Aweekstweets Aug 6-22 2010: dossemanas vacacion y ocupacion

Finding that I often wait a day or three now to read my physical paper. Only sporadically watch TV news. Web keeps me informed enough. 2 minutes ago via TweetDeck

Enjoyed "The Lottery Ticket" with Bow Wow & Ice Cube. Not hugely surprising, but moves along nicely and good performances. 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

Enjoyed "The Switch" with Jennifer Aniston & Jason Bateman. Surprising depth, subtle characterizations, blend of comedy & drama. 5 minutes ago via TweetDeck

That was one seriously comprehensive, forward-looking, & useful briefing from #IBM on their Big Insights #Hadoop offerings & roadmap about 19 hours ago via TweetDeck

When you say "Hallmark-y" very fast, it sounds a lot like "hokey." Which is in fact what it means. about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck

@LoudyOutLoud All of which assumes that you love yourself enough to be so bold. about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to LoudyOutLoud

Wrestling Big Data a bit like grappling with big boulder. To give Big Data that old alley-oop, hoist it with Hadoop. Ah yes, marketing copy about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck

Taking a #Hadoop briefing from #IBM at the top of the hour. about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck

Correction: Our LIFE is Not a Movie or Maybe. I blame Cheryl for mis-typing in the real-time playlist. But no hard feelings. I luv her #kexp about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp: Our Live Is Not A Movie Or Maybe by Okkervil River from The Stage Names JK--Awesome lyric & over-the-top delivery! about 20 hours ago via TweetDeck

Doing final tweaks on #Forrester #DW appliance TEI ROI model for publishing this quarter. about 22 hours ago via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp: Look Through Any Window by The Hollies from the album Classic Masters JK--Takes me back to 3rd grade. about 22 hours ago via TweetDeck

#SoftwareAG has some social network analysis features in conjunction with or integrated with ARIS PPM. I'll drill 4 more details separately about 22 hours ago via TweetDeck

On #SoftwareAG briefing call with @StefanRied @mgualtieri where vendor discussing CEP offerings and acquisition of RTM this past spring. about 22 hours ago via TweetDeck

#SoftwareAG The webMethods acq has driven most of their recent growth. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

Tuning and tweaking my slides for the upcoming webinar on Tues Aug 31 with #SAP #Sybase & #FuzzyLogix. In-db analytics. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

Big turnout expected for my webinar on #SocialBI next Wed, Aug 25, 11am (EDT) with #TIBCO #Spotfire. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

Looking forward to refresher update briefing from Software AG. Starts a few minutes from now. Me & other #Forrester analysts about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

@ggruber66 Sure. Johnny made me laugh, but after while I could see that his heart wasn't in his show. He was counting down to retirement. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to ggruber66

Long familiarity with the W3C "semantic web" initiative hasn't translated to rich interoperability experiences in data mgt world. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

I've been calliing for the BI, EII, data federation, data virtualization market to get behind open semantic standards for years. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

"First International Workshop on Semantic Repositories for the Web" (http://bit.ly/boLvVX) JK--Federate them. Drive them into your BI/EII about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

Longevity and long-familiarity are virtues. But doesn't necessarily mean all those years or familiarity were rewarded with rich experiences. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

Still have trouble with people lionizing Johnny Carson as some supposed master of comedy. I recall how often he muffed joke. Skits were lame about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

One of the things I like about printouts is that they're virtually more "glass" viewing surface area when my clients' displays all full up. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

"All Email is Spam" (http://bit.ly/bk3TtZ) JK--Zeitgeist turning toward stigmatizing a medium that most of us still consider indispensable? about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

Love the new Cee-Lo Green solo soul song "Georgia." Classy brassy voice with the nimble articulation of a woodwind. Swing dude! 1,282,308,484,000.00 via TweetDeck

Usually, the advice I give others (and myself) about any new communication channel is "be yourself." That's the least awkward policy. 1,282,307,014,000.00 via TweetDeck

Figuring out how Yammer (i.e., social medium) fits into my internal #Forrester communication style. 1,282,306,959,000.00 via TweetDeck

There. That's more like it. Laptop migration doesn't have to mean change how I operate, app-wise. 1,282,306,362,000.00 via TweetDeck

Setting up my new laptop's desktop to mimic my old laptop's as closely as make sense. Don't want any cognitive dissonance. 1,282,305,733,000.00 via TweetDeck

Why do they call them movie "trailers"? They come before, not after, the feature presentation. Should call them "headers." 1,282,266,131,000.00 via txt

Let's see what the analysts physically at the #SAPSybase event were able 2 glean. Remotely, nothing new was apparent. 1,282,251,657,000.00 via txt

Like 2 think existential pretzel of my life is inevitable result of endless twisting 2 lay down failsafes 2 maintain multilevel continuity. 1,282,251,376,000.00 via txt

If U saw all tech & proc failsafes I engineered into my workday today 2 ensure continuity amid sys changeover, you'd B as exhausted as me. 1,282,251,039,000.00 via txt

Can't believe just spent hour breathing life into Web 3.0 concept. It's like a Mylar balloon waiting 4 fresh supply of helium. 1,282,250,477,000.00 via txt

