Sunday, October 22, 2017

Aweekstweets August 27 to October 22 2017: the weeks awaiting green to turn

Sampled the dark pale ale at Trader Joe today. Isn’t that a contradiction in terms? Or like mixing an acid and a base?


Day of lopping limbs--unsightly, inconvenient, and/or inanimate--off the arboreal riot that is the Kobielus yard. Night of satisfied fatigue

  Oct 21


Musk gets conditional approval to bore hyperloop tunnel along Balt-Wash Pkwy. Because need  speed on least congested highway in the area


The problem with seizing the moment is that there’s a moment after that, and so on. Trying to seize all those moments would induce seizure.
0 replies1 retweet1 like

  Oct 20

Today’s yoga instructor took pains to correct my poses. What he should have done was correct his confusing instructions that put me there.
0 replies0 retweets0 likes


Organizer of nxt week’s Pentaho World panel asked for something interesting to say about me. I’m boring. All I could think of is my grandson


As schoolchildren start to acquire data science skills, will their use of supervised learning require adult supervision?


I have to admire the sly marketing tactic that sends you a "special invitation" to, essentially, spend  of your money with the merchant.


jameskobielus Retweeted John Richards
Unlike whoever wrote that page linked to from playlist, I think the "preciousness" of original is what makes it (Brit art-school) special.
jameskobielus added,
John Richards @loserboy
Replying to @jameskobielus @KEXPNowPlaying
I'm fascinated with people's reactions to covers.


RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Pavement "The Killing Moon" from BBC Evening Session JK--1997. Good. But Echo & The Bunnymen's original is better

  Oct 20

Boost productivity. Join Crowdchat: Automating Data Analytics to the Max, Nov 1, 2pm ET, http://bit.ly/2hKbpTw  #BigDataAutomation


  Oct 20

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp The Barr Brothers "It Came To Me" from Queens of the Breakers JK--2017. Great rock song. Hope this hits big.

  Oct 20

"MongoDB's IPO makes it one of New York's most valuable tech firms" (http://ow.ly/m3nq30g0Tqe ) JK--Quotes my commentary to the reporter


I’m old school. I like to read hardcover library books w/pockets containing cards scribbled w/names o locals who previously checked them out


My hunch is that Bezos is going to go rogue and put his 2nd HQ smack-dab in the middle of the Amazon rain forest. His master plan all along


"The Case for Continuous Deep Learning at The Edge" (http://ow.ly/zsxf30fZP91 ) JK--Cites self-driving vehicles as premier use case.

  Oct 19

"You Could Become an AI Master Before You Know It. Here’s How" (http://ow.ly/jLCa30fZOG7 ) JK--Media coverage of automated ML is growing.

  Oct 19

"The Machine Intelligence Continuum" (http://ow.ly/vo8a30fZNTs ) JK--Act, learn, predict, create, relate, master, evolve.

  Oct 19

"GGL 2 give $1B to nonprofits, help Americans get jobs in nu economy" (http://ow.ly/QTUQ30fZNvB ) JK--Fund soup kitchens if Plan A falls thru?

  Oct 19

"Alexa can now recognize voices & give personalized responses" (http://ow.ly/aqyD30fZNmM ) JK--Yeah, & Alexa's sick of your incessant whining


"At GitHub, JavaScript rules in usage, TensorFlow leads in forks" (http://ow.ly/OBZM30fZMMt ) JK--24,000 forks for TF SW. 8,300 for TF models


"Nvidia Delivers Collaboration, 'Star Trek' Style" (http://ow.ly/lpRA30fZMmH ) JK--Holodeck virtual reality. Direct from the head of Zeus.

  Oct 19

When people ask if AI is going to automate them out of jobs, I say don't worry. It'll also automate our robot overlords out of their jobs.

  Oct 19

"Is th Data-Driven Network Next?" (http://ow.ly/JJQw30fZLWe ) JK--ML-driven protocol optimization? Here's me recently:

  Oct 19

"Visualizing Dynamic Bitcoin Transaction Patterns" (http://ow.ly/K8Dd30fZLpI ) JK--Kids: Visualize how Mom&Dad frittering away yr inheritance!

  Oct 19

Briefed by #Acquia. Now have a customer journey mapping solution to add value to experience personalization & content mgt (Drupal) offerings

  Oct 19

Interviewed by Matthew Flamm of Crain's New York Business for my thoughts on the #MongoDB IPO.

  Oct 19

Drive results. Join Crowdchat: Automating Data Analytics to the Max, Nov 1, 2pm ET, http://bit.ly/2hKbpTw  #BigDataAutomation


  Oct 19

"Fallen soldier’s mother: ‘Trump did disrespect my son’" (http://ow.ly/FZC830fZn25 ) JK--Master of tact. Callously shrugs off a family's grief

  Oct 19

"Pentagon study declares American empire is ‘collapsing’" (http://ow.ly/dhKc30fZmzX ) JK--Really? I don't trust soldiers who speak this way

  Oct 19

"History of the Ampersand" (http://ow.ly/JR2b30fZl80 ) JK--The symbol (stylized Latin 'et') & word (slurred English/Latin 'and per se and')


“Intel unveils new family of AI chips” (https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/circuitbreaker/2017/10/17/16488414/intel-ai-chips-nervana-neural-network-processor-nnp …) JK--For cloud-based DL training, not edge-based inferencing

  Oct 18

New jk #Wikibon blog: "Bringing Analytics to the Edge: A Cube Discussion with Hitachi Vantara’s Chuck Yarbrough" (http://ow.ly/7ShR30fXTfd )

  Oct 17

Dave Vellante & I recorded a Cube today about AI. But preceded by our mutual geek about Rob Reiner’s cumulative awesomeness. Meathead rules!

  Oct 17

In Boston. Will present to clients tomorrow on AI For ITOM. Then I’ll flip the deck and speak on MOTI roF IA. Know it backward and forward.

  Oct 17

Boston PD “Hackney Carriage Unit” sign reminds me to remove personal items from taxi. Yes, I’ll remove my top hat & collection of quill pens

  Oct 17

"Grafeas, new open-source API for the software supply chain, released" (http://ow.ly/zEQv30fVTaB ) JK--Google et al. Tidies distributed DevOps

  Oct 17

"Learning Diverse Skills via Maximum Entropy Deep Reinforcemt Learning" (http://ow.ly/kSqq30fVSFY ) JK--I'm a sucker for cute robotics visuals

  Oct 17

"DeepMind launches new research team to investig8 AI ethics" (http://ow.ly/kqSx30fVSsU ) JK--Industry tactic to ward off specter of regulation


"Tensorflow sucks" (http://ow.ly/prLx30fVS5G ) JK--Debatable, but blog lays out interesting wishlist for deep-learning frameworks generally

  Oct 17

"Algorithms Hav Already Gone Rogue" (http://ow.ly/evau30fVRz6 ) JK--O'Reilly speciously disparages financial algos. Shareholdr value not rogue


"Google’s AI can create better ML code than rsrchers who made it" (http://ow.ly/lkFG30fVR3g ) JK--"Latest blow to human superiority"? Nonsense

  Oct 17

Saw clickbait on "8 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Work Reputation." I assume they'll follow up with "9 Ways Everybody's Trying to Destroy You"

  Oct 17

"A very special 70s nightmare starring Vincent Price, HR Pufnstuf & Brady Bunch" (http://ow.ly/TIwy30fVPDv ) JK--Disaster rivals 3 Mile Island

  Oct 17

"Facebook debuts new video datasets for training neural networks" (http://ow.ly/zxyP30fVPia ) JK--Scenes, objects, actions, general motions

  Oct 17

Considering a meetup called "Deep Learning from Scratch." You have to scratch pretty deeply to learn this stuff. Careful: might draw blood.

  Oct 17

It's official. Every place in the United States is now bidding for Amazon's 2nd HQ.

  Oct 16

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Sugar "Helpless" from Copper Blue JK--1992. Bob Mould's group was, for me, a defining rock sound of the early '90s.


RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Billy Bragg "Saffiyah Smiles" from Bridges Not Walls JK--2017. Lazy loping sounds a bit like NSinatra "Sugar Town"

  Oct 16

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Perfume Genius "Wreath" from No Shape JK--2017. Excellent new one from Seattle-based singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas

  Oct 16

"Introducing NNVM Compiler: New Open E2E Compiler for AI Framewks" (http://ow.ly/GXTB30fUaDx ) JK--Hastening the convergence of AI frameworks

  Oct 16

"When AI learns to sumo wrestle, it starts to act like a human" (http://ow.ly/ia4O30fUafW ) JK--Generative adversarial reinforcement learning

  Oct 16

"Now There’s IQ Test for Siri & Friends" (http://ow.ly/8dat30fU9UD ) JK--Quoth Wile E Coyote: none would pass entrance exams for kindergarten

  Oct 16

"AI blockchain" (http://ow.ly/66T630fU98B ) JK--Sort of a distributed open AI microservices marketplace w/automated crypto-micropayments

  Oct 16

"Beyond Hadoop" (http://ow.ly/LU4530fU8vt ) JK--Data at the edge pulls computation to the edge, away from those centralized clusters.

  Oct 16

Morning's headlines: AI will throw everybody out of work, including everybody who writes these headlines, which seems to be everybody.

  Oct 16

"What’s a great TV show with a terrible theme song?" (http://ow.ly/dYk530fU6q8 ) JK--I always liked "Happy Days" but cringed at its theme song


"Tribbles’ Creator Eyes Our Disruptive Future" (http://ow.ly/y90U30fU4UJ ) JK--Aye, Captain, trials & tribble-ations with IoT & black swans!

