New blogpost: "Stuff I've scraped from my readings in past week, a bit more heavily weighted toward the Oracle ..." (http://bit.ly/b8GAmE) 1 minute ago from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Absurd Heroes Manifestos by Arthur & Yu #KEXP: JK--Still looking for
RT @kexpplaylist: Me & The Devil by Gil Scott-Heron #KEXP: JK--Great new song from artist I'd forgotten about. I recall him from mid-70s. 35 minutes ago from TweetDeck
Which reminds me: Pere Ubu, "Dub Housing" LP, 1977: not dub, but brilliant postmodern-art-punk: my vinyl's intact. Anybody got it on CD? about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
Dub anything is so reminiscent of late 70s/early 80s reggae-indie-world-pop era that now feels as nostalgia-drenched as doo-wop re the 1950s about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
Snow's starting to fall, 3-6 inches expected. OK, DC area you know the drill: Start panicking & self-medicate with double dose of hot cocoa! about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck
Doppelganger week? Change my photo to someone I've been told I look like? OK. about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck
My actor-son @ohjko, who vaguely resembles Keanu Reeves, has taken the Neo-dude's face for his own Facebook. My dude's not a wooden ham, tho about 16 hours ago from TweetDeck
Facebook sez"James, you have 16 new possible relatives." Huh? What do they know that I don't? Were my ancestors that promiscuous/stealthy? about 16 hours ago from TweetDeck
Young Victoria. Even sovereigns-in-waiting must contend with bullies. Some corseted ladies didn't need the exoskeleton. They had backbone. about 16 hours ago from TweetDeck
Saw "Young Victoria." Heavy on history and costume, but full of feeling. Blunt embodies the 20-ish monarch with intelligent charm & poise. about 16 hours ago from TweetDeck
Saw "Edge of Darkness." Revenge drama. Parental-bereavement drama. Working thru grief, working the case. Great, gripping. Gibson's back! about 16 hours ago from TweetDeck
@chaskielt Been meaning to watch "Modern Family." Haven't gotten around to it. Heard good things. Ah yes, back to tech tweets about 24 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to chaskielt
J.D. Salinger: popularized cynical/whiny carping about "phonies": wonder what would've thought re avatars. Phonies rule cyberspace, Phoebe! 2:27 PM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Clearly, PA/DM market takes a keen interest in the findings from the #Forrester Wave. Pushback expected. Avid readership also expected. 2:22 PM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Not in TV habit, but caught last night's NBC lineup: "Community" "Parks & Recr" "Office" "30 Rock"; enjoyed all: 1st time since Seinfeld-era 1:57 PM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Today's fulcrum too tilted toward "crazy" end of "crazy/busy" spectrum. Omigosh: that a spectrum? Has sane/calm end broken off completely? 1:23 PM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
My #forrester colleague @bevelson & I will do Q&A podcast later in this quarter: "Demise of the Relational DB? Not Yet!" Lotsa stuff to say! 11:49 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
All slides from #oraclesun jan 27 announcement are at http://bit.ly/bVW2SX 11:29 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Looking forward to attending TDWI Las Vegas next month. They always put on a great program. Always learn something. Plenty of vendors there. 11:20 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Took excellent briefing yesterday from Calpont, vendor of commercial and open-source DW software...definitely worth 2nd & even 3rd look 10:55 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Listening to Black Moth Super Rainbow's great electro-pop song "Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise." Hmm....ironic this week? 10:36 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
RT @bevelson "max # of connections....a human can handle is 150. Implications for #BI and collab?" JK--Yep: discover connections as needed. 9:59 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
IBM's GBS/BAO "footprint" is literally analytics-expert consulting feet on the ground world-round. 9:38 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
RT @bevelson: #IBM SWG @hkisker @jameskobielus "reorg....same formation, but more flexibility" JK--IBM says culture gets driven top-down. 9:37 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Larry Ellison's lookback at IBM of 1960s has called attention to IBM of 2010s, who ain't doin' too shabby. Don't over-romanticize Watsons. 7:48 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
@ryanprociuk Music analogy re "data warehouse" term feeling antiquated? How about like "phonograph" or "television"? 7:44 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck in reply to ryanprociuk
RT @brwood: @jameskobielus Nice job Jim. Would love to chat offline at some point: JK--Thanks Brian, & thanks to @asterdata for sponsoring! 7:40 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
#Forrester customers: Predictive Analytics/Data MIning Wave publishing early next week. I'd be happy to take inquiries to discuss findings. 7:36 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
"Pope to priests: Go forth and blog" (http://bit.ly/9aHWGQ): JK--Makes perfect sense. Church early adopter of Guttenberg's invention too. 7:35 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
