Jeff Barr

Senior Manager, Cloud Computing Solutions at Amazon.com, Inc



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Video: Predicting Costs on Amazon Web Services
Learn how-to predict costs quickly and accurately. The Senior Technical Evangelist at Amazon presents his 5Ms model, gives specific application examples, and then prices the applications using the AWS Simple Monthly Calculator.


Presentation: Cloud Computing for Research PDF
An Amazon Web Services educational presentation by Jeff Barr.


Video: PHP Office Hours
An Interactive session with Amazon's Sr Evangelist where he covers how-to tutorials and addresses questions from a technical audience.


Video: Cloud Computing in PHP With the Amazon Web Services
Learn how to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) including the Elastic Compute Cloud, the Simple Storage Service, and the Simple Database Service to create a scalable application in PHP. This presentation shows how easy and fun it is to build and run an application in the cloud.


Video: Get Your Head in the Cloud: Amazon.com
Get Your Head in the Cloud: Jeff Barr, Amazon.com


Video: Amazon Web Services: Building Blocks for True Internet Applications
This presentation discusses how Amazon Web Services Can help Web developers solve common but vexing problems, including scaling. The Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Simple DB are discussed in detail along with the Simple Queue, Simple Storage, and Flexible Payment Services. Each discussion covers basic concepts, example APIs, and brief introductions of case studies.


Presentation: Amazon Web Services: The Important Bits of Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services: The Important Bits of Cloud Computing


Presentation: Amazon Web Services: Cloud Computing in Action
Amazon Web Services: Cloud Computing in Action


Article: Amazon Web Services: Who's Using Them and Why
Amazon Web Services consume more bandwidth than all of its global sites combined. Evangelist Jeff Barr explains whos using them and why.


Video: Jeff Barr Discusses Amazon Web Services with InfoQ
In this interview from QCon London 2008, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Evangelist Jeff Barr discusses SimpleDB, S3, EC2, SQS, cloud computing, how the different Amazon services interact within an application, the origins of AWS, SimpleDB and Microsoft SQL Server Data Services, globalization of the AWS cloud, the March AWS outage, SimpleDB Stored Procedures and converting between AMIs and VMWare.


Video: Amazon's Challenge to Business: Turn off your Datacenter
ScobleizerTV talks to Jeff Barr at the Amazon Headquarters about S3 and the Amazon Web Services.


Article: Reuters Interview: Jeff Barr on the Future of Shopping
Reuters Interview: Jeff Barr has the futuristic title of Web Services Evangelist at online retailing giant Amazon.com, as Jeffrey Batra in Second Life he is working hard on projects that bridge the virtual world and the real one. Read the interview


Presentation: Amazon Web Services: Building Blocks for True Internet Applications
Amazon Web Services: Building Blocks for True Internet Applications


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  • Links for Tuesday, December 20, 2011
  • December 20 2011
    Mastering Emacs: What’s New in EMACS 24 (Part 1) – “With Emacs 24 looming around the corner I figured it was time I took a close look at all the new features and changes” Part 2. Tilted Twister: Tilted Twister … Continue reading → ...
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  • Links for Tuesday, September 27, 2011
  • September 27 2011
    HTML 5 Rocks: How Browsers Work “This comprehensive primer on the internal operations of WebKit and Gecko is the result of much research done by Israeli developer Tali Garsiel. Over a few years, she reviewed all the published data about … Continue reading → ...
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  • Links for Sunday, August 21, 2011
  • August 21 2011
    Hypergrid Business: 11 Tips for Successful Virtual Training – “It only makes sense to use virtual world technology if you are making use of its unique affordances. That is, if you are doing things that can only be done in … Continue reading → ...
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  • Links for Monday, August 15, 2011
  • August 15 2011
    MicroRAX – “MicroRAX is a light weight mini T-Slot style building system. Suitable for use on your desktop or bench top to build science, engineering, or advanced hobby and DIY projects.“ Sparkfun Electronics: MakerBeam – “MakerBeam is a Mini-T open-source … Continue reading → ...
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  • Links for Tuesday, July 25, 2011
  • July 26 2011
    The Big Picture: Space Shuttle Era Ends With Atlantis – “When Atlantis touched down yesterday at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the high-flying era of the space shuttles came down to earth as well. After 30 years, the shuttle program, which began … Continue reading → ...
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  • Seattle and Eastside Movies – 2011
  • June 15 2011
    The long-awaited Seattle summer is almost here. There’s nothing more fun than heading outdoors on a July or August evening to catch a classic movie at a local park. The most popular nights are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. On … Continue reading → ...
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  • Links for Tuesday, June 14, 2011
  • June 14 2011
    Network World: 3D Conferencing Hits the Enterprise – “Immersive virtual meeting environments allow participants to use avatars to walk around a virtual environment, and are useful tools for collaborating on and prototyping 3D designs, such as new products, buildings, or … Continue reading → ...
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  • Links for Saturday, June 11, 2011
  • June 11 2011
    Stephen O’Grady: Why You Should Pay Attention to Node.js – “plicit in node is a fundamental rejection of traditional I/O. It’s pushing an asynchronous agenda with its event loops, based on the assumption that concurrency cannot be achieved with a … Continue reading → ...
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  • Links for Tuesday, May 24, 2011
  • May 23 2011
    Hypergrid Business: Paper: Virtual Worlds Expand Uses of 3D Models – “Planners, developers, builders and architects should be looking to virtual worlds to provide a whole-life model of their project, according to a white paper released today by virtual worlds … Continue reading → ...
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Books


Host Your Web Site On The Cloud
Amazon Web Services Made Easy


By Jeff Barr
November 17 2009

Authored by Amazon's Senior Manager of Cloud Computing Solutions this book teaches you how to host your website, applications or data on the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud. It Covers file and database storage, server management, querying services, application management, performance and maintenance, scaling and load balancing, and much more. This books straightforward, practical advice and step-by-step guides will have you running your website on the cloud in no time.
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