  Oct 16

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp The Tallest Man on Earth "The Dreamer" from Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird JK--2010. Great wistfulness

  Oct 16

"Hallelujah! The Songs We Should Retire" (http://ow.ly/8mQV30fU4ae ) JK--Yes on all counts, but what's with the Hawaiian sumo wrestler?

  Oct 15

Some see me as cerebral. I consider myself  of a physical being. My masseuse said I obviously work out. That felt good. Validation.

  Oct 15

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Hot Chip "Huarache Lights" from Why Make Sense? JK--2015. This UK group always makes warm vibrant electro-pop.

  Oct 15

Connecting last Friday in Chicago, I looked out the plane window & wondered: "Mid-October? Midwest? No colored foliage? What gives?"

  Oct 13

Sleepless and restless, contemplating serverless. Anything but listless.

  Oct 13

Home of the late Charles M. Schulz burns in Santa Rosa. Lots of precious “Peanuts” memorabilia destroyed. AUUUGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Oct 13

My SJ/SF::WashDC/Balto analogy. Large cities about the same distances apart. One was planned (mission or capital), other was major seaport.

  Oct 13

My throat was real raw today. The air quality in the Bay Area is very bad. The brown pall of the wildfire hangs over everything.

  Oct 13

Words I hear all the time in hi-tech but never in real life: "extensible" "scalable" "heterogeneous" "performant." Just for starters.

  Oct 12

"BMC...AIOps Platform w/Expanded ML Capabilities for Multi-Cloud Mgt" (http://ow.ly/noyO30fQkRq ) JK--Reveals repetition ripe for automation

  Oct 12

"Will AI Take Our Jobs or Enhance Them?" (http://ow.ly/3wfY30fQjH5 ) JK--Or will AI take this job & shove it? AIn't workin' here no !

  Oct 12

"Your Data Is Biased, Here's Why" (http://ow.ly/yu4c30fQjtP ) JK--Experts agree: it's because you are a very bad person. Shame on you!

  Oct 12

"First Autonomous Flight for Drone w/Event Camera" (http://ow.ly/mXFB30fQjnA ) JK--Detects motion to help a fast-moving UAV avoid collisions.


"NASA to demo flying drones in controlled airspace alongside commercial aircraft" (http://ow.ly/Xcni30fQjhR ) JK--Gotta happen at some point.

  Oct 12

"Unlikely allies Amazon & Microsoft unveil Gluon to ease ML projex" (http://ow.ly/5j4030fQbgJ ) JK--Milestone in adaptive/programmable ML dev

  Oct 12

"MIT Camera Could Let Self-Driving Cars See Around Corners" (http://ow.ly/RsTg30fPniT ) JK--Processes penumbras of not-yet-seen moving objects


"Quantum Inside: Intel Manufactures Exotic New Chip" (http://ow.ly/2d5y30fPmRv ) JK--Needs Xtreme cold? Why not do quantum calc in deep space?

  Oct 12

"Rise in AI could be Apocalyptic 4 Consulting" (http://ow.ly/nGGT30fPmfo ) JK--Oh, really? Bet your biz on personal digital assistant advice?

  Oct 12

"Data Humanism, the Revolution will be Visualized" (http://ow.ly/posv30fPm8A ) JK--Alludes to the fact that many infographics are crap.

  Oct 12

"Android Devs May Follow Apple's Face ID Lead" (http://ow.ly/aZRJ30fPlT7 ) JK--This will definitely hasten the demise of passwords.

  Oct 11

In Silicon Valley, people generally don’t walk. Which means I have the sidewalks all to myself. Which I prefer.

  Oct 11

That woodsmoke smell permeates air today in Santa Clara. Very much smells like the air in Jakarta. Lady in front knew what I meant & agreed

  Oct 11

"Can an AI caddie improve your golf game?" (http://ow.ly/APB530fNNhk ) JK--Does it embed a chatbot to address the ball, Ed Norton-style?

  Oct 11

"NVIDIA promises fully autonomous taxis by 2018: possible?" (http://ow.ly/K77X30fNMC8 ) JK--They only promise to ship GPUs for that by then

  Oct 11

If Hollywood makes a film about Harvey Weinstein, I'm not sure who'd be best to cast in the lead: Seth Rogen, Jeff Garlin, or John C. Reilly

  Oct 11

RT @KEXPNowPlaying #kexp The Blow "Get Up" from Brand New Abyss JK--2017. Good one. Sounds like Suzanne Vega under an assumed name.

  Oct 11

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Ride "Cali" from Weather Diaries JK--2017. This is a great song for zipping down a California highway 80+ mph

  Oct 11

Dined on Thai tonight here on Trimble Road in San Jose. Thai is my usual Asian comfort food. My Chinese-Indonesian wife feels the same.

  Oct 11

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Monsoon "Ever So Lonely" from Third Eye JK--1983. Indian-British world-pop group. Bewitching sound.

  Oct 10

From a marketing standpoint, I'd say the Weinstein Co "prestige movie" branding has been shot all to hell. Wouldn't you agree?

  Oct 10

"AIM Was a Pioneer in Collaboration" (http://ow.ly/IVJZ30fMhfA ) JK--Yes, but it was also a vehicle for people to waste your time in real-time

  Oct 10

"ContinuousAI" (http://ow.ly/795N30fLni6 ) JK--Research into continuously agile transfer learning that adapts AI to new experiences/challenges

  Oct 10

"WaveNet launches in the Google Assistant" (http://ow.ly/zV9830fLn5D ) JK--Generative text-to-speech DL of astonishing naturalness.

  Oct 10

"Google AI Residency Program" (http://ow.ly/dU8q30fLmVb ) JK--Research position. I bet the waiting list will stretch down the California coast

  Oct 10

"Teachable Machine Explore Deep Learning in Browser" (http://ow.ly/hDWM30fLmK7 ) JK--Cool/simple/educational/interactive demo of how DL works.

  Oct 9

California redwood smell. Stones me to my soul. Stones me just like jelly roll. Hey Van Morrison: what do they put in Belfast jelly rolls?

  Oct 9

Futuristic predictions of sci-fi authors. Hypothesis: their accuracy inversely proportionate to a writer’s propensity for bug-eyed monsters

  Oct 9

Terrible fires raging in wine country. I’m not imagining that we smell the smoke down here in Palo Alto. Colleagues confirm.

  Oct 9


  Oct 9

"New Project Aims to Create Blockchain-Based AI Marketplace" (http://ow.ly/4XRt30fKbiJ ) JK--Not yet fully baked. Robotics. "SingularityNET. "

  Oct 9

"8 Most Powerful Supercomputers in th World" (http://ow.ly/aYUk30fK9Na ) JK--I'm sure they all scream. They also sport rad souped-up exteriors

  Oct 9

"How to Build/Deploy Scalable ML in Production w/Apache Kafka" (http://ow.ly/5h8P30fK9rR ) JK--Positions Kafka as feature-extraction pipeline

  Oct 9

"4 ways AI could make airports  tolerable" (http://ow.ly/BpeS30fK8zt ) JK--Article feels like rehashd "4 ways Big Data could" golden oldie

  Oct 9

Weinstein Co fires sleazebag co-founder after NYTimes expose. I'm sure those simple naive Hollywood folk were utterly blindsided & unaware.

  Oct 9

"Constant Monitoring + AI = Rx for Personal Health" (http://ow.ly/WZLY30fK5fg ) JK--Actually, sounds like freakily unhealthy self-involvement

  Oct 9

I tune out "behind the music" popstar profiles when the voice-over starts into "cocaine & alcohol abuse were rampant" post-success meltdown

  Oct 9

"FlytBase Releases AI Platform for Drones" (http://ow.ly/RYAY30fK4A9 ) JK--My hunch is that AI dev framewk/platforms for drones will prolifer8

  Oct 9

"VS Code Tools for AI Further Microsoft's Deep Learning Efforts" (http://ow.ly/9Izy30fK3Y0 ) JK--This brings AI into reach of  programmers

  Oct 9

Watching Time-Life pitch 4 Jackie Gleason Show collection. Not sure what makes me feel older: remembering it or being reassured it’s on DVD

  Oct 8

I’d walk out of a football game because it disrespects the fact that it causes brain damage, whether or not a player kneels beforehand.

  Oct 8

"Google launches Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL: AI first phones" (http://ow.ly/8jpU30fJfpy ) JK--Three-way DL-embed mobile rivalry: GGL, Amazon, Apple,

  Oct 8

"New Google Pixel earbuds offer real-time translation of 40 languages" (http://ow.ly/D63L30fJflc ) JK--Great idea for putting DL on wearable

  Oct 8

I assume the TED people will start a parallel BAXTER track where speakers can demonstrate the depths of their vacuous talking-head pomposity

  Oct 8

"From Gloom To Glam: The Evolution Of Facebook Messenger Chatbots" (http://ow.ly/JM3M30fJf8x ) JK--Toward lifestyle recommender bots.

  Oct 8

"Neural Net Generates Fake Startups. Hilarity Ensues" (http://ow.ly/yUqL30fJeUM ) JK--Don't laugh. Whole cultures may adopt this to name kids.

  Oct 8

Catch #Wikibon analyst yours truly on the #PentahoWorld mainstage expert panel, Orlando, Oct 25-27. Register here: http://ow.ly/YWnA30fJeBe 

  Oct 8

Connecting smack-dab in middle of flyover country. What? People don't fly over points on the east & west coasts? Are th oceans no-fly zones?

  Oct 8

Trump cabinet member sitting behind me in economy. Labor. Acosta. Good boy.

