Groundhog sees shadow
and says we'll have 6 more weeks of what feels like extended November here in
northern Virginia
VH-1
decade lookbacks. Passing parade of coulda-beens & never-weres commenting
on has-beens.
#BigData in
Cloud: Preparing for Future (http://linkd.in/Y5qYrr ). Mar 18.
Agenda: http://bit.ly/Y5qZvD Register: http://bit.ly/XhrC10
Big
data in the cloud? Aligning approaches: http://lnkd.in/5Hk4EE
Big
data in the cloud? Identifying priority applications: http://lnkd.in/qqR_Xg
20h"Obama Awards #IBM Scientists
w/ Nati Medal of Tech+Innov 4 Invent Underlying Tech in LASIK Surgery" (http://ibm.co/14Dyt9L )
JK--30 yrs ago
It's
amazing to see how many people still think I'm industry analyst who dishes
advice on various vendor strategies. Check my profile please
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Bang
Bang Bang (feat. Q-Tip & MNDR) by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl
JK--2010. Great song. Why'd I never heard b4?
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp This
Boy Is Exhausted by The Wrens from The Meadowlands JK--My roadtrip theme song.
Good to be back home.
New
programming language called F#. Be cool to see tool for recursive programming
of self-referential statements. Call it "Go F# Yourself"
"Ten
True Confessions of Telecommuters" (http://bit.ly/11oN2yj )
JK--I'm curious what percentage work in the nude.
I
had a good time in Silicon Valley. I paid more attention to the geographic
valley this time. The Almaden lab overlooks it. Quite a vantage
OK.
Here's the tally. In the past 48 hours, I wrote 8 blogs (if you count the
quick-hits as blogs, which they essentially are). On the road
New #IBM jk
AnalyzingMedia post: "Koby Asks: What Keeps the Chief Marketing Officer Up
At Night?" (http://bit.ly/11swgtm )
RIP
Ed Koch. Only NYC mayor since La Guardia that I personally would have chosen
from central casting to play NYC mayor.
"#IBM Announces
Breakthru w/ Combo o Security Intel & #BigData"
(http://ibm.co/WH9KOe )
JK--Integ IBM QRadar Secur Intel Plat w/ #Hadoop
"Stop
Hyping #BigData &
Start Paying Attention to ‘Long Data’" (http://bit.ly/WH7sij )
JK--Even BIGGER data: from beginning of time to now
New #IBM jk blog:
"Healthcare Personalization in the Age of Ubiquitous 'Omics'" (http://ibm.co/WH0dqy )
Drafted
my latest AnalyzingMedia post: "What Keeps the CMO Up at Night?"
This
wk #IBM q-h's: http://linkd.in/WGXiOo http://linkd.in/WGXjC2 http://linkd.in/WGXkWO http://linkd.in/WGXm0Ghttp://linkd.in/WGXmxV …
Small
data? The backlash against big data: http://lnkd.in/Ykq57e
@DSSocha Glad we could blue-wash
you to our way of thinking. Please let us know if we can help you with future
reprogramming needs!
"Big
BI? #Hadoop in
your operational decision-support environment" (http://bit.ly/VpxlzO )
Thursday's #IBM quick-hit
Big
BI? Hadoop in your operational decision-support environment:http://lnkd.in/ThMhHM
Exhausted,
but wrote two of my #IBM quick-hits
for next week. Have mapped out rough thoughts to bang into the remainder
tomorrow.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Like
It Like That by The Miracles from 45 JK--I suspect the artists just knocked off
this song on the fly in studio
30 Jan @freebalance Right. Sometimes
gut feel is sufficient.
Best
not to follow a McDonald's lunch with a Johnny Rockets dinner. Trust me on
this.
"When
You're Driven, It's Normal For People Not To Like You" (http://bit.ly/Wz9eSM )
JK--Only if they're insecure & you're an asshole.
