Friday, June 28, 2013
Aweekstweets June 22-28 2013: the week I got my quarterly haircut
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Aweekstweets June 14-22 2013: the week I tweeted only 99 times
RT
@idigdata: So You Want To Be a
Decision Analyst? (http://lnkd.in/2pVCP6 ) JK--No thanks.
I'm waiting for Dilbert's spoof of this.
Those
who can't remember history are condemned to condemn those who can't remember
history.
Great
Thai meal at Pasara w/Sonya & Dylan 2 celebrate Egidia's retirement. We all
ate every last Siamese morsel w/ relish. Not pickle relish
Now
that my wife has retired from DCPS, I assume teacher union robocalls'll
continue. Their bureaucracy's as braindead as DCPS bureaucracy's
I
know I'm old. One comfort default is a radio station o 60s hits. I know I'm
not. Another is #kexp.
Which plays deepest selection of oldies
Letter
2 WashPost editor sets straight th meaning o "steep learning curve."
That's easily mastered task. Hard task 2 learn has shallow curve
Curious
if anyone's built stat model re correlation btwn people's ideological alarmist
tendencies & grasp of data mining. Probably inverse
Cat
Power opens for Billy Idol? I'd stay for Chan, stay for Billy, but wonder what
the concert promoter was smoking.
Usually,
morning is when I'm still feeling nervous tension from dreams I've mostly
forgotten. Seizing the day means unseizing the night
Kanye
+ Kim name their child North. I'm glad they realized Yeezus would have been a
little crass. But you can't assume with these two.
Sanity
demands having at least one online real-time publishing channel that you have
full editorial control over--eg, your Twitter presence
Co-presented
today on #IBM
strategy briefing on #Forrester #EDW Wave refresh
to my 2011 Wave. I discussed our diverse acqs & innovations.
Seems
like random-asshole-emulator bot going round posting brainless insult comments
on blogs. That's how I interpret "U not sayin nuthin"
Been
a damn busy week, half on the road. Waiting for Egidia to come home so we can
go out. Today's her last day at DCPS. Retiring. 27 years.
Bernie
Sahlins, Second City
http://ow.ly/mgamI
What distinguishes science is robust replicability of pred anal across diverse
model apprs algos samples scientists.
Bit
annoyed by current fad of attaching "big" to every data topic &
dropping "NSA" into discussion to sound au courant. Ooh: I spoke
French!
"#BigData
reveals: we're all terrible at hiring" (http://ow.ly/mg6BV )
JK--I'll bet also applies to proficiency in appraising+promoting
"#BigData
Reboots Real-Time Analysis" (http://ow.ly/mg5Lw )
JK--Actually, IoT rebooting th r-t/stream/CEP market. #BigData = foot
in boot
This
wk #IBM q-hs: http://ow.ly/mfS25
http://ow.ly/mfS3E
http://ow.ly/mfS4S
http://ow.ly/mfS63
http://ow.ly/mfS7k
Data-scientist
skillsets? Master the basics, avoid the most common mistakes (http://lnkd.in/mTfZ3E )
Friday #IBM
quick-hit
Data-scientist
skillsets? Master the basics, avoid the most common mistakes: http://lnkd.in/mTfZ3E
In
honor of the summer solstice, here's Caribou "Sun" (http://ow.ly/mfLM3 )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp High School
Lover by Cayucas from Bigfoot JK--Every time their songs come on, I'm giddy.
Like classic Beach Boys
RIP
Bernie Sahlins. Co-founder of Second
City
"Forrester
“Rediscovers” Hub & Spoke Data Arch" (http://ow.ly/meBkV )
JK--Not really. Hub+spoke was my core EDW focus '08-'12 @ Forrester
"#Big Data &
Thick Description" (http://ow.ly/meAoA ) JK--Interesting invoke
o CGeertz concept that aligns w/ quant+qual contextualiz'n
"Futurist
on Managing #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/metHF )
JK--Boring. Only interesting thing: "SMAC stack” (social mobile analytics
cloud)
"Data
is Worthless if You Don't Communicate It" (http://ow.ly/meqFw ) JK--A
bit of the old "publish or perish."