  Oct 8

"Why Intel built a neuromorphic chip" (http://ow.ly/ZHSy30fIY0C ) JK--Spiking NNs.  efficient for supervised, unsprvsd, & reinforcemt lrng

  Oct 8

Thinking of writing  about identity management in the Internet of Things. Because I want to use the acronym "IDIOT" with a straight face

  Oct 8

On my way to San Jose for a week of meetings in and around Silicon Valley, where the streets are indeed paved with that element. Unalloyed!

  Oct 8

Spate of media saying smartphones are making us dumb. Literati agree only that reading hardcopy novels is the hallmark of superior intellect

  Oct 7

I definitely don't miss AOL Instant Messenger or instant messaging in general. I grew to loathe those stupid popups. Put it on email instead

  Oct 7

Cleaned out my home equipment cabinet. Can’t believe we’ve holding onto this many defective mice.

  Oct 7

Special #Wikibon Teleconference: True Private Cloud: Foundation for Enterprise Hybrid Cloud: Thurs Oct 12, 2pm EDT

  Oct 6

When th page-refresh stalls, I can see the DL-generated metadata on my FB photos. Most frequent tags are “man looks serious”& “takes selfie”

  Oct 6

Vancouver appears to be pretty well-off. I spotted far  luxury hotels than Tim Hortons.

  Oct 6

"AOL Instant Messenger Dies in December" (http://ow.ly/YkWu30fHdPR ) JK--That's still a thing? By "that," I mean AOL, AIM, & instant messaging

  Oct 6

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Simon & Garfunkel "America" JK--1968. In '01, I boarded Greyhounds in Pittsburgh to/from Detroit (not Saginaw).

  Oct 6

Secy of State not in strong bargaining position vis-à-vis foreign leaders when openly refers to his POTUS as “moron” (true as that may be)

  Oct 5

"Strata NYC Focuses on Promise & Potential Pitfalls of AI & ML" (http://ow.ly/O6PU30fF9zc ) JK--Cites/links to #theCUBE #BigDataNYC

  Oct 5

"Will ML save enterprise server business?" (http://ow.ly/Lz8A30fF7aZ ) JK--Doubtful. All this ML/DL/AI horsepower following svrs into cloud

  Oct 5

"R.I.P. Tom Petty" (http://ow.ly/7ghh30fF6Hn ) JK--Check out #KEXP eulogy blog with video links. Well done. Remember him by his songs.

  Oct 5

"Guiding Principles to Maximize Chatbot Retention" (http://ow.ly/78O430fF6vN ) JK--Identify basic "unit of conversation" per engagement

  Oct 5

"Larry Ellison has Amazon in sights" (http://ow.ly/JRf030fF5jt ) JK--OMG/over-the-top: “It’s our computers vs their computers in cyberwarfare"

  Oct 5

"Billionaire tech investor: There will be a Mark Zuckerberg & Bill Gates of AI" (http://ow.ly/G4sV30fF4tp ) JK--Perhaps it'll be Mark or Bill

  Oct 5

"Deep Diving the Data Lake : Automatically Determining What’s In There" (http://ow.ly/GbkV30fF3Pe ) JK--Vorhies' "Gold Zone" is data warehouse

  Oct 5

"News-reading AI could scan for police shootings nationwide" (http://ow.ly/HeyG30fF2WU ) JK--Needs to flag jurisdictions where under-reported

  Oct 5

"Google reveals Android Robocop AI to spot and destroy malware" (http://ow.ly/OsKK30fF2BN ) JK--Sounds like this AI will be new malware target

  Oct 5

"Using Wearables to Assess Emotional Reactions thru Biometrics" (http://ow.ly/90JH30fF2cF ) JK--Can they sense your discomfort wearing them?

  Oct 5

"UN Opens New Office 2 Monitor AI Dev & Predict Possible Threats" (http://ow.ly/DCke30fF1XR ) JK--And then do what? Send in peacekeeping bots?

  Oct 5

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Damien Jurado "Queen Anne" from Visions of Us on the Land JK--2016. Another gorgeous folkish one from Damien.

  Oct 4

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Sir Douglas Quintet "Mendocino" JK--1969. This Tex-Mex gem was one of my favorite radio songs as a kid back then

  Oct 4

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp The Box Tops "The Letter" JK--1967. #1 on pop charts that year. Dueled with Doors' "Light My Fire." I remember!

  Oct 4

AI. An even  abstract mania than Big Data, which I kinda miss. At least it had hard crunchy consonants.

  Oct 4

At #NodeInteractive this week. Keynote on importance of inclusivity in open-source governance. In the era of Trump, no one should doubt this

  Oct 4

"Booth crawl" late this afternoon on the expo floor. Damn. I forgot my kneepads. Hopefully, the happy hour won't reduce us all to crawling.

  Oct 4

Two cups of coffee in the room at the start of a busy day. Makes the sun rise just a bit faster.

  Oct 4

"Cramming AI models into IoT for big data at the edge: analyst predictions" (http://ow.ly/gmUO30fDp6j ) JK--Our #BigDataNYC panel last week.

  Oct 4

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Nilufer Yanya "Baby Luv" JK--2017. Very cool vocal. Sound like she's echoing off herself.

  Oct 4

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Tom Petty "Runnin’ Down a Dream" JK--1989. My favorite of his vocals, and the guitar interplay is wicked!

  Oct 3

First time in Vancouver on business. Been here twice on vacation. Totally cool city. I am chillin’.

  Oct 2

Trump just seems to go out of his way to say or do the most offensive thing. Dedicating a golf trophy to hurricane victims? Ace hole!

  Oct 2

I think I’ll skip seeing “It” till I catch its prequel, “Sh.”

  Oct 2

"GPUs vs. TPUs — Can NVIDIA Hold On To Its Lead?" (http://ow.ly/TdXX30fzAmS ) JK--Good overview of DL chipset market. Super vibrant!

  Oct 2

"Theano is dead, long live Theano" (http://ow.ly/zVha30fzA0D ) JK--Shakeout in open-source DL toolkits will accelerate.

  Oct 2

"IBM Uses Deep Learning to Train Raspberry Pi" (http://ow.ly/A1qq30fzywB ) JK--HPC AI supercomputing at edge on open-source hardware?

  Oct 2

"Rational Agents for AI" (http://ow.ly/tiyf30fzxUW ) JK--IoT edges. I think of them as sensate intelligent entities: sense, infer, learn, act

  Oct 2

Shock and sadness at the mass shooting in Vegas. Having stayed at Mandalay Bay many times, all I can say is that but for the grace of God...

  Oct 2

"Why DIY Kubernetes projects could be a really bad idea for your business" (http://ow.ly/zfzH30fzrQO ) JK--"Undifferentiated heavy lifting"

  Oct 2

"Amazon expands its Alexa everywhere strategy" (http://ow.ly/XIZW30fzrnM ) JK--New Echo models. Centerpiece is a smarthome integration hub.

  Oct 2

"AI in Healthcare Mkt Expected to Reach $22.8M by 2023, Globally" (http://ow.ly/FFpR30fzr7s ) JK--About 50% CAGR. Hardware/robotics revs drive

  Oct 2

"Designing with AI" (http://ow.ly/nzBe30fzqXv ) JK--Powering a social recommendation engine organically inside the Facebook experience.

  Oct 2

"Scaling AI + IoT Hardware: A Growth Hack" (http://ow.ly/fQZP30fzqJA ) JK--For factories full of AI-powered "MakerBots."

  Oct 2

"AI Playbook" (http://ow.ly/LXfO30fzqgl ) JK--Useful reference assembled by venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz.

  Oct 2

"DL Reveals New Insights About People" (http://ow.ly/uPpI30fzo0A ) JK--Personality feature extraction? Prove it's not Myers-Briggs useless

  Oct 2

"Chinese state media criticizes AI-driven news distrib" (http://ow.ly/2VKx30fzmyw ) JK--PRC prefers state-sanctioned news bubble.

  Oct 2

"Facebook's New 'AI Camera' Team Wants to Add Layer to the World" (http://ow.ly/9z4c30fzm8e ) JK--Coming ubiquity of generative AI photo apps

  Oct 1

Enjoyed “The Hero” on DVD. Sam Elliott delivers a beautiful performance as a dying movie star. Laura Prepon & Nick Offerman also shine.

  Oct 1

Billie Jean King vs Bobby Riggs. 44 years later, I care even less.

  Sep 30

Hugh Hefner's passing reminds me to thank whatever man on Fitzgerald St left out his copies of "Playboy" in the trash during my jr-hi years

  Sep 30

Went to Trader Joe today. Was hoping to trade a cache of beaver pelts for some wampum. But Trapper Joe was out kayaking up Gitchee Gumee way

  Sep 30

Strata NYC is always a hoot. Approaching Javits Ctr, you pass Central Park livery stable on W. 37th. Ahhh, the aroma of Manhattan horseshit!

  Sep 30

It’s not that my head is necessarily any calmer on pleasant days. It’s just that it doesn’t have to fight my environs to stay that way.

  Sep 30

“I don’t like the optics of that.” How do you feel about the acoustics, electromagnetics, and quantum mechanics of it?

  Sep 29

Had a substitute yoga teacher today who just didn’t know when to shut up. Not a second went by without her voice sucking the room’s oxygen.

  Sep 29

A lot of travel and a lot of challenging work coming in October. Think I’m going to enjoy it. The work is its own reward.

  Sep 29

"Former Google engineer developing AI god" (http://ow.ly/PGSu30fwNso ) JK--I suggest NOT calling it AIamwhatam" or "yAIwAI." Sensitivities.

