Please don't give snowstorms names. In fact, don't give
any storms names. Even hurricanes. Makes 'em seem like malicious evildoers.
"IBM SmartCamp Finals Take NYC By Storm" (http://bit.ly/WYFhse )
JK--2-day-long events judging best startups in different cities of world.
"A Declaration of Interdependence of
Cyberspace" (http://bit.ly/WYETu3 ) JK--If
you're like me, declarations & manifestos trigger gag reflex
We've had a heap of heavy wind in the DC area today.
I've shoveled 3 feet of the stuff so far with my air shovel.
I trust that the good people of Boston will have it all plowed neatly to the
side by the time I make my grand tour of the area in mid-week.
Shorthands for my 5 productionizing #bigdata themes to develop next week: stakes
stacks scales skills seamlessness
Mindfulness. It's all about tuning your entire being to
be an omni-sensor with the agility to absorb & adapt seamlessly to oncoming
signals
Personalized medicine. Given how thoroughly the personal
is habituated within communities, shouldn't "communitized medicine"
be explored?
Next week I'll focus the blog and the quick-hits for the
following week on "productionizing #bigdata"
Studying the newly downloadable slides from #PMWCintl last week in Mountain View . All of these are densely
absorbing. Everything -omics!
"Big institution" has been practically
synonymous w/"impersonal institution." But w/ #bigdata & finely targetd personalization,
it neednt be
"5 Insurance Impacts of the Internet of
Things" (http://bit.ly/VLn2vp )
JK--Embedding o risk-mitig sensors, monitors, responders in our lives
Big data in the cloud? Integrating disparate service
layers:http://lnkd.in/tmNRyt
"What Is The Difference Between Infographics &
Data Visualization?" (http://bit.ly/VLlFge ) JK--IMHO,
visual narrative vs. visual exploration
"Banks Use #BigData 2 Discovr ‘Nu Silk Roads’" (http://on.wsj.com/VLlem9 )
JK--"trans data..ID nu trade pttrns,nxt big cities in emrgng mkts"
"Forrester's Top 15 Emerging Technologies To Watch:
Now To 2018" (http://bit.ly/VLl9Pv ) JK--@practicingEA puts
mobility on top
"The data black hole that could suck the life out
of internet economy" (http://zd.net/VLksFR )
JK--Suddenly everybody's Stephen f-ing Hawking
"Are black holes slowing the evolution of storage
technology?" (http://bit.ly/VLkg9J ) JK--Dumb
metaphor should be flushed down that vortex
"Mentality." Funny pejorative. Essentially,
what you regard as your philosophy, perspective, outlook, or POV others
consider crazy/crackers
Hurray! I have one of the top 1% most viewed @LinkedIn profiles for 2012. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/profile/6/ab2/8b0?trk=200tw …
"Largest known prime number - 17M digits long -
discovered" (http://bit.ly/TU5xqZ )
JK--There'll be a pop quiz. Have you memorized it yet?
"#IBM mainframe chief eyes mobile, social
workloads" (http://bit.ly/TU4gjN )
JK--Operational analytics a big driver of mainframe usage
"#IBM Completes Acq Of StoredIQ" (http://ibm.co/YWYGjp ) JK-- ILM
& gov within our #bigdata portfolio. This wk's blog: http://ibm.co/XbIyr3
Barry O'Sullivan @siliconbarry
@johnbreslin @jameskobielus @acroll I can't markup my mind either :)
This wk #IBM q-hs: http://linkd.in/YfjI6R http://linkd.in/YfjKM2 http://linkd.in/YfjLj5 http://linkd.in/YfjLQe http://linkd.in/YfjMn7
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Good Morning, Good Morning by The
Beatles frm Sgt. Peppers JK--Lennon mentions seeing wife (Cyn) & other
woman (Yoko)
Big-data maturity? As soon as users crystallize clear
best practices:http://lnkd.in/zNepBr
Friday conference calls with my NY & New England
colleagues are being rescheduled by them for next week. No explanation needed.
I'm all pumped up. Today's I'm a-gonna evangelize the
dickens outa everything that ain't nailed down.
