Jason's laughing out loud to my DVD of "National Lampoon's Animal House." I turned off radio to listen to gr8 foodfight scene. "I'm a zit!"
4 minutes ago
Hollywood marketing feels like the big fail this year. Or Hollywood output. Very little buzz about any of the Xmas season releases.
2 hours ago
Was a year in which I chose, like all years, NOT to declare anything dead. I am far more tuned into what's being conceived and born.
3 hours ago
Was year in which I deliberately chose NOT 2 produce "top 10" list. All my lists were in mnemonic 5+/-2 range. With alliter8n, NOT enumer8n
3 hours ago
Was a year in which I blogged in 2 main themed streaks: #Hadoop (mid-year) & #Datascientist (year-end). Plus "year ahead" streak last week.
3 hours ago
Gingrich support drains away as GOP realize how poisonous he is 2 their election hopes & party's credibility. Read George Will recent column
3 hours ago
Today's Dilbert is funny & true comment on how tech vdrs present engineers during sales cycle.
4 hours ago
NYT article shows new historically accurate painting of Washington & troops crossing Delaware in dead of winter night in nor'easter. Misery
4 hours ago
Voice recognition. Proponents tend to overlook fact that many of us enjoy physical act of typing. Slows thinking just enuff to sharpen focus
5 hours ago
Zwarte Piet, aka Black Pete. The Tonto to Sinterklaas' Lone Ranger. Does the dirty work of climbing up & down chimneys.
5 hours ago
Sinterklaas. The Dutch still present him as the Byzantine bishop who inspired this most byzantine busy & bizarrely fertile of holy day myths
5 hours ago
Alberta and Saskatchewan. Canada's oil and wheat provinces. In many ways, their prime export assetlands 4 fuel- & food-starved world economy
5 hours ago
Exceptionally diverse and engrossing set of articles in today's Saturday "Review" section of WSJ. Perfect Xmas Eve calming headzone reading.
5 hours ago
WSJ capsule review of book on Los Angeles metro area urban design or lack thereof. The auto-centric sprawl btwn hills & ocean is mesmerizing
5 hours ago
WSJ review of book on how Americans embraced & reinterpreted philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Self-made supermen. Ayn Rand fascism.
5 hours ago
Stephen Hawking. Still alive. Most notable accomplishmt may B live w/ALS 2 norml adult lifespan while also notch full resume of achievemts
6 hours ago
WSJ article cites phrase "cop drop" as cardriver cellphone caller cluing person they're calling that fuzz nearby, explaining sudden silence
6 hours ago
WSJ article cites researcher who argues that gut, not facts, drives better, faster decisions. #BI industry preparing counterarg, I assume
6 hours ago
WSJ publishes posthumous anti-Xmas grinch by Christopher Hitchens. Argues that US founding fathers would've approved his Scrooge-itude.
6 hours ago
WSJ article on "How to Ace a Google Interview." As if game-show cleverness were the secret to success.
6 hours ago
OK Maroon 7, the only time I want to see someone move like Jagger is when they're mocking Mick Jagger.
20 hours ago
#FF #HH @merv @maslett @medriscoll @bigdata @rogerm @rbkarel @bevelson @howarddresner @ibmbigdata @TonyBaer
23 hours ago
#ff #hh @bitterer @bevelson @curtmonash @claudia_imhoff @colinjwhite @databaseguru @danvesset @davidloshin @howarddresner @dmenningervr
23 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Jane Says by Jane's Addiction from Nothing's Shocking JK--Name another hitsong built on steeldrum vibe. Can't, can U?
23 hours ago
"Holiday hazard: Kids acting like spoiled brats" (bit.ly/v9MSw6) JK--Brats! Who told 'em Santa gives gifts? Now they expect on Dec 25
23 hours ago
Clearly, I find Long Tail (bit.ly/4AvnJ5) a powerful framework for viewing stubbornly neverending asymptotic lifespans of old ways
23 hours ago
Egidia's baking Christmas cookies. First batch slightly burnt but still quite yummy. I'm consuming those. Picture-perfect ones'll be 4 party
23 hours ago
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Christmas In Hollis by Run D-M-C from the album Christmas Rap JK--Great Xmas hiphop from 1987.
23 Dec
@DataCzar @gcolony Silos, in App Internet, cloud, Big Data etc. R not "natural" consequence. They're consequence of proprietary run amok.
23 Dec
@DataCzar I try not break other analysts' rice bowls (i.e., carps at others' biz models/methods). Vibrant marketplace of smart idea people
23 Dec
@DataCzar Now, back to notion of "App Internet." Yes, new gen web/mobile OS is app-centric. Browser-ctc? Less so. So I agree w/ @gcolony
23 Dec
@DataCzar Biggest part of "integrity with style" is just being fully yourself. If you package yourself as something you aren't, game's over.
23 Dec
@DataCzar That's called "integrity with style." That's fundamental to having a differentiated voice in the marketplace of ideas. Sure.
23 Dec
@DataCzar It's just that the moment we analysts' "smart insights/research" acquire scent of hype/fluff (mktg hoo-hah), we push damaged goods
23 Dec
@DataCzar It's not as if I'm disagreeing on need to "brand" ourselves as analysts--i.e., authoritative sources of smart insights/research
23 Dec
@DataCzar The "everybody is a marketer" statement is pure Twitter-culture bumpersticker language. Part of the issue with Twitter, IMHO
23 Dec
@DataCzar Does what? Colony puts out provocative interesting POVs. Remember that analysts analyze & debate stuff.
