Edd Dumbill

Santa Rosa, California

Technologist and entrepreneur

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Big data
data science
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open standards
open source
Rails
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Edd Dumbill is a technologist, writer and programmer based in California. He is the program chair for the O'Reilly Strata and Open Source Convention Conferences.

He was the founder and creator of the Expectnation conference management system, and a co-founder of the Pharmalicensing.com online intellectual property exchange.

A veteran of open source, Edd has contributed to various projects, such as Debian and GNOME, and created the DOAP Vocabulary for describing software projects.

Edd has written four books, including O'Reilly's "Learning Rails". He writes regularly on Google+ and on his blog at eddology.com.

Learning Rails 3 by Simon St. Laurent , Edd Dumbill , Eric J. Gruber July 2012 Print: $34.99 Ebook: $27.99	Planning for Big Data by Edd Dumbill March 2012 Ebook: $0.00
Learning Rails: Live Edition by Edd Dumbill , Simon St. Laurent July 2010 OUT OF PRINT	Learning Rails by Simon St. Laurent , Edd Dumbill November 2008 OUT OF PRINT
Mono: A Developer's Notebook by Edd Dumbill , Niel Bornstein July 2004 Print: $24.95	Linux Unwired by Roger Weeks , Edd Dumbill , Brian Jepson April 2004 Print: $24.95
Programming Web Services with XML-RPC by Simon St. Laurent , Joe Johnston , Edd Dumbill June 2001 Print: $34.95

Strata Conference 2011: Complete Video Compilation
by Edd Dumbill
February 2011
Video: $399.98

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Webcast: OSCON 2011: Take-aways, Trends, and Highlights
August 11, 2011
What do you do once you've changed the world? You do it again. That's what the world's open source innovators, builders, and pioneers did as they gathered again at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, sharing their expertise and experience...

Webcast: People, Data and Dollars — A Preview of Strata NYC
August 31, 2011
--> This September, O'Reilly's Strata Summit and Conference brings the Business of Data to New York. It's a five-day event on how ubiquitous, connecting information is changing the world around us. In this special online event, you'll get an inside...

Webcast: Get the (Data) Vote Out
June 20, 2012
After Eisenhower, you couldn't win an election without radio. After Kennedy, you couldn't win an election without TV. Obama showed what's possible with social media. But in 2012, it's the data that will make the difference. In this...

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Mono: A Progress Report
Publish Date: Aug. 9, 2007Mono has always been a bit of an outsider. Open source folks distrust it because it helps people use Microsoft technologies on non-Microsoft platforms. Microsoft people don't see the need for it. But this social outcast has been making steady progress and can offer a lot if you take the time to check it out. Edd Dumbill gives us an update on the state of Mono. Installing Software on Debian
Publish Date: Apr. 6, 2006Debian GNU/Linux is a powerful and popular community-developed Linux distribution--and the basis for several other useful and usable distributions. One of the reasons for its popularity is the ease of installing and maintaining software. Edd Dumbill, Debian developer and GNU/Linux advocate, shows how to use Debian's tools to find and install software packages. Using the Root Account on Debian
Publish Date: Dec. 1, 2005Debian GNU/Linux is a powerful and popular community-developed Linux distribution--and the basis for several other useful and usable distributions. With the recent release of Debian Sarge, it's better than ever. Edd Dumbill, Debian developer and GNU/Linux advocate, shows how to use the root account safely and responsibly. What Is a Linux Distribution
Publish Date: Oct. 27, 2005The Linux kernel may be the star of the show, but like any star, it needs a supporting cast. In this case, the supporting cast is known as a Linux distribution--a useful set of system and application programs bundled with the OS. Edd Dumbill serves up overviews of the major Linux distributions as well as the specialist distros, and for who (or what) each distro is best suited. Installing Debian
Publish Date: Sep. 29, 2005Debian GNU/Linux is a powerful and popular community-developed Linux distribution--and the basis for several other useful and usable distributions. With the recent release of Debian Sarge, it's better than ever. Edd Dumbill, Debian developer and GNU/Linux advocate, walks through a typical installation. Painless Merging with SVK: An Interview with Chia-liang Kao
Publish Date: Sep. 20, 2005What's so special about SVK, the Subversion-based, distributed version control system? At O'Reilly's EuroOSCON (October 17-20) SVK's creator, Chia-liang Kao, will explain how SVK has removed the headaches from source control. Edd Dumbill talks with Kao about SVK's painless merging, its major innovations, and more. The Next 50 Years of Computer Security: An Interview with Alan Cox
Publish Date: Sep. 12, 2005Alan Cox is well known for his long-standing work on the Linux kernel, but at O'Reilly's EuroOSCON (October 17-20), he will speak about computer security. According to Alan, we're just at the beginning of a long journey into getting security right. Eager for directions and a glimpse of the future, O'Reilly Network interviewed him about his upcoming keynote. Mozilla as a Development Platform: An Interview with Axel Hecht
Publish Date: Sep. 2, 2005Axel Hecht is a member of Mozilla Europe's board of directors, and a major contributor to the Mozilla project. At O'Reilly's European Open Source Convention (October 17-20), Dr. Hecht will be talking about Mozilla as a development platform. O'Reilly Network interviewed Dr. Hecht to find out if the long-held dream of Mozilla as a development platform was about to come true. Ruby on Rails: An Interview with David Heinemeier Hansson
Publish Date: Aug. 30, 2005Few can have missed the rise of the programming world's latest star platform--Ruby on Rails. Rails' creator, David Heinemeier Hansson, already wowed the crowds at this year's OSCON, and is set to keynote the European O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Amsterdam this October. O'Reilly Network talked with him about Rails' success and future. Seven Cool Mono Apps
Publish Date: Oct. 18, 2004Edd Dumbill takes a look at seven of the cool open source programs being built on Mono. What's Next for X?
Publish Date: Sep. 8, 2004Edd Dumbill offers a glimpse at what's on the horizon for the X Window System. Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development?
Publish Date: Mar. 11, 2004Miguel de Icaza recently led a two-day meeting that brought together developers and early adopters of the Mono project, an open source effort to create a free implementation of the .NET Development Framework. Edd Dumbill attended the gathering and reports on how Mono could become the first-choice platform for Linux software development. iBooks Love Linux
Publish Date: Mar. 29, 2002An iBook turned out to be a great choice for running Debian GNU/Linux. Edd Dumbill explains why, and walks us through the installation process. RSS Moves Forward
Publish Date: Aug. 25, 2000An informative look at the proposal for the next generation of RSS by XML.com managing editor, Edd Dumbill.

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