Easing
into the new year. Recalling old acquaintances, but not devastated if they be
forgot. Raising a glass of half-emptiness.
RIP
Donna Douglas. Elly May Clampett from "Beverly Hillbillies" TV show.
She was a frequent topic of conversation among we Boy Scouts.
Don’t
want to be a Scrooge but sure is nice to have my living room back in its
pre-Xmas config. My drink-holding side table back next 2 sofa
A
Friday that feels like a Sunday. Like late Sunday afternoon thinking the
weekend will last forever.
Shopping
for dark business suits. Pondering Diane Renay & Los Bravos' only hits: http://ow.ly/GIcyl
http://ow.ly/GIcym
Wife
& I agree that bodysculpting is one damn good workout. Some serious
heartpumping action!
Caught
a bit of the Winter Classic while I was pulling down the Xmas decorations
yesterday. Funny to see hockey players wear eye black.
RIP
Mario Cuomo. Most articulate voice of liberalism in the thick of the Reagan
years.
Glad
to have ended 2014 with a streak of 7 straight work days of thought-leadership
blogging on LinkedIn Pulse. Got the readership I sought
Looking
ahead to our son getting married six weeks from now. Down on the Gulf Coast
My
favorite moment from New Year's Eve was on TV: Ryan Seacrest spontaneously
offering a shivering Taylor Swift his jacket. Very gentlemanly
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp North Side Gal by JD
McPherson from Signs & Signifiers JK--2012. He's crazy about 'er.
New
#IBM JK #Dataversity blog:
"The Evolving Big Data Fabric Of The Travel Experience" (http://ow.ly/GGisP )
Old
year ends with Southern California getting snow and Northern
Virginia yet another sunny winter day. Will suggest that son move
back.
Luscious
Jackson
"Naked Eye" (http://ow.ly/GEIvI ) JK--1996. The
intricate vocal arrangement on this is what pulls you straight thru it
The
Toadies "Possum
Kingdom
Reacharound
"Big Chair" (http://ow.ly/GEI0O ) JK--1996. Finally
found it! This great song's been banging in my head for a long time.
Most
retweeted (by others) link to any of my output this year was: "Secure the
'Internet of Things' By @jameskobielus
http://ow.ly/GEHM6
2014.
Doing mental review of year that was. So jampacked with events that I dare not
open the latch. Might explode like overstuffed suitcase
Good.
Banged out a lot of quick-hits during the relative holiday lull. But there were
still plenty of interruptions. My lot in life.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Drown by Smashing
Pumpkins from Gish JK--1991. Great rock song that now sounds iconically 90s.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Johnny & Mary by
Bryan Ferry from Avonmore JK--2014. Nice, hushed, mid-tempo mood piece. Using
his voice differently.
Apple+IBM
may well represent the idea that 1+1=3 https://hbr.org/2014/07/ibm-and-apple-from-rivals-to-partners-in-30-years …
@IBM #Mobile @HarvardBiz
"Family
Feud" questions & contestants have definitely gotten dumber. Yesterday
had Q re "male names starting w/ H." Someone answered
"José"
New
#IBM LinkedIn Pulse
blog: "Healthcare Analytics And The Mysterious Statistical Signatures Of
Mental Health" (http://ow.ly/GDn6W )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Keep It Healthy by
Warpaint JK--2014. Nice one. The ladies' harmonies soar over a melody full of
drama & yearning
Has
anybody surveyed the mods & rockers recently? Where would they classify the
Beatles now? Where do Fabs fit into their evolved taxonomy?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Coochie Bang... by
Queen Latifah from Black Reign JK--1993. One of many rap stars who found silver-screen
success.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Redondo Beach by Morrissey from Greatest Hits
JK--My bro lives there. A pleasant place. Whither Patti's mope? Mr Moz?
I
find that I'm happier when none of my machines beeps at me. I don't need to be
made to feel like poor Wile E. Coyote standing in mid-air
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Logic of Color by
Wye Oak from Shriek JK--2014. Baltimore
band took name from MD state tree felled by t'storm in 2002
Oh,
that's right, James Bond not supposed 2 B blonde either. While we're on th
subject, he wasnt supposed 2 B anyone other than Sean Connery
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Married To My Hack
by New Basement Tapes from Lost On The River JK--2014. Song is Elvis
Costello/Bob Dylan co-credit
Cronut.
