Found language is a powerful compositional tool. You start speaking someone else's voice until it infects then inflects your own. about 17 hours ago via txt
What prompted that poem was some guy breathlessly saying "merger & acquisition," sounding a bit like "murder & execution." about 17 hours ago via txt
In late 90s I extruded a quick impressionistic poem, "Merger" while at tradeshow, based on hallway chitchat. Weird crazy stuff this industry about 17 hours ago via txt
We analysts sure do love our big-vendor merger & acq announcements. I read everybody else's blogs only after posting my own. Good stuff! about 17 hours ago via txt
#Forrester blog commentary on #SAP #Sybase by @bevelson a@paulhamerman @hkisker @jameskobielus @StefanRied. You get us from many angles. about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck
Other #forrester info mgt commentary on #SAP #Sybase from @paulhamerman http://bit.ly/aKDTFz and @bevelson http://bit.ly/bweTOL about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Sybase and SAP: the unanswered questions" (http://bit.ly/dkqJ3g) JK--Thank-u Phillip Howard for insightful analysis to be my foil. about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Sybase and SAP: the unanswered questions" (http://bit.ly/dkqJ3g) JK--Expect SAP give Sybase ASE new lease on life within NetWeaver, not R/3 about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Sybase and SAP: the unanswered questions" (http://bit.ly/dkqJ3g) JK--Yes! Expect BOBJ's DI to replace Sybase's. But Syb PowerDesgnr to stay about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Sybase and SAP: the unanswered questions" (http://bit.ly/dkqJ3g) JK--Yes! MicroStrategy partnership w/Sybase at risk. SAP will stress BOBJ about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Sybase and SAP: the unanswered questions" (http://bit.ly/dkqJ3g) JK--No! Sybase IQ doesn't compete with BW. Latter runs over 3rd party DBMS about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck
Busy de-duplicating my SAP/Sybase-deal article-URL screen-scrapes in prep for the "stuff I read this week" post that's coming tonight about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck
Getting ready for the #SAP & #Sybase conferences next week. Been a slow news week. Haven't heard much about those vendors this week. Yawn! about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck
Try saying "high-fructose corn syrup" very fast over and over. Especially when you're high on the stuff. See what I mean? Dangerous potion. about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck
@NeilRaden I do mention the "mobiiity thing." But I'm not the mobility analyst. So I don't develop that angle in this blogpost. about 22 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
New blogpost: "SAP Acquiring Sybase, Rocking the Analytics Market with Deep Synergies" (http://bit.ly/d7zOd0) (http://bit.ly/9SNQtx) about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck
"XML [computational pipeline processing] workflow spec finalized" (http://bit.ly/bapNOf) JK--XProc. W3C. Not Apache. Seems overlap w/ Hadoop 9:43 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
"Can You Read this Whole Post?" (http://bit.ly/aCThqX) JK--Sheesh! Sometimes, I barely have enough time to read a whole tweet. 9:41 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
Updated email sign with coverage: PA/DM, Adv Analytics, DW, BI, Proc Analytics, Pred Proc, SNA, SCRM, CustSvcPlat, SocMedMon, DF, CEP, BAM 9:25 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
So far a good morning. Meaning a morning of steady non-interruption. Tweeting this sentiment tempts fate. But gettin' stuff done. 9:01 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
@jowyang Not anal at all. I keep track of all my press quotes & citations. But I don't blog them. I scrape them into personal biblio/log. 8:25 AM May 14th via TweetDeck in reply to jowyang
RT @kexpplaylist: Jigsaw Feeling by Siouxsie and the Banshees #KEXP: JK--Very early very cool punk-y Siouxsie. 1978. "The Scream" LP. 7:57 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: The Other Side of This Life by Jefferson Airplane #KEXP: JK--From "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" (1968). Great Marty vox! 7:08 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
@JohnMichl To underline the fact that I don't live to work. 7:06 AM May 14th via TweetDeck in reply to JohnMichl
@JohnMichl It was taken in late March by a houseguest, one evening, when we were all relaxing. 7:06 AM May 14th via TweetDeck in reply to JohnMichl
Thought I'd try a different sort of headshot of me. At home. Listening to the wife. Opening a bottle of wine. 7:01 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
