"Analysts probe future of client architectures" (http://bit.ly/9EocG4) JK--I'm already anticipating post-iPad era. Next year? @Dana_Gardner about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
Taking great, albeit delayed (due to my postponements) briefing from #Attensity on follow-up from their recent #Biz360 acquisition. about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
Taking great #Oracle briefing on #Exadata adoption. about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
Web is a universal overgrown grove. So much low-hanging fruit, where information's concerned. Social media is lovely new garden of delights. about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
PowerFlex. It's essentially class calisthenics with weights and music. If you do heavyweight mental calisthenics during day, it's no sweat! about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
My #TDWI webinar in late July: Key use cases: autom recomm optz'n in multichan e-comm; dyn cust exp optz'n; &r-t supp chain wkflo optz'n about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
My #TDWI webinar in late July: Emerging best practices: EDW integ analytic & trans apps w/ MPP, hybrid storage, & dynamic mixed-wkld mgt about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
My #TDWI webinar in late July: Vision: Agile business processes are driving the evolution of the EDW into an analytic application server. about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
My #TDWI webinar in late July: Problem: Traditional DWs not optimal for real-time analytics-driven transactions in the new online economy. about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
Topic for my #TDWI webinar in late July: Mixing Advanced Analytics & Transactional Workloads: The New Generation of Agile Data Warehouses about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
Yeah U can crawl best current IT analysis via Google search. But U don't do it 24x7 or do constant client engage re industry best practices. about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Ramble On by Led Zeppelin #KEXP: JK--Hmm. '69. Zep & Tull were not dissimilar in beginning. Brit folky hard rock. about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Let's Get Lost by Beck and Bat For Lashes #KEXP: JK--Another great new Beck collab. Also check out him & C. Gainsbourg. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Scientists create artificial mini 'black hole'" (http://bit.ly/crG0g0) JK--So did BP. We don't need another one right now. about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
Just did #Forrester client inquiry on analytics trends & best practices. Client seeing video analytics uptake in insurance claims processing about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
Twitter's a never-ending Mystery Science Theater 3000. No shortage of bad old plots rescreened for our fresh barbs & over-ripe tomatoes. about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Steve Jobs Says iPad-Like Tablets will Replace PCs" (http://bit.ly/9dQvWV) JK--Sure. I love touching computer screens with my oily fingers. about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Tech bullies: Tech pioneers gone bad" (http://bit.ly/a9jIAc) JK--Well, not "bad" or "evil," just too successful and/or controversial. about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Ballmer Says Apple's iPad Is Just A PC At Heart" (http://bit.ly/8ZRNuo) JK--Yes, and a PC's just a mainframe at heart, right Steve? about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Facebook 'likejacking' attacks continue with flesh appeal" (http://bit.ly/aST9EM): JK--Shocking or funny, depending on your POV. about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
Twitter, Facebook & Western Civilization's decline (http://bit.ly/9J09s2): JK--What exactly is "western" & how "declining"? Article useless about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
Only 4 more days to view #Greenplum webinar, "Data Analytics & Cloud Computing," me & @frankgillett (http://bit.ly/a3TrxU). about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
Anybody notice that all the "cloud" coverage is starting to dissipate into the background of IT discussions. Like an actual cloud. Vaporous about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam #KEXP: JK--Yoakam's one of fave country traditionalists. Man can sing! about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Lullabys, Legends & Lies by My Morning Jacket #KEXP: JK--Shel Silverstein cover by one of today's greatest groups. about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck
"Social media" = "user-generated content." Generate something interesting if U really want social media "brand." Don't just follow. about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck
