Author Archives: ruthygarcia

Do multilingual people build bridges across countries?

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

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.

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

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!

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

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!

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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