"6
Types Analyses Evry Data Scientst Shud Know" (http://ht.ly/heuLX )
JK--descriptive exploratory inferential predictive causal mechanistic
"#BigData Profile:
Ford Motor Co's Michael Cavaretta" (http://bit.ly/VYEhWG )
JK--Fun fact: Livonia MI native. Bentley alum. I forgive him
One
of things I've noticed at #IBM research
centers I've been to, Watson & Almaden, is how they're architected to spawn
hallway encounters
"Google
News as an Analytic Database" (http://bit.ly/Wz6PaP )
JK--Cool discussion. It's a short step from "actor lists" to drug-cartel-graphs
"Network
planning should be part of #BigData"
(http://tek.io/Wz69lD )
JK--You bet! WAN/intranet/data-ctr capacity sizing critically important
"Are
Your Databases Audit-Ready?" (http://bit.ly/Wz58dr )
JK--If your OLTP databases aren't, your #bigdata analytic
DBs are questionable
Professor
Irwin Corey, the World's Foremost Authority (http://youtu.be/RHlLmYVCzKY ).
Nowadays he'd be World's Foremost Subject Matter Expert
One
of the researchers at #IBM Almaden
Labs says ranchers graze cattle on the hillsides around the lab. No building
allowed there. No bull
"Cremesource"?
That's "crowdsourcing" from the creme de la creme. Too elitist?
Whatever.
"Crowdsource."
At what point does "crowd" become demeaning epithet when you're
sourcing from expert individuals such as domain specialists?
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Keys to
My Heart by The 101ers from The Indie Scene 77: The Story of JK--Joe Strummer
pre-Clash. Good one.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Thrift
Shop by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis JK--"I wear yr granddad's clothes. I
look incredible...This is f-ing awesome!"
All
5 of next week's #IBM quick-hits
will be on the topic of "#bigdatamaturity."
That's the easy part. Hard part is making them good.
Now,
I'm not going to say that downtown San Jose is largely devoid of places where a
business traveler can grab a quick breakfast. I'm not.
Big
shout-out to Susan D'Elia for reaching out and engaging me in conversation
at #pmwcintl yesterday.
That's why I emerge from my dungeon
Getting
ready for a day at the lab. #IBM Almaden
Research Center. San Jose. Going to speak with several project leaders. #bigdataanalytics
"#BigData pitfall:
Answers clear compelling, & wrong" (http://bit.ly/Wwyx7z )
JK--Why fixate on "big"? Data & model quality key at all scales
"8
Ways #BigData Will
Change Our Lives" (http://bit.ly/XS3eBl ) JK--Why'd they put
"spot-on sports analysis" before "advanced healthcare"?
"First
Data Scientist on Evol of Data Science & Ever-Chngng American Voter" (http://onforb.es/ZLvgi )
JK--Norman Nie founded SPSS+Revolution
NoSQL?
From herding cats to taming tigers (http://bit.ly/WwoEqv ) Wednesday #IBM quick-hit
NoSQL?
From herding cats to taming tigers: http://lnkd.in/46R8Nt
Are
interrogatives overused? You ever wondered that? You have an opinion, don't
you? Is there any reason you're not responding? What's that?
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp On Fire
by Sebadoh from Harmacy JK--1996. A burning hurt. A great moody indie-rock
song.
One
of the cool takeaways from #pmwcintl is
a lot of published research on human genomics. Highly technical read. I'm geek
enough to try.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Sweet
Life by Frank Ocean from channel ORANGE JK--Tingly beautiful soul stylings.
Human
gene connectome. Among other things, it has shown that "Caucasians"
like me & east Asians like my wife are both part Neanderthal
Human
gene connectome (http://bit.ly/128uEd5 ). Fundamentally
important science for telling true historical gospel o human migration &
mating
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Every
Little Word by Sera Cahoone from Deer Creek Canyon JK--2012. Yearning
loveliness. All of her stuff.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexpReservoir Park
by The Dutchess & the Duke from She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke JK--2008.
Cool Seattle folk-rockers
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp San
Francisco by Foxygen from We Are 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
JK--2013. Most song-inspiring US city
Jianying
Hu & I did our preso on patient similarity analytics at#pmwcintl.