Looking forward to the back-to-back #SAP & #Sybase conference next week. Their back-to-back-ed-ness now seems like blessed coincidence. 10:22 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
@bcahill #dmjam Looks great. I tweeted the link. Thanks! 9:29 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to bcahill
Great offhand line of dialogue from tonight's "The Office": "We ordered in from Hooters." For the record, Hooters cuisine is anti-Viagra. 8:10 PM May 13th via txt
Getting ready to watch "The Office." Sonya & I enjoy chuckling over what a creep Dwight Shrute is. 8:01 PM May 13th via txt
Tagcloud of our #forrester #dmjam tweetjam today, courtesy of #sparkling logic http://bit.ly/aZ6NQt 7:24 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
Wife & I agree that Michael Buble's "I Just Haven't Met You Yet" is a middling hit that has long overstayed its welcome on the popcharts. 7:02 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
@merv So what. There are about 10 zillion independent "NoSQL" DBMS vendors angling to take their place. 7:01 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to merv
@NeilRaden You bet! See ya in Orlando and NYC, in that order. 7:00 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
Why does Trader Joe call their Asian-food housebrand "Trader Ming"? Better would be "Trader Chou." Correct pronunciation is "Trader JOE" 6:33 PM May 13th via txt
Anybody thinks coin catchphrases is superficial not seeing how major philosophers, Knt Dscrts Ntzsch etc, each boils down to potent aphorism 4:11 PM May 13th via txt
Anybody who thinks #BI definition wars are small stakes has failed to notice how adept consultants can be at cashing in on catchy phrases. 4:04 PM May 13th via txt
This was day of fairly intense back-and-forthing. Did my Q2 #Forrester tconf, on social nt analysis, in mid-day. Already a distant memory. 3:58 PM May 13th via txt
That #dmjam tweetjam experience produced the hugest list of apparently legitimate Twitter follow-me requests I've ever received. Yeesh! 2:52 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
@NeilRaden I know. I'm just leveraging well-known cultural tropes as shorthand to make a point. Cliches are compact symbols. Metaphor = meat 2:47 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
@ashish_bhagwat Thank @rbkarel . He was the mastermind and masterful ringleader behind #dmjam @cmooreforrester 2:44 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to ashish_bhagwat
@NeilRaden #dmjam Yeah, but it's not entirely useful to point to Neanderthals when the later Cro-Magnons inherited the landscape. 2:37 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
@NeilRaden Right, but Darwin showed tiny diffs in finch beak size in tiny ecosys can have huge selective advantages. LOL re double-entendre 2:34 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
@ColinJWhite #dmjam Right. "Actionability" is whether given user considers analysis sufficient grounds for action. User/decision-specific. 2:27 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to ColinJWhite
@CurtMonash #dmjam Practical dstnction btwn "should mean" & "actually mean" slippery. Each analyst recomm'ds own definitions as industry std 2:23 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash
#dmjam Wham bam thank-u jam....I hammered out 40+ tweets in that jam. Damn! 2:16 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
@rbkarel #dmjam #Forrester Excellent moderation, Rob! Great tweets everybody! Enjoyed it more than tweets can say! 2:01 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to rbkarel
@ColinJWhite Right. But society doesn't provide all the answers either. Sometimes, your community steers U in wrong direction. 2:00 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to ColinJWhite
#dmjam Analytics doesn't require action. Analytics creates info resource empowering intelligent action, but U supply intelligence & action 1:58 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
@CurtMonash #dmjam Predictive analytics is about modeling the future, what-if scenarios, on assumption that past is fuzzy prologue 1:55 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash
#dmjam How will social media impact traditional #BI? (http://bit.ly/bUEDh2) JK--#BI an FAQ machine. Soc ntwks enlist human subj FAQ mavens. 1:54 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam How will social media impact traditional #BI? (http://bit.ly/bUEDh2) JK--Social intelligence rocks!. Tweetjam perfect illustration. 1:52 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam How will social media impact traditional #BI? (http://bit.ly/bUEDh2) JK--Will catalyze convergence of BI, KM, and collab. P2P query! 1:51 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