  Sep 29

"Jeff Dean’s Talk on Large-Scale Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/A6kJ30fwMzL ) JK--RL for learning optimal DL-training cross-node workload alloc

  Sep 29

"Intel’s New Self-Learning Chip Promises to Accelerate AI" (http://ow.ly/azHO30fwJ2O ) JK--"Combines training and inference on a single chip"

  Sep 29

"How to Regulate Artificial Intelligence" (http://ow.ly/FiAX30fwIfe ) JK--Oren Etzioni lays out core principles: laws, disclosure, approvals

  Sep 29

"AI, trust, and the art of conversation" (http://ow.ly/FSkk30fwH8v ) JK--The quality of a chatbot's voice influences whether you trust it.

  Sep 29

"Predicting the future of coffee in NYC" (http://ow.ly/5QUZ30fwyfF ) JK--I'm gonna have to cut back: those visuals are giving me the jitters


"Microsoft is using Excel as gateway drug to AI" (http://ow.ly/z4Jb30fwxB4 ) JK--Hey man, I got totally wasted on that high-potency worksheet!

  Sep 29

"AI can make our societies  equal. Here’s how" (http://ow.ly/S0Z930fwxjF ) JK--Article naively assumes data biases easy to spot/squelch

  Sep 29

"Hello New World of “Artificial Intelligence”" (http://ow.ly/GjVA30fwwP5 ) JK--"Hello" "new world" "of" "unnecessary" "quote" "marks."

  Sep 29

"Machine Learning, Graphs, & the Fake News Epidemic" (http://ow.ly/71QD30fwwie ) JK--Why not use ML/graphs to show how fake the "epidemic" is?

  Sep 29

"Chihuahua Or Muffin? Searching For Best Computer Vision API" (http://ow.ly/D7R830fwvZq ) JK--Before that, find me th best blueberry chihuahua

  Sep 29

"How Behavioral Analytcs Changing Cities" (http://ow.ly/8cSW30fwuVm ) JK--Curious about analytics o biker-bar behavior in Detroit's Brightmoor

  Sep 29

I'd want a wordprocessing program that turns every noun-phrase into an acronym. Who wouldn't want a WpP that turns every NP into an acronym?

  Sep 29

"Open-source community pushing big data into AI realm" (http://ow.ly/ZZoC30fw5nk ) JK--Me & @furrier yesterday on #theCUBE at #BigDataNYC

  Sep 28

Nice to be home. Cooler.

  Sep 28

"NVIDIA TensorRT 3 Dramatically Accelerates AI Inference for Hyperscale Data Centers" (http://ow.ly/C7A630fux9u ) JK--Smokin' AI edge software

  Sep 28

"World's Largest Server Companies Announce NVIDIA Volta Systems Supercharged for AI" (http://ow.ly/PIHD30fuwYq ) JK--Whomping GPU horsepower!

  Sep 28

"With DataPlane, Hortonworks aims 2 help companies drowning in data lakes" (http://ow.ly/N5Xi30fuvGY ) JK--Semantic fabric 4 data-soaked world

  Sep 28

"Microsoft launches new machine learning tools" (http://ow.ly/jUJ930fuvew ) JK--Wow! Desktop/Excel workbench, DevOps, model management.

  Sep 28

"H2O.ai & NVIDIA Bring....AI w/Automated Machine Learning & Feature Engineering" (http://ow.ly/5jQA30fuuLC ) JK--Automation w/interpretability

  Sep 28

"You've already read all your free articles for the month." NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

  Sep 27

RIP Hugh Hefner. Legendary publisher was instrumental in post-WW2 liberalization of Americans' attitudes around sexuality as lifestyle.

  Sep 27

Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy" (http://ow.ly/fbJr30ftP84 ) JK--Atrium DJ at Javits Ctr played a similar beat. So I requested this. And he played

  Sep 27

Me & @furrier this morning at #BigDataNYC:

  Sep 27

Good to have Judith Hurwitz on our influencer panel tonight at #BigDataNYC. Good to have a common life milestone--1st grandchild--to indulge

  Sep 27

This year’s #stratadata. Seeing expected reinventions around AI, hybrid data, & cloud. Not sure if these are innovations, strictly speaking

  Sep 27

Atrium conversations are very different from hallway conversations. The former are very distracted & vague. The latter: clipped and linear.

  Sep 27

Soon up, showtime on #theCUBE at #BigDataNYC. Not as electrifying as Showtime at the Apollo but we're working on it. http://ow.ly/XZ2Q30fsIx1 

  Sep 27

"PassGAN: Password Cracking Using ML" (http://ow.ly/NUTT30fs5L9 ) JK--AI infers vulnerabilities frm patterns of aggreg-user password stupidity

  Sep 27

"Auto code reuse: System automatically modifies code 4 transfer to other programs" (http://ow.ly/oSFQ30fs5AY ) JK--AI fits code to new context

  Sep 27

"Putin: Leader in AI will rule world" (http://ow.ly/3TR130fs5m9 ) JK--Fat chance, Vladdy-boy. The global AI research community is wide-open.

  Sep 27

"China’s Plan to ‘Lead’ in AI..." (http://ow.ly/1oV030fs5gB ) JK--Big plans, but have had scant impact on global AI community so far

  Sep 26

"Microsoft AI and Research grows to 8k people in massive bet on AI" (http://ow.ly/wNSY30fs54e ) JK--Points to Bing as training-data resource

  Sep 26

"The rise of robots in the German labour market" (http://ow.ly/kU2X30fs4YM ) JK--Queue up that Kraftwerk song.

  Sep 26

"Suspense Analog - Data Object" (http://ow.ly/oXIX30fs4JM ) JK--What? Huh!? This blog is a thoroughly mystifying & incongruous meditation.

  Sep 26

Every time someone claims "exponential" growth, I want them to rephrase it "logarithmic," specify base & exponent, & then simply shut up.

  Sep 26

#BigDataNYC 2017 Day One Wrap. Me, @furrier, and @plburris this afternoon:

  Sep 26

#BigDataNYC 2017 Day One Kickoff . Me & @furrier this morning:

  Sep 26

"How Microsoft Graph Provides an 'Internet of Your Things'" (http://ow.ly/q61v30fs3JW ) JK--Graphs are the edges that will connect all edges.

  Sep 26

I caught another episode of Ken Burns' documentary on the Vietnam War. Though I was a kid, I definitely remember how nasty the country got.

  Sep 26

Donald Trump, as a businessperson, has been thru Chapter 11 six times. He's trying to make the United States of America his 7th bankruptcy

  Sep 26



  Sep 26

Always find myself slightly gagging on tech industry term "coopetition." Makes me want to toss "coomperation" into the mix for good measure

  Sep 25

I think every big city should hire couples to engage in public displays of affection on strategic street corners just to lighten the mood.

  Sep 25

Over drinks I was sharing with John Furrier the craziness I experienced in New York City as a tourist during the Summer of Sam 40 years ago.

  Sep 25

New York is still summer warm but I wish it were fall cool. I also wish the country were still Obama cool not Trump nuts.

  Sep 25

Pandhandler pathetically begs for a penny to buy a hamburger and a Coke. I personally am not going to subsidize poor dietary habits.

  Sep 25

Every other corner in Manhattan is a Starbucks. What was on these corners before Starbucks? Did these corners even exist back then? Heavy..

  Sep 25

Saw my #IBM friend Nancy Berlin at http://ow.ly/k02O30fq9OO . A familiar physical smiling face, lots of abstracted new eigenfaces.

  Sep 25

New jk #Wikibon Premium research note: "Adopting Serverless Computing for Cloud-Native Applications" (http://ow.ly/75Ox30fpZ3w )

  Sep 25

New #jk #Wikibon Premium research note: "Using Functional Programming to Build Serverless Cloud Applications" (http://ow.ly/C71h30fpYgq )

  Sep 25

Gate agent sez “don’t take it personally” if your bag is too big to fit in the overhead. Why would we take it personally? It’s not our ass.

  Sep 25

"A New Beginning To Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/rClr30foWpz ) JK--Perceptron, Cresceptron? Where's WAllen's Orgasmatron from "Sleeper"?

  Sep 25

"Dotard? How about crapulous, gormless or snoutband? Our guide to underused insults" (http://ow.ly/VXgZ30foTXN ) JK--None have Korean cognates

  Sep 25

"Silicon Valley investor to offer free money to 3K random people" (http://ow.ly/7GT930foTpH ) JK--Altman birthname: John Beresford Tipton III

  Sep 25

"Deep learning must happen at the edge, too" (http://ow.ly/otu030foSyE ) JK--Rollup of me et al on latest #Wikibon weekly from @plburris

  Sep 25

Heading to #StrataData NYC this week. Also hosting #theCube Tues-Thurs. Plus #BigDataNYC preso & panel on Wed. Come: http://ow.ly/8iuR30foSvh 

  Sep 25

Blockchain depends on public key infrastructure. Immutable data records ride on immutable identity records. Distributed secure hyperledger.

  Sep 25

Kushner used his personal email account for official sensitive White House business. Only one solution: lock him up!

  Sep 24

Fun Neil Young memoir trivia: “working man” Bruce Berry was bro of Jan & Dean’s Jan Berry & their dad managed Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose.

  Sep 24

Neil Young memoir on his fruitless search for 77 Sunset Strip when arriving in LA in ‘66. Google Maps sez it’s overpass over Hollywood Fwy

  Sep 24

Watched "The Big Sick" on DVD. Nanjiani's cross-culturl luv/coma story based on own life. Holly Hunter & Ray Romano esp. good as her parents

  Sep 24

Airline pitch to upgrade & enjoy "first class luxury." I've been up there, and there's nothing especially luxurious about alcohol & legroom

  Sep 24

Grabbing some fast food. Our chance to slow down.

  Sep 24

I don’t understand what national flags and anthems have to do with sporting events in the first place.

