Whew!
Wrote my first quick-hit for the new year. Brain's a bit rusty. Feels like a
bit of deja vu. Hmmm.
Stevie
Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble "Cold Shot" (http://ow.ly/sfH8x )
JK--Dedicated to northern tier of North America tonight. Cuddle up!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Bright
Lights by Gary Clark, Jr. from HWUL Raw Cuts, Vol. 1 JK--Great blues-rock
burner. Reminds me of classic Cream.
@HeathDHavlick I only go out to
scrape my car.
@merv Thanks Merv!
@PierreCPA Central banks socialize
gains by contributing to public confidence in currency, hence boosting econ
growth. Losses always private
@PierreCPA You're confusing value
(return on capital/liquidity) with the risks of managing that
capital/liquidity.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Over and
Over Again (Lost and Found) by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah JK--2005. A mewled
lyric over a spiraling melody.
@HeathDHavlick You enjoy sunburn?
Name me a place on the planet where climatic conditions are always ideal for exposed
human flesh.
@HeathDHavlick Move to what?
@PierreCPA That's ridiculous. Bankers
sustain the flow of liquidity in the economy, which creates value. Go back to
Econ 101.
Lots
of fun scraping ice from my car in a stiff wind at 23 degree fahrenheit. I
can't feel my hands, they're so numb.
Join #CXO chat Mon 12 ET! The Matter of #Loyalty w/ @maldyj http://on.fb.me/1i1JKGT
#custserv #cem I'm on it!
"#BigData
Variety Means Metadata Matters" (http://ow.ly/sf0Fn )
JK--Edd Dumbill dissects reasons: discoverability, usability, provenance.
"#BigData sets
available for free" (http://ow.ly/sf0mg ) JK--Good quick-list
from Vincent Granville.
"What’s
th point o Bitcoin again?" (http://ow.ly/seZSw )
JK--David Meyer beautifully dissects reasons why I too am uneasy with this
mania
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Co'dine by
Buffy Sainte-Marie from It's My Way JK--1964. Debut LP. Otherworldly warble
from Cree singer-songwriter
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Mean Streets
by Tennis from Small Sound JK--2013. Denver indie-pop group with warm soulful
latte vibe.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Subtle by
Active Child from Rapor EP JK--2013. Great upbeat soul with a retro-synth vibe.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp How Can You
Mend A Broken Heart by The Bee Gees from Ultimate BGs JK--1971. Sterling
example of their pre-disco style
Thin
hard icy crust of rough walkable overnight snowfall out front. Unshovelable.
But the next best thing to bare concrete.
WashPost:
"NSA aims to crack most online codes." How exactly is this news to
anybody even vaguely familiar with NSA's statutory charter?
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Merry Go
Round by Kacey Musgraves from Same Trailer Different Park JK--2013. Pretty
oldschool country song w/pathos
Fwd:
@dmenningeremc: #9 w/ a bullet
in @informationweek Top 10 #BigData
stories of 2013 http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/big-data-analytics/top-10-big-data-stories-of-2013/d/d-id/1113277 …
@jameskobielus
In
response to your many inquiries, here's a link to current data-scientist job
listings at #IBM:
http://ow.ly/sduJ2
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Heartbroken,
in Disrepair by Dan Auerbach frm Keep It Hid JK--Righteous guitar work from
Robert Quine's second cousin
"Denver:
The Next Silicon Valley?" (http://ow.ly/sdexq ) JK--I suspect theyll
have hard time keeping productivity high after smoke breaks
"Extracting
right variables for your Regression model" (http://ow.ly/sd9XU )
JK--Good overview. A core data-scientist skill.
"Designing
for Exponential Trends of 2014" (http://ow.ly/sd9nZ )
JK--Excellent list of disruptive tech trends in world culture at large
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Bridge to
Hawaii by TacocaT from NVM JK--2014. Cool pop indie rock outfit. Pronounces
palindromic name "taco cat."
"#BigData
biggest challnges" (http://ow.ly/sd6L1 ) JK--"Puppies R
free but U still hav 2 feed em." OK. Metaphoricly, wot's big data poop?
