RT @DavidLinthicum:
Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum http://youtu.be/LbQJdffBeag
JK--Fun fact: title of longtime Network World column.
Kind of fun to watch the predictable pundit
feeding frenzy whenever privacy is in peril.
Touchscreens. They remind of us how greasy
& disgusting our fingertips truly are. Ever try to use one while eating
barbecue chips?
Hey national TV news: can you just report the actual
substance of the news without stupid 3-D moving graphics?
Hey cable news: lets agree it's
"breaking" news only 4 1st hour. After U've pounded it 4 a day, it's
"pulverized"
"Drawbacks o Data-Driven Medicine" (http://ow.ly/lOCZU ) JK--"More info
symptomatic of decreasd levels o [caregiver] comm & understandng"
"Predictive Modeling Mistakes" (http://ow.ly/lOCw3 ) JK--Good hi-level of
basics: select right population, variables, & quality metrics
"Pred Analytics Has Future in Educ"
(http://ow.ly/lOBWl ) JK--Deep insight into what
impacts student completion rates & learning outcomes
"Data scientists don't scale" (http://ow.ly/lOBhP ) JK--Calls for self-svc
data-sci tools to power business analyst modeling productivity
"Wearable tech 'will be powerful 4 #bigdata
analytics" (http://ow.ly/lOAwk )
JK--Actually, I don't want clothing manu tracking my usage
"How Customer Intimacy Evolv 2 Collective
Intimacy Thanks 2 #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/lOzJw ) JK--Good piece.
Suggestively orgiastic phrase
Bureaucratic mealy-mouth hedge-speak. I'd like
to update the cornpone TV comedy variety show for white-collar hayseeds. Call
it "Hem Haw."
A steady soaking rain. The foliage loves it.
My house appreciates the fact that the sump pump is working. It's a new pump.
It'd better.
"Could #BigData
Spur Semantic Web Development?" (http://ow.ly/lOjuL )
JK--Author thinks Internet of Things will realize Berners-Lee dream
Anna at the party last night asked where I get
my "authority" from to evangelize this stuff. I replied: I was hired
2 do it & work very hard
"#Bigdata
key 2 self-tailoring security 2 user" (http://ow.ly/lOhG4 )
JK--Disruptive insight. Security-clueless peeps need more stringent
"Wearabl comptg: Who watches th
watchmen?" (http://ow.ly/lOgvD )
JK--More serious question: will wearing them hurt chance o getting laid?
"Futurist's Take on Mng #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/lOfTf ) JK--Futurist should bet own
$ on whether specific events'll occur in his lifetime
"#BigData
Surveillance Is Real Purpose o Huge NSA Phone Record Sweep" (http://ow.ly/lOf22 ) JK--It's the overkill
means, not the purpose.
"Cloud, Analytics Deployments Fuel Social
Biz" (http://ow.ly/lOefm )
JK--IDC says data-driven customer experience solution market is hot
Arabic numerals are great if you want ease of
computation. But I prefer impractical math. Bring back Roman numerals!
Nobody's just a plain ol' "expert"
anymore. Everybody's a "subject-matter expert." Whatever happened 2
omniscient general-purpose brainiacs?
"#IBM
& 10gen Collab 2 Bring Mobile 2 Ent" (http://ow.ly/lNZK2 )
JK--Stdize on MongoDB wire prot & query lang in WS eXtreme Scale & DB2
This wk #IBM
jk q-hs: http://ow.ly/lNSWL
http://ow.ly/lNSXO http://ow.ly/lNSZ0 http://ow.ly/lNT06 http://ow.ly/lNT17
Data virtualization? (http://lnkd.in/DKU6ev ) Friday #IBM
quick-hit
Data virtualization?: http://lnkd.in/DKU6ev
Hey Google. Anthony Weiner called. He wants a
version of Glass to wear as a jockstrap. Will make it easier to tweet from down
there.