@CurtMonash #dmjam I disagree. Predictive analysis is as much based on creative modeling of the future as on mining the past. 1:50 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash
@NeilRaden #dmjam No it wasn't. BI is many segments that, like federated tribes TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
#dmjam Should historical & predictive #BI be one & same? JK--All #BI stack should include at least basic pred modeling. Highly visual. 1:48 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Should historical & predictive #BI be one & same? JK--But ability to pose questions across all time-horizons should be in #BI stack 1:46 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Should historical & predictive #BI be one & same? JK--Well, no. Historical, current, and predictive analytics are distinct subsets 1:45 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Should historical & predictive #BI be one & same? JK--Hey @CurtMonash! Combine all time-horizons into synoptic analytics. 1:44 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
@SethGrimes #dmjam "Convergence" of struct/unstruc info isn't anywhere close to complete. Often separate silo infra, tools, & apps. 1:41 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes
@IBMCognosCTO #dmjam Right. Uncertainty of interpretation of text means need a human content analyst in loop, checking false pos & negs 1:40 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to IBMCognosCTO
@CurtMonash #dmjam Amen. Name things that are more focused on the analytics side: subject domains, latencies, sources, etc. 1:39 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash
#dmjam Is convergence of structured & unstructured info hype or reality? JK--However, I don't yet see a huge uptake of unstructured in #DW. 1:38 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Is convergence of structured & unstructured info hype or reality? JK--Social media analytics is hot new BI theme, heavy on unstr/str 1:38 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Is convergence of structured & unstructured info hype or reality? JK--Not hype. See my #forrester PA/DM Wave (http://bit.ly/9O6jzn) 1:36 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
@SethGrimes #dmjam Right. Also, good luck phasing out other awkward market nomenclature labels and categories. 1:34 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes
@bevelson #dmjam #BI People only realize asking wrong questions when narrowed down to right questions. BI is a quest of iterative questions 1:33 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to bevelson
@gilliatt #dmjam With customers, I prefer to drill down "analytics" discussion quickly to who's analyzing what 4 what purposes w/ what info 1:31 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to gilliatt
@gleganza #dmjam Any & all new terms for "BI" already "out there." Any & all likely 2 B as unsatisfactory as "BI." No one big-top fits all. 1:30 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to gleganza
@dougmow #dmjam These BI definitions mean tons to buyers too. BI space is so huge diversified confusing. Buyers crave label-based guidance. 1:29 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to dougmow
@SethGrimes #dmjam #BI is a 3-ring big-top of a market/tech category. Scopes expand, evolve, and shift to bring sideshows under main tent 1:27 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes
#dmjam What diff btwn #BI & other “intelligence”? JK--Conjugations. Substitute any subj dom 4 "biz." Substitute "analytics" 4 "intelligence" 1:26 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam What’s the difference between #BI and other “intelligence”? JK---Each subj dom has own sources, models, marts, queries, apps, users.. 1:23 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam What’s the difference between #BI and other “intelligence”?? JK---Subsets...subject domains. 1:22 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
@SethGrimes #dmjam Right. Prepend any business subject domain (e.g., financial, HR, process, etc) to "intelligence" to qualify BI further. 1:20 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes
@rbkarel #BI #analytics Decision suppt requires analytics "machinery" of BI DW etc. Analytic apps run on that machinery. Analysts wield it. 1:19 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to rbkarel
@gleganza #dmjam All this stuff incomprehensible to "laity" until U break it down into definitions and A-B-Cs. Then becomes insufferable. 1:17 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to gleganza
