WorkSpace Videos
There are several short 3-5 minute demos on various topics to help Sybase developers quickly watch and learn related development features. Check them out at http://www.sybase.com/workspacevideos
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P&T Podcast with Stefan Karlsson
As I mentioned in my first post, Stefan Karlsson has been hosting a great P&T podcast series. He’s had some of the Sybase "greats" on, such as Peter Thawley, Rob Verschoor, Jeff Tallman, and Steve Bologna. Given the caliber of his guests, I was honored when I got the call from Sweden and Stefan invited me to join him for a discussion of ASE kernel architecture.
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Speaking at Jax-India Conference
I'm going to talk about few topics that I've blogged about in the past.
http://www.sda-india.com/conferences/jax-india/, May 28 - 31, Bangalore India.
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The future of raw i/o on Linux
I’ve spent most of my posts so far talking about disk i/o with a heavy Linux slant. I might as well address one topic that comes up again and again: what is the future of raw i/o on Linux?
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Device option follow up: Direct I/O
In my last post I wrote about DSYNC i/o and promised to write about direct i/o. So, without further delay, here we go.
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IT and the Secret of Life
Often times, engineers here at Sybase ask me “where’s the market going”. I wish I knew. If I did, I could trade stocks for a few minutes a day and forego all this fun. But I’m a better evangelist than stock picker, so I’ll stick to that, for now at least.
The question of where the market is going, of what our users need next, always reminds me of the comedy film “City Slickers” in which Curley, a scarey old cowboy (played by the recently-departed Jack Palance) asks Mitch (played by Billy Crystal) if he knows what the secret of life is.
Mitch sets up the zinger by answering “No, what?”. Curley, never wasting a word, holds up a single index finger and says, “One thing, just one thing…”. Mitch impatiently asks what the one thing is, to which Curley replies “That’s what you’ve got to figure out.”
Curley was right, you have to figure out the one thing.
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Data Integration and Semantic Web
A lot of people think that "Semantic Web" is just about web.This link provides a clear definition, from the father of web himself, how Semantic Web transcends the traditional notion of web and how it applies to data in general.
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Howdy
My name is Mark Matson and I'm the latest to be recruited to this new-fangled Sybase blog to offer up insights, wisdom and the occational (and very rare, I'm sure) bad brilliant idea. I believe blogs are at their best when they don't try to duplicate the formality and structure of technical papers but instead provide an open discussion among professionals similar to what you get over the water cooler. This isn't the place for Techwave presentations, but the conversation after the presentation on the way over to the bar. I think it is better to get an idea out there, make mistakes, get feedback, correct mistakes and continue on with the conversation than to play it safe. Let's see how far this philosophy gets us.
For my first entry, though, I thought I'd introduce myself, both because it seems the polite thing to do, but also for the practical reason that any time in the future one asks who that Mark dude is, they can be pointed to this entry.
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