Monday, February 15, 2010

Aweekstweets Feb 5-15 2010: ten days actually--so sue me

@sandsP Had to do a Google to know what you were referring to. This "exception v. rule" dichotomy coalesced during physical exercise. 3 minutes ago from TweetDeck in reply to sandsP

Unsung Motown manager, Barney Ales, who lived down Marler street from us in Livonia in the early 60s: http://bit.ly/d7Ry8n 30 minutes ago from TweetDeck

I don't know about you, but I've been spending Presidents Day just admiring the marvelous men (all men, so far) who's held that office. 38 minutes ago from TweetDeck

New blogpost: "The ROI of High-Quality Decision Management Practices" (http://bit.ly/bP3gdh) (http://bit.ly/cgrHKJ) 8:15 AM Feb 14th from TweetDeck

And for Valentine's Day, just tweet something sweet! 6:45 AM Feb 14th from TweetDeck

A great "sin cia ju ie" to all our family and friends who celebrate the Chinese New Year! 6:42 AM Feb 14th from TweetDeck

A big shout-out to my Sonya on her 20th! You are one strong, smart girl! 6:31 AM Feb 14th from TweetDeck

Just bought Vampire Weekend's second LP, "Contra." Songs more consistently sharp, and more supple, than their great first LP. 6:27 AM Feb 14th from TweetDeck

Just bought Charlotte Gainsbourg's new album "IRM," an excellent collaboration with Beck. Chill-out grooves with gravity. 6:26 AM Feb 14th from TweetDeck

@johnrrymer No. It means that Detroit will cultivate the most mournful music and poetry in the lower 48. 11:16 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck in reply to johnrrymer

"Social BI" means that BI KPI/dashboarding is coming to the social networks, which are coming into enterprise apps as integral services. 11:15 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

Detroit's our Ireland. We who grew up there. Better to romanticize from a distance than move back. Unless/until local economy improves. 8:53 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

RT @drnatalie: "now headed 2 C nephews in Detroit, Silver lining" JK--Give my regards to all the folks in good ol' Livonia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8:52 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Lights and Music by Cut Copy #KEXP: JK--Always confuse with Cut Chemist. Not stylistically: Copy electro, Chemist hip-hop. 8:47 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

Social networkinig hasn't thinned out my email inbox. But lets me ignore/trash more routine e-mail IT newsletters. Twitter informs me first! 8:40 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

What I love about the term "socialcast" is that it elegantly alludes to the broadcast-y and collaborative features of these services. 8:21 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

"Salesforce Puts Process Development in the Cloud" (http://bit.ly/9eO0ul): JK--Cloud #BPM for a new age. 7:31 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

"Tableau Aims To Socialcast Data Visualization" (http://bit.ly/bsxiMa): JK--Great new coinage: "socialcast." Tableau pioneering in social BI 7:28 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

Where analytics is concerned, "perfectionism"= every ambitious vision for DW, BI, PA/DM, CEP, BRE, BPM, KM, & social ntwking rolled into 1. 7:22 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

Analytics is not the "art & science of better." It's the art & science of discovering the trade-off between "good enough" & "perfectionism." 7:12 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

"Google Buzzted" (http://bit.ly/99OGB3) JK--"Google buzz"=now-familiar hype cycle. "Wow, cool nu Google bauble! You gonna use it? No...you?" 7:07 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

Obama, when presidential days are over, will likely be one-half self-appointed diplomat (Clinton mode) & one-half symbol (in Mandela mode). 6:58 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

Bill Clinton has really become an elder statesman in the best sense of the phrase. People the world over respect his grizzled resilience. 6:56 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

@jshuey Dynamic workflow = self-designing & -healing? Does the orchestration accomplish this automatically, or through collaborative tuning? 6:49 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck in reply to jshuey

