Had some bad dim sum. Had dumb dim sum wait staff. Have
half a mind to shame the damn dumb dim sum dips who didn't earn a tip. But I
won't.
Most annoying fake career concern I hear is "Jim,
what are U going 2 do when #bigdata
is over?" At what point are scalable analytics "over"?
RIP Al Neuharth. Established "USA
Today." I always toyed w/ savage Onion-like headlines--eg,
"Americans: We're having more sex with animals"
Posed a big why-not question in US urban
development history: why did a major metropolis never develop at the Straits of
Mackinac?
Going to do some DC sightseeing with our visiting Wisconsin friend Pam. Glad we live in a tourism magnet
zone. Sun is out & it's beautiful
Zooey Deschanel Identified as Bombing Suspect In
Closed-Captioning Gaffe: (http://ow.ly/1Vot9d )
JK--She in custody. Him still on loose
RT @eric_kavanagh
#45 James Kobielus http://bit.ly/Z4uSQz
#BigData100
JK--Ah, I wish I were 45 again.
You-Ess-Eh, You-Ess-Eh, You-Ess-Eh, < Um, people, he
was a US
citizen (it has been reported).
Big issue going forward: how to secure further runnings
of the Boston
or any other marathon.
I would appreciate NOT hearing "God bless America "
or any other attempt to turn a criminal apprehension into a patriotism issue.
RT http://lnkd.in/a6SHdv
JK--Michael: Thanks. Re collaboration in data science, I've blogged on it in
various contexts, including here:...
RT http://lnkd.in/jdZihE
JK--Jennifer: Governance of unstructured data is usually in the form of case
management in OLTP. Very few...
RT http://lnkd.in/KbUzUi
JK--Harsha: No. The original question (that drove creation of the original
model) gets tweaked and refined. Data..
RT http://lnkd.in/5pQey9
JK--Didier: That's for sure. Ambient analytics is an old topic: building
control systems etc are all about using..
RT http://lnkd.in/wM-_VR
JK--Michael: Thanks. For sure. Quantum computing is still so far-off,
bleeding-edge, and impractical for so many..
RT http://lnkd.in/scQ5zn
JK--Naresh: If storage costs continue to drop and densities continue to grow by
an order-of-magnitude or more...
http://lnkd.in/scQ5zn
JK--Naresh: If storage costs continue to drop and densities continue to grow by
an order-of-magnitude or more...
http://lnkd.in/wM-_VR
JK--Michael: Thanks. For sure. Quantum computing is still so far-off,
bleeding-edge, and impractical for so many...
http://lnkd.in/5pQey9
JK--Didier: That's for sure. Ambient analytics is an old topic: building
control systems etc are all about using...
http://lnkd.in/Tnxge2
JK--Kirk: Thanks for the links.
http://lnkd.in/EMWn-p
JK--Sri: Thanks for the link.
http://lnkd.in/3FGQrP
JK--Bing: Those are great questions, but I was speaking at a more general
best-practice level in this piece. I...
http://lnkd.in/2bUtAB
JK--Harsha: Thanks. A bit more detail on my perspective on big data analytics
for continual mobile guidance is in...
http://lnkd.in/KbUzUi
JK--Harsha: No. The original question (that drove creation of the original
model) gets tweaked and refined. Data...
http://lnkd.in/NQYnsx
JK--Richard: I'm unclear on what you're saying. Are you referring to the same
thing I'm referring to when I say...
http://lnkd.in/jdZihE
JK--Jennifer: Governance of unstructured data is usually in the form of case
management in OLTP. Very few...
http://lnkd.in/a6SHdv
JK--Michael: Thanks. Re collaboration in data science, I've blogged on it in
various contexts, including here:...
http://lnkd.in/utJNpU
Jose: Excellent discussion. Re use cases for big data in cloud, it's consistent
with what I've been saying in many...
Is prostitution truly "world's oldest
profession"? How do they know? Did Babylonian pimps inscribe operational
data on clay in cuneiform?