Catch
me speaking at RSA Security Conf on Wed Feb 26 on #bigdata role
in securing Internet of Things. Moscone
Center, San Fransiskey.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Ghouls by
Wooden Shjips from Back to Land JK--2013. Excellent specimen of this group's
revived neo-psychedelia
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Boys Don't
Cry by The Cure JK--I love how Robert Smith vocalizes 3-syllable title as 3
flat distinct elongated notes
"Scaling
and querying large NoSQL databases" (http://ow.ly/sd4ZY )
JK--Discusses role of sharding in enabling shared-nothing NoSQL MPP
"A
Clearing Picture of the Internet of Things" (http://ow.ly/sd3rr )
JK--Good discussion of architecture & topology of IoT.
"Never,
ever do this to #Hadoop"
(http://ow.ly/sd2sJ )
JK--Mr. Hadoop, he get mighty touchy about storage locality, if U know what I
mean
"Are
You a Scientific Data Artist or Artistic Data Scientist?" (http://ow.ly/sd0pj )
JK--Or a Data Artiste who models existential angst?
"The
Computational Theory of Mind" (http://ow.ly/scZQX )
JK--Textbook-calibre in-depth discussion of the topic. Very cool.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Cecil Taylor
by Jonathan Wilson from Fanfare JK--2013. Very nice. Reminds of the best of
Crosby, Stills, & Nash.
Dumb
to call Turing "the father o modern computing." Gender-biased, for starters,
& overlooks Babbage, Lovelace, Von Neumann, Eckert, Hopper
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Policy of
Truth by Depeche Mode JK--"Never again is what you swore the time
before." New year resolution reality chek
RT
@graemeknows: What @jameskobielus's tea leaves
foretell for big data in 2014 http://ibm.co/1cKo54N
Which
came first: the dinosaur from which chickens evolved or the egg from which that
chicken ancestor hatched?
Pleasant
enough holiday break. Nice to be back in the groove of work. A new year licks
my toes like the sea at ebb tide.
Watching
"Frances Ha." A young woman's adventures in urban awkwardness. Greta
Gerwig plays Frances as if Woody Allen had played Annie Hall
New
Year's resolution is to change the channel in fitness-club men's locker room
whenever on Fox News. Executed plan flawlessly on Day One
RT
@stevesilberman: If you missed
it: GOP claims of millions losing coverage under Obamacare turns out to be a
hype. http://wapo.st/Kl1D7x
"Which
Came First: The Human or the Algorithm? (http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/12/which-came-first-the-human-or-the-algorithm/ …)
JK--Expert feedforward improves model perf, feedback dilutes perf
Did
our thorough New Year's Day housecleaning. Always good to start the year by
purging the clutter of the one now gone.
I'd
characterize most year-end lists as journalists pretending their personal
tastes define the zeitgeist.
@mjcavaretta They haven't asked for
a follow-up, so there hasn't been.
John
Grant "GMF" (http://ow.ly/sbtx8 ). My favorite song of
2013. I prefer this unexpurgated "MF" version to sanitized
"living creatures"
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Dog Faced
Boy by Eels from Souljacker JK--Mark Everett has a great gritty voice. But not
gnarly. Excellent diction
Got
a good full-body massage to close out the old year. Plenty of residual kinks,
knots, & gnarls to press & knead out of my system.
Girl's
college laptop finally bit dust but got her thru all 4 years. Buying her shiny
new one. Belated Xmas gift. New computing year cometh
Tired
of being told something will "change my life." Give me something to
brighten my day and my life will take care of itself.
My
favorite! Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Presents His 10 Favorite Strips http://www.businessinsider.com/scott-adams-favorite-dilbert-comics-2013-10 …
I
try not to think too hard about the year ahead. The thinking will come as the
year reveals itself.