Now, head clear to listen to other presenters. Whew.
Drafted
latest #IBM blog:
"Healthcare Personalization in the Age of Ubiquitous Omics"
Flu
prevention requires not habitually touching your face with your hands. Can
doctors prescribe a hygenic nosepicking appliance?
"#IBM Delivers
New Services to Help Clients Move Enterprise Applications to the Cloud" (http://ibm.co/VmR19x )
JK--SmartCloud Enterprise
"DARPA
wants electronics that can dissolve or burst apart after use" (http://bit.ly/VmQbta )
JK--I know some operating systems that do that
"Of
course America had often been discovered before Columbus but it had always been
hushed up." - Oscar Wilde
Quote
of the day: "You can quote me on that." --Anonymous
Big
data in the cloud? Identifying priority applications: http://lnkd.in/K5Eyt3
Graph
analysis? Glimpsing the shape of engagement (http://bit.ly/VldKAM )
Tuesday's #IBM quick-hit
Graph
analysis? Glimpsing the shape of engagement: http://lnkd.in/49PUfz
I
always make a beeline for Palo Alto to dine. Mellows me. Anchored in old
northern California.
Not
going to stick around for the MongoDB workshop. Gettin' all mangy. Gonna
mangia-mangia on some blancmange
I
love how a hopeful startup cites an #IBM published
study in the same breath as an analyst study as third-party support for its biz
case
When
someone truly knows how to pitch a startup in a way that makes you pay attention,
you ask more, tougher questions. Cuz they're warm.
Here's
where that sleep deprivation kicks in. Which if any of these#bigdata startups
can inject some crazy adrenalin into my jaded skull?
I
took pitches from some of these startups in my analyst days. Curious how their
pitches have evolved. Been round so many blocks, I'm dizzy
A
big shout-out to Ming Zhu. Nice to know I have a fond fan in Silicon Valley.
Just follow the "graph," Ming.
At
Global #BigData Conference,
Santa Clara Convention Ctr, waiting for several startups to pitch to several
VCs. Where's the strike zone?
@Jakewk Silicon Valley doesn't feel
like a valley. I don't perceive it being tucked into any specific geographic
niche. It's all sprawl
"Your
body isn't a temple, it's a data factory emitting digital exhaust" (http://bit.ly/VMPOIm )
JK--What? Are we farting ones & zeros now?
"#BigData &
death of the theorist" (http://bit.ly/14pgiVp ) JK--Doubtful.
B.D immerses in empirical patterns. Doesn't establish causation
"Literary
History Seen Thru #BigData"
(http://nyti.ms/14pePyc )
JK--Sez analytics, JAusten & WScott most influential on other writers'
styles
"The
Emergence of Data Science: Data Management’s New Pioneers" (http://bit.ly/14petrl )
JK--Takes long historical perspective on discipline
Going
to a healthcare conference, nobody knows me. Going to a#bigdata conference,
it's like I'm on "Cheers." Everybody knows my face too
"Do
You Need #BigData Governance?
Maybe." (http://bit.ly/14pb2kC ) JK--@SunilSoares1 discusses
governance of sensor data & other new types.
"Role
of Ethics in Data Governance" (http://bit.ly/14p9QxI )
JK--@FORR_Mgoetz counsels
stewardship sensitive to data-owner/subject interests
"Cloud
object storage: Making 'big data' a smaller challenge" (http://bit.ly/14p6Oth )
JK--Can integrate metadata into unstructured data.
"Molecular
Layers of Data: the Next Frontier of Storage?" (http://bit.ly/14p6pXO )
JK--MIT work. Expands storage density by 1000x
"IEEE
TSC Processes meet #BigData"
(http://bit.ly/14p5Htw )
JK--Call for manuscripts on process monitoring, mining, & analysis over big
data
"Founding
Father of Quants Was Revolutionary Marxist" (http://bloom.bg/14p5d6z )
JK--Interesting. Any other irrelevant biographical details?
