James Kobielus' Blog: March 2010

You feel that payoff when you're no longer nervous about being your entire self in all external contexts. Nothing rattles. about 20 hours ago via txt

You feel that payoff when you're no longer about being your entire self in all external contexts. Nothing rattles. about 20 hours ago via txt

You find your yoga training's payoff when you can habitually sustain quieter nervous noise floor throughout your being. Shudder governance. about 20 hours ago via txt

Laughter is removal of neuromuscular blockage. It's a shudder. Any shudder has equivalent physio impact. Unless it's within seizure. Nasty. about 20 hours ago via txt

Gauge real friendship by the reliably soulful & personalized quality of response. Reciprocal attention to removing neuromuscular blockages about 20 hours ago via txt

Acupuncture targets individual's patterns of neuromuscular blockage. So does yoga: creating & healing microstresses. Sans puncture wounds about 20 hours ago via txt

Same cold snap that made my short Denver trip a snowy bother is, minus precip, here on eastern seaboard. I enjoy the fresh air & nippy sun about 21 hours ago via txt

Russia reduces number of time zones. A novel approach to daylight savings. Siberia's eastern extremity annihilated in freaky time warp. about 21 hours ago via txt

Life. A matter of getting stuff done, fending off distractors, staying in a near-future POV when the present keeps jostling you off course about 21 hours ago via txt

Listening to Enya "Orinoco Flow" from "Watermark." For when I want to go global. At least thru a travelog in song. With heavnly resonances. 5:26 PM Mar 26th via txt

The New Yorker mag. Even Eustace Tilley would find its layout priggish. Pages of dense text punctuated by 1-panel cartoons & dull poems. 4:43 PM Mar 26th via txt

Listening to Rocky Votolato "Red River" on #kexp Song of the Day podcast on my Zune at the supermarket. 4:25 PM Mar 26th via txt

RT @ashish_bhagwat: The Age of Social: Thoughts from Forrester’s CRM Tweet Jam. http://bit.ly/a1vBX0 #bpm #crm #crmjam #socialbpm 3:13 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

Looking forward to #netezza Enzee Universe, June 21-23, Boston. I'll be speaking there on social networkk analysis: http://bit.ly/dDt7Nu 3:11 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

"Tibco buys Netrics for undisclosed price" (http://bit.ly/bUwcTs): JK--Been waiting for TIBCO to get into DQ. Good acquisition. 3:06 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

"A single groove on a vinyl record magnified by 1000x" (http://bit.ly/cWX1yK): JK--Awesome. Thanks to @planetnelson 3:00 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

"On 'Hello World' Hacks, 'Blog Whoring' and Software Bloat" (http://bit.ly/cfV3YV): JK--I'm losing my edge. What's the quoted term refer to? 2:51 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem #KEXP: JK--The fact that get all these musical references undoubtedly dates me. 2:48 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

"Novell Drops NetWare Support: What Do Millions Of Users Do?" (http://bit.ly/bFfgCG): JK--The fact I find this poignant probably dates me. 2:47 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Chick A Boom Boom Boom by Mocean Worker #KEXP: JK--Now there's a late Friday afternoon happy-hour groove. 2:45 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

"Using social networks to establish publicly verifiable level of trust" (http://bit.ly/bm4XC9): JK--Reputation resolution on social nets? 1:35 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

@TheOnion "Computer Company Started In Garage 30 Years Ago Now In Smaller Garage" (http://onion.com/czvHjz): JK--By design: nano biz model. 1:31 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Sandy Dunes by Sambassadeur #KEXP: JK--They're not samba, actually. This is a big full pop-orchestral sound. Very nice! 12:41 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

TweetDeck's auto-sync-to-Facebook feature is getting erratic. Is it them, or my client? Dunno. 12:30 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

Social media wishlist: auto-publish IM/chat session transcripts, with participant OKs, to my blog, & individual messages from it to Twitter 12:29 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

Social networks? Bah! Give me an ice cream social. Now! 12:10 PM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

The #sapjam #forrester sessions of earlier in week R invaluable resource for responding to neverending customer inquiries re all things SAP. 11:21 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

@NeilRaden Blog 'em. Tweet 'em . Podcast 'em. 11:19 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

"All You Need Is Lovelace" (http://bit.ly/cpZajl): JK--Ada, that is. First programmer. Developed for non-existent platform. Bad precedent! 11:03 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

