Good bye SQL, Hellooo NoSQL!

Switched from SQL to NoSQL (using MongoDB and NoRM). Looks good so far. MongoDB seems more "natural" to work with - at least for the stuff I am doing. Plus, things like sharding / replication / high availability will be much easier to implement. And haven't noticed any loss in performance.

By the way, despite the (obligatory) inflammatory title, I am not really taking sides here. I think SQL and NoSQL both will have a place for a long time. Choose whatever works for you.

Why Free is Very Expensive - Forbes.com

Raju Narisetti, Managing Editor at The Washington Post, makes a good case for making online news content easier to understand and more engaging. This is exactly the type of premise that the ESL Reader web service from Redmond Labs is trying to base itself on - make news and web content easier to understand and more engaging to a wider range of readers, while helping them improve their language skills in a fun and natural way. Well, at least that is the hope :-)

"The business model of quality journalism is broken. Readers are moving online--and they want their news for free. Revenues from online advertising too haven't really caught up. Cost cutting and trying to make online readers pay, may not be the answer. The news brands need to get creative and make their content easier, more engaging and useful."

Why Free is Very Expensive - Forbes.com