Weekly tweet digest for 2011-04-10

Three marketing areas where #PDX11 fails: http://chesnok.com/u/1f #
UpdatePDX tonight! At P.I.E. http://www.meetup.com/updatepdx/events/16416694/?a=md1.2p_evn&rv=md1.2p #
I'm experiencing an eventsplosion. Not sure how I'm going to sleep for the next two weeks. #
"You can't tune away the horror of 300-line SQL." -@lusciouspear #updatepdx #
learned that we needed to hire CS people #updatepdx #nosql #
"Once you stop answering email in 24-hours, they start sending more email." -@sarahnovotny #fail #updatepdx #
"you need to check that you have backups BEFORE you do your maintenance." -@sarahnovotny #backups #updatepdx #
"You don't have valid backups. You have valid *restores*." -@sarahnovotny #updatepdx #
"Twitter is really a series of caches." -@al3x #updatepdx #
"We had no idea how much we had to learn." -@al3x #updatepdx #
many <3s for computer science education today #updatepdx #
shout out for Pivotal Labs /cc @sarahmei 🙂 #updatepdx #
"both readthrough and writethrough caching was happening at the same time." #fail #updatepdx #
"But the issue was not technology, but responsibility in the organization." #fail #updatepdx #
"Only use NOSQL if you reach a certain point of despair." -@timanglade #updatepdx #
"If you ask for NOSQL by name, you probably don't need it. " -@timanglade #updatepdx #nosql #fail #
"Usually they should just hire a MySQL consultant." -@timanglade #updatepdx #
"Trust no one. that goes double if they talk about CAP." -@timanglade #updatepdx #
I see a niche market for database and devops-specific comedy. #
"Get a fresh set of eyes on the problem." (story of replacing data stored in Riak w/Postgres) #updatepdx re/collab while scaling @al3x #
talking about learning culture, passion for tech and how to hire when jobs are no longer silo'd between dev, ops, dba #updatepdx #
#UpdatePDX #NOSQL operational complexity and hiring http://chesnok.com/u/1h #pdx #
Much better headline for my blog post from @theory: "Visit us for OSCON Data this summer. Then, move to Portland." http://chesnok.com/u/1h #
Where PostgreSQL succeeds and what to do next http://chesnok.com/u/1i #meritocracy #
Feeling nostalgic for New Zealand from a mix CD. Mixtape is such a better word. #
Aaand, this week's eventsplosion just continues. I think Portland just wakes up in April. #
Current status: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqky5B179nM #
About to hear @ericries talk about Startup Lessons Learned #pdxleancircle #
"Please tweet amongst yourselves" -ericries #leanstartupp #
Entrepreneurship is way too cool #leanstartup #
The social network == Ghostbusters #leanstartup #
Everything that is important is boring – product prioritization #leanstatup #
Whose fault is it? Scientific Management, Frederick Winslow Taylor #leanstartup #taskplusbonus #
"I'm not leaving you. I'm just pivoting to another man." #leanstartup #pivot #
You can code faster without measuring the same way you can drive with your eyes closed.and floor the accellerator. #leanstartup #
#leanstartup crowd http://flic.kr/p/9wkF7Y #
That's why postgres community is so interesting – we fail fast and hard all the time #leanstartup #
Inspired by @AudioName #leanstartup #
The Arab Powder Keg – @mildwail is using Slate's map in his classroom http://deckelmann.weebly.com/news.html #
PostgreSQL Advocacy Interest first responses http://flic.kr/p/9wqht4 #
there's just something about the @osbridge community that makes the proposals exciting and a pleasure to read. for reals. #
Best report evar on media piracy http://chesnok.com/u/1p (Thanks Reuters.) #
headed to #pdx11 meetup at @puppetlabs #
my slides for tonight: Pdx11 civic unconference http://slidesha.re/fjJrLq #
#PDX11 Unconference/Hackathon report! http://chesnok.com/u/aprilreport #opengov #pdx4biz #calagator #geoloqi #
Any friends in touch with peeps at @reddit? #
Looking forward to http://www.firstthursdayportland.com/ today. #
Frank's Noodle House FTW. #
Just added Digital Journalism Portland to the epic Portland Conference List http://chesnok.com/u/c #
Pretty http://flic.kr/p/9wL6he #
yay! just got accepted to speak at OSCON about Postgres 9.1 #
Can I get a +1 for a civic hackathon in portland June 4? #
At the game. http://flic.kr/p/9x4z8o #