"#BigData
Offers Big Opportun 4 Retail Financial Web Cos" (http://bit.ly/SaoaBH ) JK--Cites #IBM
re 2.5 quintillion bytes data cre8d daily
Context. I once recall priest using word
"context" in homily at university chapel. Only context I've ever
heard the word used homiletically.
Great new solution-oriented #IBM
whitepaper: "#BigData:
New insights transform industries". Download at http://ibm.co/RwgwEA
Low-latency summit happening this month? Don't tell me
it's happening 5 seconds from now. If so, need low-latency transport.
Teleportation?
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
The Passenger by Iggy Pop from Lust for Life JK--Really? You know a railroad
that lets people ride shirtless?
"The #BigData
Platform Manifesto" (http://ibm.co/U3WqEp )
JK--Discusses imperatives that must be addressed in comprehensive big-data
platform
"Do More with Less using Expert Integrated
Systems" (http://ibm.co/U3WaFF )
JK--Excellent compare of #IBM
#PureData
4 Analytics re ORCL
"Optimizing for Transactions, or Over Engineering
for Everything' (http://ibm.co/U3VQGV )
JK--Good discuss of #IBM
PureData 4 Transactions
Download "Harness the Power of #BigData:
The #IBM
Big Data Platform: An IBM eBook" (http://ibm.co/U3T1pa )
JK--Excellent reference work
"Google explains how more data means better speech
recognition" (http://bit.ly/U3SvaE )
JK--Computational linguists train models on #bigdata
"How the Internet economy works: guns, butter,
& bandwidth" (http://bit.ly/U3RWOj )
JK--Discusses transnational bandwidth import/export
"8 Real-World #BigData
Deployments" (http://bit.ly/U3Rhw7 )
JK--"Big data" doubles every 18 months? Moore's Law? Or the
More&More&More Law?
Karl Popper (http://bit.ly/5ymDr ):
"generally regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the
20th century"
True science is simply human activity of building and
testing interpretive frameworks through controlled observation of real-world
phenomena
New #IBM
jk blogpost: "Data Scientist: Bringing True Science into the Business
Process' (http://ibm.co/U3PUO3 )
"#IBM
continues 2 build position in digital mktg" (http://bit.ly/SvTMCR )
JK--"clearly considrd 'strat partnr' [not] 'seller' by ent custmrs"
I realized I love my devices much more when they don't
pop-up windows, notifications, and/or alerts in my face. I turn that crap off
always.
Doing dozen-plus concurrent social discussions is like
Bobby Fischer competing in simultaneous chess matches. Wait, he was nuts,
right?
"Private Cloud, #BigData
Give Mainframe Shops New Life" (http://bit.ly/U3KUsU )
JK--Good @joemckendrick
piece. See #IBM
http://ibm.co/U3Lh6A
"Greenpeace summons Clippy to diss MSFT data
centers" (http://bit.ly/U3K92O )
JK--Can people stop mentioning that? MSFT dropped it long ago
SQL has so many sequels with those 3 letters in their
names, or just the last 2, that Hollywood needs to release it all as DVD
boxset.
RT @sethporges:
Dear NYC subway: you're crowded, smelly, slow. But damnit, I miss you
Machine data analytics? (http://bit.ly/RvYum0 )
Friday's #IBM
quick-hit JK--Cites #IBM
@JeffJonas &
"excitable MC" @JasonSilva
#ibmiod
This wk Koby #IBM
q-hs: http://linkd.in/RvYS3N
http://linkd.in/RvYVfX http://linkd.in/RvYSRm
http://linkd.in/VdRrkD http://linkd.in/RvYTol
Machine data analytics? (http://bit.ly/RvYum0 )
Friday's #IBM
quick-hit
Machine data analytics?: http://lnkd.in/6wnpMJ
Totally digging #KEXP
live broadcast this week from Reykjavik. For small isolated chilly nation,
Iceland is hot! Amazing musical diversity!