Facebook
should allow us to put a "mind yer beezwax" block on those intrusive
prying "when/why did you do this?" profile-fleshing questions
Washington
football franchise sacks coach. Rebuilding process must also include sacking
owner and team name. And issuing apology for latter
My
New Year's resolution is always to resolve as many loose threads as possible in
the year gone by. Don't need to pay that pressure forward
Blessings
metric o happiness. You feel happier when U actually count em. Fulfillment is
in silent self-enumeration. Better than rosary beads
Reading
Gleick's bio of Isaac Newton. Was first data scientist. Invented new math as
backbone of quantitative model of universal gravitation
Themes
more salient in 2013 in my thought ldrshp than in previous years: data science,
Internet of Things, Big Media, cust experience optzn
@metabrown312 Larger philosophical
question: Why should I care whether me getting my preferred ambience serves
anybody's interest but mine?
Most
of the people we know are sending email with the exact same subject line:
"Fwd: WOW." That rates a "WOW" in my book. [click]
@metabrown312 It would increase our
staying time and encourage us to buy more coffee etc. And to say nice things,
so others do likewise.
Long-tail
analysis of Redbox transactions would probably reveal no one has ever rented th
DVD of Mike Myers' "So I Married An Axe Murderer."
Jim
Carrey. I've long suspected that his jaw unhinges like a snake and that he can
wrap his body around victims like a boa constrictor.
Watching
CNBC. Only cable channel that runs infomercials 24x7. Currently: marathon
programming on sexy, beautiful, healthy hair with bounce
Watching
Guy Fieri & Brooke Shields make fish tacos over barbecue. The kind o
basic-cable programming I only watch when I'm not doin' nuthin
Saturday
feels like Sunday. I'm sure Sunday will not feel like Monday. It'll feel like
Saturday. Which will feel like Sunday. Ah...time off.
Caroline's
girls know 2 leave Unca Jim undisturbed on the sofa with snacks, wine, laptop,
& several remote controls @ his disposal. I'm king
Reading
conflicting year-end reviews. "Wolf of Wall Street" is either one of
the year's best, sucks majorly, or is sorta OK. Hmmmmm
Hanging
with friends Caroline and Stuart in southern New Jersey, right outside Philly.
I always enjoy crossing the Delaware Memorial Bridge
RIP Paul Blair. If you switch his
first consonants, he was "Baul Plair." Orioles star centerfielder.
Paul Blair was indeed a ball player.
Best
excerpt from this week's letters to the editor of the WashPost:
"personally, I admire Beyonce's cleavage, perhaps because I am male."
Washington
Post's Saturday "free for all" letters to the editor. This week,
irate readers comment on Post's paragraph indentation policies.
If
George Lucas had directed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the part
of Gollum would have been played by a long-unemployed Jar Jar Binks.
Artisanal.
Every time I see that prissy adjective, the inner Gollum springs out of me and
hisses "PRECIOUSSSSSS!!!!"
Every
morning is a smorgasbord of physical & virtual news sources on my breakfast
table. I love my newspapers. I also love my tablet.
Magazine
inertia. Metric o poor fitness-club mgmt. Same stupid mag's been lying on floor
4 several days. I myself had 2 move it. #ineptitude
What
I remember about a speaking engagement was whether the organizer made an
attempt to socialize with me. If they didn't, I won't return.
@paul_houle Really? 1000 channels and
there's nothing on? I think they should stick daily comic strips in the
interactive program guides.
@paul_houle Specifically?
Plenty
of good films out this year. So why do all the local Redboxes seem to stock
nothing but crap I don't want to see?
Facebook's
"people you may know" hasn't suggested a single person I actually
know in several weeks. Needs "admit we're clueless" algorithm
@dphochman Who's
"overwhelmed"? What's with the "admits" and the
"embargo"? And I tweeted the thought. Don't blog it. Not worth a
blog.
I
refuse 2 read any article that refers 2 Affordable Care Act by any other name.
Using common nickname shows U have ideological axe 2 grind
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Cured Of
Youth by Tennis from Small Sound JK--2013. New EP. This Denver-based group has
great positive powerpop sound
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Man I Need
by Jagwar Ma from Howlin JK--2013. One of my fave LPs of year. Must acquire
this. Debut from Australians.
When
my #bigdata
predictions blog posts on Jan 2, you'll see I comment as much on the process of
making predXns as on the predXns themselves
From
my analyst days, I have several items of winter apparel from tradeshows with
logos of companies now my competitors. Worn in stealth.
Years
end much as they begin: days grow longer. For me personally, that's always a
positive sign. Illumination is ever-waxing.