Big data in the cloud? Aligning approaches: http://lnkd.in/p8jkzc
Big data in the cloud? Identifying priority
applications: http://lnkd.in/id2cqG
New #IBM jk blogpost: "The Maturing of #BigData:
From Herding Cats to Taming Tigers" (http://ibm.co/XbIyr3 ) Thanks Angela 4 the gr8 grafik
Read "The Crown" by Nancy Bilyeau (http://bit.ly/yUJlGH ) aka@Tudorscribe .
Superb historical novel. Fuller review soon on my Facebook.
I recommend shortening the Nation's Capital's football
team name officially to "Skins." That's inoffensive & what we
already call it.
Having been married to an Indonesian for almost 30 years
& visited the country several times, I sorta know the pop sounds of the
archipelago
"Gadis Extravaganza" (http://youtu.be/S72wsvkPE-c ) JK--This
one's dedicated to @jasonkobielus . GADIS EXTRAVAGANZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Oh Ya Ya oleh Rajah Ahmad & Dengan
Dendang Iram asalnya Pop Yeh Yeh: Psych Rock Singapura+Malaysia
1964-70 JK--Bagus!
Since Obama was re-elected, I've gone back to drinking
tea in clear conscience. Don't want to be perceived as partying on toxic
potions.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Here I Am by Adam Green & Binki
Shapiro JK--New. Very Lee & Nancy. BTW, "Bikini Shapiro" would be
good name too.
Four-letter words. Would it be more polite if we
screamed multisyllabic synonyms at each other? "Intercourse"?
"Excrement"?
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Line of Fire by Junip from Junip
JK--Time suspends momentarily while you're inside a Junip song.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Ooh La La by Goldfrapp from
Supernature JK--2005. Great song. So was the (different) Faces 1973 song with
same name
Mental map of #IBM various/sundry products/svcs that I
built up 4 years pre-joining Big Blue is coming in quite handy now. I keep it
updated
"Unlimited Messages in #BigData Inbox" (http://bit.ly/WDs4qH )
JK--"Small slow sure" data consumption. Aesop fable? (http://bit.ly/WDsywU )
"5 develpmts we need in data storage mkt in
2013" (http://bit.ly/WDr8mb ) JK--Stds,
classification, better dedupe/compress, virtzn, RAID alts
"#Hadoop Emerging as Dominant #BigData Analytics Platform: 10 Reasons
Why" (http://bit.ly/WDqmFQ )
JK--Excellent slide-based discussion
"Health Info Exchange Debate Gets Fiery" (http://bit.ly/WDoAo6 )
JK--Federation, interop, data, privacy, metrics, etc. Many unresolved issues
"Defining Data Analytics Svcs in Support of Biz
Process Optimization" (http://bit.ly/WDntot ) JK--@DavidLinthicum on svc-oriented analytics
"Is The Medical Device Industry Ready for #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/WDm9Sz ) JK--New
era of implanted vital-signs sensors/sources
"Mobile Couponing:
All about Location Location Location" (http://ibm.co/WDljoR ) JK--GDeshpande on need for CSP
subscr granular geo opt-in
"#BigData,
Little Data" (http://bit.ly/WDhn7o )
JK--Travel agency has successful portal-bsd intent-centric
banner-ad-promo-optzn bigdata app
"#BigData latest beneficiary of solar
innovation" (http://bit.ly/WDfRSJ ) JK--US DOE
allocated $9M 4 bigdata studies re solar energy deploymt
"Monster blizzard could slam Northeast" (http://bit.ly/WDffN4 ) JK--I
definitely sense that #IBM colleagues in NY & New England are
bracing
"Business Agility: How Does Cloud Computing & #BigData Help?" (http://bit.ly/WDcD1L )
JK--Data/analytics/svcs enable faster decis automation
"Why Innovators Love Constraints" (http://bit.ly/WDbcQF )
JK--Options are defocusing distracting time-wasters. Cut to the freakin'
solution!