23 Dec
@DataCzar "Semantics" doesn't mean "convenient fudge factor." It refers to the denotative factual substrate that words reference.
23 Dec
@DataCzar "Marketing & selling" doesn't necessarily imply "misrepresenting and/or hyping" the goods you bring to market.
23 Dec
Let me pose issue this way. Did dialtone die with the coming of digital telephony? No. It hangs on. Pick up any landline phone. Longtailtone
23 Dec
@DataCzar Cool. Actually, I speak like analyst. Engineers build stuff. Marketers sell stuff. Analysts study & vet stuff.
23 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Don't Believe in Christmas by The Sonics JK--Sounds tad too much like Chuck Berry "Too Much Monkey Business"
23 Dec
@DataCzar If we equate "dying" with "rapidly becoming outmoded by newer approached that evolved from....", then I'm cool with it.
23 Dec
@DataCzar George puts out interesting opinions. I find his "App Internet" discussion compelling.
23 Dec
@DataCzar "Stir debate"? I don't lose much sleep worrying about stirring debate. I don't stir things up just to catch attention.
23 Dec
@DataCzar Do I believe in obsolescence? Of course. But I also believe in longtail of continued utilizat'n, enveloping, & virt'zn of legacies
23 Dec
@DataCzar Do I think "apps" important in new Web/Internet order? Of course. Is browser less imprtnt? Of course. I think of shifts not deaths
23 Dec
@DataCzar Sure, I could declare "BI is dead" or "relational DBMSs are dead" or whatever, but none of that is evenly remotely true.
23 Dec
@DataCzar A few years ago an analyst said "SOA is dead." But it ain't. Just swept into an even more nebulous uber-paradigm of virtualization
23 Dec
@DataCzar In other words, the "cloud" (handy term for whatever "Web" is becoming) is just virtualizing legacy everything into perpetuity.
23 Dec
@DataCzar None of this Web stuff is dying, & nothing is supplanting it. Just new layers accreting, extending, framing, delivering, speeding
23 Dec
@DataCzar That's not a data or analytics discussion. And none of that is terribly new. I've been hearing those arguments for years.
23 Dec
@DataCzar What is "Le Web"? And what "risky longshots" are you referring to? "App Internet"?
23 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland by Grandaddy JK--"Records a love song , the production's right-on"
23 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree by The Magnetic Fields from Realism JK--Love the German oom-pah feel midway
23 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings from MOJO's Festive 15 JK--Great urban Xmas song
23 Dec
My girls have both had their hair done pre-Xmas. I also did my hair this morning. Ran a brush through what little remains.
23 Dec
Work-wise, this is just another weekend coming up for me. But a special one. I work next week. Another special weekend then. Then more work.
23 Dec
RT @brainpicker: How Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer made his debut – Max Fleischer's original 8-minute animation, 1947 j.mp/uvbaaJ
23 Dec
@jackshafer I like all 4 of the Beatle songs you listed as "crap." Somehow, you missed "I Me Mine" "Think for Yourself" & "Ask Me Why"
23 Dec
Stop Online Piracy Act (bit.ly/urzLUd) JK--Overreaching legislation that would cripple the Internet's culture of sharing. Stop it!
23 Dec
"Managing Next Best Activity Decision w/Predictive Analytics" (bit.ly/vAtupU) JK--Nice 2C @jamet123 doing NBA. He's swinging my way
23 Dec
Show people how much you love them this holiday season. Engage them in actual conversation. Don't assume they're content w/your card or gift
23 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men from My Head Is an Animal JK--Just now realized how much I love this song.
23 Dec
I clear the new morning's pile up of email from my inbox in the same motion that I use to tidy fresh newspapers on my coffee table.
23 Dec
"Employees From Yahoo, Google, & Facebook R Flocking 2 #Hadoop Startups" (read.bi/u2Zhu7) JK--Yep. Hdp is online svc providers' baby
23 Dec
Dear Businesses To Whom We are Loyal Customers: Don't send us electronic Xmas cards. Simply send us free stuff. Thanks. Merry one to U too.
23 Dec
"Twitter as MoodRing: We're in Funk" (bit.ly/vjpB25) JK--Moodring? Funk? 70s redux? "Give Up the Funk" (youtu.be/UypeE3zTwBs)
22 Dec
"Our Top Blogs of 2011" (bit.ly/rpZ76Z) JK--Includes blogs from @jameskobielus @bevelson @rbkarel @cmooreforrester #forrrester
22 Dec
#Nuevora. I'd put them in the emerging category of data-scientist-centric consulting shops who are inexorably productizing their IP.
22 Dec
Warm day. We actually have the windows open at home. It's the first day of winter. Go figure.
22 Dec
#Nuevora won't do cloud/SaaS/outsourcing till 2013...18 months from now. Pure consulting shop.
22 Dec
Taking briefing from #Nuevora, pred analytics svcs prov (consulting & outsourcing) in #NextBestAction for mkt campaigns & offer targeting
22 Dec
@Farquharson Proves my point. Thanks.
22 Dec
Oracle's disappointing financials: bellwether for entire IT sector, or simply Larry's problem? Discuss amongst.
22 Dec
RT @Farquharson: "Who's never dressed up as a Nazi?" JK--For starters, most well-adjusted human beings. Why do you ask?
