European Union
receives Nobel Peace Prize. Jury still out on whether it will also receive the
Nobel Solvency Prize.
"School Yoga Sees
Backlash, Parents Call It Religious Indoctrination" (http://huff.to/OYMpHf ) JK--Indeed. Toned body is
devil's playground
@Tudorscribe Funny how they tried to use denial of
sex to promote temperance. Did any women actually make good on that threat?
Campaign ads blanket
all broadcast & many Internet channels. I haven't seen any promoted
campaign tweets yet. Matter of time.
Have an ever-busier
dance card at #ibmiod.
Every single day. Speaking at various events and to press and others.
Test one's influence
in practice? Wazzat mean? For example, is your influence instrumental in
landing you cooler job at higher pay? Bingo!
Influence. Hard to
assess one's own without reference to one's wishful self-deception. Probably
best to test one's influence in practice.
@smartestmuffin Hi Luyba. Pleasure was mutual. I
blogged my thoughts on @klout at #IBM Big Data Hub. I will send link in my
next tweet.
Jim Croce "New York
I stumbled upon the
Flatiron Buildling in Manhattan Flatiron
Building
Simon & Garfunkel
"So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" (http://youtu.be/Cf0RrF6KsI8 )
JK--Wisconsin-bred architect was bastard. But American classic
Sufjan Stevens
"Come On! Feel The Illinoise!" (http://youtu.be/7TboOfiTjhU )
JK--Wonderful channeling of America
Creedence Clearwater
Revival "Lookin' Out My Backdoor" (http://youtu.be/QNczeP33Yk0 )
JK--Delicious nonsense, delightful country-rock twang
The Doors "The
Wasp (Texas
The Doors
"Gloria" (http://youtu.be/nPDixDqAUh0 )
JK--Well, stone me 2 my soul, the other Morrison belted it in '69. Got im some
satisfaction
Them
"Gloria" (http://youtu.be/cOB7GY1ICwo )
JK--1966. Totally cool to see the young Van Morrison with group doing this
classic.
The Nashville Teens
"Tobacco Road" (http://youtu.be/X4wBr2wdE9U )
JK--A bit of country inflection on this garage-y stomp. Cracking good!
Jefferson Airplane
"Tobacco Road" (http://youtu.be/9FyJ4FGfOVc )
JK--Luv how much heart Marty throws into his lead & how Signe harmonizes
him
The Blues Magoos
"Tobacco Road" (http://youtu.be/b6_MluUnbmE )
JK--Love this one's bouncebeat & tight anarchy of crazy-ass instrumentl
bridge
The Magic Mushrooms
"It's a Happening" (http://youtu.be/pB3sqroSBQw )
JK--1966. Hilariously invokes the drop-acid experience.
Castaways "Liar
Liar" (http://bit.ly/PsTaAM )
JK--1965. I caught this on "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Original
Psychedelic Era"
Michael & The
Messengers "Just Like Romeo & Juliet" (http://bit.ly/PsSU52 ) JK--Prefer this
speedy-farfisa version to other band's radio hit
Ronnie And The
Daytonas "Little G.T.O" (http://youtu.be/6c-bGVt3Pp8 )
JK--Also had a jones for this.
Jan & Dean
"Dead Man's Curve" (http://youtu.be/4GKAWCicRBU )
JK--Just had a sudden urge to hear this. No idea why.
The Bible is only a
theory....with no factual corroboration.
#IBM mentees saw my face2face consult
style. I diagram my analyses in real-time on single page while I talk. I'm
visual. Keeps me focused
Oddly, considering how
long I've lived in the DC area, I rarely cross paths with politicos.
Sitting next to James
Carville & Mary Matalin on Delta Shuttle back to DC. It's crystal clear
what the power couple is working on.
All 3 #IBM mentees were recent grads from
excellent universities. Econ, bio-engineering, chemistry. All young women
around my daughter's age
I dissected
"social business" with my #IBM mentees. We discussed collaboration,
knowledge discovery & multichannel conversational engagement
I congratulated each
of my #IBM mentees on finding such super-awesome
jobs right out of college. My early career was painful to launch.