Sat
thru the interminably long, boring, confusing "The Hobbit." Not sure
why I did. Could have ejected the DVD & slept in bed, not on sofa
Boxing
Day at mall. Wave of returns is like tsunami's return flow to the ocean. BTW,
today is the 9th anniversary of Indian Ocean disaster
I
find that same people who claim that "life was simpler back in the
day" also tend 2 believe privacy was safeguarded & people more moral
I
don't post to any social medium unless thru a tool that allows me to seamlessly
auto-post it also to my Facebook. My master aggreg site
I
find my handwritten annotations & indices o family photos, videotapes,
& movies as valuable as the images. Contextualized memory & history
Um,
let's see: South Sudan, which recently broke off from Sudan after a civil war,
is itself experiencing civil war. Ummm, OK.
May
or may not visit friends in Philly/NJ today. Wife more nervous about I-95
holiday traffic than me. As long as restrooms near, I'm cool
Cant
read article ostensibly about #bigdata w/out
vetting whether that's so. NYTimes misfired yesterday. Just stat analysis @
ordinary scale
Christmas
on Facebook. Everybody's following everybody else's gift-openings &
dinner/drinks/TV festivities. Who's the merriest of them all?
Watching
Xmas show rerun of "Dobie Gillis." Dobie was Richie Cunningham to
Maynard G. Krebs' Fonz. The main character eclipsed by th popular
Reading
Gleick's bio of Isaac Newton. Xmas is Newton birthday, btw (old calendar).
Death mask shows Newton resembled Sting, IMHO.
We
have a humdrum bunch of activities planned for the Xmas break. That's fine with
me. Already did our big overseas vacation in mid-December
Remember
that string of years when the media felt it had to mention "Kwanzaa"
in the same breath as Christmas & Hanukkah? Me neither.
Waited
till "The Shining" over & Nicholson's familycidal character got
his just deserts to tell my girls some people think I resemble actor
Jeff
Bezos' Amazon-delivery drone must've gotten drunk & crashed into Santa's
sleigh last night. Heard loud bang around midnight.
Girls
& I spending this Christmas morning doing th ritual family phoning &
skyping. Afternoon dinner at Tom & Donna's place. Typical holiday
Reading
the year-end reviews of the Oscar crop. I only went to a movie theatre one this
past year. Complimentary sneak preview of "Nebraska"
Cold
calm sunny Christmas morning. The girls are still sleeping. Egidia plans to
make pancakes with berries. I will break my fast for those
Happy
Boxing Day Eve! Keep all your gifts in their boxes under the tree so you can grab
them 1st thing tomorrow for fast & joyous returns!
Saw
"The Shining" (1980) with my girls. Daughter, born 1990, doesn't get
the "Here's Johnny" reference. Her immigrant mom doesn't either.
Put
a Christmas CD in the big living room player I bought in 1994. Why does it feel
like I'm cranking up th old Victrola? Bing Crosby croons
Stores
are packed, roads snarled, & people are totally insane. All the rushing,
honking, & cursing. Seriously, I cant stand Christmas crowds
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Wish You a
Merry Christmas by Jacob Miller from Natty Christmas JK--Reggae carol: "We
wish you an irie Christmas."
It's
not my country but perhaps Elizabeth II should give posthumous pardon to every
gay person in UK whose life was destroyed legally pre-67
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Joan of Arc
by Arcade Fire from Reflektor JK--About time somebody gave Noah's wife her
props.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Christmas At
The Airport by Nick Lowe from Quality Street JK--2013. "Jesus of
Cool" musically ponders Yule in transit
"3
Types of Machine Learning Classifiers in the EEG Analysis Context" (http://ow.ly/s2EZz )
JK--Crisp, fuzzy/probabilistic, possibilistic
"Data
Sci & Prediction" (http://ow.ly/s2EMU ) JK--"#BigData makes
feasibl 4 machine 2 ask/valid8 interesting Qs humans might not considr"
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Christmas Wrapping
by Th Waitresses JK--Songwriter CButler told me this NOT his biggest earner.