Putin in hang glider. Putin hunting bear. Putin swims
raging river. He should get his own Discovery Channel show: "The Outdoorsy
Despot."
WSJ article about "dewatering" NYC. Not called
"pumps" anymore? Ladies' fancy shoe industry complain?
WSJ inserts correct number of dashes where
"ocksuc" goes in title of Robert Frank doc re Stones. Great
"Wheel of Fortune" word.
Calm, dry, cold, overcast. Actually, a pleasant November
morning. No drama.
Rush Limbaugh says of Gov. Christie, "He's fat and
a fool." (http://bit.ly/FatterFool ).
And adds: "I know whereof I speak."
Good workout this evening. Some nights I push myself all
day but the tension melts away effortlessly at the club. Tonight was such a
night
I'm like a pig in shit tonight. Rental car company gave
12 free song downloads. Got Pere Ubu "Terminal Tower" &
"IHOP" from Luna "Pup Tent"
I'm a voter in a swing state, and I don't approve of
this message avalanche.
Swell Maps "Read about Seymour" (http://youtu.be/NxDoC_1DPrg ) JK--1978. Short gr8 power-romp from Rough
Trade's "Wanna Buy a Bridge" compile
UK's The Economist endorses Obama (http://econ.st/U15pWW ), unenthusiasticlly. They skew right.
"Republicans have become party o Torquemadas"
"Large-Scale Referential Integrity in #IBM #PureData
System for Analytics: Pt 1" (http://bit.ly/WbN0Ip )
JK--Good discussion on best practice
"Really need social supply chain?" (http://bit.ly/WbHi9D ) JK---Blurred B2B boundaries? Ancient
history. And mix transactions+social is risky
Trying not to follow people who's primary tweeting is
about getting in touch with your hopes & dreams. I'm already up to speed on
that crap.
Drafted next Friday's #IBM
quick-hit: Healthcare analytics? Saving lives in real time. Before lunch. Whew!
Wrote next Thursday's #IBM
quick-hit: Decision scientists? Experience analytics drives empathetic
situational engagement
Finished next Wednesday's #IBM
quick-hit on meta-analysis.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Cars by Gary Numan from The Pleasure Principle JK--This classic synth-beat song
always delivers deep pleasure.
Finished next Monday and Tuesday's #IBM
quick-hits: on peta-governance and speech analytics, respectively. Now....for a
fresh cup of tea.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Sleeping In by The Postal Service from Give Up JK--2002. Took 10 years for LP
to go platinum. That's staying power!
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Everything in Its Right Place by Radiohead from Kid A JK--Song's deceptive
simplicity accentuates its brooding power
I dropped a teeny tiny bite-sized little ol'
chocolate-covered almond-studded #hadoop
cluster into every trick-or-treat bag.
Last night our trick-or-treaters came in normal
distribution w/mean around 7pm. Age-wise, though, the teenagers skewed late,
toddlers early.
"#IBM #BigData
Analytics Splash" (http://bit.ly/WaHIwT )
JK--Good #ibmiod
announcement wrap-up by @marksmithvr
All Saints Day. I never once, in all my years of
churchgoing, recall the Catholics invoking literally ALL of their 10 zillion
saints
"The very long tail – how magazines could make
their archives sing" (http://bit.ly/VdVpcW )
JK--Only if have rich trove of aficionado content
Hey numerologically inclined: today's month and day add
up to its year: 11+1=12.
"High-tech systems could predict & prevent
flooding" (http://bit.ly/VdSyAG )
JK--Basically, next best action on real-time emergency response
Sheila Chandra "All You Want is More" (http://youtu.be/Swj5NBQ-mXg ) JK--1984. I picked it up at Paradise
Records, Madison. Reviewed it.
