Saturday, April 17, 2010

Aweekstweets April 9-17 2010—the week Vulcan’s Nordic cousin started blowing smoke up our collective

@lcecere Pronounced, I believe "AY-ya-fee-AHT-la-YO-kutt." Or so says the Icelandic consulate. As transcribed by @nytimes 2 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to lcecere

Must remember: Eyjafjallajokull. Eyjafjallajokull. Eyjafjallajokull. Eyjafjallajokull. Eyjafjallajokull. Eyjafjallajokull. Eyjafjallajokull. about 1 hour ago via txt

Metadata's everything in Twitter evolution. Would love 2 C overlong tweets auto-post 2 macroblog pointed 2 in 140-char tweetbody by shortURL about 2 hours ago via txt

Social commerce. For sheer B2C potential, Twitter's got Facebook beat. about 3 hours ago via txt

Eysafjallajokutt. Aviation-related world disruptor. So was 9/11. Think about it. about 4 hours ago via txt

Thinking back 2 Detroit '67. Not about civil unrest. Just re labor unions shutting down newspapers. We had TV, radio, mags. Stayed informed about 4 hours ago via txt

BTW, I blog aweekstweets & stuff-I-read out there for my own benefit. I sift stuff. I comment. I reference. I leverage. I evolve my POV. about 4 hours ago via txt

Social media monitoring. At end of day, it's all about relaxing into the flow of collective stream of consciousness. With POV anchored deep about 4 hours ago via txt

Moaning to industry analyst re info overload like debating "walking distance" with marathon runner. One person's pain another's no-sweat. about 4 hours ago via txt

Social media monitoring. How efficient can human B? Observe an industry analyst at work. I was reader in clipping bureau at career start. about 4 hours ago via txt

Social media monitoring. How efficient can human B: sift hits, route issues, & influence: awareness sentiment propensity conversion churn? about 4 hours ago via txt

Gentlemen used to wear wristwatches. Gentlemen used to wear neckties. Gentlemen used to wear hats of felt. Gentlemen used 2 B landed gentry about 5 hours ago via txt

Social media monitoring efficiency. Analytics are key. Are U reducing false pos&negs on hits? Are U routing issues effectively? Converting? about 5 hours ago via txt

Social media monitoring. Can automate with sentiment analytics, but never perfectly. Humans must sift false pos & negs. Like spam foldering about 5 hours ago via txt

Eyrafjallajokutt. Not sure if I'm spelling correctly. Bet lotsa journalists copy-pasting that opaque foreign char string. A cloudy word. about 5 hours ago via txt

Eyrafjallajokull. Eruption disruption. Suddenly a signature world event at start of Teens. A mass grounding. Europe under an ash cloud. about 5 hours ago via txt

Probable indicator of my self-regard is that love to revisit my day's tweets in evening. I forget what I put out there. Occasional gold. about 19 hours ago via txt

"Greenplum Chorus: Combining Self-service Provisioning with Analytics Collaboration" (http://bit.ly/98zPK0): JK--Talks to me & @CurtMonash about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck

OK, tweeting self-actualization pros: quit offering to help me achieve my goals & dreams. Dream of world where not spammed by goal-diggers. about 24 hours ago via TweetDeck

@CurtMonash Good to know that other smart people find it a nuisance. about 24 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

Wondering whether I can do the planned business trip to Frankfurt the week after next. I'll book it. But it's all up in the air now. Hahaha about 24 hours ago via TweetDeck

Will be great when the Social Media hysteria dies down to see which if any of these channels prevails in CRM. 12:56 PM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

@Claudia_Imhoff That's a thought. That voice alone could whip up the Gulf Stream! 10:28 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck in reply to Claudia_Imhoff

One of biggest questions that #forrester gets is "what do I do with social?" Social network/media analysis key to my focus on adv analytics. 10:28 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

@SethGrimes I set up my Gmail to auto-fwd everything to my Hotmail. I don't find Gmail user friendly. I'm techie, but not seeing the cachet 9:17 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

