Best photos of the Steamboat Grand superlong icicycle spikes are from the corridor outside #sas summit rooms. Check my photos on Facebook 10 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Today's gentle snowfall, peekaboo sun, generally calm winds, quiet Steamboat streets, Rocky Mt majesty made it special. Egidia & I loving it 13 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Enjoyed latest Winter Olympics. Great competition & drama all around. Minimum of nationalistic nonsense, which tends to pollute proceedings 17 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Lovely pleasant day and night here in Steamboat Springs. Deep snowpack with fresh stuff expected Sunday. Everybody's in good spirits. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck
Loved Dan Jansen's slo-mo video-based analysis last night of Apolo Ohno's crouch, motion, strategy. Brilliantly spot-on speedskating physics 11:18 AM Feb 27th via TweetDeck
Visually surveying the gate at MPLS for familiar analysts connecting to Hayden/Steamboat for #sas. Must be some easterners like me here. 10:59 AM Feb 27th via TweetDeck
In hi-tech, "traditional" means "last year"; "mainstream" means "this year"; "bleeding edge" is "next year"; and "futuristic" "2+ years out" 2:15 PM Feb 26th via TweetDeck
Interesting how many app pros refer to "SAS programmer" almost as generic term: a predictive modeling pro (regardless of PA-DM tool vendor). 1:51 PM Feb 26th via TweetDeck
Took quick F2F demo from Psydex yesterday on sol'n for real-time search, discovery, pred analytics against unstructured. Powerful dashboard! 11:04 AM Feb 26th via TweetDeck
Prepping for roadtrip: SAS analyst summit (Mon-Tues, Stbt Spgs CO), SAP roadshow speech (Wed/Houston), Oracle webinar (Thurs/fr home office) 9:15 AM Feb 26th via TweetDeck
Interesting. Several analysts I respect professionally have DM'd re better sex lasting longer. They use the same exact phrases. Coincidence? 9:58 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
Overwhelmed by industry fads, I relax thinking about all the buzz that's comfortably dead. BTW, this my first online mention of Paris Hilton 9:57 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
Case management: bureaucracy's beating heart. I coined that phrase today. Rather proud of it. 9:55 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
Developed adv analytics piece of Forr ITF preso w/ Le Clair. Dynamic case mgt uses adaptive process dashboards, inline pred proc models. 9:48 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
Today was tricky choreo. Dry-ran webinar w VdrA, then face2face brief fr VdrB, then tconf consult call w VdrC. In my home office. No breaks. 9:48 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
My DW vdr SWOT analyses come in handy. Keep them updated. Freshest take on newest appliances. Til I update Forr EDW Wave later this year. 9:47 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
When I find radio station that plays classic country music, I stay tuned in for as long as signal lasts. Nothing's better on road trips. 8:35 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
To say analytics run on metadata a bit like saying cars run on refined petroleum. Precision engineering & human steering count for something 8:26 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
Here's a teaser: [vendor who's supposed to brief me now] offers "open-source, high-performance, schema-free, document-oriented database." 12:05 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
Come on [vendor who's supposed to brief me now]!!! Dial into your own conference bridge so we can get started. No, I won't name you. 12:03 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
I forget names. I forget version numbers. I forget what city I'm in. Either effects of aging, or of analyst lifestyle on analyst brain. 12:00 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
Hoping Twitter introduces anti-spam/anti-hack filter; have to manually delete the "haha this you" DMs; get sick of seeing them in TweetDeck 8:35 AM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
Did another customer inq where stated that today's Teradata is not old Teradata: definitely in the DW industry ballpark on price-performance 8:33 AM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
Curious whether people's eyes dart and shift more rapidly through their immediate visual field (i.e., computer screen) while multitasking. 7:13 AM Feb 25th via TweetDeck
For such large, complex, dynamic, innovative, competitive mkt, data mgt is fairly tight/distinct community/culture. TDWI events are reunions 9:28 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Sorry couldn't make it to IBM Pulse Mandalay while in Vegas for TDWI up at Caesars. Heard that Pulse had some interesting cloud discussions. 8:21 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
No photo, but saw Bill Clinton close-up at Rao's/Caesars/LV last night. Us having analyst dinner w/ Kalido. Clinton at own non-TDWI party. 8:18 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
BTW Twitterers...watch out for the "haha This you????" hack attack going around via DM. No, I didn't/won't click/spread it. 2:36 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Annoying how former cable/satellite TV provider harasses u to come back, as in "we ignored u while we had u but now we can't live without u" 2:35 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Many thanks to the fine people of the TDWI community. An excellent Vegas event this year. 6:40 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Composite Software remains the go-to data federation/virtualization vendor to partner with. Bob Eve always has good stuff to share. 12:32 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Teradata discussed so many upcoming announcements in such detail that I can't wait to get their slides--and to tweet it alll when time ripe. 12:30 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
SAS DataFlux briefed me on new integrated data management platform, and alignment with SAS' in-database analytics push. Very impressive! 12:29 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Interesting that Craig Stedman of TechTarget shares my musical tastes to an exquisite degree. He even knows Pere Ubu & Young Marble Giants! 12:27 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Kalido will soon start shipping KONA appliance (in Netezza Skimmer, with QlikView BI/visualization) for pharma & insurance. 12:24 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Briefed by Kickfire today here at TDWI. They've chalked up key customer wins leveraging DW appliance for clickstream analytics. 12:21 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Enjoyed my briefing/demo today by SpatialKey, a location intelligence solution vendor. Quick-ramp self-service geo BI. 12:19 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck
