how can I learn Hadoop on my own?

I'll be teaching a 2 day course on getting started with Hadoop, in Bangalore, later this month. Please spread the word.

Free Big Data / Hadoop course by IBM

Really good Hadoop run down (and all related apps)

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Nice response to the Hadoop criticisms

The Hadoop community at large, is one close knit community

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Now I see why so many people have geekgasms about it.

I don't know Hadoop. But this tutorial illustrates what it can do, at least.