Stuff I'd prefer to delegate to my administrative assistant February 13-17 2012

As the Worm Turns: Apple Exposed
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3416269/5553367/286859/0/

Awesome Facebook Timelines
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3416269/5553367/286866/0/

IBM Adds Speed, Flexibility To Big Data Storage

Big Data Makes Banks Rethink Storage

Hadoop wins over enterprise IT, spurs talent crunch

'Big data' prep: 5 things IT should do now

Startup launches array tuned for unstructured, structured data

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224181/Startup_launches_array_tuned_for_unstructured_structured_data?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2012-02-13

Does SIEM Make Sense For Your Company?

Cloud federation with RightScale

The Rise of the International Cybervillain
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74405.html

Five Ways to Make NoSQL Ready for Enterprises

Multimedia Madness - The Unresolved Challenge for Records Management

Google and the hardware dream: Can it capture the wow factor?

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/google-and-the-hardware-dream-can-it-capture-the-wow-factor/69251?tag=nl.e019

Your personal data isn't free (and other misconceptions)

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/your-personal-data-isnt-free-and-other-misconceptions/69265?tag=nl.e019

Google Updates YouTube with Discovery Features
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3417994/5553367/287264/0/

RTI creates a real-time SOA platform

http://www.sdtimes.com/link/36350

Big data is dead (maybe)! Long live analytics apps!
http://go.techtarget.com/r/16346240/2433922

Dyslexie font designed to help dyslexics read, write

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/design-architecture/dyslexie-font-designed-to-help-dyslexics-read-write/4110?tag=nl.e550

Cloudera introduces CDH4

http://www.cloudera.com/blog/2012/02/introducing-cdh4/

The Public Sector CRM Opportunity

What's the big deal about Hadoop?

Vertica Extends Manageability and Ease-of-Use for the Vertica Analytics Platform http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4994333&access=EH

Birst to Help Midsize Enterprises Wrangle Hadoop, Big Data

Cray courts the big-data market

NASA unplugs last mainframe

Master Brands Position Enterprise Cloud

John Halamka: Work-induced attention deficit disorder

Oracle preps MySQL Cluster for Web use

HP gives Vertica a fresh face

Poisoning The Data Well

Cache as Cache Can: New SSD Options Boost Performance
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74416.html

ORACLE ADVANCED ANALYTICS BUNDLES R WITH ORACLE DATABASE
http://go.techtarget.com/r/16361784/2433922

Predictive Analytics Defining Marketing Competition

The New Storage Bottlenecks

IBM's startup guy: We're cracking new markets

Open source software: What is holding back adoption by government?

Ex-Sun CEO Schwartz launches medical-records startup

Remember Myspace? It's Scored a Million New Members

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=032002XVYKCG&nl=2&full_skip=1

Sybase Defines the Global mCommerce Movement for Financial Institutions, Enterprises and Mobile Operators
http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4994885&access=EH

TECHNOLOGY LEADERS OF THE FUTURE EMBEDDED IN A BUSINESS NEAR YOU
http://go.techtarget.com/r/16360059/2433922

Open APIs Are the New Open Source
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74419.html

Q&A: Autonomy CEO Explains Why The HP Deal Made Sense

IBM VP: Big data, analytics giving way to 'social economy'

Google may be working on computerized eye glasses

APPLIANCES INCREASINGLY FINDING HOMES IN DATA WAREHOUSE ARCHITECTURES
http://go.techtarget.com/r/16377956/2433922

Analytics: The Widening Divide

Changes from Cloud-based Data Integration

Oracle Reaches for Cloud Credibility

Master Brands Position Enterprise Cloud

The Cloud, Data Centers and Dashboards in Obama's Budget

Time For Another Episode of 'Valley View'

FBI says social media monitoring won't infringe privacy rights

Splunk Makes a Splash with Enterprise Security for Big Data

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=033003AH37IC&nl=2&full_skip=1

Microsoft Cuts Prices On SQL Azure Cloud Storage

Microsoft goes 'Beyond the Like' with social ads solution

MIT event shows the many faces, challenges of big data

Can stress be good?

ENIAC, world's first digital computer, turns 66

Microsoft Boosts Performance in Entity Framework 5.0

Selling Data in the Windows Azure Marketplace

SSDs have a 'bleak' future, researchers say

Big data helps drive math Ph.D.s to IBM

BI Paths Old and New

SanDisk to Buy FlashSoft

Zynga makes dramatic shift from public cloud

Microsoft Sees Skype Linking All Its Products, CFO Says
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3422281/5553367/288519/0/

BIG DATA ANALYTICS: LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP
http://go.techtarget.com/r/16391514/2433922

Why 'big data' is a magnet for startups

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57379492-76/why-big-data-is-a-magnet-for-startups/#ixzz1mdxtah6D