"Ad
serving optimization" (http://ow.ly/meqlh ) JK--Good discussion
from data scientist perspective.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp It'll Get
You There by Rilo Kiley from RKives JK--Cool. Jenny sounds like Karen O &
band like Yeah Yeah Yeahs on this
"Best
Supercomputers Still Not Best 4 #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/mejjf )
JK--As processing pwr grows, access to memory & storage often slows
"Machine
learning & prediction w/out understanding" (http://ow.ly/meeGm )
JK--Machines better than linguists @ tuning speech recog algos?
"When
yr mother-in-law endorsing U on LnkdIn, time 2 question endorsemts" (http://ow.ly/me2tZ )
JK--Or rejoice she doesnt considr U loser
RIP
James Gandolfini. Actor best known for lead role in landmark series that pushed
premium-cable into go-to 4 hi-qual original programming
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Single Version of the Truth: Ground it in Data Science, Not Data
Faith" (http://ow.ly/mdR2X )
Electronic
cigarettes. For all we know, they'll cause virtual addiction & digital
cancer. Resist.
Going
to recommend that new babies get Twitter accounts at birth. Default first
tweet: "Just checked into Earth, w/ 7 billion others"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Wild Horses
by The Rolling Stones from Sticky Fingers JK--1971. Terrific original.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Wild Horses
by The Sundays from Blind JK--1992. Terrific cover.
Healthcare
analytics? #BigData
can dilute or deepen caregiver-patient engagement (http://lnkd.in/kKcNwW )
Thursday #IBM
quick-hit
Healthcare
analytics? Big data can dilute or deepen caregiver-patient engagement: http://lnkd.in/kKcNwW
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Echo or
Encore by Eleanor Friedberger from Personal Record JK--Her voice has great
character. Her songs very literate
I
get a little tired o industry panels on #bigdata that
rat-hole on privacy hysteria. It's just longtime rap against data mining,
supersized
Pleasant
plane ride. Wrote 2 more quick-hits for next week. 4 down, one more to go. When
I land.
RIP
Slim Whitman. Falsetto-sharp country singer most famous for 70s TV commercial 4
greatest hits LP. Most of his hits remain obscure.
Excellent
meal on th Embarcadero. They supersized me th San Francisco treat: Rice-A-Roni. I demanded
they shovel it down my throat. Yum yum!
No
seismic activity today in San
Francisco , but it feels like the ground's trembling
from these earthquake-force winds.
The
"Tenderloin." SF neighborhood so-named because historically it was
where the best steakhouses were located. Huh? Not that type of meat?
The
Velvet Underground "All Tomorrow's Parties" (http://ow.ly/m9TO2 ).
Playing overhead during lunch at ODCA Forecast 2013.
Obama
2012 campaign CTO says #bigdata is
"bullshit." He's under bullshit impression it's all a scam to sell
more storage.
"Average
Joe." I'll bet there are more guys named Jim. But nobody every said a Jim
is merely average. Take that, Joe Blow!
Real-world
experiments? Building the data-driven case for causation (http://lnkd.in/76NjPd )
Wed #IBM
quick-hit in advance. Travel tomorrow
Real-world
experiments? Building the data-driven case for causation: http://lnkd.in/76NjPd
Data
of desire? Microsegmentation analytics are shaping the food chain (http://lnkd.in/wnGzxC )
Tuesday #IBM
quick-hit
Data
of desire? Microsegmentation analytics are shaping the food chain: http://lnkd.in/wnGzxC
@jjwenzell Yes. The new Vampire
Weekend LP is terrific. I'm listening to it addictively.
"IBM
Unveils Industry’s First Cloud Suites for Entire C-Suite" (http://ow.ly/m91YR ).
Incl social biz, marketing, #Watson Engage
Advisor
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp June Hymn by
The Decemberists from The King Is Dead JK--2011. Very nice acoustic folksong
for the month.
Lunched
yesterday w/company that builds data centers in Iceland . Place is a natural. Ample
geothermal energy. Cool temps minimize A/C reqs
Escuchando
El Sonida con DJ Chilly en #KEXP. Las musicas
modernas del
mundo latino. Bailan mis hermanos!
Always
dine Italian in North
Beach
Cock-eyed?
Do they even have the sense of sight? I thought they were like little moles
down there.
Listening
to Vampire Weekend's latest. Browsing the City Lights Bookstore in North Beach Columbus
Avenue sedate.