Hey NSA, I accidentally deleted an important
voice mail message. Can you send me your copy, please? Would be ever grateful.
Luv, Jim
Driving through District of Columbia this afternoon, it's
clear to see the building boom has extended up far into Northwest neighborhoods
Usually, my most retweeted tweets are those
where I'm simply gazing into my own navel & weaving the lint into
self-indulgent tapestries.
"Researcher cracks the code on what makes
a tweet popular" (http://ow.ly/lNcqv )
JK--Useless intelligence. Says nada about content/style
"More than half o Americans own
smartphone. Now what?" (http://ow.ly/lNbY5 )
JK--Well if U must ask now we're all doomed. Have a nice day
My congressman wants to get me drunk and take
advantage of me. Invited me to local brewery tour & tasting. I'm not that
kind of constituent!
My wife is shy and retiring. Correction: she's
not shy in the least. But she is retiring.
RT @setlinger:
Great piece on humilty + data science from @jameskobielus http://goo.gl/2t4TR JK--I humbly accept your
praise. More...
New #IBM
jk blog: "Data Scientist: Strike a Balance Between Quantitative &
Qualitative Exploration" (http://ow.ly/lMd8n )
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Mistadobalina by Del
th Funky Homosapien frm I Wish My Brother George Was Here JK--Get off Dobalina's
back. He's cool
Whew! Good morning. Finished all 5 quick-hits.
Wrote a limerick. Not a bad haul.
Posthumous kudos to Jim Morrison on having a
species of lizard named for him. Let's hope we find a new ape species to name
after Keith Moon.
"Quantified pup:... world’s largest DB on
dog behavior" (http://ow.ly/lLXhB )
JK--Oh, no. You're not going to quantify their poop, are U?
REGRESS//Statistics are sexy they
say./Deviation's expected. OK./Error's no sin./It's within the margins/of what
we call normal today.
RT @olivergfca:
"Are U sure theyre not crickets? @jameskobielus " JK--Yes. Birds chirp.
Crickets crick. Chirp chirp chirp. Crick crick crick
I feel the summer lull coming in. The email,
social & news volumes have been noticeably lower since Memorial Day. I'm
hearing birds chirping
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Listen to Me by Buddy Holly JK--Gr8: "Those same bright stars in heaven
above know now how sweet sweethearts can be"
Interesting article in yesterday re Panera
Cares, their experiment in customers paying what feel meal is worth. Most pay
recommended price
I felt super Canadian today when I paid for a
$1.80 coffee with a debit card.
101 Video over IP companies in Kanata , and I can't find
one that will rent me a TelePresence room for an hour.
I tend not to follow anybody who only tweets
about their "daily" being "out." Put it back in the closet
where it belongs.
My personal favorite LinkedIn discussion group
thread is simply "What do you think?" I love it because I can take it
in many directions.
Big-data-driven TV experience?: http://lnkd.in/KFEaHD
IBM announces Big SQL standard ANSI SQL access
to BigInsights> but what does that mean? SQL for Hadoop #BDA13
IBM announces GA of SPSS Analytic Catalyst –
Statistician in the software, automated modeling, no data scientist required #bda13
IBM and 10Gen team up to dominate the database
market http://bit.ly/1b2pQpH
Caught some PBS show about Jewish influence on
Broadway. Non-Jew Cole Porter started having hit shows when he started writing
Jewish melody
Switched off one of those annoying religious
radio stations that plays fundamentalist gospel junk masquerading as
album-oriented rock.
Just completed the second of my 5 quick-hits
for next week. Taking a breather now. Both were intense brainstorms.
I think Google Chrome is losing its mind. It
just asked if I want to translate a page of Vietnamese into English. The page
was all English.