Desmond Dekker "Israelites" (http://youtu.be/83Y2hv-3UCM ) JK--Sounds like wife's name is Nalini. I
once dated a Nalini.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Satan Is Real by The Louvin Brothers from Satan Is Real JK--Charlie, possessed,
died young. Ira sez was out o control
"Lucas: Disney might've been Star Wars' only
hope" (http://cnet.co/SxJBAg )
JK--Continues DISN tradition o milk franchises inventd elsewhere
"#BigData:
Why it's really an architecture challenge" (http://zd.net/SxJ2GL )
JK--Good piece. Focuses on centrality of #EDW
& of robust 24x7
The Adverts "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" (http://youtu.be/CrwI1gKE4jI ) JK--You get 2 points in 70s trivia if U know
who Gilmore was or why the eyes
Jane Aire & the Belvederes "Yankee Wheels"
(http://youtu.be/zpn0ExLh8so )
JK--1978. Akron producer-led outfit w/ very Shangri-Las retro-feel
Shangri-Las "Leader of the Pack" (http://youtu.be/McvWodRXA7k ) JK--Stunningly postmodern feeling story-song
that feels very girl-punk
The Beatles "Revolution 9" (http://youtu.be/fs_LHpiYUF0 ) JK--Breathtaking audio collage from the White
Album that foreshadows Ubu's sound
Sammy Davis Jr. "The Candy Man" (http://youtu.be/y3cgKcEHRdY ) JK--I am a nice man, kids. But please
trick-or-treat with adult supervision.
Cabaret Voltaire "Nag Nag Nag" (http://youtu.be/UJbD6BP2uoA ) JK--Not really a Halloween song. But feels
like warlock spitting fire at you
To male rocksingers, "witch" usually means
"sharp" & "seductive." The opposite of the hideously
self-defeating cartoon hag of legend
Eagles "Witchy Woman" (http://youtu.be/vAIAXk0z0lI ) JK--One of my favorite witch songs in the
rock canon (there are many). Sexy vamp
Our Halloween treat basket? It ain't Godiva. It also
aint dumpsta-diva. Somewhere in between. Individually wrapped supermarket
choco-morsels
God's given Obama a legitimate opportunity to act
uber-presidental at a pivotal moment. Hope he's saying his prayers of
thanksgiving.
OK, trick-or-treat kids, the coast is clear. Mr.
Kobielus has swept all the slippery wet leaves from his driveway & stoop.
Come & get it!
The Beach Boys "Holland" (full album) (http://youtu.be/gV05gWPnxDw ) JK--You'd be forgiven for thinking
Byrds-channel-Donovan. Real good!
"#BigData
steps closer to mainstream" (http://zd.net/TUvkcV )
JK--Repeatable #Hadoop
infrastructure is fundamental to wider adoption
"6 Lies About #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/TUtWHp ) JK--Not lies, really. Just self-deception
about your ability to manage & use it all.
Eels "Fresh Blood" (http://youtu.be/K4Qp1TEKswQ ) JK--Recent song that feels tailor-made for
trick-or-treat day. Aaaaah-OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Stuart Moxham "Vampire of Love" (http://youtu.be/yT7W7hmzhsw ) JK--Songwriter best known for Young Marble
Giants wrote perfect Halloween song
I'd like to thank the idiot who took the two orange
pumpkin trashbags stuffed w/leaves from our front stoop. You swiped our
Halloween decor.
Looks like weather will be good for trick-or-treaters
tonight. I can't wait to hand out the candy. Everybody needs a relief right
now.
New #IBM
jk blogpost: "Next Best Action Driving the Fluid Modern Experience" (http://ibm.co/V9gzck )
RT @kexp:
LIVE on KEXP from @IcelandAirwaves
broadcast, it's @soleysoleysoley!
(http://bit.ly/V9d0mf ) JK--Soley. Icelandic lady w/cute voice
Sunshine! Blue skies! Calm winds! Dry weather! Colorful
leaves! I'd forgotten about this side of autumn. Keep it coming!