"North Korea poses little threat to
world's memory supply" (http://bit.ly/13mCbmv )
JK--No, not brainwashing. South Korean DRAM fabs.
Emerging shape of public safety? Crowdsourced virtual
online image-sharing social vigilantism? Discuss amongst.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Everything in Its Right Place
by Radiohead from Kid A JK--My productivity mantra.
RT @metabrown312
"How about just call her by what does, not whethr gets paid4it?"
JK--Nothing wrong w/call-out pro/non-pro status if relevnt
This week's events unfolding in the Boston area underline the new shape of public
safety: crowdsourced social surveillance & alerting.
"Welcome 2 Berkeley :
Where #Hadoop
isnt nearly fast enough" (http://bit.ly/1044zFO )
JK--Discusses AMPLab devel o Spark, Shark, Tachyon, etc
@metabrown312
Ever since I was a kid, I recall people using "amateur" in a
disparaging sense, as in "nice try but you're out of your league"
"'#BigData’
Algo Used 2 Customize Video Game Difficulty" (http://bit.ly/10447r4 ) JK--Gamific8n tech could B
applied 2 data-scient skill enh
"Amateur data scientist & her projects" (http://bit.ly/1043Jst ) JK--Word
"amateur" is archaic & condescending. Just say
"non-professional"
Once again this a.m. I had 2 whip out my core #bigdata
definitn--"advanced analytics @ extreme scale"--2 keep discussion on
meaningful rails
"Rich media flood pushes digital asset mgt strategy
2 forefront" (http://bit.ly/1042zNP )
JK--How do you meaningfully index streaming media?
"Data science team building 101" (http://bit.ly/10426ek ) JK--Catch my EDW 2013
preso, May 1, San Diego (http://bit.ly/10423PQ )
Thank you LinkedIn for providing button for me to
indicate if an InMail request is "not appropriate." Now that I've
noticed it, I'll use it
Reading the day's tech blogs is essential. I can see
what's overdiscussed. I try to write th sort o blog that I personally would
want 2 read
This is a day when everybody, especially those in the Boston area, is
distracted from their work. No need explain why. It's understood.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Golden Blunders by The Posies JK--Has that great 1990s FM indie-rock radio hit
feel. Me nostalgic?
"Cool: DARPA...4D-printed tech that
'shapeshifts'" (http://bit.ly/YzmuVI )
JK--Means 3D-printed objcts that dynamically (in time) transform
This morning's breaking news is the very stuff of
nail-biting urban drama. No further comment until the situation resolved.
This wk #IBM
q-hs: http://linkd.in/YzkuN7
http://linkd.in/YzkuN6 http://linkd.in/YzkwEE http://linkd.in/YzkwED http://linkd.in/YzkuN8
#Hadoop
uber-alles? Commercial appliances show #bigdata
market coming into mainstream (http://lnkd.in/Da-qA9 )
Friday's #IBM
quick-hit
Hadoop uber-alles? Commercial appliances show big-data
market coming into mainstream: http://lnkd.in/Da-qA9
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Cayucas by Cayucas from Bigfoot JK--I've tweeted this out several times before.
I'll do it again. Song makes me happy
What does it mean exactly for a culture to be
"backward"? Do they say "hello" upon leaving the room?
Spam addresses me as "Dear Sir/Ma'am." Well,
at least they're sensitive to my personal situation. I'm only halfway through
the sex change.
Finished all 5 quick-hits. Good substantial ones on
distinct topics. Every one of them. Many will eventually evolve into full
blogs. Whew!
Wrote 3 of next week's #IBM
quick-hits. Taking a long pull of this iced tea. Onto the fourth. Could use a
fifth. That must wait.
"Should you swear at work?" (http://cbsn.ws/13q7dh3 ) JK--I always swear to do my
utmost, so help me Gosh.