"Don't expect Amazon EC2 competitor from Oracle" (http://bit.ly/9LKo6J): JK--Let's not be naive. ORCL may enter any mkt at any time: via acq 7:32 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
"Oracle Outlines Plans To Tie Sun HW To Oracle Software" (http://bit.ly/9aObXY): JK--Keep/expand Sun HW partnerships w/ rival DW appliances? 7:27 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Dumb snickering commentary in press about "pad" in Apple iPad. I never saw any such commentary re IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad. Double standard? 7:24 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Patti Smith is a seriously deep and mature individual. Would love to have coffee and just chat with her. 7:19 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
"iPad Missing 'Something Important'" (http://bit.ly/aQoiVO): JK--No Flash? You're kidding. iPad 4 Web surfing, isn't it? Pls expl Mr Jobs! 7:06 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Informatica acquires MDM vendor Siperian. Curious what my colleague @rbkarel will blog about this. 7:02 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Interesting to hear Patti Smith compare her voice to Grace Slick, by way of stating that she herself doesn't have that sort of rock voice. 6:55 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
Listening to NPR "Fresh Air" podcast interview with Patti Smith on her book "Just Kids" about her and Robert Mapplethorpe. Sweet lady. 6:44 AM Jan 29th from TweetDeck
#AsterData focusing on reusability of SQL-MapReduce functions. That enables next-gen EDW--analytic app server--to play well in SOA. 1:45 PM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Aster Data focusing on reusability of SQL-MapReduce functions. That enables next-gen EDW--analytic app server--to play well in SOA. 1:44 PM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Webinar interactive poll: users say "difficult to code--takes skilled programmer" is biggest frustration with in-db analytics. #asterdata 1:39 PM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Finished my preso on #asterdata in-database analytics webinar. Aster's Steve Wooledge presenting now. Q&A will follow. 1:38 PM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Just about to start webinar with #asterdata on "In-Database Analytics Done Right." 1:02 PM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Some of the pure-play data mining vendors have more focused vision and strategies than the big guys. 12:00 PM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
#Forrester customers keep asking for comparison of data mining vendor toolsets. A lot of them ask about the pure-plays. 12:00 PM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
The world would be a better place if people learned how to outline their ideas, rather than simply extruding, spewing, or sprinkling them. 9:04 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Know better, learn faster. 9:00 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Interviewed by @JeffreySchwartz of Redmond mag about HP-Microsoft cloud deal from mid-month. News cycle has moved beyond. Spoke from notes. 8:07 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Prepping for webinar today, 2pm (eastern), with #asterdata on "In-Database Analytics Done Right" (http://bit.ly/dwkJYh). 8:04 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
"Ingres announces VectorWise programme" (http://bit.ly/cwrrUv): JK--Predictive analytics acceleration potential of this tech is noteworthy. 8:00 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
"Did Apple's iPad debut put a choke-hold on the Internet?" (http://bit.ly/cNnxzC): JK--Noticeable Twitter slowdown during Apple event. 7:32 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Trying not to read too much about, or into, Apple iPad announcement. Every Jobs announcement undermined by preconfigured hypeload. 7:28 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
"BI in the Cloud? Yes, and on the Ground, Too" (http://bit.ly/dgwECp): JK--Excellent @bevelson blogpost #forrester 7:26 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
"Data Federation, CEP Can Improve U.S.'s Intel Data" (http://bit.ly/97SuJZ): JK--Prevent "underwear bomber"? Unlikely, but good discussion. 7:22 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
"Oracle will boost MySQL, release Cloud Office suite" (http://bit.ly/bgtQ8x): JK--All good news. Oracle hit all the right roadmap buttons. 7:15 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
"Sybase joins in-memory database fray" (http://bit.ly/dwtPHi): JK--Sybase ASE 15.5: as this decade continues, most DBMSs will go all-in-mem 7:12 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
That NPR "Fresh Air" podcast has bit on Magnetic Fields' great nu all-acoustic LP, "Realism," pretty reverse-image of great "Distortion" 7:05 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
Listening to great NPR "Fresh Air" podcast on cyber-security and the Google-China kerfuffle. 7:02 AM Jan 28th from TweetDeck
@paul_a_barsch Capitalism doesn't need a defense, IMHO. As long as it keeps producing wealth and distributing it broadly, it will prevail. 2:12 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck in reply to paul_a_barsch