That's, for example, why I retweet & comment on songs I love, regardless of whether others have heard them. They've already made difference. 9:13 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

@SethGrimes "Big hit," in my mind, also means "products/svcs that are making or stand to make a real difference." 9:12 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

Does Bjork have any magical incantation she could pronounce at a moment like this and clear the stratosphere? She must. 9:04 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

Suddenly, 2 cousins on LinkedIn. becoming "professional acquaintances." Cousins are "friends" on Facebook. Seems odd: cousins just cousins. 8:45 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

Until just a few years ago, columnar vendors had to justify relevance to DW. Now, DW vendors have to justify relevance if lacking columnar. 8:32 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

@donalddotfarmer Thank you! People often remark on my resemblance to him. 8:22 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck in reply to donalddotfarmer

Yeah, we'll burn at the stake. But seeing how full of gas many of us are, it will be an impressive blaze. ;-) 8:21 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

No, I won't join "what's true columnar?" religious debate. Per me on DM Radio yesterday, analysts are officially non-believers in all sects. 8:19 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

Hey vendors, please note that when you render unto the analyst considerable research fodder, can pay off in analyst tweeting copiously re U 8:16 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

#Vertica Mahony will compare their FlexStore with rivals' hybrid columnar approaches. I'll discuss pros/cons of columnar vs. row-based etc 8:15 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Intervention by The Arcade Fire #KEXP: JK--My fave from this Montreal group. Best use of church-y organ since Procol Harum 8:09 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

@SethGrimes OK, you got me there. 8:07 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

Like #vertica discussion of columnar architecture: store, compress, execute, retrieve. Colin Mahony will discuss: http://bit.ly/a8G3HV 8:07 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

@SethGrimes Social media monitoring needs to include influencer analysis (aka social network analysis) to identify useful patterns 8:01 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

@jefferyrlsmith Whew! Glad you didn't mention strong B.O. I was doing it from Bally's Total Fitness. Worked up a sweat. 8:00 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck in reply to jefferyrlsmith

@SethGrimes Depends on point of view, I suppose. I rarely use Google Maps & find Gmail a clunky interface. To each his/her own Google fave. 8:00 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

Difference between social network analysis & social media monitoring. Former analyzes patterns of influence. Latter on patterns of sentiment 7:42 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

A lot of people are stranded right now on both sides of the Atlantic. Let's hope that airlines, hotels, etc give them maximum flexibility. 7:39 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

@jefferyrlsmith Thank you sir. I live to render expert commentary, even when working out. Wait: that is a form of working out. 7:36 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck in reply to jefferyrlsmith

Looks like Droid is Google's second big hit. After search advertising, of course. But nowhere near that monster that it's cash cow is. 7:35 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

First guess on how to pronounce "Eyjafjallajökull"? I'm half-inclined to say it: "f***ing awful," but I defer to anybody fluent in Icelandic 7:33 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

RT @rmack @mrbrown: http://huff.to/bqBCni "Norway's Stranded Prime Minister Uses iPad To Govern From US": JK--Oh, so iPad's the story here. 7:28 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

Excited about doing Apr 22 webcast "New Analytics Mainstream" with @Vertica. Register here: http://bit.ly/a8G3HV. Columnar architecture! 7:25 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

Volcanic Ash Could Last Months, Larger Nearby Volcano Could Soon Erupt Too [Volcanoes]: ... http://bit.ly/arOuXK 5:46 AM Apr 16th via twitterfeed Retweeted by you

"Library of Congress to preserve Twitter posts" (http://ow.ly/174uur): JK--Yep, in case Congress needs to ref my music tastes in legislation 7:11 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

@jefferyrlsmith Hope it wasn't me who scared and confused you. Just hoping I'm the party responsible for impressing you. 7:07 AM Apr 16th via web in reply to jefferyrlsmith

Wondering how my growing focus on #scrm overlaps with #bi #datawarehousing & other areas? You'll see. I'm doing #Forrester Cust Svc Wave 7:03 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

