"Hadoop distro wars on the horizon" (bit.ly/rpwfYj)) JK--Sez I. BTW, my #Hadoop Wave not "distro Wave." Larger market than that.
4 minutes ago
"Outkube" (bit.ly/ndP0VS) : @TheOnion bogus flamebait4jerks website "stories preloaded w/ witless and profanity-laden comments"
13 minutes ago
"HP keeps PC business: Price war, crumbling profit margins next" (zd.net/vwb1hO) JK--HP on PCs: my market 4 good bad or disastrous
22 minutes ago
"Samsung overtakes Apple as world's top smartphone maker" (zd.net/rOXbUV) JK--Typical Apple pattern: breaks new ground, loses market
24 minutes ago
Northwestern Maryland suburbs get the pretty snow. We in the eastern Fairfax County suburbs get dreary cold rain. Could use some frosting.
29 minutes ago
Busy week ahead. Speak in Ft. Lauderdale on Tues. Fly to Seattle for consultng Wed. Single longest flight btwn major cities in continentl US
31 minutes ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Three Hours by Nick Drake from Five Leaves Left JK--Like all of his, this puts you in a quiet contemplative frame.
34 minutes ago
RIP Howard Wolpe. Former congressman used position to wield US influence to isolate apartheid-oppressive former S. African minority govt.
12 hours ago
Rewriting words of communal devotion. Sure, Pope can decree whatever he wishes downward. But most Catholics will still mumble older versions
13 hours ago
Listening to Ramones "I Don't Care" from "Rocket to Russia." Their most minimal lyric. In repeating he didnt care abt girl & world, Joey did
13 hours ago
Dear Catholic Liturgy Revisers: Reconsider "for you & for many for the forgiveness of sins." Annoying rapidfire repetition of same syllable
13 hours ago
Drained my inboxes at the end of the workday. But I'm not drained. Getting my smoothie.
14 hours ago
I can't stand those "chatlogs" that web conferencing services stick on yer hard drive. I don't need record of "speak louder please" requests
14 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist: Smells Like Happiness by The Hidden Cameras from The Smell of Our Own JK--This is a great locomotive-rhythm yodeling song
14 hours ago
"Apple: It's time to leave Neverland" (zd.net/rQ29jW) JK--I hope you mean Peter Pan metaphor, not Michael Jackson.
15 hours ago
Yahoo. Remember when they stood at forefront of the World Wide Web revolution? Now they feel as ancient as Windows XP.
15 hours ago
Remember when PCs were the most advanced personal tech you had? Now they're something you're dumping and HP toyed with dumping.
15 hours ago
Possible snow this weekend in DC suburbs? This still October? Even in Michigan growing up, that was very rare. We'll see. Where's my shovel?
15 hours ago
How will OLAP evolve in the age of #Hadoop ? Inquiring analysts want to know!
15 hours ago
"IBM Netezza Considering a #Hadoop Appliance" (bit.ly/uC4uGu) JK--Whatcha wanna bet they're doing more than considering
15 hours ago
"EMC has huge appetite for Big Data technology" (bit.ly/suEdOV) JK--Whatcha wanna bet they acquire complementary #Hadoop startups
15 hours ago
"Bill Gates -- being a billionaire isn't all it's cracked up to be" (bit.ly/v4HxSI) JK--OK, but give us a crack at it & we'll decide
15 hours ago
#Hadoop Wave. The scorecard is nearing completion. So is the doc that presents our findings & evaluation. Stay tuned.
15 hours ago
Taking really cool preso/demo from #Starview : real-time next best action that ingests both event data & endpoint state data.
16 hours ago
My days stay funny. Vendor: "We've got a helluva differentiated #Hadoop solution." User: "Can you tell me what the hell Hadoop is?"
17 hours ago
Recent videos by @jasonkobielus & Jake Alex Pasko: youtu.be/5QHyFoJyJqI youtu.be/zXLIzTdoz9Q youtu.be/QNTLjOUQqAI
19 hours ago
Only tech vendor that has no #Hadoop story these days is......um.......Apple?
21 hours ago
@marketinguru Thanks. I'm certainly the devil's right-hand (hench)man!
21 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Waiting Room by Fugazi from 13 Songs JK--Ah yes, here's the punk Fugazi. "Everybody move it move it move it move it!"
21 hours ago
Fine-toothing my #Hadoop Wave facts & scores. Devil's in details. Devilishly complex stories to tell.
21 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Ghost of Tom Joad by Junip from Black Refuge EP JK--Song is perfect autumn mood deepener.
22 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Castaways by Shearwater from The Golden Archipelago JK--Song feels tailor-made 4 soundtrack of epic action-adventure
22 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp I Am Stretched on Your Grave by Sinead O'Connor from Me No Want Wot I Aint Got JK--Talk about perfect Halloween songs
23 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Ixode by Zola Jesus from Conatus JK--Merrill, Wisconsin native. No songs about Council Grounds or Lincoln County fair
23 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp So Alive by Love and Rockets JK--Cool creepy vibe to this one would make it perfect zombie-movie theme.