  Sep 23

Why does religious rock always sound like th most tedious ‘80s album-oriented stuff? It would be better if they ripped off, say, the Ramones

  Sep 23

I can’t help overhearing every sales, recruiting, motivational, and religious pitch in the adjacent booth at Panera. It’s Suasion Central.

  Sep 23

The next 8 weeks have me doing New York City, Vancouver, Silicon Valley, Boston, Orlando, & Ireland. Thankfully, not all in the same trip

  Sep 23

Today in Trader Joe samples: everything’s coming up pumpkin for you and me!

  Sep 23

Looking fwd to #Wikibon BigData NYC streaming panel on Wed. P Burris, N Raden, & I 2 B joined by J Hurwitz, J Caserta, J Shin, S McReynolds

  Sep 22

My odd day: woke 5am, worked, fasted, bloodtest, workout, coffee, work, mushroom lunch, work, yoga, work, dinner, tea, beer, popcorn, rest

  Sep 22

"Deep Learning 'Many Body' Problem" (http://ow.ly/DuaN30fmiar ) JK--Physics analogy: many-agent problem (in various sundry collabs/compets)

  Sep 22

"Chatbot Best Practices..." (http://ow.ly/ryhr30fmhBy ) JK--Interesting "3rd gen" discuss: adaptive unsupervised learning from unlabeled data.

  Sep 22

"Chatbots...: Often overused ineffective annoying" (http://ow.ly/dfAr30fmhbJ ) JK--Tough to get right. See my Wikibon:

  Sep 22

"DL Could Finally Make Robots Useful" (http://ow.ly/EP4i30fmgAW ) JK--Oh c'mon. Wasn't warning Will Robinson about aliens approaching useful?

  Sep 22

"5 Movies U Never Realized Were About BI" (http://ow.ly/PQoq30fmg3F ) JK--That's too narrow. But all are about power of data-driven analytics

  Sep 22

"AI’s Ethical Dilemma: Unexpectedly Urgent Problem" (http://ow.ly/559u30fmfgp ) JK--Not long ago, was discussed as "big data" ethical dilemma

  Sep 22


  Sep 22


  Sep 21

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp VU "Rock and Roll" JK--1970. Sorry, Jenny babe, but when I was 5 years old, Beatles started happening on the radio

  Sep 21

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Bill Murray "Dalai Lama" JK--"Caddyshack" out-take.

  Sep 21

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Leonard Cohen "So Long, Marianne" JK--I too used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy. But DNA analysis said no

  Sep 21

"Washington Post’s robot reporter has published 850 articles in the past year" (http://ow.ly/AtPo30fk9ES ) JK--AI-driven pyramid inversion?

  Sep 21

"Hackers Have Already Started to Weaponize AI" (http://ow.ly/dhRK30fk9kk ) JK--Whatcha wanna bet Kim Jong Eun paying attention?


"6 machine learning projects to automate machine learning" (http://ow.ly/BH8E30fk6TW ) JK--Good rollup by the always great Serdar Yegulalp


"IBM's Watson Data Platform aims to become data science OS" (http://ow.ly/p4aT30fk5AE ) JK--It's  of a DevOps platform for team data-sci

  Sep 21

"Musician Taryn Southern composing new LP entirely w/AI" (http://ow.ly/IYIN30fk4Zb ) JK--Musical ideation augmented by

  Sep 21

"Learning to Model Other Minds" (http://ow.ly/s4Yo30fk4iT ) JK--OpenAI project enables RL agents adjust responses to others' inferred learning

  Sep 21

"AI Population Dynamics w/Million-Agent Reinfrcmt Learning" (http://ow.ly/AwMT30fk45f ) JK--Group-grope in future when everything's autonomous

  Sep 21

"Autonomous Quadrotor Landing using Deep Reinfrcemt Learning" (http://ow.ly/b2Vv30fk3QU ) JK--Nailing th landing not for th fainthearted drone

  Sep 21

DRONE//What's automated/and autonomous is a/wee bit ominous.


"AI's Fair Use Crisis" (http://ow.ly/oLgE30fk2R7 ) JK--Supervisd learning frm copyrightd materials sans compensation: constitutionally kosher?

  Sep 21

"Intro'ing Pytorch for fast.ai" (http://ow.ly/aet530fk2xt ) JK--AI prog framework "adopted by many...researchers that [authors] most respect"

  Sep 21

"Autonomous Robots Plant, Tend, and Harvest Entire Crop of Barley" (http://ow.ly/DPyI30fk24W ) JK--Accelerating depopulation of hinterlands

  Sep 21

"Israeli startup building thermal cameras 4 selfdriving cars" (http://ow.ly/dHaV30fk1TP ) JK--Heat signatures diff objects from images thereof

  Sep 21

"AI learns 2 recreate Super Mario Bros by watch someone else play it" (http://ow.ly/RzIq30fk1ze ) JK--Infers rules from pixel frame sequences

  Sep 21

"Containers cool now, but VMs may B eternal" (http://ow.ly/2gnG30fk15u ) JK--Onerous cntnr config/mgt v. "resource-hogging but easy-to-use VM"

  Sep 21

"Cloud TPUs" (http://ow.ly/T1gk30fk0Km ) JK--GGL cloud enables mix/match its AI chipset (TPUs) with AI CPUs (from Intel) & GPUs (from NVIDIA)

  Sep 21

"AWS Launches Quick Start 4 Building Data Lakes in Its Cloud" (http://ow.ly/sQQR30fk0io ) JK--About time. Many AWS users built theirs bespoke

  Sep 21

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Television "Prove It" from Marquee Moon JK--1977. Verlaine sings like he's Tom Petty's beatnik New Jersey cousin.

  Sep 21

"NVIDIA morphs from graphics and gaming to AI and deep learning" (http://ow.ly/YRkw30fjZro ) JK--AI chipset wars: NVIDIA v AMD v Intel v etc

  Sep 21

Lame clickbait: "Remember Barbi Benton? What She Looks Like Today Is Unreal." Almost nobody remembers her. How unreal is the aging process?

  Sep 21

"Microsoft & Facebook create open ecosys 4 AI model interoperability" (http://ow.ly/SY6y30fjZ5l ) JK--Another harbinger of AI tool convergence

  Sep 21

"Bring ML 2 iOS apps using MXNet & Core ML" (http://ow.ly/Mhkt30fjYTy ) JK--Google TensorFlow success spurring Amazon & Apple AI rapprochement

  Sep 20

I have different orientations for work and life. I work vertically. I live for the horizontal.

  Sep 20

"Stop Giving a F*ck & Start Living Yr Best Life Today" (http://ow.ly/PFL530fiFG5 ) JK--How's this mutually exclusive? Have a great f-ing life!

  Sep 20

"Immuta Personalizes Data Access 2 Accel Creation/Deploy/Control of ML/AI" (http://ow.ly/fX0Z30firad ) JK--Autom8d diff privacy 4 data science

  Sep 20

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp The Dandy Warhols "Be-in" from The Dandy Warhols Come Down JK--1997. One of my favorite trance songs of all time.

  Sep 20

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Bonny Doon "Lost My Way" from Bonny Doon JK--2017. Detroit group. Sounds a bit like Modern Lovers & Parquet Courts

  Sep 20

I hope Francis Ford Coppola eventually makes his long-awaited sequel: a lighthearted romp thru the Cambodian countryside: "Apocalypse Wow!"


Join me & #Wikibon for the Annual Presentation & Party at Big Data NYC Week. Wed Sept 27, 5-8pm ET. Register:

  Sep 20

"Stay Hungry. It’s The Ultimate Advantage" (http://ow.ly/oImq30fidWd ) JK--Having no settled groove keeps you young....and perpetually on edge

  Sep 20

My shibboleth for a salesperson who doesnt listen is if they ask my wife how her name is pronounced and she says, they promptly mispronounce

  Sep 20

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Merchandise "Anxiety's Door" from Totale Nite JK--2013. This one has a cool nervous charge running through it.

  Sep 20

So-called financial planner published article calling Social Security "socialism" & said it is going broke. I call BS & BS on both claims.

  Sep 20

Did free "financial planning dinner" out last night. Thinly veiled annuities pitch. Scare tactics to disparage other investments. Meal so-so

  Sep 19

"Your post was shared successfully on LinkedIn." Thanks for overnotifying me of stuff I should be taking for granted, LinkedIn.

  Sep 19

"Chatbot Mkt Size to Reach $1.25B by 2025 | CAGR: 24.3%" (http://ow.ly/wWJC30fgrpA ) JK--Not clear how you can size a market this diffuse.


“Dilbert” is less funny since Scott Adams started the pointy-haired boss wise-cracking. That implies intelligence and that we empathize. No!

  Sep 18

Great. It's important not to overstate the "big" part of the equation. An automation architect... #controlmbigdata http://www.via-cc.at/4596i 
0 replies0 retweets0 likes

  Sep 18

Another approach, when trying to sell the notion of automating data-driven business processes,... #controlmbigdata http://www.via-cc.at/85962 

  Sep 18

Automation can be a hardsell if you position is as potentially eliminating positions. It's bes... #controlmbigdata http://www.via-cc.at/0595z 

  Sep 18

Hi. Welcome to the CrowdChat. #controlmbigdata http://www.via-cc.at/6595x 

  Sep 18

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Neil Young "Captain Kennedy" from Hitchhiker JK--2017. Cool solo acoustic country/folk tune recorded in 1976.


"Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One Seems to Care" (http://ow.ly/gdaJ30fexnK ) JK--Bias is bad. Arrogant defense of opacity is worse

  Sep 18

You barely need to read to spot bad writing. One giveaway is if writer produces paragraphs and sentences of uniform lengths. Visual tedium.

  Sep 18

"Deep Learning Techniques for Music Generation - A Survey" (http://ow.ly/HNip30fevRl ) JK--Not clear how garage bands can pick this up.