"Chaotic Nihilists & Semantic Idealists" (http://bit.ly/WD9j6w ) JK--@acroll on
need 4 manual semantic tagging + algorithmic semantic mining
"Statistical evidence of global warming ??" (http://bit.ly/WD6RNu )
JK--Umm....all the science that's been & being done on this topic ??
The Polish are supreme. Why do I say that? Well...we
Poles have staked out both ends of the Earth. Rebuttal?
Social predictions become self-fulfilling prophecy when
they psyche out people who would have been instrumental in invalidating them.
"Cause or Effect? Why I Am Relieved Nate Silver Was
Wrong About SuperBowl" (http://bit.ly/WD4PwX )
JK--Enough with the nattering about Nate
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Passenger by Iggy Pop from Lust
for Life JK--He better STAY a passenger. I dont trust Iggy at the wheel. Would
U?
"Connected car of future" (http://bit.ly/WD0kCr )
JK--Ancient dream. See Network World article I authored 23 yrs ago (http://bit.ly/WD0t8R )
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Holland ,
1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea JK--1998. Athens GA.
Big-data maturity? Standards will signal when it's
approaching:http://lnkd.in/iq-26C
I like to add a dash of macho authority to every
statement by prefacing it with "in this man's army."
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Kembali Lagi by AHalim &
DeFictions frm Pop Yeh Yeh: Psych Rock frm Singapore/Malaysia 1964-70 JK--Means
"Come Again"
Friendly advice to servers at Chili's: don't address me
with patronizing "my friend" unless U want me to fling hot sauce in
yr stupid face.
End of Saturday mail deliveries by USPS starting in
August. That means we'll have to wait till Monday for fresh junk mail. Bummer!
If you wish to be thought a #rockstar,
don't always be tooting your own horn with your amps ramped to "11."
Wrote all 5 #IBM quick-hits for next week. All on "#bigdata under control?" heading. Core
discussion from the blog, extended and tweaked.
Drafted my next #IBM blog: "Controlled Explosion:
Keeping #BigDataContained
with Security, Governance, & Information Lifecycle Management"
"Virginia
coin moves closer to reality" (http://wapo.st/UVnCnJ ) JK--I'm a Virginian & think
this insane. Let's recall the idiots in Richmond
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Shrine/An Argument by Fleet Foxes
frm Helplessness Blues JK--Exceptionally gorgeous cinematic rafter ringer song
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Regiment by Brian Eno & David
Byrne from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts JK--1981. Landmark LP. Sounds like
today
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Santa Fe
by Beirut from The Rip Tide JK--Leader Zach
Condon is not from Lebanon .
He's from Santa Fe NM USA
"Optimizing In-Building Coverage" (http://bit.ly/Xo9lga )
JK--3-1-98. Written by me a few months B4 enterd analyst biz. Wireless covrage
maps
"Can #IBM make Social Business connection with
SMBs - and does it need to?" (http://bit.ly/Xo8MDg ) JK--Agreed. It is a complex
msg/strategy
Back in the day, used to drive me nuts when people
obsessed over scores/rankings of my Waves. The underlying model & data WAY
more important
"Gartner releases 2013 DW MQ' (http://zd.net/Xo8ah1 ) JK--IMHO
as ex-analyst, more useful 2 examine analyst assumptions/data than rankings
"#BigData Helps Build Better Wireless Coverage
Maps" (http://bit.ly/Xo7S9E )
JK--Crowdsourced smartphone-as-sensor/source app. Cool.
I'm always delighted to work the word "whence"
into anything I write. Makes me feel so precious and erudite.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Remains by Young Fathers from Tape One
JK--Hm, where've I heard that programd rhythm? Young Marble Giants "The
Taxi"
"Alicia Keys: Next Steve Jobs?" (http://bit.ly/TK2ykU ) JK--Fun facts: Jobs slovenly, didnt
shower or flush toilet, cried to get way, mean
"Alicia Keys joins BlackBerry as global creative
director" (http://bit.ly/UU3nab ) JK--Wow.