I never feel cravings for either a croissant or a donut. Sounds unappealing to
a higher power of thirsty-making & fattening.
"Ten
Trends in Data Science 2015" (http://ow.ly/GAyr8 )
JK--Excellent post by Kurt Cagle. Best predictions I've seen so far re #bigdata
In
my recent experience, I've discovered that LinkedIn Pulse is a way better
social blogging platform than LinkedIn discussion groups.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
Blog: "Ambient Analytics and The Coming Of #BigData
Unaware-Ables" (http://ow.ly/GApAb )
I’ve
never liked that rapid-splice-repeat remix technique, especially on vocals.
Suggests that, say, Cyndi Lauper suddenly developed stammer
"
#IBM 2015: The Rise Of
Watson" (http://ow.ly/GyL0L ) JK--Excellent analysis
by someone who's done deep research.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Dead Flowers by The
Rolling Stones from Sticky Fingers JK--1971. These Englishmen rock country-western
well.
As
the guy who just coldcalled me a moment ago learned, the magic word is to
reference something I'd specifically published. So we spoke.
"What
is Forrester Total Economic Impact of #IBM Info Mgt
Solutions?" (http://ow.ly/GxJuQ ) JK--Register to
download benefit-cost study
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
blog: "Cognitive Computing and the Indelible Role of Human Judgment"
(http://ow.ly/GxG8j )
"
#BigData disguised
as small data, causing dangerous side effects" (http://ow.ly/Gxt0K )
JK--Faulty stat analysis on clinical-trial data
"MIT
unifies Web development in a single, speedy new language" (http://ow.ly/Gxs1N )
JK--Write webpages as self-contained programs
Saw
"Belle" on DVD last night. Good historical drama of racism, class
system, & anti-slavery legal battles in 18th century Britain .
"How
#bigdata can change
music industry" (http://ow.ly/GxmF7 ) JK--Artists make money
from music by helping brands engage target markets
"...for
the rest of us." Phrase implies you align yourself with the majority. But
"rest of us" could just as easily refer to the 1% elite
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Reel It In by Nikhil
P. Yerawadekar & Low Mentality from Reel It In JK--2014. Love the bouncy
party beat on this.
Lower
back support. It's a sustainable nirvana state for the sedentary worker.
Ahhhhhhhommmmmmm!
What
flatters me most is when somebody actually cites something specific I published
when following me on socials. Shows you read me.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Feel Right (feat.
Mystikal) by Mark Ronson frm Uptown Special JK--2015. Awesomely gritty funk.
Get up offa that thing
Hmm.
I laugh every time I catch a brief glimpse of “Brooklyn Nine-9.” Maybe I should
watch full episodes for a change.
When
James Dean was the rebel without a cause, did he also lack strong statistical
correlations? That would have been truly radical, man!
RT
@VanityFair: Boyhood director
Richard Linklater revisits every film he’s made, from Slacker to Before
Midnight http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/richard-linklater-filmography …
Annoys
me when casual acquaintance asks “do you still write?” Have to suppress urge to
ask “do you still not read what I write?”
In
my gadget nirvana zone: tweeting this from my iPhone, listening to Andrew Bird
on my 2nd generation Zune. Horizontal on my sofa.
A
day spent mostly slowing down. Still sore from powerflex of a few days ago.
Still, I pushed myself hard in this morning’s yoga
Glancing
at various comments on various blogs I’d published at various times of the
year. Have to re-read myself to remind. But I don’t.
Was
a crystalline afternoon of cool clear air in Washington DC
TV
listings for public broadcasting stations should list pledge-drive
interruptions so we can plan to tune away during them.
Contemplating
the Christmas tinsel. It’s like bioluminescent ivy. Or feathery ropes of
silvery snow.