23 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Idioteque by Radiohead from Kid A JK--LP originally greeted w/popular puzzlement, now regarded as one of their best.
23 hours ago
Apple Computer. Now in unenviable position of having to live up to founder's vision, and live down comparisons to founder's accomplishments
23 hours ago
"FB 2 Build Massive Arctic Data Fortress" (bit.ly/tooS0l) JK--Fun fact: Fortress of Solitude where Zuckerberg'll wear cape+tights.
23 hours ago
"The Ugliest Laptops Ever Made" (bit.ly/u2uTd9) JK--Disiagree. I like them all--& no fair including Osborne 1. Model T was ugly too
23 hours ago
"The Life and Times of Windows XP" (bit.ly/vQ1lbm) JK--My trusty old home desktop computer, which plays music while I work, is on XP
23 hours ago
"NASA: "Interplanetary bogeyman" comet Elenin is no more; it's an ex-comet" (bit.ly/uvGtGe) JK--What? Huh? Did we shoot it down?
28 Oct
"Rometty 2 Take Big Blue Into Next 100 Years" (bit.ly/rWDT9k) JK--Long horizon, but lets assume she'll also focus on quarterly numbrs
28 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Rend It (demo) by Fugazi from Instrument Soundtrack JK--Quiet burner from great Arlington VA punk outfit.
28 Oct
#IBM had more than two dozen product announcements at #iod11. How do I keep track of them all? Pen and paper.
28 Oct
Chief take-away for me from #iod11 was that #IBM is growing & enhancing both #EDW appliance portfolios: ISAS & Netezza.
28 Oct
Massively parallel processing architecture. Core of scale-out, which is key 2 #BigData. Parallelism gives headroom 4 volume velocity variety
28 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Don't You Worry by Jim Noir from Jim Noir JK--Play this as loud as it goes. Very 3-dimensional production quality.
28 Oct
Listening to The Jayhawks "Eyes of Sarahjane" from "Rainy Day Music." Combine Everly-ish harmonies with CSNY-ish folk-country-rock.
28 Oct
People often ask me what's my favorite restaurant in Vegas. I'll have to say Subway. Torn between the one on the Strip vs. on Flamingo.
28 Oct
Bit of winter in the air in northern Virginia. Wind's a bit strong. But you can't beat that fresh air. Breathe it deep.
28 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Witch by The Sonics from Here Are The Sonics JK--Seattle's great 60s psych-rockers.
28 Oct
Aaron Neville overhead at CVS. Always reminds of curious recurring SNL bit where Horatio Sanz portrayed Neville as cocoa butter fetishist.
27 Oct
US News & World Report. Dedic8d 2 reporting on things that arent news, not involving US, nor terribly worldly, eg search 4 historical Jesus
27 Oct
CNBC says #HP to keep PC division. Would be even more impressive if Whitman figures out how 2 realize potential of #Vertica & #Autonomy acqs
27 Oct
Dear IT Vendors: A demo is worth a thousand PowerPoints.
27 Oct
Getting so busy, barely enuff time 2 do it all during normal waking hours. Pls undrstnd wot I mean when say I'll get back 2 U "in my dreams"
27 Oct
Out-of-office messages. I'd like to set up an "out-of-my-mind-with-overwork" message. I'd set that on 24x7.
27 Oct
I'd like to see this dude riding #Hadoop elephant like a rodeo cowboy (youtu.be/ZEPq0FvFm3g). #BigData about harnessing max headroom
27 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Dont Believe the Hype by Public Enemy from It Takes a Nation of Millions JK--These guys would great industry analysts
27 Oct
A lot of my customer inquiries on #Hadoop involve me telling them that the lo-latency read/writes are enabled through #Hbase. It's happening
27 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Same Thing by Cass McCombs from Humor Risk JK--New artist? This is really good.
27 Oct
A big part of the process of preparing any #Forrester Wave is to continue tracking all relevant vendor & market announcements up to pub date
27 Oct
I've processed all the #Hadoop vendor feedback on their respective scorecards. Now getting deep into process of writing the Wave doc.
27 Oct
@nancykoppdw Had a great time Nancy. Conversations were great. I learned a lot. I hope you all benefitted from our discussions.
27 Oct
"'SNL--The Game' App Now Available" (prn.to/sC9kcA) JK--Players say game is getting Lorne 2 put their hopeful faces live on Sat night
27 Oct
Catch my keynote, Canadian Marketing Association Analytic Conf, Toronto, Jan 18 2012. "Guided Conversations: The Key to Customer Intimacy."
27 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp When I Was Young by Nada Surf from The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy JK--Lovely new one. Great album title!
27 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Run by Air from Talkie walkie JK--Song runs. Runs like elegant little subroutine. Le petit logiciel. Go go go go go
27 Oct
"Nintendo's losses grow, slashes forecast" (bit.ly/tndO0Z) JK--But Xbox a bright spot for Microsoft. Go figure.