Oracle has clearly taken advantage of the several-month delay on this acq to nail down a detailed roadmap. 1:06 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle will continue to support and enhance Sun SOA, but Oracle SOA rules. 1:00 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle/Kurian integrating Sun middleware into Oracle middleware line: app dev, SOA, BPM automation, BI, info delivery, user collab, IdM. 12:55 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle DB Machine is fast, and here's how they're speeding further: flash storage, cache memory, automated storage rebalancing, etc. 12:53 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle claiming its Database Machine the fastest in world and that it's only OLTP machine in world. Both are highly debatable assertions. 12:46 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle Sun conf. This is a highly detailed roadmap for how Oracle/Sun plans to evolve Java going forward. #oraclesun 12:37 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle's hiring across the board now...that seems to be a unifying theme of the Sun acq. Managers are giddy to hire. #oraclesun 12:32 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Good to have my tweetstream as my notes on this #oraclesun announcement. Also scratched notes on paper. Oracle AR: please send the PPTs! 12:25 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle conf. At first glance on my streaming video, I thought this was Amy Poehler speaking. I was wrong. Didn't catch this Sun exec's name. 12:23 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle convinced that flash memory going to "turn the storage industry upside down." They're backing up that statement with R&D investment. 12:19 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
@paul_a_barsch Never heard of "Genius of the Beast": what's the net-net? 12:09 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck in reply to paul_a_barsch
Oracle announces 70-city roadshow to discuss merger. Will make Java One global, keep separate, but colloc w/ OpenWorld. #oraclesun 11:52 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle will have more of a partnering focus on midmarket, enabling partners to differentiate across skills, verticals & apps. #oraclesun 11:49 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle's going to have a more "balanced and focused' approach to partnering. Explain please: have u been unbalanced & unfocused? #oraclesun 11:47 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle's significantly ramping up its direct salesforce for Sun products. Are they thinking of merging sales groups for integrated systems? 11:46 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle/Phillips brandishing their standards bonafides. Committing to investing in Java and the community. Committing to open-source & MySQL. 11:35 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle/Phillips sez no other vendor can claim to be in "complete systems business." JK commentary: uh, wait a sec, there's IBM for starters. 11:33 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle/Phillips says Sun helps them a lot in serving telco/comms vertical: "telco in a box" w/ integratd billing, mediation, ntwk assurance 11:30 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle/Phillips says DB Machine showing 10-50x performance enhancements & strong demand. JK comment: need ref customers to convince me. 11:28 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle/Sun Database Machine is key to their strategy. Support larger, faster DWs that get data faster off disk. #oraclesun 11:25 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle/Phillips discussing their track record of acquiring, enhancing, integr best-of-breed components: lists key Sun products #oraclesun 11:24 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle will keep/invigorate Sun brand name, focus on R&D, engineering, support, sales. Sun "gold standard" under Oracle products. #oraclesun 11:23 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle prepares to spend $4.3B on R&D in 2011; spent $2.8B in 2009. Sun products will be major focus of that R&D. #oraclesun 11:22 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle wants to integrate change mgt across hw/sw components in integrated stack #oraclesun. 11:20 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
#Oracle Sun conf. Phillips brings Oracle Enterprise Mgr into discussion of integrated factory-built/optimized hw/sw stack. 11:18 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
#Oracle Sun conf. Phillips discusses doing vertically integrated one-vendor-to-call "IBM of 60s" but w/ full Oracle sw stack, open sys. 11:17 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Oracle/Sun conference. Charles Phillips makes self-deprecating remark alluding to the recent bad press on a personal matter. 11:12 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Davos Twitter contributors' influence ranked by Tweetlevel: http://bit.ly/anRAAN #davos : JK--Cool. #forrester CEO @gcolony number 93 11:05 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
I'll also be doing a #Forrester teleconference on that same topic in March, including findings from my soon to be published PA/DM Wave! 11:00 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Just recorded my latest #Forrester podcast: "The New Decade of Advanced Analytics: Roll Over Rocket Scientists!" Follow-on to recent blog. 10:59 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Tuning into the Oracle + Sun Strategy Update streaming news conference #oracle 10:58 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Want to remind the industry that a #Forrester Wave is not vendor-to-vendor comparison. We eval all vendor solutions against common criteria. 9:48 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Nice. @BillGatesPVT following me. But probably not Gates personally following, and not me personally (his foundation tracks many analysts) 8:43 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