@NeilRaden #dmjam Hijack schmijack. "Decision management" has been around years. My first analyst-boss, Peter G.W. Keen, used it in 80s. 1:16 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
@bevelson #dmjam Decision automation = BI + BPM + CEP + inline predictive models + .... 1:15 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to bevelson
@bevelson #dmjam Decision management = decision support (human decision agents) + decision automation (automated decision agents). 1:13 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to bevelson
@gleganza #dmjam Boring? Try explaining #BI to anybody who doesn't do this for a living. It's best to lie, if U want to lively-up the party 1:12 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to gleganza
@NeilRaden #dmjam Decision management is NOT a little niche, Neil. It's at the heart of predictive, agile, self-optimizing #bpm. 1:11 PM May 13th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
#dmjam [All that stuff] pt of #BI? JK--Prefer to focus on "decision support systems" w/ data/info mgt, social, collab, & KM supporting that 1:10 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Should [all that stuff] be considered pt of #BI? JK--In nesting-Russian-dolls model, #datamanagement piece of #informationmanagement 1:08 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Should [all that stuff] be considered part of #BI? JK--All that stuff, plus what I subset to "BI-proper," R pieces of #datamanagement 1:06 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Should [all that stuff] be considered part of #BI? JK--But let's not quibble terminology. "BI" projects often entail all that stuff. 1:05 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Should [all that stuff] be considered part of #BI? JK--Not to imply there's such thing as "BI-improper." 1:04 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Should [all that stuff] be considered part of #BI? JK--BI-proper touches intelligence consumer: reporting, query, dashboard, etc. 1:03 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
#dmjam Should #ETL/#dataintegration, #dataquality, #datawarehousing, #MDM be considered part of #BI? JK--Consider them supporting infra 4 BI 1:01 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
Tip for those who plan to jam #forrester #dmjam tweetjam. Tweet all U want. It's your jam too. We big-shot analysts wanna hear what U think 1:00 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
Tip for those who plan to jam lots in #forrester tweetjam. Copy hashtag #dmjam via control-c...auto-write it into each tweet via control-v 12:58 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
Starting 5 minutes from now Forrester Tweet Jam "What BI is Not" Follow me @rbkarel @bevelson @gleganza @hkisker @nyuhanna hashtag #dmjam 12:55 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Be Brave by The Strange Boys #KEXP: "JK--Peculiar."Oh i'll be brave," sung strangled-like, sounds bit like "Oh happy day" 7:50 AM May 13th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Wang Dang Doodle by Howlin' Wolf #KEXP: JK--His guitar was electric. His voice was electric. His song titles were electric 7:48 AM May 13th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Include Me Out by Young Marble Giants #KEXP: JK--What U notice on repeated listens is how strongly this quiet stuff rocks 7:43 AM May 13th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Include Me Out by Young Marble Giants #KEXP: JK--Like all Young Marble Giants songs on KEXP, this one grabs full attention 7:41 AM May 13th via TweetDeck
#SAP probably won't lock BW into #Sybase IQ. DBMS-agnosticity is BW's key differentiator. Going monolithic'd alienate everyone. Gain nothing 6:54 PM May 12th via txt
#SAP has to rationalize overlapping EII data federation tools: its existing BusinessObjects tool and the Avaki tech in #Sybase DI Suite. 6:43 PM May 12th via txt
Implication of #SAP acquiring #Sybase: I made the right decision to attend their respective conferences next week. Plenty to discuss. 6:38 PM May 12th via txt
Implication of #SAP acquiring #Sybase: SAP selects very strong, complementary brands to add to its portfolio. Very much an IBM-ish strategy. 6:33 PM May 12th via txt
Implications of #SAP & #Sybase: SAP BW has stronger DW sibling, echoing how Business Objects supplemented & strengthened SAP's native BI. 6:30 PM May 12th via txt
Implications of #SAP acquiring #Sybase: becomes dominant power in columnar, CEP, & real-time analytics. SAP now a full-stack analytics & SOA 6:19 PM May 12th via txt
