Sunday, May 13, 2012

Aweekstweets May 5-13 2012: the week I wondered why the week past so fast

3m

Got up before the missus, went downstairs, cleaned all dishes, put out all trash, was quiet about it. Tryin 2 get Mom Day off 2 smooth start

8h

Never quite sure if accepting social follow-me requests is a productive thing. Just social overhead. Doesnt connect in any satisfying sense

9h

Oh, that's what Gideon Gartner looks like. Suddenly popped up in LinkedIn. Suggested I may know him. I don't, obviously. Never crossed paths

9h

My econ profs at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor were my favorite characters in all my years of schooling. Supersmart bunch

9h

Was telling my girl that I had a college econ prof who spoke in rounded upperclassy Eastern Seaboard tones. Like Franklin Delano Roosevelt

9h

Nice evening walk around the neighborhood with my girl, home for the weekend from the university, but going back this week for finals.

14h

Extremophilic life forms. Wonder if the cosmos permeated by vacuophiles: thrive in space's immense vacuum.

17h

Univision. Entiendo casi todo cuando hay subtitulos. En espanol.

18h

Wife & I agree 1st word o Adele "Set Fire 2 Th Rain" is "ahlayfong." Stil unclear wot means, what languag, or Y sings rest o song in English

20h

Apparently, Briarview Ct is demarc btwn our local communities of dark & light squirrels. Our 8 Mile Rd. Valley View Dr must be our Woodward

20h

House o Windsor. Fun fact: Ancestral homestead in Windsor, Ont, under Ambassador Bridge. Ancestrs wer trolls who sold Labatts 2 US teenagers

20h

Already read both papers front to back. Read every last thing on the Internet. Now I'll stare deeply into the azure for more messages.

20h

Brand-new polarized sunglasses add a hyperreal filter to the green glowing sunny splendor of a May day.

20h

Awesomely optimal Spring day on every level. Including olfactory. Rich fragrant air.

20h

Listening to Vampire Weekend "White Sky" from "Contra." Namechecks modern artist Richard Serra.

20h

Lookin over recent industry analyst reports. For me, criterion is "what if anything do they say that I cant gather or figure out on my own?"

21h

StumbleUpon's "news" topic keeps stumbling me onto New York Post. I'm not a friggin' stumblebum, fer cryin out loud! That's crap, not news!

21h

RT @socialmediacrux: A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

21h

RT @VanessaAlvarez1 #thatsadmoment "when you realize there's no milk for coffee" JK--Not sad. Just go black. You'll never go back!

21h

Trying to get head around Feynman diagrams. At what point in their world-lines do fermions produce & annihilate surely-you're-joking bosons?

21h

Dont believe in experts. Believe in expertise. Believe in yr own ability 2 cultivate expertise in yrself, & recogniz when others have it too

21h

"Thinking of God helps people to assert self-control—even if they're atheists" (http://on.wsj.com/K4Y65z) JK--Deity as placebo? Heresy!

22h

WSJ "How Dickensian Childhoods Leave Genetic Scars" (http://on.wsj.com/K4UErv) JK--Mom/Dad getting on yr nerves--and genes at same time?

22h

Zuckerberg hoodie @ pre-IPO investor events not bad thing. Shows downside/risk. If/when FB bubbl burst, Mr Z may B able 2 afford little else

22h

I am so digging Damien Jurado's latest LP, "Maraqopa." I've played it through at least a dozen times since buying it a few days ago.

22h

WSJ article about "eccentric English" so-and-so. Adjective gets applied to that nationality too much. Anybody over there merely "centric"?

22h

Johnny Depp in full costume/make-up regalia playing an oh-so-hip offbeat oddball in another post-ironic Tim Burton product? I'll pass.

22h

@MicheBella Funny. Do they have subcategories of "Best 3Some " for every gender/action/situational permutation? Combinatorial orgasm!

22h

Definitely going to watch the PBS special about Johnny Carson, light & dark. Much as I liked his show, it just felt like he stayed too long

22h

Newspapers used 2 hav "society pages." Now have full-page foto spreads o local celebs, the rich, & the pretty @ fundraiser cocktail parties

23h

@MicheBella I once read an article that the porn industry has their own annual award show in Vegas. Wonder if they honor worst acting.

23h

For the record, my Polish paternal grandfather simplified from "Kobielusz" (ko-bee-EH-woosh) to "Kobielus" (ko-BEE-lus) to assimilate to US

23h

"What’s in a (Slavic) name?" (http://wapo.st/J2H7oO) JK--Been told Cyril/Methodius R 2 blame 4 odd adapt of Latin alfabet 2 EEuropean sounds

23h

"Are you a Wisenheimer?" (http://wapo.st/J2EDqD) JK--Gene Wisenheimer lays out 12-step program w/ only 4 steps. Steps 5-12 are kick yr butt

23h

The Shins "The Rifle's Spiral" (http://bit.ly/J2CjzY) JK--Cool new stop-motion video, reminiscent of Burton's "The Nightmare Before Xmas"

23h

RT @MicheBella: "A fun thing that happens if you're up at 4 am in LA? You hear neighbors' porno movies." JK--Them watching or them making?

23h

Looking out on what may be greenest, lushest day of year in my yard, fresh from recent rains but sunny & sweet. Summer's brown baking awaits

12 May

Does Facebook's S-1 reveal how much of its revenue is coming from obnoxious political ads? That's practically all they push at me.

