Author Archives: ruthygarcia

Do multilingual people build bridges across countries?

Posted on January 17, 2013

Today Irene Eleta  from university of Maryland visited the lab with a seminar called   Multilingual Users of Twitter: Social Ties Across Language Borders or How a Story Could Travel the World.”  As me, she has been working a lot with Twitter … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Aaron Swartz

Posted on January 13, 2013

Didn’t know much about Aaron Swartz until recently. He committed suicide after the fear of being in prison for almost all his life. He was a great programmer, activist, full of great  ideas about free information  and with many dreams. At age of … Continue reading →

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PhD, things to keep in mind.

Posted on January 13, 2013

There is a talk I heard a couple of years ago, it was Marisa Meyer (current yahoo CEO) IT commencement address at Standford.  I can now understand and fully appreciate when she said  ”Find the smartest people you can and surround … Continue reading →

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Loving your job

Posted on February 2, 2011

When I finished high school I was convinced that I wanted to study International Affairs. I grew up in an environment where the most common topics of discussion were politics, history and sociology. On top of that, my first boyfriend … Continue reading →

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PIG AND HADOOP CONFIGURED!

Posted on October 25, 2010

Experience I finally managed to configure Pig and Hadoop on my computer. I used Pig 0.7 and Hadoop 0.20.2. It took me a while to configure but finally I made it.  Hadoop and Pig are constantly getting updated so don’t … Continue reading →

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Going to Yahoo R +D

Posted on October 19, 2010

Started my phd with a lot of work. After two weeks of getting things ready and beautifying my desk I was moved to yahoo R&D where I am supposed to stay at least half of the day… but in the … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on October 10, 2010

Hello world, this is my new blog!. I have always liked to write what I do and think.  Since 11 y.o I carry a diary, the frequency has decreased a big deal and I do not update my diary on … Continue reading →

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