Developed Social CRM ROI calculator model. What are benefits/costs of #scrm? Of automating it? Outsourcing it? Within multichannel #crm? 7:01 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Tour De France by Stereo Total #KEXP: JK--Kraftwerk cover. Original was strenuous bicycling rhythm. This remake whistles. 6:57 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

I also dreamed it was raining. Woke up at normal time, looked out my window. Clear skies. Ahhhh.....relaxing breakfast. 6:55 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

I literally dreamed about OLAP last night. Stars & snowflakes. Tables & cubes. Queries and loads. Sleep can be as stressful as work. 6:55 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

Volcanic ash plume disrupting air travel over the north Atlantic and northwestern Europe. This problem is just going to hang and hang. 6:49 AM Apr 16th via TweetDeck

@Jakewk Even worse is startup imagining you'd be delighted to endorse their biz model in free phone chat w/ VC dangling C-round funding. 10:18 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to Jakewk

@Jakewk This is great back-and-forth. Reminds me of Monty Python sketch where they one-up each other on how tough their childhoods were. 10:15 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to Jakewk

RT @kexpplaylist: Streets of Bakersfield by Homer Joy #KEXP: JK--California: home of beachboy, hippie, & hillybilly jams. USA's heartland! 9:35 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

@CurtMonash Even worse is when they imagine that "experts" enjoy showing off their "expertise," hence will gladly do it gratis. 9:18 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

Spirituality is the best mood controller. The great spirit of all creation has no moods. Just modes & manifestations. 9:07 PM Apr 15th via txt

Interviewed today by @jefferyrlsmith of @CivSource today re IBM InfoSphere Streams. Gave him stream of insights from a moving elliptical. 8:37 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

#kexp is a better country-western station than most east of the Mississippi, or south of the Ohio. It's north of the Columbia, west of Snake 8:35 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

Don't start tweet with "DM Radio." Twitter thinks u wanna Direct Message "@Radio," says "@ Radio" doesn't follow you. Ahh.."@Radio" stuck up 8:29 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

@CurtMonash But that's purely reciprocal. If they don't render (rsch-related) value to me, I won't render (advisory-related sample) to them. 8:23 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

@CurtMonash A couple of minutes advisory-type chit-chat interleaved within vendor briefing is OK. To give them taste for what I can offer. 8:21 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

@NeilRaden OK, but "giving a little away" slipperyslopes into everybody expecting free "10 minutes" of @jameskobielus time. That time = no $ 8:20 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

@CompositeSW #dmradio "Co-host"? You're thinking of the other Jim. But thanks. 8:16 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to CompositeSW

I have still, never ever, seen a single Preston Sturges film. Folks say they're good. 7:06 PM Apr 15th via txt

Example: "How would you like to die? Maher: 'Surrounded by enemies, holding a grenade.'" 7:05 PM Apr 15th via txt

Mooching a read of latest Vanity Fair at CVS. Bill Maher's Proust Questionnaire responses are hilarious. Witty. Give this dude an HBO show. 6:54 PM Apr 15th via txt

At Trader Joe, where they're playing Blitzen Trapper doing "Fur." Perfect morsel for the lazy end-of-day musical sample bar in my mind. 6:37 PM Apr 15th via txt

Panel on DM Radio today was a good one. You all got to hear me nuance my positions on data federation. Also, alluded to my Exostar stint. 4:15 PM Apr 15th via txt

On DM Radio podcast panel now, re data federation and virtualization, with #composite #denodo #progress #informatica. 2:17 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

@NeilRaden We all give tons away. We tweet, blog, podcast--for starters. But when somebody wants specific tailored feedback, no way must pay 11:57 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

@NeilRaden You know, a la the all-important, "is #Forrester tracking us?" (yes/no) and "do they like us?" (yes/no) binary-response questions 11:42 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