Y the sudden career shift? Just played Super Bowl
"Twitter acquires TV analytics firm Bluefin
Labs" (http://bit.ly/TJZHII ) JK--Uses
comments on soc nets 2 measure comercial/prog effectivness
"What the Intelligence Community Is Doing With #BigData"
(http://buswk.co/VDGNje ) JK--If
you think they're leveling with you, you're naive
"The Philosophy of Data" (http://nyti.ms/VDGcy4 ) JK--Hey,
David Brooks, it's the philosophy of science (http://bit.ly/bZm5nU ) & it's not new
Big-data maturity? Waiting for an innovation plateau
that may take years: http://lnkd.in/YZsUir
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Bombs Away by Eels from Wonderful,
Glorious JK--New. Good. Mark Everett has a cool natural desperado voice.
Legality of drones targeting US citizens fighting for Al
Qaeda overseas? Targeting treasonous turncoat enemy combatants? There's a case.
Conference I'll speak at asked presenters to say
something "noteworthy" about self. All I had was "I'm deeply
into yoga." Boring!
At 11:30am (EST), live from the #IBM PureSystems Executive Summit watch new PureSystems announcements (http://ibm.co/WsjVFk )
"Infographic: periodic table of smartphones" (http://bit.ly/WsfKcD ) JK--Not
joke. Shows rare-earth elements in iPhone. Most mined in China
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Dead Sound by The Raveonettes from
Lust Lust Lust JK--I automatically crank this to "11" on my best
speakers
"#IBM Simplifies... #Cloud..w/New
PureSys Offerings" (http://ibm.co/k9imX ) JK4--MSP
editions4 PureFlex & Flex Sys. SmartCloud desktop infra
"#IBM Simplifies... #Cloud..w/New
PureSys Offerings" (http://ibm.co/k9imX )
JK3--Smaller PureApp, PureApp on PWR7+, expand sw pttrns catalog
"#IBM Simplifies #Big Data...w/New PureSystems
Offerings" (http://ibm.co/k9imX ) JK2--New
PureData for Analytics powered by #Netezzatech
"#IBM Forges New Routes 2 Market w/Power
& Storage Systems Tuned 4 #BigData Cloud " (http://ibm.co/WsaTZ0 )
JK--POWER7+ for midrange/entry
"Is data mining still sin against norms o
econometrcs?" (http://linkd.in/Ws9mCb )
JK--Interesting. What 2 do 1st? Build model or explor data?
"Programming savvy is the new digital divide,
Berners-Lee says" (http://bit.ly/Ws7GZk ) JK--I
dunno. Feels like Dream of the 90s
"Media consumption: Lean Forward, Lean Back &
'Curl-up Computing' experiences" (http://bit.ly/Ws6Goe ) JK--Insightful. Suggest
ergonomic reqs
"#BigData projects signal change in
documenting" (http://tek.io/Ws5OQs ) JK--Good
discussion of need for new breed of tech writers
Big-data maturity? Reinventing the production-readiness
wheel for new platforms: http://lnkd.in/rnH-nj
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Wired for Light by School of Seven
Bells from Alpinisms JK--Good MidEast-inflected one from their first LP
"The 4 most likely reasons you were hacked" (http://bit.ly/UUOkNu )
JK--Forgot to add "there are bad people in the world" & "you
sinned."
For me, best Super Bowl commercial was Amy Poehler as
customer in retail store obsessing over cloud everything. "Are we in the
cloud now?"
"#IBM brings Watson techs to new Power
servers for SMBs" (http://bit.ly/UULWWN ) JK--Power
Express svrs integr8 BigInsights/Hdp & other sw/hw
What the...? Social network asking if I want to friend
myself? We're already friends. In fact, he's got my back. Literally.
This just in: new evidence supports theory that Richard
III was slain by Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone.
"Lotus position: #IBM kills name, but software and founders
live on" (http://bit.ly/UUGyTy ) JK--Don't
worry. We didnt put a hit out on Mitch
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Enola Gay by Orchestral Manoeuvres in
the Dark JK--Ah, nostalgia. Nothing says dance like airplanes that drop A-bombs
Staple of my morning routine is checking the latest #IBM news releases at http://ibm.co/k9imX . If not public yet, I don't
evangelize it
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Chain (Demo) by Fleetwood Mac from
Rumours (Super Deluxe) JK--Very nice. Just Stevie on acoustic guitar.