RT @Zementis "use PMML to protect IP & exch pred analytics models btwn different tools" JK--PMML for IP protection? Never heard that before 6:46 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Instant Hit by The Slits #KEXP: JK--Slits late-70s reggae-ish track, from classic "Cut" LP, stills feels very "now." 6:44 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

"Google Buys Aardvark" (http://bit.ly/aazlVt): JK--Q&A matchmaking service; route queries to friends with best answer. Sounds like social BI 6:38 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

@saileshkrish "Over-fitting"? You mean mgt flexibility in cutting some modelers slack, tightening others' reins, depending on circumstances. 6:21 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck in reply to saileshkrish

Links to yesterday's DM Radio on "Use Cases in Predictive Analytics" (http://bit.ly/csNA9m) (http://bit.ly/cTuorN). Me, SPSS, Sybase, etc. 6:18 AM Feb 12th from TweetDeck

Have fallen out of "Daily Show" & "Colbert Report" habits of late, but tuned in tonight. Still super-funny. Loved Jon's chat w/Wiille Mays. 10:06 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

On the DM Radio podcast today, I said if predictive analytics were perfect, somebody somewhere would clean up on all football betting pools. 10:04 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

RT @jshuey "well designed workflow ... has graceful exception handling" #BPM #ECM: JK--Most graceful when exceptions drive process redesign 10:01 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

Simply being "positioned" in #Forrester Wave only half the battle . Means u made the squad, but not necessarily put points on the scoreboard 9:59 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

The longer you've used a predictive modeling tool, more loyal u become--partly because frightfully expensive to migrate & redo all that IP. 9:56 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

Was discussing with @drnatalie today notion that "listening platforms" have 2 broad usecases: "customer engagement" & "market surveillance." 9:54 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

@alecsharp The fact that Stu Coleman put his name on that statement means he wasn't taking his own advice. Touche, you! 9:49 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck in reply to alecsharp

Stopped reading book on "being in present moment" midway thru last weekend, when present moment was banging headache. Pain's a moment u flee 9:48 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

Finished Bob Newhart's memoir. Very Newhart-ish subtitle: "And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny." Master of the telephonic half-dialogue 9:43 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

@NeilRaden No one denies models grow stale. Like bread, they're perishable. They're dynamic, deriving predictive power from fit 2 fresh data 9:36 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

Don't fall for notion of predictive modelers as "artisans." Modeling can/should be structured to greater degree. Deadlines spur inspiration! 9:32 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

@NeilRaden U know it. Young uns imagine longevity an all-nite rave spilling over into next day. It's more a long night's journey into sleep 9:27 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

RT @smdailey "Yoga class should be like Evensong at Windsor Castle. Arrive late, don't get in." JK--Disagree. Yoga not a class-based system 9:24 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

@TonyBaer "Revolution 9" is spoken word song (so is rap). Pay attention to alternation among Beatle speaking voices. Then think Beastie Boys 9:18 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck in reply to TonyBaer

@NeilRaden Shame on U 4 multitasking. Who does that? Not me or any any analyst worth his/her salt. JK never gets distracted. Right, Eric K? 9:08 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

@NeilRaden Poppycock! Creative aspects of modeling can/should be governed: enforce patterns, practices, controls--plenty room 4 brilliance. 9:05 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

Listening to Beatles "Revolution 9" from "The Beatles." Listen as song, not sound collage. Cyclic rising & falling motion. Screams & hushes. 8:00 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

@NeilRaden You misinterpreted. I didn't recommend standardizing on 1 analytics tool. I recomm'd unified model gov across multiple tools 7:32 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

RT @kexpplaylist: Iceblink Luck by Cocteau Twins #KEXP: JK--I am always intoxicated by Cocteau Twins' gorgeously exotically digital sound. 3:14 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

"Internet Gov'nce in World of Cyberwarcraft" (http://bit.ly/bVnMbf): JK w/ elinormills @Jim_Hietala @Dana_Gardner @TheEbizWizard @DortchOnIT 3:08 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