Engaging customer as individual? (http://bit.ly/V99qsx ) Wednesday's #IBM
quick-hit
Engaging customer as individual?: http://lnkd.in/SfY4cg
Frank Zappa Talks About The Shaggs (http://youtu.be/DCE0UFaQ3mo ) JK--November 1976. He was trying to locate
them. "Beyond Captain Beefheart"
The Shaggs "Who Are Parents?" (http://youtu.be/4cs1BIlglzI ) JK--Written just before their mommy &
daddy taught the sisters the facts of life
The Shaggs "Philosophy Of The World" (http://youtu.be/uDqBUuFR9fE ) JK--Wiggins sisters split over philosophical
differences, & embarrassment
The Shaggs "My Pal Foot Foot" (http://youtu.be/d71b7P3SxyM ) JK--It's either about a sock puppet or
suspiciously friendly podiatrist.
The Shaggs "It's Halloween" (http://youtu.be/InpCzx5OQRU ) JK--1969. Fun fact: Wiggins sisters were
coven of lame-o New Hampshire witches.
WSJ piece on computational linguists searching for the
DNA of sarcasm. Let's see what these geniuses are up to now.
WSJ piece on perfectionism marred by 3 typos, 5 awkward
syntactical constructions, & suboptimal word choice. For shame!
Ousted Apple exec says no "decider" without
Jobs. I hear G W Bush is available.
Scooby Doo Where Are You theme from season 1 (http://youtu.be/hTq6nwO4oJU ) JK--Premiered 1969. Surprisingly, it wasn't
bad. Zoinks!
The Brady Bunch themes & credits from all 5 seasons
(http://youtu.be/K5StTXQofqs )
JK--Premiered in 1969. It was retro-TV even then.
Sesame Street first episode (http://youtu.be/laEyKDxRUd8 ) JK--November 1969. I was 10, but I watched.
Notice Jim Henson juggling 3 balls.
The Archies "Sugar Sugar" (http://youtu.be/h9nE2spOw_o ) JK--1969. Most mind-blowing thing about that
year was that this was the biggest hit
Jefferson Airplane "Eskimo Blue Day" (http://youtu.be/d7epbdQ4YYI ) JK--1969. A Paul & Grace song. They cut
an acerbic electric groove
Jethro Tull "LIving in the Past" (http://youtu.be/EsCyC1dZiN8 ) JK--1969. I love somebody's characterization
of them as "Elizabethan boogie."
Led Zeppelin "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (http://youtu.be/rrVDViSlsSM ) JK--1969. Template for their distinctive
folk-explodes-metallic style
The Kinks "Victoria" (http://youtu.be/z2GHlcwlT1Y ) JK--1969. Is that Ray Davies on lead vocal?
Sounds like some1 else. Regardless, cool song
The Who "1921" (http://youtu.be/WoW_0NuaPj4 )
JK--1969. Essential exposition from "Tommy." Sexual jealousy triggers
murder of Tommy's mother's lover
Beach Boys "Be With Me" (http://youtu.be/uI0WOev3og8 ) JK--1969. Moody/romantic Dennis Wilson gem
from "20/20." Drummer & best looking BBoy.
The Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter" (http://youtu.be/WJDnJ0vXUgw ) JK--1969. The decade closed w/distinctly
dark tones overtaking rock'n'roll
The Beatles "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (http://youtu.be/mW6G3nh5S3I ) JK--1969. John digs Yoko so deeply it's
painful intense & brilliant
Blind Faith "Presence of the Lord" (http://youtu.be/06KaicyFJo8 ) JK--1969. Great LP with
Clapton/Winwood/Baker/Grech, & questionable cover
Fleetwood Mac "Coming Your Way" (http://youtu.be/HhmAU3S-1zs ) JK--1969. Opening track from the brilliant
Peter Green-led "Then Play On" LP.
You think Sandy's bad? Here's the doomsday scenario: Jar
Jar Binks comes back as audio-animatronic character at all Disney theme parks.