Had
a wonderful gin-and-tonic dialogue with Mike Gualtieri, the very agile analyst
who backfilled several of my areas at Forrester.
Kudos
to fellow #IBM-er
Harriet Fryman for being, like me, a fast walker and sharp talker. Excellent
urban co-pedestrian conversationalist
Crazy
windy late afternoon in San Francisco .
Needing a haircut & walking downtown, I look like a flyaway balding madman.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Flowers by
The Psychedelic Furs from The Psychedelic Furs JK--1980. 1st time I've heard
since then. Still sounds good
Busy
blur of a day of meetings with people in & around the ODCA event here in
the Westin St. Francis. I've had how much caffeine? Stop Jim!
"People
Analytics: How Ethically Use Social Sensors 2 Trak Workers" (http://ow.ly/m7FYa )
JK--Proposes new rules 4 sociometric badge data
"What's
the big deal about Big SQL?" (http://ow.ly/m7FwL )
JK--Good discussion of #IBM
SQL tech for #Hadoop
"ETL
Design Patterns – The Foundation" (http://ow.ly/m7sSf )
JK--This architectural discussion is a definite keeper.
"How
you & I could become nodes in Internet o things" ( http://ow.ly/m7siN )
JK--Leaving yourself wide-open to remote surveillance.
"Ugly"
needs an adverb. "Uglily" works well. It's even more ugly than the
root word.
"Smart
Phones and Tablets are Redefining Retail" (http://ow.ly/m7kdF )
JK--Good discussion o staff use as brick/mrtr in-store POS devices
JHammerbacher:
""Best minds o my gener8n think how 2 make peeps click ads. That
sux" JKobielus: "How dat suck worse than write beat poetry?"
"How
#BigData
Analytics Reveal Your Most Intimate Secrets" (http://ow.ly/m7eBY )
JK--What if U neurotically click you "like" everything?
SF
Bay Area. It's not uncommon to find that the next person over on the bar stool
knows something about #Hadoop.
My experience last night
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Don't Shoot
(I'm a Man) by Devo from Something for Everybody JK--2010. I thought that
sounded suspiciously like Devo
Got
my cardio workout this morning. In business casual dress. Walking up Powell to
the Fairmont ,
& back down again. Thank you San
Francisco !
Drafted
latest #IBM
blog: "Single Version of the Truth: Ground it in Data Science, Not Data
Faith"
Graph
analysis? Scalability requirements will push #bigdata
evolution (http://lnkd.in/MxFd7p ) Monday #IBM quick-hit
Graph
analysis? Scalability requirements will push big-data evolution: http://lnkd.in/MxFd7p
You
know you're from Livonia
when you're not exactly sure why it matters.
San
Fran. Been here many times in summer & always have to remind self to bring
jacket. Was 54 & shivering last night. I'm still 54 this a.m.
@keepingitheel Not so! I've been
using HootSuite since early May, on several machines & handhelds, &it
performs quite well. Adios TweetDeck!
Family
got me a nice necktie for Father's Day. Can't have enough neckties. Not being
facetious. Just wish I had more occasions to wear them
Cheech
& Chong got interested in #bigdata briefly.
Heard someone say it's powered by #Hadoop. Thought
they heard huge doobies
Toying
with idea of writing a blog on how #bigdata can
help your sex life. That'll probably get me more followers. Of the wrong kind.
A
Boy Named Sue. Did Sue have grounds to sue the son of a bitch that named his
son Sue?
DCA.
Connecting to SFO thru my hometown DTW. Arlington
to Romulus to Millbrae , actually
Metadata's
all the rage, it seems. Here's a "meaty metadata" quick-hit from 8
months ago: http://ow.ly/m4O3d
"Data-driven"?
Not always good. Data can drive U in any crazy direction. U should be driving
toward right destination & fuel it w/right data
"Obama,
the ‘#bigdata’
president" (http://ow.ly/m4LV9 ) JK--"Faith in
data"? See my recent q-h: http://ow.ly/m4M1K
Father's
Day. Best gift is always this. An hour or two of quiet time in the morning
before the girls wake up.