Sonya's seen "Eat Pray Love" several times. I told her how Bali's beauty, natural & cultural, is no exaggeration. Intend 2 go back soon. 1,282,250,282,000.00 via txt

#Kapow Stefan Andreasen discusses Web 3.0 apps: dynamically automate extraction, processing, & delivery of process-relevant Web biz content 1,282,247,112,000.00 via TweetDeck

#DMRadio #ThomsonReuters talking now about Web 3.0 enabling content findability & interoperability in enterprise info mgt systems. 1,282,246,313,000.00 via TweetDeck

@drnatalie #DMradio Tune in here: http://bit.ly/wHa0T 1,282,246,191,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to drnatalie

#Bloor talking now on #DMRadio. Talking about scale of new Web content. Keying on semantic search to drill & zero on content by concept. 1,282,245,553,000.00 via TweetDeck

Web 3.0 #DMRadio now! #Forrester #Bloor #Kapow #ThomsonReuters #web #tech #social #scrm; JK retags all so U don't have to! 1,282,245,444,000.00 via TweetDeck

#DMradio On panel. Web 3.0. What the ....? What is it? Hype? Substance? Social? Semantic? SOA? something else beginning with the letter "S"? 1,282,244,626,000.00 via TweetDeck

Dog days are over. But they aren't. The humidity holds the heat. Been an action-packed summer so far. Still have more than a month left. 1,282,242,433,000.00 via TweetDeck

Delivered #Forrester teleconference on next-gen #EDW with mixed workload mgt. My replacement laptop arrived just in time. Works. Whew! 1,282,241,914,000.00 via TweetDeck

At press confs, don't care WHO asks the Q's as long as YOURS TRULY gets A's. I'll feed peers Qs if necessary. That's "social" analyst @ work 1,282,234,015,000.00 via TweetDeck

Getting ready for my 1pm #Forrester teleconf on mixed workloads in EDW. Then for my 3pm #DMradio on semantic web/Web 3.0. 1,282,232,980,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @marksmithvr: #SAPSybase Q&A Complete - Will Review Announcements - Not Much New News - On Track 4 Integrated Products. JK--Good summary 1,282,232,885,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @msnbc_tech: Shy sloth slow 2 have sex http://bit.ly/cM0zA9 JK--Surprising. What I mean: surprised there may be species of bold sloths. 1,282,232,734,000.00 via TweetDeck

@bitterer #SAPSybase Not technically true. I once saw Jethro Tull Inc.'s CEO flaut his fluting skills on stage at Cobo conf in Detroit. 1,282,231,167,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to bitterer

@marksmithvr #SAPSybase How about simply choosing randomly among analysts/press that have submitted question or have hand raised? 1,282,230,657,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to marksmithvr

#SAPSybase finally starts the Q&A. 1,282,230,444,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPSybase Just had a thought. Converged SAP/Sybase should respond to all virtual questions via acquisition-specific FAQ-like Facebook page 1,282,230,404,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPSybase I submitted all my questions through the proper channel. I haven't heard them answer anybody's questions. 13 minutes left in conf 1,282,230,192,000.00 via TweetDeck

@biz_mobility #sapsybase What I'm questioning is notion of a "typical" Silicon Valley acquisition. Every big acquirer has diff style. 1,282,229,807,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to biz_mobility

@jbartolo17 In other words, I'm seeding questions for the community of analysts and others to submit, discuss, etc. I'm a "social" analyst 1,282,229,217,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to jbartolo17

@jbartolo17 I know. I'm queuing up a list to submit that way. Or for other analysts to submit. Whatever gets a response on this session. 1,282,229,083,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to jbartolo17

#SAPSybase Among things I want 2 know. Will #SAP #Sybase evolve BW/BWA/IQ/etc into a formidable rival to #Oracle #Exadata & #Netezza? 1,282,229,045,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPSybase Among things I want 2 know. Will #SAP #Sybase #BusinessObjects move aggressively into #Hadoop for cloud DW & analytics? 1,282,228,966,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPSybase Among things I want to know: How will #SAP #Sybase integrate the #BusinessObjects text analytics portfolio into IQ evolution? 1,282,228,897,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPSybase Among things I want 2 know. Will #SAP #Sybase & #BusinessObjects ramp up in-db analytics in BW/IQ, and acquire adv analytics vdr? 1,282,228,796,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPSybase Among things I want to know. Will BW/BWA be optimized for tight integration with IQ-based petabyte-scale MPP DW appliance? 1,282,228,705,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @bevelson: Forrester analysts at #sapsybase, ...please ask (and tweet) if SybaseIQ & TRex columnar dbms will come together at some point 1,282,228,637,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPSybase General product directions on converged mobile, analytic, in-memory, & app/db integration. But no specifically new details. 1,282,228,575,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPsybase We're already a half-hour into this call and I haven't heard one piece of actually new news. Come on! 1,282,228,314,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAP & #Sybase have info mgt overlaps. Let's hear more details on convergence. #SAPSybase 1,282,228,164,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAP continuing #Sybase product roadmaps #SAPSybase says McD, but I'd like to hear a combined roadmap. 1,282,228,059,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPSybase McD says "This is not your typical Silicon Valley acquisition." What exactly is "typical"? 1,282,227,996,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPsybase McDermott says SAP will keep Sybase a "separate company." Curious whether and/or how it'll be treated diff from Business Objects. 1,282,227,914,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPsybase McDermott just repeating themes from the acq & SAPPHIRE announcements. Waiting for roadmap. 1,282,227,823,000.00 via TweetDeck