Big Data and Data Quality

http://chrisjpowell.com/2012/02/big-data-and-data-quality/

The end of the PC, courtesy of Microsoft

The Algebra of Collaboration

Facebook, the Timeline, and the difference between consuming and creating

MIT researchers build wireless 'pharmacy on a chip'

Q&A: Autonomy CEO Explains Why The HP Deal Made Sense

Meg Whitman Brings the Swagger Back to Hewlett-Packard
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/3423258/5553367/288971/0/

Inside Zynga's Big Move To Private Cloud

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg joins Pinterest

IBM to Introduce New Systems With 'Integrated Expertise'

6 cool uses of near-field communication

Twitter, American Express launch self-service ad platform

IBM says future computers will be constant learners

Aweekstweets February 11-18 2012: the week travel totally consumed me

2m

It's noon and I'm still in what I wore to sleep last night. I love lazy Saturdays!

3m

Whitney Houston was godmother of "American Idol." By that, I mean her vocal athleticism encouraged lessers to over-sing every tune to death

9m

@susank Don't freak. Just treat the nuptial event as a milestone, necessary but not defining, in lifelong journey. Just a party w/ ceremony.

23m

I did about 50 million work tasks on plane home from SF yesterday. Glad I'd staged those in briefcase at Embarcadero office the day before

27m

Young Marble Giants "Cakewalking" (youtu.be/RFrZACVkOxs) JK--Recent live performance of song from their original seminal EP.

29m

Young Marble Giants "Music For Evenings" (youtu.be/HifY-0pzLMg) JK--Another case in point. Feel the dramatic depth of Phil's bass.

31m

In fact, my advice is to play Young Marble Giants as loud as you possibly can. The quietness is an auditory illusion. Reverberant ringing!

32m

Young Marble Giants "Wurlitzer Jukebox" (youtu.be/8xob9tLR18s) JK--Played full blast in rental car. Noticed Stuart's stabbing chords

38m

I suggested to #HP #Autonomy #Vertica this week that they get Billy Idol to promote their converged platform. Or Eric Idle. I prefer Eric.

47m

Zynga pulling its infrastructure from Amazon 2 private cloud. Does this mean public cloud is where yer biz grows up but U leave when mature?

49m

So many Silicon Valley summits to attend. Always confuses me. It's a valley. How can it also have summits? I look around and don't see peak

55m

I told #TDWI crowd that if they flicked their bics after my speech I'd come out 4 encore: free half-day #Hadoop workshop w/ trained elephant

57m

Listening to Simon & Garfunkel "My Little Town" from their gr8st. Great 1975 post-breakup hit. Wish Beatles had done such an encore.

59m

What's most mystifying hotel plumbing you've ever encountered? I've puzzld over so many odd faucet/showr fixturs over years that I'm old pro

1h

"Meg Whitman Brings Swagger Back to HP" (bit.ly/ydCLZ1) JK--Curious why pub feels must validate her chops w/macho boasting mannerism

1h

RT @MJMcKean: 20 years ago, he arrived in New York City with nothing but a dream and a cold sore. #NoNamesPlease

1h

"MIT resrchers build wireless 'pharmacy on chip'" (bit.ly/xJ7VN1) JK--Does this mean fuzz'll add subcutaneous 2 body-cavity searches?

1h

#Informatica is doing, or at least driving, #CRM Next Best Action apps in customer environments. They should build this capability further.

1h

Dear Facebook: You've been displaying same stranger-to-me hot chick in "People U May Know" for a few years. Dump the pimping algorithm!

1h

Dear Mr Twitter DM "i cant believe this but there are some real nasty things being said about you here": Defend me, if U are a true friend

1h

Listening to Cat Stevens "Moonshadow" from his gr8st. His apparently nonsensical rhyming of "mouth" & "teeth north & south" is Cockney slang

1h

Listening to Cat Stevens "Morning Has Broken" from gr8st. Reminds that "recreation" is in fact "re-creation." Spirtual relaxation = renewal

1h

Listening to Cat Stevens "Wild World" from his greatest. I know a fair number of people who get by just upon a smile.

1h

I also noticed how many people in the data analytics industry are far younger than me but quite sharp & will likely do well if they persist

1h

One of things I always note when making the rounds of the data analytics industry is how many people have been in this space longer than me

1h

Ah yes, my usual weekend morning ritual of waiting for #kexp "Mind Over Matters" to end and music to resume.

1h

Jhoon Rhee Taekwondo Nobody Bothers Me Commercial (youtu.be/n7PEMGuA6tw) JK--Jingle writtn by Nils Lofgren in exchange 4 free lessons

2h

Much as I enjoy NPR All Songs Considered podcasts, they talk too much & sour mood by dumping on artists they don't care for. Just play music

3h

Recovering on my sofa from a week of travel. Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy. So would Mr. Bluebird.

