Friday, March 19, 2010

Aweekstweets Mar 12-19 2010—week I just jammed ‘em all out there

Mark, with Madison tenure on the student newspaper there in the 80s, has an interesting connection to Madison-born The Onion. 7 minutes ago via TweetDeck

I shared with Mark my personal "Big Chill" moment, which has a 9/11 angle, involved Yahoo, and, like that movie, reaches back to Ann Arbor. 8 minutes ago via TweetDeck

Facebook-messaging now w/ Mark Giaimo, artist/cartoonist/musician extraordinaire, fellow DC area denizen, and old Daily Cardinal chum. 10 minutes ago via TweetDeck

"If we can grasp the emptiness of modern life, this is because art points to another way of being" -- Robert Scruton (thanks Mark Giaimo) 17 minutes ago via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: If Not Now by Lonelady #KEXP: JK--This is a substantially new voice. She has a great snap to her articulation. 32 minutes ago via TweetDeck

As I was often said about Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra, "il suo è menefreghismo bello e buono!" about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: I Saw The Light by Spoon #KEXP: JK--Always do cool angular transitions. This one has great piano/guitar counterpoint/play about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

Hmmmm....that was a good week about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

Sunny warm day. Leave all the windows in the house open day. Leave my work mind in one room walk outside into another kind of mind day. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

New blogpost:"If Queries King In Realm Of Analytic DB, Does That Make Columnar Heir Apparent?" (http://bit.ly/bvSQAi) (http://bit.ly/bedoMa) about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck

@StefanRied Any recommendations? Best songs off that AC/DC LP? about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to StefanRied

A favorite project, years ago, was equipping EPA HQ auditorium with a new PA system. Love that acoustic engineering. Mixing boards addictive about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck

Speakers stream jams out across my physical desktop to resonate out into indoor air thru my new jar of sweetly treble-enhancing binder clips about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Restored Links to All My Forrester Blogposts to Date" (http://bit.ly/cMqKdt): JK--Hey, glitches happen in platform migrations about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck

Shout-out to artist/cartoonist Mark Giaimo. Fellow alumnus of the UW-Madison Daily Cardinal. about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck

"Mainstream BI vs. Mainstream Predictive Analytics" (http://bit.ly/aJBHaN): JK--Interesting blog from Cindy Howson. about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck

Diff btwn predictive & predictable analytics: predictive helps u steer thru fuzzy futures; predictable assumes past is straight-line prelude about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck

John Cage observation re anechoic chambers was absolutely true. Never truly noise-free: listener still "hears" own circulatory & nervous sys about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck

"Social networking addicts updating from bed, bathroom" (http://bit.ly/9DsdNs): JK--Trust us folks. There's such thing as "too much info"! about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck

"Novell's MonoDroid project bringing .Net development to Android" (http://bit.ly/aqsd6U): JK--"MonoDroid"? Sounds like Philip K. Dick plot. about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck

RT @mgilpin Only 4 days to #Forrester #sapjam ! Check out SAP Jam community page, with a Wiki for your participation: http://bit.ly/dBciAK about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

@JBrodkin Congratulations Mr. Dix! That's incredible longevity and continuity....with continued high quality....hard to beat that!!! about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to JBrodkin

"2010 DW appliance guide" (http://bit.ly/dBcN0i): JK--Data silos possible w/ poor planning, regardless of whose appliance you use. about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

Last day pre-equinox. Hence last day of winter. Hence last day before we all start collectively moaning about pollen, hay fever, ....... about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

Pegasystems has rightly focused on Chordiant's predictive customer svc capabilities as core competency. Mentioned PMML, which is good sign. about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

Get serious Twitterers. I'm not going to follow you if your handle is some desperate variation or suggestion of "followmepleasefollowme." about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

Another WSJ article about move to legalize medical cannabis. No beef there, but remember THC often produces DLC (diminished lung capacity). about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

Listening to Chuck Berry "Johnny B. Goode" fr Rhino boxset of 50s rock. Recorded year I was born, but didn't hear till '72 (Amer Graffiti). about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck

@JELeigh I don't disagree with that. But I never even remotely implied that "good predictive modeling....come[s] in a box." about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to JELeigh

