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	<title type="text">Java &#8211; Outer Thoughts</title>
	<subtitle type="text">&#62; From inner thoughts to outer limits of Alexandre Rafalovitch</subtitle>

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			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Javadoc custom doclets &#8211; fun, frustration and forward motion]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=561</id>
		<updated>2014-11-23T15:25:45Z</updated>
		<published>2014-05-07T11:41:18Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Problems and Solutions" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Solr" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Javadoc is default &#8211; and often only &#8211; documentation for open source Java projects. It is generated automatically and can just be dumped on any public-facing server as a bunch of static files. Or even bundled with the distribution, if size is not an issue. However, as project grows, several issues with using Javadoc documentation &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2014/05/javadoc-fun-frustration/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Javadoc custom doclets &#8211; fun, frustration and forward motion</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
						<uri>http://blog.outerthoughts.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Introduction to Apache Solr &#8211; presentation and code]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=553</id>
		<updated>2014-11-23T15:28:49Z</updated>
		<published>2014-04-16T13:03:46Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="General Education" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Problems and Solutions" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Solr" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I recently presented about Solr at Bangkok meetup group. There were about 40 people and I had great follow-up discussions afterwards. As part of the presentation, I showed how Solr deals with Thai language. Even though my knowledge of Thai is fairly rudimentary, I dug into existing resources and found at least a couple of ways &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2014/04/introduction-to-apache-solr-presentation-and-code/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Introduction to Apache Solr &#8211; presentation and code</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
						<uri>http://blog.outerthoughts.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Checking examples in &#8220;Solr Indexing&#8221; with Solr 4.7 under Windows &#8211; part 1]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=532</id>
		<updated>2015-11-11T02:56:33Z</updated>
		<published>2014-03-12T11:55:58Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="e-Books" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Problems and Solutions" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Publishing" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Solr" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been 9 months since my introductory Solr book came out. It was written for version 4.3. In the meanwhile, Solr kept marching on and is now at version 4.7. There has been quite a number of changes and new features. So I really wanted to recheck that the examples in the book still make &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2014/03/book-examples-update-solr47-win-part1/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Checking examples in &#8220;Solr Indexing&#8221; with Solr 4.7 under Windows &#8211; part 1</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
						<uri>http://blog.outerthoughts.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Book review: Apache Solr 4 Cookbook]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=526</id>
		<updated>2015-11-11T02:56:40Z</updated>
		<published>2014-02-01T03:49:27Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Reviews" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Solr" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[As an author of an introductory Solr book, I have quite a bit of curiosity in how other books cover similar and more advanced material. So I was quite interested when Packt Publishing asked me to review one of their other Solr books: Apache Solr 4 Cookbook by Rafał Kuć. Apache Solr 4 Cookbook is actually &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2014/01/book-review-apache-solr-4-cookbook/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Book review: Apache Solr 4 Cookbook</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
						<uri>http://blog.outerthoughts.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Wrap-up of the Solr Usability Contest]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=513</id>
		<updated>2014-11-23T15:41:45Z</updated>
		<published>2013-08-20T17:12:28Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Problems and Solutions" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Solr" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Solr Usability Contest has finished. It run for four weeks, has received 29 suggestions, 113 votes and more than 300 visits. People from several different Solr communities participated. The final list of suggestions (sorted by votes) is: Better documentation (13 votes) Make atomic updates really atomic (11 vote) Automatically redistribute documents across shards when more shards &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2013/08/wrap-up-of-solr-usability-contest/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wrap-up of the Solr Usability Contest</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Solr Usability Contest &#8211; one week in]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=503</id>
		<updated>2014-11-23T15:42:02Z</updated>
		<published>2013-08-02T01:29:08Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Problems and Solutions" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Solr" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It has been just over a week since launching Solr Usability Contest. It is doing well. There are 25 suggestions, more than 150 visits, and quite a number of votes. The most popular suggestion so far is Better Documentation. This is both easy to predict and a bit sad. From my own experience, there is quite a &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2013/08/solr-usability-contest-one-week-in/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Solr Usability Contest &#8211; one week in</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Announcing Solr Usability contest]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=495</id>
		<updated>2014-11-23T15:43:28Z</updated>
		<published>2013-07-24T15:30:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Problems and Solutions" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Solr" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[In collaboration with Packt Publishing and to celebrate the release of my new book Instant Apache Solr for Indexing Data How-to,  we are organizing a contest to collect Solr Usability ideas. I have written about the reasons behind the book before and the contest builds on that idea. Basically, I feel that a lot of people are able &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2013/07/announcing-solr-usability-contest/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Announcing Solr Usability contest</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
						<uri>http://blog.outerthoughts.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Setting up Apache Solr on Windows as a service]]></title>
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		<id>http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=476</id>
		<updated>2014-11-23T15:43:50Z</updated>
		<published>2013-07-03T02:29:18Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Problems and Solutions" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Solr" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I had to set up Apache Solr 4 on Windows as a service using Jetty container. The following is the documentation on how to do it. I am not saying that this is the best way to get it to work. But it is one way that works and seems to be more recent and &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2013/07/setting-up-apache-solr-on-windows-as-a-service/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Setting up Apache Solr on Windows as a service</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[My book on Solr is now published]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2013/06/my-book-on-solr-is-now-published/" />
		<id>http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=467</id>
		<updated>2014-11-23T15:44:34Z</updated>
		<published>2013-06-13T18:31:01Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="e-Books" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Problems and Solutions" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Publishing" /><category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Solr" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It is a great moment. After many months of work, my book is finally published and is available from multiple sources. It is called Instant Apache Solr for Indexing Data How-to and it has been published by the Packt Publishing. There is a number of books published on Solr, but I feel that mine is different. &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2013/06/my-book-on-solr-is-now-published/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">My book on Solr is now published</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Alexandre Rafalovitch</name>
						<uri>http://blog.outerthoughts.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[5 unobvious things about Atlassian Crowd&#8217;s Delegated Authentication Directory]]></title>
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		<updated>2008-03-07T20:19:48Z</updated>
		<published>2008-03-07T20:19:48Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://blog.outerthoughts.com" term="Java" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Atlassian has just released Crowd 1.3 that now has the Delegated Authentication option &#8211; two-faced directory with an external LDAP facing part for authentication and an internal Crowd part for authorisation. This double-faced functionality causes some non-obvious interface issues. The most important issue to understand is that external part is accessed only when user is &#8230; <a href="http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/03/5-unobvious-things-about-atlassian-crowds-delegated-authentication-directory/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">5 unobvious things about Atlassian Crowd&#8217;s Delegated Authentication Directory</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>
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