Quoth: "in my dreams"
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Angles We
Have Heard on High by Dina Martina JK--1999. People will scream at U:
"TURN OFF THAT CRAP NOW!"
"Do
We Want an Erasable Internet?" (http://ow.ly/s2DVt )
JK--Already have it. The vast majority of data created gets purged & goes
dark.
"Next
up: Humans, systems team in cognitive computing" (http://ow.ly/s2DP2 )
JK--Each deepens the other's learning. #IBM #Watson
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@kexpplaylist #kexp I Don't
Believe in Christmas by The Sonics JK--Good, but, ummm, derivative of CBerry
"Too Much Monkey Business"
Hey
you who "invite" me to stuff "at discount." That's a
solicitation, not an invitation. A true invitation = solicitation at 100%
discount
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Christmas at
the Zoo by The Flaming Lips JK--1995. Proof that Xmas been parsed in song from
every conceivable angle
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@kexpplaylist #kexp I Want You
For Christmas by Mae Questal from I Want You For Christmas JK--1937. The voice
of Betty Boop & Olive Oyl.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Blizzard
by Camera Obscura from The Blizzard / Swans JK--Very nice. Many of theirs are
country western based.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Skating by
Vince Guaraldi from A Charlie Brown Christmas JK--This lite-jazz instrumental
beautîfully established mood
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Outer Space
Santa by The Lennon Sisters JK--I'm old & dorky enough 2 remember they used
2 B regulars on Lawrence Welk
Exactly
what did they put in the tots' eggnog that caused pre-pubescents of the early
19th century to dream "visions of sugarplums"?
"Made
in #IBM Labs:
Adv Privacy/Security in Cloud" (http://ow.ly/s206z )
JK--Fully homomorphic encryption: introspect data w/out decrypt
I
feel especially special when I'm one of the recipients of message addressed to
"undisclosed recipients." Like high-society masquerade ball
Quick-hits,
blogs, articles, podcasts, etc. 383 distinct thought-leadership outputs. Making
2013 far & away the most productive of my career
New
blogpost: "Koby's 2013 #IBM #BigData
Thought Leadership LinkedIn Quick-Hits" (http://ow.ly/s1TrT )
New
blogpost: "Koby's 2013 #IBM #BigData
Thought Leadership Blogs, Articles, Podcasts Etc. (Excl Q-Hs)" (http://ow.ly/s1TmX )
New
#IBM jk #Dataversity
article: "Open Data Graphs Can Boost the Global Economy" (http://ow.ly/s1QwZ )
New
#IBM jk #AnalyzingMedia
article: "The Aromatic Ambience of Customer Experience" (http://ow.ly/s1QnJ )
"Duck
Dynasty"? I'm not even sure what that is. ZZ Top tribute band? New Chinese
take-out down at the strip mall?
Santa's
race. Since he's fictional, I suggest fictional race. Perhaps Vulcan,
Tralfamadorean, or albino Smurf.
@thatjeffsmith Right. And Forbes
reminds me that I never cared for Ronald Reagan.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The
Christmas Song by The Raveonettes from Maybe This Christmas Tree JK--Good one
in one of their hushed vibes.
"All
we are is dust in the wind." But what if it's gold dust in the winds of
change? Then we're not in Kansas anymore.
Just
saw the phrase "climate deniers." Of necessity they must also be
atmosphere deniers. The blue of the daytime sky is color of the cosmos
Pushing
70 on the first day of winter. The Almighty in His infinite jest will probably
grace us with Snowmageddon on June 21.
Putin
releases Pussy Riot & a plutocrat. Perhaps if Russia had a neverending
Olympics, they'd guiltily give all citizens civil liberties
It's
become a new urban cliche. Female professional experiences midlife crisis. Goes
into business for self selling artisanal cupcakes
@Neil_199 To anybody who's hiring data
scientists.
WSJ
article on retirement-income strategies. Some people budget $40,000/year for
"golf related travel"? Do they bring a caddy & golfcart?
Settling
into the deep darkness of this longest night of the year. A dark red wine
delivers the right note of dreaminess. I'm at home.
Keeping
our Christmas real minimal. Just the tree & trimmings around fireplace.
Keeping the music minimal too. Devotionals on public radio
