- A course run(? promoted?) by Google Australia on building a startup: Â http://course.introtostartups.com/course
- Big Data in Education: https://www.coursera.org/course/bigdata-edu This is my first Coursera course – I’m half way though this course now, and I’ve found good. It’s run by Ryan Baker from Columbia University, and he’s a pretty good lecturer, and active in the forums. I think the name is slightly misleading – we aren’t looking at Big Data at all (and to be fair, he warned us about this in the first lecture), but the methods are useful. This course is directly related to my work, which makes it easier to stay engaged.
- A new StartupAdelaide website. I did the search, with searches across The Facebook group (contact me for an invite) and the Startup Adelaide Reddit board. ElasticSearch is pretty nice, but Solr 4 has some advantages too.
- An interview with a guy working on Google Knowledge Graph and Freebase:Â http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/wikidata-freebase-interview-with-denny.html. I think it’s likely that Google Now is powered by this.
- Blackbird Dealflow – Observations after our first 8 months. A good survey of the startup scene in Australia.