Where did the song "Lulu's Back in Town"
originate from? I'm familiar with the Sesame
Street version.
Baseball fans go apeshit for stats, like armchair data
scientists. Was Durocher right? Is there stat 4 whether nice guys truly finish
last?
Robocall: "Congratulations, you've been selected to
receive a free cruise to the Bahamas ."
No mention if I get a free airlift off the vessel
"Here's Y Gates could B considered visionary &
Jobs follower' (http://bit.ly/XTiXq5 )
JK--Columnist must brace 4 inevitable geek flamefest
"#Bigdata
science requires SDN, Internet2 chief says" (http://bit.ly/11CzHAc ) JK--Massive bandwidth,
distributed processing, virtualization
"Great Sensor-Era: Brontobytes will change
Society" (http://bit.ly/XTfkAr )
JK--Huh? When did #bigdata
de-evolve back to Flintstones era?
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Line of Fire by Junip frm Junip JK--I've shifted frm thinking J.Gonzales as
solo artist 2 one leg o this awesome trio
"#BigData
governance & EU data law - Part 1" (http://bit.ly/11CyHfc )
JK--Good analysis of open legal issues from business' standpoint.
"DARPA makes an indoor GPS chip that's smaller than
a penny" (http://bit.ly/11Cx69n )
JK--I'll be impressed when it's cheaper than a penny.
"Machine Learning and the Jargons" (http://bit.ly/11Cw5OE ) JK--Good definitional
overview for those still unclear on distinctions.
"List of Machine Learning APIs" (http://bit.ly/11CvwEy ) JK--Hey data scientists!
Good list to keep in your virtual hip pocket!
"Consumers Could Pay Higher Switching Costs in
Data-Drivn World" (http://buswk.co/11CtpQT )
JK--Loyalty = lock-in? When is retention grudging?
"It's Shape of Data that Matters" (http://bit.ly/11CpkfA ) JK--Contrasts ACID w/BASE
(Basically Available, Soft state, Eventual Consistency)
"Using #BigData
2 Optimize Pricing" (http://bit.ly/11CnlrG )
JK--Analyze predictiv price elasticity o demand w/ finegrained microsegmntation
"#BigData
Analytics, The way to prevent terror" (http://bit.ly/11CkZsQ )
JK--Ummm..not so fast...let's not overpromise...that's pandering.
"Why Telco’s should invest in #bigdata
capabilities" (http://bit.ly/11CjWJx )
JK--Good overview. Many carriers are ahead of pack on big data
"When is Easter . . . for the next 2086
years?" (http://bit.ly/11CcmyC )
JK--Longitudinal analysis of pascal feast-movability distribution
"Do NoSQL db security features stack up to
RDBMS?" (http://bit.ly/11C8PQN )
JK--Article sez no--just "BASE"
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Sweet Jane by Cowboy Junkies from The Trinity Session JK--Astonishingly languid
re-think of song U thought you knew.
"Poor Data Quality That Kills" (http://bit.ly/11C40a2 ) JK--Discusses risks of
false-positive/false-neg matching of pharmaceutical names
"How to Build Your NoSQL Team" (http://bit.ly/11C2QeR ) JK--Cormprehensive guidance
for managing multistructured data.
"Algorithmist." Cool term might give
"data scientist" run for money. Algorithmist, algo music, algo my
gal, who could ask 4 anything more!
"The #BigData
Revolution: Part 2" (http://bit.ly/11BZUyD )
JK--Unlocking data value thru 1) reuse, 2) recombination, & 3) exhaust
harvesting
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
New Slang by The Shins from Oh, Inverted World JK--James Mercer's exquisite
folk melody & free-form imagistic poetry
"Open your data to the world" (http://bit.ly/11BXsIr ) JK--Links to
ProgrammableWeb (http://bit.ly/11BXuQE )
list of open-data APIs.
My snap judgments are always infallible. Make a note of
that.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Colour Yr Lights In by Besnard
Lakes
Having the final word on any topic is almost impossible.