27 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Chauffeur by Duran Duran from Rio JK--Happy 53rd b-day Simon LeBon. 2 weeks older than me. Same b-day as my wife
27 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexpThe Chauffeur by Duran Duran from Rio JK--Band's chief flaws: a) too good-looking & b) too successful. Cool otherwise
27 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Born Alone by Wilco from The Whole Love JK--Love this new Wilco song. Already one of my faves of theirs.
27 Oct
This morning's the usual crush of emails & other tasks that were deferred till after I got back from my road trip. I'm home. Crushed.
27 Oct
Interviewed by @chriskanaracus of IDG re a forthcoming vendor #Hadoop announcement.
27 Oct
A "Sense of Urgency" is synonymous with a full bladder.
24 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Talking at the Same Time by Tom Waits from Bad As Me JK--For those who've never heard Tom's smooth voice.
27 Oct
"Famous slight from ITDirector.com": "His face livid gaunt; his breath green w/gall; tongue drips poison." JQAdams. Slight? That's stiletto!
27 Oct
Netflix' current problems just serve to remind me of the reason I silently scoff at industry manias regarding some vendor taking over world
27 Oct
Bourgeois. My fave toothless epithet. Not only laughably French, but no matter how often I look up in dictionary, I've no idea what it means
27 Oct
Wanna thank Delta Airlines for including Raphael Saadiq's latest LP in the inflight entertainment yesterday. Sweet uplifting 60s-ish soul!
27 Oct
"Researchers Crack XML Encryption Mech, Propose New Std" (bit.ly/rXPBlc) JK--Crackd by correl8 error msgs 2 seq of mod ciphertexts
27 Oct
@acroll The legend of Steve Jobs just continues to grow after his death. Clearly, this is a booming cottage industry.
27 Oct
@lehawes Of all the vendors in my #Forrester #EDW Wave, #IBM is the only one whose CEO I've never met or even seen in person. Sez something
27 Oct
@acroll Yeah,which is creepy. Let's encourage everybody to drive plate-less cars. See if that scales. States would end loophole toot sweet!
27 Oct
"How MSFT could (but probably wont) take ovr world agin" (tek.io/uGw7gu) JK--They never took it over befor. BTW, pushed tablet in 90s
27 Oct
I'm hoping Virginia Rometty speaks at #IBM data analytics events. I never once saw Palmisano at IOD.
27 Oct
Google's self-driving car (bit.ly/sz5v4l) JK--Wife & I saw one of these on I-395 last night. That spinning thing on roof givs willies
27 Oct
"Thought-controlled computers may soon B reality" (bit.ly/sljLUZ) JK--That'll be great when people learn how 2 control their thoughts
27 Oct
"Mystery solved: Why Steve Jobs’ car never had a license plate" (tnw.co/uJ30r8) JK--Still doesn't explain "why?"
27 Oct
RIP Paul Leka. Co-wrote "Green Tambourine" & "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)." Proved that bubblegum doesnt lose its flavor over the years
26 Oct
What's the difference? Jobs saw himself as salvation for a corrupt world. He even spoke that way.
26 Oct
Jobs definitely had a martyr complex. In Isaacson book, he trashes everybody who crossed him. In his self-mythology, Judas is everywhere
26 Oct
Why does it not surprise me now when I learn that vendor X is planning #Hadoop announcement of any sort? I'm not jaded. Just swamped.
26 Oct
Schweet! Got my first class upgrade. Best thing? Power at the seats!
26 Oct
Boarded the plane in Vegas. Guy next to me is Train's tour manager. I'm concealing the fact that I'm not into Train.
26 Oct
RT @bevelson: It's very comforting that Rometty immediately mentions #businessintelligence as her top #ibm priority #iod11
26 Oct
Coffee on airplanes sux, even in 1st class. Why don't they put Keurig machines on airplanes so attendants can give U decent cuppa joe?
26 Oct
Actionable insights. If I valued actionable insights so highly, I shouldn't have gone to college. All insights there are merely debatable.
26 Oct
Ancient Australian import who probably has 400,000 living descendants in the US: Errol Flynn (youtu.be/Evof-iVDOwQ). "In like Flynn"
26 Oct
Ancient Australian import that the dingoes should have devoured when he was still a baby: Yahoo Serious (youtu.be/dEL_BT_Z6Yg)
26 Oct
Ancient Australian import that nobody remembers nor should: Jacko of the Energizer commercials (youtube.com/watch?v=PmQhka…)
26 Oct
The American Dream. It's becoming "gee, I wish I had more time to sleep and actually get to dream that dream."
26 Oct
Reciprocating someone's Twitter follow just cuz she sez she's in "deepest Hampshire" (England). Assuming she doesnt reside deep in the earth
26 Oct
#iod11 was most definitely the whirligig of great conversations that I expected. #IBM could not have been a better host.
26 Oct
@datagenius Suggest compress #Hadoop cluster w/industrial-grade vise, grease w/ bacon fat, & pushing real hard. May need 2 pay court damages
26 Oct
House of Blues has yummy burgers. BTW, wanna thank #IBM for the Hubert Keller gourmet burger cookbook. Also loved Fleur's halibut.