Bad dream last night. Dreamt I was at Starbucks original outlet, Pike Place Market Seattle. Breakfast. All they had was day-old sasquatch. 11:55 AM Feb 23rd via TweetDeck
The Olympics fortnight: only time most people pay attention to most of these events/athletes. I have no particular opinion on Bode Miller. 11:12 AM Feb 23rd via TweetDeck
Walking Vegas out of my system. Walking away the day. Walking away the night. The work & partying. It's all stresses. Need calm before sleep 11:25 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Some sort of TweetUp happy hour coming up here at TDWI/Vegas. Let's see. I'm trying to save myself for a night of intense Bellagiation. 7:24 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
1010data briefed on SaaS quick-ramp app-driven ODS-like batch-fed analytic db w/history & embed'd time-series analyses. Going deep in retail 7:21 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Microsoft will RTM SS2008R2 PDW ("Madison") mid-year. PDW+"Fast Track"=MSFT hub&spoke EDW. MPP+SMP. Enterprise+SMB. All-appliance. Lo-cost. 7:12 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Kognitio is evolving its SaaS offering into a cool, verticalized, on-demand adv-analytics service. Definitely a DW++ vendor to watch. 6:54 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Enough already! 12:53 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Caesars conv ctr employees dropped by. I requested turnoff loud music in press lounge. Painful for me to request, but necessary. Distracting 12:52 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
If I could rollback the calendar by 20 years, I'd re-invent BI as a branch of collab and knowledge mgt, not as a DBMS reporting front-end. 12:50 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Lyzasoft is the first BI vendor I've seen that integrates federated permissioning into collab mashup with guided analytics. Excellent demo! 12:48 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
I notice that Bill Clinton is playing Caesars. No joke & no double-entendre. Some sort of special preso anyone can buy ticket for. I'll skip 12:40 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Love TDWI shows. Just chatted w/ @markmadsen Phil Russom. Looking forward to deeper dives with one & all. Conversation is key. So is coffee. 12:37 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Interviewed by David McCann of CFO mag about BI. Brought him up to speed on terms, technology, apps, ROI. Forwarded him my ROI triad links. 12:36 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Octavius 7 has excellent pop music programming. I may just tweet a few of these. "Please Don't Stop the Music" playing now. 11:13 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
At TDWI Vegas, Caesars Palace, Octavius 7, Press/Analyst Lounge. Be here most of today/tomorrow. Briefings. Will also roam exhibit floor. 11:11 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
Wonder if the notion of a "call center" is fading away, as social networking eclipses "call," community replaces "center." 5:25 PM Feb 21st via TweetDeck
BI vendors with predictive analytics & data mining: SAS, IBM/SPSS, Oracle, MicroStrategy, TIBCO Spotfire, IBI, eThority, SAP/BOBJ... 3:38 PM Feb 19th via TweetDeck
Guided BI rept def: rather than u search then drag & drop report elements, BI tools drag & drop u toward max reuse of pre-existing elements 1:48 PM Feb 19th via TweetDeck
Tysons Corner VA: I rather like the "edge city"-ness of it all. Don't turn this into a "downtown." Keep it suburban-office-park on steroids. 7:29 AM Feb 19th via TweetDeck
Interviewed via email by Eric Lai of Computerworld re Aster Data, Greenplum, Netezza, Teradata...and of course discussed Oracle, IBM, etc. 2:43 PM Feb 18th via TweetDeck
Spoke to Jeff Kelly of SearchDataManagement.com re BI/predictive analytics mkt. Discussed IBM/SPSS, IBI, MSTR, MSFT, TIBCO, SAS, SAP, ORCL. 12:44 PM Feb 18th via TweetDeck
This industry thrives on one passionate specialist calling another's passion "hype." All is hype until/unless you come down with the passion 6:59 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
Another net-net on pred analytics customer loyalty: yet to meet user so dissatisfied they'll spend big $ to migrate models/apps to other vdr 6:42 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
Bottom line on pred analytics customer loyalty: yet to meet customer so dissatisfied they want to dump primary vdr, which is true incumbent 6:41 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
Analytics is most mind-rattling segment. So visuals-intensive but content-heavy. Cerebrum & visual cortex spiral in tight tango tangle. 6:32 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
Try telling average person what I do. Usually comes down to mumbling something about databases. 6:31 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
What little tweeting I've done today has been mostly standing up. I don't think better on my feet--but I squirm less. 6:29 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
I plumb forgot it's Ash Wednesday. But we did have an all-veggie dinner tonight. And I'll try to cut back on the cursing. 6:25 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
Process analytics is such a new BI discipline that we'd be forgiven for thinking it's only BAM. Embedded prediction models just as key. 4:31 PM Feb 17th via web
BI is continent so huge its natives barely know its contours. Most live on the Reporting Peninsula, barely aware of lovely Predictiveland. 4:29 PM Feb 17th via web
As impressed with DW vendors who serve the sub-TB market as those who rocket to Planet Petabyte. Mini-marts are vital to pervasive analytics 3:49 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
Man that was a busy day. A number of cool things will be announced at TDWI. The February Vegas events are usually the best: most news! 3:45 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
Yes, my vendor-briefing dance card's insanely full at TDWI Vegas upcoming. But if u whisper sweet nothings I might make room. 3:43 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck
What are the odds that Bill Gates comes back into Microsoft management in next 2-3 years? To salvage his pride & joy, if nothing else. 7:24 AM Feb 16th via TweetDeck
Google Buzz available through Google GMail. That would be great if I ever accessed GMail, which I don't. I use it to auto-forward to HotMail 7:23 AM Feb 16th via TweetDeck
I'm enjoying the Winter Olympics coverage. Focusing on the action. A minimum of distracting sob stories on the athletes' missions & travails 7:41 PM Feb 15th via TweetDeck