30 Rock convinces me Alec Baldwin is the new William Shatner. The younger guy is thickening like the older actor. And abandoning shame. about 21 hours ago via txt

If queries are king in the realm of the analytic database, does that make columnar heir apparent? about 23 hours ago via txt

Must now distinguish super from subprocedural majority, explicit will o' the folk from the merely implied. Robust zeitgeist from the polter. 3:53 PM Mar 18th via txt

Will o' the majority may be merely or barely a wisp. A slender spun filament o ' circumstance. 3:47 PM Mar 18th via txt

What's happened is that will of the majority turns on parliamentary rules, which are parlor games, party tricks beloved by all partisans 3:38 PM Mar 18th via txt

RT @TheOnion: NEWSWIRE: Area Man's Plea For Help 'Liked' By 6 Friends On Facebook: JK--They liked not having to actually help him, I'm sure 2:18 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

Problem with everybody getting their 2 cents in is that you end up with a big pile of pennies. We have a pot in the foyer where I toss those 2:16 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

Heard NPR podcast intervu with Delilah, the syndicated shoulder-to-cry-on soothing-voice-lady of airwaves. I'm not into DJ patter, just jams 2:09 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam CRM pitfalls: What are they? New ones to fret over? 12:52 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam What are the right metrics for success? 12:52 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam What change mgt strategies and skills are needed to succeed? 12:52 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam best ways to drive user adoption of CRM technologies? 12:51 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam Who lead your cust management process improvement efforts? 12:51 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam How use next-gen #bi tools for deeper customer insights? 12:51 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam Drowning in (bad) customer data: What to do about it? 12:50 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam Does BPM “lean-thinking” have a place in CRM strategies? 12:50 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam How do CRM vendor solutions stack up and deliver results? 12:49 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam Social CRM: The real deal, or blogger hype? 12:48 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam delivering differentiated cust experience? bottom-line payoff? 12:47 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam delivering differentiated cust experience? bottom-line payoff? 12:47 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

#forrester's CRM TweetJam Wed Mar 24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam key trends for planning CRM initiatives in 2010? 12:45 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

Hadgreat discussion with #sap today on their DW roadmap/strategy. Prepping for #forrester SAP Jam Session next Wed Mar 24 11-12:30pm (EDT) 12:42 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

Prepping for #forrester's deep CRM research for Cust Mgmt TweetJam on 3/24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam w/ @waband @drnatalie 12:35 PM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

Every tweet is yet another context. I locate myself within your tweet--or I don't. If I do, I tweet (at some level--serious or jokey). 10:57 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

Half my life is, being yanked into yet another context, figuring out exactly where I'm at, & delivering some morsel of value in that moment 10:55 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

@JELeigh #fb Good anything takes good people. Point is: give all people access to pred modeling. Good biz-analyst modelers will emerge. 10:53 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck in reply to JELeigh

RT @kexpplaylist Thirteen by Elliott Smith Thirteen by Big Star JK-Melancholy take by late E.Smith on melancholy original by late A. Chilton 8:17 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

My inquiry life is spent qualifying the dollars-per-terabyte DW-appliance pricing metric to an ever finer degree. 7:55 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

Read the news every morning. It anchors you. Try not to read news constantly throughout the day. It rolls your boat, uproots your anchor. 7:51 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

You would not believe how many separate con/current projects and tasks are arranged on my physical desktop. I don't count 'em. Just do 'em 7:34 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Septembur Girls by Big Star #KEXP: JK--Chilton's early 70s group. His late 60s group was Box Tops ("The Letter"). 7:11 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Alex Chilton by The Replacements #KEXP: JK--Sadly, Chilton himself passed away yesterday. 7:07 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Easy by Joanna Newsom #KEXP: JK--Suddenly she's writing memorable melodies. 7:05 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Self-Service Predictive Modeling: Vendors Still Have Far to Go" (http://bit.ly/brMdrQ) (http://bit.ly/98xIwc) 7:02 AM Mar 18th via TweetDeck

"Twitter's @anywhere could prove risky for users" (http://bit.ly/9D30az): JK--And for Websites: potential for onslaught of "u suck" tweets. 8:31 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Later daylight hours this evening felt good, actually. I doubt DST saves "energy," net-net. But clears away cobwebs of the seasonal blues!!! 8:28 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Absurd to assert that big-brand analyst firms don't care about or cover open source or SMB. Do your research, folks, before u speak! 8:25 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Sao Paulo by Deadstring Brothers #KEXP: JK-Second tweet in recent days on this great new song. Cranium-resident cowboy jam 8:24 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Reminds me. Vendor today said they were following me but, in jest, not "stalking." I said no problem-o. Social networks blur that line. 8:20 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

