Recent list of "50
smartest cities" in America .
Almost all are university towns. Top one that isn't? #39 Redmond WA
Hey, intermittent grunter
at the gym, that's annoying. Do it to the rhythm, please.
My next week #IBM blog, already
drafted, is detailed discussion of data-science best practices. Some think I'm
a data scientist. I'm not.
"SMAC stack."
Social mobile analytic cloud. I like the fact that it sez "analytic,"
not "#bigdata."
Most strategic apps of data, big & small
Worked out yesterday.
Working out now, tomorrow, and Sunday. Company over most of next week. We want
to hang with them 100%
Reasonably good week.
Obliged a fan with a blog on EDW. I've ben saying variants of that cloud
virt'zn for years. More relevant than ever.
Intense drenching summer
rainstorm. Hope the power stays on.
RT @ibmbigdata: #BigDataBytes
off next week. Join us July12 w/ featured guests @NeilRaden @jameskobielus @thomasdeutsch. Should be lively!
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Common
People by William Shatner from Has Been JK--That's fine, Bill. Just don't sleep
with common Klingons anymore
RT @db2_support RT @IBMbigdata: This th @jameskobielus post that spurrd
Streamng Round question on EDW http://ibm.co/BDBytes24 #bigdatabytes
A busy day. Queueing up
the topics I'll develop next week in the quick-hits to post the following week.
I try to be proactive as hell.
"Rethinking Security
for Internet of Things" (http://ow.ly/mtKMU ) JK--Strong caution:
every new "thing" on Internet is new attack vector
"FTC Calls 4
'Reclaim Your Name' Re #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/mtHnq )
JK--Let consumer find how brokers collect/use PII. Opt-out & correct
"What the Unix-Linux
schism can teach us about #Hadoop’s
future" (http://ow.ly/mtFTv ) JK--Good historical
parallel & caveats
"10 cool analog
computers" (http://ow.ly/mtynF ) JK--Electromechanical
& tube-based systems sold commercially from 1940 thru late '60s.
"Cloud adoption's
tipping point has arrived" (http://ow.ly/mtxZu ) JK--Trust
is there, says David Linthicum. I agree.
This wk #IBM q-hs: http://ow.ly/mtudU
http://ow.ly/mtufY
http://ow.ly/mtuhX
http://ow.ly/mtuka
http://ow.ly/mtult
Customer segmentation?
Generational segmentation has become a never-ending marketing industry joke (http://lnkd.in/BbuRz4 )
Friday #IBM q-h
Customer segmentation?
Generational segmentation has become a never-ending marketing industry joke: http://lnkd.in/BbuRz4
New #IBM jk blogpost:
"The Enterprise Data Warehouse is Virtualizing into the #BigData
Cloud" (http://ow.ly/mttr0 )
RT @murnane: cruising thru my FB feed &
I see a giant picture of @jameskobielus
staring at me! http://ibm.co/RdGGZN JK--Scared me too!
"Lo-fi act."
Never understood what that means. Lo production quality? WashPost calls She
& Him that. Ridiculous. They're high gloss polished
"Data science
defeats intuition" (http://ow.ly/ms6pi ) JK--Good discuss o
stat methods, logical reasoning, & scientific thought in tandem
"Infovore: Open
Source MapReduce Framework 4 Processing Graph Data" (http://ow.ly/ms0Wg )
JK--Tad more info here (http://ow.ly/ms1v2 )
"Introducing
Lipstick on A(pache) Pig" (http://ow.ly/ms0xo ) JK--Wonderful name for
Pig workflow visualization tool. I oink my approval!
On Internet, th more
famous U R as U approach life's end, th more U become Schrodinger's Cat: both
alive & dead depending on who's tweeting
Drafted next week's #IBM jk blog:
"Data Scientist: Master the Basics, Avoid The Most Common Mistakes"
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Pretty in
Pink by Psychedelic Furs from TalkTalkTalk JK--Richard Butler wrote this as
love song 2 Molly Ringwald. Not
Just finished the 4
quick-hits for next week. Next Thursday's a holiday. I'm not a slave to this stuff.