16h

I continue 2 acquire new followers on socials I dont even use, though I have accounts. I dont show up for my own parties. What's my problem?

16h

I am back home. Just did a quick workout. Had a bowl of black bean soup. Just staying simple for a while. Simpler is cooler.

17 Feb

"Paul McCartney: The Beatles Considered Reuniting" (bit.ly/zkfSyA) JK--They didn't need to. Their recorded output was astonishing

17 Feb

One of the highlights of my yesterday chat with #Informatica was their focus on #BigData quality and governance. Few others have that focus

17 Feb

@alyswoodward #bigdata Who are these people you're meeting? I've never seen the eyeroll response re Big Data as a term.

17 Feb

"Big Data and Data Quality" (bit.ly/A3YF5j) JK--Don't use your #Hadoop cluster as a Ha-dump for junk data. Profile, cleanse, control!

17 Feb

Being prompted to click "like" relative to someone's death notice on Facebook creeps me out. Can't they have a "sympathy" link to click on?

17 Feb

"Incredible Story Of How Target Exposed Teen Girl's Pregnancy"( bit.ly/zNW6W5) JK--Not incredible at all. Cust segment'n model + data

17 Feb

"EXOTIC DANCER: I Used 2 Work At Lehman Brothers, Now I'm A Stripper" (bit.ly/xV6Cuq ) JK--Who used 2 strip companies of their assets

17 Feb

"Why 'big data' is magnet 4 startups" (cnet.co/zOwVbR) JK--What's with "so-called" re #bigdata ? Would they say "so-called cloud"?

17 Feb

Oversharing. LIke "information glut," the term is starting to feel antiquated. We just accept that world's information metabolism has scaled

17 Feb

#MapReduce models executed inside your ETL and other data integration jobs. It's not just for analytics, folks!

16 Feb

The way @SteveMartinToGo was ribbing @ConanOBrien , you can tell Steve loves Conan.

16 Feb

@SteveMartinToGo was very funny on @ConanOBrien tonight. Steve read excerpts from the new book of his tweets.

16 Feb

#Forrester San Francisco office's "Snoop Dogg" conference room. It's the Schizzle Benchmarking Laboratory for the Bling-Bling Wave!

16 Feb

"Microsoft Sees Skype Linking All Its Products, CFO Says" (bit.ly/ymljKj) JK--Hoo-boy. Does that mean we'll VoIP with Clippy avatar?

16 Feb

Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park CA. Almost turned into Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, thinking it was the hotel.

16 Feb

Had an extraordinarily informative & engaging set of 1:1s with #Informatica this morning and early afternoon. They are all-barrels blazing!

16 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Ritual Union by Little Dragon from Ritual Union JK--Would've been a perfect Valentine's Day song.

16 Feb

Take one part #TDWI , add one part @strataconf , & you'd have most awesome data analytics conf series: traditional & leading-edge commingle

16 Feb

"ENIAC, world's first digital computer, turns 66" (bit.ly/xetfAq) JK--Would've if it'd survived. Now processing payroll in hereafter

16 Feb

"Cisco study finds The Who was right!" (bit.ly/z5gJfk) JK--If "Going Mobile" was prophecy, are we all becoming Hippie Gypsies?

16 Feb

@WilliamKramer #KEXP Hmmm....I hope their developer is reading the tweets, email, and other feedback so they can see what's still f'd up

16 Feb

The #Informatica analyst event half-day starts in an hour over breakfast. I'm doing 1:1s each with 7 of their people.

16 Feb

"Can stress be good?" (tek.io/yUL2oP) JK--Dumb question at worst, rhetorical at best. Performance anxiety can spur better performance

16 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Falling by Angelo Badalamenti from Twin Peaks JK--This ethEERIEal TV show theme from early 90s now sounds timeless.

16 Feb

Biggest struggle an industry analyst faces daily is keeping up with one's reading, which is part of mkt rsch, which is in fact our core job

16 Feb

One phrase I didn't hear mentioned at all at #TDWI was "data scientist." But Phil said survey showed strong demand for "data architects"

16 Feb

Stonebraker's discussion of #Hadoop limitations in that "MIT event" article is interesting. I'm compiling such a list right now.

16 Feb

"MIT event shows the many faces, challenges of big data" (bit.ly/xoCK6F) JK--Cool: temporal analysis, machine learning, ad optzn, etc

16 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Gigantic by Pixies from Surfer Rosa JK--I hereby name this official theme song of #bigdata.

16 Feb

New #Teradata 2690 appliance is their first new product to leverage v14 database with columnar storage/compression option. That's key fact

16 Feb

#Teradata releases 2690 #EDW appliance (reut.rs/wkbT2l). Vendor needs to learn to write press release headlines that state facts

16 Feb

At long last, #KEXP has got the formatting of the real-time playlist right. Bravo to the new redesign.