11 May

It's wildlife night on John Roccato Ct! Coming home we saw 2 large deer bounding out of our backyard and one small rabbit hopping into it.

11 May

RIP Vidal Sassoon. Surprisingly, he was straight, Cockney, a bit of a street tough in his younger days, and an Israeli soldier + hairdresser

11 May

Turns out Mayans didnt predict world would end in 2012. Actually, predicted it would end when that "2012" movie came out. False prophecy

11 May

Highschool Mitt. Glad my parents didnt follow recomm 2 put me in Cranbrook, & I didnt go Greek in Ann Arbor. Prep/frat dudes never my crowd

11 May

Jefferson Airplane "She Has Funny Cars" (http://youtu.be/cQUKfjKc0hY) JK--Opens "Surrealistic Pillow." Marty/Grace vocal weave blows me away

11 May

Jefferson Airplane "Triad" (http://youtu.be/1Aej9wmoQ7M) JK--One of their purest hippie/free-love songs. Essentially "Torn Between 2 Lovers"

11 May

@TheSocialPitt I also dig yoga, so there.

11 May

Enya "Pilgrim" (http://youtu.be/yk8gZV4ECtk) JK--This is one of her dark-night-of-the-soul beauties.

11 May

Enya "Book Of Days" (http://youtu.be/LiBwr4U59EI) JK--This is one of her majestic historic epic songs. She has distinct moods

11 May

Enya "How Can I Keep From Singing?" (http://bit.ly/J4KduQ) JK--Whereas e.g "Lazy Days," "Orinoco Flow," R waltzes, this one of her prayers

11 May

Enya's music simply transports you. No matter how many times you listen. Every single time. Takes you somewhere entirely else.

11 May

Enya "Lazy Days" (http://youtu.be/T-dKqI1nZDI) JK--2000. From "A Day Without Rain." Easily one of my desert island discs. Total cloud nine

11 May

I try to cultivate a pattern mind. Finding them is its own reward. Don't need utility, just beauty. Mathematicians know this intuitively.

11 May

"Will Your Next Car Steal Itself?" (http://bit.ly/J4JgCL) JK--How much data do U dare leave on car? If you own many years, may be #bigdata

11 May

Willie Nelson "Cowboys R Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other" (http://youtu.be/k1SqM6WFEsQ) JK--Ned Sublette cover. Think "Brokeback Mtn"

11 May

"Is Gamification A Great Motivator?" (http://bit.ly/J4EZiA) JK--No, unless U win sumthing that's bankable & has real exchange value--e.g., $

11 May

"Tech Boom in NYC" (http://bit.ly/J4CZa4) JK--As some1 who's livd whole life east o Mississippi, I'm glad 2 C startup mania gravit8 thisaway

11 May

"Cheaper K-Cups" (http://aol.it/J4CuwT) JK--Oh, it's a coffee-related story. Somehow I thought it was heavily discounted mega-brassieres

11 May

"Under Zuckerberg's Hoodie" (http://bit.ly/J4BLvs) JK--Hopefully, takes his billions and invests in new wardrobe of silk & cashmere hoodies

11 May

Nice day out there and I didn't realize. Been downstairs working all day. No windows down there. Blue sky = distraction.

11 May

Told @nancykoppdw 2 just call me "Koby," so we dont need 2 keep say "Jim K" vs. "Jim C" (Curtis) on calls in our team. My wife is "Koby" too

11 May

I call it the power of positive scraping. You don't need no social listening engine. The correlation machinery is in your head.

11 May

There's a trick to summarizing a complex tweetstream in a blogpost. First, focus on one tweeter and/or one hashtag. Second, scrape it to doc

11 May

Have written post- #IBMdatachat #multiplesclerosis #IBMNetezza #bigdata summary blogpost. Stay tuned for it early next week.

11 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp World Shut Your Mouth by Julian Cope from Beautiful Love EP JK--I had premonition that @loserboy would play this

11 May

"Who wants sweaty assets?" (http://bit.ly/IQDHH5) JK-- @alecbaldwin perhaps (http://youtu.be/3lL7JQj8hew)

11 May

"Mad Men’ Paid $250K To Use Beatles ['Tomorrow Never Knows' master record] Sun Night" (http://bit.ly/IQyhM9) JK--Fabs dont sell selves cheap

11 May

"Twitter acquires email marketer RestEngine" (http://bit.ly/IQxwTc) JK--Social graph analysis engine powering Twitter-generated spam? Gad!

11 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles from Revolver JK--What you find is that "the void" is the all-present.

11 May

"Prince Charles reads BBC Scotland weather forecast" (http://youtu.be/54FKp4Ib4Kk) JK--Boring. Bring bak whatever cute lady normally does it

11 May

WSJ "Zap! New DVR Wipes Out Ads" (http://on.wsj.com/JESsZN) JK--Please perfect that tech for web browsers too, please.

11 May

"Allen & Rossi The Garry Moore Show" (http://youtu.be/F1Y7Mlg17F0) JK--WSJ article about Marty Allen, 90, still doing stand-up.

11 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Cannonball by The Breeders from Last Splash JK--Song has the coolest spring-loaded sonic thrust.

11 May

"Neo4j" (http://bit.ly/KsJ8KC) JK--Social graph analysis and OLTP. And even MDM?

