Performance Tuning Best Practices for MySQL
Google engEDU
43 min – Apr 28, 2006

Google TechTalks
April 28, 2006

Jay Pipes
Jay Pipes is a co-author of the recently published Pro MySQL (Apress, 2005), which covers all of the newest MySQL 5 features, as well as in-depth discussion and analysis of the MySQL server architecture, storage engines, transaction procesing, benchmarking, and advanced SQL scenarios. You can also see his name on articles appearing in Linux Magazine and can read more articles about MySQL at his website.

ABSTRACT
Learn where to best focus your attention when tuning the performance of your applications and database servers, and how to effectively find the "low hanging fruit" on the tree of bottlenecks. It’s not rocket science, but with a bit of acquired skill and experience, and of course good habits, you too can do this magic! Jay Pipes is MySQL’s Community Relations Manager for North America. Read the rest of this entry »

An Introduction to SQLite
Google engEDU
51 min – May 31, 2006

Google TechTalks
May 31, 2006

Richard Hipp

ABSTRACT
SQLite is a small C library that implements a self-contained, embeddable, zero-configuration SQL database engine. SQLite implements a large subset of SQL-92 and stores a complete database in a single disk file. The library footprint is less than 250 KB making is suitable for use in embedded devices and applications where memory space is scarce.

This talk provides a quick overview of SQLite, its history, its strengths and weaknesses, and describes situations where it is much more useful than a traditional client/server database. The talk concludes with a discussion of the lessons learned from the development of SQLite and how those lessons can be applied to other projects. Read the rest of this entry »

Comparing American and Chinese Negotiation Styles
Google engEDU
49 min – Aug 24, 2006

Google TechTalks
August 24, 2006

Terry Hird, UC Berkeley, Founder of Negotiation-International, has over 25 years of international business and negotiation under his belt. Terry’s work as a business owner, consultant and educator has brought him into contact with top business, organizations and learning institutions around the world. He has done business and negotiation in more than fifty countries throughout Asia, Europe, The Middle East, South America, and Africa. To learn more about Terry & Negotiation-International, visit http://www.negotiation-international.com

ABSTRACT
There is no Chinese word for negotiation. Tan pan translates "discussion or making a judgment". In Chinese a negotiation means a dialogue with a beginning, middle, and no end.

This one hour workshop will touch on the highlights of the differences in negotiation style of American and Chinese negotiators. Based upon one of many courses and seminars, Negotiation-International teaches corporations "going global", you will hear about the inherent sources of difficulty in these negotiations.

Different opening moves Different negotiation processes Different negotiation principles Face and guanxi (relationship) Tips for success to minimize misunderstandings and pave the way for success Bu da bu Xiang Shi: "Without a fight you do not know each other." Read the rest of this entry »

BillMonk.com
Google engEDU
40 min – Jun 16, 2006

Google TechTalks
June 16, 2006

Gaurav Oberoi & Chuck Groom
Co-Founders, BillMonk.com

ABSTRACT
The web 2.0 bubble inflates as geeks pump out an astonishing number of web-based solutions to daily problems. But a lot of these solutions only appeal to a small niche. What goes into a service that appeals to a broad range of people?

How can it start and grow without a generous helping of capital? The two guys behind BillMonk.com, a service for helping friends with the casual borrowing of money and stuff, will share their views from the trenches. They will share the story of what it took to quit their comfy jobs at Amazon, how a handful of philosophical axioms dictated the entire site design and interface, anthropological observations about the 18-26 year-old demographic with respect to money and computers, and some of the technical challenges they’ve faced. There will be room for discussion about Ruby, Linux, when to open-source parts of your platform, and business lessons for geeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Seattle Conference on Scalability: YouTube Scalability
Google engEDU
53 min – Jun 23, 2007

Google Tech Talks
June 23, 2007

ABSTRACT

This talk will discuss some of the scalability challenges that have
arisen during YouTube’s short but extraordinary history. YouTube
has grown incredibly rapidly despite having had only a handful of
people responsible for scaling the site. Topics of discussion will
include hardware scalability, software scalability, and database
scalability.

Speaker: Cuong Do
Cuong is currently an engineering manager at YouTube/Google.
He was part of the engineering team that scaled the YouTube
software and hardware infrastructure from its infancy to its current
scale. Prior to YouTube/Google, he held various software
development and management positions at PayPal and Inktomi. Read the rest of this entry »