@CurtMonash Actually, YOU brought it up. Follow the tweet chain backward and see. 1,282,227,773,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

#SAPsybase Data doubling in size every 18 months? Where'd that stat come from? Sounds like Moore's law. Law of More & More & More Data!!!!!! 1,282,227,708,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPsybase starting now. Chief themes mobility, analytics, and information management. 1,282,227,467,000.00 via TweetDeck

Register for #Forrester #Empowered @TedSchadler "Webinar: What Empowered Means For IT" Fri 9-24 11am (EDT) http://bit.ly/9sBTcC 1,282,227,425,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPsybase about to start. Taking notes on reverse side of email invite to this event, per my usual practice. Good to consolidate my notes. 1,282,227,287,000.00 via TweetDeck

@CurtMonash Most of the time I don't worry about whether folks paying 100% attention to anything I say. They're as distracted as I am. 1,282,227,229,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

#SAPsybase Physical presence at announcement event often has too many distractions. Such as presence of other analysts & urge to socialize. 1,282,227,147,000.00 via TweetDeck

@CurtMonash Right, which is why folks tune into folks like you & me for critical vetting of what's likely. 1,282,227,045,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

@CurtMonash Influence is such a multidimensional thing, that I'm inclined to think it's best achieved through cross-channel integration. 1,282,226,888,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

@CurtMonash I'm same way. As in school, prefer 2 have text in hot little hands long in advance, so can focus on hi-quality classroom Q&A. 1,282,226,834,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

@CurtMonash #sapsybase "Knowing" what will be said is a dangerous presupposition. I still always tune in to get confirmation on my hunches. 1,282,226,644,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to CurtMonash

Notion of a "software industry insider" these days is often a matter of "inside their heads." Do they ingest & internalize what U tweet? 1,282,226,570,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @CurtMonash: More great comments on http://bit.ly/azW3pR @vertica is knocking itself out to make the Flash/temp space discussion clear. 1,282,226,429,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SAPSybase By way of perspective, many analysts tweeting live "at" SAPPHIRE were neither in Orlando nor Frankfurt. Gr8 comments nvrthless! 1,282,226,394,000.00 via TweetDeck

Register for #Forrester @TedSchadler "Webinar: What Empowered Means For IT" Fri 9-24 11am (EDT) http://bit.ly/9sBTcC 1,282,225,676,000.00 via TweetDeck

OK, I see. New hashtag 2 use 4 merged companies is #SAPSybase. I'd like 2 C Twitter aggregate searches to this plus #SAP & #Sybase hashtags. 1,282,225,528,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp N.I.T.A. by Young Marble Giants from Colossal Youth JK--Title stands for "nature intended the abstract [4 U & me]" 1,282,225,358,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @InformationWeek: Slideshow:Who Should HP Buy? http://twb.io/abb4XP JK--I'd like to slideshow on how HP should leverage past acqs. 1,282,225,287,000.00 via TweetDeck

Twitter should let us set access controls re which followers may read which tweets containing specific hashtags? i.e, label-based security 1,282,225,197,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @irina_guseva: #OpenText Uses #Nstein Technology to Cook Up Semantic Navigation http://bit.ly/d6pGl5 #ecm JK--To browse a Web of meanings 1,282,224,922,000.00 via TweetDeck

@kitson Actually, they're only coincidentally my initials. They really stand for "just kid [at heart]". 1,282,224,836,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to kitson

RT @cloudera: #Hadoop #HBase capacity planning (http://bit.ly/cwrnU7) JK--Re big cloud data, scale's everything w/ Hadoop. Good guidelines! 1,282,224,772,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @UtneReader: Can obscure music survive digital revolution? http://bit.ly/ahut3p JK--You kidding? Digital online's its new lease on life. 1,282,224,609,000.00 via TweetDeck

#Intel recent strategic acqs in security, gaming, visual computing, embedded device, and machine software. Device-level analytics next? 1,282,224,541,000.00 via TweetDeck

"Intel to Buy McAfee in $7.68 Billion Deal" (http://bit.ly/9WI0eH) (http://bit.ly/a39tvZ) JK--Intel focusing on device-level security. 1,282,224,358,000.00 via TweetDeck

@rwang0 #sapsybase #sap #mobile Follow mine too. Not physically in Boston or Frankfurt, but what's the diff any more? 1,282,224,204,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to rwang0

RT @FINexpert: SAP and Sybase to announce strategy this morning (http://ow.ly/2rPsh) #SAP #SAPSybase JK--Definitely tuning into that. 1,282,224,116,000.00 via TweetDeck

I'll be presenting my Forrester teleconference this afternoon, 1pm EDT: "Mixing Advanced Analytics & Transactional Wklds: Next-Gen Agile DW" 1,282,221,243,000.00 via TweetDeck

It's a music-free office till the FedEx delivery makes it safely into my hands. 1,282,221,164,000.00 via TweetDeck

James Kobielus is quietly losing his mind from frustration with a Fedex delivery person who can't ring a doorbell repeatedly. 1,282,220,783,000.00 via TweetDeck