11 May

So, did we bailout those banks a few years back so that they could survive another day just to fuck it all up again?

10 May

Short clip of my favorite DJ of all time, @loserboy aka John in the Morning aka John Richards #kexp (http://youtu.be/b5XubN6SDJQ)

10 May

Except that I do sorta like J"C"M's "Small Town" (http://youtu.be/0CVLVaBECuc). Needn't be in Heartland, Lungland, Pancreasland, whatever

10 May

Just instructed the wife to turn off the radio. I told her I'd had just about enough of John Mellencamp, Cougar or no Cougar.

10 May

@LoraineLawson The older I get, the less I care when my own birthday is, much less anyone else's.

10 May

Listening 2 Elton John "Bennie & the Jets" on local radio. Guy in highschool mis-heard lyric as "she's got electric boobs, a mole-hair suit"

10 May

"How Can Healthcare Create Knowledge out of Info?" (http://bit.ly/K3vUV2) JK--"Informatics"? "Informaticists"? Just say "IT" & "IT pros"

10 May

RT @Slate: "Girl takes Tim Tebow cardboard cutout to prom" (http://slate.me/Jiv7hd) JK--That's sad. You ever see "Lars & the Real Girl"?

10 May

@jeffjarvis That's a good one. Those Kimpton Hotels are cool.

10 May

@ThreePillar #bigdata Sure. Do we know each other?

10 May

The Facebook experience. It's all about knowing people's birthdays whether you care or not--and feeling guilty when you don't care.

10 May

Even the best data/analytics, when consumed by some with an upset gut, may aggravate indigestion or worse. Healthy business cultures relax.

10 May

Quite surprised US govt CDC doesnt compile/update an essential healthcare datum such as incidence of MS. Lobby Congress and administration.

10 May

The more that medical science/practice gets data/analytics-drivn, the more likely "alt-med" will B pure gutfeel. Yoga puts me ahead of curve

10 May

You have to expect that, as medical science finds new pharma treatments for more ailments, treatment interactions might be nasty as any bug

10 May

Thank U annoying Mr Talk2Self for getting off the machine next to mine and treating someone else to your muttering monologue.

10 May

Drug diet exercise immunology psychology & physiology interactions. We really dont grok tipping points: wot makes U tick, wot makes U sick

10 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Mister Richard Smoker by Ween from 12 Golden Country Greats JK--Screamingly funny double-entendre

10 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Mean Spirits by Silversun Pickups from Neck of the Woods JK--Brand new. Awesome. Predict massive radio hit.

10 May

"Celebrating birthplace of the Internet in pictures" (http://bit.ly/Kq1yvq) JK--OK, I'm a geek, but this is a sacred space. I'm bowing down

10 May

"[Massachusetts state] House overturns school bake sale ban" (http://bit.ly/IDVld1) JK--Since when is Boston Herald a front for @TheOnion ?

10 May

"Defining ' #bigdata ' depends on who's doing the defining" (http://bit.ly/JBKN0V) JK--Oh brother! Not much gained by definitional hairsplit

10 May

One of cool things about being in #BigData analytics industry is that I get to meet, work with, & learn from smart people doing great things

10 May

@CurtMonash has good recent blog series on graph analysis. Catch the latest here: http://bit.ly/J0DCRY

10 May

That #IBMdatachat had close to 300 tweets across dozens of tweeters, including our featured panelists. Excellent discussion, on and all!

10 May

As I said, stay tuned for a summary blogpost, in a day or three, on today's #IBMdatachat #IBMbigdata #BigData #IBMNetezza #multiplesclerosis

10 May

@shawndolley @tim_coetzee Excellent #ibmdatachat #BigData analytics gets deep inside research, like this, that makes diff in people lives

10 May

RT @tim_coetzee We have 8 treatments, with more on the way. #ibmdatachat JK--Excellent. Investigating interactions among these treatments?

10 May

@M_Ramanathan #IBMDataChat Any value in yr research w/ comparing human genome 2 those of other primates, 2 detect evolutionary correlation?

10 May

@M_Ramanathan #IBMdatachat Is the progression of MS age-related? In other words, can you find signs of its emergence from pre-natal onward?

10 May

RT @nancykoppdw: #ibmdatachat@shawndolley - federated data is a huge issue in healthcare, especially when mult-structured and so plentiful!

10 May

@IBMbigdata #IBMbigdata #IBMdatachat Open-source platforms, tools--& smarts--critical 2 grand challenges like biomed (http://bit.ly/GG2zzZ)

10 May

RT @tim_coetzee I'm hoping we can take pharma, gov., and acad. databases and bring them together in some way to learn about MS #ibmdatachat

10 May

@IBMNetezza @tim_coetzee #ibmdatachat 25 years of historical clinical research data calls definitely calls for MPP #BigData platform

10 May

@tim_coetzee #ibmdatachat In a "prior life," I published excellent #IBM case study of biomed B2B research federation (http://bit.ly/KIGUJL)

10 May

@shawndolley #ibmdatachat Another thought: sheer complexity of interactions is conceptual+computational challenge for scientific analytics

10 May

@shawndolley #ibmdatachat Yes, I do Shawn. 1st thought is: #datascientist should work w/other scientists solving human problems (e.g., MS)

10 May

@M_Ramanathan How large of an analytical DB are U using for MS research modeling? How many servers? How many concurrent users? #ibmdatachat