"Google+ isn't a social network; it's The
Matrix" (http://ow.ly/lKiCc )
JK--Good point. Interactions are awkward like Keanu Reeves acting
"Vint Cerf proposes 'digital vellum' 2
preserve Internet data" (http://ow.ly/lKhyv )
JK--I propose carve it all on marble slabs in desert
"How Bill Gates’s ResearchGate invstmt
might change world 4 better" (http://ow.ly/lKh3s )
JK--Science learns from long litany of failures
"How #bigdata
can help get you pregnant" (http://ow.ly/lKfrQ )
JK--No, not some freaky sci-fi scenario. Fertility analytics & decis sppt
"Go right to the source and ask the
horse, he'll give you the answer that you endorse, he's always on a steady
course, talk to Mr. Ed!"
"NYC Turns to #BigData
to Solve Big Tree Problem" (http://ow.ly/lKccC )
JK--City-park pruning analytics. Next job: Big Apple optimization
@hanandrewp
Here are Facebook photos of your Mom and me (http://ow.ly/lK37m )
& Egidia (http://ow.ly/lK3hT )
when she visited in April
"#BigData
magic act" (http://ow.ly/lJmcb )
JK--Causal ambiguity: rivals can't ID cause o your mkt perfrmnc or
reverse-engineer yr success
Causal relations. I prefer 2 think o
randomness as casual relations. Spurious correlations R human dyslexia rgrding
God's order o "u" & "s"
Pop-up ads. They're the gnats o the e-commerce
world. Annoying fixture of the ecosystem that you swat & curse away &
wish werent so gnats-y.
"To reduce or dedupe, that's #bigdata
question" (http://ow.ly/lJkp3 )
JK--I thought latter subset o former. He equ8s reduce w/journal upd
"When sources can go direct, do we need
journo less or more than ever?" (http://ow.ly/lJjpC )
JK--Latter. Direct enables unfiltered lies
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Obvious Bicycle by Vampire Weekend frm Mdrn Vmprs o City JK-- Rarely buy 3 LPs
in row frm artist. This'll B exception
Data-scientist skillsets? Coalescing into a
substantial profession (http://lnkd.in/MndQbq )
Wednesday #IBM
quick-hit
Data-scientist skillsets? Coalescing into a
substantial profession: http://lnkd.in/MndQbq
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Lights Out by Santigold from Santogold JK--2008. Wicked line-end vocal hook
(sharp scale-up) on the "-ight" sound.
Patent trolls. In this industry allegory, are
software vendors who prefer to write rather than license code the Three Billy
Goats Gruff?
RT @jameb75
Filosofías del #BigData
más prctcas de lo K podrías pnsr por @jameskobielus
http://bit.ly/10VAOc9 Fantástico Blog JK--Gracias!
WSJ says Italian students study Norwegian cuz
dig Nordic heavy metal. Ironic reversal of many years of Norse opera lovers
learning Italian
WSJ describes Panera Bread as a "suburban
brand," but that's not true. I've eaten at Paneras in downtown San Diego , Boston , and Seattle
Type A personalities. Where are all the Type O
personalities? I heard they transfuse well with all personality types. I'm a
Type B+.
"Meet Yr Digital Doppelgänger" (http://ow.ly/lJ7Tj ) JK--I hear ya. I often get
email for the 10 million other James Kobieluses out there
New jk #IBM #ITKE
blogpost:"Data science should be free of intrusive regulation" (http://bit.ly/135DSE7 )
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
I Found the One by Wilson Pickett from The Sound of Wilson Pickett JK--1967.
Excellent dose of gospel-inflected soul.
Let's see who's hot and cold on which social
at this moment. I notice people's streaks and absences. Some dabble in some,
never to return.
Horse whisperers. When do they graduate to
neighsayers?
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Fresh Blood by Eels from Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire JK--2009. Shades of
Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Ow-OOOOOOOOOOO!
"Competing for solutions is Kaggle
way" (http://ow.ly/lHLXx )
JK--Competing & paying 4 focused results from online adhoc data sci teams
Humidity blessedly under control today.Seems
like the air is a placid pond.