Watching
"Twin Peaks " for first time, believe
it or not (Netflix). Every scene designed for slow, quiet, shivery build of
gnawing anxiety
RT
@cferstat: @jameskobielus talks #elephants &
predictions for #bigdata
in 2015 #DataThinkers
http://bit.ly/1xoH3KK
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp How Long Do I Have
To Wait For You? (Ticklah Remix) by Sharon Jones featuring Cool Calm Pete
JK--2009 but feels 1965.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Liars Beware by
Richard Hell & The Voidoids from Blank Generation JK--1977. A romping
stomping run-on punk put-down
Was
a pleasant Christmas season. Didn't hear anything about the supposed "war
on Christmas." Peace prevailed. Ideological idiots didn't.
Hello
telephonic cold-caller salesperson who makes the presumptive close in his first
sentence. Here's the presumptive hangup on you.
Boxing
Day. Sadly, I've only boxed once in my life & was whipped soundly. I am
totally unprepared for having my brains bashed in.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Christmas at Ground
Zero by Weird Al Yankovic from Polka Party! JK--1986. Nuclear annihilation
should be this fun!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Comin' Out for
Christmas by Voltaire from Live JK--2006. Novelty Xmas song. A gay one. A very
funny one.
RT
@Sci_Phile: There are only four
circles here and they don’t touch. C’mon brain you can do this.
“It’s
Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas” sounds too much like “How Do U Solve a
Problem Like Maria?” Cancel Christmas. Call the lawyers
Aging
eyes tend to mistake “pom pom” for “porn porn.” An old man like me appreciates
the inadvertent ocular stimulation.
Should
have a Dumb Controversy film festival featuring "The Interview,"
"Snakes on a Plane," "The Blair Witch Project," &
"The Crying Game"
Geez,
what a stressful year. Hoping next year's more placid. But doubting it.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Tangled Heart by
Luluc from LIVE on KEXP JK--2014. Melancholy beauty knocked me out from the
first hearing.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Under The Pressure
by The War on Drugs from Lost In The Dream JK--2014. A song that percolated in
my head this year
RT
@caro: I'd be more excited about #TheInterview if
it were "Harold & Kumar Go To North Korea."
Drenching
cold rain on Xmas Eve. Santa & reindeers are putting on their wet weather
gear. No bright yellows. Mustn't outglow Rudolph's nose
"Wearables
Interest Biz More Than Consumers" (http://ow.ly/Gp6fF )
JK--"Improve operational efficiency & enhance customer experience
"
#BigData Analytics:
Time For New Tools" (http://ow.ly/Gp5Ra ) JK--Good list under
"alternative SQL access/analysis options"
"Sports
Analytics: The Extra Man" (http://ow.ly/GorfM ) JK--Good functional
layering of enabling tech infrastructure to support this.
"In
one aspect of vision, computers catch up to primate brain" (http://ow.ly/Goq5c )
JK--Identify objects (via deep learning/neural nets)
Gr8
quote: “I worry that the Data Scientist role is like th mythical 'webmaster' of
the 90s: master of all trades.” (http://ow.ly/GopwX )
A
true geek doesn't see "exponential" growth. They see logarithmic
growth at positive integer > 1 & simply assume U understand it's base 10
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
blog: "Does #BigData
Facilitate Big-Time Manipulation?" (http://ow.ly/GohtX )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Merry Christmas I Don't
Want to Fight Tonight by Ramones JK--1987. Great one I'd never heard before.
RT
@YahooCanadaNews: #BREAKING: Sony
Pictures allows U.S.
theaters to show 'The Interview' http://bit.ly/1sUtUSy http://bit.ly/1sUtUSz
New
#IBM jk blogpost:
"Patting down the pachyderm: #BigData
prognostications for 2015" (http://ow.ly/GlIQ6 ) @jasonkobielus
I
didn't realize that North
Korea had an Internet connection in the
first place. I assume it's only for Kim Jong Eun's personal pleasuring
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Mieke by Flake Music
frm When You Land Here, It's Time to Return JK--1997. Very Shins-y from
pre-Shins Mercer & mates
"
#BigData Machine
Learning: Patterns for Predictive Analytics" (http://ow.ly/Gll8J )
JK--Fairly good cheatsheet on the topic.
RT
@kexpplaylist @kexp Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses
from ZE Christmas Album JK--Had to Google "A&P" to see if still
exist. They do.