10 May

@revodavid Any stats on the percentage of MS research community using #R ? #IBMdatachat

10 May

@M_Ramanathan If it's time-consuming & burdensome to take research 2 clinics & patients, should we provide slf-svc diagnostics? #ibmdatachat

10 May

@tim_coetzee Has MS being mis-diagnosed? Would better analytic-driven screening tools enable 2 reduce false pos & false negs? #ibmdatachat

10 May

@IBMbigdata @tim_coetzee Is fact we're seeing more kids w/MS a result o having better screening or is incidence really on rise? #ibmdatachat

10 May

@M_Ramanathan Which analytical methods are most promising 4 finding needle in haystack of interactions that contribute to MS? #ibmdatachat

10 May

@tim_coetzee @IBMbigdata Those numbers indicate US, with less than one-twentieth world pops, has one-fifth o MS incidence. Why? #ibmdatachat

10 May

@M_Ramanathan Are some environmental factors more significantly correlated with #multiplesclerosis ? #IBMdatachat

10 May

RT @tim_coetzee: @ibmnetezza @shawndolley: Q1 -we estimate that 400K people have MS in US and 2.1 million worldwide. #ibmdatachat

10 May

RT @shawndolley: had pleasure working w/ #rockstar #datascientist @UB_NateByrnes before went #SUNY Buffalo 2 help Murali #IBMDataChat

10 May

RT @M_Ramanathan #IBMDataChat Q3, understand gene-env interactions could help in identifying lifestyle, diet change to manage the MS better

10 May

RT @revodavid: [Q2] Revolution Analytics (@RevolutionR) started 4 yrs ago, bringing open-source R (#rstats) to industry. #IBMDataChat

10 May

#IBMDataChat #multiplesclerosis #findthecure Also see great blog from Mike Kearney #IBMNetezza http://bit.ly/LYKn6r

10 May

#IBMDataChat #multiplesclerosis #findthecure

10 May

Look for a summary blogpost or two from me in the next several days after the #SUNYbuffalo #IBMbigdata #IBMNetezza #IBMdatachat

10 May

"Beyond 'Jeopardy': How #IBM will make billions from #Watson " (http://bit.ly/JeRK76) JK--Providing deep value in healthcare & customer svc

10 May

RT @shawndolley: hosting Tweet Chat [15 mins from now] how researchers trying something completely new w/ #BigData for MS #IBMDataChat

10 May

How #bigdata is helping #multiplesclerosis: Join #IBMdatachat at 12-1ET w/ #SUNY Buffalo, #IBMbigdata, @RevolutionR http://ibm.co/JWUOqz

10 May

#IBM has one of the very best, most robust #BigData #Hadoop distros on market: InfoSphere #BigInsights. Check it out: http://ibm.co/nB3LrM

10 May

Health of you, the core asset of your business. Health of your business. Health of the economy. Personal health is the core. Maintain it!

10 May

oHow #bigdata is helping #multiplesclerosis: Join #IBMdatachat at 12-1ET w/ #SUNY Buffalo, #IBMbigdata, @RevolutionR http://ibm.co/JWUOqz

10 May

Easy to tell boundary btwn Fairfax City & Ffx County: state hasn't mown County's median grass yet. Wildflowers kinda nice, but unkempt

10 May

"Alexandria residents protest Beauregard dev plan" (http://bit.ly/JhsWuf) JK--They need to scrap this plan. Too many people would lose homes

10 May

"Recognizing #BigData " (http://bit.ly/JhsOuJ) JK--Good use-case summary.

10 May

"10 things U can do 2 make yr next IT audit mor productiv" (http://tek.io/Jj1Tz5) JK--#1: dont confuse w/IRS audit. Leave yr receipts @ home

10 May

People who decided to unfriend me on Facebook are friending me on Google+ ? What the...? Have the social gods gone crazy?

10 May

WSJ frontpage story on Vegemite. Next to it, a competitor's ad with unsubstantiated "faster than IBM" claim. Trying to stomach my breakfast

9 May

Jackie Wilson "Reet Petite" (http://youtu.be/tE46zm4yjhA) JK--Man had clarion voice & could seriously bust a move.

9 May

RT @SocialMatica: ‘Lincoln Invented Facebook’ Hoax (http://bit.ly/LivwRv) JK--No hoax. Wrote idea on front of Gettyburg Address envelope

9 May

The brand of you? If U have 2 think too hard about it, you're gonna mess it up. Just do what comes naturally. Be more unapologetically you

9 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp That's All I Need by Magic Sam from West Side Soul JK--Man, I love this R&B. Feel like dancing.

9 May

Linked to a good Zachmann deck on SlideShare on topic of "personal branding" (http://slidesha.re/JgyzsT)

9 May

Been said, by Wil Zachmann, that this Tom Peters article in FastCompany in 1997 started the "personal branding" craze (http://bit.ly/dSP2t)

9 May

" #Hadoop Summit 2012 Announces Record Ecosystem Support" (http://on.mktw.net/JgvWre) JK--See you there next month.

9 May

" #BigData & public health, part 2: Reducing unwarranted services" (http://bit.ly/JgvlpB) JK--Identify & eliminate unnecessary services

9 May

"Twitter teams up with UC Berkeley to offer course in #BigData" (http://zd.net/K6Akvx ) JK--Lotsa #BigData to optimize small tweets

9 May

"Twitter success thrives on narrow focus, study finds" (http://bit.ly/J20DNN) JK--I will respectfully continue to ignore such advice.