16 Feb

Sunrise, clear morning over Silicon Valley, so-named for the world's richest vein of silicon deposits, sprouting the famous money trees.

16 Feb

Marianne Faithfull "The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan" (youtu.be/d0NxhFn0szc) JK--1979. Shel Silverstein song. Highlight of "Broken English"

16 Feb

Dory Previn "Lady With the Braid" (youtu.be/vE4rExrR19M) JK--1st time I'd ever heard anything by her. Now I know wot moved TraceyAnne

16 Feb

RIP Dory Previn. Only thing I know about this songwriter is that she inspired this great Camera Obscura song (youtu.be/AlB3etVa5I0)

16 Feb

Guy at next table uttered line: "If a bullfrog had wings, he wouldn't bump his ass." 1st time I heard that was WBeatty "McCabe & Mrs Miller"

15 Feb

Presidents Day in US is this coming Monday. Every president's birthday should be its own 3-day holiday. We need one 3-day holiday every week

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp I Need a Dollar by Aloe Blacc from Good Things JK--From 2 years ago, I think. Regardless, one of my fave soul songs

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Israelites by Desmond Dekker & the Aces JK--When I hear this, it's 1968, I'm 10 yrs old, listening to CKLW-AM Windsor

15 Feb

LAXing. Relaxing at the gate. Wondering about that mysterious white spidery dome-like structure in mid-distance. For tethering dirigibles?

15 Feb

Monty Python: British Army meets Mafia (youtu.be/cNZKUozrBl4) JK--"Nice Army base, colonel, we wouldnt want anything to happen to it"

15 Feb

@jonahkai #TDWI Please ask that question to TDWI people. They would know. Not me.

15 Feb

"Time For Another Episode of 'Valley View'" (bit.ly/xSRpxM) JK--I'm viewing it from 3000 miles away, virtually, off Valley View Drive

15 Feb

"The Cloud, Data Centers & Dashboards in Obama's Budget" (bit.ly/wi5vEF) JK--Any social analytics? Caution: T-Party'll call socialism

15 Feb

I structured my #TDWI preso deck as a detail-packed checklist of social marketing analytic best practices. Attendees encouraged to download

15 Feb

I told TDWI crowd (actually interjected from my seat during Phil's closing) that 99% of social intelligence is junk. Which 1% is golden?

15 Feb

Audio problems during my #TDWI speech, including intense feedback. I switched 2 acoustic, unplugged, my loud mouth, till fresh mic arrived

15 Feb

"Google may be working on computerized eye glasses" (bit.ly/xwCs6n) JK--Nerd alert! Wearable tek means U crossed over 2 the dork side

15 Feb

I take issue w/assumption that "people read fewer books" is necessarily a bad thing. Better to ask "are they less literate & informed?"

15 Feb

Shawn Rogers & Stephen Brobst also spoke on social media analytics at this #TDWI. They did it in courses. I did it at BI Executive Summit

15 Feb

#TDWI audiences ask exceptionally good questions, because they are focused, disciplined professionals in #DW #BI #datamanagement

15 Feb

Today I presented compendium of #Forrester rsch on social med analytics & mktg: my own + other analysts, at #TDWI. Somehow, I didnt go long

15 Feb

Lots of gr8 vdr briefings yesterday at #TDWI , including #HP #Kalido #Composite #Wherescape #MarkLogic

15 Feb

I assume I'll get a deeper drill on #Informatica #Hadoop solutions for data integration tomorrow in my jam-packed half-day with them.

15 Feb

#TDWI Executive Summit in Vegas was excellent. I enjoyed and learned from all the other speakers. Phil Russom was an excellent moderator.

15 Feb

Enjoyed the #TDWI Vegas experience. On my way to SFO for a half-day of #Informatica

15 Feb

One key casualty of the Internet age: the notion there are things out there that you can safely ignore. Stuff pops up to bite yr behind.

15 Feb

Coincidentally, I first heard Nick Cave at South Quad in late 70s. Guy down hall had one of 1st LPs from Cave's then-band The Birthday Party

15 Feb

My college dorm? I'm a Wolverine. In Ann Arbor, I stayed my junior & senior years at South Quad. First floor. Totally wild stuff. Enjoyed

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Red Right Hand by Nick Cave & Bad Seeds JK--At my college dorm, a red right hand meant he'd pulled the fire alarm

15 Feb

"IBM VP: #bigdata analytics giving way 2 'social economy'" (zd.net/zr4lnZ) JK--Social media analytics It's my speech topic this a.m.

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Cuts You Up by Peter Murphy from Deep JK--A voice with real authority. You follow this voice through the void.

15 Feb

"Open APIs Are the New Open Source" (bit.ly/yst30v) JK--Yep. HDFS API is #Hadoop 's beating heart.