26 Oct
Jagermeister. No, I didn't imbibe any of the stuff at House of Blues, though it had own special spigot behind bar. Nasty smashmouth rotgut!
26 Oct
Master data management in the age of #BigData. What subject domain will initial #Hadoop cluster be your SVOT for? Cust behavior & sentiment?
26 Oct
E-discovery in the age of #BigData. Are you prepared to submit your #Hadoop cluster as Exhibit A in court of law? Will it fit thru doorway?
26 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Bone Machine by Pixies from Surfer Rosa JK--U right Frank/Francis! My bone's a little lever, & that's simple machine!
26 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Heart of Stone by The Raveonettes from In & Out of Control JK--Duo has exceptionally tight sound. Rings righteous!
26 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Senses Working Overtime by XTC JK--Great lyric: "All the world is biscuit-shaped. It's just for me to feed my face"
26 Oct
@kexpplaylist #kexp Vessel by Zola Jesus from Conatus JK--Scratch previous. She's my kids' age. Aunt Jo retired wayback. I know Merrill well
26 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Vessel by Zola Jesus from Conatus JK--Is this Merrill WI girl singing in English? And was Joan Kobielus her teacher?
26 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Eple by Royksopp from 9Melody A.M. JK--A melody you immediately recognize & kick yourself for not remembering artist.
26 Oct
#IBM should get somebody cool 2 perform at #iod11, such as Black Keys. Also recommend they hire Jude Law (cinema's current Watson) as spokes
25 Oct
Don't much care for Train. Gonna grab a bite somewhere around Mandalay Bay. House of Blues perhaps.
25 Oct
"Leon Theremin playing his own instrument" (youtu.be/w5qf9O6c20o)
25 Oct
Theremin (youtu.be/syxpQybo0vU). Oldest electronic instrument. Only instrument you don't touch.
25 Oct
Thomas "Dolby" Robertson (youtu.be/PHWMKLc8Zws) JK--Hey dude, many people would love to be a name that scrolls by on TV.
25 Oct
By the way, I'm consumed with a #BigData task right now. Reviewing vendor comments on the #Hadoop Wave.
25 Oct
But the true theme song for #BigData must be Peter Gabriel "Big Time" (youtu.be/AOYK7sG5c2Q)
25 Oct
Alison Statton & Spike "Unspoken Word" (bit.ly/tpOLnf). Play it. "Man" she's addressing is @jameskobielus . Buy disk. See liner notes
25 Oct
Very short video clip of Alison Statton a few years ago (youtu.be/sXT298DF5ZE). Now a chiropractor and tai chi instructor in Cardiff.
25 Oct
Weekend "The View From Her Room" (youtu.be/YM1BOM-qldo) JK--That photo is NOT Alison. The group chose an Alison lookalike. Spike said
25 Oct
Weekend "Past Meets Present" (youtu.be/ZAdOGsCTa1I) JK--Still haunts me almost 30 years later. Wendy Smith's cover art was perfect.
25 Oct
Weekend "Sleepy Theory" (youtu.be/KlTvmcKwyr0) JK--Wherein Alison Statton developed mental telepathy & channeled transoceanic.
25 Oct
For the Variety piece of #BigData, I nominate anything frm Weekend's gorgeously melodic'82 LP "La Variete"--e.g. youtu.be/P3YlJo6wpJo
25 Oct
No. PETA is not a #BigData advocacy group.
25 Oct
@SpaceTimeInsght Or the Smiths "How Soon is Now?" However, Morrissey seems like a high-latency (and hi-maintenance) personality. #BigMope
25 Oct
@SpaceTimeInsght Another good song for the Velocity part of #BigData is Built to Spill "Mess With Time" (youtu.be/2n4NaKFVbzw)
25 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Doină și bălășeancă by Fanfare Ciocărlia from Radio Pașcani JK--Romania. Wild & wacky. Like DeVotchKa on speed+helium
25 Oct
@daiclegg #kexp Must decline. Work in my room (truly--music tweets always coincide w/intense focus). Then bed & early to airport. But thanks
25 Oct
@daiclegg #kexp Well, the Velvet Underground, which was massively influential on punk, was incredibly melodic. Think about it.
25 Oct
"Creative destruction." No, CEOs, it's not an ideology that lets you pretend that destroying your own business is the right thing to do.
25 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds JK--One of our best storytellers in song.
25 Oct
"Sword Ciboodle leverages SAS analytics in new Intelligent Contact Center" (bit.ly/syg0aH) JK--#CRM Next Best Action.
25 Oct
Pere Ubu "Real World" (youtu.be/x4B0v6_2KNs) JK--First of theirs that I ever heard. My college friend Greg put it on. Blew me away
25 Oct
Can't help myself. This one too: Pere Ubu "Heart Of Darkness" (youtu.be/dvcsO6cYLus)
25 Oct
Just one more: Pere Ubu "Humor Me" (youtu.be/kAWxOPzaEw8) JK--"It was the ballistics, mon--no, that was fate...It's just a joke, mon"
25 Oct
We Pere Ubu fanatics almost by necessity must enjoy their special idiosyncratic style in splendid idiosyncratic isolation.