I'll eat hot dogs and goof off then
"Developing a Legal
Risk Model for Big Volumes o Unstructured Data" (http://ow.ly/mrgJR )
JK--Good analysis o relatively unexplored topic
@lorainelawson They're my
initials. When I joke, it's implicit. Anybody who explicitly tags their jokes
has thereby doomed them to flop.
"Examining
Dimensions o Data Quality: Reasonability, Time & Access" (http://ow.ly/mrfyf )
JK--Second in a fine series dissecting th topic
"#BigData Needs
to Speak the Language of CEO" (http://ow.ly/mrcK4 )
JK--And enunciate like Thurston Howell III (http://ow.ly/mrcSA )
"Wearable Computing
Will Turn Concept Of #BigData
On Its Head" (http://ow.ly/mrbIo ) JK--WTF? Article
doesn't mention wearable computing
"SMAC: Greater Than
Sum o Parts" (http://ow.ly/mr7da ) JK--But Guptill
rearranges parts into CMSA (cloud mobile social analytic) in piece
"I've got skin in
the game." Phrase sends shivers. I imagine someone who's flaked off their
outer epidermis & stacked it like poker chips
@peteswabey How do you define
"sophistication"?
"Using #IBM Crwdsrcd
Supercmptr, Harvard Rates Solar Energy Potential o 2.3M Nu Compounds" (http://ow.ly/mqXYc )
JK--World Community Grid
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Somewhere
Between Right & Wrong by Bobby "Blue" Bland from Years of Tears
JK--1993. Great heartfelt quiet soul.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Dreams
of a Hobo by Bobby Whitlock from Where There's a Will JK-1972. Member of Derek
& Dominos. Tim Hardin-ish
"New Ways Marketers
Are Manipulating Data to Influence You" (http://ow.ly/mqVhQ ) JK--#BigData,
stream computi.... http://ow.ly/mqVf4
Data-scientist skillsets?
Empirical science incomplete without mastery of data science (http://lnkd.in/zZisxz )
Thursday #IBM
quick-hit
Data-scientist skillsets?
Empirical science incomplete without mastery of data science: http://lnkd.in/zZisxz
Paula Deen. One of many
Food Network chefs I'm only dimly aware of. I have it on mute at the club.
Please, no Giada scandals. Spare her.
@gliders_coach Measured by
publication events w/ new thoughts. Thought leadership doesn't mean you're
necessarily following. But I can C U R
Just did a quick mental
count. Year's not yet half over. I've posted ~ 200 pieces of original thought
leadership to various places.
We're convinced the best
defense of marriage is a good offense. So wife & I have vowed to be as
offensive to each other as humanly possible
Take your work seriously,
but don't take yourself seriously, unless you're a serious piece of work, then
by all means, and I'm serious.
Just bought &
downloaded Devine & Statton "The Prince of Wales" (1989). I've
had it on cassette forever. Strategic re-acquisition. Superb.
RT @jbrodkin: Which guy do I have to sleep
with to score an invite to the Scalia/Thomas wedding?
"The TAO of Facebook
data management" (http://bit.ly/1cno82Q ) JK--Developed
its own data store, called TAO ("The Associations and Objects")
"Why internet of
things has to be not too smart & not too dumb, but just right" (http://bit.ly/12qhwuL )
JK--Distrib intel+data "need2know"
""Dutch #bigdata
project aims to improve flood control, save millions" (http://bit.ly/11O3Cnz )
JK--"Digital Delta" project involves #IBM.
"Why investors &
tech startups are flocking 2 Downtown Vegas" (http://ow.ly/mpHQa )
JK--Canopied Fremont Street? Why not? Cool weird vibe
Good news: scientists
discover 3 potentially habitable exoplanets. Bad news: all 3 are geologically
100% kryptonite. Their fates are sealed.