Analytic acceleration
in the cloud?: http://lnkd.in/i56E2U
Guy at next table over
in restaurant going deep on #bigdata & data science. I can't help
eavesdropping. Who is he? He's good.
Hoppin' lunchtime
crowd down here, Park Ave.
RT @johnkwaters: "We've crossed a #bigdata threshhold," says IBM's @jameskobielus. More @Campus_Tech story http://ow.ly/epe3f #edtech
#IOD2012 #IBM #Netezza Enzee Universe Sunday Session Oct 21.
Register here: http://ibm.co/TlTnRN . See you there!
This wk Koby #IBM q-h's: http://linkd.in/TlRXqt http://linkd.in/TlRXH1 http://linkd.in/TlRVyT http://linkd.in/TiU5zc http://linkd.in/TlRZyG
Wonderful sessions of
mentoring really smart young #IBM GBS consultants fresh out of major
universities. People with brains+drive.
Analytic acceleration
in the cloud?( http://bit.ly/WbJpY8 ) Today's #IBMquick-hit
Analytic acceleration
in the cloud?: http://lnkd.in/Bd_zNa
Now every doctor knows
you personally. Let's build a #SmarterPlanet#IBM pic.twitter.com/B0ogLrkV
@NeilRaden What are you saying? Scarlett
Johansson isn't totally ugly! But, clearly, you my friend are one fine specimen
of Judaeo-Adonis.
Both Biden and Ryan
are Roman Catholics. I'm a Roman Catholic. Whoopie-doo. My people are on both
sides of the partisan divide. Whatever.
Wrote all 5 quick-hits
today in a burst of adrenaline. Must remember to re-read each one next week
before posting.
Going to NYC tomorrow
to do "Social Business Hours." Essentially, that's program of
industry veterans mentoring young IBM GBS professionals
The Dandy Warhols
"Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" (http://youtu.be/APrpB-i4d_E ) JK--Seriously great
refrain: "Heroin is so passe"
Woody Allen on 2001:A
Space Odysey (http://youtu.be/_eF5yrftCPE )
JK--Hated it 1st time he saw. Warmd up 2nd. Ecstatic 3rd. My experience too
Woody Allen had his
own TV show in 1967? William F. Buckley was on it? No shit? No shit! (http://youtu.be/GNErWi_lTig )
SCTV "Play It
Again Bob" (http://youtu.be/gInjrzLJ2To )
JK--Dave Thomas & Rick Moranis became Bob Hope & Woody Allen. Dialog
funny/realistic
SCTV "The Merv
Griffith Show" (http://youtu.be/j2jGPixE1sQ )
JK--Exceptionally great morph of Merv & Andy by Rick Moranis.
SCTV "Hi-Q"
(http://youtu.be/96I1GiHmNG4 )
JK--1980-ish. Great "torment Alex Trebek" bit from Eugene Levy long
before SNL & Will Ferrell
Nats tie their NLDS.
Schweet! Deciding game tomorrow.
I guarantee you media
either wouldn't give a shit if Paul Ryan did yoga rather than pump iron, or
they'd portray as effeminate liberal kick
Finished those
quick-hits for next week. Just about to record a promo podcast for the #IOD2012 Unconference (http://bit.ly/Sqqn0c )
@RitaJKing Thanks. And we haven't even met. Now
I'll need to follow@lesamitchell and @michaelventura to see what company I'm in.
Wrote the Monday &
Tuesday quick-hits. Now grabbing food. Need fresh fuel for an afternoon of
isolated ideation.
@spinnakr Actually,
by putting that misconception into the pointy-haired head, Dilbert's actual
sentient being (Scott Adams) agrees with me
What's unlikely is
that Donnie & Joe Emerson were isolated Washington State
#KEXP @loserboy interviewing Donnie & Joe Emerson
(http://youtu.be/ONIJXHvoynw )
whose unlikely story is testament to power of parental love
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Same Love by Macklemore & Ryan
Lewis from The Heist JK--"If you preach hate at church, those words aren't
anointed."