Stocked up on Sandy candy to hand out tomorrow night to
trick-or-treaters. It would have been our primary meal if hurricane'd hit us
harder
RT @TheOnion:
Power Outage Forces Manhattan Deli Proprietor To Eat 300 Pounds Of Pastrami |
More #Sandy
Coverage: http://onion.com/RriHcp
"Gov Christie cant stop praising Obama for his
hurricane #Sandy
efforts" (http://slate.me/Ssyys6 )
JK--Gee, duh, he's partisan. Wait...who?
"Don't worry if your house is being flooded. If
it's a legitimate flooding, your house has a way of shutting that whole thing
down."
In my neighborhood, the worst impact of Sandy was
non-delivery of our Wall Street Journal this morning. We got off easy.
"Bush’s FEMA Director During Katrina Criticizes
Obama 4 Responding To Sandy Too Quickly" (http://bit.ly/T1nhwq )
JK--Let 'em drown like NOLA?
http://lnkd.in/h4REAW
Right. Big data can give us more comprehensive context relevant to any decision
scenario. Context is the whole...
http://lnkd.in/mjETZs
Right. If you think of "mining" in the analytics sense, it's all
about finding nonobvious patterns of interaction...
http://lnkd.in/-WucCB
Scott: OK, I see what you mean. The machine/agent-intermediated multi-protocol
interaction among user-endpoints on...
"Bad qualities / flaws in Jim's character?" (http://b.qr.ae/Ru1k9A ) JK--"Compulsive liar"? How
dare U! Oh, "Jim" on "The Office". Never mind
"Why are some people more resilient than
others?" (http://b.qr.ae/Ru0PMv )
JK--Innate stubbornness, willingness to endure BS, hoping 4 better
RT @ForbesTech:
Sandy shuts down 3 nuclear planets (http://bit.ly/T1daYm )
JK--Wow! It's an interplanetary frankenstorm! Powerful stuff!
"#BigData
for Small People" (http://linkd.in/T0HHFM )
JK--Disappointed. I expected munchkins. All I got was naughty-boy Nicolas
Sarkozy.
http://lnkd.in/K6PuVP
Speech analytics translates human spoken language into structured textual and
metadata representations that may...
"Power o non-Predictive Analytics!" (http://onforb.es/T0CttP ) JK--Article draws false dichotomy btwn biz
analytics & predictive analytics
"The Industrial Internet: Even Bigger Than Big
Data" (http://onforb.es/SxWyeE )
JK--Actually, refers 2 M2M B2B #SmarterPlanet
apps o #bigdata
http://lnkd.in/e2iZpm
This article is about "meta-analysis"--i.e., comparatively analyzing
the prior findings of other researchers, all...
"Analytics & the Drive for New Opportunities in
Micromarket Targeting" (http://bit.ly/T0vy3J )
JK--This is truly where #bigdata
is essential
"Search, Sentiment, Signals, &
Sensemaking" (http://bit.ly/T0uXz6 )
JK--"Sense" = patterns+meanings+relevance extracted from unstructurd
data
"Can Social Analytics Predict the Headlines Before
They’re Written?" (http://bit.ly/T0uwEU )
JK--Piece o cake using "if bleeds it leads" algo
"Deconstructing Recommender Systems" (http://bit.ly/T0tBUO ) JK--Great parsing o functional layers inside
heart o e-commerce next best action
"Norvig vs. Chomsky and the Fight for the Future of
AI" (http://bit.ly/T0qCMl )
JK--Noam wants valid models. Peter wants statistical models.
http://lnkd.in/cP6yRv
This is a bit like throwing free bread at people in the expectation that this
will boost agricultural productivity....
In latest article (http://bit.ly/Yivdg2 ),
I say "it’s creepy 2 merely target...as if U were corporate Elmer Fudd
wielding #bigdata
shotgun"
"Trendy" this and "trendy" that.
