Hello Sean, as a Mahout fan I can help with charts, diagrams or schema pictures if needed. Let's make this book looking real good. Is it true that Manning is forcing authors to use MS Word? Still it should be possible to use PS, EPS or maybe PDF for vector graphics, correct?
Anyway, I would love to take a look at the draft. Regards, Lukas On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Sean Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > That is indeed how I am positioning it in this draft book proposal -- > it's for a 'Mahout in Action' book from Manning. They want to > understand why this wouldn't be just another Collective Intelligence > in Action (which I do think is quite a good book, at least, I learned > a good deal about Lucene from it.) > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Tanton Gibbs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I hope I'm one of the targeted audience members for the book. I've > > used hadoop, done clustering (not with Mahout), have read about > > collaborative filtering, and plan on using Mahout in a business > > intelligence setting in 1-2 years. However, I've never used Mahout > > itself. What I would like to see is more of a cookbook style. I want > > to know the whys, not just the hows. Why should I normalize data in a > > certain way before clustering it, what happens if I don't, etc.... > > I've read Collective Intelligence in Action and found it pretty much > > useless - I don't need another survey on the topic. Instead, I want > > to know the ins and outs of mahout so that when I go to sell it to > > someone I can answer any and all of their questions around it. If you > > want an introductory chapter on the topics, that is fine, but keep > > them short and point to other materials. > > > > Thanks! > > Tanton > > >