I'm a bit tired of
being asked to categorize oneself. "Quick: Are you a categorizing or
non-categorizing individual? Please declare!"
I'm getting a bit sick
of headlines such as "What's your flu risk?#BigData knows." It's not a conscious
entity & it's not omniscient.
Ideation. Half the
time, I'm just arbitrarily connecting topics in my head, playing with connections
among them, not expecting much.
#Bigdata's
optimal deployment model? Virtualization spans common infrastructure (http://linkd.in/TiU5zc ) Today's #IBM quick-hit
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Last Leaves of Autumn by Beth Orton
from Sugaring Season JK--Another stunner from her latest.
Join #IBM #Netezza for Enzee at #IOD2012 Sun Oct 21, Las Vegas
Had gr8 chat with @RitaJKing of Science House (http://bit.ly/4AsU0A ). Focus on creativity &
imagination in science (http://onforb.es/OUdwjB )
RIP Alex Karras.
Jovial Detroit Lions lineman, announcer, and actor. Most memorable as Mongo in
"Blazing Saddles."
@NeilRaden I'm as jaded on big data marketing
overreach as the next person, but his opinion just felt like too far into the
acid.
Unifying the #Hadoop market with true standards and visionhttp://ibmdatamag.com/?p=5712
"7 Trends
Uncovered w/ #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/TgVNRF ) JK--"Time matters!
Mtrs know consumers respond differently bsd on when they see ad"
"What is
prescriptive analytics?" (http://bit.ly/TgUYIx )
JK--Huh? Normative considerations R outcomes 2 optimize, not dimensions o
analysis
Big data's optimal
deployment model? Development and operations share common infrastructure: http://lnkd.in/Ccbp7X
"The Lost and
Found of #BigData Innovation" (http://bit.ly/TgUEtg ) JK--I like ESG Evan Quinn's
notion of the "Analytics Service Bus."
@elliceuffer "Go for it" is a multi-month
evenings & weekends commitment. I did that twice in the distant past. I'm
not relishing it again
@NeilRaden This feels uninformed: "big data
has us lookin 4 better steroids 2 increase our brawn rathr thn better skills 2
dvlop our brains"
@NeilRaden I find this statement shallow:
"Big data is built on the unquestioned premise that more is better."
No it's not. That's fetishism
"30 #bigdata project takeaways" (http://zd.net/OTAvhQ ) JK--Good roundup by @ldignan of TechLines webcast panel last week.
For drilldown on each
of the 5 #IBM #PureData #PureSystems design principles, follow this all 5
IBM quick-hits last wk: http://bit.ly/OTyces
Drafted my next
original #IBM blog: "Data Scientist: Bringing
True Science into the Business Process"
#IBM Press just reached out to me. Do I
want to write another book? Do I want to sacrifice evenings and weekends
for...what hot topic? Hmmmm
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes
from their first LP JK--Lovely little poem in a tightly choral arrangement
IBM's #BigData Developer Days come to Washington DC
"#IBM takes on Oracle, SAP with new
integrated data management systems" (http://bit.ly/TgjLMR )
JK--Quotes Pete McCaffrey & yrs truly
#Bigdata 's optimal deployment model?
Development and operations share common infrastructure (http://bit.ly/TgjzgN ) Today's #IBM quick-hit
Big data's optimal
deployment model? Development and operations share common infrastructure: http://lnkd.in/_RcjEn
"#IBM expands PureSystems line for data
duties " (http://bit.ly/TgiQvY )
JK--Quotes Phil Francisco at yesterday's Boston
Foo Fighters
"I'll Stick Around" (http://youtu.be/g2wMKa-NYwE )
JK--Just wanted to hear it. Springfield VA guy who worked briefly in Seattle
Enough with the Big
Bird already. He's 43 years old. He can live off Sesame Street
The Who "Pure and
Easy" (http://youtu.be/K3OurDXdlic )
JK--Hey folks organizing #IOD2012 musical entertainment: too late to get
Pete & Roger?