Somebody
has put out a coffee table book of "Bazooka Joe" comics. Pulitzer
candidate, I'm sure. I always found his eyepatch disturbing.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Ouch! by The
Rutles JK--I was vaguely overhearing this playing, thinking that's the lamest
Beatles ripoff imaginable
Friday, June 14, 2013
Aweekstweets June 8-14 2013: the week fed intelligence found I had a disturbing infatuation for something called “big data”
Whenever
anybody freaks out about government surveillance they always cite the year I
was married & the Tigers won the World Series. Why?
Tuning
into #bigdatabytes
http://ibm.co/BDBytes
to follow videochat discussion on the day's issues.
http://lnkd.in/cg9tUS
Christian: Right. Nobody has ever claimed that data virtualization/federation
is the high-performance option....
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp This Heart
Is A Stone by Acid House Kings from Sing Along w/ Acid House Kings JK--Pretty.
Feels like a June afternoon
"A
#BigData
view of the Internet of Things" (http://ow.ly/m2MdB )
JK--Good discussion of where to put distributed intelligence in IoT net
Interesting
to be a vendor responding to analyst request for information. Interesting
because I'm using same skills as when I was analyst
"A
New Framework for Customer Segmentation" (http://ow.ly/m2EGz )
JK--Focuses on sorting customers by outcomes they wish to achieve
Catch
me #IBM &
other industry panelists in person, NYC, "The #BigData
Explosion" Wed June 26, 630-8pm ET. Register: http://ow.ly/m2Dla
"What
would #bigdata
think of Einstein?" (http://ow.ly/m2AB0 ) JK--Fuck Einstein. I
wanna know big data's personal opinion of yours truly
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Black Jesus
by The Game JK--Would ya say this dude's gotta bit of an ego situation going on
there?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp School 's Out by Alice Cooper
frm School
New
CSCC report: "Convergence of Social, Mobile & Cloud" I wrote
chaptr/step 5: "Leverage Analytics 2 Gain Insight" (http://ow.ly/m2pMU )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Stop Me If
You Think You've Heard This One Before by The Smiths JK--Bicycle song.
Crotch-imperiling crossbar. Arggh!
Flag
Day. Nat'l holiday Americans observe by wondering why Memorial Day (2 weeks
previous) & Independence Day (3 weeks hence) dont suffice
Instant
messaging. I loathe it more than any other "productivity" technology.
I don't appreciate it when people literally pop into my face.
Typical
morning. Everybody wants a piece of my time. I want peace of mind. Oftentimes,
those are in conflict.
"#BigData is
like punk rock"? (http://ow.ly/m1YjQ ) JK--Most cretinous
analogy I've ever heard on this topic, & that's saying something
This
wk #IBM q-hs: http://ow.ly/m1VPR
http://ow.ly/m1VS3
http://ow.ly/m1VTh
http://ow.ly/m1VWc
http://ow.ly/m1VWZ
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp You by Bibio
from Silver Wlkinson JK--Romantic soul music seemingly performed by randy
robots on repeat.
Advanced
visualization? Tuned thru machine learning shaped by real-time behavior of SMEs
(http://lnkd.in/DVBAsY )
Friday #IBM q-h
Advanced
visualization? Tuned through machine learning shaped by real-time behavior of
subject-matter experts: http://lnkd.in/DVBAsY
The
one bright spot in never-ending Middle East turmoil is that North
America on path to energy self-sufficiency
"When
All Science Becomes Data Science" (http://ow.ly/m0N6x )
JK--Happening, says Bill Howe of Univ of Washington's eScience Institute.
"Smartphones,
#bigdata,
storage & you" (http://ow.ly/m0Me5 ) JK--"Each smartphone
user will generate about 60 gigabytes o data each year"
@imjustinkern I don't treat
"falutin" as a gerund. I regard it as a noun, like
"gluten," or malevolent presence, like "Putin."
"How
to Use BI to Measure Social Media Activity" (http://ow.ly/m0L7d )
JK--Good detailed comprehensive discussion.
"High-falutin."
Is that an excessive or a bitchin'/awesome degree of falutin? Is falutin
optimization even feasible with modern technology?
Finished
all 5 #IBM
quick-hits for next week. Some of them are shells of larger perspectives that
I'll probably develop further later-on
I
don't see no damn derecho!