  Sep 18

RT @KEXPNowPlaying #kexp Ramones "Rockaway Beach" from Rocket to Russia JK--1977. It's in Queens. No need to hitch a ride. Subway goes there

  Sep 18

"Neural Nets Prove 2 B Key Technique in Analyzing Gravitational Lenses" (http://ow.ly/9Bjb30feugF ) JK--Statistical patterns unveil the cosmic

  Sep 18

Hope to see you next week at Big Data NYC (http://ow.ly/gQwA30fetWh ). I'll be there. #SiliconANGLE #Wikibon #theCUBE

  Sep 18

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp 9ice "Economy" JK--2017. Nigeria. Huge real name: Alexander Abolore Adegbola Adigun Alapomeji Ajifolajifaola.

  Sep 18

"Integrating CNNs into enterprise applications" (http://ow.ly/zRut30fet6K ) JK--Shows bewildering range of deep-learning algorithmic options

  Sep 18

"Put simply,..." Wordprocessors should do a simplicity check on what follows: simple sentence, <10 abstractions="" acronyms="" no="" o:p="" words="">

  Sep 18

"Today, I’m excited to announce that..." When a vendor says this from a mainstage, I can't help wondering if theyre excited or just relieved

  Sep 18

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Rostam "Sumer" from Half-Light JK--2017. Cool orchestral-feeling piece from former Vampire Weekend member.

  Sep 17

"I Tried Shoplifting in Store w/out Cashiers & Here Wot Happnd" (http://ow.ly/nWCV30fdQ37 ) JK--Missed bskt items but caught up-shirt Red Bull


"Despite AI Hype, True General Intelligence Still Out o Reach" (http://ow.ly/Mxzl30fdPWy ) JK--We'll keep upping the challenge to keep it thus

  Sep 17

"Using AI to identify protestors hiding behind hats or scarves is entirely possible" (http://ow.ly/N7GL30fdPOT ) JK--Possible but not well

  Sep 17

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Tom Waits "Starving in the Belly of a Whale" from Blood Money JK--2002. I get hoarse just listening to this one.

  Sep 17

Reading up on Bitcoin. Also reading up on gold bullion, paper money, and dumpster diving. Just to hedge my bets.

  Sep 16

Nice Saturday of just catching our breath. No need to force a point to it. Relaxation settles itself.

  Sep 15

RIP Harry Dean Stanton. “The life of a Repo Man is always intense.”

  Sep 15

Catching up on pile of unread newspapers after a business trip. Oh, there were hurricanes. Who knew?

  Sep 15

"AI learns to re-create Super Mario Bros. by watching someone else play it" (http://ow.ly/xuPC30fbSUk ) JK--Reverse-engineer from pixel-level

  Sep 15

"This Is Why All Companies Need An AI Strategy Today" (http://ow.ly/QDbP30fbSsu ) JK--Good substance-packed set of visuals in this.

  Sep 15

"Tattoo Particles Circulate through the Body, May Impact Health" (http://ow.ly/rlF530fbemi ) JK--They look and are toxic.

  Sep 15

"Free Will & Willpower Becoming Thing Of The Past. Here’s What U Can Do About It" (http://ow.ly/pf9s30fbdiN ) JK--Follow the program..or else!

  Sep 15

Internet is the virtual land of opportunity. Somewhere at all hours of the day and night it's not too late to lock in that great low rate!

  Sep 14

Sure is good to be back in Romulus with all the Romulans. I do feel like a traitor, though. I grew up just north of here in Klingonia.

  Sep 14

U know U're terminally professional when, at th afterparty, all U can think of is that stupid typo U'd better correct before U utterly faint

  Sep 14

I have never been able to hit the high note of that guy from a-ha. One of my frustrated ambitions in life. Just have to resign myself.

  Sep 13

When I was kid, my dad wondered how I could focus on homework & ace it all while watching TV. I remain that same strange kid. Tension relief

  Sep 13

My obvious pattern is tweeting about what I’m listening to while writing tech blogs. Counter-intuitively, it’s how I focus.

  Sep 13

I’m fine with pulled pork sliders. But they suggest Pol Pot and all those painful associations and, quite frankly, I don’t wish to go there.

  Sep 13

Enough with the finger food, already! I want toe food. Something I can easily dropkick into my waiting mouth.

  Sep 13

“No way Jose” is embedded in “Do you know the way to San Jose?” I think that’s significant. Was Hal David leaving hints? Fed up with Burt?

  Sep 13

New jk #Wikibon blog: "Atlassian Delivers  Deeply Collaborative DevOps Portfolio" (http://ow.ly/DHm330f8F9F )

  Sep 13

RT @KEXPNowPlaying #kexp Tristen "Glass Jar" from Sneaker Waves JK--2017. Wow. This is startlingly gorgeous. A Jenny Lewis associate.

  Sep 13

RT @KEXPNowPlaying #kexp Oh Sees "Jettisoned" from Orc JK--2017. Righteously great rock and roll.

  Sep 13

Just completd gr8 #OracleBDCM CrowdChat on Deepening Data Capital Thru Cloud-Based ML/AI. Check out transcript here:

  Sep 13

Replying to @jameskobielus

  Sep 13


  Sep 13

"NoSQL standouts: The best key-value databases" (http://ow.ly/zJ0M30f7EBj ) JK--Good analysis by Serdar Yegulalp.


"How We Work With Algorithms" (http://ow.ly/D6lF30f7DGs ) JK--Down with opacity, up with explicability..and UP WITH PEOPLE!, while we're at it


"Intro to Blockchains & What It Means to Big Data" (http://ow.ly/a3qi30f7COH ) JK--Hope dont mean all U big data am belong to Satoshi Nakamoto

  Sep 13

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Echo & The Bunnymen "The Cutter" from Songs to Learn & Sing JK--1985. A song to sing without a clue what it means

  Sep 13

"Apple’s Bet On AR & Future o UI Design" (http://ow.ly/HJMR30f7B1n ) JK--Pls build AR displaying handsfree handwave zone under restroom faucet


"Together, let’s boycott th NFL" (http://ow.ly/rkuR30f7Ajo ) JK--Good luck with that. Might as well boycott tailgate parties & crisp fall days

  Sep 13

"If time is fuzzy, idea of causality may be in trouble" (http://ow.ly/8s3F30f7zV9 ) JK--Hence, laws of science don't apply where pot is legal

  Sep 13

"Psych Principles Every UI/UX Designer Needs To Know" (http://ow.ly/s8Ci30f7zrn ) JK--Freud showed that U secretly wanna sleep with yr browser

  Sep 13

"Facial recognition is here. iPhone X just the beginning" (http://ow.ly/62wg30f7z77 ) JK--Even a face that can stop a clock can start a phone

  Sep 13

"How to Trick Your Brain to Love Criticism" (http://ow.ly/I6Md30f7yOh ) JK--Tip: stand quietly with an ever-tightening grin & clenching fist

  Sep 13

"What the Hell is 'Data-Driven Decision-Making'?" (http://ow.ly/L31530f7ymJ ) JK--You might decide anyway, but would prefer anchor in reality.

  Sep 13

I'd like to see self-promotional map of America. Show only places promoting selves as "historic." Overlay commentary that rips those claims

  Sep 13

"Alteryx Promote delivers AI/ML model deployment, management, & integration" (http://ow.ly/f3nW30f745O ) JK--New Data-Sci DevOps platform?

  Sep 13

"When Will GPUs Go Mainstream in th Enterprise?" (http://ow.ly/ZQKN30f742A ) JK--Depends. Where will they fall on the price-performance scale?

  Sep 13

"“Social Enhancemt & Impairmt o Performance In Th Cockroach” (http://ow.ly/2oHX30f73Uc ) JK--1969. UMich Inst 4 Social Research. This a joke?

  Sep 13

I had to be gauche tonight, pointing out that obsessive concern with where U attended college is not "Eastern" trait. It's just New England

  Sep 12

Congratulating Cleveland on their 20th straight victory. Hope you and my beloved Washington Nationals make it to the Series. Hope we crush U


A good beer after a hard day’s briefings will make me forget I’ve had a heavy bag on my right shoulder for the better part of the last hour

  Sep 12

Good day of presentations, demonstrations, & discussions at the Atlassian analyst event here in San Jose. Dev-y, Ops-y, & DevOps-y. Schweet!


“Great Groveling, Guys: Counting All the Ways Analysts Fawn Over Management” (https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2017/03/10/great-groveling-guys-counting-all-the-ways-analysts-fawn-over-management/ …) JK--Touché

  Sep 12

iPhone X: No home button, OLED screen, wireless charging http://cnet.co/2wV2BUs  via @CNET

  Sep 12

Sure, Eric. Tell me the specific day, time, topic and I'll be there.

  Sep 12

"Alexa, Meet Marvel" (http://ow.ly/IFw830f610P ) JK--Terminally geek. Develop chatbot skills that interact with comic books database.

  Sep 12

"ARIGAN: Synthetic Arabidopsis Plants using Generative Adversarial Network" (http://ow.ly/8Edc30f5kQr ) JK--I'll translate: AI spawns life!

  Sep 12

"Compressing deep neural nets" (http://ow.ly/eA3U30f5kat ) JK--Very important for AI at the edge.

  Sep 12

"Facebook & MSFT introduce new open ecosystem for interchangeable AI frameworks" (http://ow.ly/nZ7P30f5k2K ) JK--DL interchange representation


"Why SuperIntelligent AI Will Kick Ass" (http://ow.ly/ONDw30f5jEI ) JK--Not yet. The robotic ass-kicker still falls flat on its own ass trying

  Sep 12

"New leap for artificial intelligence: computer chips that can smell" (http://ow.ly/cnwj30f5ju0 ) JK--Combine organic neurons with neural nets

  Sep 12

Nice chat with the airport shuttle bus driver today. We discussed Dave Chappelle & Leon Spinks.  or less at random. Kept it real.