Jefferson Airplane
"Plastic Fantastic Lover" (http://youtu.be/zHC9NANKluU )
JK--Marty actually sang "#PureData control #IBM data science..."
The Beta Band
"Pure For" (http://youtu.be/qUugsICNqSQ )
JK--2004, from their last LP: "Heroes to Zeros." Please re-unite.
That was superb.
Yo La Tengo "Pass
the Hatchet I Think I'm Goodkind" frm "I Am Not Afraid of U
&..." (http://youtu.be/4G9NZvebscw )
JK--I have it. 10+ mins
#IBM PureData System (http://ibm.co/PlXQbK ) http://yfrog.com/kgbs6tuxj
Here's a snapshot of #IBM 's new #IBMPureData System [PHOTO]#ibmpuresystems #bigdata #expertit2012 http://bit.ly/PlXD8z
We look forward to
discussing #IBM #PureData Systems with you all at #IOD2012,
as wel as before and after, of course.
"#IBM Answers Oracle Exadata" (http://bit.ly/PlWxJZ ) JK--Actually, we're
answering our customers' needs for more scale, performance, etc
It's painful to watch
myself. The hyper-self-critical side of me feels like it's being tied to the
whipping post of self-flagellation.
Re-listening to last
week's #bigdata TechLines video streaming panel from
NYC. Writing blog on it. I don't trust my memory of the event
New jk #IBMdatamanagement article: "True #Hadoop Standards are Essential for Sustaining
Industry Momentum: Part 1" (http://bit.ly/Rd1ArZ )
"#IBM PureData Systems: Individual
Models" (http://bit.ly/Rd11OW ).
Video overviews of each of the 3 new models.
"#IBM PureData Systems: What Clients are
Saying" (http://bit.ly/Rd0NqZ ).
Video testimonials.
"#IBM PureData System: A Giant Leap Forward
in Delivering Data Services" (http://bit.ly/Rd0GMc ).
Overview by Chris Young
If data's the
"new oil," there's a big difference from oil-oil. It's renewable
resource. Also, gushes from every point on the#SmarterPlanet
New #IBM jk blogpost: "IBM #PureData System Incorporates Common Platform
for Analytics & Transactions" (http://ibm.co/RcZW9L )
Hey @thetroynelson , it's actually "Believe you
me." Let me expand it: "believe [WHAT I TELL] you [IDIOTS AND TRUST]
me [on everything]."
Whew! Spent a little
while there booking 3 upcoming #IBM trips. Good to be in demand: speaking
to customers & industry.
If data scientist is
sexiest job o 21st century, how come Vanity Fair doesnt do photospread on these
beautiful peeps in their evening dress?
Preparing tomorrow's #bigdata leaders http://ibm.co/PjB7wY Video interview on new stream
computing course at U of Montana
Net-net on #IBM #PureData:
PD 4 Transactions = DB2 on expert integ sys; PD 4 Analytics = next-gen Netezza
tech; PD 4 Oper An = nxt-gn ISAS
Today #IBM looks to continue leading IT towards
simplification – Follow the live #ExpertIT2012 broadcast http://ibm.co/NF7mou
Analyze This: How to
use social sentiment data for business purposeshttp://ibm.co/OFNH9Q #IBMIndex
#BigData beyond #Hadoop.
Read this insightful paper from Evaluator Group http://ibm.co/RAfyJ9
Another reason to
attend #ibmiod – Attend a first-of-a-kind technical
unconference. Learn + register: http://ibm.co/UlthQ0 . I'll be there!
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Rope & Summit by Junip from Fields
JK--One of my fave LPs of past several years. Jose Gonzales & others
http://ITDirector.com 's e-nwsltr has ancient
"Famous Slights" on long-forgottn figures. Recent insults targetd @
Dan Quayle & Spuds Mackenzie
Beck's releasing next
LP only on sheet music? Essentially, he's going back to Stephen Foster era.
Will he support w/blackface minstrel tour?