Paul
told Colbert that all 4 Beatles had veto over any song they might record + made
sure not to repeat same sonic approach from song 2 song
When
some1 sez an org "saves all data," I do quick mental calc o what it'd
cost in storage. Usually exceeds IT budget by wide margin. BS
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Monetizing Your #BigData:
A Grand Dream, A Constrained Reality" (http://ow.ly/m0ggv )
Complex
tech topics suddenly topic #1 in political, media & watercooler
conversation: emotion, confusion, & conspiracy theories rule the day
Hey
@loserboy , I'm in Alexandria VA
Crowdsourcing
#BigData
creativity? Top-notch data scientists gravitate toward challenges: (http://lnkd.in/WhdAEP )
Thursday #IBM
quick-hit
Crowdsourcing
Big Data creativity? Top-notch data scientists gravitate toward challenges: http://lnkd.in/WhdAEP
Lewis
Black, showing Glass used in aquarium, on Google ban of porn from device:
"You've underestimated my ability 2 masturbate to jellyfish"
My
fitness club is unpleasant environment for solitary yoga most of the time. No
quiet spaces. Must calm my nerves amid din. Concentration
Going
to catch ODCA's Forecast 2013 next Mon-Tues in San Francisco . I may also pop into GigaOm
Structure. Let's see. My head's in cloud.
Spam
tonight is inviting me to grow my public presence on Twitter. Also inviting me
to grow my private present to the female of the species
Drafted
next #IBM #Dataversity
blog: "Internet of Things May Disrupt Predictive Analytics in Big-Data
Clouds"
Whew!
Wrote 3 o next week's 5 #IBM
quick-hits. All o them substantial essays. Feel like my head's gonna explode.
Will write other 2 tomorrow
Hot
and cold. In my prof life, many want to engage me & are all enthusiastic up
front. I test 'em by requesting simple follow-up. 90% vanish
"I&AM
+ rise of bring yr own identity" (http://ow.ly/lXIhq )
JK--Great Freudian slip: "social indemnities." How indemnify trust re
FB id?
TV
news sez Father's Day gifts on average less valuable than Mother's Day gifts.
Considering that dads make more $ on avg, that's fitting
Experience
optimization? Your operational data is usually enough (http://lnkd.in/JXcAQM )
Wednesday #IBM
quick-hit
Webinar:
Join @Gartner_Inc Donald Feinberg
for #BigData
& the Enterprise :
An Analyst's Perspective http://ibm.co/10MHEnU
Experience
optimization? Your operational data is usually enough: http://lnkd.in/JXcAQM
"How
to detect 3 types of hidden data" (http://ow.ly/lXkHV )
JK--Model stat pattern from available data, identify other needed to confirm
"#BigData: When
Cars Can Talk" (http://ow.ly/lXk74 ) JK--My gr8st fear is
car malware that'll make 'em cuss each other out in road rage
EFF
has an analyst named Dan Auerbach. I assume he's not the guitarist/singer of
The Black Keys. But if he were, that would be cool sidegig
Privacy
advocates say secret is better content encryption. Hah. Tracking behavior
needn't involve snooping on content of what people say
"#BigData's
Human Error Problem" (http://ow.ly/lXiDU ) JK--Big data quality
abhors typos and people who can't spell.
"Sensor
network designs win IoT contest" (http://ow.ly/lXihG )
JK--Harbingers of IoT coming embedded ubiquity anywhere humans can reach
Word
is that Whitey Bulger went into a life of crime after one too many times of
being teased as "Tightie Whitey."
I've
always wondered about Harry S Truman. Did the buck only stop in the Oval
Office? Could he be absolutely irresponsible everywhere else?
Following
@hillaryclinton. Gr8 profile: http://ow.ly/lXguC
: Includes "pantsuit aficionado"
You
know you're from Livonia when you recognize only
1 out of 1000 Facebookers who say they're from Livonia . Big city. Been gone a long time
@gwenthomasdgi Thanks. Boogers are
always the best punchword.
Soylent
Green. That twist at the end was really a shocker. I assumed it was made out of
soil, lint, & boogers.
Metadata.
Suddenly one of the geekiest data management terms is everywhere and nobody's
falling asleep.
An
exabyte of raw data storage in 2011 cost $70M (http://ow.ly/lWheT ).
Filing that fact mentally for future reference. Tweeting it too
FB
should have disclaimer popup when U wanna comment on post that already has
dozens. "U really dont want 2 B alerted 2 th next several 100"
Will
also expand today's quick-hit, referencing Robert McNamara, into a full blog: http://ow.ly/lVOFJ
. "Dictatorship of data"?