Yeah, President of United States is supposed to have some sort of special adviser for plugging undersea oil gushers. Al Qaeda involved? about 23 hours ago via txt
Rain attenuation apparently downed satellite video signal. Fortunately, Mariah Carey "Obsessed" video-disc still playing on Bally's overhead about 24 hours ago via txt
Research shows voice-mimicry-adept animals (eg, parrots, humans) have acute beat- & music-sensitivity. Music helps me absorb & produce text. about 24 hours ago via txt
Social intelligence? Haha--geeks' revenge! Domain of human wisdom in which were always said 2 B hopeless. Now it's analytics domain we rule! about 24 hours ago via txt
Developing abstract for webinar I'll do with #TDWI and a major info mgt solution vendor in late July. More details later. Stay tuned. 3:03 PM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Derek Miers & I are tuning/tweaking "Transform Biz Processes Thru Analytics" session @ #Forrester #ITF10 EMEA. Slightly diff from US session 3:01 PM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Pith and gist. That's what twittering delivers if nothing else. Also sounds like bunch of cats hissing at each other. Which it can resemble! 2:58 PM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Not sure my aggregate lifetime tweet-liography (since Mar 2009) counts all that much in final analysis. My punch is in the power of my pith 2:56 PM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Godless by The Dandy Warhols #KEXP: JK--One of those anthemic Dandys songs that always gladdens my heart. 2:52 PM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
I'm thinking of writing a book called "Every Day's Insane." But rather than belabor the obvious, re all of our lives, I probably won't. 2:46 PM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
@PortraitTweet attendees get copy of my #Forrester PA-DM Wave. Will be happy to speak further on this. 11:56 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
RT @Sword_Ciboodle: More CRM news! We’ve partnered w @SASsoftware to deliver real time customer analytics #crm #scrm http://bit.ly/d8hhJF 11:54 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Sorry for audio troubles on #Forrester @PortraitTweet webinar "Emerging Trends in Customer Analytics." Hope you could hear me well enough. 11:53 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Just posted my usual physical "DO NOT DISTURB!!!!" sign on entry to my office area. Will be doing @Portrait webinar starting 11:30am EDT 9:52 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Just posted my usual physical "DO NOT DISTURB!!!!" sign on entry to my office area. Will be doing @PortraitTweet 9:52 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Did #Forrester customer inquiry where "holistic" analytic views (past, present, future) with interactive exploration of the essence. 9:34 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
"Wolfram|Alpha and the future" (http://bit.ly/cVLrJ1) JK--Future? Wolfram|Beta then Wolfram|Production? Better than Wolfram|VagueNotion. 7:50 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Sometimes strange what gets mashed in flash cache in your private stash of trash thoughts. 7:24 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Still waiting 4 supergroup involving Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yeasayer Leo Sayer Kings of Leon Leon Redbone & Mudbone #KEXP 7:23 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Doing webinar today, "Emerging Best Practices In Customer Analytics," 1130-12:30 (EDT) w/ Portrait Software. Register: http://bit.ly/d27lqO 7:16 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: The Ellan Vannin Tragedy (feat the Smoke Fairies) by Richard Hawley #KEXP: JK--The most romantic male voice in modern pop. 7:11 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
"Steve Jobs Declares Post-PC Era" (http://bit.ly/bOFfT0) JK--He has a point, but vendors' visions tend to coincide with vested interests 7:06 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
"MSFT's Ozzie Says PC Is Razor, Services R Blades" (http://bit.ly/bHqW9h) JK--Story dateline says 2010. But feels like Microsoft circa 2000. 7:01 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
No, universities I graduated from 25-30 years ago, I am still not interested in donating. What have you done for me lately? 6:53 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Jet lag can be your friend. The disconnection of the body clock from timezones can put your mental frame of ref into a productive place. 6:51 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Microsoft Windows is a calming religion. By that I mean it teaches us to cultivate patience. We patiently wait for the coming of the cursor. 6:47 AM Jun 3rd via TweetDeck