22 Dec
"Hadoop challenger works 2 add developers" (bit.ly/uRv7ME) JK--Unclear headline. Say "Vendor adds developers 4 alternative 2 Hadoop"
22 Dec
I'm not sure which beverage snobs annoy me most: wine snobs, coffee snobs, beer snobs, or cola snobs.
22 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Gangsta by tUnE-yArDs from the album W H O K I L L JK--Woman with an odd angular manic theatrical voice
22 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Johnny Appleseed by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros from Global a Go-Go JK--Late Clash great had cool final band.
22 Dec
Kim Jong Eun. Schooled in Switzerland. Hopefully, he didn't identify too much with their famous cuckoo clocks. We've had enough of that.
22 Dec
"Top-10 Xmas Lists 4 SQL Svr 2012" (bit.ly/tA2PHA) JK--Grins v. gripes re SS12. Are you Tiny Tim or Scrooge? God bless us, everyone!
22 Dec
"The tech industry's biggest bozos of 2011" (bit.ly/sSS2x3) JK--Go ahead. Punch a clown when he's down (youtu.be/SwHETnBT1Tw)
22 Dec
"Collaboration trends for 2012" (bit.ly/tOJDqR) JK--"Collaborating w/#BigData"? Focuses on 3-D modeling in B2B concurrent engineering
22 Dec
RT @TheOnion Derek Jeter Rejects Move 2 Outfield By Reminding Yankees That He’s Derek Fucking Jeter onion.com/e4VHxX #OnionSports2011
22 Dec
Yes, I'm working next week. Actually, fairly busy with consulting.
22 Dec
I usually keep my eyes closed throughout the entire powerflex class. Other people distract by their mere presence. And differential rhythms.
22 Dec
Winter has begun. Feels much like yesterday. Unseasonably warm. Longest night of year behind us. Had a good sound sleep.
22 Dec
"You are successful to the degree that you create VALUE!" About as useful a piece of advice as "Look on the sunny side of life."
22 Dec
"Kids Say the Darndest Things." Show title taught tots a polite way to curse that technically does not violate Commandment #3.
22 Dec
"Google: Cloud, Mobile, Social Will Define 2012" (bit.ly/sUW1te) JK--As in 2011. Maybe head shouldread: "GGL: More of Same in Store"
22 Dec
"After ORCL Disappoints, Analysts Scramble 4 Explain" (on.wsj.com/vVEZsj) JK--"Additional deal scrutiny." Buyers hedge macroecon risk
21 Dec
Winter solstice happens tonight at 12:30am (US eastern). Hence, I am now staring into darkness into beginning of longest night of the year.
21 Dec
"The Internet Has Escaped the Ax, At Least for Now" (bit.ly/sHLdHo) JK--Yep, yep. Human race can't afford it. Turn it off!
21 Dec
"RIM so popular! AMZN MSFT Nokia have all mulled buyout" (bit.ly/sXne87) JK--Popular in sense "hey they're down; let's cherrypick IP"
21 Dec
There oughta be a law banning those useless "chatlogs" that get auto-deposited on your hard drive post-webconf. Not malware. Just annoying
21 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Morning Glory by Oasis from (What's the Story) Morning Glory? JK--Great rocker. Better than the hits from that LP
21 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Stop Stop by The Black Keys from El Camino JK--Cool soul number shows these guys' versatility.
21 Dec
Took excellent briefing from #EMC #Greenplum on their data science training offerings & also on their data science survey findings.
21 Dec
My family & friends see I did my first-ever year-in-review personal letter not as an Xmas card insert but as a longer-than-usual FB post
21 Dec
#Forrester #Hadoop Wave going into final editing. Mid-January publication.
21 Dec
"Radian6 Chief: Ignore Social Could Bring 'CEO Spring'" (bit.ly/tiMNFd) JK--First TS Eliot, now this. Stop making Spring seem ominous
21 Dec Favorite Reply Delete
Tullycraft "Pop Songs Yr New Boyfriend's Too Stupid 2 Know About" (youtu.be/6RN09zYiQAc) JK--Gotta admire sentimnt so bold & juvenile
21 Dec
"ORCL hardware focus: Brilliant bust or sideshow?" (zd.net/rLA8uV) JK--HW alone a losing proposition. HW+SW+bizcontent+svcs has legs
21 Dec
@jamet123 #decisionmgt Ah, yes, one of my golden oldies! If you'd like James, I can also do a mean Elvis impression!
21 Dec
Daughter tells me I'm even-tempered. Lady in powerflex last night didn't believe I have a cranky side. I am quite good at dissembling, no?
21 Dec
"Quest Acquires Bitkoo For Cloud Identity Management" (bit.ly/tdWIGK) JK--I woulda acquired 'em just for the funny name.
21 Dec
"WhiteHouse Moves 2 FutureProof Govt IT" (bit.ly/uMBH9x) JK--Howya gonna do dat? Replace our govt w/eternal rule by philosophr-kings?
21 Dec
2,723 new tweets for me to read in my browser, Twitter informs me. My gosh, I didn't realize I was so far behind on my assigned reading.
21 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp C'mon Doll by My Goodness from Live At KEXP Volume Seven JK--They should do double-bill with Black Keys. Smokin'!
21 Dec
Customer experience optimization. Requesting customer feedback after a lousy experience may intensify negative sentiment. Don't remind me.
21 Dec
Took customer inquries this a.m. on #BigData partner strategy & analytic solution appliances. Next inquiry is me asking "what's for lunch?"