@NeilRaden Superficial level, a la what a tweet may reveal, is enough for 99% of inquiries. That's giving game away before opening coin flip 11:39 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

Hey vendors, don't send direct emails requesting #forrester analyst feedback on your positioning/strategy. Customers pay for that feedback. 9:36 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

Business intelligence is the intelligence to know what business you should be in. #bi #erp #it #smb #smallbusiness @RDCushing 7:45 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

"Google Displays Historical Tweets in Search Results" (http://bit.ly/b9BMVm): JK--Good idea. Love to see tweet that started 100 Years War 7:19 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

"Is polymath the answer to IT innov?" (http://bit.ly/dgAIXr): JK--I fail to see how teaching calculus to parakeets solves anybody's problems 7:14 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

"SMS 2-fctr authent'n 4 electr ID verif" by Randall Gamby (http://bit.ly/cOZbhB): JK--Tokens clumsy. Tokenless way2go. Ur smartphone enough 7:08 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

"Twitter Tries to Calm Hysterical Developers" (http://bit.ly/bJeugb): JK--Cool down. Not cutting off ur oxygen supply. Just caffeine supply 7:02 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Espresso Girl by Liar's Club #KEXP: JK--1992. From "Hey Joe: Seattle's Own Coffee Compilation." Kings of Convenience-ish. 6:59 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

"Startup pushes Hadoop via spreadsheet" (http://bit.ly/caQH1M): JK--SS-style interface, that is. Hadoop needs user-friendly devel tools. 6:55 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

Is Twitter providing hooks 4 apps (eg TweetDeck) to GUI-ly flag Promoted Tweets: colors, sounds, animation, mouse-over, etc. Make 'em fun! 6:52 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

"Future of MySQL per ORCL" (http://bit.ly/cEqevW): JK--Bet Oracle PR having fun spinning wot Screven said re ORCL not easy to install/devel? 6:47 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

"Analytics Trends Play to HP's Strengths" (http://bit.ly/dfgCMS): JK--OK, but explain again how HP is doing in-database analytics. Partners? 6:42 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

The reason I continue to reciprocate so many people's Twitter followme requests is cuz the "long tail" of mass commentary is enlightening 6:37 AM Apr 15th via TweetDeck

Just thought this was a funny, and very dear to my heart, phrase to retweet,, unedited, uncommented. Until this tweet right here. 9:32 PM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

Quit annoying me with your NDA Crap... | Yoguls http://bit.ly/9Ozvow 2:51 PM Apr 13th via TweetMeme Retweeted by you and 1 other

Just want to see Bob & my mugs juxtaposed in your TweetDeck. 9:28 PM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms 12:20 AM Apr 12th via API Retweeted by you and 3 others

Listening to Gin Blossoms "Allison Road" from "New Miserable Experience." One of the few radio songs I noticed in the early 90s. 9:26 PM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

Listening to Iron & Wine "Innocent Bones" fr "The Shepherd's Dog." Sinuous fusion of word+ groove. "Burning Man is color of the end of day." 9:20 PM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

Listening to Young Marble Giants "Ode to Booker T." from extended reissue of classic "Colossal Youth." LP still as gorgeous 30 years later! 9:16 PM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

Listening to White Stripes "Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine" from "Elephant." Rhymes title w/"acetaminophen." Bravo, Jack, jolly good! 9:12 PM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

Listening to Alison Statton & Spike "Blind Faith" from "The Shady Tree" (Vinyl Japan UK, '97). Stunning song meditation. She cites me on LP. 9:10 PM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

But I tell ya, that Beyonce must do serious weight training, stretching, and yoga. She's toned in freakiest way. Completely choreographed. 4:28 PM Apr 14th via txt

This may be heresy in the Church of the Bootylicious Industrial Complex. But I enjoy Solange's stuff more than her sister's. Music, that is 4:19 PM Apr 14th via txt

For the new reporter, inverted pyramid as passe as Pyramids of Egypt. Those pyramids for burying lead. Tweet is cap & head stone of story. 4:10 PM Apr 14th via txt