"Surprise: Facebook Friends Aren't Real Friends" (http://bit.ly/blvhoO): JK--They're friends in the sense of they haven't blocked you yet. 7:53 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
I was telling my colleagues the other day about myriad ways Twitter fits into my work style. You can only understand if you commit yourself 7:52 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
RT @kerberus13: @jameskobielus Good morning James, sounds like you're describing OODA loop http://bit.ly/c1fDFL: JK--Cool. Thanks for link! 7:50 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
As for me, I'm definitely tuning into the Oracle-Sun news conference today. Keeping an open mind. 7:45 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Weighing all pos & neg commentary on Oracle-Sun hookup. Since this has been months in the making, most pundits have hardened their positions 7:44 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Jesus, Etc. by Wilco #KEXP: JK--They have so many great ones, but this is Wilco's most iconic song. 7:42 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Decision velocity speeds up when those loops cycle faster, and events in each (eval & action) diminish to one, in rapid-fire sequence. 7:39 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
To expand cryptic tweet from yesterday, "decision" is "evaluation loop" driving "action loop." Each loop is set of one or more events. 7:37 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Wired mag's been featuring new Silicon Valley techno-phrases since the start. Anybody tracked how many have gained wide popular circulation? 7:34 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
"Bill Gates: Chinese censorship is "very limited"" (http://bit.ly/9Cq5EA): JK--I'm sure Gates knew that statement is premo flame-bait. 7:32 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Yes, my alliterative tendencies actually have a functional purpose. Helps me remember and explain stuff. 7:30 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Have a new mnemonic for diff between trad'l PA/DM and the "lite" variety. Former heavy on maths (i.e., stat algos), latter on maps (visuals) 7:29 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Will publish my #Forrester Wave on Predictive Analytics & Data Mining Solutions early next week, most likely. Almost there. 7:27 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
"CEO Ellison Sets New Course as Oracle Gains Control of Sun" (http://bit.ly/blyiB4): JK--WSJ sez developing hi-end systems. Any midmarket? 7:25 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Obama or any other prez can only marshal so much presidential power over the economy. Presidents primarily preside over it all. 7:16 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
Capitalism is the universal solvent, dissolving old orders as efficiently as it crystallizes new ones, introducing fresh entropy & order. 7:15 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
"English Under Attack!" (http://bit.ly/asoml1): JK--Headline probably tongue-in-cheek, but sends idiotically anglophonic xenophobic vibes. 6:57 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
I tend not to follow new Twitter followers who only retweet what others tweet. Say something new, ferpeetsake! 6:49 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
When you think things can't get any worse, adjust your boiling point. They may get worse, but you may get better in the process. 6:37 AM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
RT @tweetmeme "Decision-centric platform focuses on decisions. @jamet123 (http://is.gd/76skq): JK--Decision=eval-loop driving action-loop 2:26 PM Jan 26th from TweetMeme
"Mastering social media"? That's bit like mastering instrument that's still being built, never been tuned, & never had music written for it. 2:01 PM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
Ultimate twitter friend-spam will be when we-all continuously tweet every new location+new transaction+ new status+new meeting+new thought. 1:20 PM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
RT @joeharris76 "CEP, Real-time BI,...Processing delay may prevent overreactions." JK--Hmm: slow decision velocity to strengthen outcomes. 8:51 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
BI mashup is interactive self-service exploration, which is essentially data mining "lite": i.e. lite on math but deep on visualizations 8:34 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
Most gratuitously pointless story in IT right now is fallout from some software exec's now-ended extramarital affair. Is this really news? 8:29 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
How Smart Can Analytics Get? (http://bit.ly/6cfWLe): JK--Adv analytics: mining the deep past, present, & future @Dana_Gardner #AsterData 8:21 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
"Java's future uncertain under Oracle grip" (http://bit.ly/8JTg2I): JK--Uncertain under any scenario. "News" headline w/ editorial slant. 8:15 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Harvest Moon (live) by Neil Young #KEXP: JK--Live version of this Neil classic even better than great studio recording! 8:04 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
Why does every spam e-mail, and every social ntwk solicitation, that says "dear friend" remind me of classic Firesign Theatre bit? 8:00 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