Loved NBC Thurs night sitcom lineup last night. "Community" "Parks & Rec" "The Office" & "30Rock" were all laugh-out-loud funny. 11:00 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "No No No: The Curiously Absent Architecture of Postmodern Analytic Databases" (http://bit.ly/c4jJPK) (http://bit.ly/cGokfO) 9:20 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: All The Of The Pleasures In The World by The Crayon Fields #KEXP: JK--This is one of those great coffee-shop songs. 7:58 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

"3-D, Twitter SMS are future of phones" (http://bit.ly/9Wo6vQ): JK--"3-D Twitter SMS"!! My head's going to explode. Oh, missing second comma 7:02 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Be Brave by The Strange Boys #KEXP: JK--Sounds like James Chance & Contortions reinterpreting "Oh Happy Day!" Yes, strange 6:59 AM Mar 26th via TweetDeck

Listening to Sarah McLachlan "Angel." Actually, not, but thinking of it. If my saying so has u in silent reverie, it's Sarah in excelsis 6:23 PM Mar 25th via txt

Catchup day. Just 1 away day but yeah. Caught up. Pile just as deep, but dug a clear path. Line of sight. Furrow 4 a more fruitful harvest. 4:09 PM Mar 25th via txt

@carolynpexton Right. Sometimes that energy powers an inner air conditioner. The reservoir of cool thinking keeps u comfortable in hot times 2:49 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck in reply to carolynpexton

@PaulSweeney Process intelligence is knowing when to inject your intelligence into the process. And when it's not the right fit. 2:47 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck in reply to PaulSweeney

@NeilRaden "Analytical primitives." Sounds like a great name for a grunge band populated by slumming BI industry analysts. 2:46 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

@ryanprociuk Yes, CEP definitely fits into process analytics. Partly, through embed in BAM, partly thru inflight event integr into workflow. 2:21 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck in reply to ryanprociuk

Process analytics, in other words. Or, at least, a core part of the process analytics ecosystem. 1:54 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

BI is actionable intelligence. So why not build actionability link into intelligence? An action button embedded in #BI views, linked to #BPM 1:53 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

Doing a podcast now with @Dana_Gardner @SethGrimes and Stan Swete of #workday regarding embedding of BI/analytics in SaaS back-office apps 1:24 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

@NeilRaden I'm all pundits to all people. Whatever the market will bear. 1:08 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

I'm an analytics analyst. Sounds self-referential. Do I slice/dice my own navel? Not yet, but my tweetstream might indicate otherwise 1:04 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

@merv Disagree. Pigs will never fly. But "no ice cream" might fly if we target the lactose-intolerant segment of the IT market. 1:00 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck in reply to merv

Social network analysis: tell which of my friends have real influence, so I can spin my message at them & gauge added impetus my tweets gain 12:39 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

No such thing as "Obamacare" folks. Drop it now. It's the law of the land, passed by a majority of both houses and signed by the president. 12:35 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

RT @rwang0: check out http://bit.ly/b4l5g8 LyzasoftCommons Social Business INtelligence? Not InMemory b/c of scalability. #bi #analytics 12:34 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

RT @hkisker: RT @bevelson: #SAP @businessobjects #StreamWork #BI http://bit.ly/cGZaAl: JK--BI going social. 12:34 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

#kexp Streaming web radio is a perfect audio companion to analytical work done in splendid physical isolation: concentration with groove. 12:07 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

Reworking my #forrester TEI on ROI of DW appliances...focusing on deployment in consolidation projects. 12:06 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: History Lessons by Dinosaur Feathers #KEXP: JK--New group with an early 60s vocal feel. 12:06 PM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

Air travel definitely stimulates fingernail growth. It's happened far too many times to me to be an illusion. What's up there? 11:17 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

Checking out #Workday integration of BI and BPM into their SaaS-based HCM, payroll mgt, financial mgt, and spend mgt services. 11:06 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

@merv Perpetual gainsaying is province of Terrible Twos. I recall my own would even say "no" to ice cream at that age. Matter of principle. 11:05 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck in reply to merv

Wondering if there's "JK playlist" available for public consumption? Check my aweekstweets in James Kobielus' Blog (http://bit.ly/5uuyTt) 11:01 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

Also expecting "No Social" "No Cloud" "No Virtualization" and a lot of other negatory trends to come. No no no, we can't take it no more. 11:00 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: These Days by Nico #KEXP: JK--Not a great singing voice. A bit wooden. But has a statuesque allure. Like her. Nico icon. 10:40 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

