A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.
Open DataCamp is a one day unconference for people working with data from various sectors to come together and share their projects and ideas. The first one is scheduled on this March 24th, in Bangalore. Google has very graciously agreed to host us in their cafeteria. We are still working on the details...
I have been wanting to learn MapReduce for a long time. I never got a requirement where I could use it. Last few weeks I have dabbling with huge datasets. It was time and as usual I started with wikipedia. There are huge systems and frameworks built on the concept of MapReduce. They...
Deployments are usually very painful. We generally write scripts to make it automated as much as possible. I wanted my method to be as easy as running single line on command prompt from anywhere in the world. I didn’t want to worry about anything. At last with some experimentation I have found my...
Since last december I have been listening to books than reading. It makes my daily commute enjoyable. The last three books have been Steve Jobs, Art of Inception and Ghost in the Wires. That’s three books in one and half months, not bad. I used to listen to lot of podcasts while driving....
My reasons: SOPA and PIPA are the worst laws that anybody can propose to stop piracy They are actually anti-technology than anti-piracy They break internet Even though I am an India, It hurts me and my business Internet is supposed to be international, not yet, it’s mostly controlled by USA India has an...
Ever since I joined Mavrix, friends have asked me about the project that I am working on. I have given different versions. But now that MySwar is open to public, here is the almost definitive description “MySwar is the complete guide to Hindi film music. It lets you browse your favorite Hindi film...
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Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) "Thej" is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India. He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape. You can read more about him here. Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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