It's better to concern yourself with having the choicest word.
#Hadoop
uber-alles? Best practices emerging from early adopter experiences (http://lnkd.in/PgD9dk ) Thursday #IBM
quick-hit
Hadoop uber-alles? Best practices emerging from early
adopter experiences: http://lnkd.in/PgD9dk
This morning's spam appears to be in Hebrew. My educated
guess is that it's offering special deal on enlargement after circumcision
heals.
Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" (http://bit.ly/Z4ENFU ) JK--I've blinked several
times at this. Skip to 2:20. Dude resembles my actor-son
Sonic Youth "Kool Thing" (http://bit.ly/Z4DneG ) JK--Kim Gordon on bass
guitar and vocals.
Weekend "Drumbeat for Baby" (http://bit.ly/Z4CSBc ) JK--Alison Statton on bass
guitar & of course vocals. Her bass work stands out on EP
Grace Slick & The Great Society "Father" (http://bit.ly/Z4Cjar ) JK--1966. Live extended jam
(unusual 4 rock in 1966). Grace on bass guitar
No, Java Updater, I recommend for the thousandth time
that you DO NOT install that stupid taskbar in my browser & that you NOT
FORGET this.
I barely watch TV news anymore but somehow I stay
reasonably well informed. Explain that.
RIP Frank Bank. Played Lumpy Rutherford
on "Leave It To Beaver." Started chapter of autobiography with
"I've slept with 1,000 women."
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Barriers by Suede from Bloodsports JK--2013. Indie band returns after long
hiatus with a great one.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Daft Punk Is Playing at My House by LCD Soundsystem from LCD Soundsystm
JK--Insert name o any 2-syllable artist U dig
Comes a time in social media when you wondering if you
should "curate" your friends. Or, in analog parlance, dump the
losers. Or not.
@SethGrimes
@merv I agree. Influence scores are
ridiculous. All I care about is who specifically I pay attention to. You two,
for starters
@graemeknows
@merv That implies that we want to stoop to
campaigning for a ridiculous "influence" metric.
Psy "Gentleman" (http://bit.ly/14w9mse ) JK--His follow-up to
"Gangnam Style" will be remembered as his follow-up to "Gangnam
Style."
"Stop Apologizing for the Size of Your Data!"
(http://bit.ly/14w7NL2 ) JK--Hey man, if ya got it,
flaunt it (in private)!
"Shape Yr Identity Or It Will Shape U" (http://linkd.in/14w7jof ) JK--Gr8 meditation by Reid
Hoffman on identity faces in online social world
Slowly changing dimensions. What does Stephen Hawking
have to say about those? Do analytic database schemas warp the curvature of
spacetime?
Toying w/ new--actually, old--approach 4 quickhit
ideation: reacting 2 articles I read. My initial bloggin strategy (http://bit.ly/XRjIQz )
"Bitcoin: What You Need to Know" (http://bit.ly/11ddOaP ) JK--Generated @ predet rate
by OSS on
masssive P2P net o 20K independent nodes
"Internet Archiv trove o historcl SW dwarfs all
othrs" (http://bit.ly/11dcXH9 )
JK--Wondr when #bigdata
onslaught'll make 'em throw in towel
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
I'm Not Saying by The Replacements frm Songs 4 Slim JK--Gordon Lightfoot
composition sounds like weasely cad speaking
"#BigData
Fakers: 5 Warning Signs" (http://ubm.io/11daDQb )
JK--Can unscrupulous data scientist propagate single version of a lie?
"Apache Bigtop" (http://bit.ly/11d9acM ) JK--Proj 4 devel of
packaging & interop tests of Apache #Hadoop
ecosys. Y not submit to stds group?
"Scientific Attribution Modeling" (http://bit.ly/11d81SC ) JK--Clicks are like atoms.