Don't tell me something is trendy unless you can prove it has odd body
piercings & cool music collection
The Internet of Thing. I propose we construct it from
appliances that are boxes from which creepy hands swing open lids & reach
out
"Why We Need To Mine Government's #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/YiAO5W ) JK--Because a) it's there, b) it's ours, and
c) it's about us.
"#Hadoop
Gets Elastic Like Amazon's Cloud" (http://bit.ly/YiA5BK )
JK--Serengeti Proj virtualizes Hdp 4 speedy cluster & workload optimiztion
"Marketers Flooded w/ #BigData
From Mobile" (http://bit.ly/YizeRu )
JK--The smaller & more numerous/ubiquitous the source, the more important
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Coming Up Roses by Elliott Smith JK--His suicide foreshadowd by lines like
"moon is sickle cell, itll kill U in time"
Though Sandy up-ended my plan to talk about engaging
customers as individuals in Calgary, my q-h tomorrow is on that topic, so y'all
benefit
I declare today "Learn How To Pilot Ships Through
Fierce Ocean Storms LIke a Pirate Day." ARGGGGGGH!!!!!!
Modeling automation? (http://bit.ly/YiwG6b )
Tuesday's #IBM
quick-hit
Modeling automation?: http://lnkd.in/6btepv
New #IBM
jk AnalyzingMedia article: "Targeted Marketing: When Does Cool Cross Over
to Creepy?" (http://bit.ly/Yivdg2 )
Engagement. A good indicator of narcissism is whether
someone engages you in conversation, listening, as opposed to self-engaging.
Ignoring
We survived last night without flooding, power outage,
or fallen tree. Actually got a good night sleep. Wind died down.
Pere Ubu "New Picnic Time" (http://youtu.be/HBtMNjhnVIM ) JK--Whole LP. 1979. For me personally, one
of the greatest records of last 40 years
David Thomas & The Pedestrians "Sloop John
B" (http://youtu.be/wCPj-KGAoEQ )
JK--David's odd superlanguid melting-down jazz-rot version
David Thomas & The Pedestrians "Happy To See
You" (http://youtu.be/N2_hqu8boH8 )
JK--Also from David's awesome 1st side project from Pere Ubu
David Thomas & The Pedestrians "Sound Of The
Sand" (http://youtu.be/rfejm5cYoRg )
JK--1981. Powerfully influenced me post-college/pre-grad
The Beach Boys "Surf's Up" (http://youtu.be/pP2xg33m-cI ) JK--1971. I'm glad they got arty &
"relevant." Title track is gr8 "Smile" holdover
Beach Boys "Feel Flows" (http://youtu.be/bp_8GKcNvdQ ) JK--Standout track from "Surf's
Up."
Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime" (http://youtu.be/hFLiKLoxWD8 ) JK--Standout track from "Remain in
Light." "Let the water hold me up."
The Jimi Hendrix Experience "The Wind Cries
Mary" (http://youtu.be/GiOMn0FhLoU )
JK--Standout track from "Are You Experienced."
Bob Dylan "Shelter from the Storm" (http://youtu.be/f8TayMIEUaM ) JK--Standout track from "Blood on the
Tracks."
Neko Case "This Tornado Loves You" (http://youtu.be/_FhVbyeWFvo ) JK--Standout track from "Middle
Cyclone."
10,000 Maniacs "Like the Weather" (http://youtu.be/9YelgLoQMLE ) JK--One of the standout tracks from "In
My Tribe."
School of Seven Bells "The Night" (http://youtu.be/f286wxNqFIA ) JK--One of the standout tracks from
"Ghostory."
School of Seven Bells "Windstorm" (http://youtu.be/DF6PQFL8Hfo ) JK--One of the standout track from
"Disconnect from Desire."
"The History of Marijuana w/Noam Chomsky" (http://bit.ly/RpUZ0q ) JK--Disappointed. Wanted 2 hear people's
stories of doing doobies w/scholar
Gay Talese "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" (http://bit.ly/RpTyPm ) JK--Classic '66 Esquire celebrity profile. I
just read it. Gr8 character study!