Doing DM Radio webcast with IBM/SPSS (Brethenoux), Sybase (Das), Modeling Agency (Rathburn), and Eric Siegel of Predictive Analytics World. 3:02 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Spanish Harlem Incident by James and Robert Mercer #KEXP: JK--Another great new one by JMercer, outside Shins. 1:30 PM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

@lmacvittie I see parallels between the "No SQL DBMS" and open-source movements. Strong counterpunches to the status quo, but no knock-out. 10:24 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck in reply to lmacvittie

"Google Buzz: Intrusive social networking?" (http://bit.ly/8ZKFKg): JK--"Social" can often mean "people constantly in your face." 10:15 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

@lmacvittie Non-relational DBMSs (of various approaches) are very niche-y. But I expect Hadoop DFS to gain traction in cloud. 8:58 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck in reply to lmacvittie

Snow stopped in DC. Sun's out, but hard to see over staggering glare & deep shadows cast by hulking mountains of piled-high frozen precip. 8:47 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

RT @techno_news: BBC Science: "Genes behind stammering uncovered" (http://bit.ly/ardYlh): JK--Finally, they found the Bob Newhart Gene. 7:48 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

The end of SQL and relational databases? (part 2 of 3) (http://bit.ly/9PgiJz): JK--Excellent survey of non-relational DBMSs. 7:36 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

"Social Milky Way space expl proj cranks up ...'supercomputer'" (http://bit.ly/alnzzp): JK--10 yrs ago this called "P2P," now it's "social." 7:33 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

Financial institutions that push paperless statements don't explain why we should spend our time, paper, and ink, rather than they theirs. 7:25 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

Another benefit of aging is long memory, and the supporting documentation (under a pile in my closet over there) to support that last tweet. 7:13 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

"Google Plans Ultrafast Internet Broadband" (http://bit.ly/cspuB6): JK--Same testbed apps as NSF/NREN 20 yrs ago, but commercially funded. 7:12 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

"Oracle Continues Acq Spree" (http://bit.ly/9P7pj9): JK--First AmberPoint, now Convergin. Positions Oracle SOA for broadband public clouds. 7:09 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Abominable Snowman in the Market by Jonathan Richman #KEXP: JK--Wanna see show of hands. We all love Jonathan, right? 7:04 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

Fun thing about growing old is sensing when happy times are coming, hence savoring them all the more while they last. 7:03 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

It's actually a happy time now in IT industry. Economy's picking up, budgets growing, innovative new approaches enriching many segments. 7:02 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

An "open letter" to any public figure always smells like a futile vanity exercise . Nothing screams "don't read me" like a pointed diatribe. 6:59 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

Dear People Who Give Us TweetDeck: Can you make your LinkedIn connection more reliable? It craps out half the time. 6:56 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: High Road by Broken Bells #KEXP: JK--Great nu proj of James Mercer (Shins). Makes me doubly excited waiting for next Shins 6:55 AM Feb 11th from TweetDeck

Wife & I video-Skyped blizzard-in-progress today to friends in Holland. White-out snowstorm raging behind casual conversation. Lovely effect 5:22 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Sheela Na Gig by PJ Harvey #KEXP: JK--This lady is the coolest hardrocking woman in the known universe. 5:16 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @mikojava: is listening to "Beautiful" by Akon, Colby O'Donis: JK--Tweeting on yr musical tastes? Stop, please. That's my brand! 4:50 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

I used to think my next book will be my poetry tome, "Pieces of Fate," but I long since gave up trying. It's good, though. 2:39 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

@alyswoodward "I bet your books are valuable collectors' items :-)" JK--Don't I wish. Bookwriting's a burden. Waiting for the right project. 2:38 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck in reply to alyswoodward

@nenshad @myDIALS @jamet123 "Like your blog re ROI of Decisions Support" JK--Note I built conceptual hooks to extend to decision automation 2:34 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck in reply to nenshad