Saw "Darling
Companion" on DVD. Lawrence Kasdan film is pleasant Diane Keaton/Kevin
Kline vehicle where they look for lost dog. Predictable
"#IBM Expands PureSystems Famly W/New #PureData #BigData Box" (http://bit.ly/RN0eGN ) JK--3 o thm:
Transactions,Analytics,Operat'nl Analytics
#Bigdata optimal deploymt model? Transactions
& analytics share common archit appr (http://bit.ly/RMZJg9 )
Today #IBM q-h discusses#PureData
Big data's optimal
deployment model? Transactions and analytics share common architectural
approach: http://lnkd.in/DBiEn6
"#IBM Expands PureSystems Family to Help Clients
Tame #BigData"
(http://ibm.co/QOHGVm ) JK--Launch events today in
Boston & Singapore.
@RhondaWille When I started in IT, everybody got
all excited about ISDN, voice-data integration, & T-1 multiplexing. Damn I'm
old.
Got invites to mentor #IBM young professionals in NYC on Friday.
I'm doing it. Invites such as this R God's way o tellin you "dude U is
old"
WSJ full-page ad on #IBM PureData System, which we announced
today. Catch my blog later.
WSJ article on what
chemical analysis of your exhale can reveal about illnesses you might have.
Gives new nastier meaning to "bad breath."
Commercial radio is
annoyingly repetitive. I'm so wide awake from having that Katy Perry song
hammered at me that I'm falling into a coma.
Here's the thing: a
massage is simply a session. To the extent that your mind is absorbing the
all-over active relaxation reflex, it stays
Massage is an active
process on both ends. You relax more deeply into every touch of the masseuse.
You learn your own ability to absorb pain
Listening to Velvet
Underground "Sister Ray," all 17+ minutes, to chill out, get mellow.
Yes, I can hit it sideways.
Found a sensational
new masseuse for the missus and myself. Thai woman who pays extra-special
attention to facial micro-muscles.
How is it not cynical
to argue that Big Data is a scam? Ruse
"Is #BigData a Big Ruse
http://lnkd.in/E4KFdJ You've hit on the tangled issues of
liability and culpability (civil & criminal) that need to be sorted out
by...
Bowties look
too-precious-by-half on most men these days. But I'll make an exception for
Bill Nye the Science Guy (http://huff.to/RabB9u )
"GM to scale back
outsourcing in 1,500 Michigan
@TonyBaer "Hawaii"
sounds like Santana on his own foot pedal. I pronounce "Huawei" as
"wah-way." But I don't speak Chinese, so kill me.
Huawei. What I like
about the Chinese word is that it sounds like Eric Clapton with his foot on the
special-effects pedal.
"Grad schools add #bigdata degrees" (http://bit.ly/QLYxYX ) JK--Discusses#IBM program to assist universities in
establishing those programs
Good industry-analyst
integrity discussion by @marksmithvr athttp://bit.ly/QLh9ty .
Best IT vdrs value unbiased research & respect analysts
"The real power
of Facebook lies in controlling connected identity" (http://bit.ly/QLSFir ) JK--In other words, MSFT's
ancient Web SSO dream
Last wk #IBM jk wkld-opt sys blogs: http://ibm.co/W904KP http://ibm.co/QLg3hJ http://ibm.co/QLQHhQ http://ibm.co/QLQKtX http://ibm.co/QC0V4c
Simplified big-data
experience? Wrapping your mind around it (http://bit.ly/QLNQp3 )
Today's #IBM quick-hit
Simplified big-data
experience? Wrapping your mind around it:http://lnkd.in/7DwVM6
The Toys "A
Lover's Concerto" (http://youtu.be/_muziTEnNWs )
JK--I doubt Bach's estate's receiving royalties from this. But they should.
Paul and Paula
"Hey Paula" (http://bit.ly/4vte4j )
JK--Song that Velvet Underground "I'm Sticking with You" reminds me
of.