End of the day decompress & assessment - best part is now - vicariously experiencing the days of @samanthastone & so many other friends 8:18 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Green River by M Ward #KEXP: JK--This guy makes the most authentic-feeling non-derivative but respectful cover versions. 8:16 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Shuffle Your Feet by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club #KEXP: JK--These guys rock like they're revving Brando's motor-sickle. 8:14 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

You know what makes me happy? Old friends who prove they're still friends by reconnecting. By renewing friendship with simple casual gesture 8:10 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Subscriptions I've been getting for years. IT specialties used to cover. Paper mags & online newsletters. Prefer to discard 'em, not cancel. 7:21 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

@cselland "things you don't hear every day: 'It's just a happy day in Newark" JK--Disagree. Folks tell me Newark, Delaware is a lovely place 7:11 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck in reply to cselland

On #Pegasystems briefing re Chordiant acquisition with @waband & @cmooreforrester. 3:08 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

This was the most minimal US census questionnaire ever. They might as well just use remote-sensing to take our physical headcount on Apr 1. 1:39 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

@ibmbizanalytics I'm happy to soak up non-English-language insight, but fear that tweet meanings would be auto-translated into jabberwocky. 1:37 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck in reply to ibmbizanalytics

Taking briefing from Unica, a well-established vendor of PA/DM for marketing campaign mgt. 1:08 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

I'm a quarter Irishman. But today makes me wish it were a fifth. Or a pint. Or a chaser. Heck, I'll take the quart. Top o' the evenin' 2 ya! 1:00 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

My problem with green beer is that its hue tends to remind me what my complexion probably looks like when I've had a few too many. 12:55 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Taking briefing from "BI or ILM for IT" solution vendor Appfluent: security/compliance, usage/data tracking, performance optz'n 4 BI/DW/ETL 12:33 PM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Equinox I'm tired of waiting for you. This beautiful warm blue-sky day is Spring for all practical matters. Get here now! 11:43 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

According to @loserboy at #kexp, Bono's wife calls him that at home. Prepare your own joke. BTW, he pronounces it "bah-no." 11:23 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Ah yes, my lovely little desktop cup of binder clips & rubber bands. How did I ever get along without it? (ie, up until yesterday morning)? 10:55 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Packaged apps, when they require manual workarounds, introduce much fun & hilarity into corporate life. Mess up many people's work rhythms. 10:41 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Social, Spatial, & Temporal: The Coordinates of Community in the Cloud" (http://bit.ly/9lxSYc) (http://bit.ly/cOjPeP) 10:05 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Taking briefing from Misys, UK-based provider of BI sol'n, biz content, & pkg app 4 banking mkt, integ/OEM IBM Cognos/InfoSphere/Banking DW 9:16 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

@jameskobielus And the space-time-continuum mixup is highly ironic, considering that I'm writing a blogpost on that topic now. You'll see. 8:37 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck in reply to jameskobielus

@ashish_bhagwat Actually, it was a timezone mixup with an overseas vendor, due to US' too-early switch to DST. I'll dial back at top of hour 8:36 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck in reply to ashish_bhagwat

@ashish_bhagwat Thanks. That vendor was a no-show. At least I got some payload out of those wasted 10 minutes waiting. 8:16 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck in reply to ashish_bhagwat

@jessiebrosch Thanks. Tickling my brain and yours. Keeps me from losing steam, intellectually. 8:15 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck in reply to jessiebrosch

"Is Data Delivery Platform Federated Architecture?" (http://ow.ly/1nh2C) #BI: JK--Yet another synonym 4 data fed'n, virtual'zn, abstraction. 8:14 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Tweeting is lo-concentration, brain-tickling filler task that fits time-crannies otherwise wasted waiting for vendors to dial into briefings 8:07 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Join #Forrester's @waband @drnatalie @jameskobielus for Cust Mgmt TweetJam on 3/24 1-3 pm ET: http://bit.ly/95nKCG. #crmjam 8:02 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