@mauricioswg I am now on the 4th replay of the entire Florence/Machine LP. It's THAT great! 1,282,186,889,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to mauricioswg

RT @mauricioswg: New music I am currently #hooked on: Best Coast, Titus Andronicus, Scissor Sisters, Foals, Arcade Fire. JK--Awesome tastes! 1,282,186,301,000.00 via TweetDeck

Also excited to be speaking at the Philly chapter of DAMA in mid-November, on new vistas in advanced analytics. 1,282,186,200,000.00 via TweetDeck

Excited to be speaking at an #AsterData event on Big Data in the end of September. More details soon. 1,282,186,168,000.00 via TweetDeck

Does anybody remember Chicago's Skafish? Inane in the extreme. 1,282,186,034,000.00 via TweetDeck

Speaking of other early 80s bands that stunk. IMHO, hardcore Plasmatics were painfully lame. Saw them in NYC club. Made me physically ill. 1,282,185,927,000.00 via TweetDeck

@InterviewAngel Even I'm stumped to name Men Without Hats song other than "Safety Dance." I thought the EP stunk. Sold it right back. 1,282,185,827,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to InterviewAngel

@drnatalie #SCRM You get info from listening platforms into products/svcs through customer-engaged product mgt teams. 1,282,185,462,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to drnatalie

The most interchangeable apps R perfect commodities. Open source, stds, ref fwks, SOA = app commod'zn fundamentals @Dana_Gardner @mikojava 1,282,185,235,000.00 via TweetDeck

"Importance of Being Fungible" (http://bit.ly/cvXRAh) JK--Re fancy-pants locutions, "fungible" = "interchangeable." Latter's meaning clearer 1,282,184,932,000.00 via TweetDeck

"Facebook location service could kill Foursquare" (http://bit.ly/aL2Glv) JK--Bet Foursquare will do fine. Specialized socials have devotees. 1,282,184,737,000.00 via TweetDeck

For the record, I don't own fancy pants. Just boring utilitarian male below-the-beltwear. 1,282,184,457,000.00 via TweetDeck

One of the fun things about Semantic Web is that it's so arcane to most IT people that analysts have free rein for fancy-pants speculations. 1,282,184,360,000.00 via TweetDeck

BTW, trailing dots in headers of Ocean Semantic posts had semantic meaning. Each subsequent post had one extra dot. Why? Numerals R cliches. 1,282,184,210,000.00 via TweetDeck

Social Semantic Web? Per my Ocean Semantic treatise on JK blog, it's social-emergent meaning that's implicit, uncontrolled, probabilistic. 1,282,184,099,000.00 via TweetDeck

Prepping semantic web ideas for #DMradio. See my #Forrester blog from 09 (http://bit.ly/ciM47d) or JK blog from 07 ( http://bit.ly/9eKY2z) 1,282,183,840,000.00 via TweetDeck

Finally bought terrific 2009 debut album by Florence & the Machine. Romantic & passionate. Powerful voice. Barely needs amplification. 1,282,181,432,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @Brett2point0 #TIBCO #Spotfire Has your org. integrated social media data with BI/analytic apps yet? http://bit.ly/asAnI7 1,282,177,526,000.00 via TweetDeck

Oh. Bobby Thomson '51 homer famous cuz took place on US-wide broadcast on new medium called TV. Fine. Pls explain "round the world" angle. 1,282,171,842,000.00 via txt

At a brick&mortar #BestBuy. Staring at box for Wii Fit Plus. Show yoga poses distinct from strength & balance. Not if done right. Wee!!!! 1,282,168,657,000.00 via txt

Hanging. Or habging, which means hanging on every typo. 1,282,167,616,000.00 via txt

#SCRM Listening skills. Listening engine filters & amplifies customer voice. Engagement shows you're actually habging on their every word. 1,282,166,843,000.00 via txt

@drnatalie Customer-company matching grid? Hmmmm.....sounds like an B2C "dating"/rating service....what companies are "my type." Hmmmmmm 1,282,161,425,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to drnatalie

RT @kexpplaylist: #kexp Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney from album Ram JK--Admit it: U singalong to "hands across the water" 1,282,155,968,000.00 via TweetDeck

"Most livable city" analytics. I'm highly suspicious of consumer mags that feel they have it pegged. They slant toward retirement-friendlies 1,282,155,832,000.00 via TweetDeck

"Megacities: Inevitable? Desirable? Urban vs. suburban.." (http://bit.ly/9mFNUP) JK--Fait accompli. Suburbs blurring into inner-urban fabric 1,282,155,730,000.00 via TweetDeck

#Forrester clients may not be able to hear me sigh when they say "we use SAS" as if were single product. Big diversified adv an vdr, folks! 1,282,155,232,000.00 via TweetDeck

Web 2.0. Compliance. SOA. Green. Wasn't it just yesterday these were all the super-hot buzz of the IT industry? 1,282,155,052,000.00 via TweetDeck

Doing #dmradio "Web 3.0: Are We There Yet?" Thurs 8-19 3-4pm EDT. Semantic web in all its raging glory! Register @ http://bit.ly/cRnkXg 1,282,154,690,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Holland, 1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel from In The Aeroplane Over The Sea JK--Full song descriptor feels like microstory 1,282,154,386,000.00 via TweetDeck