  Sep 12

"How Netflix's top-secret recommendation sys works" (http://ow.ly/kP3n30f5iMa ) JK--What about its double-secret-probation recommend8n system?

  Sep 12

"Meet Michelangelo: Uber’s Machine Learning Platform" (http://ow.ly/QCeE30f5ir2 ) JK--Works "seamlessly"? Was its ML trained on marketing BS?

  Sep 12

"10 Things Everyone Should Know About Machine Learning" (http://ow.ly/Uqn530f5ic4 ) JK--"Everyone"? Perhaps we should teach it to preschoolers

  Sep 12

"About Natural and Artificial Environments" (http://ow.ly/c1tV30f5hpO ) JK--A beautiful cosmic meditation. I think of it as a virtual circle

  Sep 12

"Lessons Learned From Building a Hello World Neural Network" (http://ow.ly/toSV30f5h5u ) JK--Is there a minimal viable neural net?

  Sep 12

"Ethicist explains 4 chief concerns about AI" (http://ow.ly/MXZ630f5gLO ) JK--Whose morality? How can they discuss? Context? Accountability?

  Sep 12

Back in San Jose. Just occurred to me that 20 years ago this month was my 1st time here. My 1st public speaking engagement. Went OK.

  Sep 11

“Pre-boarding”? How’s that different from simply “boarding”? Either way, you board the plane

  Sep 11

"How SV is erasing your individuality" (http://ow.ly/nhLV30f3Qz9 ) JK--Dumb demonizing POV. Expressing individuality is heart o social economy

  Sep 11

"Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New HQ for You" (http://ow.ly/ypEj30f3QfY ) JK--Denver? Nonsense! NoVa has urban close-in space (eg Springfield)

  Sep 11

"Why Dogs Are Good for Our Health (and Help Us Cope With Life)" (http://ow.ly/223030f3Q2j ) JK--Being covered in canine saliva is healthy? Yuk

  Sep 11

"It’s a Good Thing Some People Don’t Like You" (http://ow.ly/Ow2w30f3PVT ) JK--Trying to impress is guaranteed to depress you. Find your match

  Sep 11

"Silicon Valley’s Politics: Liberal, With One Big Exception" (http://ow.ly/7iv630f3PIc ) JK--Makes  sense to say they're libertarian.

  Sep 11

I'm all-digital. I'm also all-paper. Get your head around that duality. Digital exists to target printed pulp into my info-mad existence.

  Sep 11

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp LCD Soundsystem "I Used To" from Call The Police/American Dream JK--2017. Great new one from James Murphy & band

  Sep 10

Staying calm in a crazy world is just a matter of not taking the bait. People & circumstances are always dangling the bait. Avoid it.

  Sep 10

Nice weekend of relaxing around the house, reading up on how the world is going to hell in a handbag. At least the couch is comfy.

  Sep 10

WashPost describes yellow lady’s slipper orchids as NYC Central Park’s “special fauna.” For sure! Urban plant life enters the animal kingdom

  Sep 10

From space, hurricanes resemble watery circular saws.

  Sep 10

Stuck tune: Steely Dan “Josie.” Not sure if they wore hats at Hooters or she affixed hats to hers. Any other interpretations?

  Sep 10

I’ve declined a LinkedIn message request from someone who wants “to synergy” with me. I can pardon the word but not if used as an infinitive


  Sep 9

According to Hollywood, most important business decisions are made by people sitting in boardrooms on upper floors of downtown skyscrapers

  Sep 9

Upstairs at Starbucks on Main Street in Old Town Fairfax. Looks like a George Mason University study hall. Grimly caffeinated young adults.

  Sep 9

Apparently, my butt is chattier than me. It keeps dialing people. Can’t help itself.

  Sep 9

Swinging by LA Fitness outlet on Beauregard. Another Civil War general name I’d like to see expunged from Virginia’s map. But I wont push it


“Lengthy” is longer than “long.” Would “strengthy” be stronger than “strong”? Or stronger than dirt?

  Sep 9

Thoughts & prayers are with our Florida friends, both those evacuating to points north and those hunkering down. This looks fierce.

  Sep 8

Always bothers me when people address their father as “father” & mother as “mother.” It’s one step removed from “sperm donor” & “egg bearer”

  Sep 8

I’ll be in San Jose next week, at the Atlassian event at the convention center. Look me up there.

  Sep 8

New jk #Wikibon blog: "CrowdChat Recap: Modern Infrastructure Mgmt: Accelerating Productivity Thru ML" (http://ow.ly/cVP430f14Hg )

  Sep 8

New jk #Wikibon blog: "Webinar Preview: Top Trends for Moving Your Data to the Data Warehouse in the Cloud" (http://ow.ly/mNac30f0OPc )

  Sep 7

The  prepared I am for a situation, the  license I give myself to be spontaneous in the moment. Call it quirk, it's really hard work

  Sep 7

Has machine learning made it easier to unlock insights from your infrastructure data? A1: Much ha... #datafriction http://www.via-cc.at/357qa 


How much confidence do users have in the veracity of the infrastructure data? A1: Very little con... #datafriction http://www.via-cc.at/557pz 

  Sep 7

How easy is it for users to find the infrastructure data & associated analytics they need? A1: Ve... #datafriction

  Sep 7

How extensively does decision making, powered by insights from infrastructure data, permeate your... #datafriction

  Sep 7

Is your IT organization a facilitator or obstacle to gaining value from your infrastructure data?... #datafriction

  Sep 7

Is your infrastructure data becoming  of a strategic asset or overhead burden? (one response ... #datafriction

  Sep 7

Is it getting harder or easier to extract value from your infrastructure data? (one response only... #datafriction http://www.via-cc.at/757lq 


How rapidly is your enterprise infrastructure management data growing in volume? (one response on... #datafriction

  Sep 7

In 3 minutes, join #Wikibon #ExtraHop CrowdChat on "Modern Infrastructure Mgt Through ML." #DataFriction

  Sep 7

At the top of hour, join #Wikibon #ExtraHop CrowdChat on "Modern Infrastructure Mgt Through ML." #DataFriction http://bit.ly/2ibVOzF 


  Sep 7

I usually write detailed post-it to-dos to myself on work items. I assume that th me that'll need 2 heed 'em will be functionally brain-dead

  Sep 7

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Rain Parade "I Look Around" from Emergency Third Rail Power Trip JK--1983. Neo-psychedelia. I met them in Madison

  Sep 6

New jk #Datanami column: "Giving Machine Learning Freer Rein to Design Next-Generation Communications Protocols" (http://ow.ly/2vuP30eXP0B )

  Sep 6

How rapidly is your enterprise infrastructure management data growing in volume? (one response only)... #justatest http://www.via-cc.at/657k0 



"Majority of firms now reply on 'citizen' application developers" (http://ow.ly/JP1Z30eWWHl ) JK--Patronizing term for coders outside IT dept

  Sep 5

Donald Trump has a feeling in his heart for the people he's deporting. I have a feeling in my heart that we need to deport him.


Improve veracity of infrastructure data. Join #ExtraHop CrowdChat Sept 7 10am

  Sep 5



RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Count Five "Psychotic Reaction" JK--1966. Dare I say his psychotic reaction contributd to him not getting her love?

  Sep 5

"Wikibon Weekly Rsch Meeting Notes: Serverless Computing" (http://ow.ly/ni0T30eVqWh ) JK--Dave's write-up of my talk from the week before last

  Sep 5

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas "Escapar" from Telephone / Telefono JK--2017. Cool canción.

  Sep 4

They should have called it "server-oblivious" computing," not "serverless." Sick of gratuitous commentary on the paradigm's mis-naming

  Sep 4

"Y Combinator takes machine intelligence startups to school and learns a thing or two' (http://ow.ly/1nVm30eUmow ) JK--How to vet AI startups

  Sep 4

"How do you read math-heavy machine learning papers?" (http://ow.ly/O84q30eUlXm ) JK--Good advice.Multi-pass read of intro, results, & outline

  Sep 4

"The current state of applied data science" (http://ow.ly/MqB530eUlSd ) JK--Ben Lorica gives good guidance on model training.

  Sep 4

"Are U Really Ready for Intelligent Automation?" (http://ow.ly/Izdn30eUlEf ) JK--Not really. Thought I'd cut my teeth on th stupid variety 1st

  Sep 4

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Parquet Courts "Stoned And Starving" from Light Up Gold JK--2013. Great. Sounds like lost Velvet Underground track


"3 projex lighting fire under ML" (http://ow.ly/XbYv30eUljP ) JK--Upstart Java-centric Smile boosts speed/ease of model training/deployment

  Sep 4

"Artificial Intelligence Is Stuck. Here’s How to Move It Forward" (http://ow.ly/Kg3230eUkmu ) JK--Fuse apriori & learned knowledge

  Sep 4

Been a quiet Labor Day weekend with everybody out of town. What towns you all been into? Not that I’m into wanting to know what you’re into

  Sep 4

Wife getting me another pair of athletic shoes. I was just about to show my age and call them sneakers. At least I didn’t call them gumshoes

  Sep 4

Downed the complimentary triple espresso at the auto dealer. Now I can express three times as much in 140 characters.

  Sep 4

Another morning, another round of hiding/deleting stuff other people put on my Facebook timeline. It’s only for stuff I choose to put there.

  Sep 3

Saw "The Last Word" on DVD. It was OK, but Shirley MacLaine, at age 83, is still bewitching. No mean feat.