Thanks non-English-tweeters who follow me! Don't be hurt if JK doesn't reciprocate. U probably say interesting stuff. Wish I could read them 7:57 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

"Twitter Working on Chinese Site" (http://bit.ly/aDudXC): JK--WSJ says Microsoft positioning Bing for China. Exit Google, enter all rivals 7:55 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

"Google's Tim Bray Hates Apple's iPhone" (http://bit.ly/aHxHB0): JK--Bray's partisan rant feels TV-talking-head-ready. I couldn't care less. 7:52 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

"Twitter Announcement a Real Yawner" (http://bit.ly/bj9QEx): JK--Fine. Distracting hipness quotient waning. Twitter now taken for granted. 7:47 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

"Twitter Will Stream Tweets Across Popular Web Sites"(http://bit.ly/a7pyXE): JK--Will tweetstorms spray 140-char grit in every Web orifice? 7:44 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

"If 'semantic web' annoys you, read on... " (http://bit.ly/a294HB): JK--Doesn't annoy me. Taxonomies are interesting. Any killer apps yet? 7:40 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

"The Appliance Wars Drag On And On" (http://bit.ly/alEa74): JK--Oh, that's me, syndicated. I suspect it'll be a trench war, year after year. 7:36 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

"Modern XML appliance: from acceleration to integration and into cloud" (http://bit.ly/aq0zBW): JK--Except for "into cloud," reads like 2004 7:32 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

@DavidLinthicum #cloud Agree: RDBMS role will be sharply reduced, due to preponderance of unstructured info & need for data virtualization 7:26 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck in reply to DavidLinthicum

Gotta have a name for yesterday, the day between the Ides and St. Patrick's. Recovering from Et Tu Brutae, just before Paddy knocks us cold. 7:24 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

RT @madgreek65: @DavidLinthicum "Both relational & NoSQL are needed in the cloud" JK--Every species of DBMS will frolic in the cloud. 7:18 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

"Lilly Hit in Massive Pill Heist" (http://bit.ly/9oUylA) JK--"As if elaborate caper flick." Round up usual suspects: T. Cruise, G. Clooney.. 6:51 AM Mar 17th via TweetDeck

I just realized why I've stayed with this closely cropped portrait of myself in Twitter. My tweets are a closely cropped portrait of my mind 2:47 PM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

Took great briefing and demo from Space-Time Insight, a very innovative geospatial analytics platform vendor with social network analysis. 2:44 PM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

@paul_a_barsch Re cable news channels, I find ABC News Now and BBC America the best. I watch them regularly: depth, breadth, objectivity 2:42 PM Mar 16th via TweetDeck in reply to paul_a_barsch

@RobPaller I'd accept it on the Internet's behalf, if the Internet doesn't mind me pocketing the prize money. The Internet doesn't need it. 2:41 PM Mar 16th via TweetDeck in reply to RobPaller

Chocolate chip cookie: the perfect after-briefing offline little energy morsel for hardworking analyst to touch base with his inner glutton. 2:39 PM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

@TonyBaer You bring your laptop to Bally's Total Fitness in Alexandria VA? You are one serious workaholic, Tony! 11:49 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck in reply to TonyBaer

RT @Initiate "The Internet is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize? Who would accept prize? Al Gore?" JK--Nope: can't accept same prize twice. 11:49 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

Can't stand a lot of noise & distraction while I work out. Point is to feel my inner rhythm more intimately. 11:11 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

"The Internet is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize" (http://bit.ly/99to4o): JK--Apparently, Norway has super-awesome anti-flame-mail firewall. 11:06 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

Personal mobile clients, work-from-home employees, smashing of work/life barrier. In new economy, leaving people "to their own devices"? 10:59 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

Reference data, reference model, reference expert. In social BI ecosystem, what, or more to point, who is "master" of your problem domain? 10:56 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

Spring cleaning services litter my yard with their stupid circulars. No sale, obviously! 10:33 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

#forrester clients, tune into my teleconf today, 1-2pm (EDT): "The New Decade Of Advanced Analytics" (http://bit.ly/bViwmR). Wave findings!! 8:55 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Social CRM Thrives on Powerful Dashboards and Process Analytics" (http://bit.ly/adN0cg) (http://bit.ly/at9ofR) 8:24 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