@jameskobielus Hint: per that previous tweet....my tweeting style partly leverages the best of "what we're listening to" from old Wired. 1,282,154,176,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to jameskobielus

"Wired Magazine is dead (to me)" (http://bit.ly/bXPauo) JK--Been passe for years, but I did like their "what we're listening to" feature. 1,282,154,128,000.00 via TweetDeck

@jameskobielus #SCRM @drnatalie Not a flip comment. CRM listening skills. Check out #Forrester listening engines rsch: http://bit.ly/bKVSoI 1,282,153,736,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to jameskobielus

@BouncingThots #SCRM @drnatalie Relationship customers wanted? Not easy 2 reduce 2 analytics, unless believe in eHarmony 23 dimensions etc 1,282,150,942,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to BouncingThots

Finished 1st full draft preso for webcast on in-db analytics w/ #SAP #Sybase #FuzzyLogix on 8-31 1pm EDT. Register at http://bit.ly/bqaDNf 1,282,148,766,000.00 via TweetDeck

"Virtualization: Not as simple as it sounds" (http://bit.ly/czajwv) JK--U think it sounds simple? It's opaque veil concealing complexity. 1,282,139,242,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp: Half Light I by Arcade Fire from The Suburbs JK--Far less emphasis on Win Butler voice on this LP. Smoother. Sweeter 1,282,139,036,000.00 via TweetDeck

Missing a day of industry news gives me the same willies as 2nd grade when missed a week of school & had to race to catch up when returned. 1,282,138,918,000.00 via TweetDeck

Did customer inquiry on #BI data mgt strat & ROI/break-even. Pointed to hard $ from consolidations & soft $ from improved decision support. 1,282,138,541,000.00 via TweetDeck

"Five billionth device about to plug into Internet" (http://bit.ly/bU4CgN) JK--Surprised still outnumbered by earth's human population. 1,282,136,384,000.00 via TweetDeck

HP's most recent round of strategic acquisitions indicates they're not putting high priority on building up analytics & data mgt portfolio. 1,282,136,078,000.00 via TweetDeck

"Failure Of The Digital Cafe" (http://bit.ly/9uBlf9) JK--Failure? No. Just recognize that many Americans R most at home when alone in crowds 1,282,135,106,000.00 via TweetDeck

Part of the reason I play music throughout the work day is to shift psychic load off visuals, which tend to dominate in computing session. 1,282,133,719,000.00 via TweetDeck

OK, now I got it. My eyesight has not deteriorated in past 3 weeks, but laptop display has. Glad replacement is due today. Driving me batty. 1,282,133,317,000.00 via TweetDeck

How heavily should I weight SaaS/cloud option in #Forrester #EDW #Wave ? Jury in my head is still deliberating? Hasn't prejudged the case. 1,282,083,659,000.00 via txt

Shatner's always had odd intensity, coming out as grandiose hambonery or gripping charact'zn. Always had chops 2 outlast prettyboy youth. 1,282,082,398,000.00 via txt

Blagojevich convicted on only one count: making false statements. Hung jury on the other 9 commandments. 1,282,082,270,000.00 via txt

#SocialBI. Do experiment. Advance-crowdsource forecst of nxt-qtr company financials by random survey of external stkholdrs. How predictive? 1,282,080,164,000.00 via txt

Social media ain't email. Your discussions R broadcast 4 world 2 C & replay in perpetuity. Imagine yu're ensemble performing on primetime TV 1,282,078,940,000.00 via txt

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp: Burden Of Tomorrow by The Tallest Man On Earth from The Wild Hunt JK--Swedish, but feels Texan. Should team w/Lyle L 1,282,070,726,000.00 via TweetDeck

"Leading Industry Analyst to Host TIBCO Spotfire Webinar on BI in Cloud"(http://yhoo.it/asHA5y) JK--Prefer when it's all about me me me. ;-) 1,282,068,914,000.00 via TweetDeck

@drnatalie #Communities #SCRM #customerservice Yep. Test of cust svc mettle is ability 2 handle nastiness w/ equanimity--not more nastiness. 1,282,068,225,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to drnatalie

@Jon_Ferrara First principle of elevator pitches: make sure you get off on the correct floor. Don't overstay your welcome on way up or down. 1,282,067,945,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to Jon_Ferrara

@markmadsen What R Netflix analytics principles? Netflix challenge was all predictive. Deployment process-embed. Contest was [cough!] social 1,282,067,853,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to markmadsen

Did dry run for next week's #TIBCO #Spotfire webinar on #SocialBI in cloud. Wed 8-25 11am EDT. Register here: http://bit.ly/bDbuTf 1,282,067,536,000.00 via TweetDeck

How to influence influencers who influence enterprises to sign up with one or another--or multiple--IT analyst firms? [strokes chin]. Hmmm?! 1,282,062,240,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Burning Hell by Tom Jones from the album Praise & Blame JK--Great new singing talent. You heard of him? 1,282,060,784,000.00 via TweetDeck

@dragonsowl Yikes! Just what we need: North Korea wanting to be our friend. 1,282,056,875,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to dragonsowl