21 Dec
Taking demo of #Quiterian in-memory columnar DDWeb tool for visual data mining and predictive modeling, for business analysts & power users
21 Dec
New blogpost: "The Year Ahead in Next Best Action? Here’s the Next Best Thing to a Crystal Ball!" (bit.ly/vs36uX)
21 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Hurt by Johnny Cash frm American IV The Man Comes Around JK--Amazing last hit 4 Johnny. A "death be not proud" anthem
21 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time! by Sufjan Stevens from Songs for Christmas JK--Lovely little shoegazer Xmas carol!
21 Dec
"Harvard researchers underwhelmed by peer influence on Facebook" (shar.es/W36aG) JK--Really? Or just sour grapes re Zuckerberg?
21 Dec
Often, in life, I wish there were a clear court of appeals when I'm not getting satisfaction.
21 Dec
RT @trakgalvis: Newt Gingrich's Assault on Judiciary - NYTimes.com (goo.gl/3vXa8) JK--Flagrant disrespect for Constitution
21 Dec
I never purge my Twitter feed of those who rarely tweet. They're the "long tail" of commentary that keeps this from getting monochromatic.
21 Dec
@Ginaschreck Today I will be....attentive.
21 Dec
Not a single interesting new IT headline this morning. Except for Oracle's disappointing financials. #Exadata one bright spot for them.
21 Dec
"Hot Shoppes is coming back to DC" (wapo.st/vtN1gr) JK--Gr8. Marriott, being DC-local, understands this is locality w/local loyalties
21 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Jesus, Etc. by Wilco from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot JK--"You were right about the stars. Each one is a setting sun."
21 Dec
Another day, another message telling me I have a new follower on a social that I myself don't follow. Yes, I'm registered there. That's it.
21 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp A Bright New Life by Escort from Escort JK--New. Sounds like classic Madonna.
21 Dec
Gingrich shut down the fed govt cuz he had personal snit fit w/ Bill Clinton. Gingrich is the personification of politics in its worst form
21 Dec
Gingrich attacking Romney for "politics in its worst form"? This from the jerk who tried to impeach a president over affair with an intern?
21 Dec
Steve Martin performs magic on the Smothers Brothers show (youtu.be/mtbWMDRxLLY) He was also writer there.
21 Dec
Mason Williams "Classical Gas" (youtu.be/EEzyrpfrPEI) JK--Performd on Smothers Brothers. 1968. He was writer on show. I remember this
21 Dec
Harry Nilsson On The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (youtu.be/dswVK5si45M) JK--And Tommy proves he has a good voice too.
21 Dec
Built & publilshed my Facebook timeline. Some glitch-y things. It assumes my "hometown" is where I was born. Not always true. Not in my case
21 Dec
Chumbawamba "Sewing Up Crap" (youtu.be/jplVjVz4GRo) JK--Makes you wonder who "Jane" is. Also from "Readymades."
20 Dec
Chumbawamba "If It Is To Be It Is Up To Me" (youtu.be/XKbjtQJMrps) JK--Also from "Readymades."
20 Dec
Chumbawamba "Jacob's Ladder" (youtu.be/gNuVwywEIB0) JK--One of many great ones from their sadly overlooked "Readymades" LP.
20 Dec
The Black Keys "10 A.M. Automatic" (youtu.be/y-CukK3eYt0) JK--Righteous jam from one of their earliest LPs.
20 Dec
The Black Keys "Howlin' For You" (youtu.be/TLSpj7q6_mM) JK--Akron duo set new standard for gutbucket blues. Sexy funny creative video
20 Dec
The Stanley Brothers "Man of Constant Sorrow" (youtu.be/ldnZnjGBGXw) JK--Blues in a bluegrass vein.
20 Dec
Alison Krauss "Down To The River To Pray" (youtu.be/DbgfQ48hWuY) JK--Same name, almost, as a casualty at Kent State.
20 Dec
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "Ohio" (youtu.be/YnOoNM0U6oc) JK--Chris Butler attended Kent State, says he witnessed the 1970 shootings
20 Dec
Tin Huey "Hump Day" (youtu.be/S7h5lwYi-wg) JK--Chris Butler sings his composition, standout from Akron crew's only major label LP
20 Dec
The Waitresses "Slide" (youtu.be/VXHhW9dV8TI) JK--Chris Butler vocalizes his composition from Stiff's 1978 "The Akron Compilation"
20 Dec
Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping" (youtu.be/ARq6uYSsUq0) JK--Probably main breadwinner in Chris Butler's back-catalog of compositions
20 Dec
Pere Ubu "Make Hay" (youtu.be/2fteDSbXeOY) JK--Brilliant languid lead: Herman's guitar, Ravenstine's synth wash, David's "hay-o" mewl
20 Dec
Pere Ubu "Voice of the Sand" & "Jehovah's Kingdom Comes" (youtu.be/NjmUaXvyhEc) JK--Very cool concrete sound-poem + devotional tunes
20 Dec
Allan Sherman "Hello Muddah Hello Faddah" (youtu.be/X0q85NahmQw) JK--Mentions "Leonard Skinner." Who got Lynyrd Skynyrd ptomaine
20 Dec
Cat in the Hat "Cat...Hat..In French Chat Chapeau" (youtu.be/Etrw6j4xogE) JK--Voiced by Allan Sherman.
20 Dec
Schroeder "Jingle Bells" (youtu.be/ie0lJ1QCHZ4) JK--Classic rendition by German-surnamed maestro of the toy piano.