Watching dyed-redhead blanched-Englishman Thin White Duke David Bowie perform on 1980-ish Soul Train a real trip. Too bad not duet with Bing 4:00 PM Apr 14th via txt

Somehow, I want to tie #Greenplum Chorus to federated self-svc user-centric data permissioning in OpenID context. But that's over-reaching. 3:56 PM Apr 14th via txt

Commented to reporter today re #Greenplum Chorus. Not sure what key this chorus is in: DW? MapReduce? Cloud? Self-svc BI? Post-Sun McNealy? 3:46 PM Apr 14th via txt

Watching and giggling re VH1 retrospective on Soul Train. The 70s just seemed like a wacky costume party of synthetics run riot. 3:38 PM Apr 14th via txt

One of those days that taxes analyst attentions to the hilt. You try being an expert on all things analytic for all comers every sec of day 3:35 PM Apr 14th via txt

RT @kexpplaylist: Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands by Bob Dylan #KEXP: JK--Dylan's "Highlands," from "Time Out of Mind" is a sequel of sorts. 1:21 PM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Vamos Muchachos by Pepe Deluxe #KEXP: JK--This song makes me wanna dance. But I'm working. Must keep butt in seat, static. 11:22 AM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

@mentalmarketer #scrm #sas10 "Real voice" of James Kobielus depends on what I'm saying, to whom, on what topic, what context. Same w/ y'all. 9:24 AM Apr 14th via TweetDeck in reply to mentalmarketer

Checked out new "Promoted Tweets" feature. Did a search for "Starbucks." Result promoted, appended by phrase "Promoted by Starbucks Coffee" 6:33 AM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

@williammcknight I agree that ROI essential for rationalizing BI investments. How to calculate? I took my shot at it: http://bit.ly/cbrka8 6:28 AM Apr 14th via TweetDeck in reply to williammcknight

Very much enjoying Terry Gross' interview with Peter Wolf, ex-J.Geils singer/songwriter, on NPR podcast. The man stays vital. New LP. 6:26 AM Apr 14th via TweetDeck

I like this above-the-fold photo Obama collage on the front page of today's Washington Post: http://tweetphoto.com/18355406. Well-composed. 9:35 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

@williammcknight I find that justifying BI is like justifying email or having an office phone system. Companies focus on which tool, not why 9:32 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to williammcknight

I'm probably old-school, but prefer institutions to answer phone & human agent to respond ASAP, not force me surf websites or social media 9:30 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

Prefer Zune HD's browser i/f for Twitter to its app interface. Can view more tweets more rapidly with browser. But typing a pain with both. 9:26 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

Big risk: making social media a massive silo in your multichannel #crm initiative. We all use email, phone, snailmail, Web commerce, etc too 9:24 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

@williammcknight I still haven't come across a customer that has based a decision to go with BI based on ROI. 9:21 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to williammcknight

Key to #scrm strategy: Listening and/or engagement? In-house or outsourced? Current and/or predictive? Part of multi-channel CRM? 9:20 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

"Real VoC"? I doubt that one exists. It's not a prescripted TV program that you TiVo & watch later. It's product of how you listen. #scrm 9:16 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

Social CRM = socializing with customers through whatever mix of channels they choose to built their lives around. #scrm 9:11 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

@gyehuda Subtle thinker: presses attention deeply into finer points of analysis, but with grace and style, not rigid, arrogant insistence 9:08 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to gyehuda

Who should u outsource your brand's social media monitoring to? Ad agency? Multichannel #CRM contact center? Should you outsource it at all? 9:04 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

@dbmoore Are you asking about the pros & cons of one specific DW appliance from one specific vendor? Why ask only about "benefits"? 8:59 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to dbmoore

@williammcknight Not true. Many companies invest in #bi on the basis of intution--and because they know they must have cross-domain reports. 8:57 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to williammcknight

@MagicSaucemedia #scon10 #SCRM #socialmedia @drnatalie Both. Bond with customers where you live, and where THEY live. 8:55 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to MagicSauceMedia

