By the way, the majority of the code that powers our platform is open-source: check out Ironfan at http://github.com/infochimps-labs/ironfan and the full suite at http://infochimps.com/labs Would love any early feedback…
The foursquare venue comes in from the firehose, so we have information on venues that have seen recent checkins. Thus the coverage (though imperfect) is best for venues that are most popular. If that doesn't meet your…
Much easier to configure and install. * You get Pig, Wukong and Dumbo out of the box. Don't learn Java hadoop, use one of those. * Standardized setup which really helps if you have to seek IRC or other outside help *…
http://github.com/whymirror/poignantguide/tree/master
There's largely no such thing as "closed source" data. Many of the restrictions people claim on publicly distributed data are bogus: you cannot claim copyright on a comprehensive collection of facts.…
By the way, the majority of the code that powers our platform is open-source: check out Ironfan at http://github.com/infochimps-labs/ironfan and the full suite at http://infochimps.com/labs Would love any early feedback…
The foursquare venue comes in from the firehose, so we have information on venues that have seen recent checkins. Thus the coverage (though imperfect) is best for venues that are most popular. If that doesn't meet your…
Much easier to configure and install. * You get Pig, Wukong and Dumbo out of the box. Don't learn Java hadoop, use one of those. * Standardized setup which really helps if you have to seek IRC or other outside help *…
http://github.com/whymirror/poignantguide/tree/master
There's largely no such thing as "closed source" data. Many of the restrictions people claim on publicly distributed data are bogus: you cannot claim copyright on a comprehensive collection of facts.…