"Oracle + Sun Strategy Update Webcast," Wed Jan 27, 9am-2pm PT (http://bit.ly/7FAzKo). Who's not interested? 7:55 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
"Netezza Intros Entry Level Data Warehouse Appliance" (http://bit.ly/7JF4aG): JK--Netezza's strategic platform for ISV solution appliances. 7:49 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
"Factery Labs Launches "Real Time Fact Engine" (http://bit.ly/8ZDOHm): JK--Fact engine? I half-expected to see a sibling "dimension engine." 7:45 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
"Autonomy & Vidient...Meaning-Based Intelligent Video Sol'ns" (http://bit.ly/5Y7VMA): JK--Not sentiment analysis, but kindred--video-wise 7:38 AM Jan 26th from TweetDeck
Social media can become a broadcast medium. One of the hallmarks of civilized society is the right to express oneself ad infinitum & nauseam 5:02 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
RT @justinflitter @flittermedia "Grow your social capital" JK--Key thing is "reciprocity": do unto others and you would they to you. Be nice 5:00 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
RT @bevelson @hkisker: New @forrester survey #BI 62% have implemented reptg, 39% analytics, 27% BPS, 20% pred analytics, 12% text analytics 4:58 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Some analysts prefer to have different personas in various social media channels. I try to stay one persona, refracted across multi channels 4:57 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
@jstrepacki It's all important. Would be cool to see metrics go beyond Twitter-centricity & take more qualitative nuance on analyst impact 2:44 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck in reply to jstrepacki
Seriously, does an analyst who has precisely one and only one "getting my analysis out there" channel strike you as in this game longterm? 2:24 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Curious to see metrics on who's most "balanced" social-media-using analyst--i.e., blends Twitter, Facebook, blogs, podcasts, et al the best. 2:23 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
@amcafee No. DC's a city forever torn between townies & transients. The transients are the power & public face. But townies get stuff done. 12:58 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck in reply to amcafee
RT @cmooreforrester: my team that focuses on BP professionals is meeting on how to use social media to impact IT & biz thinking 12:41 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
@robcur Twitter's early warning system depends on blend of eyewitness testimony and hearsay...it's all useful communal intelligence. 12:31 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck in reply to robcur
@ohjko, Jason Kobielus (http://bit.ly/6geRrK) 12:17 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Models get biased if modelers are biased. Looking for "the answer," modelers may settle for an invalid model that seems to "explain it all." 12:00 PM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Twitter as communal early warning system: when canaries tweet in unison, something's going on down in the coalmine: may be good or bad. 11:18 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
@joeharris76 Model validity is the core of model quality. 11:12 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck in reply to joeharris76
Interviewed by Adrienne Baker, associate editor at Information Management, on Netezza Skimmer announcement. 11:12 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Inteviewed by Jeff Kelly of searchdatamanagement.com on Netezza Skimmer announcement. 9:56 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
RT @joeharris76 "No one in Analytics mentions data mining bias (http://tr.im/LwdU)" JK--Not true. Bias a model quality issue. Many metrics. 9:19 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Netezza's Skimmer announcement today is key to partner-focused analytic-solution DW appliance component of their strategy. Very important! 9:14 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
"Netezza Announces New Skimmer Appliance (http://bit.ly/5nI1Y5): JK--Important: lower-cost DW appli for mdmkt & ISVs & spoke 4 TwinFin hubs 8:48 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
@SethGrimes That's not my answer. My answer will be to you via email in a few minutes. Still working on it. 8:06 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes
"Bottomup & topdown approaches to estimating costs 4 single BI report" (http://bit.ly/89HuKY): JK--Great @bevelson blog; my response online 8:06 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Ignoring the robot-twitterer that's spamming out the "[me the robot] NOW Following you! Please kindly reciprocate!" messages. 7:36 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Setting up briefing with Jigsaw Data on their open-source wiki-like approach to B2B customer/sales data collection in cloud/SaaS. 7:34 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
"Google Returns To Double Digit Growth" (http://bit.ly/7V6OSS): JK--As has China. When double-digit-ude distributed widely, bubble warning? 7:32 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
RT @lmacvittie @csoandy @wattersjames "Random question 'Whats your favorite OSI layer?' <- Layer 9 << href="http://twitter.com/jameskobielus/status/8191454182">7:27 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
"SSD could ultimately replace hard disk drives, Hitachi CTO says" (http://bit.ly/7Q1KMv): JK--By end of decade, I say. Rotating media kaput! 7:18 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