@dbmoore #Exadata #oracle If you're a #forrester customer, engage me in an inquiry. I'll tell you. 8:53 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to dbmoore

Love the new Smart DJ function on Zune HD. Streams a surprisingly good sequence of old and new songs from my collection. 6:59 PM Apr 13th via txt

Conan did right to choose smaller audience on cable. He'll build TBS into a late night destination. He'll be himself again. Cracking wise 6:56 PM Apr 13th via txt

Tom Tomorrow "If real life were more like Internet" (http://tinyurl.com/y4unsz7): JK--Random strangers: strong opinions: your every move 6:17 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

Tune #Vertica webinar "The New Analytics Mainstream" April 22, 2:00pm EDT. Register at http://bit.ly/a8G3HV. I'll answer your Q's! 4:16 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

Advertising with Twitter? Sure. Just not with MY TWITTER, mind you. 4:14 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Friction by Television #KEXP: JK--Tom Verlaine has Tom Petty-like voice. Television had tightly dramatic guitar figures. 4:12 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Incinerate by Sonic Youth #KEXP: JK--Thurston Moore has a cooly jazz-bending voice. Unusual for guitar-noise artiste. 4:10 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

Always good to have skin in all fast-moving games. But not so much skin that, with all aggressive twists & turns, u risk excessive bloodloss 4:08 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

BTW, Kobielusz is Polish. Ancestral hometown: Istebna. Favorite ethnic music growing up: my dad's vinyl of Liechsteiner Polka. 4:01 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

I'm still in shock and mourning for the people of Poland. This nation has the strongest bunch of people. Best post-WWII poetry in Europe. 3:59 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

"Zune Is The Center Of Microsoft's Mobile Universe" (http://bit.ly/b4Yx9y): JK--This I don't believe. There's no Zune smartphone. 3:57 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

@ntalukdar3 They're there. Follow the retweeted links. 3:55 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to ntalukdar3

Have written many city poems. If check http://bit.ly/5uuyTt , you'll find Detroit, DC, NYC, LA, Seattle, Jakarta, & London--and St. Ignace 3:50 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Hoedown by Goldfinch #KEXP: JK--Great lyric: "East Coast's got the rising sun." Every morning, we're America's first light 3:46 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

LA: IT's the wind beneath the wings of our aerospace, our pixelated media mavens, our car-shunning smog-averse surf-surfing telecommuters 3:44 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

Question mark in previous tweet was typo. It's a declaration. Not an interrogatory. 3:27 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

Strongly expect the "have you bought the best Obamacare money can buy?" spamload to grow and grow? 3:26 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

@robsaker IT city cultures: http://bit.ly/bmBsgq; http://bit.ly/9IR0uq; http://bit.ly/ca4cNh; http://bit.ly/9I84fZ; http://bit.ly/bwvdpN 3:23 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to robsaker

@scottatlyzasoft Right. Pruning is optimization. Trimming back the overgrown to cultivate further growth along the more fruitful branches. 3:15 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to scottatlyzasoft

RT @kexpplaylist: Thieves by She & Him #KEXP: JK--Very pretty song sung at top of her soul by Zooey Deschanel. She & M. Ward. From new Vol2! 2:57 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

#IBM demoing Streams Mining Toolkit for InfoSpheres Streams base case: http://bit.ly/aHTdfl 1:26 PM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

Social cloud DW. That's the tightest characterization I can think of for the new #Greenplum Chorus. Pushing EDC strategy step or two further 7:53 AM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

#Netezza & #Composite collab on data fed to supplement DW. Will check out at Enzee Universe, where I'll speak in June (http://bit.ly/9MKdw1) 7:09 AM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

"Microsoft unveils 'Kin' phones for the socially connected " (http://bit.ly/9e38r3): JK--"Kin Loop"? Is this Zune "Social" redux? 6:41 AM Apr 13th via TweetDeck