@NeilRaden Problem w/ "so-called" in that context is that Swoyer appears 2 B dissing predictive modlng, data mining, & text mining. And why? 2:49 PM May 12th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
"Predictive Analytics: A Shopper's Checklist" (http://bit.ly/cwyvoD) JK--Not sure why Swoyer calls it "so-called advanced analytics." 2:33 PM May 12th via TweetDeck
Most spam is written by right-wingers. They pitch something as "Obama will [do everything for you]," imagining that suckers believe. 12:26 PM May 12th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: The Passenger by Iggy Pop #KEXP: JK--Carnival sideshow attraction as rock vocalist. 11:17 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Hot Cake by The Fall #KEXP: JK--Carnival barker as rock vocalist. 11:15 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Keep the Customer Satisfied by Simon & Garfunkel #KEXP: JK--One of the many great Paul Simon compositions from classic LP. 9:11 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
I get queasy when adjectives such as "green" & "agile" are bandied about as if nouns. I often doubt speaker knows what they're referencing. 9:11 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: No Children by The Mountain Goats #KEXP: JK--Song manages to be nasty, funny, well-written, & profound. Brilliant! 9:05 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
RT @ColinJWhite "Many analysts ... afraid they may give away free info" JK--Smart thoughts show analyst got the goods. Info's a commodity. 8:59 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
"How to Catch Computer Virus" (http://bit.ly/9pYHCO) JK--Ambiguous term "catch." Can mean "be inflicted with" or "contain." Opposites. 8:51 AM May 12th via TweetDeck
"Twitter Bug Fix Drops Followers To Zero" (http://bit.ly/cpLKHN) JK--What if a bird tweeted in the cloud & there was nobody there 2 listen? 7:59 PM May 11th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Val Kilmer by Stafrænn Hákon #KEXP: JK--Not listening, but actor's name reminds me of Oliver Stone stinko "Doors" movie. 7:55 PM May 11th via TweetDeck
Sitting down to read the play my son has written: "Being a Slave in Georgia." He's in North Carolina, acting in Cherokee. "Unto These Hills" 7:54 PM May 11th via TweetDeck
Red wine, white wine. The former makes me more pensive, the latter more relaxed. Right now, I'm sipping light white, Chardonnay. Dreary day. 7:52 PM May 11th via TweetDeck
Has anybody noticed that if you morph the current photos of Steve Jobs & Bill Gates you get J. Montgomery Burns? 7:17 PM May 11th via TweetDeck
@ColinJWhite Right you are, Colin. But I'm just giving away my most worthless thoughts. So it's all cool. 7:09 PM May 11th via TweetDeck in reply to ColinJWhite
It would be best 4 the graph DB industry 2 distance itself from "NoSQL." They're not rebelling. Just building important new DB segment. 4:11 PM May 11th via txt
Was chatting with Psydex today about graph databases & graph analysis for semantic sentiment & social analysis. All these hissing "s" words. 4:04 PM May 11th via txt
I still get annoyed at catchphrase "my bad." Wanna correct it to "me bad" & cite linguistic authorities Richard Pryor & Cookie Monster. 4:00 PM May 11th via txt
In today's buzz cloud, who best at put words in virtual mouths? Not actual oral orifices. Who voices the newbuzz? That comes last, if at all 3:56 PM May 11th via txt
Semantic & sentiment social influence. Who introduces memes themes & dreams with legs? Train your social ntwk analysis on those influencers. 3:49 PM May 11th via txt
Social media listening & engagement should be core of social #BI. Scope it first to chatter within your company internal social nets. 3:46 PM May 11th via txt
Have barely blogged in a few weeks. Glad that @rbkarel blogged mine & other #forrester analysts' thots on soc media & #BI. I'll extend those 3:42 PM May 11th via txt
Barely ate lunch today. Prepping for long sequence of business trips. 3:39 PM May 11th via txt
Barely checked email or social media today. Working on #Forrester Customer Service Wave. Lots of vendors & criteria. 3:36 PM May 11th via txt
RT @rbkarel: Blog "Soc Med will play big part in #BI future" chat w/ @jameskobielus @nyuhanna @hkisker @gleganza http://bit.ly/bUEDh2 #dmjam 2:23 PM May 11th via TweetDeck