20 Dec
Love "Alone Again Or" (youtu.be/JFAm3zL6cwc) JK--Classic song sets most exquisitely ambivalent mood. As title implies. Lonely,hopeful
20 Dec
Listening to Annie Lennox "Winter Wonderland." Her electro-pop rendition is one of the best ever of this over-covered Xmas love song.
20 Dec
Thanks. Another coming tomorrow.
20 Dec
@Calpont #Hadoop Thanks for the update. The blogs wasn't actually intended to be a vendor/product review. No vendor names mentioned.
20 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Walk Out to Winter by Aztec Camera from Retrospect JK--Roddy Frame. Similar vibe/voice as Neil Finn & Nick Heyward.
20 Dec
@FKatsogiannos "Danger Will Robinson! Aliens approaching!"
20 Dec
@FKatsogiannos Yes, any "Lost in Space" reference is an automatic/reliable chuckle-inducer, in pretty much any context. Especially hi-tech.
20 Dec
"6 Google Projects Ripped from Sci-Fi" (bit.ly/uyksvu) JK--Relieved. None of them involves Dr. Smith turning into stalk of celery.
20 Dec
"Big Data, analytics get even bigger, hotter in 2012" (bit.ly/s9Fsri) JK--And don't forget "uncut."
20 Dec
I always crank the Raveonettes to "11." You must hear the richness of their spatial approach to structuring their updated surfrock vibe.
20 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Dead Sound by The Raveonettes from Lust Lust Lust JK--Danish rock duo has most perfect sonic balance & shimmer thrust
20 Dec
You can always rely on Mary Jo Foley for deep scoops on all things #Microsoft. One of the best IT reporters. Tricky job: single-vendor beat
20 Dec
" MSFT's big-picture plans 4 Hadoop & Project Isotope" (zd.net/sQETpP) JK2-- #Hadoop distro on Azure in Mar '12; on Wdws Svr in June '12
20 Dec
" MSFT's big-picture plans 4 Hadoop & Project Isotope" (zd.net/sQETpP) JK--Analytics tools & svcs for Hdp on Windows Server & Azure.
20 Dec
"It's schizophrenic time 4 Web analytics tools, rsrch shows" (bit.ly/sP1QFg) JK--We dont use S-word, which is serious mental illness
20 Dec
"Lack Of Trust In Pred Analytics Models Can Snarl Projects" (bit.ly/rQ8fVR) JK--No. It's issue of trust fact- v. gut-based decisions
20 Dec
Experience analytics. A couple of years ago it would have sounded pie-in-the-sky. Now it's a substantial market & enterprise imperative.
20 Dec
Taking briefing from #ClickFox, provider of behavioral customer experience analytics SaaS for telecom, banking, and utility verticals
20 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Save Me by Aretha Franklin from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Luv U JK--1st Lady of Soul does "G-L-O-R-I-A"-ish vibe
20 Dec
"Sensemaking analytics." Near as I can tell, it's about extracting signal from noise of social chatter, or from cloud of apparent nonsense.
20 Dec
RT @DortchOnIT: @jameskobielus There is often only a thin, hazy line separating "insanely great" from "greatly insane..." JK--You said it!
20 Dec
I'm sure North Koreans would describe their past & current leaders as "insanely great." Therein lies fundamental issue w/ personality cults.
20 Dec
@kamachukam I have no opinion on that particular topic, because I haven't done comparative assessment of commercial CDR link-analysis tools
20 Dec
Taking web-conf influencer update from #Pentaho
20 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Holidays in the Sun by Sex Pistols from Never Mind the Bollocks JK--Love how Lydon trilled his "R"s in your face.
20 Dec
#HP breaks out customer experience #CX dimensions as 1) quality of interactions, 2) QoS, 3) emotional appeal, & 4) product recommendations
20 Dec
Taking post-briefing from #HP on their customer experience mgt offerings for telecoms, announced in November.
20 Dec
When I tweet a phrase like "Advances on all fronts!," I vocalize 2 self like HV Kaltenborn. Who? This Merrill WI guy (bit.ly/vTaR3W)
20 Dec
New blogpost: "The Year Ahead in Advanced Analytics? Advances on All Fronts!" (bit.ly/sLjggW)
20 Dec
@NeilRaden "Minority Report" took pred analytics 2 extreme: 100% confidence. Bit of a Dickian stretch (ooh, he said 'Dickian stretch'")
20 Dec
"Historical figures"? Yes. Just because you've taken somebody for granted while they're in your midst doesn't mean posteriority will.
20 Dec
"The passing of pioneers" (bit.ly/vfTbBL) JK--Lost several important tech industry historical figures this year. Jobs, Ritchie, etc
20 Dec
"Are tech books dead?" (bit.ly/vxzMa3) JK--I'd say yes. Have become loss leaders & fat calling cards 4 tech guru consultng businesses
20 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens frm Illinoise JK--Heartbreakngly beautiful ballad (youtu.be/9EzeW5KoPUI)
20 Dec
"Connecting the passing of Kim Jong Il to Internet Explorer" (bit.ly/skf7v7) JK--And IT journalists have no shame either.