25 Oct
@SpaceTimeInsght Fave song on #bigdata is Pere Ubu "Small Was Fast" (youtu.be/OPDBVtl6Sf0). Keep it small & lo l8ency. "I waited 4 U"
25 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp It's Tricky by Run-DMC from their gr8st. JK--Group did one of trickiest crossovers ever: got white stoners 3 dig rap
25 Oct
"IBM Launches Netezza Appliance 2 Help CSPs Analyze Nets, Gain Consmr Insyte" (bit.ly/vwLVaR) JK--CSPs key proving ground 4 #Big Data
25 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp What Goes On by Velvet Underground from LP The Velvt Undrgrnd JK--VU's best LP dear @djmichelemyers ? All were awsum!
25 Oct
@daiclegg #kexp How exactly would any of that be taken as an "insult"?
25 Oct
"New IBM Software Helps Analyze World's Data 4 Healthcare Transformation" (bit.ly/uhtx4i) JK--1st of many #Watson vertical solutions
25 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp I Want You Around by The Ramones from Road to Ruin JK--Most melodic of all classic punk groups.
25 Oct
#IBM names Virginia Rometty president & CEO, with Palmisano remaining as chair (ibm.co/vh9lao). 1st woman to hold those positions
25 Oct
Interviewed via email by Nicole Laskowski of SearchBusinessAnalytics.com re SAS Hi-Performance Analytics Appliance
25 Oct
Cookies. In a browser sense of the word. I occasionally mis-hear it as "cooties." Privacy zealots tend to equate them.
25 Oct
"At the end of the day." Do all hard truths arise as sun sets? Is dawn a superficial foolish fraudulent time of day? Discuss amongst yrselvs
25 Oct
#Iod11 Jason Verlen demo of #IBM decision mgt next-best-action modeling, deployment, real-time scoring, & refinement was very powerful.
25 Oct
#Iod11 I suggest #IBM turn "WATSON" into acronym for "Wow! Analytics & Transactional Services Optimized in Network."
25 Oct
#Iod11 Hey #IBM, why weren't the three #Cognos announcements that Deepak just breezed thru, e.g. new version of TM1, in the prebriefings?
25 Oct
#Iod11 Jason Verlen demo of #IBM social listening & engagement, for marketing campaign optimization, was fast, crisp, & compelling.
25 Oct
I'm a big Built To Spill fan! "You In Reverse" is one of my fave albums of last several years. "Mess With Time" is my theme song.
25 Oct
"IBM Takes Aim at 'Big Data' Analytics" (bit.ly/voe8ey) JK--ISAS 7710, 5710, DB2 Analytics Accel, etc. #iod11
25 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Howlin' for You by The Black Keys from Brothers JK--Nobody these days does crunchy electric blues as well as them.
25 Oct
Soon @rbkarel & @nyuhanna will publish #Forrester #ETL Wave. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing that.
25 Oct
Spring Data #Neo4J supports POJO development on #NoSQL graph db (bit.ly/vLb1J4)
25 Oct
SAS to offer high-perf adv analytics appliances (bit.ly/sUeaEl) (bit.ly/s0DcGy) JK--STAT ETS EM on #Teradata & #EMC #Greenplum
25 Oct
I love DJ Riz's sets on #KEXP. He plays great selections from artists I've never or just barely heard of, going back 40-50 years.
25 Oct
@nancykoppdw Bill's only sin is that he's not on Twitter. I grant him absolution for this one.
25 Oct
RT @nancykoppdw: Great night with @jameskobielus, @rwang0 . @Claudia_Imhoff, @richardwinter, @ColinJWhite #IOD11 & don't forget Bill O'Kane
25 Oct
Social media is just processed feed of quasi-intimate sharings. Most tweeters, when you actually meet them, let much more hang out in person
25 Oct
Listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan "Cold Shot." Dissects that same relationship from the guy's POV. He only feels the chill after a long lag.
25 Oct
Listening to Paula Cole "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" My favorite feminist popsong. Dissects a very realistic relationship.
25 Oct
Listening to Beatles "One after 909" from "Let It Be." Even when the Fabs did knockoffs, they knocked with rocking pizzazz.
25 Oct
America is a wonderland of bizarre roadside architecture. Las Vegas is that wonderland gone hugely berserk.
25 Oct
Listening to Dylan "I Want You" from "Blonde on Blonde." Do you thinking Bob was referring to an actual dancing child in a Chinese suit?
24 Oct
When somebody gripes about jetlag, just tell them that timezones, like age, are just a number.
24 Oct
"How Yahoo Spawned Hadoop, the Future of Big Data"(bit.ly/o7aiI0) JK--Excellent history of Hdp under Yahoo & ,now, #Hortonworks
24 Oct
RT @scottdeto: "Daddy, can I sleep with my new toy?" "No, Sam" "Can I dream about my new toy?" "Yes, Sam, you can dream about it."