9 May

Have also downloaded Billy Bragg & Wilco song "California Stars." I always feel like hearing it, in every mood.

9 May

Wholeheartedly & wholesouledly recommend Damien Jurado's LP "Maraqopa." Totally cockle-warming, start to finish.

9 May

Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4X_NhIs_GU) JK--I read this to my kids & love it myself

9 May

Have bought & downloaded (from iTunes) Damien Jurado's latest LP "Maraqopa." Love the moods & Santana-like guitar on this

9 May

RT @rickygervais@ScienceChannel: Hitler farted a lot, used cocaine" JK--Glad they're finally digging up the real dirt on that scumbag.

9 May

RIP Pam Wadsworth (http://bit.ly/J15aQL). I worked with her briefly 20 years ago as govt IT contractor. I remember a fun, pleasant lady.

9 May

The Hold Steady "Your Little Hoodrat Friend" (http://youtu.be/8qaX6EBmDJc) JK--Song could be Facebook theme, both for the garment & "friend"

9 May

"Fail Faster Flaws" (http://bit.ly/Jg56xy) JK--Chief flaw is that, in practice, it means pretty much the same thing as "go broke faster."

9 May

@wondering33 Humor magazine. It's a pitch-perfect parody of mainstream newspapers.

9 May

"China's Taobao Internet Mall Offers Beautiful Girl Delivery Svc" (http://bit.ly/JftyAG) JK--Oh really. So they'll escort parcel 2 yr door?

9 May

BTW, S-1 for the Facebook IPO (http://bit.ly/JftyAG).

9 May

Hoodies. Sorry, but they all remind me of the Unabomber drawing that circulated for years before Kaczynski nabbed. Too creepy. Not cool.

9 May

"Beyond IPO: 10 Implications of Public Facebook." (http://bit.ly/Ki4vy4) JK--Good analysis by #Altimeter @charleneli @lieblink @setlinger

9 May

"Big Data Still a Big Challenge for Government IT" (http://bit.ly/JfSp5X) JK--Fun fact: 1PB data = 20M 4-drawer text-filled file cabinets

9 May

I'm so old, I remember when Web 3.0 was just a gleam in Web 2.0's eye.

9 May

Modern punditry surrounds us with "futurists." So why haven't the historians of the world rebranded themselves as "pastists"?

9 May

For anybody who thinks the latest tech fad will endure, all you need to do is thumb through a few years' worth of biz-tech articles.

9 May

Slowly changing dimensions (http://bit.ly/JcFEwQ) . DW term of art. But also sounds like a Stephen Hawking cosmological theory.

9 May

Gad, my research pile is so old it even has positive articles bout then-new HP CEO Leo Apotheker. Always fun 2 read hopeful/dumb puff pieces

9 May

Re-organizing my voluminous research materials...so I can search it more efficiently...big part of re-org is purge.

9 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Quick! by Magnetic Fields from Love at the Bottom of the Sea JK--Many of LP's songs feature lady singer, not Stephin

9 May

Good piece, posted on White House website, by #IBM Dimitri Kanevsky on tech to help people with disabilities (http://1.usa.gov/KExgrI)

9 May

WSJ "The Outsourced Self" (http://on.wsj.com/K1YjIz) JK--I long ago outsourced tweeting 2 offshor sweatshop [HELP--KOBIELUS EXPLOITS US!!!!]

9 May

Have they applied sentiment analysis to Osama bin Laden's letters? We'll find out at last what western power he despised. Well-kept secret.

9 May

Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" was published in 1963. Year I started kindergarten. Teacher read to us. Already felt like ancient saga

9 May

Carlos Slim. He's not the dude who kicks protagonist butt at end of Croce's "You Don't Mess Around with Jim," is he? (http://bit.ly/yJXY8G)

9 May

WSJ "Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze" (http://on.wsj.com/Jw5dpz) JK--Surprised they hadn't been doing this from the start.

9 May

WSJ "Geofencing: Can Texting Save Stores?" (http://on.wsj.com/Jw480M) JK--Sorta like blue-light special, w/ beacon in neighborhood of store

9 May

WSJ "New Driver's Ed: Tutors to Decode High-Tech Dashboards" (http://on.wsj.com/K1U13Y) JK--Using cellphone not as distracting as this stuff

9 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp River by Akron/Family from Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free JK--Has memorable playground-y sing-song quality

9 May

"IBM Building New Research Lab in the Philippines" (http://bit.ly/JeIUWe) JK--Yes, we truly mean the "I" in #IBM. We have labs worldwide

9 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Chains of Love by Erasure frm Pop! The First 20 Hits JK--One of those fun songs from New Wave era I'd forgotten about

9 May

"Twtr/LnkdN..Manage Tsks w/ Asana..New API..Robots Can Too" (http://tcrn.ch/II5cNN) JK--REST API? Call it "Sav-Asana" (http://bit.ly/II5rse)

8 May

"Cheers" theme (http://youtu.be/8MxGC1j2ogM). Yeah everybody knows yr name but nobody spells/pronounces it right. K-O-B-I-E-L-U-S ko-BEE-lus

8 May

via @TheOnion - Olympic Skiers Looking Forward To Another Three And A Half Years Of Ski Patrol http://onion.com/rebx51

8 May

via @TheOnion - Michelle Kwan To Receive Lifetime-Achievement Gold Medal http://onion.com/nWpBck

8 May

via @TheOnion - Nothing In Rule Book Says Hockey Player Can't Be Orangutan http://onion.com/ozwaKo

8 May

via @TheOnion - London Officials Confirm Entire Olympics Will Take Place In Pouring Rain http://onion.com/KKM8PL

8 May

Perry Como "Magic Moments" (http://youtu.be/9ND3oghPL5M) JK---1957. Another early Bacharach/David composition.

