Yuriy's blog

On March 11th I was speaking at Ciklum's Speakers' Corner about introduction to the big data. First of all I'd like to thank the HR department of Ciklum especially Rimma and Alexandra  for giving me this opportunity and the great place at Ciklum's SkyPoint . And of course I'd like to thank the everyone who came to this event for very nice professional discussion and good questions. I really appreciate your feedback, I already see few areas where I could improve my presentation skills as well as to ameliorate the topic of discussion, I think it is very important to keep in touch with the audience. For me also, I was happy to talk about the things I'm interested in and to find the like-minded people which could be a good start for a big data community in Ukraine. The presentation it-self is available here .

Most of our time in the modern adult's moreover family life during the working time is split into parts: sleep, work, family and kids, friends. During vacations it's all about traveling, enjoying, resting, making the difference from one described above. So I asked myself is there any time for your-self to stop, to think through the things you are doing everyday to make something better, to change the way your own life goes or to ameliorate someone's life? Is there a time for the new ideas and information, for self-education, time for the "different" between the time for kids, friends, work, sleep, traveling and entertainment? Or the privilege of this kind of time is only for students, unemployed, rich, without kids, single or even a recluse? How can someone who is waking up at 7:00 to take his kids to school, goes to work, works, has a lunch, works again, has an after-work drink, goes to home, plays with kids, goes to sleep can have a time to think of something b...