FeatherCast

Episode 70: Hyrum Wright - Subversion

Rich — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:28:02 +0000

Subversion recently became part of the Apache Software Foundation, and in a recent members election, several members of that project became members of the ASF.

I recently spoke with Hyrum Wright, who is one of those members, about why Subversion chose to become part of the ASF.

You can listen HERE, or via iTunes

Episode 69: Chris Mattmann - Apache Tika

Rich — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:16:44 +0000

Apache Tika recently split off from the Lucene project and became a separate top level Apache project. Here’s Chris Mattmann talking about what Tika is, and where it’s going.

Listen HERE, or via iTunes

Episode 68: Sean Owen - Apache Mahout

Rich — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:28:56 +0000

Better late than never, here’s my conversation with Sean Owen about Apache Mahout, which graduated from the Incubator earlier this year.

You can listen to it HERE, or via iTunes.

Related site: Apache Mahout

Episode 67: Pivot graduates from the Apache Incubator

Rich — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:00:31 +0000

Pivot was recently approved for graduation from the Apache Incubator. Here’s Greg Brown, one of the founding members of the project, speaking with us about what Pivot is.

You can listen to it HERE, or via iTunes.

Episode 66: Grant Ingersoll and Lucene at Apachecon

Rich — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:23:36 +0000

There are a number of search-based projects at Apache, and they all center around Lucene. Grant will be giving a training class on Lucene at ApacheCon in just four weeks. Then, there’s the largest collection of search technology talks we’ve ever had at an ApacheCon. Grant talks about his training class, about Lucene, and about the related projects.

You can listen to it HERE, or at via iTunes.

Episode 65: Filip Hanik and Tomcat at ApacheCon

Rich — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:22:02 +0000

Filip Hanik, who in his day job is a trainer for SpringSource (formerly Covalent), will be doing a training on Tomcat at ApacheCon this year.

I spoke with him last week about his training class, and about other content at Apachecon that complements it.

You can listen to it HERE or on iTunes.

Episode 64: Christian Wenz - Web Application Security

Rich — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:09:27 +0000

You’re almost out of time to register for ApacheCon.

Christian Wenz will be teaching a full day tutorial on Web application security, covering both how to develop a secure web application and how to secure an existing application.

I spoke with Christian last week about his training class

You can listen to it HERE or in iTunes.

Episode 63: Brett Porter - Maven

Rich — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:10:05 +0000

Brett Porter will be leading a training class on Maven at ApacheCon, in just over five weeks. I spoke with him last week about the training class, and about the Maven technology in general.

You can listen to it HERE, or via iTunes.

Coming Soon

Rich — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:50:26 +0000

I’ve had a busy week of recording, and here’s what I’ve got coming in the next few days, as soon as I can get them edited.

Brett Porter - Maven
Christian Wenz - Web Application Security
Filip Hanik - Tomcat
Grant Ingersoll - Lucene

Episode 62: Aaron Kimball - Hadoop

Rich — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:27:41 +0000

With Apachecon just a few weeks away, I’m hoping to talk with several of the folks who will be doing training classes at Apachecon.

Today I spoke with Aaron Kimball, who will be doing two days of training on Hadoop. He talks about Hadoop, and the related technologies, and what he’ll be covering in the class.

You can listen to the interview HERE, or on iTunes.