"First Tweet From Space: 'Hello Twitterverse!'" (http://bit.ly/7Q0eqS): JK--When was the first email from space? 7:15 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Hard Times by Human League #KEXP: JK--Somehow, this group's recordings feel more classic the further they recede into past 6:58 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Contemplating the semantics of mashup. Whether it's worth hair-splitting over "BI mashup" vs. "mashup BI" vs. "mashup-style BI." 6:57 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
RT @noolmusic: RT @jameskobielus I accept the universe! by JK - Thats not the problem. Does it accept us? #quotes 6:55 AM Jan 25th from TweetDeck
Spoke this week on Google-China kerfuffle: Chinese people know govt suppressing news: in dynamic land of 1.5B+ smart souls, word gets round 8:42 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
Sorting through private individual health insurance plans is a bear and a half. Even with online tools. 6:46 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
RT @mauricioswg "If talk to cute girl about McDonald's she will like me" JK--Yep. Nothing impresses a golddigger more than the Golden Arches 4:22 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
Shopping around for GPS yesterday. Any integrating predictive analytics (i.e., forecast what likely to encounter each segment of journey)? 4:19 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
Love quiet Sunday afternoons at home, just we 2, working on weekend tasks, each loving the quiet & inward sun of a sunless Sunday at home. 4:06 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
Wonder whether retweeting w/out further commentary gives U additional opinion-influence and/or simply boosts influence of original tweeters. 4:03 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
All this harping over a possible Google hegemony means nobody harps anymore over possible Microsoft hegemony. Remember the 90s? 3:48 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
Sitting here thinking how cool to have Facebook chats involving folks I knew from elementary school and those I know only from my career. 3:42 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Done by Built To Spill #KEXP: JK--Veteran indie-rock group with a consistently warm soulful supple jam-band vibe. 3:36 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
@znmeb The "map" and "reduce" functions, and their orchestrated pipelining, predate Google (or Yahoo) existence. How can Google patent them? 2:51 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck in reply to znmeb
Sitting here thinking how little I sympathize w/ Tiger Woods, and how bogus a "sex addiction" diagnosis is. Don't medicalize moral failings 2:22 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
Just smidgen of residual snowcover leftover from blizzard 5 weeks ago. Today's expected torrential rains will dispatch that all, dare I say. 2:18 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
@kelleylynnk Unsure what "accountable for spin" means. I'd be disappointed if vendors didn't try to make best case for selves. That's "spin" 2:01 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck in reply to kelleylynnk
Social CRM: it's about deepening the "R" & tightening with the "C" inside "CRM": relationship depends on engaging, not "managing" customers 1:37 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
Try putting a jumble of old photos back in precise chronological order, and then flip thru them in that order. New mental connections emerge 1:27 PM Jan 24th from TweetDeck
Real expected potential value of a decision usually tracks with internal rate of return. Every decision is just an investment: of attention 10:04 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
There's what I call potential "lottery value" of a decision: you hit on some genius breakthru that unlocks infinite value, but let's be real 10:01 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
What's the potential value of a decision? It's value realized if you make the best possible choice, considering all options, with best info. 9:59 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
What's the base value of a decision? It's the replacement cost of the decision: i.e., the "do-over" cost if you screw up. 9:57 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
RT @Intelligentform @jamet123 "monetary value of decisions" JK--Person's fully loaded annual salary divided by their decisions/year. 9:53 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
RT @kelleylynnk @bobbiec @bevelson @johnrrymer "How often vendors held acc'ntable for spin?" JK--Always. Hype makes the bed they must lay in 9:50 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
Love organizing my archives. Love recalling how much I'd forgotten, so I can go and forget it all again, while recalling how it's organized. 9:48 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
I am so completely looking forward to Winter Olympics on TV next month. Skiing, skating, sledding--a fast, white, smooth, crystalline thrill 9:43 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
Why listen to music continuously while I work? Keeps my subconscious amused in the backseat, so my conscious can drive the car undistracted 9:40 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
My sense is that ancient browsers will never totally die. They'll have half-lives and will always be present in trace amounts in cyberspace 9:34 PM Jan 23rd from TweetDeck