RT @ariegoldshlager Hal Varian on Combinatorial Innovation http://post.ly/SoYd #innovation: JK--How many IT firms have "chief economist"? 7:09 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

Ah shoot. Missed this SXSW. Actually, never been to SXSW. Never been to Austin. If I'd taken offer in 1982, all would have been different. 7:07 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

As snowiest winter on record in WashDC ends, I'm glad I took this shot of first flakes/snowfall: Dec 5 2009 (http://tweetphoto.com/14595870) 7:05 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck

@paul_a_barsch This particular tweet about "conversation," you mean? Watching CNN and seeing them reposition 24x7 blather as "conversation" 6:34 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck in reply to paul_a_barsch

Listening to Raincoats' "Shouting Out Loud" from "Odyshape," an oddly shaped masterpiece from Rough Trade UK's 1980 heyday. 8:39 PM Mar 15th via txt

Hmm..new Peter Handke novella..gotta have it...one of my chief muses...him Sturgeon Thomas Moxham and just a few others whispered the voice 7:09 PM Mar 15th via txt

In the US, switch to what the British call "Summertime" now takes place in wintertime. Springing over Spring entirely. Just eliminate DST! 7:04 PM Mar 15th via txt

Listening to Beatles "Long Tall Sally" & "Helter Skelter." Paul a damn good shouter & belter!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6:55 PM Mar 15th via txt

Conversation. The word's being adopted all over chattersphere to dignify a lot of shapeless flaming blather. That's fine. Spin is chitchat. 4:58 PM Mar 15th via txt

"Data" fr. Latin 4 "given"; "information" fr. Latin 4 "take shape"; "intelligence" fr. French 4 "glean" "insight" fr. English "inner vision" 3:52 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Mess With Time by Built To Spill #KEXP: JK--One of coolest extended guitar jams of the past decade. Like indie "Misirlou" 3:26 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

I expect that #foursquare will team with Sherwin-Williams to "cover the earth" with annoying self-geo-tweets. 3:11 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

@santaferraro That's another DW performance metric, but for lifetime ROI calc, not pricing. 3:07 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck in reply to santaferraro

RT @kexpplaylist: Dandy Del Sur by Nortec Collective #KEXP: JK--Great Mexican trippy-trance-dance-mariachi-rock track. 3:06 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

DW appliance pricing hinges both on $/TB (capacity) and $/IOPS (performance), plus add-on software, info models, services. 2:39 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

"Google Set to Close China Site" (http://bit.ly/d8ENBu): JK--No surprise. China is a self-sufficient subcontinent of a nation. 2:37 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

"The Rise of Free--and Fake--Antivirus Software" (http://bit.ly/boSOpP): JK--The fake ones r particularly tricky. Be careful. Be very wary. 2:35 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

Vendors should avoid releasing version 11 of anything. Skip right forward to v12 or, yes, 13. Release 11 suggests new, sorry chapter for u. 1:59 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

W3C Launches Decisions/Decision-Making Incubator Group (http://bit.ly/cUsYdh) (http://bit.ly/a1h1Vr): JK--Huh? No BI/DSS industry members? 1:56 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

Ides of March. I'd say month is marching along quite steadily. 1 week till Spring. 1 week after that till Fool's Day. Then Easter. As always 1:52 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

Just took briefing from Jigsaw (http://bit.ly/Pa92g) w/ @lauraramos & @rbkarel. Social/online community 4 B2B data acq, cleanse, enrichment 1:46 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

Developing ROI calculator for social-CRM engagement with @drnatalie. Focusing on customer lifetime value. Factoring customers & influencers. 1:44 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Predictive Processes Demand Unified BAM and BSM Stack" (http://bit.ly/axGqzv) (http://bit.ly/bCLh4A) 1:05 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

If spammers performed even an iota of market research, they wouldn't send "work at home opportunity" blurbs to IT industry analysts. Duh! 12:09 PM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Roadrunner by The Modern Lovers #KEXP: JK--Jonathan: Cambridge MA's nerdy contribution of rock 'n' roll history. 11:05 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

@vtri Clearly, Pega+Chordiant on the social CRM side still a work in progress. But promising. 9:34 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck in reply to vtri

