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# If you installed Hadoop and Pig with Homebrew on OS X, then get this error:
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# ERROR org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.jobcontrol.JobControl - Error whiletrying to run jobs.java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Found interface org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobContext, but class was expected.
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# Then this formula is for you. It downloads pig src, then builds it for >Hadoop 2.3
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require 'formula'

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devarispbrown / speaker_proposal.md
Created November 15, 2012 08:21
Speaker Proposal for Brit Ruby

My name is DeVaris Brown and I'm the Evangelist for Zendesk. Part of my duties is to be the keeper of all things API, so I wanted to talk about some of the things we've done from an architectural standpoint in making our API performant and consistent using Ruby. We have over 500,000,000 customer interactions a year, so our API takes quite a beating. From the use of presenters, to doing side loading to prevent N+1, plus a few more tips and tricks, we've done some great work in making our API robust. I think this talk would really benefit developers by learning from our successes and failures along our journey.

The reason why you should pick me to speak at your conference is that I'm the guy that can keep people up and engaged after lunch. I also took a blood oath to NEVER EVER sound like a substitute Economics teacher while speaking Bueller, Bueller. I used to be an evangelist for Microsoft teaching college students about ASP.NET and Silverlight. If I can keep th

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devarispbrown / speaker_proposal.md
Created November 15, 2012 01:15
Speaker Proposal

Be different, be unique, be yourself. Inspire us.

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devarispbrown / client.m
Created October 30, 2012 20:08
Zendesk API Consumption
-( void )postToZenDesk:( NSString *)name withEmail:( NSString *)email andError:( NSError **)error{
NSMutableDictionary *ticketDic = [[ NSMutableDictionary
alloc ] init ];
NSMutableDictionary *dic = [[ NSMutableDictionary
alloc ] init ];
NSMutableDictionary *commentDic = [[ NSMutableDictionary
alloc ] init ];