20 Dec
"Well, it's official: Interwoven #TeamSite has outlasted Kim Jong Il" JK--It's official. Marketeers will exploit any crazy topical angle
20 Dec
IBM's 5 disruptive techs (bit.ly/t7dFi6) JK--body power, biometrics, thought interface, ubersmartphones, MPP "sensemaking analytics"
20 Dec
"Microsoft Azure gets an open source rival" (bit.ly/rNSk6j) JK--Tier 3, a new cloud alternative for .NET apps, using EMC VMWare
20 Dec
Hey #SAP, your customers are asking about your #NextBestAction offerings, if any. Quite frankly, it's tough to find any coherent story there
20 Dec
Hey #SAP , your customers are actually starting to buzz about #HANA. In other words, you have some momentum. You'd be crazy to squander it
20 Dec
Can't wait for Christmas, so I can unwrap the tablet I bought for myself. I'm a mystery to myself, so I'll be surprised when I unwrap it.
20 Dec
Most of the tech headlines from today's e-newsletters are recycled backwash of last week's headlines, which weren't earth-shattering.
20 Dec
"Innovate or Die" (bit.ly/uakNIM) JK--If Silicon Valley ever secedes from the union, would make great license plate motto.
20 Dec
"Stress Mounts as Holidays Approach" (bit.ly/uae47j) JK--Paradoxically, working over holidays often less stressful. Workloads lighter
20 Dec
Local minister runs regular radio spot "Not a Sermon." Delivers 25-sec sermon followed by that catchline. Hope he does next on Commandmnt #9
20 Dec
Listening to Young Marble Giants "Choci Loni" from "Colossal Youth." In many ways, the defining artist of British indie circa 1980.
19 Dec
Vaclav Havel: Communism "a monstrous ramshackle stinking machine" whose worst legacy was not econ failure but a "spoiled moral environment"
19 Dec
Listening to Led Zeppelin "Over The Hills & Far Away" from their greatest. "Oh darling darling darling walk a while, cuz you've got so much"
19 Dec
I wish my customer inquiries were more tightly scoped, as in "Dear Analyst: What is meaning of life?" "What's future of #BI?" is too broad
19 Dec
Every day is neverending struggle 2 relax my head. Literally. Thoughts & stress continualy tighten & tense it all over. Relaxing eyes is key
19 Dec
Two back-to-back evening inquiries w/customers on other side of the world. Both on #BI trends w/emphasis on #BigData. Both mentioned #HANA
19 Dec
"Scary ghost stories & tales of the glories..."? Hey Andy, U sure you're not mistaking Christmas for Halloween?
19 Dec
"Tail as big as a kite"? If it's star-distance away, that's imperceptble. U mean as close as kite divebombng straight at poor Charlie Brown?
19 Dec
Grand simplification strategy is wordless zen. That means no tweets either. Pretty wild, eh? Shall we go there?
19 Dec
@thebillp Nah. Won't happen. Nobody's hyping #BigData. It's a lonely field of geeks like me.
19 Dec
I'm going to suggest "mildly wild west" or, if they must boast, "exceptionally wild west," and see how that flies. Or if bullets fly.
19 Dec
I've activated my Google Chrome for the specific reason of trying the TweetDeck Web app. My Windows desktop vsn f-ed up 4 no apparent reason
19 Dec
What's the deal with "wild wild west"? The duplicated "wild" smells of desperate marketing ploy to exaggerate its untamed side. Pull it back
19 Dec
Oddly, I'm using my music-reviewer skills (I mostly covered arts for DC & BH) in my tweetstream. I went there to become business writer.
19 Dec
Taking briefing from #3iMind, Zurich-based vendor of predictive analytics solutions (prem-based/SaaS) 4 risk/threat assessment w/consulting
19 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp I'm Set Free by The Velvet Underground from eponymous 3rd LP JK--Wherein Lou plays Nico (youtu.be/wfzoyDOXfzY)
19 Dec
Interviewed by Todd Morrison of TechTarget SearchSAP.com re ERP-embedded #BI vs. best-of-breed BI tools.
19 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Carry Me Ohio by Sun Kil Moon from Ghosts of the Great Highway JK--Mark Kozelek: he of the golden mope.
19 Dec
@NeilRaden Good, but the classic approach for dealing w/ telemarketers was demonstrated by Mr. Jerry Seinfeld (youtu.be/hllDWSbuDsQ)
19 Dec
Working on my preso for #TDWI Las Vegas (Wed Feb 15, 1015-1115am): "Social Media Analytics: Revolutionizing Marketing Campaign Analytics"
19 Dec
Incoming call from "Unavailable." Usually that means telemarketing, for whom I always reciprocate & stay unavailable. Thank you caller ID!
19 Dec
Bought an Android tablet yesterday. Will probably get me an Android smartphone next week.
19 Dec
"The Grill: Doug Cutting" (bit.ly/ulo35h) JK--Sez in 5 years #Hadoop will be "incumbent." In context, seems 2 refer 2 mainstream #EDW
19 Dec
Rockin' John McDonald is 2 Madison's WORT what Leon Berman is 2 Seattle's #kexp. Same longevity/format. They even have eerily similar voices
19 Dec
"5 Twists On 2012's Big Tech Trends" (bit.ly/ukdTKA) JK--Social graph, app Internet, mobile experience, cloud, #BigData #forrester
19 Dec
Scrolling past the usual pre-Xmas PR that refs "last-minute shopping" "ho ho ho" "'tis the season" "stocking stuffers" "secret santa" etc
19 Dec
Sweet little red & yellow peppers! Ah, nothing like them. Oops--caught myself tweeting what I'm having for lunch. Shame on me! Unoriginal!
19 Dec
At least the staff at Daily Cardinal had good taste in music. I couldn't care less for politics.