Took #SAS briefing on text analytics today. Very strong. Most impressed by new tools for social media analytics & social network analysis. 11:01 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Took inq re on real-time decisioning 4 customer interaction channels. Will soon publish #Forrester Wave on cust svc sw platforms w/ @waband 10:57 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Responded to customer inq today re recent #IBM release of #SPSS Decision Mgt v6. Said it's good, but want to see whether ISVs adopt. 10:53 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
What's surreal is: it's post-Memorial Day, oil's gushing uncontrollably into GulfoMex, Mideast turmoil continues---and gas prices dropping!! 10:51 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Separation of Al & Tipper Gore is one of those "you never truly know dynamics of other people's relationships" lessons for us all. 10:48 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Obama beset by crises now. Better than being beset by Christ comparisons. The former is manageable. The latter is insane burden. 10:47 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
When will Twitter give option to filter & prioritize "I'm following you" msgs by quality of followers (e.g., most often retweeted)? 10:44 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
When will Twitter give option to auto-post all tweets to my blog, individually or in scheduled batches? Right now I scrape aweekstweets. 10:42 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
NBA. Not just a pro sports league. It's the killer app for embedded predictive models, in support of process agility. Next Best Action. 10:38 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Just caught "Letters to Juliet." Slim doe-eyed young blonde beauty Amanda Seyfried once again makes putting physical pen to paper look sexy. 8:42 PM Jun 2nd via txt
I like Franconia because like Livonia it's been home. A plot all our own. A base from which to roam. 4:59 PM Jun 2nd via txt
I like Salt Lake City because I'm a non-believer. Their history & monuments mean nothing to me. Those mountains mock human mythologies. 4:54 PM Jun 2nd via txt
I like Madison because it's isthmus. Like much larger lakes to east, Mendota & Monona remind you of childhood swimming holes. And then some. 4:52 PM Jun 2nd via txt
I like Detroit because the Great Lakes are short drive away. You don't have to like Detroit. Just Michigan driving. And arriving. 4:48 PM Jun 2nd via txt
I like San Francisco Bay Area for its incredibly competitive venture culture, with some of hungriest future pushers. The hills are cool too. 4:46 PM Jun 2nd via txt
RT @KenyonBlunt:Retention models ID customers most likely to leave. http://bit.ly/93gdKF: JK--Aka "churn models"--core of customer analytics 4:28 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Complex event processing. Try, as one person, organizing multiple loosely related presos at multiple events simultaneously. Not easy. 4:24 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
"Teradata Quiet on Plans for Database Virtualization Vendor xkoto (http://bit.ly/bxbxvz) JK--eWeek interviewed yours truly for comment. 12:01 PM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
#Forrester customer expressed concern re #SAP discontinuing #Sybase CEP products. I said don't worry: that's key Sybase tech for SAP 11:53 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Sideshow By The Seashore by Luna #KEXP: JK--The twisty-twangy guitar riff to this song will transport you to the seashore. 11:37 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Forrester's IT Forum EMEA 2010, Lisbon (http://bit.ly/9s5G3W) JK--See you there next week! 11:08 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
"Quit Facebook Day was a Success Even as it Flopped" (http://bit.ly/dlaEGL) JK--Should have been called "Get an Actual Social Life" Day 10:49 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Taking detailed briefing from #SAS on their text analytics offerings and directions. 9:22 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Brian Prince of eWeek interviewed me re (this was news to me) #Teradata acquiring #Xkoto a few weeks ago. I mused on possible significance. 8:48 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Dream Baby by Roy Orbison #KEXP: JK--Perfect sing-along if wish to make fool of self trying to out-sing the venerable Roy 8:39 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
In waiting rooms, I'm happier tweeting than reading. Producing new thoughts makes time pass quickly. 7:01 AM Jun 2nd via txt