"Life is half spent before we know what it is.-George Herbert" JK--If life is spent, it's currency. If currency, pray we stay in circulation 8:01 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @jennifer_dubow: "In spreadsheet hell. Need magnifying glass, better eyes, ...." JK--Head hurts trying to debug models I build in Excel. 7:57 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Tune into #forrester #BI tweetjam Thur 5-13 2-3pm EDT http://bit.ly/bk6VMm w/me @rbkarel @bevelson @nyuhanna @hkisker @gleganza @owensleslie 7:55 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @paulocoelho "A person in love can act as a mad person, but never as an idiot" JK--Huh? That's heart of Freudian id. Hence tres idiotique 7:48 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
@CurtMonash "backlog of things I haven't written up yet getting dire. Yet I continue to take more brfngs" JK--U know it bro. With ya on that 7:46 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Lemonworld by The National #KEXP: JK--Matt Berninger has more mobile voice than Leonard Cohen. Lyrics just as literate. 7:43 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Events events events. The whole event-driven arch story. Services services services. The whole svc-oriented arch story. Cloud cloud cloud... 7:42 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
"Users R largest cloud security threat" (http://bit.ly/9VlCI8) JK--Or per M.Python "surround everybody everywhere with everything we've got" 7:36 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Wnat is #DW not? Doing client DW wkshp that also scopes data fed, subject-mart consol, multidim'l exploration, OLTP. What is info mgt not? 7:27 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
BTW, what is #DW not? Doing DW wkshp that also scopes BI, adv an, DI, DQ, DG, via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Human Fly by The Cramps #KEXP: JK--This ancient 2. Also had vinyl in late 70s. Believe or not, groove like early B-52s 7:21 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Hot Cake by The Fall #KEXP: JK--These folks been indie forever. I have them on Rough Trade UK compilation vinyl circa 1980 7:17 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Eating pear, Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" comes on radio. Tension builds, as in many Zep songs, when 70s metal overcomes 60s folk vibe. 6:15 PM May 10th via txt
@johnrrymer #TUCON I rarely come across "clueless" analysts. Often, all we have are a preponderance of clues & persons of interest 5:36 PM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to johnrrymer
@bmichelson #tucon Events? Yes, indeed, they are the future. I'm prepping for a dozen different events spread across next 7 weeks. 5:34 PM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to bmichelson
Skipping #TUCON this year. Why? Well covered by other #forrester analysts. Also, me prepping 12 presos consults webinars shows in May-June 5:32 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
One of my favorite things about Twitter's browser interface is the ability to go back and edit "oops-my-butt-sat-and-sent-that-draft" tweets 5:29 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @NeilRaden @johnrrymer #tucon "SQL isn't problem. ACID is problem...don't need noSQL...need dropACID" JK--Please quote Neil out of contxt 5:25 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @johnrrymer: #tucon "V. Ranadive predicts SQL's importance will wane." JK--Not "will." Already has. Inexorably-less-SQL truer than NoSQL. 5:22 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
James Kobielus' sentiments not hard to fathom. James Kobielus just likes 2 work & play & work playfully. But don't kick sand in JK's sandbox 5:18 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
@EventCloudPro And to clarify. I like to joke and engage in idle wordplay occasionally on Twitter. Why? Keep things fun. Mix biz-n-pleasure 5:03 PM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to EventCloudPro
Expecting single voice on complex of techs from diverse analyst firm? You'd B disappointed. Debate us. Your thoughts?. Analytics xform BPM 5:01 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
What's new in BI BPM BRE convergence? #Forrester Don't see them converging? Come to our panel at ITF. Push back. 4:42 PM May 10th via txt
What's new in BI BPM BRE convergence? #Forrester @jameskobielus @bevelson @passion4process @csleclair 4:36 PM May 10th via txt
What's new in BI BPM BRE convergence? Agile analytics. End2end proc analytics platform. Unstr info 4 dynamic case mgt. Inline predictive BPM 4:20 PM May 10th via txt
Got BPM analytics slides in shape 4 #Forrester ITF. We who educate/advise biz IT execs. Does value flow magically from misaligned projects? 4:02 PM May 10th via txt
@EventCloudPro And I appreciate solution/value creators. Love 'em. Thanks for your attention. 3:30 PM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to EventCloudPro