Focus on molecules & dynamics of chemical reactions
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
This Year by Mountain Goats frm Sunset Tree JK--Idiomatic phrase: "I'm
going 2 make it thru this year if it kills me"
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
I Got Nothing by Dum Dum Girls from End of Daze JK--Sexy deep rock woman's
voice, like Chrissie Hynde. Tough & sharp.
I'm not fluent in Indonesian, but I'm getting fluent in
Indonesian texting shorthand. Yes, I read my wife's texts. She doesn't care.
Looking forward to visitations in the coming month from
a son, a brother, a sister-in-law, & a friend. Have a daughter graduating
college.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings by Father John Misty from Fear Fun JK--2012.
Can't wait 4 Josh Tillman's next FJM LP
@LoraineLawson
That makes me laugh. I can't tell you how many female professionals have told
me they want to quit jobs & open cupcake stores
@unicornguytunde
That explains it. I try not to give anybody any money, traditional or
funny/virtual, via the Internet.
#Hadoop
uber-alles? Technical complexities are considerable, but gradually abating (http://lnkd.in/h-Et7B ) Wednesday #IBM
quick-hit
Hadoop uber-alles? Technical complexities are
considerable, but gradually abating: http://lnkd.in/h-Et7B
WSJ review of book about maps in American experience.
Our continent-spanning mobility made cartographic savviness a key national
aptitude.
WSJ article about 50-somethings worried their careers
stalling due to failure 2 update tech skills. In my line of work, keeping up
essential
Bitcoin. I have never once seen a commercial
establishment that accepted payment in bitcoins. Or in Confederate dollars.
Oh. WSJ says America has had a cupcake craze
going on over the past decade. I can't remember the last time I ate a cupcake.
RIP Pat Summerall. His rounded tones and steady delivery
made him the voice I always identified with the NFL.
Caffeine loading. Please wait.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
GMF (Greatest Living Creature) by John Grant from Pale Green Ghosts JK--2013.
Sounds like really great 70s folkrocker
A fine day. Even the smarter birds are chirping about #bigdata.
New jk #ITKE
article: "Big identity is big data’s double-edge sword" (http://bit.ly/Z0HYhI )
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Caught In the Briars by Iron & Wine from Ghost On Ghost JK--2013. New nice
happy one from the richly bearded Mr Beam.
One of the good things about #bigdata100
page is it tells me which tweeters I'm still not following & lets me click
easily to follow them.
Good to know, and quite fitting, that I'm tied with none
other than the esteemed analyst @merv
in the #bigdata100
(http://bit.ly/15daro3 )
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Looking Through Darkness by Guru from Jazzmatazz, Volume 2 JK--Sounds suspiciously
like War "Slipping Into Darkness"
Blinked when got email from gun nuts calling selves
"Liberty Alliance." Definitely NOT identity sds group of yore (http://bit.ly/15i4mH9 )
I'll believe we have no more privacy left when you can
tell me how many fingers I'm holding up.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Run by AIR from Talkie Walkie JK--Light electronica with a magical incantatory
feel.
#Hadoop
uber-alles? Open source accelerates adoption but entails integration
difficulty, cost, & risk (http://lnkd.in/y86_PP )
Tues #IBM
q-h
Hadoop uber-alles? Open source accelerates adoption, but
entails integration difficulty, cost, and risk: http://lnkd.in/y86_PP
When reporters are asking each other how they feel on
air, it's time to move on. It's not about you, assholes. Do group therapy off
the air.
3 reasons to go beyond last-click attribution http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2241040/3-reasons-to-go-beyond-lastclick-attribution … via @clickz
#attribution
#lastclick
#marketing
Social tragedy-response patterns. How 2 express sympathy
without becoming rote-response bot in th communal Omigod Squad?