24 Oct
A good night of talking, dining, and socializing with the #ibm team at #iod11. squatted at the table with @nancykoppdw & wasn't ejected.
24 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Ace of Hz by Ladytron from Gravity the Seducer JK--Pronounced "ace of hearts." Recent release by gr8 electropoppers
24 Oct
@alexwilliams #iod11 Thanks Alex. Pleasure mutual. So much is going on in #BigData #Hadoop that face-to-face most efficient for explaining
24 Oct
Surprised that #IBM didn't, at #iod11, mention pending acq of Platform Computing, cluster/grid mgt tool vendor for HPC, #BigData, & #Hadoop
24 Oct
"Detroit: When you’ve hit bottom, the only way is up" (smrt.io/s0ElyQ) JK--Plenty of vacant real estate. Blank slate for development.
24 Oct
Actually, I've been to every single #IBM IOD since the first in 2006. This year's is largest, with 11,000+ attendees.
24 Oct
#Oracle should at "CRM Next Best Action" cloud to its public cloud portfolio. Leverage RTD + RightNow for multichannel sales, mktg, cust svc
24 Oct
Expect #Oracle to align #RightNow #CRM NxtBstAction w/ Real-Time Decisions & other predictve applictions. RightNow is cust exper optimiztion
24 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Astral Plane by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers JK--Consistently pulls off neat trick: making lame seem cool
24 Oct
"IBM Accel #BigData Analytics" (bit.ly/sDV7ya) JK--#Hadoop cloud, ISphr InfoSvr 8.7, MDM 10, #BigData Univ, Cognos/iPad, SPSS Stat 20
24 Oct
Also keep an eye on #Pentaho in the open-source #BI #Hadoop #ETL arena. They're already in Hadoop space w/ data integration.
24 Oct
#Jaspersoft #Hadoop announcement. Key milestone in evol of open-source data analytics future: #BI #Hadoop #R #ETL #EDW
24 Oct
"Jaspersoft Announces New #Hadoop -Based BigData Analytcs Solutn" (prn.to/tmUBaC) JK--Futures. Builds on #IBM BigInsights. HBase+Hive
24 Oct
I love trade shows. These massive tidy spaces buzzing with booths, pitches, collateral, conversations, food, drink, and people. #Iod11
24 Oct
Enjoying Jeff Jonas stimulating keynote at #iod11. #IBM has wicked cool projection display design up there. I want that.
24 Oct
RT @FastCompany: "Herman Cain's Poll Stats Arent Pushing Pizza Sales" (is.gd/R7RMt5) JK--His "anchovies R yummy" msg didnt test well
24 Oct
"Oracle Buys Cloud-based Customer Service Company RightNow" (tcrn.ch/okK7zP) JK--Important #CRM #CX Next Best Action vendor!
24 Oct
Anything published on socials that promises "secrets" (eg, "secrets of #CRM success) is ridiculous. If it's on social, it's common knowledge
24 Oct
Not hard to distinguish spam from the usual commercial product pitches I get. I still don't cover the Rolex, HGH, & male enhancement markets
24 Oct
#Hadoop strtp #Hadapt gets Series A (bit.ly/nKBXYN). Ex Aster Data exec Sharmila Shahani-Mulligan joins board (bit.ly/np16lD )
24 Oct
I am all suited up at 5:54am in the friggin' morning (pacific). Sitting in my room hungry. Can't wait for breakfast with #ibm at #iod11
24 Oct
Velvet Underground & Nico "All Tomorrow's Parties" (youtu.be/CZEDb_YdeJw) JK--Just black & white movies of sad tired distracted Nico
24 Oct
"Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable 1967" (youtu.be/uaAAmRDX4ok) JK--Music: Velvet Underground "Venus in Furs"
24 Oct
Rilo Kiley "Silver Lining" (youtu.be/jVtSSCzASR0) JK--"I never felt so wicked as when I willed our love to die."
24 Oct
Jenny Lewis "See Fernando" (youtu.be/WrFNXacsOx8) JK--Rockin' solid on Craig Ferguson's "Late Late Show"
24 Oct
#iod11 puts me in mind of Watson. Which suggests Watson Twins. Which demands Jenny Lewis (youtu.be/c-DZJo_Xyh8) "Rise Up with Fists!"
24 Oct
Lesley Gore on "Batman" singing "California NIghts" (youtu.be/_Iz_mOI6Gvk) JK--I remember this 1967 episode clear as yesterday.
24 Oct
@alexwilliams #iod11 I'll be in the press/analyst section up front in the keynote tomorrow (Mon). Let's chat there.
24 Oct
Dear THEhotel at Mandalay Bay: Lose the "hair cleanser" "hair masque" "body balm." Just call 'em "shampoo" "conditioner" "lotion." Thanks!
24 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Salome by Kadebostan JK--DJ Masa is playing cool spacey world vibes.
24 Oct
I like Mandalay Bay's location at the less crowded southern end of the Las Vegas Strip. Next to the airport. But feels quiet.