19 Dec
UW-Madison's student papers. I started at Badger Herald (conservative) but left when clueless editor confused Springsteen w/Rick Springfield
19 Dec
@carterlusher Whoa! We just missed crossing paths.
19 Dec
Madison Wisconsin. Hometown of @TheOnion . Slightly after my time: '82-84 (grad school, but I wrote 4 both liberal & conservative papers)
19 Dec
I once impressed an editor of Daily Cardinal (& myself) with perfect spontaneous vocal impression of Rockin John. Didnt know I had it in me
19 Dec
"I like it like that! This is WORT-FM backporch radio in Madison Wisconsin! The coolest cuts from 50s 60s 70s...!" Yes, I went to UW-Madison
19 Dec
When I tweet stuff like "Big Cool New Stuff Looms Large!" imagin me vocalize in squeaky vox like Rockin John McDonald (bit.ly/t6A6do)
19 Dec
Wondering about Kim family dynamic now that patriarch has bit the big one. Michael ascending throne, but Sonny & Fredo may have other ideas
19 Dec
New blogpost: "The Year Ahead in Big Data? Big Cool New Stuff Looms Large!" (bit.ly/sLu0X8)
19 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Wake Me When It's Over by Longwave from The Strangest Things JK--Should be theme song of 2012 election run-up season
19 Dec
Focusing analyst brain on 1 thing 4 even half-minute is becoming luxury. Many of my content tweets R me forcing self 2 do deep spot analysis
19 Dec
One of the good things about vendor briefings (pre or post) is that focuses analyst brain on one topic for at least a half-hour.
19 Dec
Pre-briefings. Rarely a strategic advantage of knowing something under NDA a few days before other analysts. But it's good to get the depth.
19 Dec
#kexp I'm streaming you without a glitch @loserboy .
19 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Tiger Lily by Luna from Bewitched JK--1994. Dean & Britta play it live in 2009: youtu.be/eJclJRfn0zE
19 Dec
RT @swee06840: "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." George Bernard Shaw
19 Dec
Kim Jong Il eldest son disqualified self to succeed dad when tried to visit Tokyo Disneyland on fake passport. So funny it's probably true
19 Dec
"Big Data Boom Is Innovation Story of Our Time" (bit.ly/vAsH5p) JK--Discusses importance of real-world experiments thru adv analytics
19 Dec
"Twitter Launches TweetDeck as Web App" (bit.ly/u33Lms) JK--But only works in Chrome & Safari.
19 Dec
"5 More Things to Outlaw in Cars" (bit.ly/tGvlgg) JK--What's NOT distracting? Are we going to ban backseat drivers too?
19 Dec
"Microsoft Bing is Nearly Number 2, But Continues to Lose Money" (bit.ly/tQvfS0) JK--How many "loss leaders" can a business support?
19 Dec
Year-end IT news slowdown definitely gives you a breather moment. But changes nothing. U2 "New Years Day" (youtu.be/-6Y-t85vs4g)
19 Dec
"IBM tracks pork chops from pig to plate" (bit.ly/vEjTZS) JK--Headline is factual, funny, & creepy in a single alliterative stroke
19 Dec
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp White Christmas by Darlene Love from Spector Xmas LP JK--Song's an Angeleno's homesickness, not a plea for snow.
19 Dec
Arthur & Yu The Ghost of Old Bull Lee" (youtu.be/EsFha3SAa7c) JK--Stand-out from brilliant 2007 LP "In Camera"
19 Dec
Arthur & Yu "Lion's Mouth" (youtu.be/JtOBQt0MHQc) JK--Song whose LP version I've played more than any other on my Zune.
19 Dec
Arthur & Yu "I'm Set Free" (youtu.be/IViobOEsxio) JK--Cover of Velvet Underground folky one from VU's 3rd LP. C'mon A&Y: put out new
19 Dec
Frosty one. Not enough to assemble the proverbial snowman. But just enough to give the old year a touch of white to make it seem old.
19 Dec
The wine worked. It's all a rosy glow now, as I sit by the illuminated artificial and drift.
18 Dec
RIP Vaclav Havel. Returned the Czech and Slovak people to full integration with the Europe they've always been central to.
18 Dec
@VanessaAlvarez1 No need to begin in ancient hell, Vanessa. Let's begin anew. A new year awaiteth!
18 Dec
Kim Jong-il dead. Not sure how to feel.
18 Dec
Kirsty Maccoll "Angel" (youtu.be/tpSpv7QDqkM) JK--1994. From "Titanic Days." We miss you Kirsty.
18 Dec
All-Xmas-music radio continuously plays every version of evry carol. Blur into indistinguishable string of jingle. Like outdoor illumination
18 Dec
Everclear "Wonderful" (youtu.be/MUfgAbFY4CA) JK--2000. A dad telling the story of a bad marriage from his kid's POV. Strikingly touching
18 Dec
Savage Garden "Truly Madly Deeply" (youtu.be/WQnAxOQxQIU) JK--Betcha forgot this great love song from the late 90s.
18 Dec
The Crystals "Today I Met The Boy I'm Going to Marry" (youtu.be/eAg2xtGQEg0) JK--Somehow, nasty Phil Sector conjured teen love best
18 Dec
Everly Brothers "Claudette" (youtu.be/j0Otk53qFwM) JK--"Gonna B so happy 4 rest o my life when my brand nu baby is my brand new wife"
18 Dec
Jimmie Rodgers "Honeycomb" (youtu.be/anRqh02N8UM) JK--"Darn good life when you got a good wife like Honeycomb."