Velvet Underground
"I'm Sticking with You" (http://youtu.be/H5je_eK0V1w )
JK--The only Maureen Tucker vocal of the Velvet years.
Velvet Underground
"Sister Ray" (http://youtu.be/FJUpY5geWcU )
JK--The most abrasive Lou Reed vocal of the Velvet years.
Velvet Underground
"Pale Blue Eyes" (http://youtu.be/KisHhIRihMY )
JK--From album #3. The most beautiful Lou Reed vocal of the Velvet years
Listening to Deliliah,
the BFF advice to the lovelorn social worker request-player of the airwaves.
Does she get compassion fatigue?
@fdgwhite Yes,
the Beatles could be a little more acid behind the scenes. They were also known
to drop it behind the scenes.
Ockham's Razor (http://bit.ly/SMwvKz ). I suspect it's human rule
4 our computational convenience. God wants entities 2 B fruitful&multiply
2001: A Space Odyssey
docking sequence - Blue Danube (http://youtu.be/SpvOUnz4T7Q )
JK--1968. Prepared global consciousness for moon landing
Opening "bone to
satellite" sequence from "2001: A Space Odyssey" (http://youtu.be/qtbOmpTnyOc ) JK--You notice their quiet
arid landscape
Near-final scene
(white hotel suite) frm "2001:A Space Odyssey" (http://youtu.be/GLZdnR7Nkus ) JK--Stunningly beautiful
cinematic composition
Bah, enough of this
puny computing machinery. Be gone, smartphone! Scram, tablet! Gonna whip out
the heavy artillery. Come to papa, laptop!
Happy birthday, Niels
Bohr. Hope you're having a good one, in spite of the fact that you're currently
dead.
Good to finally have a
decent local baseball team to root for in clear conscience. Been living in DC
area for 27 years. Orioles not local.
Nationals win game 1
of their NLDS: 3-2. A tense defensive battle all the way.
Halle-freakin-lujah!
Nats jump to 3-2 lead in 8th!
I love to sit
cross-legged on the sofa contemplating my tablet. Meditations upon its
magnificent tabletitude.
I am loath to download
new apps to any of my portables. Few add value beyond the browser.
Religion can really
mess people up! #HugeUnderstatements
Fios should offer DC
sportsfan splitscreen channel today so we don't need to channel-toggle between
Skins & Nats games.
Some say modern era
began w/Europe adoption o coffee. Before then, theory goes everybody consumed
alcohol 24x7, spent days in drunken stupor
My fave condescending
oldschool journo statement in late 60s re rock musicians: "One doesn't
speak with Grace Slick. One raps" -- Rex Reed
Election campaign has
reached nadir of ridiculousness. Now the candidates have positions on whether
Big Bird should live or die.
Saw
"Hysteria" on DVD. Entertaining history of invention of vibrator in
Victorian England to stimulate, um, "paroxysm," in frustrated wives
Thinking of calling next
original #IBM blog: "Data Scientist: Role
within Institutionalized Applied Scientific Process."
WashPost cleared up
something that has long puzzled me. Till mid-50s, Washington
Cold rainy raw October
day today. Going out to do usual weekend chores. Wife tends to make a big deal
of foul weather. I don't care, really
Alec Baldwin's Jack
Donaghy on "30 Rock." Funniest corporate exec on sitcom since Raymond
Bailey's Milburn Drysdale on "Beverly Hillbillies"
People who say
baseball is about tradition tend to forget that it's a sport, hence about
athleticism, and an entertainment, about spectacle
Sun WashPost has excellent
2-page-spread visualization of Congress members' net worth, arranged by wealth
& aggressive invstmt strategies
Beatles witty
comebacks to press during interviews on their tours (http://bit.ly/QTxARo ). All 4 of them were funny,
fast, and smart.
Website on human
sexuality repeatedly undermines its authority by referring to pivotal
researcher as "Robert Kinsey." It's Alfred, dummies!
"25 Ailments That
Can Be Cured By Having Sex" (http://bit.ly/SDiPYK )
JK--Uh, OK. Just don't make that your pickup line.