RT @johncrupi: "Is SOA entering the BI space?" JK--Other way around: BI entered SOA space. See http://bit.ly/bEIP3y & http://bit.ly/bEq6Fp 7:06 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

@robsaker Did you see my profiles of SF/Seattle (west), Chicago (central), and Boston/DC (east) IT vendors? 6:26 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck in reply to robsaker

Bottom line is that most cities don't have a distinct IT vendor regional culture: it's largely a worldwide monoculture. 6:06 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

RT @Jon_Ferrara: "I Hated Twitter…But Not Anymore - http://ow.ly/1xqJW" JK--Big issue: What's most productive, fun, natural Twitter client? 5:48 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

@catyhabsburg Who's "Bruiser"? 5:42 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck in reply to catyhabsburg

Q: Why is Paul McCartney singing in my pocket? A: I'm still getting used to how Zune HD implements "power off." 5:29 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

Took great briefing this morning from geospatial intellligence solution vendor & SaaS provider Alteryx. 3:17 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: The Murder Mystery by The Velvet Underground #KEXP: JK--Wow! Song from VU's 3rd LP now 41 yrs old, but feels very 2010. 3:10 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

Chicago IT vendor culture: robust IT, just another industrial plain, the best brains train, don't drain or complain, but deplane. Remain. 2:58 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

Interviewed by Adrienne Baker of Information Mgt re SAS Social Media Analytics launch. Very important for new world of social media mkting 2:43 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

Microsoft seriously needs to provide more apps for Zune HD, and to stoke the app-developer ecosystem. Just a handful now. Not enough. 7:46 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

Hey vendors, wouldn't that be cool to say "We're doing so well, we built a much bigger and cleaner garage!!!!" 7:44 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

"Secret Origins of Top Tech Firms" (http://bit.ly/9lxVzv): JK--MSFT calls new HQ bldgs "studios." Why don't IT firms call theirs "garages"? 7:43 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

Every IT strategy eventually chokes on complexity of its own success. Pruning, simplification, rationalization & consolidation never-ending. 7:39 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

Massive nuclear summit, 50 countries, at Washington Convention Center has DC traffic in snarl. Just another ordinary day in Nation's Capital 7:14 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

Zune HD has integrated the Marketplace/browser feature very nicely. A few thumb gestures from Neko Case brings me to Sally Timms. 9:39 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

Beautiful song-poem: Neko Case, "Star Witness," from "Fox Confessor..": "The nightgown sweeps the pavement clean." Voiced like only Neko can 9:19 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

Psychedelic man! Long-decaying massive chord at end of Beatles "Day in the Life" followed by repeating runout track "Neverkissmeanyotherway" 9:10 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Gloomy Sunday by Lydia Lunch #KEXP: JK--Lydia's "No New York" Teenage Jesus & Jerks songs among weirdest late 70s art-punk 8:54 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

@PaulSweeney On the whole, Microsoft Redmond campus nice, but older part has no great architectural distinction. Just suburban office park 8:46 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck in reply to PaulSweeney

Zune HD displays great photos of each musical artist, while you listen. Sweetens the sound. Neko Case quite fetching. Flaming red hair. 8:42 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

There you go....retweet that quote. 8:38 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

Decades can in fact grow sweeter as you yourself grow older. Aging is no death sentence for the soul. 8:38 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

RT @JPBarlow "some nostalgic for 70s - but no one will ever feel nostalgia for the Uh-ohs" JK--I hated the 70s. The 00s had better music. 8:35 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

@TheCloudNetwork #Cloud #TCN "0% of MSFT staff working on cloud http://bit.ly/afzbQN : JK--Headline ridiculous, wrong, & contradicts story. 8:26 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck in reply to TheCloudNetwork

Relistening to Beatles' entire output, in their first 3 years. "Rubber Soul" awesome but overrated. "Help!" the best of pre-Sgt Pepper LPs! 8:20 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