15 Feb

"Remember Myspace? It's Scored a Million New Members" (bit.ly/x0sGaN) JK--I wrote them off as dead social. Now resurrected social

15 Feb

"HP gives Vertica a fresh face" (bit.ly/AoGsGX) JK--Incremental feature updates. Not total product refresh. Being IDOLized as well.

15 Feb

"Work-induced attention deficit disorder" (bit.ly/wZCLQc) JK--No. Not psychiatric condition. Practice self-discipline. Cut stuff out.

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Memories by Material from One Down JK--1982. 1st lead vox record of 18-yr-old Whitney Houston (bit.ly/wRthO0)

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp It All Feels the Same by Tennis from Young and Old JK--Every one of this young band's songs feels like old friend

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Elephant King by Yellow Ostrich from Strange Land JK--Fortuitous song choice to stimulate my #Hadoop thoughts.

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Happy Valentine's Day by OutKast from Speakerboxxx / The Love Below JK--Great soul/hiphop LP. Almost 10 years old.

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town by Talking Heads from Talking Heads: 77 JK--Band totally stood apart stylistically in 1977

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Lovestain by Jose Gonzales from Veneer JK--This man should be scoring major motion pictures. Has deft dramatic tones

15 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Think I'm in Love by Beck from The Information JK--His parents were conceptual artists, associates of young Yoko Ono

15 Feb

Agenda for #Zettaset webinar includes "The Pachyderm's Growing Pains: What's Still Missing from Apache #Hadoop "

15 Feb

Full title of #Zettaset sponsored webinar: "Hardening Hadoop: Making the #BigData Elephant Ready for Enterprise Deployment."

15 Feb

Velvet Underground "Sister Ray" (youtu.be/FJUpY5geWcU) JK--Lou Reed had electroshock therapy at young age. This song feels like that

14 Feb

One of the keys to getting productive work done on the road is to learn how to stop&start intermittently without losing thread of thought.

14 Feb

One key change in me over the past several years is that I'm doing far more public speaking than ever before. I enjoy it.

14 Feb

#TDWI gave me the final speaking slot on tomorrow, the last day of the conference. I like having the last words. Thoughts are spring-loaded

14 Feb

Didn't totally fast. Ate a few bits at #TDWI happy hour event on exhibit floor. But conference happy-hour hors d'oeuvres do not a meal make

14 Feb

My Bloody Valentine "Sometimes" (youtu.be/t0dJqlvOSq4) JK--Totally majestic & stentorian electronic fuzz guitar shoegazers

14 Feb

Frank Sinatra "My Funny Valentine" (youtu.be/JGxrE6Mf_6Y) JK--Done with Old Blue Eyes' signature macho romantic panache

14 Feb

My great-grandfather on my mother's side was named Valentine Hoff. Back in the day, this was not an odd name for a man.

14 Feb

Working on my slides for my sponsored webinar w/ #Zettaset on "Hardening #Hadoop ". You think I'm relaxing? Road routines are weird. Period

14 Feb

My usual appetite-suppressant strategies on the road are simple. First, talk lots of business during meals. Second, drink lots of water.

14 Feb

@jimericson was asking why I've slacked off on blogging. Part of the reason is that I've obviously shifted my social mix to tweeting.

14 Feb

The Remains "Why Do I Cry" (youtu.be/7Egk5FNdi9w) JK--Supertight mid-60s garage-rock combo.

14 Feb

Weekend "Midnight Slows" (youtu.be/AXWtsSteaMI) JK--Now, imagine Marianne Faithfull in place of Alison Statton on vocals on this.

14 Feb

Marianne Faithfull "In My Time of Sorrow" (youtu.be/3t3p-Wvwxhs) JK--She has always been a very French-like Englishwoman singer.

14 Feb

Marianne Faithfull "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" (youtu.be/W2QfABvQrRc) JK--She added a slightly continental sigh to it. Very nice.

14 Feb

Goldie & the Gingerbreads "Can't You Hear my Heartbeat" (youtu.be/OKEnisIklxo) JK--HH was covering this American artist. 1964.

14 Feb

Herman's Hermits "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" (youtu.be/9keoxorV-ZI) JK--Ditto and double-ditto the previous sentiment.

14 Feb

Herman's Hermits "I'm Into Something Good" (youtu.be/zxDh2sYQRpo) JK--A song that picks me up no matter what condition I'm in.

14 Feb

@rhilsen Thanks Rob, but walking that far & dodging crowds is something I don't want to do. Best to fast.

14 Feb

Exhausted. Probably won't eat tonight. It's not that I'm not hungry. It's just that Vegas' casino-embedded restaurants turn my stomach.

14 Feb

Vegas is evolving. I'm standing on Strip in front o Mirage while they blare Death Cab For Cutie from loudspeakers. "I Will Possess Yr Heart"

14 Feb

@jimericson #TDWI I saw him too! First thing in the morning, in the mirror. Wow, there he is again, in yonder looking glass!