Drafted new #IBM
AnalyzingMedia article: "New Analyzing Media article: "Target
Marketing: When Does Cool Cross Over to Creepy?" @graemeknows
"IBM IOD 2012: The Big Data Buzz Continues to
Amaze" (http://ibm.co/VYTASy )
JK--Notice how I structure this blog around cool/smart people.
Had to reinforce the base of our standing mailbox with 3
large cinder blocks. Sandy-softened soggy earth had it leaning like Pisa.
Hallelujah! I won't need to do Calgary trip. IBM Canada
will find local resource to fill in. Too much weather risk o me not arriving on
time
RT @DTurnerBlogs
@bob_sutor @HSmigala: IBM Big Data
Evangelist @jameskobielus
drills deep into insights from #IBMIOD
http://ibm.co/Rs99we
Winds & drenching, winds & drenching.
New #IBM
jk blogpost: "IBM IOD 2012: The #BigData
Buzz Continues to Amaze" (http://ibm.co/VYTASy )
#ibmiod
I'll respond to the RG3 hype when he actually starts
winning games. Redskins still stuck in the "suck" column.
Neil Young "Like A Hurricane" (http://youtu.be/6-WMbP1RcC4 ) JK--American Stars and Bars." Cool LP
cover. Neil face-flat on barroom floor
Bruce Springsteen "Sandy" (http://youtu.be/KgFHM8HMbWQ ) JK--Asbury Park inundated adds new meaning
to "the roar is rising behind us."
"Moving beyond #Hadoop
for #bigdata
needs" (http://bit.ly/TPJgLm )
JK--Or, more to point, fit Hdp & other bigdata platforms 2 your purposes
"Q&A: Statistician Nate Silver talks #bigdata,
sports analysis" (http://bit.ly/TPIXA8 )
JK--One of the highlights of #ibmiod.
"Europe's trying crowdsourced lawmaking" (http://bit.ly/TPEQEj ) JK--Mass-participation democracy. Referendum
model? Or revolution model?
"#IBM
has developed a new carbon nanotube-based chipmaking technology" (http://bit.ly/TPE364 ) JK--Keeping Moore's Law momentum rolling
Hurricane Sandy has disrupted my travel plans tomorrow.
Assuming new flight takes off on time, Calgary CIOs will meet a bloodshot
evangelist
Service-oriented analytics? (http://bit.ly/S6RUjT ) Monday's #IBM
quick-hit
Service-oriented analytics?: http://lnkd.in/NcV2GH
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Howlin' for You by Kylie Auldist from Still Life JK--Dixielandish reggaefied
version of Black Keys song. Good cover.
Went out 3x this a.m. in Sandy's drench: 1st to retrieve
(dry, bagged) newspapers, 2nd to bring in (empty) trashcans, 3rd to secure
mailbox
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
What Are You Afraid Of by West Indian Girl from self-titled LP JK--Haven't
heard this trippy one in years. Luv it.
My favorite Sunday activity. Month-end expense
reporting. Luv it so much I must first deaden the nerve-endings with a suitable
potion. Saki?
I'm not seeing much interesting research from the IT
analyst community these days. Who, if anybody, is breaking new ground?
I will definitely cast my vote for Barack Obama. He is a
great president who has accomplished the core of the agenda I voted for in
2008.
One must always pace the bow side of the good ship
Preparedness, & resist the inner voices that counsel cowering in the aft
end Hysteria.
Bracing for the storm. Which means remembering we've
weathered many storms and knowing we'll withstand this one too. Our culture
hypes shit
Newsweek's demise. Those newsweeklies were dying 30
years ago when I started resenting their lame attempts at cultural consensus
building.
That momentary disappointment when the only Facebook
notifications turn out to be friends inviting you to play dumbass games.
