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dberkholz

It's amazing how much less you get done when your free time approaches zero. Forget how much I get done outside "work hours." about 11 hours ago via web
.@Yapta just saved me $150 on a flight. Nice. 6:51 AM Jun 2nd via web
Dinner plates grew to 12" from 10" since the '50s. Critical point they forgot to mention: this is a *44%* increase in area. 8:38 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for Android
Average soda size used to be 6.5 oz. Smaller than a cup of coffee. (not that you can still find an 8 oz cup) 8:28 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for Android
Just discovered a TV show worth watching: United *Stats* of America. #datascience 8:04 PM Jun 1st via Twitter for Android
@stevelosh: I was really looking for: Do you work for Red Hat? after that first "no" 7:16 PM Jun 1st via web in reply to stevelosh
@defrag: Just one more piece of evidence for Middle Coast awesomeness. 6:59 PM Jun 1st via web in reply to defrag
monavernon The Data-Driven Parent - The Atlantic bit.ly/L5W6yj for @joshugans and @sjsikes 6:17 PM Jun 1st via Tweet Button Retweeted by dberkholz
I may be done with Google Reader. Just got a note that Prismatic now integrates with it. 6:36 PM Jun 1st via web
webmink @nearyd I think that misses the point. If Alsup's ruling survives, OpenStack can freely implement AWS APIs. /cc @dturkenk @adrianco 8:21 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to nearyd Retweeted by dberkholz
Ouch. IBM, you need to avoid getting pounded about cloud like this. monk.ly/KQTdAE 8:33 AM Jun 1st via web
@sogrady: Congrats! 8:38 PM May 31st via web in reply to sogrady
jacobian What would have happened if Oracle v. Google hadn't found a judge who understood code? I think we all dodged a bullet. 3:28 PM May 31st via Echofon Retweeted by dberkholz and 35 others
Predictive analytics for the masses is coming — do you think they're ready for it? 12:19 PM May 31st via web
Werner mentioned in this (paywalled) @wsj article: 1% of United's frequently fliers account for 25% of the company's revenue wv.ly/KfRZSE 10:56 AM May 31st via bitly Retweeted by dberkholz and 10 others
Just heard IBM say "open-source benchmark" and want to jump for joy. #ibmpuresystems 9:23 AM May 31st via web
Learning more about IBM's "expert integrated systems." Keys: curation + flexibility of HW and SW. #ibmpuresystems 9:13 AM May 31st via web
@cdeutsch @CoCoMSP: Ask me again after June 15. Just about to move up there, planning to sign up at CoCo. 7:56 AM May 31st via web in reply to cdeutsch
RT @mikehostetler: “What we do (front-end development) isn’t taught in college” via @slicknet #Fluentconf --Lack of practicality a huge fail 6:56 AM May 31st via Buffer
@jhammond: It's like America but run by a covert government agency. 7:56 PM May 30th via web in reply to jhammond

Name Donnie Berkholz
Location Minnesota. And planes.
Web http://monk.ly/db...
Bio IT industry analyst at @RedMonk || Open-source developer at Gentoo Linux. PhD scientist & lover of data. Beer fanatic. Fighting for developers & sysadmins.