RIP Alan Myers.The
non-Mothersbaugh non-Casale rhythmic drumming backbone of the classic Devo
line-up. He whipped it good!
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp London by Noonday
Underground from Self Assembly JK--The charging rhythm and urgent vocals of
this one grab you fast
True confession: I rarely
listen 2 #KEXP
public-affairs programming. Except when Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn speaks live
on-air with @loserboy
RT @loserboy @kexp [Re so-called "Defense of
Marriage Act"] "I'm glad they didn't defend my first marriage, it was
indefensible"
@stand @lauranuech @kexp Who's going to look out for us now?
I'm glad they didn't defend my first marriage, it was indefensible.
Retweeted by jameskobielus
You specifically want me
to speak about #bigdata
? Sure. Thanks for narrowing it down.
New #IBM jk
AnalyzingMedia blogpost: "Generational Segmentation has Become a Marketing
Industry Joke (http://bit.ly/17CkUvP )
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Same Love by
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis from Same Love JK--Best song from a great album.
Too true for commercial radio?
"M2M, Internet of
Things: 10 key points" (http://ow.ly/moZ8Y ) JK--#10: What's
missing? Analytics tools to make sense of M2M data.
"New #IBM #BigData Tech 4
Dramatically Faster Data Analysis...." (http://ow.ly/moYlZ )
JK--IBM DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration. In-memory
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Galaxy of
Emptiness by Beth Orton from Trailer Park JK--Cool moody atmospheric drone
threaded with Beth's fragile vox
#BigData
vision? Powering the convergence of social, mobile, and cloud (http://lnkd.in/wMFdyS )
Wednesday #IBM
quick-hit
Big data vision? Powering
the convergence of social, mobile, and cloud: http://lnkd.in/wMFdyS
Wife getting hip to
online shopping. Bought appliance from Amazon last night, not book or media of
any sort. A first for her. Shopped around
I've had Yelp for almost
a year now, and still haven't seen a single local deal worth my while. Thinking
of abandoning it.
Gluten free. I'm cool
with that. It's that pricey artisanal gluten that really gets my goat. In fact,
I wouldn't even feed it to my goat.
WSJ reports that more
Ford family members now working for Dearborn-based firm. Interestingly, Henry's
progeny haven't screwed up the place.
My response to robocalls
is a robo-fuckoff followed by a robo-hangup.
Big shout out to @NekoCase. My favorite tweeter who also
happens 2 B one o my fave singr-sngwritrs. Her tweets R wicked, her voice all
brass
RT @NekoCase: Woke up for plane from dream
if John Malkovitch eating schmaltz on toast. It's gonna be a weird day.
RIP Richard Matheson.
Very successful sci-fi/horror author/screenwriter. Even his plot synopses were
gripping. Master of modern dread.
"Programmatic buying
is future of all media" (http://ow.ly/mnvo0 ) JK--Yep. Only way
omni-channel online ad buy-sell trans wkld can scale
"Little Ooches
prevent Big Data Ouches" (http://ow.ly/mntyT ) JK--Gr8 phrase: small
rl-wd exprimnt hypothesis test pre #bigdata
whole-hog
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Back of
My Mind by Teenage Fanclub from Shadows JK--2010. Sounds like classic Byrds. I
had to check the playlist
"World’s Largest
Artificial Neural Net" (http://bit.ly/14VL8Wg ) JK--Stanford: 16
NVIDIA GPU-accel svrs: 11.2 billion-parameter neural net
"Four #BigData Trends
That Change Everything" (http://onforb.es/147hxbn )
JK--Especially, easy access to cheap analytic tools.
"Bridging the
relational and NoSQL worlds" (http://sdt.bz/60808 )
JK--Discusses #IBM
#10gen
partnership.
"3 Data Categories
Likely Missing in Yr DW" (http://ow.ly/mmFzK ) JK--Very good discuss.