RIP Reg Presley. Leader of 60s rock band the Troggs. Who
were the Troggs, you ask? "Wild Thing" (http://youtu.be/XRXt2A7inIU )
Considering that the late Sen Kennedy was the one
pushing for it year after year, "Obamacare" is dumb nickname for law.
Call it "Teddycare"
"Trump threatens to sue Bill Maher over joke"
(http://yhoo.it/14AdZOl ) JK--The
joke is funny in classically pugnacious Maher style. Read it
Confirmation of 500+ year-old mortal remains of leader
of system of govt we repudiated 200+ years ago. Reassessing his legacy is
priority #1
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp That's When I Reach For My Revolver by
Mission of Burma JK--In those moments, I reach for my Magical Mystery Tour.
Well, now we know where they parked Richard III's
carcass.
"Internet of Things – The Tipping Point" (http://bit.ly/YxA9gL ) JK--Great
detailed discussion of spread of smart products optzn automation
"What MapReduce can't do" (http://bit.ly/YxyQ1q )
JK--Detailed illustration of data-science use cases where MR suboptimal.
"Why Big Testing Will Be Bigger Than #BigData"
(http://selnd.com/YxxZxT ) JK--Wrong
phrase. Actually: "real-world experiments" using big data
"Scientists capture video o thought being formd in
brain" (http://bit.ly/Yxxa85 ) JK--Not
so fast. Thought? Those R fishbrain neural firings
"Data Monetization: A Road Paved On Top Of Data
Sets" (http://ht.ly/hmnxb ) JK--Hey
data scientists: awesome list of sources.
"Open data economy: Eight business models for open
data and insight" (http://oreil.ly/YxwfEB )
JK--Thought-provoker from Deloitte UK
"An Internet for Manufacturing" (http://bit.ly/YxvR9k )
JK--Industrial Internet is where every "thing" remembers its full
provenance.
"When do support vector machines trump other
classification methods" (http://bit.ly/YxvxHz )
JK--Excellent overview if you're a true quant
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Odessa
by Caribou from Swim JK--When I'm on a roll, my inner thought processes sound
like this song.
A lot of these too-general "how-to" article on
high-level tech topics should be replaced w/cookbooks showing your mom how to
make apple pie
"How two scientists using New York Times archives
to predict the future" (http://bit.ly/WmcbEX ) JK--I
predict: if it bleeds, it will lead
"Increasingly blurry line btwn #BigData & Big Brother" (http://bit.ly/Yxtsve ) JK--Peeps
w/dystopic mental models seek Orwellian confirmation
"Realities of the Enterprise Data Scientist" (http://bit.ly/YxrJ9a ) JK--Anand
Rao PwC discusses setting up enterprise data-sci ctr of excel
"Data Laboratory: Is It For You?" (http://bit.ly/YxrdrZ ) JK--#BigData explor sandboxes, data-scientist
skills/tools, & institutional context
"Context: Customer Data's Secret Sauce" (http://bit.ly/YxqqHq )
JK--Without context guiding engagement, yr longtime customer remains stranger
"#BigData Security Discussion" (http://bit.ly/Yxq17S ) JK--Good
high-level architectural planning discussion.
"Staggering Revelations About #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/YxpFhF )
JK--Article spoonfeeds you some tsunami-sized gulp numbers.
"Ovum Study: #BigData Retains Popularity" (http://bit.ly/Yxphzr )
JK--Crossed the key threshold from IT buzz to business buzzword of day.
"Build a Strategy: Attend an #IBM #BigData,
Integration & Governance Forum" (http://ibm.co/Yxo4bp ). Many cities. #forrester analysts
Everybody's endorsing me for stuff on LinkedIn. My exit
strategy is some zillionaire endorsing blank check made out to "James
Kobielus"
"Eight Secrets All Masters Know" (http://linkd.in/WG6pw3 ) JK--@RitaJKingsays masters made through
determination, discipline, practice.