"Uncloaking
Slumlord Conspiracy w/Social Netwrk Analysis" (http://ow.ly/lVG2O )
JK--Excellent preso o graph analysis 4 advanced sleuthing
"Using
Metadata to Find Paul Revere" (http://ow.ly/lVzgk )
JK--Too complicated. Just ask some patriot down at ye old publick house
Kind
of odd to refer to a call detail record as "metadata." Metadata is
data about data. A CDR is data about a call. Call it "meta-call"?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Minnesoter
by Th Dandy Warhols from Th Dandy Warhols Come Down. JK--Not freeloaders like
those North & South Dakoters
NSA
developed NoSQL Accumulo db. It'd be a trip if NSA actually stood for
"NoSQL Analytics." Huh? Established under HSTruman? Never mind
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Wired For
Light (Live Drum Versn) by School of Seven Bells from Prince of Peace JK--Feels
very hippie-spacy. Far out!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hurricane by
MS MR from Secondhand Rapture JK--2013. New artist. Moody cool. I keep flipping
to playlist 4 song name
Morning
is all nervous tension. If you play the day as a process of gradually unwinding
it, you can get through it in better, calmer shape.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Break It To
Me Gently by Camera Obscura from Desire Lines JK--2013. Hmm. This one's tipping
me to buy. 4th LP in row
Big-data
single version of the truth? Business strategies founded on skewed data can
backfire badly: http://lnkd.in/pJaQvP
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Colours by
Donovan from Fairytale JK--As much an homage 2 Dylan as Dylan's early work was
to Woody. Stands alone, tho
Tonight
my smartphone startled me. It suddenly buzzed loud and harsh. I looked at the
text: flood alert. I've never seen that alert before
"10
scary facts about Bitcoin" (http://ow.ly/lTYr8 )
JK--Security issues galore.
Just
bought & downloaded Vampire Weekend's excellent new LP, "Modern
Vampires of the City." I rarely buy 3 straight LPs from same artist.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Natural's
Not in It by Gang of Four from Entertainment! JK--Song taught me the English
pronounce it "mee-graine."
"Skepticism
Moves #BigData
Toward Causation" (http://ow.ly/lT3DW ) JK--Data sci builds
stories around data 2 demonstrate case 4 causation
"Facebook
unveils Presto engine for querying 250 PB DW" (http://ow.ly/lT1GT )
JK--Interesting. I suggest they call ETL engine "Change-O"
Why
you should humanize everything yr business says—to all stakeholders, on all
social nets http://ibmdatamag.com/?p=7880
by @jameskobielus
New
jk #IBMDataMag
article: "Social Business: The Power of #BigData in
Agile Engagement" (http://ow.ly/lSZHp ) http://lnkd.in/ywNynY
New
jk #IBMDataMag
article: "Social Business: The Power of #BigData in
Agile Engagement" (http://ow.ly/lSZHp )
"Data
intelligence complex is real story" (http://ow.ly/lSVdH )
JK--Refs WashPost "Top Secret America" 2010 rsch (http://ow.ly/lSVTF )
"#IBM Unveils #BigData Cloud
Enhs Thru-out Sys Prtflio" (http://ow.ly/lSTeN )
JK--New #IBM
FlashSystem family, StorWize enh, Sys 4 HANA
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp If You Didnt
See Me (Then U Werent On Dancefloor) by Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr JK--True: considrd
name Counting Crows Pt 2
New
#IBM jk
WMCommunity blog: "The Power of Big Data to Drive Agile Social
Business" (http://ow.ly/lSM6A )
As
layered architecture, #Hadoop
becoming a bit like OSI reference model: observed in breach. Alternatives 2
HDFS, MapReduce, & Hive abound.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Man by Neko
Case JK--Neko's a "man" in this song in the same sense Joni was a
"Free Man in Paris "
in that song.
"Boston
Marathon bombing expected to boost video surveillance spending" (http://ow.ly/lSk4l )
JK--All that future video can be subpoenaed
Remember
how everybody took a keen interest in public video surveillance to catch the
Boston Marathon bombers? You don't remember?