23 Oct
#Iod11 is my 6th straight IOD. Always learn tons. #IBM puts on great events. Their AR team is very profsionl. They treat me well. Nice bunch
23 Oct
Going to mega events like #iod11 reminds me of how huge an industry this is. Getting my badge now at Mandalay Bay.
23 Oct
Delta. Flight can't begin till redhead cheekbone flight attendant lady wags her friendly admonishing finger.
23 Oct
I love flyover country. We can take in the vast plantations that produce bulk peanuts & pretzels 4 hungry bored coach passengers everywhere.
23 Oct
I'd feel like sap, or sheep, if clicked "like" in FB to promo that prompts 2 click "like." Even if genuinely like whatevr it is. Baaa humbug
23 Oct
Interesting that, with speculation that #Google wants to acquire #Yahoo, nobody raising big antitrust stink. FB's got 'em both on the run.
23 Oct
@rjwissin #IOD11 When is the Katty Kay Michael Lewis session?
23 Oct
@turbotodd #IOD11 Could causation run the other way? Do companies with 33% more rev growth have more funds to invest in advanced analytics?
23 Oct
@datagenius #iod11 #bigdata #ibmsoftware I'm looking forward to seeing that "Understanding Big Data" book. I never feel I understand enough
23 Oct
Given the range of stuff I tweet on, I have a diverse range of Twitter followers. Great mix of disparate stuff. Fodder for more tweets.
23 Oct
When the unstoppable force meats the immovable object, one or both reveal selves to be fraud--if either has ounce of humility, which I doubt
23 Oct
Burn more calories standing than sitting. Also tend 2 get more work done on laptop while standing. I like 2 eat+compute standing in airports
23 Oct
Heading out to Vegas for #ibm #iod11. I expect a crowded two days of briefings, conversations, meals, & drinks.
23 Oct
To support enterprise #BigData, expect 2 C more, larger, & incrsngly diversified consult firms specialize in data science, + some body shops
23 Oct
Germany remains Europe's centerpiece economy & have been a reliable partner. Quit beating them over the head with the Nazi past.
23 Oct
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp: If Not for You by George Harrison from All Things Must Pass JK--One of few Dylan songs that others covered better
23 Oct
Romney is anchorman-handsome. That's actually not an advantage.
23 Oct
Reading WashPost article about China's hugely overbuilt infrastructure & top-down undemocratic decision making. Communism's Achilles heels.
23 Oct
"Woman of the Year" (youtu.be/na32H_d0NKU) JK--1942. Hepburn character references "the feminist movement." Didn't begin in late 60s
23 Oct
Prepping to fly to Las Vegas today for #ibm #iod11 . By "prepping," I mean yoga.
23 Oct
"Beatles - Christmas Record 1963" (youtu.be/eZLYO0H65E0) JK--Their very first. "Hello, this is John speaking with his voice."
22 Oct
"Beatles 1969 Christmas Message" (youtu.be/vBG-MJyOkfI) JK--Yoko is on this. George & Ringo sound like they don't give a crap.
22 Oct
"Beatles Christmas Message 1968" (youtu.be/rk85eJkTSAw) JK--Fabs sound tired & perfunctory on this. You can hear them drifting apart
22 Oct
"Beatles 1967 Christmas Message" (youtu.be/U0p7Wfm5KbI) JK--Very very proto-Python! Love The Ravelers "Plenty of Jam Jars"
22 Oct
"Beatles 1966 Christmas Message" (youtu.be/vhadssOZTBM) JK--Starting to notice a theme here. Fab Four were a brilliant comedy group
22 Oct
"Beatles Christmas Message 1965" (youtu.be/CoSJaJkNWsw) JK--Beautifully mocking "Yesterday" out of key.
22 Oct
"Beatles Christmas Message 1964" (youtu.be/zqM-VcwMLDw) JK--Riotous. John: next LP "will be the usual rubbish but it won't cost much"
22 Oct
Beatles "I Need You" (youtu.be/R27Gb9JX2FM) JK--From "Help." Terrific George Harrison composition.
22 Oct
Beatles "Rain" (youtu.be/MPjDMZiuhbQ) JK--1966. Original promotional video for way-cool flipside of "Paperback Writer."
22 Oct
Beatles "Strawberry Fields Forever" (youtu.be/HTXyoPVOUso) from the "Magical Mystery Tour" TV program
22 Oct
Beatles "Your Mother Should Know" (youtu.be/YlpiEPrHnBw) from the "Magical Mystery Tour" TV program.
22 Oct
Dandy Warhols "Minnesoter" (youtu.be/0LxBGJsZIHQ) JK--Has a wild windy bouncy swing all its own.
22 Oct
Dandy Warhols "The World Come On" (youtu.be/179wq-5ER3E) JK--Listen to this build. Vocal harmony swoops like screams on rollercoaster
22 Oct
Dandy Warhols "Be-In" (youtu.be/6BA79gGgOZI) JK--They build these magnificent majestic vibrating crescendos that blow my mind.