RT @kexpplaylist: Librarian by My Morning Jacket #KEXP: JK--One of my favorite love songs of all time. 6:43 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Webinar on customer analytics, tomorrow, 11:30am-12:30pm (eastern), me & Portrait Software, register here: http://bit.ly/d27lqO. Come all! 6:42 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Caught "Iron Man 2." Solid cinema franchise. Downey a reliably fun & funny superhero with the right note of Marvel wise-cracking. 6:35 AM Jun 2nd via TweetDeck
Watching coming distractions before "Iron Man 2." Downey's been clean for how many years now? 7:17 PM Jun 1st via txt
May or may not see "Iron Man 2" tonight. Wife's lobbying for some new Queen Latifah film. 4:12 PM Jun 1st via txt
I've noticed that humidity pervades so many circadian rhythms, almost as many as light does. Ambient temperature doesn't feel as fundamental 4:11 PM Jun 1st via txt
Will speak later this month at #Netezza Enzee Universe on social netwk analysis. Fact that DW pros want 2 hear this shows market shift. 4:08 PM Jun 1st via txt
Developing expanded EDW evolution frmwk in chats with many #Forrester clients. In many data mgt progs, EDW pivotal but not differentiating. 4:06 PM Jun 1st via txt
Took inq today from #Forrester enterprise customer looking to consol geogs to centrlzd EDW on shared svcs model. Build ROI calc to sell idea 4:03 PM Jun 1st via txt
If you want to learn something new, #Forrester #ITF10 is place to be. Nothing's bleeding edgy. Everything's emerging best practices. 4:00 PM Jun 1st via txt
Per my webinar Thurs w/ #Portrait, case studies abound for agile pred customer-facing processes. Also see my #ITF10 SNA telco case study. 3:57 PM Jun 1st via txt
What do you do with an agile predictive process platform? Reduce churn & drive customer retention & growth across all channels. 3:54 PM Jun 1st via txt
Per last week at #Forrester #ITF10, the "3 Bs" have converged into agile predictive process platform. Next best actions everywhere & always. 3:51 PM Jun 1st via txt
Process pros want to hear new approaches leveraging analytics. #Forrester clients can see me & chat next week at #ITF10 in Lisbon. 3:48 PM Jun 1st via txt
Got great feedback on social ntwk analysis discussions, both solo & panel, at last week's #ITF10. Inline predictive process optimization. 3:45 PM Jun 1st via txt
Talking to #Kalido & #Teradata re their partnership in DW 2:08 PM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
Interviewed by Jeff Kelly of TechTarget Searchdatamanagement.com re implications of SAP-Sybase deal for DW market. 11:10 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
Got Twitter "I'm following U" msg from actor who curses in most tweets. Nope, not following U. Yep I'm THE JAMES KOBIELUS, you're welcome! 9:28 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
RT @bob_sutor: Strange phrase: "Downloads are up, but uploads are down" JK--Wonderful phrase! 7:03 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
Smiling too hard, like frowning too hard, is bad for you. Feel the tension in your facial muscles. Feel the comfort of a slack expression. 7:00 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
The Onion: "New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh...Forget It" (http://onion.com/bEg7zz) JK--This one had me doubling over. 6:57 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
"The Next Apple TV: Apps on the Big Screen?" (http://bit.ly/adJEwy) JK--Plain ol' TV bores me these days. I'm not holding my breath for IPTV 6:53 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
"The History of 3D Movies and 3D TV (http://bit.ly/d2OSoN) JK--3D is overrated. Modernism revolted against Renaissance perspective. 6:50 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
"Berners-Lee explains 'linked open data' idea" (http://bit.ly/dAcKD4) JK--Desperate renaming of "semantic Web"? Speaking of moribund dreams 6:43 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
@FayeMerrideth Movie was OK (http://bit.ly/b8PYgn). Snacks were just a couple of scones from Panera. They were OK too. 6:37 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck in reply to FayeMerrideth
SOA isn't dead. But it's moribund as a banner theme for vendors or consultants to differentiate themselves. 6:36 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
Saw "Prince of Persia." Swords & sandals, daggers & damsels, murder & mythology, kingdoms & comeuppances...you get the picture, or not. 10:18 PM May 31st via txt
Preparing to see "Prince of Persia" at the multiplex. Preparing not to pay the price of popcorn at the multiplex. Smuggling own snacks in. 7:50 PM May 31st via txt
Almost as quaint as leisure class is notion of leisure time. We're so damn productive because our minds can't confine work to its proper box 7:45 PM May 31st via txt
RT @kexpplaylist: Only An Expert by Laurie Anderson #KEXP: JK--Great new one by pleasant-sounding speak-singer who married speak-singer. 5:08 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