"Data
scientists dictate what we eat" (http://ow.ly/lSizG )
JK--Yeah, sure. This week they've decreed we all go gluten-free.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Strawberry
Bubblegum by Justin Timberlake from 20/20 Experience JK--2013. Good
70s-flavored smooth soul dance track
"Google
Says Can Predict Which Films'll B Huge BoxOffice Hits" (http://ow.ly/lSgEi )
JK--Really? And hasnt acquired Hollywood
studio yet?
This
just in. Stephen Hawking has discovered a dozen normal forms curled up at
subatomic db level of #bigdata
clusters. All's a black hole
The
wages of sin is death. The flipside is that the salary of virtue are life. The
latter has better fringe benefits. Accept that offer.
I'm
looking forward to the inevitable Capitol Hill hearings where politicians grill
NSA about some dastardly secret tool called " #Hadoop "
Glanced
at 2 WashPost biz-section articles on " #bigdata "
solutions/vdrs this a.m. neither of which referenced huge data sets. I give up.
Useful
metric of other people's personal acquaintance-distance with me is whether call
me "James" (far), "Jim" (closer), or "Jimmy"
(family)
Internet
of Things? Data-streaming wearables can drive personal wellness optimization: (http://lnkd.in/t5ixbX )
Monday #IBM
quick-hit
Internet
of Things? Data-streaming wearables can drive personal wellness optimization: http://lnkd.in/t5ixbX
RT
@kdnuggets: Social Network Analysis
- why with telephone call metadata you don't need 2 listen to content of calls http://bit.ly/ZEzFbz
Work
week commences. Already read both of my morning papers, which I suppose is some
sort of "work." Tweeting this? Hard work!
Top
intelligence official describes leaks as "literally gut-wrenching."
Are the gory details of his gastrointestinal distress classified?
Edward
Snowden. Since when are we supplying state secrets to former members of the
British royal family?
Does
Schrodinger's Cat have 9 lives and 9 deaths?
RT
@jbrodkin: It was always weird that
Superman wore tightie whities on the outside of his pants, even if they were
red.
RT
@brainpicker: Who knew: Nobel
laureate Samuel Beckett used to be André the Giant's chauffeur (http://j.mp/13IZ8QH )
JK--Sam had truck
RT
@kdnuggets: After PRISM, another
NSA data mining tool comes to light (http://cnet.co/1122T52 )
JK--Surprise, surprise! They use #Hadoop
Dumb
to worry about how much preretirement income you can replace with savings in
retirement. Consider preretirement lifestyle instead
Guitar
Player mag. Torchbearer for long-extinct rock-guitar showboating
hero-worshipping 1970s hoohah. This month: Robin Trower profiled
Vanity
Fair cover story. Latest in Brad Pitt saga: live down his good looks &
somehow build his movie career against all odds
Cool.
Men's Health mag has feature on bacon cuisine. So it must be healthy.
Especially if, as illustrated, sexy ladies dig it too.
Curious
why Tarzan needed to remind Jane of her own name. Did she suffer from dementia?
Carrie
Brownstein. I want to see her expand the range of shows in which she acts. She
always makes me smile.
Only
posted locker-room rules @ club concern not leave stuff overnite. Always joker
member thinks they make rules
Gerstner:
"I've led an episodic life." Kobielus: "That's a good summary of
my career as well."
Reading
long Washington Post interview of ex #IBM chair/CEO Lou
Gerstner. Reminds that one individual skipper can turn a huge ship around.
Best
thing about Facebook is that, by re-introducing you to people from your past,
it re-energizes the memory of them with fresh dimensions
Revised
my Twitter profile to read: "The opinions expressed are not those of a
rational person."
"NSA,
FBI mining data directly from major Internet companies, report says" (http://ow.ly/lQi3c )
JK--Bullshit. Accessing is not "mining."
RT
@nacin: “Direct access” is *clearly*
dropboxes. If U think FB would let *anyone* connect to actual DB servers, U’ve
never met a sysadmin.
"Direct"
access to a database doesn't necessarily mean unfettered access to all data
24x7. Query of a narrow database partition is "direct."
@jeroenlatour I didn't say
"data scientists are biased." I said various types of biases may
creep into their work. All can be addressed.
"How
Government Gets Data From FB GGL Etc." (http://ow.ly/lQgt5 )
JK--Limited disclosures per govt requests under law, not 24x7 wiretaps
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