I just blurted "I'm comfortable working room of any size." Never thought about it before. Internet's a massive room. I'd love to do stadiums 10:26 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Mama Taught Me Better by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club #KEXP: JK--New one from ever-great hard/melodic rockers BRMC. 9:33 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: (hidden track) by The Black Angels #KEXP: JK--Anti-Iraq-War track patterned on Jimmy Cliff's "Vietnam." Very closely. 9:29 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

Everybody wants to help u with your social media strategy. For some, strategy is to get "social" with you just long enough to extract cash 9:12 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

@merv A Ringo classic. Not! 9:09 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck in reply to merv

With "No SQL" and "No ETL" in circulation, can "No BI" and "No DW" be far behind? Unrelated: check out Eno-produced "No New York" LP (1978) 8:59 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

@merv My Forrester blog is syndicated to Intellligent Enterprise and to Inforrmation Management. I alternate blogposts among them, 2 B fair 8:54 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck in reply to merv

RT @kexpplaylist: Be-In by The Dandy Warhols #KEXP: JK--These guys do awesome step-upon-step multiguitar multivoice rave build-ups. Orgasmic 8:47 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

You'll notice that my #forrester blog (http://bit.ly/9upL4g) is now syndicated to Intelligent Enterprise: http://bit.ly/cDVxrF 8:34 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

"Is It Time for NoETL?" (http://bit.ly/9TvQcI): JK--Provocative discussion from @SethGrimes. Semantics+EII+cloud. Why not mention Kapow? 8:29 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

Thanks to Alteryx for allowing me to speak at Extend 2010 yesterday in Broomfield CO. Geo-spatial BI solutions galore! 8:26 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

"How Many People Use Advanced Analytics?" (http://bit.ly/9q8bUv): JK--Problem with hyperlink #2. Here's correct one: http://bit.ly/9Eqoyy 8:24 AM Mar 25th via TweetDeck

Sweet posthumous vindication for Ted. Even his home state's fickle mood couldn't derail the inevitable. 2:12 PM Mar 24th via txt

For CRM, next best offer must consider how past worst offers failed. Don't remind customers of their dumbest decisions. #forrester #crmjam 2:00 PM Mar 24th via txt

For CRM, social network analysis is finding netpromoters and promoting them to supercustomer. Predict great payoffs. #forrester #crmjam 1:55 PM Mar 24th via txt

Interminerminerminerminerminerminerminerminerminerminerminerminable! 1:03 PM Mar 24th via txt

Always see your customer from all angles. 360-degree. CRM dashboards are kaleidoscopic view of them whole. #forrester #crmjam 12:40 PM Mar 24th via txt

Chief CRM metric for success: customer lifetime value. #forrester #crmjam 12:10 PM Mar 24th via txt

Drive user adoption of CRM through embedding in BI & BPM. #forrester #crmjam 12:09 PM Mar 24th via txt

Differentiated customer experience: they live/work in your social net. #forrester #crmjam 12:09 PM Mar 24th via txt

Social CRM: Yes, It's the Real Deal, But That Hand's Still Being Dealt" (http://bit.ly/buBqTN) #forrester #crmjam 12:08 PM Mar 24th via txt

CRM vendor solutions stack-up: @waband @drnatalie doing "tsunami" CRM Wave. #forrester #crmjam 12:07 PM Mar 24th via txt

BPM lean-thinking: CRM with flexible cross-role multi-channel customer engagement. #forrester #crmjam 12:06 PM Mar 24th via txt

Bad customer data: profile, match/merge, cleanse, consolidate: EDW as SVOT. #forrester #crmjam 12:05 PM Mar 24th via txt

Next-gen BI tools for deeper customer insights: interactive exploration and data mining. #forrester #crmjam 12:04 PM Mar 24th via txt

Brand, sales, & service managers should lead customer mgt process improvements. #forrester #crmjam 12:03 PM Mar 24th via txt

CRM change management strategies & skills: unified customer data governance, for starters. #forrester #crmjam 12:01 PM Mar 24th via txt

CRM pitfall: not knowing what peeves your customer, till it's too late. #forrester #crmjam 11:59 AM Mar 24th via txt

RT @forrester almost time for #crmjam. Follow this hash tag, hosts @waband @drnatalie, take part in CRM discussion!: JK--I'll be there! 10:32 AM Mar 24th via TweetDeck

#sapjam @rbkarel discussing #SAP data integration & #MDM portfolio. http://cot.ag/dreq8b 10:30 AM Mar 24th via TweetDeck