@robsaker I'm not crazy about the touchscreen typing interface, but otherwise the Zune HD is well worth the upgrade from 1st genn. 7:59 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck in reply to robsaker

Twitter on Zune HD a good way to surf the web of tweeted tiny urls. 7:46 PM Apr 11th via Zune HD

I rate my Twitter interfaces in descending order of usability: TweetDeck, browser, mobile text, Zune, Verizon FIOS. 6:28 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck

First tweet from twitter app for Zune HD. Better app for reading than typing. 6:23 PM Apr 11th via Zune HD

Lazy spacy Sunday. Listening to Mamas and Papas. Dream a little dream of me. Cass at her coolest. 3:10 PM Apr 11th via mobile web

Weingarten's latest was lamentation on unbelievably lame limericks written by techies about tech. Whither the lovably lascivious limerick ? 2:10 PM Apr 11th via txt

Gene Weingarten cracks me up. WashPost humor columnist still hasn't jumped shark. He's one himself. 1:53 PM Apr 11th via txt

Listening to Hollies "Stop Stop Stop" overhead at Harris-Teeter. Always puts me back in 1966. Summer. That, and "Carrie Ann." 12:27 PM Apr 11th via txt

Was telling Sunny that Seattle has benign but dramatically changeable cloud structures. When there I tend to look up. 12:21 PM Apr 11th via txt

"What skill should every man have? To see the absurdity of every situation, which ultimately allows you to solve it." -- Michael Douglas 12:15 PM Apr 11th via txt

Exercise is not a morning-after pill for overeating. It's a once-a-day dietary supplement & behavioral regimen to control overeating. 9:55 AM Apr 11th via txt

Yes, national capitals work best on the corporate campus model, plus college campus & town square. Public work meet petition collab spaces. 9:42 AM Apr 11th via txt

Love the Oracle yacht lagoon, the Nike sports complex, the US govt's demonstration-optimized National Mall. Sometimes symbolism suits. 9:33 AM Apr 11th via txt

Sometimes even single-slab HQs grab me: eg, Ford world HQ, Dearborn. My early college years close-by. Henry's old Fair Lane manse cool too! 9:28 AM Apr 11th via txt

One of my professional passions is architecture of corporate campuses. Sometimes the most noteworthy ones inform my actual (sweet) dreams. 9:21 AM Apr 11th via txt

Microsoft's newer part of the Redmond campus is gorgeously architected. Exquisitely functional but artsy. Close-packed but open & spacious. 9:17 AM Apr 11th via txt

I still prefer a raised tactile text-entry device. Lets my nerve endings know physical Jim plugged into virtually scattered cyber-Jim. 9:10 AM Apr 11th via txt

First tweet from my ZuneHD 10:00 PM Apr 10th via mobile web

Charging my new Microsoft Zune HD. Going to give black 1st-gen Zune to Sonya. Older runs perfectly OK. Fits my hand. Tough lil' music box! 8:32 PM Apr 10th via web

Every time I stay in Bellevue, Wash., I compare it with previous time. The place feels bigger, more built up. Perhaps because it is. 6:47 PM Apr 10th via txt

Back home in Fairfax County. Quick little grocery shopping with the wife. Some Chinese. Some coffee. Had a quick dose of Seattle. Need rest. 6:38 PM Apr 10th via txt

Taxi radio playing Beach Boys "Sloop John B" on way to Sea-Tac Airport. Chorus appropriate, except the bit about "worst trip." Been cool. 9:02 AM Apr 10th via txt

I always buy the physical CD, even if (as usual) I copy it to my Zune & listen through that. Why? The CD's my backup/restore medium. 7:33 AM Apr 10th via TweetDeck

A good record store is like a good radio station. The clerks have good tastes, play good stuff, & recommend. You browse, absorbing, grooving 7:30 AM Apr 10th via TweetDeck

Reading Seattle Times piece on "Record Store Day." I only buy CDs & only at record stores. Prefer the shopping & listening experiences. 7:26 AM Apr 10th via TweetDeck