Sure, anybody who creates primarily new tech 4 new mkts prefers boil-the-ocean proj. Delays indefinitely need 2 prove out value in product'n 3:26 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Sentiment analysis. Doesn't measure pre-existing, invariant feelings. Rather, measures dynamic quantity in ongoing conversation. 3:19 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
@EventCloudPro 'Twould be nice if people who make those sorts of cracks actually understood the first thing re what IT industry analysts do 3:02 PM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to EventCloudPro
@EventCloudPro I create market research, best-practice guidance, and consulting deliverables for a living. What exactly do you create? 2:59 PM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to EventCloudPro
RT @EventCloudPro: "I like boil the ocean projects. A lot." JK--I prefer "skim the ocean of oil" projects. A lot. 2:37 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Why so few IT confs in LA? Last tech event I did at Staples Ctr was '03. Anaheim's OK. @StaplesTweets @JetBlue #LATrip http://bit.ly/9MaUzk 2:33 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Lovestain by José González #KEXP: JK--If Jose isn't the Argentine-Swedish reincarnation of Nick Drake, I don't know who is 1:37 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
"Delivering data analytics through ..." (http://bit.ly/cgT8dJ) JK--Data virtualization layer 4 cloud analytics. I break that down 4 clients. 12:58 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
UK has a hung parliament? So what! US has had a hung legislature for most of the past 20 years. No one's come close to unknotting the noose. 12:50 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
So when talk about "extracting patterns" & shorthand that as "mining," U see I'm not talking out of school. Extending std industry parlance 12:46 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Data "warehousing" is as metaphor infused/confused as data "mining." Yes, former is distrib ctr, the latter extraction zone, but that's it! 12:43 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Metaphors extremely embedded in market categories. Declined yet another inq re "warehouse mgt." Only overlap with DW is "forklift" upgrades. 12:42 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
@markmadsen "NoSQL" feels like the wrong theme for an alternative-DB movement. Sorta like, I dunno, "NoHTTP" for next-gen Web rally cry. 12:23 PM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to markmadsen
Late lunches and late dinners are Egidia & my primary weight-control strategies. Savor the hunger. 12:05 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Taking late lunch. I work well hungry. But then the "work well" goes dry, needs nutritional replenishment. Turkey sandwich & iced tea enuff. 12:04 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Life takes on an interesting tone when you've learned to control your nervous noise floor. Noise floor? That's a term from my LCC days. CDMA 11:49 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
I'm part of a BriefingsDirect podcast on #SaaS & Business #Analytics http://bit.ly/cAj4zO w/ @SethGrimes @Dana_Gardner, sponsor @Workday 8:45 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
Sometimes, the least involved person eventually owns the process. As Woody Allen said, most of life is simply showing up. 8:29 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
Air laden with ash, water with oil. Economy laden with debt, government with partisanship. Feels like world's coated in nasty molasses now. 7:58 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
Why shouldn't I be able to select 140-char-or-less text passages within Word docs & autopost 'em (staggered) to Twitter? Longer ones to FB? 7:56 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
@CurtMonash Not a matter of whether debt repudiation needed. As you point out, can be achieved thru subterfuge without triggering aggression 7:48 AM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash
McGuire's Law (http://bit.ly/aTeU4U) & Metcalfe's Law (http://bit.ly/sx45d) are same: Value of anything hinges on combinatorial potential. 7:46 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @ariegoldshlager "Twitter under micrscpe" (http://bit.ly/Kbga4) JK--Loners not hi-vol tweeters. But lo-follower tweetrs R hi-freq tweetrs 7:37 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @SethGrimes: "RDF meets NoSQL" http://bit.ly/aX9XSy JK--Article would be more useful if author defined supposed NoSQL architecture. 7:28 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