Checking
out Gartner's 2015 predictions. Mine will be published 2+ hours from now. Itchy
trigger finger.
#IBM @AnneAltman shares insights about how
mobile & social can shape how govt engages citizens http://tcrn.ch/1weGQ5H
#IBMfederal #IBMmobile
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Don't Intend to
Spend Christmas Without You by Margo Guryan from 25 Demos JK--1968. Great song.
Very polished demo
"Fortifying
Secure Futures' (http://ow.ly/Gl3Ku ) JK--Video: Gain
insights from chief information security officer assessment #IBMDataMag
"Balancing
Privacy w/Insight frm #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/Gl3t9 )
JK--TED Institute video Privacy by Design #IBM Marie Wallace #IBMDataMag
"Gathering
Television Viewer Sentiment" (http://ow.ly/Gl2SO )
JK--Case study: Hong Kong–based TVB uses social media 2 analyze #IBMDataMag
"Enhancing
the #dashDB
Service" (http://ow.ly/Gl2o0 ) JK--New Enterprise Plan on #IBM cloud-based
DW/analytics offering #IBMDataMag
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@kexpplaylist #kexp White Winter Hymnal
by Fleet Foxes JK--2008. Interesting how this non-Xmas-referencing gem starting
2 B seen as Xmas
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
blog: "Decision Automation: Retraining And Restraining The Long-Data Arm
Of The Law" (http://ow.ly/GkYxH )
New
#IBM jk #Infoworld column:
"Busted! The campaign against counterfeit reviews" (http://ow.ly/GkWuF )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Stranded by The
Walkmen from Lisbon JK--2010. This song sounds vaguely Catholic liturgical to
me. Plainsong alleluia
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp In The Cold, Cold
Night by Tracey Thorn from Tinsel and Lights JK--I really love this rocker from
Tracey.
“Yoga
is as good as exercise as a way to protect your heart”? Huh? Yoga IS exercise!
RIP
Joe Cocker. British blues-rock singer somehow made extreme gargly vocals &
spastic stage presence swing like there’s no tomorrow.
"Why
Media Bias Has Nowhere 2 Run & Hide from Data Science" (http://ow.ly/GizMU )
JK--Notice how Fox not in study. Bias its raison d'etre
"
#IBM detects skin cancer
more quickly w/ visual machine learning" (http://ow.ly/GioAU )
JK--Collaboration w/Sloan Kettering
Cancer Ctr
"UCLA
institute 2 help biologists doctors mine #bigdata" (http://ow.ly/GinIL )
JK--Institute for Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
"Could
#BigData Be New
Gender Equality Tool?" (http://ow.ly/Gin0j ) JK--Data2x. Joint
project o Clinton ,
UN, Hewlett, & Gates foundations
"Booz
Allen Hamilton & Kaggle Launch Inaugural National Data Science Bowl" (http://ow.ly/GilUz )
JK--90 days. 3 winners split $175,000.
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Biz-tech
books. For recipients, perfect stocking stuffers. For authors, perfect resume
stuffers. If physical book, just more stuff.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
blog "Internet of Things: Revisiting Metcalfe's Law In The Era Of
Everything Networking" (http://ow.ly/Gi1qm )
I
love LinkedIn. Being endorsed by friends who aren't really friends for skills I
don't really possess. I'm influential!
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@kexpplaylist #kexp White Christmas by
The Flaming Lips from Yoshimi Wins: Live Radio Sessions JK--2002. As if sung by
a sad drunk Santa
Don't
play with bats. That's the main lesson to be learned from our friends rushing
their cat to urgent care overnight. He'll be fine (cat).
Julie
Andrews’ movie career flatlined when she got typecast as governesses. Those are
only scripts anybody sends her these days. Enough!
“The
Sound of Music”: th inspiring story of untalented Austrian siblings’
near-instantaneous metamorphosis into expert singers & puppeteers
Pinot
Grigio or Topo Gigio? I favor vintage, not vermin.
Cool.
Verizon FIOS decided w/out informing me to restore IFC to our basic-channel line-up.
I can watch "Portlandia" season 5 on my actual TV
Made
quick work of this morning's Sunday paper. Most of the "news" was in
the "I already knew that" bucket.