#sapjam @bevelson discussing #SAP #BI portfolio. http://cot.ag/dreq8b. I just wrapped my discussion of SAP #datawarehousing & adv analytics 10:18 AM Mar 24th via TweetDeck

Snowy snowy Denver. Doesn't have same ring as funky funky Broadway. But has mountains over thataway...if could only see 'em thru the flakes! 9:43 AM Mar 24th via TweetDeck

Here prepping for my preso at SRCextend 2010 in snowy snowy Denver. And for #sapjam. And for #crmjam. Jam-packed day. Snow-packed too! 9:12 AM Mar 24th via TweetDeck

Next up on #sapjam: @bevelson, @jameskobielus, @rbkarel & Henry Peyret tackle SAP data management products http://cot.ag/dreq8b. #BI 9:11 AM Mar 24th via TweetDeck

Snow in Denver. Airport still open. Hope they plowed the main roads. Regardless, I'll get thru. Without sweater hat gloves or warm jacket. 12:01 AM Mar 24th via txt

#kexp @djkevincole Some 77-79 rocknroll photos http://tweetphoto.com/15548242 http://tweetphoto.com/15548260 http://tweetphoto.com/15548277 5:22 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

@djkevincole And Talking Heads. 5:18 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to djkevincole

@djkevincole Yes, indeed-y Kevin, I wasn't making that up. Last night I facebooked some 77-79 photos. Also have B. Wilson, R. Hell, R. Quine 5:15 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to djkevincole

Seeing more model-driven development in the data mgt space. Visual tools auto-gen & auto-deploy metadata, schemas, & other artifacts. 5:13 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

@craigstedman Afraid of the UK? Wasn't it Englishman David Bowie who sang "I'm afraid of Americans." Is it hands across the water, or fists? 5:05 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to craigstedman

Join me, @bevelson, @rbkarel & others tomorrow: Jam Session on #SAP #dataquality, #BI, #MDM, and #dataintegration http://bit.ly/9ocp7p 5:03 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

One of those beautiful coincidence moments. #kexp streams Patti Smith "Gloria." I'm Facebook-tagging photo I took of Patti, '78, UM-Dearborn 4:45 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

"Biden Drops F-Bomb at Health Care Bill Signing" (http://bit.ly/cksNJG): JK--Kidyanot. VP:: ""Mr. President, this is a big f---ing deal." 4:34 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

@JAdP #Pentaho No. It's ref to buzzwords in the IT ecosystem hive, hinting at IT worker bees doing cool stuff. Or distracting from all that 3:01 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to JAdP

When there's more buzz than bees, someone's gonna get stung. When there's more bees than buzz, there's honey a-plenty! 2:33 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Did a great briefing little while ago with #Pentaho on their open-source BI and analytics strategy, roadmap. 2:19 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Updated blogpost: "Number of People Using Advanced Analytics" (http://bit.ly/akHyqE): JK--Left off penultimate graf; had key calculatio. 2:18 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

@NeilRaden Bootleg? You do in fact read my blogs and tweets. It's not as if there are ample gratis samples of my thoughts "out there." 12:26 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

New blogpost: "Number of People Using Advanced Analytics" (http://bit.ly/akHyqE) (http://bit.ly/b8jrfh) 12:15 PM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Iamundernodisguise by School of Seven Bells #KEXP: JK--Title, full sentence, is fluid-chorus-bridge w/ stress on "derno" 9:56 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Hmmmm....requiring uninsured to buy own health insurance...that's "socialism"? Or is subsidizing the poorest "socialism"? What's criterion? 9:44 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Working on my social network analysis slides for Q2 #forrester teleconference. Some of this will go into @drnatalie & my joint ITF preso. 9:42 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Socialism. What's that? App of social networks? Are wikis socialism? Is open-source socialism? Is "copyleft"? Communities = communism? 9:41 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Prepping for #forrester IT Forum EMEA session on pervasive BI. I'm a bit ahead on this (it's for early June), but preparedness is everything 9:05 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Social network analysis: sorting the mavens from the mavericks. 8:50 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

@joeharris76 #quote My old man taught me the value of personal branding ages ago, without realizing it. 8:43 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to joeharris76

March madness: a ritual in IT analyst community too. Revving up for season of accelerating events, conferences, consulting, product launches 8:26 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

"Expert Analysis: Metrics Can Lead In the Wrong Direction" (http://bit.ly/8YwkOL): JK--Always read @NeilRaden. Analytic breadth & precision. 8:23 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