OK, Facebook redesign's "recommended books." I
don't need you to suggest the Bible. There are plenty of institutional &
cultural nags 4 that
"Science o What We Do/Dont Know About Data
Visualizn" (http://bit.ly/15b58FG )
JK--"Retinal variables." Linguistic/visual metaphor linkage
"Modern Data Nerd Isnt as Nerdy as U Think" (http://bit.ly/15b4LuG ) JK--How's digging math
"nerdy"? Don't think like braindead teen bullies
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Her Tenere by Bombino from Nomad JK--Omara "Bombino" Moctar a young
Tuareg guitarist/songwriter frm Niger .
Righteous!
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp Wash. by Bon Iver from
Bon Iver JK--Just had private Beavis/Butt-head moment. Inadvertently dropt
"iv" frm group name
Hell is discussion group where everybody, their brother
&/or sister,& next-door neighbor feels they must chip in own definition
o #bigdata
People who want 2 engage me in meaningful discussions
online should note I give pref to those who took time 2 do so when we met
face2face
"Data mining without prejudice" (http://bit.ly/15aHNnE ) JK--Equitable/general
unsupervised learning technique
"Smartwatch." Smart move 4 me was giving up
wearing wristwatches. Got sick o those stupid things rattling around on my arm,
chafing my skin.
Trying to form pithy thoughts for a blog on "#bigdata
as strategic asset" that actually say something I haven't said a million
ways already
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry & The Pacemakers JK--My favorite version
of this WW2-vintage song. Merseybeat twang
High mostly cloudy. Last night's light rain gone. Mild
green new grass aroma. Calm & cool. The occasional chirp. Thank you Spring
morning!
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
My Sweet Lord by George Harrison from All Things Must Pass JK--Song made me
realize George was best Beatle guitarist
"Americans would give up sex before
smartphones" (http://tek.io/16XXKvP )
JK--Poll didn't ask whether would have sex w/ dildonic smartphone
@sethdrobinson
You bet. Speaking of the devil, I"m streaming First Aid Kit's gorgeous
"Emmylou" right now (http://bit.ly/16XXzR2 )
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
The Lion's Roar by First Aid Kit from The Lion's Roar JK--Swedish sister act:
folk, country, rock, harmonizing.
"#IBM
Wants To Bring Enterprise
the Speed of Flash" (http://bit.ly/16XX49G )
JK--Up to 10x speedup in OLTP apps cited.
Slow news morning in IT space. Headlines I'm seeing R last
week's leftover headlines recycled into e-newsletters that happen 2 B dated
today
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Sun It Rises by Fleet Foxes from Fleet Foxes JK--Song makes me want to chant at
first crack of light at Stonehenge
"How technology is slowly developing its sense of
smell" (http://bit.ly/15a509h )
JK--New word: "digiscent." Odor detection & generation
Motherhood & apple pie. That's all well & good,
but some people aren't fit to be parents. And some are allergic to apples &
flour.
#Hadoop
uber-alles? Work in progress, but progressing rapidly: (http://lnkd.in/-gTDay ) Monday #IBM
quick-hit.
Hadoop uber-alles? Work in progress, but progressing
rapidly: http://lnkd.in/-gTDay
Oh, it's Tax Day. Nya nya nya nya! I sent mine in 2
weeks ago! Nya nya nya nya!
Local DC news last night reminded us it was anniversary
of Lincoln
assassination at Ford's Theatre. Geez, if it bleeds, it leads, doesnt it?
Saw "The Master" with Joaquin Phoenix &
Philip Seymour Hoffman. It just drags without much of a point. Gee, cults are
full of weirdos.
OK online publishers quit asking us 2 participate in yr
"strategic" surveys when theyre only "strategic" 2 yr goal
o gettin us 2 participate
RT @KirkDBorne
@jameskobielus reminds us
that all-important Long Tail of Archived Data has BIG import in #BigData
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/04/12/transforming-big-data-into-smart-data-dont-ignore-the-archives/ …
Learning the calming influence of typing with less
physical emphasis.
Just saw "The Sessions" with Helen Hunt &
William H. Macy. Excellent story that weaves explicit sexuality with complex
personal struggles.