Genome
sequencing will be so automated, cost-effective & ubiquitous in our
lifetimes that you won't think twice about it. #pmwcintl
Catch #IBM Dr.
Jianying Hu & me tomorrow 10:45am co-present on patient similarity
analytics 4 personalized medicine at #pmwcintl Mtn
View CA
I've
never noticed before that "prenatal" & "parental" are
anagrams. Wow. Profound!
Silicon
"Valley"? Driving up from San Jose 2 Mtn View this a.m., I noticed
one range o low mountains 2 east, anothr 2 west. OK it's a valley
Computer
History Museum Hall of Fellows wall portraits. I've met 2 of these people:
Vinton Cerf & Whitfield Diffie.
"Tech
experts in public and private sector convene for first ‘Data Innovation
Day’" (http://bit.ly/WlkFNp ) JK--Events in
several cities
"Big
medical data" (http://bit.ly/X8dVke ) JK--Discussed
healthcare applications of graph analysis.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Firewater
by Django Django from Django Django JK--New group put out cool debut LP last
year.
"Is
Google pondering experimental HetNet?" (http://bit.ly/14oZcGc )
JK--Buzzword stands for "heterogeneous network" (disparate wireless
nets)
San
Jose before dawn. As usual, my east-coast body clock has decided that I'll get
my requisite 4 hours of west-coast sleep, and that's that
All
in memory? Speed of next best actions (http://bit.ly/TLH9Jn )
Monday's#IBM quick-hit
All
in memory? Speed of next best actions: http://lnkd.in/Fb_-HY
"The
personalized medicine revolution is almost here" (http://bit.ly/110dFVm )
JK--Catch me today/tomorrow at PMWC2013 Mtn View CA.
Snowy
Minneapolis. Dwarfed by twin city Maxxeapolis.
Just
missed getting upgrade to first class
From
now on I will only use really big words to speak of #bigdata aka
Humungositudinous Informatigrammaticamatidinimia.
Vi
Vi is the new yoga instructor's name. She's good, complements what prior
instructors showed us. Quite verbal. Slow controlled mindful.
LA
Fitness reinstated Sunday 11am yoga class. New instructor: Vee from Vietnam.
Meditative
Michael
Bolton. CBS Sunday Morning doing profile of singer. Back in day, his very name
was a punchline of sorts. "Office Space."
If
you're doing all the fundamentals, listening to more financial advice feels
like dentists reminding you to keep on flossing. Yeah, got it
WashPost
has best financial advice I've seen in a long time: "Avoid the
Noise...dramatically pare down yr consumption of...financial news."
@Saudamini_D Au contraire. I'm
still still.
"Obama’s
daring liberal agenda is neither daring nor liberal. Discuss" (http://wapo.st/110vjNp )
JK--Middle-of-the-road, like the Clintons
Nice
Sunday morning. A certain stillness.
After
almost 40 years, I still have no idea what Steely Dan meant by Josie
"prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire." FM mystery.
Pet
peeve: macho pinheads at the club who think obnoxious grunting & letting
weights drop with a jarring clang signifies strenuous workout.
Reince
Priebus elected to 2nd term as RNC chair. Still trying to fit a snarky anagram
to that name. Suggestions?
Buster
Keaton had the most rocknroll face of any silent film star. Looks like should
have pierced nose & play bass for Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Locavore."
Sounds like something I need to call the exterminator to eradicate.
A
naive optimist is someone who, when told they're "getting laid off,"
only hears they're "getting laid."
DC
coming out of 5-day sub-freezing spell, longest in 6 years. In my distorted
memory of Michigan youth, was constantly subfreezing Dec-Feb
Facebook
Graph Search informs me that my daughter is my daughter and my son is my son.
Thanks for the intrusive DNA graph analysis, Zuck!
Having
Wash Post as my local paper means ample in-depth discussions of legislative
& executive branch goings-on. But I'm no politics geek
Useless
trivia dept: US pres whose midl initial most Americans knew: JQAdams WHHarrison
USGrant WHTaft FDR HSTruman DDEisen JFK LBJ GHWB GWB