"The big data addiction" (http://bit.ly/by2Lej): JK--Not addiction to big data. It's failure to know when have enuff 4 good-enuff decision 8:21 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

"SQL & relational databases: They're not right for cloud" (http://bit.ly/cm4G3S): JK--Always read @DavidLinthicum stuff. Deep, comprehensive 8:17 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Pyramid Song by Radiohead #KEXP: JK--From "Amnesiac." Thom Yorke inhabits gloom so majestically, you have to stand in awe. 8:14 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

A 2-jam day is not be confused with 3-dog night or toe-jam football. But, yes, at #forrester we rock 'n' roll. Check out our conf room names 8:09 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Yes, tomorrow's a two-jam day for us at #forrester. And that's not all. Catch me tomorrow in-person at http://bit.ly/ar4KP4: BI, SaaS, & geo 8:07 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Prepping for tomorow's #Forrester #SAP Jam Session on Data Mgt (http://bit.ly/9ocp7p). I cover the SAP adv analytics & DW strategies. 8:05 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Locked & loaded 4 tomorrow's CRM TweetJam #forrester #crmjam: http://cot.ag/cMA60i. @waband @drnatalie @bevelson @passion4process @bpmfocus 8:00 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Prepping for tomorrow's CRM TweetJam #forrester @crmjam. List of questions: http://bit.ly/aj1WtQ. You're all invited to participate. 7:13 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

Vanity plates. If they were true vanity plates, they would just brag & brag about the driver's accomplishments. 7:04 AM Mar 23rd via TweetDeck

"The best way to advertise is simply to be unusually good." --Bill Kobielus 9:21 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Contrary to what you've heard, most clowns are not creepy. Just disappointing. Like Shakespeare comedies, "funny" pages, & most SNL sketches 7:07 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

All the namecalling from the rightwing during this episode has been particularly ugly. Seems they can't discuss policy options rationally. 4:33 PM Mar 22nd via txt

I routinely re-read each blogpost several hours later. Mostly, looking for typos. When I find them, no matter how inconsequential, they hurt 4:17 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

@JDNWW Latest Facebook browser UI design is OK. But I'd prefer to social media dashboard a la TweetDeck that's optimized for Facebook. 4:13 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to JDNWW

RT @rbkarel: #Informatica acquired 29West for low latency #dataintegration. Continues push into application & process integration markets 4:09 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

RT @NickKristof "Does Beijing think mainlanders not mature enough for searches Hong Kong gets?" JK--Hong Kong has long tendrils into China 4:05 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

"Google no longer censor Chinese searches; will redirect to Hong Kong servers" http://on.cnn.com/aVee4J : JK--That's under PRC. How do this? 4:03 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Curious how the GOP, if retake Congress in November, plan to inform people of plans to cut back new health coverage benefits now promised. 4:00 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

@neilwd TMBG aren't irritating. They're fun, funny, and funky. No truer geeks ever became rockstars. 3:58 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to neilwd

@NeilRaden Some still challenge New Deal. As if were still new. As if it were perfect deal to start with. Oh well. New pattern of fractures. 3:40 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

RT @ahockley "To you, how old does news have to be before it's no longer 'Breaking'?" JK--Drop the word completely. Just time-stamp the news 2:45 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

RT @atanubasu "Attractive women make men more willing to take risks" http://bit.ly/bL7IFE: JK--Not sure if this pro- or anti-Palin position. 2:42 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Nobody said cure for what ails our system had to be pretty, perfect, or pennyante. But, already, I feel our long national headache subsiding 2:18 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

RT @bevelson "Number of people using BI" (http://bit.ly/bIqlWx): JK--Pls respond to BI survey. Thanks fr. BE+JK, #Forrester BI dynamic duo! 1:08 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Social CRM: Yes, It’s the Real Deal, But That Hand’s Still Being Dealt" (http://bit.ly/buBqTN) (http://bit.ly/asAR73) #crmjam 12:44 PM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Apparently, IT industry analysts should only tweet political opinions of a conservative slant. 10:11 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl by Nina Simone #KEXP: JK--Love her tangy molasses voice. 8:51 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