RT @host_analytics: Cloud CPM is... return from good decisions. http://bit.ly/bSH5d6 @jameskobielus ROI of Decisions Support. #EPM #CPM 2:33 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Someone You Love by The Folk Implosion #KEXP: JK--Weird that Dinosaur Jr. never exploited best asset: Lou Barlow's voice. 2:21 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Fee Fie by The Hidden Cameras #KEXP: JK--Speaking of masters of melodicism, listen to this great outfit from Ontario! 2:18 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @myDIALS: "Like your blog re ROI of Decision Support but think applies equally to SaaS Perf Mgt": JK--For sure: designed 2 be extensible! 2:16 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

Yes indeed, I've covered many IT areas in my career, and continue to stay fresh in them all , which explains why I stay hyper-busy. 2:04 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

Anybody want to see more BPM thoughts from yrs truly? Check out my 2 books: "Workflow Strategies" (1997) and "BizTalk" (2001). Out-of-print. 2:02 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"11. How do you think Social BPM will impact your organization?" (http://bit.ly/bLM3J1): JK--Everybody in org becomes process-savvy. #bpmjam 2:00 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"4. How heavily rely on sw vdr for proj impl?" (http://bit.ly/bLM3J1): JK--They willing to assume financial risk if project fails? #bpmjam 1:58 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"3. Do traditional biz analysts have what takes to drive BPM initiatives?" (http://bit.ly/bLM3J1) JK--Do they have passion4process? #bpmjam 1:57 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"2. What are the best practices for establishing your BPM COE?" (http://bit.ly/bLM3J1): JK--Get smartest process people together. #bpmjam 1:55 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"1. Which role(s) should lead your biz process initiative?" (http://bit.ly/bLM3J1): JK--Whoever's might lose job if process fails #bpmjam 1:53 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

In-process analytics? Analogous to in-database analytics, but where you pushdown predictive models to BPM platform, not DW. #bpmjam 1:49 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @raesmaa Gil Yehuda: Corporate Backlash to Social Media http://bit.ly/c2ebST #e20: JK--Good one from great social media analyst @gyehuda 1:47 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

BPM with deep process analytics. Process agility means able to predict, when you flex the org, it'll respond well, not pull a muscle #bpmjam 1:45 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Because I Do by X #KEXP: JK--Excellent live version that shows X an Americana group. Mislabeled as "punk" from the start. 12:36 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"The ROI of High-Quality Decision Support Infrastructure" (http://bit.ly/bSH5d6): JK-Yrs trly & @drnatalie blending this+ROI of social media 11:53 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"The ROI of High-Quality Decision Support Infrastructure" (http://bit.ly/bSH5d6): JK--@drnatalie leveraging this + ROI of social media. 11:51 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"Knowing What's Next: Use Cases for Predictive Analytics" (http://bit.ly/amCygk): JK--Podcast with yours truly, Sybase, & IBM/SPSS. 11:49 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"Oracle launches worldwide cloud-computing tour" (http://bit.ly/aRN7YP): JK--Apparently, Ellison's thinking has evolved on cloud. 11:46 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"IBM Launches Academic Cloud 2 Speed Deliv of Tech Skills to College Students" (http://bit.ly/9vNS7a) JK-Smart. Seeding future customer base 10:12 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

BTW, anybody notice that I am always very much myself? An analyst's distinctive personality, passions, and voice R integral to his/her brand 9:08 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"Be yourself and be Forrester too"--that's the core of what we do. The heart of how #Forrester builds analyst starpower! 9:05 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: I Hear Your Voice in Dresden by Elvis Perkins In Dearland #KEXP: JK--Absolutely thrilling vox & song by the nu Elvis! 8:55 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"Researchers use nanobubbles to burst cancer cells" (http://bit.ly/aJt88w): JK--Wow! 8:32 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Ten Thousand Words by The Avett Brothers #KEXP: JK--Terrific NC country-folk group w/ loose harmonies & total heart. 8:29 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