8 May

Marty Robbins "The Story of My Life" (http://bit.ly/cxneGg) JK--1957. Not only is it a great song, it was Bacharach & David's 1st collab.

8 May

"Google gets 1st license 4 self-driving cars" (http://bit.ly/L5mkzO) JK--Nevada. Where they're gambling that driverless cars have horsesense

8 May

#BigData 2.0? Is this reckoned on a logarithmic scale? BigData to the power of 2?

8 May

RT @johnroderick: I'm thinking about expanding my "not responding" project from just emails and phone messages to all stimulus.

8 May

RT @davidakerman Movies Gettin Shittier CuzU Keep Stealin em (http://bit.ly/K0E2mL ) No Im pretty sure hollywood made shit movies preNapster

8 May

Breaking news! Stocks jitter up & down and shimmy around like they're wont to do. Back to your regularly scheduled anxieties.

8 May

Spoonful of old lumpy Lugar-r-In. Will it dissolve in the Tea-prty? Or absorb it and soften around all positions it'd formerly crystallized?

8 May

" #HBase: #Hadoop 's Next #BigData Chapter " (http://bit.ly/KKxUhR) JK--Excellent discussion by @DHenschen . Cites @merv

8 May

" #IBM #Netezza Analytics 2.0 & #BigData" (http://bit.ly/Juas9c) JK-- @dennisduckworth discusses our breadth of analytic algo partners

8 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Hey Ladies by Beastie Boys from Paul's Boutique JK--Feels like these guys channelling Jerry Lewis & 3 Stooges

8 May

Drafted next JK #IBM blogpost: "Next Best Action in Healthcare: Save & Improve Lives Through Applied Analytics". To be published on Monday

8 May

@eric_kavanagh Cool. I'll tell her we chatted and we can set that up. Talk to you (and with you, to the world) soon.

8 May

@eric_kavanagh Going quite well Eric. Thanks. Yes, I would. Pls ping Payal on #Netezza team. She & I discussed that exact subject recently.

8 May

@eric_kavanagh Yes. If the moment passes, U might lose focus. Ask when the question occurs 2 you. When it's fresh, & curiosity must be sated

8 May

RBurton & ETaylor. My fave film scenes of them togehter: Woolf (http://youtu.be/mdEcPD2A6Zk) & Shrew (http://youtu.be/P0_mNyFmYnQ)

8 May

"Wading Thru Data “Scrum” 2 Predict Rugby Injuries" (http://ibm.co/IkWb2a) JK--Predictive human maintenance. Cool blog by #IBM E Brethenoux

8 May

"The Importance of Agility for Analytic Applications" (http://bit.ly/KCz8kG) JK-- #IBM #Netezza @DwaineSnow blog discusses next best offer

8 May

"Here's Why Google & FB Might Completely Disappear in Next 5 Years" (http://onforb.es/IomHbv) JK--Or might rule everything. Column overreach

8 May

"Failure Is Not a Four-Letter Word" (http://bit.ly/IN5Kpj) JK--Gr8 article on experimentation in #IBMdatamanagement by @thomasdeutsch

8 May

#bigdata #multiplesclerosis #IBMdatachat 5/10, 12-1ET, @tim_coetzee, #SUNY Buffalo, #IBMNetezza, @revodavid http://ibm.co/JWUOqz

8 May

"The move to bare-metal cloud services" (http://bit.ly/JZrPyp) JK--Odd phrase, lashing an intangible to a tangible artifact.

8 May

"'Glanceable media' and the always-on paradox" (http://cnet.co/JZrwnr) JK--Good phrase. "Watching" stuff at great length becoming old-hat

8 May

"Today, printers. Tomorrow 'integrated peripherals'?" (http://bit.ly/JZrgog) JK-Old news. I've been using all-in-ones in home office 4 years

8 May

WSJ "The Cost of Getting Down Is Going Up" (http://on.wsj.com/IDeXwM) JK--Goosefeathers. But I read it as "she expects four-star restaurant"

8 May

I'm not dyslexic, but whenever I hear that the markets are "bullish," I read it as "bullshit."

8 May

RIP Maurice Sendak. Author of archetypal children's books centered on illustrations with dramatic depth & emotional resonance

8 May

"All aboard #Hadoop money train" (http://bit.ly/IM7lMl) JK2--IDC think AWS EMR has little revenue? #Forrester estimated it had $25M in '11

8 May

"All aboard the #Hadoop money train" (http://bit.ly/IM7lMl) JK--Yeah, sure. Ask the startups burning thru the stuff. Stoking the choo-choo

8 May

"Move the cheese"? Well, you can move your bowels and/or cut the cheese. The phrase cuts the difference. I'm keeping my distance.