I'm detecting disturbing trend. Apparently popular rock guitarists are dying who I never heard of until I read their obituaries. 5:05 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
Living a "tech-free life" is tantamount to a "career-free life" for many people, such as self, who work in tech industries. Tough balance. 4:46 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
Just saw trillionth article speculating cellphones cause cancer but saying research inconclusive. Must be true, though. So much buzz!!!!! 4:28 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
Enjoyed schmoozin' with @SimonYates at #Forrester #ITF10. He & I go way back, to 2003. Go way forward with us: next week at #itfE10 Lisboa! 4:04 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
@forrester: #itfe10 is next week in Lisbon! Read @SimonYates' Q&A with me on #BI's role in business technology (BT:) http://bit.ly/catuql. 3:42 PM May 31st via TweetDeck in reply to forrester
Longtime Nat'l Mall memorial for DC's WW1 vets should be rededicated to all fallen US service personnel from all 20th Century foreign wars. 1:52 PM May 31st via txt
Parade rates downtown Detroit's nxt-door-neighbor Lafayette & American Coney Isl hotdogs best. My rating: best if U enjoy indigestion & gas. 1:46 PM May 31st via txt
Bottom line on BP ongoing oil ooze: will take years to restore white sandy beaches to that color. For oil industry, this like 3 Mile Island 11:24 AM May 31st via txt
Folks longing 4 "tech-free" life should free from thinking tech = burden. Is your tech-intensive phone a burden? Your TV? It's a comfort too 11:18 AM May 31st via txt
Doing webinar this week on pred customer analytics with #Portrait. Customer lifetime value is key metric. Boost lift from all interactions. 11:11 AM May 31st via txt
#KEXP DJ Riz had best comment ever about TV talkshow host Wendy Williams, who cracks me up. Mute & watch her mannerisms. Muppet Miss Piggy. 11:06 AM May 31st via txt
Subtle shift underway in #DW mkt. More users exploring hybrid prem/SaaS deploys. Prem-based DW as source for SaaS DW, powering self-svc #BI 11:02 AM May 31st via txt
Social netwk analysis. Discussed with #Forrester customers in many 1:1 contexts at #ITF10. Behavioral, influencer, graph analysis. New lingo 10:56 AM May 31st via txt
Calculating ROI re listen & engage customers via social media? Biz case driven by mere anecdote? Suggest focus on customer lifetime value. 10:52 AM May 31st via txt
Tracking popular chatter re all things social. Sense massive Facebook fatigue. Privacy freakout just symptom. Root cause = lives unbalanced 10:46 AM May 31st via txt
#Forrester client inquiries demand (at least for me) physical pen & paper to sketch their problem + my recommendation. Keep me + us focused. 10:40 AM May 31st via txt
#Forrester client inquiries demand ability 2 mine & synthesize all yr own + other analysts' rsch in hurry. Bring others into it if need be. 10:37 AM May 31st via txt
#Forrester client inquiries demand constant eye on clock. Intros, discovery, narrowng, initial advice, fdbak, tuned advce, outro, boom, done 10:19 AM May 31st via txt
#Forrester client inquiries demand mental agility. Deliver crisp advice in half hour. Comes to us with vast problem space. Narrow it down 10:11 AM May 31st via txt
Oil's still spilling, Koreans on razor's edge. At least we had pleasant weather today & headache's subsided. Take comfort where U can get it 9:47 PM May 30th via txt
Watching "Mr. Roberts" tonight on TCM. I could not have programmed a happier coincidence. Have a good relaxing Memorial Day. 7:06 PM May 30th via txt
Burning mad re Virginia state atty genl (TParty) ideology-driven try to chill academic free inq into global warming via bogus fraud claims 7:00 PM May 30th via txt
My wife is up in a higher row. We couldn't find 2 seats together. 10:27 PM May 29th via txt
Watching Sex & the City 2. An embarrassing female fashion fantasy indulgence. Lacks any semblance of irony. Yawner of a chick flick. 10:21 PM May 29th via txt
Starting to doubt "celebrities die in 3s" jazz. Term "celebrity" doesn't seem to apply to Art Linkletter, Gary Coleman, or Dennis Hopper. 7:24 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
I noticed a lot of construction projects in Las Vegas. Didn't see a lot of construction actually going on, though. Suspect many in limbo. 7:21 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
RIP Dennis Hopper. Was, like J. Dean, in "Rebel Without a Cause" & "Giant." Was, unlike Dean, blessed with long life & career. Just as edgy 7:16 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
Nice to be home and, dare I say it, have some humidity on my skin. I was starting to get dry & crinkly from that parched desert. Parchment? 5:00 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