Looking forward to meeting folks at #TDWI in Vegas the week after next. My dance card's filling up. Have 11 briefings scheduled over 2 days. 8:24 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Tugboat by Citay #KEXP: JK--San Francisco's Citay has one of the warmest instrumental/vocal vibes I've heard recently. 8:21 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

@mcgoverntheory #gartner #forrester #burtongroup: JK--Nope. Enterprise best practices are core of what we do in #Forrester IT client group. 7:57 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck in reply to mcgoverntheory

RT @kexpplaylist The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian #KEXP JK--Great '98 track from indie group that made melodicism cool again 7:56 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

White white white white white cold cold cold cold cold wind wind wind wind flake flake flake flake 7:55 AM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

"BI's Next Frontier: Geospatial Cloud Computing" (http://bit.ly/bp1bEF): JK-Proving ground for MapReduce? Compute-intensive geopath analysis 1:15 PM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

Co-CEOs? Remember Scrubs story arc where JD & Elliott were co-chiefs of medicine or whatnot? The Janitor mocked them by coughing "ko-CHEEF!" 11:37 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

Life is just moving stuff from 1 folder 2 another. Or rather the life technologic feels that way at times. But that's artifact, not nature. 11:34 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

Head exploding, but sinuses clear now, so that statement is more metaphor than literal. Syukur kepada ....Terima kasih. 10:43 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

BriefingsDirect analysts peer into crystal balls (http://bit.ly/aIzOrM): JK: In-sourcing of #BI dev/mashup to users. Strong ROI for self-svc 9:19 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

"What's ROI Of Open Government?" (http://bit.ly/9bhdB7): JK--Huh? What's expediency of sacred governance tenet? Calling all poli sci majors! 9:10 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

If I had a nickel for every reporter who implies that I personally am based in Cambridge MA, I'd be able to pay 4-yr Harvard & MIT tuitions 7:17 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

RT @mcgoverntheory @carterlusher @monkchips @bfr3nch "target ratio of time talking w/ vdrs vs [users]?" #forrester: JK--No. We multiitask. 7:15 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

RT @akarlin: Forrester Wants More Analysts Using Social Tools - http://bit.ly/cW7ISH: JK--Right. For me, all this an important research tool 7:13 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

Gearing up for yet another blizzard. Preparing to be housebound, working inside, for next 2 days, till they plow my street. 6:53 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

"Is Twitter losing its luster?" (http://bit.ly/9Z0u99): JK--Rethought this one. Replace alliteration w/ rhyme? "Twitter losing its glitter?" 6:46 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

"Is 'cloud computing' hurting cloud computing?" (http://bit.ly/aCxzFJ): JK--Great @DavidLinthicum headline. Very meta. Cue Charlie Kaufman! 6:40 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

"Oracle's DW strategy unclear after Sun acq" (http://bit.ly/atZBV9): JK--Much of their DW strategy very clear (eg,Exadata) but MySQL unclear 6:32 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

I've never been sure what a "technocrat" is. Use tech to govern? to enrich society? manipulate people? avoid people? assert superiority? 6:17 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

@JonnyBentwood Re "Forrester created corporate personality-less series of blogs" JK--I seriously disagree. Have you actually read our blogs? 3:46 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

"Alexandria nation's most romantic city" sez Wash Biz Journal (http://bit.ly/agL7R0) JK--Based on sales of Barry White CDs? Mmust be put-on. 3:08 AM Feb 9th from TweetDeck

"The Engine That Powers BI" (http://bit.ly/b7evGV): JK--Analytics analyst raised in Detroit suburbs uses lame automotive metaphor. For shame 11:54 AM Feb 8th from TweetDeck

Remnants of this week's already & tomorrow blizzards in DC area not going to melt completely until Easter, at the earliest. 7:25 AM Feb 8th from TweetDeck

Guilty pleasure: late-nite Time-Life 30-min infomercials for "60s Pop Memories." Deal no good w/o videoclips. BGoldsboro: he had work done? 7:22 AM Feb 8th from TweetDeck