14 Feb

Shawn Rogers has excellent voice for projecting clearly articulated complex points across large room. He's a powerful blend of treble & bass

14 Feb

Shawn Rogers of EMA speaking on cloud data strategy. Shawn always offers thought-provoking discussions of #BI analytics data management

14 Feb

#InformationBuilders IBI offers in-memory columnar "query store," sez VP Product Mktg Kevin Quinn at #TDWI

14 Feb

John Santaferraro of #ParAccel at #TDWI. Great discussion of need for collaborative, combined, & cloud analytic platforms.

14 Feb

Real-time DW discussion at #TDWI by S. Brennan, Quicken Loans, Livonia MI. One of my many quirks is gratuitous call-out of my hometown.

14 Feb

Quite often, I mentally reconfigure other speakers' data analytic schematics to match the paradigm I work from. Usually isomorphic.

14 Feb

Russom #TDWI presenting findings from gr8 enterprise survey on #bigdata strategies. One-third of orgs have at least 1 analytic DB > 10tb

14 Feb

Listening to Phil Russom at #TDWI. Enterprise data strategies. Phil is essentially a de facto professor to whole data analytics mkt.

14 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp No Children by The Mountain Goats from Tallahassee JK--Perfect anti-Valentine song. Astonishingly savage & funny

14 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields from 69 Love Songs JK--Stephin Merritt writes pretty luv songs w/ sharp fangs

14 Feb

"NASA unplugs last mainframe" (bit.ly/Ah4oF5) JK--Not fully decommissioned till they shoot it into geosynchronous orbit.

14 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) by A Flock of Seagulls JK--Singer had most mockable 'do of New Wave era

14 Feb

The lady I flew out to Vegas next to, the chief shoe buyer for major retail chain, dug my Next Best Action "love" & "money" framework.

14 Feb

Heart-shaped sentiments. Nobody plays Heart on Valentine's Day. Ladies, he's either a "Magic Man" or a "Barracuda." Is he "Crazy on You"?

14 Feb

Some professional associates don't connect with my musical tweets. Some personal contacts don't get into my tech tweets. My Twitter personas

14 Feb

I'm a go down & get me some o dat #TDWI. Strong stuff, but I can take it.

14 Feb

Already sent out my Valentine's Day love to my girls. Younger was best V-Day gift any parents could ever wish for. Happy 22nd Sonya!

14 Feb

Hem "Stupid Mouth Shut" (youtu.be/qPgJp1FTAUc) JK--Couldnt find their "Valentine's Day" on YouTube. I love this one too.

14 Feb

"Game face." Interesting double-entendre. On one side, it refers to face as pure mask to conceal intent. On another, it's grin&bear stoicism

14 Feb

But that's a quibble. Todd Weiss did a fine job on that #Hadoop article.

14 Feb

Yes, another use this industry analyst puts Twitter to is clarifying when reporters put a slightly unintended tweak to something I told them

14 Feb

"What's the big deal about Hadoop?" (bit.ly/xNZ1oy) JK--He should have said "Kobielus estimates." I told Todd it's rough guesstimate

14 Feb

"What's the big deal about #Hadoop ?" (bit.ly/xNZ1oy) JK--I'm glad you ask. Start here for the ultimate word: bit.ly/ogysBX

14 Feb

When we analysts get together, one topic that occasionally comes up is....vendors...and why some have stopped reaching out to brief us.

14 Feb

Got a full day of listening (yes I do that on occasion) & meetings today at #TDWI. All full-up on my vendor 1:1 dance card.

14 Feb

Chatted w/TechTarget editorial director @hsmalltree @ #QlikTech shindig last night. Fellow #kexp visitor. Vocalist. New England beach person

14 Feb

I wouldn't call Vegas the most breakfast-friendly place. Ever try 2 find decent cup of coffee & omelette in or around casinos? Odds are slim

14 Feb

Fending off requests from people & places that want me to speak for free. Ummm....ever heard of "gotta eat"?

14 Feb

@donalddotfarmer was surprised that I go back and delete/edit/retweet my tweets. I do it all the time. I curate my feed constantly. Rapidly

14 Feb

#KEXP , because the music really does matter my dear @Claudia_Imhoff . U don't mind if I call you "dear" on Twitter, do U? Our secret's out!

14 Feb

This station identification is purely for benefit of @Claudia_Imhoff : #KEXP is listener-sponsored public radio 90.3fm Seattle www.kexp.org

14 Feb

Yet another mind-expanding conversation with the awesomely agile mind of @donalddotfarmer of #QlikTech. Gaelic is the dude's first language!

14 Feb

Fun evening socializing with the good folks of #QlikTech & assembled analysts & hangers-on in a sculpture gallery at Bellagio.