@RobertsPaige I just comment on 'em as they pass brieflly between my ears. Beyond that, no specific cultural agenda: hi, low, or mid-brow. 1,282,056,836,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to RobertsPaige

@Peter_ebizQ #bi No. "BI" is not a requirement for an organization. Smart decisions are a requirement. BI is only an enabler. 1,282,054,378,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to Peter_ebizQ

My physical workpiles are in fact a ledger sheet--or fulcrum. My delivered work products (assets) on left. My to-dos (liabilities) on right. 1,282,053,916,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp: Plan A by Dandy Warhols from Welcome 2 Monkey House JK--Great song always has me chanting "All of us sing about it" 1,282,053,815,000.00 via TweetDeck

In the great interpersonal ledger sheet in the sky, all our kept promises are assets & our reneged promises liabilities. 1,282,053,728,000.00 via TweetDeck

#CRM cust svc. My vacation last week underlined key point: having to nag hospitality operation to deliver on their promises is anti-service. 1,282,053,652,000.00 via TweetDeck

The younger generation doesn't fully grasp the concept of misusing social media: airing interpersonals that may come back to bite them hard. 1,282,052,736,000.00 via TweetDeck

Would be great if English adopted Spanish upside-down question mark but only put it at end of sentence & limited to rhetorical questions. 1,282,047,720,000.00 via TweetDeck

Reading local newspapers' online editions more & more. Nieed quicker updates than daily paper delivery. "Extr-y extr-y read all about it!" 1,282,047,060,000.00 via TweetDeck

"North Korea Jumps Onto Twitter" (http://bit.ly/bPYyC9) JK--Propaganda potential minimal. Nothing but pointers to Korean-language webpages. 1,282,046,800,000.00 via TweetDeck

Does anybody else get tired of vendor vilification in trade press. These headlines are ridiculous. One vendor being compared to Darth Vader. 1,282,046,611,000.00 via TweetDeck

Folks tend to pigeonhole me with my first coverage area. At ICIT, was smart cards; Burton Group, msging; Curr Analyss, BI; Forrester, DW. 1,282,046,481,000.00 via TweetDeck

Yes, I incorporated cloud/SaaS into #Forrester #EDW Wave 2 years ago & in current. Need growing, but still not mainstream mature approach. 1,282,046,231,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp My Phone's On Vibrate For You by Rufus Wainwright from the album Want One JK--Plaintive plaintive. Great song title. 1,282,046,053,000.00 via TweetDeck

Analytics vs. intuition? Bogus distinction. You need to cultivate intuition regarding which analytics are best suited to the problem at hand 1,282,045,996,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp And I Love Her by The Beatles from the album A Hard Day's Night [2009 Stereo Remaster] JK--A romantic melodic gem. 1,282,045,932,000.00 via TweetDeck

Integrating social media into enterprise collab strategies reminds of 1st time used email for biz. At first felt clumsy, then indispensable. 1,282,045,588,000.00 via TweetDeck

Wouild be great if TweetDeck had enterprise edition that allowed us to select our private company Yammers to post to, and works with our VPN 1,282,045,453,000.00 via TweetDeck

Your best soc media mktg campaign should revolve around pitching something substantially innovative--lest the snark-filled seas eat U alive. 1,282,007,074,000.00 via txt

Industry analysts have far more than social media in our influence arsenals: e.g., being quoted often by press. Bites have amazing potency. 1,282,004,593,000.00 via txt

Optimizing "decisions" sorta like tweaking OSI Layer 4. Decisions R plumbing thru which human insight finds clear channel 2 action & results 1,282,002,627,000.00 via txt

Listening to title track from Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds." So obviously not the "Beach Boys." Brian channeling Henry Mancini's most cinematic. 1,282,002,290,000.00 via txt

What drives biz process optimization? Empowered humans leveraging mighty muscles of agile social analytics & orchestration. The action stack 1,282,002,070,000.00 via txt

Can U imagine what proverbial skeletons the Kim family has buried across North Korean landscape? In crystal-clear brainwash pure plain sight 1,282,000,317,000.00 via txt

Paris Hilton is attempting a comeback. How do I know? Heard her name mentioned twice today non-cynically. Someone spreading fresh buzz. 1,281,999,523,000.00 via txt

@spolsky I'm sure they get even more defensive when you relegate their countries to a 3rd-tier status among the world's nations. 1,281,989,896,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to spolsky

Taking excellent update briefing from #Denodo Technologies. 1,281,988,694,000.00 via TweetDeck

Wow! Plowed through my post-vacation workpile with ferocious intensity. No--I didn't actually respond to it all. But I plowed through it! 1,281,987,033,000.00 via TweetDeck

@johnrrymer @mgualtieri #Forrester "Action mgt" appeals 2 me more than "decision mgt." Analytics/rules drives decisions, which drives action 1,281,986,485,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to johnrrymer

Joined #Forrester #Yammer network. Like 2 think of it as "Inner Twitter." Jimmy, no! Take that back! Hope Twitter doesn't sic lawyers on me. 1,281,986,071,000.00 via TweetDeck

#SocialBI. As very social BI industry analyst, I'd be doing disservice if this were my only channel. Like 2 think I'm also good in person. 1,281,985,537,000.00 via TweetDeck