RT @SethGrimes: "RDF meets NoSQL" (http://bit.ly/aX9XSy) JK--Sez "SQL doesn't scale big enough." 40 PB (eg,Teradata)? That big enough 4 U? 7:26 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
Monday morning coming down. Johnny Cash should've recorded sequel to his Sunday song. But Johnny Phillips beat him to it. Monday Monday. 7:20 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
"What does a petabyte look like?" (http://bit.ly/9Gw27c) JK--Add up all the red boxes in photo, each 67 TB, gets you to 1 petabyte. 7:12 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
Seems that there is no new global energy source that is not disruptive on some level. 6:28 AM May 10th via txt
I recall book by an ex-Interior Secretary. Hardcover spine said "Who Owns America? Walter J. Hickel." Wonder who he's remembered in his will 6:50 PM May 9th via txt
@Futureratti Ahhhhh. Those motherly guilt strings. 6:42 PM May 9th via Zune HD
If everybody was required to change their names to their original root meanings in various languages, I'd be Supplanter Basketweaver. 6:38 PM May 9th via txt
Wind-whipped dirt in one's face. Sunny sky, but what's the worth? I keep my walking gaze turned down, protective. 4:08 PM May 9th via txt
While compose Betty White tweet, girl at Bally front desk asked help compile list o things make life worth living. Irony? Woody Allen list? 9:53 AM May 9th via txt
Caught 1st half of Betty White SNL. She remains sharp, funny, agile, & pretty into advanced old age. Secret seems to be she's enjoying self 9:35 AM May 9th via txt
Jimmy Fallon or Kimmel. One of them will succeed Leno. I prefer the former's humor, the latter's initials. Jimmys do in fact rule! 9:27 AM May 9th via txt
Conceptual clarity. Iterative model build&test cycle at heart of scientific inquiry. Controlled observ'n. Logic stat & peer-rev controls 9:24 AM May 9th via txt
In game-theoretic core of rival predctve analyses, I win game by rigging sources samples vars clusters & dec tree 2 fit model Mine-not-Thine 9:17 AM May 9th via txt
Beware so-called futurists who play the doomsday card & cite dreariest of dreary scientists. Mass-Mkt Malthusians. Nostra-Dumb-Down. 9:09 AM May 9th via txt
Beware so-called futurists who play fast n loose with history, scientific models, & what-if scenarios. They mine 4 suckers who'll buy books 9:05 AM May 9th via txt
Enjoying debate. Use stat anlyss 2 find descrptve patterns, model predctve pttrns, score 2 align w/emrgnt pttrns. Mine cross time 4 patterns 8:58 AM May 9th via txt
Don't need a time machine to extract patterns from the future. That's the foundation of probability theory. Hence, statistical analysis. 8:44 AM May 9th via txt
Mining past present future: patterns descriptive emergent predictive. 2:56 PM May 8th via txt
Peak green grass growing season in northern Virginia. Frightened a vole from his hole with my mower. Skippy used to have a field day. 12:22 PM May 8th via txt
Some PA-DM vendors boast they were to early-to-mkt with in-db analytics suppt. Most are late-to-mkt w/MapReduce visual-modeling tools. 12:09 PM May 8th via txt
Social network analysis assumes we only interact 2 influence. I interact cuz hav stuff 2 say. Influence sometimes a happy 2nd-order effect 12:01 PM May 8th via txt
Facebook & Twitter starting 2 feel like Microsoft & Apple of soc media. We're 2 dependent on these 2 platf's. Deconstr, aggreg, & virt'z 'em 11:54 AM May 8th via txt
Here's likely conseq of continuing sovereign debt crisis: repudiation. Implies internal insurrections. Would anger creditor nations. Wars? 11:42 AM May 8th via txt
Mounting sovereign debt crisis. R some nations 2 big 2 fail? Is any state 2 tiny 2 worry about bailing out? Is bailout a dead-end strategy? 11:34 AM May 8th via txt
This week's hyperbrief Wall Street crash wasn't crash so much as inadvertent bungee plunge. Some body or thing pushed us. Sudden wind gust? 11:28 AM May 8th via txt
Britain's hung Parliament. Is it really a House of Commons if the commoners have nothing in common? Will next PM be known as the Hangman? 11:19 AM May 8th via txt
@CurtMonash Mining is transitive. You mine FOR something--for patterns. You don't mine for data. That's just ore. 7:49 AM May 8th via Zune HD
WashPost obit of Ernie Harwell. Mentions he described games w/concision & humor, no attitude or gratuitous boosterism. A rich spacious voice 7:32 PM May 7th via txt
WashPost obit of Ernie Harwell. Mentioned he assigned hometown to every fan catching foul ball. Obit mentions my hometown. Livonia. 7:24 PM May 7th via txt
Oh, late Ernie Harwell had a face. More than disembodied authori-vox on all things Tigers. Even up in UP on vacation, we heard him on WJR! 4:49 PM May 7th via TweetDeck