I notice that StatSoft and some consulting partner are doing a webinar this Friday discussing, in part, social network analysis. 8:34 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Taking briefing from StatSoft on their predictive analytics, data mining, & stat analysis solutions. 8:07 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Fearless by Pink Floyd #KEXP: JK--This classic early 70s song was a landmark of what used to be called "progressive rock." 7:28 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Surprised how some people seem to think that IT analysts only have informed judgments worth sharing on tech issues. 7:26 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Catch me speaking at SRC Extend 2010 in Denver on Wed, speaking on BI SaaS and geospatial, presenting @bevelson #forrester survey findings 7:25 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Odd thing about electronic vote in House of Reps last night: itook them 15 minutes to all cast votes. Hadn't they made up minds in advance? 7:22 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

"Most Confusing Tech Buzzwords" (http://bit.ly/drp8d4): JK--I concur re "robust." Is that reliab, HA, secure, manageable, interoperable,...? 7:16 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

RT @atmanes @soafaq: hype around #Cloud puts analysts & ad machinery into high. Is SOA-Hype Jan2009 already forgotten?: JK--No...suppressed 7:12 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Hype. Nice thing about hype: it's self-dissolving. Higher the volume, the more you tune it out, key on "what's there?" Social there 4 me now 7:08 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

I love such mornings, when #kexp plays back-to-back Young Marble Giants, Camera Obscura, & Yeasayer. And weather outside warm drizzle. 6:59 AM Mar 22nd via TweetDeck

Regarding other details of soon-to-be-law, I won't comment: not my area. But, as Pelosi said, healthcare is "personal." That's 4 damn sure. 10:15 PM Mar 21st via TweetDeck

Boehner's final speech pre-vote was nonsense. Something about "denying will of the people," when in fact a majority of House voted for bill 10:14 PM Mar 21st via TweetDeck

Important thing for us is that the horrid pre-existing condition exclusion will be outlawed. 10:13 PM Mar 21st via TweetDeck

Hallelujah! House passes healthcare insurance reform bill. Will soon send to Pres for signature. 10:11 PM Mar 21st via TweetDeck

Hey Twitter phishers...figure out answer to the "this you?" queries for yourself...that is, if you have eyes...if you're a human not-bot 6:18 PM Mar 21st via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: When I Come Home by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings #KEXP: JK--SJ & band swing terrific balance btwn nostalgic & cool new R&B 2:38 PM Mar 21st via TweetDeck

Now I'm confused. US News & WR "Secrets of Christianity" special issue cover shows Jesus holding wafer with image of self crucified. 12:14 PM Mar 21st via txt

Carpe diem is asking way too much. Carpe secundum is much more doable. 11:43 AM Mar 21st via txt

Hmmm...never realized this before...micromuscles of the feet control equilibrium...hands grip the world..feet grip gravity. 9:54 AM Mar 21st via txt

Watching clouds cooler air & a rainmaker front gradually sidle its way into the area. From memories of springs past, I recall mucho mud. 9:47 AM Mar 21st via txt

Stewart Udall, top steward of US environmental splendor, has passed away. Needs grand memorial. Put his name on our airport, remove Reagan 9:05 AM Mar 21st via txt

Egidia and I did our spring cleaning today. Didn't take long. We weren't winter slobs. 10:20 PM Mar 20th via txt

Bought & tickled by "Enter the Vaselines." Quasi-jokey man-woman late-80s rock duo w/ awkward voices, rough production, cool simple songs. 9:33 PM Mar 20th via TweetDeck

Bought and love "Broken Bells" collaboration by James Mercer (Shins) & Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley). Hope they continue together. 9:24 PM Mar 20th via TweetDeck

John Mayer definitely has a knack for well-crafted radio songs. Today's most consistent maker of hits that I consistently enjoy. 5:17 PM Mar 20th via txt

Sitting at Panera relistening to The National's outstanding brooding romantic 2007 album "Boxer." Rich as coffee steam with cream. 5:09 PM Mar 20th via txt

End of quarter coming. Normally wouldn't think twice. Normally wouldn't tweet from phone on elliptical from windowless room on sunny day. 10:24 AM Mar 20th via txt

WSJ piece about defunct Fred Harvey restaurant chain. In train stations post Civil War. For me, Chicago Skyway onramp & Interstate overpass 10:17 AM Mar 20th via txt

Seems to be "Bring Your Stallions To Work Day" today & tomorrow up on Capitol Hill. Expect some major-league horse-trading. Yee-hah! 10:07 AM Mar 20th via txt

First day of Spring. Fortunately it's great weather and on a weekend. The better to luxuriate in the sprung sensationality of it all. 10:01 AM Mar 20th via txt

Wow...public TV showing music...why does it make me nervous...when will they interrupt & ask for money..or resume & narrate it to death? 7:04 PM Mar 19th via txt

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