Social BI is inherently multichannel. People socialize best analyses through every available channel. No one collaborative forum can suffice 1,281,985,363,000.00 via TweetDeck

#TIBCO #Spotfire has begun a series of TWTpolls on #SocialBI in promo of my 8/25 webcast with them. See http://bit.ly/bnVrdq 1,281,984,548,000.00 via TweetDeck

Typical day of #forrester customer inquiries. The topics? Commercial DW solutions. Oracle Exadata v2. SAS./STAT. #SocialBI. Vacation over. 1,281,984,462,000.00 via TweetDeck

Chatting with #Forrester colleagues @johnrrymer & @mgualtieri about decision management. 1,281,978,481,000.00 via TweetDeck

@RobertsPaige I guess (apparently Star Trek ref). I'd make same statement re people who don't understand my music references. 1,281,974,559,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to RobertsPaige

#EDW supporting "360-degree customer view." Clearly, the very terminology hints at potential for privacy compromises. Need strong safeguards 1,281,974,087,000.00 via TweetDeck

I saw "Borg-like assimilation" in a press headline re a vendor acq. What's this "Borg" thingy? It's not tennis champion Bjorn Borg, I assume 1,281,973,842,000.00 via TweetDeck

What exactly is a "contrarian" anyway? Someone who thinks for self and applies critical analysis to everything? Hopefully, that's everybody. 1,281,973,733,000.00 via TweetDeck

"CRM and BI Get Smarter with Analytics" (http://bit.ly/dkgPqq) JK--Yours truly interviewed. Discussed #forrester #CRM Wave 1,281,966,400,000.00 via TweetDeck

Hardware issues complicating the post-vacation catch-up. Fun fun fun. 1,281,965,439,000.00 via TweetDeck

@SethGrimes BTW, given the range of topics on which I tweet, my Twitter-specific followers span a wide range. Many of them not work-related. 1,281,963,635,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

@RSessions By that definition, every movie star is a folk hero. 1,281,961,778,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to RSessions

Come hear me & #TIBCO Wed Aug 25@ 11:00 am (EDT) on BI in Cloud. Register at http://bit.ly/c7zGTE 1,281,959,371,000.00 via TweetDeck

@SethGrimes Everybody has own style. I mix up my tweets--my cousin calls me "fusion"--as a way of being 360-degree me--and differentiating. 1,281,959,207,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

@SethGrimes My tweets are auto-synced to my Facebook, which is a mixture of both. 1,281,959,110,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

@RSessions Who says that fool is a folk hero? 1,281,959,086,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to RSessions

"Ted Stevens, father of 'Intertubes,' dies in plane crash" (http://bit.ly/avv6hD) JK--This tech tradepaper headline is just mean & snide. 1,281,918,041,000.00 via TweetDeck

Exact middle of the 3rd quarter. Boy, do the weeks fly by in the summer. Before you know it, into the Fall conference season hot n heavy. 1,281,905,093,000.00 via TweetDeck

Best not 2 tune your tweets 2 what yr followers expect, request, or even respond to. Only way to stand out is tweet as if have no followers. 1,281,904,816,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp City Wtih No Children by Arcade Fire from the album The Suburbs JK--Great stand-out track from their new album. 1,281,904,356,000.00 via TweetDeck

Civilized society doesn't constantly require us to be its tools. Crazy little things called leisure, privacy, & solitude restore balance. 1,281,904,322,000.00 via TweetDeck

Using social media? That's sort of asking how you use "society." Fact is: society uses us. We're its tools as much or more than it is ours. 1,281,904,162,000.00 via TweetDeck

How analysts use social media. Obviously, everybody speaks for self & own style. Or, rather, particular habits you've acquired--temporarily. 1,281,904,031,000.00 via TweetDeck

Did podcast with Chris Parente of "Work Wine & Wheels." Subject: how analysts use social media. Check it out here: http://bit.ly/ciEsP4?r=td 1,281,902,676,000.00 via TweetDeck

@SethGrimes Why this need to be continually online? 1,281,901,948,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

Not sure I care 4 cover of "Stairway to Heaven." I mean, Zeppelin took shocking liberties w/ Sedaka classic. Man, it's almost unrecognizable 1,281,892,596,000.00 via txt

Saw new all-3-D Road Runner short at cinema last night. If ever a classic cartoon screamed for total 3-D update, it's this. Beep beep beep! 1,281,883,486,000.00 via txt

That sed, I hold companies HQ'd & operating in other countries 2 same #CRM cust svc stds as those in my own--w/out being fussbudget about it 1,281,883,191,000.00 via txt

Our Caribbean excursion reinforced what already knew: notion of "3rd World" is patronizing BS. These R full citizens of the one & only world 1,281,882,557,000.00 via txt

As re 1st #Forrester #EDW Wave, wanna know whether, e.g., you're diversified geographically by customer accts. That means whole wide world. 1,281,882,201,000.00 via txt

As re every #Forrester Wave, #EDW upd focuses on competitive differentiators. Having table stakes features gets you in. Doesn't set U apart. 1,281,881,930,000.00 via txt

For every unpacking there's a mental repacking. Jumping right back into my #Forrester #EDW Wave this week. Charlie's packed my schedule. 1,281,881,722,000.00 via txt