"#IBM Smarter Computing: What's Next. Ready
Now. Join the Feb 5 webcast" (http://youtu.be/bBstECQFQ3w )
Just remembered gr8 character name from classic TV:
"Dash Riprock." A movie star from "Beverly Hillbillies."
Why suddenly popped into head?
"#Big Data challenge: DONT be
objective," Prof RCarraway, Darden School of Biz (http://onforb.es/Tzt7cx ) JK--Profs
say the dardenest things
I don't have a bucket list. But I have a mental list of
buckets to pour streams of stuff into. Helps me avoid drowning in the
everstream.
"The Office Fax Machine Is Alive and Well" (http://bit.ly/TzmZAM )
JK--Boring as it is, fax refuses to die.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp O... Saya by M.I.A. & A.R. Rahman
from Slumdog Millionaire JK--M.I.A hopes to live to 50. Lady, it's no big deal.
I have daring new theory. Actress Anne Hathaway is Shakespeare's
actual wife Anne Hathaway, come to us through a time warp. DNA test needed
"#IBM to Acquire Star Analytics, Inc" (http://ibm.co/Vtt52i )
JK--Speeds/orchestr8s business analytics app access to specialized data sources
Do we have to wait 500 years for them to positively
identify Jimmy Hoffa under some future parking lot? Can we speed this up?
"How 2 scientists R using New York Times archives 2
predict future" (http://bit.ly/WmcbEX ) JK--New
motto: all the news that's fit to predict
Big-data maturity? Paradigm's far from played out: http://lnkd.in/UCQT9Q
Richard III remains confirmed thru DNA. The mystery
endures. Why did they fight the Battle of Bosworth in a parking lot?
Watching the Super Bowl in spite of the wife's usual
dumb comments. She can't stand sports.
The Onion @TheOnion
Phil Simms Spends Super Bowl Broadcast Talking Up New Orleans Sex Trade http://onion.com/VJv051
"Genomic Analysis, Office Edition" (http://nyti.ms/UkLL9D ) JK--In
recent years, cost of sequence one person genome dropped from $250K to $6K
Early on, caught The Flaming Lips on a Hyundai
commercial. That was my fave so far on the Super Bowl.
What I love most about Beyonce is not her looks or
music, but the muscularity and agility of her on-stage movements. Like a figure
skater
Peering into the skeleton that once was Springfield
Mall. Can't wait to see how they redevelop this prime commercial location.
"The End of the Web, Search, and Computer as We
Know It" (http://bit.ly/YIPKxU )
JK--Gelernter touts searchable browsable stream computing
Al Gore. Interviewed by Fareed Zakaria. Former VP is one
the greatest Americans.
Robert De Niro. Interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning.
Retains a watchably intense cool and warm face into old age. Wry eyes.
Super Bowl coverage from NOLA. CBS Sunday Morning on Tabasco : the notsohot
sauce Americans mistake 4 hot. Gimme any superspicy salsa instead
I am a terrible terrible man. Wait...no...correction:
I'm cool. Whew!
"NRA Scoffs At Obama Skeet Shooting Photo" (http://huff.to/14J4Fsk ) JK--Sez
strong leader would mow down inanimate objects w/ assault rifle
"When we cheer for our team, do we have 2 cheer 4 America ,
too?" (http://wapo.st/WkOWwL ) JK--We
should demilitarize displays of athleticism
Boy Scouts of America considering rescinding its
ban on gays. They'd better. The military did. BSA models self on military.
"Troops"
Look to the left of your tweet or Facebook status
update--did you see this pic of you? lol
Nice little layer of snow overnight. Nothing
wheel-stopping or treacherous. Thanks.
Big data in the cloud? Aligning approaches: http://lnkd.in/hUqjBe
"The Origins of ‘Big Data’: An Etymological
Detective Story" (http://nyti.ms/14DxNBx )
JK--Whatever. Came into industry currency in fall 2010
Wanda Sykes made us laugh on Leno last night. She's torn
between rooting for Baltimore (cuz she's from
MD) vs. San Francisco
(cuz she's gay)
Always feel torn between whether I should stay online
vs. read hardcopy newspapers/mags/books vs. watch TV/listen to radio vs. cold
turkey