13 Feb

#Cloudera releases CDH4 #Hadoop distro. More info at their blog: bit.ly/hnSszx

13 Feb

"Dyslexie font designd 2 help dyslexics read&write" (smrt.io/Al06H9) JK--Curious if itll also speed text comprehend by non-dyslexics

13 Feb

"Saturday Night Live's Verizon Spoof Touches Nerve" (on.wsj.com/wEBilS) JK--Stream: bit.ly/ygG6RY "An Old Person's Nightmare"

13 Feb

"“Virginia is for drones?” (bit.ly/yRuUjS) JK--Yes, we of Old Dominion will accept no other type of bee. Queens & workers: bug off!

13 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Check the Rhime by A Tribe Called Quest from The Low End Theory JK--1991. Lou Brock reference dates it.

13 Feb

"The good, bad and ugly of 802.11ac " (bit.ly/xu8eh0) JK--Cinema buffs know it as "the Clint, the Lee, & the Eli." Get it right!

13 Feb

"Google and the hardware dream: Can it capture wow factor?" (zd.net/zu1mLB ) JK--Physically tangible Google begs Apple comparisons

13 Feb

First few hours in pacific time are always a spacey high. You've gained 3 extra hours & it feels like luxury. An abundance of fresh time!

13 Feb

"Five Ways to Make NoSQL Ready for Enterprises" (bit.ly/A7A788) JK--JPA API, complex data links, scale-up, cluster mgt, hybrid arch

13 Feb

"The Rise of the International Cybervillain" (bit.ly/wD81j8) JK--Need a Cyber-007 to nail this new species of bad guy.

13 Feb

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp This Fire of Autumn by Tindersticks from The Something Rain JK--The National is American Tindersticks. Or vice versa

13 Feb

" #Hadoop wins over enterprise IT, spurs talent crunch" (bit.ly/Az0AzP) JK--"We're old guys in room now after doing this for 3 yrs,"

13 Feb

@rwang0 See you in Menlo Park. I'm catching Day 2 of #Informatica. I speak at #TDWI on Day 1

13 Feb

There's a big fashion-industry show called MAGIC sprawled across Vegas Conv Ctr, Mandalay Bay, & Venetian. #TDWI just at Caesars. "Just"?

13 Feb

Hydrating constantly in Vegas. That means I'm drinking lots of water. Hasn't seeped through to my skin yet. Dry & flaky.

13 Feb

It's middle of February, & a Monday. Why so many tourists in Vegas. Valentine's Day? Suspect many couples here to reconsummate wedding vows

13 Feb

Rain forecasted for southern Nevada. Should damp down airborne particulate matter. Vegas desert sandblasts your sinuses in no time.

13 Feb

Woman next 2 me on plane 2 Vegas is chief shoe buyer 4 major retail chain. I told her that's dream job 4 many women. "Shoe porn" fantasy

13 Feb

One thing Las Vegas lacks is a Las Vegas-themed casino-resort-hotel.

13 Feb

Ok Erica. Disappointed. I was hoping to meet you.

13 Feb

Somehow, perfect English e-mail subject lines from Indonesian friends who barely know the language suggest their email accounts been hacked

13 Feb

In transit to #TDWI Las Vegas. Looking forward to #QlikView hospitality event tonight. Chat w/ @donalddotfarmer @EricaDriver etc

12 Feb

Bon Iver "For Emma" (youtu.be/T0yaQ20dpWI) JK--From debut LP "For Emma, Forever Ago." Love the wintry glowing soul of this one.

12 Feb

I'm sure vast majority o peeps watching R saying "who the f is Bon Iver?" Understood. Ive never once heard him/thm anywhere other than #kexp

12 Feb

Bon Iver , i.e, Justin Vernon, wins a Grammy. Best new artist? It's been 4 years since his debut LP. But that's fine. Quite deserving.

12 Feb

Tony Bennett. Practically the only survivor of the Sinatra Generation of big-band/swing singers. Still in fine voice.

12 Feb

Adele's voice sounds no worse for the throat surgery she had a few months ago. She rocked her biggest hit fairly convincingly. No lip-sync.

12 Feb

Only one of the male country stars in attendance at Grammies wearing required 10-gallon headgear. I'm sure Country Music Assn will levy fine

12 Feb

When a TV announcer says "everybody will be talking about this tomorrow," I wanna snark back "talking about what?"

12 Feb

Social media and its terminably hip victims. Some day, I expect to see tombstones engraved "thank for the follow."

12 Feb

Taylor Swift is doing something on the banjo. Count myself as one of her fans.

12 Feb

Paul McCartney simply singing. Sitting on a stool. A Valentine's song. This is the Paul I want to see. Hail to you rock royalty!

12 Feb

Stevie Wonder playing his harmonica at the Grammies. One of the only artists, other than Dylan, I want to see play the harmonica.