"Oracle Buys AmberPoint" (http://bit.ly/apRNaK): JK--Smart move. This deepens Oracle's already strong SOA mgt value prop. 7:16 AM Feb 8th from TweetDeck

"The Forrester Wave™: Predictive Analytics And Data Mining Solutions, Q1 2010" by James G. Kobielus (http://bit.ly/9jHVGP) 6:40 AM Feb 8th from TweetDeck

@bob_sutor Same logic as Tom Petty in another recent year. Placate we old folks in the audience. Personally, I only want new artists. 6:50 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck in reply to bob_sutor

Sonya http://tweetphoto.com/10728297 6:17 PM Feb 7th from TweetPhoto

This Feb 14 is triple holiday: Valentine's Day + Chinese New Year +my younger's b-day. A significant one, but won't give away a lady's age. 5:29 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

Even George Mason Univ closed tomorrow, which means students such as this girl can catch up on studies: http://tweetphoto.com/10728297. 5:04 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

Michelle Rhee as clueless as prior DCPS chancellors. Open 2 hrs late Mon? Give 'em a break! Even fed govt closed tomorrow! #snowpocalypse 4:54 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

Prediction for the Super Bowl: I'm not going to watch it. There'll be one next year, which won't watch either, unless Redskins or Lions play 3:04 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

Fundamentally, the analyst's personal name is his/her own inalienable brand. All comes down to a human dispensing insights wherever however. 3:02 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

Every analyst blends personality, passions, & available channels to engage industry. That's self-branding. Been doing that my whole career. 2:59 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

@jbernoff #Forrester http://bit.ly/ForrBlogs JK--Agreed. I prefer blogging IT stuff under the big brand. My policy at http://bit.ly/cQ12jf. 2:54 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck in reply to jbernoff

Every analyst's brand is as distinctive as every actor's. You're the reputational sum total of every job & project, with quality aforemost. 2:35 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

Snowed in, read "The Economist" special section on social networking from end to end. Comes a point you realize a topic's over-covered. 2:24 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

SAP CEO Leo Apotheker loses job (http://bit.ly/9xy0T5). Hard to tie him to roadmap of any SAP product that I cover. Hence, hard to comment. 2:22 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

Funny that "Dear John" ends "Avatar" streak at top of box office. People need relief from relentless hype from the overrated & overbudgeted 2:17 PM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Wine 4" (http://bit.ly/bSTUgz) 8:45 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Obama 4" (http://bit.ly/aXzQWC) 8:44 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on the Economy 4" (http://bit.ly/bsLqrN) 8:44 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Memory 4" (http://bit.ly/dbYDUm) 8:43 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Yoga 4" (http://bit.ly/93yxec) 8:43 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Media 4" (http://bit.ly/aZnkK2) 8:42 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Commentary 4" (http://bit.ly/9lTzJP) 8:41 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

BTW, notice redirects from my personal blog back to IT-themed posts at http://bit.ly/IF1MK. I prefer it this way. Cross-posting burdensome. 8:24 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

My only pain now is not related to snow shoveling: I may need a root canal: this inflamed nerve is getting more intense. Blogging helps. 7:16 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

Applied PowerFlex training to snow shoveling: kept back straight, arms close to body, squatted, alternated sides. Result: no day-after pain 7:15 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

It took me and the wife a cumulative 5 hours Friday & Saturday to clear 2 feet of snow from driveway, front walk, deck, heat pump. 7:13 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

They still haven't plowed my cul-de-sac. When they do, I'll have to dig out my mailbox. That's where they always push the snow. Predictable. 7:11 AM Feb 7th from TweetDeck

@StevePR104 Snowblowers? Hah, that's for wimps! Wanna see my snow-shoveling muscles? Don't worry, they won't bite. 9:34 PM Feb 5th from TweetDeck in reply to StevePR104