@SethGrimes Who said I wanted to do work on my vacation? That's the exact opposite of vacation. Vacation = vacate = a void = avoid work. 1,281,879,407,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

Let's drop this "Gen X" & "Gen Y" hoohah. Everybody knows Baby Boomers Alpha & Omega. Wait. Stand corrected. Brokaw says was my parents' gen 1,281,878,174,000.00 via TweetDeck

Feels like too-early autumn coming on. Both of my girls--the teacher & the collegian--prep (reluctantly) for their respective new semesters. 1,281,877,651,000.00 via TweetDeck

Current Richard Jenkins not at all like deceased Richard Jenkins. Former is deep & subtle actor. Late Richard Burton was insufferable ham 1,281,876,678,000.00 via TweetDeck

Dominican Republic has many brilliant visual artists. We saw many storefronts full of gorgeous originals. Just need broader distribution. 1,281,876,352,000.00 via TweetDeck

Seems everybody's running a continuing campaign via social media. Everything starting to smack of cultural politics gone seriously amok. 1,281,876,100,000.00 via TweetDeck

Scanning airport/airplane reading last week I saw yoga way too accessorized & guru-fied in popular culture. Strip back to cotton & you alone 1,281,875,851,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Goodbye Girl by The Shins JK--In my head last week on Dominican beach. Shins squeeze more tang from delicious fruit. 1,281,875,611,000.00 via TweetDeck

Yes, I had beach reading. It was the novel of "LA Confidential." Having seen the movie, Kim Basinger very much walks those pages. 1,281,873,603,000.00 via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: The Dog End of a Day Gone By by Love and Rockets from the album Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven JK--Classic group from 90s 1,281,873,170,000.00 via TweetDeck

Wish I could say I had jet lag from the Dominican trip, but same timezone. Have food lag: hungover from overeating. 1,281,872,754,000.00 via TweetDeck

@RSessions No. Flipped-out flight attendant is a symbol of nothing. He's a fool who inflicted his career suicide on a planeful of customers 1,281,872,572,000.00 via TweetDeck in reply to RSessions

Just realized I hadn't seen the term "terminal emulation" in years. Just realized nobody truly cares. Just realized I don't care. 1,281,872,027,000.00 via TweetDeck

Saw "Dinner for Schmucks." Oy! Feel like a schlemiel or schmendrik for sitting through this fershlugginer drek. Made me wanna kvetch. 1,281,871,709,000.00 via TweetDeck

Enjoyed "The Other Guys." Smart, funny script. Laughed out loud throughout. 1,281,833,733,000.00 via txt

Enjoyed "Eat Pray Love." Julia Roberts' star billing makes this profitable. Richard Jenkins' sterling performance makes it memorable. 1,281,824,367,000.00 via txt

IBM's acquisition of Unica, so soon after acquiring Coremetrics and SPSS, shows that it is becoming customer analytics one-stop shop. 1,281,808,443,000.00 via txt

I primarily watched BBC News. Pakistan, China, & Russia disasters massively outweigh anything else in world right now. 1,281,795,419,000.00 via txt

Overseas, we of course were treated to intensive coverage of massively important story of some flight attendant who flipped out. Jerk. 1,281,795,218,000.00 via txt

US tech business news nowhere to be found in Dominican Republic. No problemo. Already knew big story being flogged. Vacation void refreshing 1,281,794,843,000.00 via txt

I'd be more likely to buy my meals from roadside vendors overseas than use Internet cafe shacks. Zero confidence in privacy protection. 1,281,794,515,000.00 via txt

More than happy to sacrifice Internet for week when resort charges $10/hr premium. If they charged for toilet paper, I'd hold it that long. 1,281,794,208,000.00 via txt

Hospitality is a social-intensive service business. Cuando los empleados no recuerdanlo que prometieron, no es social o servicio. 1,281,793,775,000.00 via txt

The Caribbean sea was placid during our short stay. U gaze out over bright blue-green plain of water so smooth it just begs U 2 dance on it. 1,281,746,542,000.00 via txt

The Dominicans told me they didn't feel the Haiti quake. Same island, two different societies. Language differences a part of it. 1,281,745,547,000.00 via txt

Tres Ojos. Cool cave in Santo Domingo. A massive sinkhole grotto crater complex. Can look over edge, but best descend 2 subterranean lakes 1,281,745,342,000.00 via txt

The Dominicans must have the most fanatically baseball-loving culture anywhere in the world outside of Boston. Athletic-looking boys wal ... 1,281,744,593,000.00 via txt

The Dominicans have honors everywhere for Christopher Columbus. Big fancy mauseoleum memorial for his remains in the heart of Santo Domingo. 1,281,744,395,000.00 via txt

Sitting in an airport listening to The Shins' classic 2007 LP "Wincing The Night Away." Now on "Red Rabbits." Transports me magically. 1,281,744,240,000.00 via txt

HISPANIOLA//Concrete. Shell of the/edifice Caribbean./When the winds blow mean. 1,281,739,638,000.00 via txt

"NEWS: HP chief Hurd quits after sexual harassment claim http://bit.ly/b2nTqi [CNNMoney]" JK--Industry ends week on bombshell. 1,281,127,752,000.00 via Seesmic