Also probably missing frm yr data science models
Drafted my latest
AnalyzingMedia blog: "Generational Segmentation has Become a Never-Ending
Marketing Industry Joke"
Customer segmentation?: http://lnkd.in/nTcgG4
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Andmoreagain
by Love from Forever Changes JK--1967. Easily the most hippie-dippy of all
songs of this classic LP.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp When The
Deal Goes Down by Tom Jones from Spirit in the Room JK--2012. Evergreen
Welshman's got a classic voice.
Integration, storage,
metadata, execution, modeling, access, query--the chief #bigdata
reference layers, each with multiple options.
"Quantum Computing
Continues 2 Move Closer 2 Reality: New Quantm Memory Design" (http://ow.ly/mkOKL )
JK--Research @ Dartmouth/UnivSydney
"#BigData
Analytcs Facts+Feelings" (http://ow.ly/mkNRE ) JK--@sethgrimes: "value" in
"content patterns connections derived via analytics"
"#Hadoop is Tall Tree
in Broad Forest
"NSA Concedes #Hadoop Beats
Pricey Alternativs" (http://ow.ly/mkMab ) JK--Absurd
generalization. #Bigdata
alternativs each hav sweetspots
"Data Curation for
Social Media Listening" (http://ow.ly/mkLpM ) JK--Aka social-media
data discovery, collection, profiling, & analysis
"Dimensions of Data
Quality Under the Microscope" (http://ow.ly/mkFIS )
JK--Interesting. Compares different experts' DQ dimensions POVs
"#BigData
Project at UPMC Reveals Patterns in Breast Cancer Tumors" (http://ow.ly/mkEXM )
JK--Mining genomics proteomics radiology data
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Everlasting
Arms by Vampire Weekend frm Modern Vampires o City JK--Easy 2 overlook this gem
surrounded by many others
"Yottabytes."
Why do I suspect it's not a real order of magnitude, but, rather, a practical
joke by some Seinfeld geek fan?
WSJ headline says tech
CEO "leaks" new alliances. Of course not. When it comes from a CEO's
mouth, it's not a "leak." It's an announcement
Now truly begins the 3
month period of hunkering in my basement office, barefoot, literally the
coolest place in my house. No windows.
I chuckle at LinkedIn
group moderators urging us to "introduce yourself to members of this
group." My posted thoughts introduce me to y'all
Smarter planet? IoT
should selectively distribute data analytic intelligence to cloud edges (http://lnkd.in/UNu64D )
Monday #IBM
quick-hit
Smarter planet? Internet
of Things should selectively distribute data analytic intelligence to cloud
edges: http://lnkd.in/UNu64D
IHOP. My girl commented
on the girth of their customers. I said I bet few of them can hop. Wife doubts
they can walk without waddling.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Galang /
M.I.A. by M.I.A. from Arular JK--I doubt she's singing about Galang, the
Indonesian island near Singapore .
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Ozma by Shannon and the Clams from Dreams in the Rat House
JK--2013. Sounds like 1963. Modernist antiquarians.
It poured this morning.
It's steaming this afternoon. My sump pump's working. So's my dehumidifier.
Hello mid-Atlantic summer.
@thesocialpitt For her. She
retired on Friday. I have no plans to retire.
Jillian Michaels. Only
female fitness guru who could not only kick my butt but looks like she's
contemplating it.
RFeynman: "You have
no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to
accomplish."
Who has the back of th
person who ostensibly has your back, and on back, ad infinitum? Do U trust that
entire infinite chain of back-havers?
I check my bulk mail
folders as often as my inbox. The price of free-wheeling Internet email
interoperability is eternal vigilance.
Community access
television aka cable TV. I first encountered it in the wild in 1974 in Ann Arbor . UMich Summer
Debate Institute. Frat house
Overheard my wife discuss
yet another post-retirement keep-busy plan with a friend of hers on the phone.
We'll see. I'm busy, regardless.