Half of life is just waking up and reading the news. Good I'd checked my e-mail this morning. Planning to blog on this acq. 8:29 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

Per #pegasystems #chordiant, "call center" is "multichannel customer contact center." JK--I'd say "center" decentralizing via social ntwks 8:27 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

@prem_k #scrm Chordiant focus on predictive CRM conversation mgt + Pegasystems' process automation + social-ntwk CRM everywhere. 8:24 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck in reply to prem_k

@prem_k #scrm It's a question, not a declaration. 8:13 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck in reply to prem_k

On Pegasystems + Chordiant merger press/analyst conference call. Optimizing customer processes and experiences in the contact center. 8:12 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

Pegasystems + Chordiant: emerging power in social CRM? 7:50 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Soldier of Love by Sade #KEXP: JK--Title track to new LP. Helen Folasade Adu & band make like Portishead--terrific! 7:49 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

Pegasystems acquiring Chordiant to strengthen position in CRM market. Key vendor for predictive process platforms. 7:43 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

This Gevalia coffee spam's been going on for almost 10 years. That's how long been coming to my inbox. Anti-spam needs a coffee filter. 7:22 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Window Seat by Erykah Badu #KEXP: JK--Lovely new romantic R&B vocal stylings from Ms. Badu. 7:13 AM Mar 15th via TweetDeck

Eve of our 26th anniversary. The civil one, that is. If not civil, at heart, would not have lasted so long. There's much more of course. 7:46 PM Mar 14th via txt

Can't stand a lot of noise & distraction while I work out. Point is to feel my inner rhythm more intimately. 6:47 PM Mar 14th via txt

RT @kexpplaylist: Some Kind of Nature by Gorillaz #KEXP: JK--New, from Gorillaz' 3rd album, with Lou Reed and Damon Albarn in odd duet. 6:06 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Wine 5" (http://bit.ly/c0gk0X) 6:04 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Obama 5" (http://bit.ly/dzeG9O) 6:03 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on the Economy 5" (http://bit.ly/9IUsvw) 6:03 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Memory 5" (http://bit.ly/c9uuSV) 6:03 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Yoga 5" (http://bit.ly/cI8tkE) 6:02 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Media 5" (http://bit.ly/dbgmxh) 6:02 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "Kommentary on Commentary 5" (http://bit.ly/bgzH0g) 6:01 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

Waiting for chameleonic Stanley Tucci to get a leading role--the right one--in a movie. Loved his creepy performance in "Lovely Bones." 5:42 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) by Roky Erickson #KEXP: JK--Great crazy one by addled acid-rock pioneer. 5:33 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

Recently, txt-to-Facebook screws up regularly. Now I'll txt-to-Twitter. Can only sync tweets to Facebook via TweetDeck. Small sacrifice 5:24 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

@JPBarlow Sounds cool. Any streaming web URL to listen to the live feed? 4:55 PM Mar 14th via web in reply to JPBarlow

RT @kexpplaylist: Sao Paulo by Deadstring Brothers #KEXP: JK--Sounds like the Stones "Sticky Fingers" with a more convincing Texas accent 4:36 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

Social CRM. Connecting with customers via Twitter Facebook et al? Monitoring them that way? Don't like serious stuff spoiling the fun. 4:33 PM Mar 14th via txt

Which reminds me. Who else has Laura Brannigan's "Gloria" on their guilty pleasures list? I belt that one out when alone in car on Beltway! 2:28 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Bermuda by Eighteen Individual Eyes #KEXP: JK--Cool, vaguely early 80s romantic pop sound. Who did "Suddenly Last Summer"? 2:27 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck

@merv 2009 was tough year all over. Took resilience & creative hunkering to get thru unscathed: clarifying priorities, identity, mission 2:25 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck in reply to merv

Doing something I don't do often enough, considering my profession: surfing the Web for fun. 2:19 PM Mar 14th via txt

Just discovered the power of tweeting via txt from my phone 2:02 PM Mar 14th via txt

Mistook the last wee drift remnant of snowmageddon for the Sunday morning paper lying gray and bagged out there on the street. 2:00 PM Mar 14th via txt

Caught "Julie & Julia" on DVD last night. Hate to refer to Meryl Streep film as "chick flick," so I won't. She nailed Child's voice & manner 1:49 PM Mar 14th via TweetDeck