Software

To get the most out of these books, you will need to install some software. You will need Mondrian, R, GGobi, and the ggplots,  rggobi and DescribeDisplay R packages. All of these will run on a Windows, Macintosh or Linux desktop / laptop, including most netbooks. And they are all free, open source software.

ggplot2: [...]

My Tale of Three Great Cities

Melissa Jun Rowley posted a marvelous piece here on Posterous: The Tale of Three Great Cities. I’m guessing all of us have a similar tale; here’s mine.

Las Vegas, Nevada

“What happens here, stays here.” Fortunately, I left before that immortal marketing campaign. I was back for a one-day visit in December of 2008, and it was [...]

Open Source Mind Mapping and Dialogue Mapping Tools

Over the years, I’ve experimented with a number of tools for mind mapping, and related concepts such as dialogue mapping. I can recommend the following resources.

Coaching and Training

Apositiva
Susan Dunn
CogNexus Institute

Books

Dialogue Mapping: Building Shared Understanding of Wicked Problems
The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain’s Untapped Potential
The Back of the Napkin: [...]