22 Oct
Facebook "like" often feels absurd. A few dozen people "like" a guy's check in at airport A & others "like" his arrival at airport B. Huh?
22 Oct
David Johansen is shriveling into a woebegone bassett hound of a man.
22 Oct
Iggy Pop has obviously stepped out the Edvard Munch time machine. He's the Scream incarnate.
22 Oct
Jack White needs to hurry up & get old. He just needs a few wrinkles & strands of gray to complete the grizzled eminence look he aspires to
22 Oct
Robert Plant has aged into an interesting face. Now resembles an old Flemish master.
22 Oct
What's funny, of course, is inserting "of course" into every statement. Of course!
22 Oct
Obama's popularity. High or low, rising or falling, he's systematically delivering on his promises. Boatloads of "change."
22 Oct
Watching with fascination as the #Hadoop industry re-invents the #EDW in the cloud.
22 Oct
Strenuous activity. Don't make conceptual error of equating it w/ work. Much actual work is necessarily tedious & sedentary. Activity is fun
22 Oct
If U come to a Vegas-based IT conf fully pre-briefed, it can be a productive conversational whirligig of making conceptual connections.
22 Oct
Las Vegas is actually quite pleasant in the fall. The temps are optimal, the tourists are gone, the business conventions in full swing.
22 Oct
Univision. There's a minimum chesthair & cleavage quota for all programs. Including business news.
22 Oct
#CRM B2C loyalty programs. A hotel's program, not hotel brand per se, sponsoring skating compettion. Do U feel loyalty 2 concept of loyalty?
22 Oct
Watching figure skating competition while doing elliptical and tweeting. Watch me do the triple toe loop double salchow and nail the landing
22 Oct
Checked David McCullough's John Adams bio + some history of US religions out of pub library. Will try 2 fit them into crazy worklife balance
22 Oct
Hey stores, U shoulda replaced the "new store hrs as of (X years ago)" signs (X yrs minus 1 month) ago w/"store hours" signs. We're up2speed
22 Oct
Venezuela's Chavez declares Gadhafi a "martyr." Apparntly, the thousands the Libyan despot killed were on wrong side of history. Hugo U next
22 Oct
Fox News. Still fighting the Cold War. Old propagandists never die, they just fade to irrelevance.
22 Oct
"Insanely." In wake of Jobs death, seeing in more tech company ads. Just a matter of time before we see "Insanely Big Data."
22 Oct
C'mon Nissan Dealer: Finish the service on my vehicle so I can get out of this waiting room & go home. Oh, thanks for free albeit slo, Wi-Fi
22 Oct
In some future medium, I hope 1 of my offspring publishes "Stuff My Dad Tweeted." Or "@#&*." Or "Shit" Whatever. Should I stipulate in Will?
22 Oct
If #Microsoft buys #Yahoo, I hope MSFT provides IMAP4 access from Hotmail to Yahoo Mail. Why is it still not there?
22 Oct
My #Forrester customers often struggle for right words 2 describe their Next Best Action initiaitives. I suggest "Next Best Action." It clix
22 Oct
When U C my published #Forrester #Hadoop Wave, pay as much attention to vendor strategic dir as to current offerings. It's "emerging" market
22 Oct
Today's #Hadoop mania is just phase in long evolution & converge of #BigData standards Cast yer attentions 2 wide range of #Apache subprojx
22 Oct
Steve Jobs had a relationship with Joan Baez? He 27, she 41. She was a cougar? She also dallied with Dylan, genius who treated her shabby
22 Oct
Obama makes good on pledge to pull all US forces frm Iraq by year end. Let's pretend last 8 and half years never happened. Of course we cant
22 Oct
When attending an IT vendor conference it's far too easy to get caught up in a blinkered perspective of "only what's announced here" matters
22 Oct
I'm glad that #IBM in #IOD2011 prebriefings broadly addressed the sorts of announcements it anticipates making at some point after the event
22 Oct
Good to see that #IBM is evolving both its #ISAS and #Netezza #EDW portfolios in a consistent, rapid way. I remain impressed.
22 Oct
Been prebriefed on at least 2 dozen announcemnts 2 B made this week at #IBM #IOD2011. Typical of number & variety they make at each year IOD
22 Oct
Listening to Fleetwood Mac "Thoughts on a Grey Day" from "Bare Trees." Should have included photo of sweet old Mrs. Scarrott.
22 Oct
Football's old leather helmets. Did anybody imagine back then that pliant animal skins protected cranium from blunt force trauma?
22 Oct
Reading WashPost "on love" profile of courtship of now-married ex-colleague ex-local telegenic broadcasters Lindsay Czarniak & Craig Melvin
22 Oct
Love Gene Weingarten's "pitch to replace Andy Rooney" in latest WashPost mag. Far too easy to adopt crotchety old man voice. Gotta watch out
22 Oct
Will Ferrell likes to create comedy that a specific proportion of his audience won't "get." Excellent. If all "got" it, they'd forget it.
22 Oct