12 Feb

Today actually felt like February. The frigid gusty wind cut right through me as I dashed across Manchester Lakes Blvd, hat- and scarf-less

12 Feb

If you're a Beach Boys buff, you'll know LA session musician Glen Campbell filled in for Brian on road in mid-60s.

12 Feb

Beach Boys performing "Good Vibrations" live on Grammies, wit.h Brian, Mike, Bruce, and Al. Glen Campbell in audience

12 Feb

Maroon 5 doing cover of Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" live on Grammies. Actually, they can do harmonies. Why don't they do them on their songs?

12 Feb

Just saw "Water for Elephants" on DVD. It's pretty clear early on that one of the main characters will indeed be done in by an elephant.

12 Feb

"[B]est way 2 save neighborhood is tear it down" (wapo.st/yv5Znm) JK--Use eminent domain to repossess blighted, abandoned properties

12 Feb

"The Age of Big Data" (nyti.ms/yab3DU) JK--NYTimes article is example of popular press treating old story as new. Or maybe I'm jaded

12 Feb

@NeilRaden It would be super-freaky if Michael Cera's real name were Bud Cort or Wally Cox. But Wikipedia says that's not so.

12 Feb

@NeilRaden Still acting. U know what's freaky. Bud Cort's real name is Wally Cox (bit.ly/w0d1UB). Cort was his generation's Wally Cox

12 Feb

Cosmopolitan cover story: "Hot & New 50 Sex Tips." Ladies, this is the magazine for desperate housewives who overthink in-the-sack recipes.

12 Feb

Hey fitness clubs, your members feel it viscerally when you're slacking off on #CRM customer service: takes forever 2 fix exercise machines

12 Feb

Hey media, keep the images of a young & beautiful Whitney Houston foremost. Don't do an Elvis number on her posthumously.

12 Feb

Coming atractions on DVD last night depressd me. Mostly French films aping lousiest American cinematic trash. W'hoppen 2 vive la difference?

12 Feb

Producers of tonight's Grammy show had better be scrambling 2 put together a Whitney Houston retrospective 2 salvage an otherwise dull event

12 Feb

Michael Cera. He's the Bud Cort of his generation. Google the latter if that draws a blank. Nondescript actors who trade on pure nebbishness

12 Feb

Pleasant dusting of snow overnight that's still on ground. Calm now but wind gusts last night were hefty. I had good night sleep in spite of

12 Feb

Saw orig Swedish-lang subtitled "Girl w/Dragon Tattoo" on DVD. Very good & quite violent. Scene where Lisbeth avenges her rape is a classic

12 Feb

Mitt Romney has convenient excuse for flip-flop on healthcare insurance mandate: brainwashed by Massachusetts liberals. Runs in family.

12 Feb

RIP Whitney Houston. Her outsize vocal gyrations and emotional instability brought word "diva" into pop parlance.

11 Feb

Sipping a margarita, doing my taxes.

11 Feb

Playing back #KEXP live in-studio from yesterday with Shins' James Mercer (bit.ly/zlqNLR)

11 Feb

Went from calm & intermittently sunny to overcast, snowy, & windy in a seeming matter of minutes. Snow has stopped. No accumulation.

11 Feb

Uniqueness is overrated. You-ness is more genuine & rare. Just be uniquely you.

11 Feb

After #TDWI LV, I'm doing Day 2 of the #Informatica analyst event in Menlo Park, stone's throw from where Edison invented lightbulb. I think

11 Feb

Anybody seriously doubt that Adele will win in all Grammy categories in whch she's nomin8d this year? Grammies engineerd 4 monster hitmakers

11 Feb

New musical artist called Young The Giant. Crowds uncomfortably close to Young Marble Giants in pop band namespace in my head.

11 Feb

Open-source R is already ubiquitous in business world. Open-source #Hadoop. Momentum of each feeds momentum of the other in adv analytics.

11 Feb

Saw "Trust" with Clive Owen & Catherine Keener on DVD. Good caution tale re Intrnt sexual predators. Well-directed by David "Ross" Schwimmer

11 Feb

It's mid-February. The fitness club has emptied. The resolutionaries are all home kneading their doughy middles.

11 Feb

Watching Kelly Clarkson "What Doesnt Kill U (Stronger)." Shot of peeps dancing in frnt o Detroit City-County Bldg "Spirit of Detroit" statue

11 Feb

By the middle of this decade, expect EDW appliances to evolve multi-DB architectures: blades each 4 RDBMS columnar in-mem #Hadoop #NoSQL etc

11 Feb

The Black Keys are on a fast track to becoming the most popular band ever out of Akron OH. Devo who?

11 Feb

Info tech's acronym is "IT," a gender-neutral 3rd-person pronoun. Impersonal. Humanize yr tech. My tablet's a cool dude, laptop a fine lady