  Sep 3

RIP Walter Becker. Though Donald Fagen was the front, face, & voice of Steely Dan, Becker always made his presence felt in their grooves.

  Sep 3

RIP Shelley Berman. WashPost obit headline (”acted alongside Larry David”) feels random. Also did topical improv alongside Nichols & May.

  Sep 3

This morning, I’ve tried Starbucks’ free Wi-Fi & McDonald’s free Wi-Fi. Honestly, I can’t tell the difference! #tastetest

  Sep 3

Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate’s TV ads say he “started 3 small businesses.” Doesn’t say whether any of them innovated or still exists

  Sep 3

The sound of one hand clapping is applause waiting for a reason.

  Sep 2

Weird weather throughout the United States. Weird cold here on the East Coast. Weird heat on the West Coast. Weirdly wet on the South Coast.

  Sep 2

Caught episode of "Doc Martin" (series 6) I hadn't seen. His mother returns to make amends. Starting Paul Theroux's "Mother Land." Gripping

  Sep 2

My productivity zoomed the 1st time I used a computer. Ditto for binder clips and post-it notes. Whatever helps me imprint & process paper

  Sep 2

"Worked his fingers to the bone." Never actually seen anyone in that condition. Does the entire work-callused epidermis spontaneously molt?

  Sep 2

Against advice, I still lay hardcover books face-down to keep my place. It's backbreaking labor of a sort the author probably never pursued.

  Sep 2

Silicon Valley funded think tanks. They need to keep policymakers focused on economic drivers of innovation. Current POTUS is clueless there

  Sep 2

This morning on social media: every artist everybody really REALLY gets into is a genius. All others are seriously overrated or pure crap.

  Sep 1

Glad PBS is doing an “American Masters” on filmmaker Richard Linklater. Amazing ability to blend the accessible and experimental.

  Sep 1

September 1 and it's the first day since Spring that I've felt it's chilly enough to justify wearing a jacket going out. Symmetry reigns.

  Sep 1

"How to make the most of Mechanical Turk" (http://ow.ly/zvSf30eQrdV ) JK--Any-micro-task digital online crowdsourcing. Gig economy future?

  Sep 1

"Serverless may kill Google Cloud Platform" (http://ow.ly/rjtW30eQqCA ) JK--Disagree. Function-as-a-svc doesn't address all app patterns

  Sep 1

"Oracle steps up IoT game, adds AI, digital twin, enterprise data integr8n" (http://ow.ly/gMY430eQhqq ) JK--Industrial supply-chain analytics

  Sep 1

"DIY vacuum actuators make robots that squirm&squish" (http://ow.ly/Y3Bl30eQhdb ) JK--Sounds like cool toy: robot Slinky or smart Silly Putty

  Sep 1

Labor Day almost here. A long weekend's journey into fall.

  Sep 1

"The Smartphone’s Future: It’s All About the Camera" (http://ow.ly/nonf30eQeSx ) JK--Everything's going AI-augmented visual reality

  Sep 1

Every morning should start with a deep breath, and deep thanks for still being able to draw deep breaths.

  Sep 1

Smartwatches vs. smartphones. What's got the greater geek street cred? A Dick Tracy 2-way radio wannabe or a Cap'n Kirk tricorder pretender?

  Sep 1

"Stop Trying to Make Smartwatches Happen" (http://ow.ly/flA630eQaES ) JK--Dvorak pooh-poohs them as emblems of Dick Tracy envy. Dick who?

  Sep 1

"Microsoft and Amazon agree to enable Cortana, Alexa communication" (http://ow.ly/bZJw30eQ81Z ) JK--Hedging their bets in chatbot wars.

  Aug 31

New jk #Wikibon blog: "Defining an Architecture for Automating Data-Driven Business Processes" (http://ow.ly/rbZs30eP6zV )

  Aug 31

There's spontaneity..& there's advancing 1 calculated step at a time thru infinitely branching probabilistic opportunity graph. Not the same

  Aug 31

"Contouring learning rate to optimize neural nets" (http://ow.ly/p7rq30eOlIX ) JK-Train too fast? May miss global optimum. Too slow? Useless

  Aug 31

"How 2 Intentionally Trick Neural Nets" (http://ow.ly/MnXx30eOkT7 ) JK--Use weights to minutely push input image into spurious classification

  Aug 31

"Deep Learning for Siri’s Voice" (http://ow.ly/Hr0l30eOkvf ) JK--Apple unveils the machinery behind making it converse  naturally.

  Aug 31

"Intelligent assistants or chatbots?" (http://ow.ly/dtcZ30eOk6y ) JK--Draws convers8nal UI distinction: task accelerators vs. topic schmoozers

  Aug 31

"Explainable AI" (http://ow.ly/oJM930eOiI1 ) JK--DoD project to use human-in-loop to generate self-explaining ML algorithmic accountability.

  Aug 31

"Post-Quantum Mechanics of Conscious AI" (http://ow.ly/EMtL30eOhI9 ) JK--Physicist Jack Sarfatti: "We live in a conscious hologram universe"

  Aug 31

Another day, another vendr announces "industry's 1st [capability that's been on the market for years] solution." Sigh. Cherish your illusion

  Aug 31

"Coffee lowers yr risk o death, whatever that means" (http://ow.ly/3Y8n30eOg2D ) JK--If it's immortality, please dose me a bottomless espresso

  Aug 31

Saw "Elmer Gantry" (1960) on DVD I checked out of the public library. Burt Lancaster in full grinning athletic alpha-male mode. 4 stars

  Aug 30

"Neural Nets for Generating Music" (http://ow.ly/SH9A30eNgTO ) JK--Recursively, can it generate music designed to get on listeners' nerves?

  Aug 30

"Background removal with deep learning" (http://ow.ly/IqQ130eNgHg ) JK--Greenscreening. Not background removal for witness protection purposes

  Aug 30

New jk #Wikibon blog: "Deepening Data Capital Through Cloud-Based Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence" (http://ow.ly/HTNv30eNaVY )

  Aug 30

New jk #Wikibon blog: "Modern Infrastructure Management: Accelerating Productivity Through Machine Learning" (http://ow.ly/2Feu30eMWpi )

  Aug 30

"Top Stories: Workforce Analytics, AI, RPAs, and Future Organisations" (http://mailchi.mp/79fa3d779f3f/top-stories-workforce-analytics-ai-rpas-and-future-organisations …) JK--Cites one of my recent.

  Aug 30

Leverage infrastructure data as strategic asset. Join #ExtraHop CrowdChat Sept 7 10am PDT http://bit.ly/2ibVOzF  #DataFriction


Power #ML #AI in #bigdata #cloud. Join #Oracle Crowdchat: Deepening Data Capital, 9-13 10am PDT http://bit.ly/2w3RKHH  #oraclebdcm

  Aug 29

"Microsoft Project Brainwave Might B Better Than Google's Cloud TPU" (http://ow.ly/xyuQ30eLxyk ) JK--FPGA-based  flexible than ASIC-based

  Aug 29

"Can AI write real Haiku?" (http://ow.ly/qYm230eKZBl ) JK--Don't overthink it./Feed bits forward here, prop weights/back. Repeat. Refine!

  Aug 29

Today my self-care motto is to "achieve optimal value." Tomorrow, it will be to "achieve optimal motto."

  Aug 29

New jk #Wikibon Premium research note: "Tuning Chatbots for Maximum Impact" (http://ow.ly/ffIs30eKWVr )

  Aug 29

New jk #Wikibon Premium research note: "Getting Started with Chatbot Development" (http://ow.ly/guEY30eKWQg )

  Aug 29

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Thin Lizzy "Jailbreak" JK--1976. This great rocker from my high school years gets me bopping along on air guitar.

  Aug 29

"Drones to figure heavily in Harvey response for insurers" (http://ow.ly/5P0G30eKJjG ) JK--Aerial damage assessment for claims adjustment.

  Aug 29

"Software Eats World.." (http://ow.ly/5bWz30eKIQD ) JK--"Relative val o digital assets eventually...surpasses that o physical"? Sez what data?

  Aug 29

Congress should divert Trump’s Mexican wall funds to something Texans actually need: a wall protecting them from hurricane-stoked flooding

  Aug 29

Has anybody noticed that Scott Adams has made Dilbert’s boss  sensible recently? Comic exhaustion?

  Aug 29

Reading Washington Post’s pan of the VMAs. Trying to recall the last time I saw a music video on a TV channel. Why am I reading this?

  Aug 28

"Serverless computing: It’s all about functional stateless microservices" (http://ow.ly/kvQY30eIYy7 ) w @dvellante #Wikibon #SiliconANGLE

  Aug 28

"I have a quick question." That doesn't necessarily imply I'll be able to dish out a quick response. The quickest response is no response.

  Aug 28

The 2017-2018 school year has commenced in Fairfax County. All the bright young faces lined up at bus stops. Sadly, kids, summer's history.

  Aug 25

I've been following @scott_dietzen of Pure for 8 years- Look what he said in 2013 https://video.cube365.net/c/903329  #storage #dellemc #flash #allflash

  Aug 23

Why real-time data in-motion #bigdata analytics apps are table stakes for fraud prevention. #DataTorrent interview.

  Aug 28

RT @kexpnowplaying #kexp Fairport Convention "Million Dollar Bash" JK--1969. Great version of Dylan song released later on "Basement Tapes"

  Aug 27

Finished Trevor Noah’s excellent memoir “Born A Crime.” Very vivid discussion of the horrors that apartheid inflicted on South Africa.

  Aug 27

Trump traveling to Texas in next few days. Competitive instincts in overdrive, having heard there's a disaster rivaling his administration