8 May

"Graph DB & NoSQL" (http://bit.ly/IH7Yb4) JK--"Strictly speaking, a graph DB is NoSQL DB"? How could that B? There's no strict def'n o NoSQL

8 May

" #Bigdata - big misunderstandings, big mistakes?" (http://bit.ly/IH71ja) JK--Author suggests replace "Big Data" w/ "unbounded information"

8 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp September by The Shins from Port of Morrow JK--Prettiest song on their latest LP.

8 May

"IDC Releases First Worldwide Hadoop-MapReduce Ecosystem Software Forecast" (http://on.mktw.net/IH5Z6O) JK--From @DanVesset & @databaseguru

8 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Back in the Crowd by Tom Waits from Bad as Me JK--Beautiful soft romantic Latin-y one from the growlster's latest LP

8 May

@jmichel_franco Sandbox is where U play (with data). Besides, some phrases odd. Data "warehouse"? Warehouses don't overlap w/DBs in my head

8 May

WSJ "Geen Ween, Roses are Red" (http://on.wsj.com/IUuApx) JK--Humor songster covers treaclist? Elabor8 put-on? http://youtu.be/6Gd87JmkAkE

8 May

@jmichel_franco Why would U ever need 2 sell CEO on notion of analytical sandbox? If they're that far into the tech, they need 2 delegate

8 May

Violets are blue? It's like the whole deal with green oranges. Do flowers and fruits have identity crises when their coloration belies name?

7 May

Arlo Guthrie on the Group W bench in the military induction center in "Alice's Restaurant" (http://youtu.be/b0a6iWHSWbA)

7 May

Spanky & Our Gang "Like To Get To Know You" (http://youtu.be/80Y3l0_1US4) JK--Group's gr8 pop hits were very much in the late 60s atmosphere

7 May

Just wanted to see "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" opening credits sequence (http://youtu.be/oBTWF1bDPn0). Spoiler alert: She made it after all.

7 May

"Are newspapers regaining mojo? Subscriptions rise" (http://smrt.io/IUJLfr) JK--PC sales up. Newspaper subscrptns up. And I'm regrowing hair

7 May

"The Un-Death of the PC" (http://bit.ly/LzM7D7) JK--This writer classifies everything--including smartphones and tablets--as PCs. Hoo-boy!

7 May

"Making Customers the Object of Devotion" (http://bit.ly/Jaa1p1) JK--Word "devotion" a bit much. No need 2 put on pedestal. Just satisfy 'em

7 May

Supermoon didn't generate supertides, supertsunamis, superplagues, & superarmageddon, so we really dodged a bullet there.

7 May

" #IBM and Tealeaf: Assembling The Digital Intelligence Puzzle" (http://bit.ly/Ja9289) JK--Excellent blog by #Forrester @joestanhope

7 May

Listening to Velvet Underground "European Son." Trying to visualize quantum foam.

7 May

Submitted inaugural column 4 #IBMdatamanagement mag. Column title "Rocketship 2 Planet Petabyte." Topic 4 1st is #Hadoop as consolid8n platf

7 May

Speedup #findthecure #IBMdatachat 5/10, 12-1ET, @tim_coetzee, #SUNY Buffalo, #IBMNetezza, @revodavid http://ibm.co/JWUOqz

7 May

I once recall trained intelligent sideshow elephant kneeling over my then-6-year-old son. #Hadoop 's bigness shouldnt crush budding insights

7 May

"William Shatner and Dick Van Dyke at the NewTek SIGGRAPH Booth, 2010" (http://youtu.be/Rwr2YioDbfc) JK--Gr8 to see them on same stage

7 May

Dick Van Dyke, CGI artist. 2004 SIGGRAPH (http://youtu.be/Y1J9kfDCAmU) (http://bit.ly/JXI9zN) JK--Mentioned in his memoir. Not too shabby

7 May

Dumb to call it "Obamacare." In fact, longtime champion was late senator from Massachusetts. More accurate/respectful to call "Kennedycare"

7 May

Drilldown on #IBM InfoSphere Data Architect V8.1 support for #Netezza & #DB2 10 (http://ibm.co/JbQkYw)

7 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Credit in the Straight World by Hole from Live Through This JK--Hardrocking Young Marble Giants cover. Courtney Love

7 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Way I Feel by Jonathan Wilson from Gentle Spirit JK--Ah yes, Cheryl plays this cool LIghtfoot cover again.

7 May

Wonderful. My postal mail now consists almost entirely of credit card solicitations.

7 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Run Run Run by The Who from A Quick One JK--1966. British Invasion pop w/ signature Who aggressive instrumentation

7 May

"DARPA sys 2 blend AI, machine learn 2 understand mountain o text" (http://bit.ly/IPO7pR) JK--DEFT. Theyll discuss here http://bit.ly/IPOsJf

7 May

Hey @thetroynelson this site says singr/songwtr/actress pronounces name ""ZOH-ee DAY-shuh-NELL" (http://yhoo.it/IHMr0N) (CAPS = stresses)

7 May

"Is the iPad new normal 4 data visualization?" (http://zd.net/IHLVQo) JK--Too device-specific. "Big Data on small devices" is more correct

7 May

"Where #BigData Shows Huge ROI" (http://bit.ly/IPJnka) JK--58 case studies across many verticals. Maturity of implemntation key 2 maximizing

7 May

"Less than half of Facebook, Google users understand sites' privacy policies" (http://bit.ly/IPJ48V) JK--Curious what percentage care.