18 Dec
Gene Autry "O Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie" (youtu.be/qmsrXvkSnxE) JK--Romance was integral to settlement of these vast spaces.
18 Dec
Gene Autry "Ghost Riders In The Sky" (youtu.be/xjZx_ACv3LI) JK--Song that now feels like it was indigenous to North America.
18 Dec
Willie Nelson "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (youtu.be/t2xhn23MjZ4) JK--Man who makes charm seem effortless.
18 Dec
Crosby, Still, Nash & Young "Almost Cut My Hair" (youtu.be/wXenEK0h6qg) JK--Mentions havng flu 4 Xmas. I once had flu on Xmas. Bummer
18 Dec
Doing my expenses. I always push this stuff to weekends, when I'm alone with a glass of wine to anesthetize. I stay sharp, mind you.
18 Dec
Enya "One By One" (youtu.be/DhRWrf5-XH4) JK--This song has the stately feel of a coronation in progress.
18 Dec
Enya "How Can I Keep From Singing?" (youtu.be/MM8mOKfxmWw) JK--I want this playing at the Pearly Gates when (hopefully) I arrive.
18 Dec
Enya "Silent Night" (youtu.be/Odihck81MZA) JK--Her devotional voice, a capella, is what I want to hear at Midnight Mass.
18 Dec
Guy on next machine over thought I was Jewish. I come from a long line of papists on both sides of family. And I married one. Go figure.
18 Dec
Was telling the guy on the next machine over that I relate as much to Winter Solstice as to Xmas. Day of max dark & calm. "Silent night"
18 Dec
Sending out our Christmas cards. Thumbing thru our ancient address-card box. Some people have passed away. Many we simply lost touch with.
18 Dec
Real-world experimnt. Extend same offer on same day 2 individuals in same customer segmt but thru diff channels. Where is acceptance gr8est?
18 Dec
Year ahead in #BigData ? #Hadoop deployments grow 10x. Graph DB mania 4 influence mining. Cloud #EDW goes mainstream. Data science in vogue
18 Dec
Obama's year in review. Among other accomplishments: he killed Osama Bin Laden. If Republican pres had done it, they'd be insufferble boasts
18 Dec
Customer experience journey. U optimize thru continuous complx event proc stream that keeps tabs on whence U origin8d & where U likely going
18 Dec
I automatically stay tuned into any documentary program set in the polar regions. Earth's most extreme climate holds trackless white mystery
18 Dec
Linus recites from Luke gospel in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (youtu.be/pn10FF-FQfs) JK--Single greatest TV Xmas-special scene ever.
18 Dec
Catholicism long ago decided that justifying the "Virgin Birth" meant distracting attention away from Jesus' blood siblings.
18 Dec
"5 Myths About Christmas" (wapo.st/urWY3u) JK--Jesus WAS NOT an only child. Bible even names several brothers & mentions sisters.
18 Dec
My new Sunday morning ritual is laptop on lap (on sofa), Sunday paper at my right hand, reading the phys paper, tweeting on it while reading
18 Dec
Saw "La Mission" w/Benjamin Bratt on DVD. Excellent drama about homophobia among Latinos & troubled dad's tortured relationship with gay son
18 Dec
Gingrich is making dangerous dictator noises about eliminating whole courts because he disagrees with their rulings.
18 Dec
Dumb Tea Party statement: "Environmentalists have always had agenda 2 put nature above man." No. God has that agenda. It's a violent cosmos
18 Dec
Added 2 more strings of lights to my external display last night, & rearranged what I already had out there. It looked a little anemic.
18 Dec
"How eliminating paper money could end recessions" (slate.me/uEeh9t) JK--Interesting. Includes notion of "negative interest rates"
18 Dec
Slate intervu w/ Google's Schmidt (slate.me/sKIlmL) JK--Says will "probably" not get into "direct content biz." I bet they will.
18 Dec
Most powerful new-music discovery mechanism ever invented is #KEXP. YouTube is greatest old-music rediscovery mechanism.
17 Dec
Somebody published book on history of MTV. Let it be known that MTV stunk from the start. Never a place designed to help you find good music
17 Dec
Super H Mart, Fairfax, Korean supermarket, has most awesome assortment of hot fresh free food samples of any grocery I've ever shopped at
17 Dec
Today's Dilbert has talking smartphone threatening the pointy-haired boss: "Recharge me now or so help me Jobs I will delete your contacts."
17 Dec
Early 70s. Kelloggs intro'd Pop Tarts & Danish Go-Rounds. Formr succeed while lattr discontinu several yrs l8r. I still miss. Was yummier.
17 Dec
Data science centers of excellence. If they're not continuing 2 deepen yr understanding of yr futures, they're just empty modeling exercises
17 Dec
Data science centers of excellence. If you're not continuing 2 rejuven8 w/ freshest young minds straight from universities, they grow stale.
17 Dec
Data science centers of excellence. If they degenerate into mere training programs 4 getting everybody up 2 speed on yr tools, they've fail
17 Dec
Data science centers of excellence. They should be forums of intellectual ferment and discovery within your organization.
17 Dec
Data science centers of excellence. They should be plugged deeply into your company's R&D, innovation, and transformation initiatives.
17 Dec
Data science centers of excellence. Focus should be on standardization, reuse, collaboration, governance, automation, & skills enhancement.
17 Dec