7 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Weep Themselves To Sleep by Jack White from Blunderbuss JK--Awesome new LP frm gr8st rok singr/songwritr of 21st ctry

7 May

Next best action in healthcare. Next best action should always be 2 save, prolong, or enhance life. Triage yr #BigData analytics accordingly

7 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Words That Maketh Murder by PJ Harvey from Let England Shake JK--Wherein PJ seems like she's a Dickens character

7 May

New JK #IBM blogpost: "Data Scientists: How Big is Your #BigData Sandbox?" (http://bit.ly/ITADrw)

7 May

Interesting #NoSQL conference in Cologne, Germany (http://bit.ly/mRdiAX) at end of this month. Doubt I can make it.

7 May

"Is There Big Money in #BigData ?" (http://bit.ly/Jbp1Ob) JK--Disagree that #CRM disaster. But agree there's too much Ha-dumping of data

7 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Fight Test by The Flaming Lips from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots JK--My inspirational song of the morning.

7 May

"Hadoop software market to hit $812.8M in 2016, says IDC" (http://zd.net/J9jadJ) JK--Too conservative. Actual 2011 mkt revs well above $77M

7 May

"Open source enables high-volume searches" (http://bit.ly/J9iTr2) JK--Discusses Lucene Solr

7 May

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp See Line Women by Nina Simone from Ultimate Nina Simone JK--Feist adapted as "Sealion Woman."

7 May

Thank you "The Avengers" for hauling in $200.3M in opening weekend in North America. Summer money junk subsidizes Fall prestige stuff I like

7 May

Ads don't add they subtract from my online experience, but without them there wouldn't be quite this much online to experience.

7 May

"Probabilistic Data Structures 4 Web Analytics & Data Mining" (http://bit.ly/Iogt5Q) JK--Probabilstc structures sacrifice confidence 4 speed

7 May

Finished Dick Van Dyke memoir. Have started quantum mechanics primer. Like to toggle between light & heavy, see if I self-annihilate.

7 May

"Disney's 'Touché' touch sensors detect gestures on flesh furniture or water" (http://vrge.co/Lubp5i) JK--Disney has research in Pittsburgh?

7 May

"Investors are pouring funds into #bigdata " (http://bit.ly/JONuMk) JK--Subhead cites non-existent firm "Birtz."

7 May

"Star Duo Reportedly Shacking Up" (http://aol.it/IH8Z1u) JK--Should reserv phrase 4 when couple occupy rickety structure w/out running water

6 May

I love a good literati catfight where New York cognoscenti hiss how that other over there is overrated.

6 May

I'm sorry, but Elton John never made it clear why they call it the blues. His guess isn't good enough. I want scientific proof!

6 May

But when we euphemize serious conditions with less harsh names, more banal mental maladies will get lumped there, diluting treatment for all

6 May

Kaspar Hauser via @johnhodgman "Names for thoroughbred horses are getting longer than ever...just won the Kentucky Derby."

6 May

Shins "Simple Song" video comes on overhead monitors at club.

6 May

Psychiatrists debate whether to rename PTSD, yet again. Which raises issue of whether they're more interested in categorizing than treating.

6 May

Rule of thumb: any movie that markets self as "destined to be a classic" is almost certainly destined for the dustbin.

6 May

Pocket breathalyzer gadgets. Does any one market them? Would be useful to self-check inebriation & halitosis, plus many other maladies

6 May

Basic cable now all infomercials all channels all the time. On related note, when's last time U got scrap o useful info from those mercials?

6 May

Psychiatrists debate whether to rename PTSD, yet again. Which raises issue of whether they're interested in categorizing than treating.

6 May

Cosmopolitan cover story "Feel Great Naked!" I think that headline would be even better if it were on cover of Time.

6 May

Young Queen Elizabeth II bore a slight resemblance to PJ Harvey, or is it the other way around?

6 May

Knowledge discovery. For me, the challenge is to re-discover what I learned a while back but didn't process fully.

6 May

Catching up on all the social-media follow-me requests I've shunted into a "social media messages" email folder all week.

6 May

We maxed out on IPv4 addresses a few years ago. Does anybody feel that online activity has slowed down as a result? Me neither.

6 May

Been running all those horrible things people posting about me on Twitter thru advanced data science algorithms, & have determined I'm evil

6 May

Very detailed and informative blog focusing on #IBM #SPSS at http://bit.ly/KEug8Z @gunjanamit

6 May

" #BigData Doesnt Work Without ‘Big Managemnt’" (http://on.wsj.com/KAuJs9) JK--Discusses case studies of stat analysis in reduce urban crime

6 May

"How big data can track pain points in population growth" (http://bit.ly/JV0vBD) JK--Painpoints are correlation patterns of mass stresses

6 May

Starting to see "data science" label slapped on anything involving stat models. By that criterion, insurance actuaries are data scientists.

6 May

"Data science jobs not requiring human interactions" (http://bit.ly/KEqyfz) JK--Not really "data science." $-bearing pursuits w/stat models

6 May

They didn't deliver hardcopy Sunday paper on my driveway. Until they deliver, must content self with online paper: far more info--and free

6 May

Superclouds prevented us from seeing Supermoon last night.