"IBM to Acq SoftLayer to Accel Adoption o
Cloud Cmptg in Enterprise "
(http://ow.ly/lH5HO ) JK--Combine w/SmartCloud in
new Cloud Svcs div
Drafted new #ITKE
blog "Data Science Should Be Free of Intrusive Regulation"
"Bob Dylan Nominated for French Legion
d'Honneur" (http://ow.ly/lGMSJ )
JK--Opponents' reasons make it sound like Bob was Wavy Gravy.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Two Dots by Lusine from A Certain Distance JK--Repeating-figure song is
literally hypnotic. Video accentuates that.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) by Kishi Bashi frm Bright Whites JK--Cool
light-classical cover o Talking Heads
Internet of Things? (http://lnkd.in/cDKZn4 ) Tuesday #IBM
quick-hit
Internet of Things?: http://lnkd.in/cDKZn4
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Gepetto by Belly from Star JK--1993. Excellent vintage slice of indie-girl
rock.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Sunday Girl by She & Him from Volume 3 JK--Wow! The New Girl does a fine
turn as the Blondie Girl on this cover.
"From Bitcoin to Amazon Coins: A Guide to
Virtual Currencies" (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/05/31/from-bitcoin-to-amazon-coins-a-guide-to-virtual-currencies/?mod=djemTECH_h …) JK--Didn't realize there are so many.
New #IBM #SmarterAnalytics
blog: "#BigData
Driving Converged Digital Telecommunications & Media" (http://ow.ly/lFeyS )
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Cant Get You Out of My Head by Th Flaming Lips frm Fight Test JK--Wayne Coyne
channeling Kylie Minogue makes me laugh
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Candy (feat Kate Pierson) by Iggy Pop frm Brick by Brick JK--Stooge & B-52
voices duet beautifully. Who'd a thought?
June. Start of the 4-month season when I can
comfortably work all day with my barefeet on my basement floor without
frostbite.
Drafted latest #IBM
blog: "Data Scientist: Strike a Balance Between Quantitative &
Qualitative Exploration"
Hyper-distracting circumstances induce
absent-mindedness. That's why I organize my physical workspace w/constant
reminders o important stuff
"Your Quantified Self data would be
goldmine 4 scientific researchers" (http://ow.ly/lEBAA )
JK--Aggregating IoT/wearable data sources
"Dictatorship of Data" (http://ow.ly/lEyL3 ) JK--Dumb title. McNamara
trafficked in skewed data & used it to justify screwed strategies
"4 Steps to Decode Data Analytcs" (http://ow.ly/lEvWT ) JK--"Companies make
mistake o retrofitting scattergun findings back 2 biz issues"
"Rise & Fall o Charm in American
Men" (http://ow.ly/lEugC )
JK--You're romanticizing old Hollywood gloss on
patronizing male-domin8d past
"Is Silicon Valley
echo chamber or does it just lose perspective?" ( http://ow.ly/lEt3H ) JK--Is & does. Industry
towns. I'm from Detroit
Microsoft reinstating the "start
button." Click it all you want, Steve, it's not going to restart the PC
market.
People whose only tweets are retweets. Sort of
like mynah bird cooped up with canaries, constantly mimicking the other birds'
songs.
If I have to scroll down thru 2-3 pages of
someone's recent tweets before even a single one jumps out as interesting, I
don't follow them.
Just doing quick browse of socials to see
whose making what extravagant claim for #bigdata
today, and who's waxing paranoiac about it all.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Pink Moon by Nick Drake from Pink Moon JK--Song induces a soft dreamy trance
state similar to intoxication.
Data monetization? (http://lnkd.in/yDx3QV ) Monday #IBM
quick-hit
Data monetization?: http://lnkd.in/yDx3QV
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Lion's Mouth by Arthur & Yu from In Camera JK--2007. One of my very
favorite seduction songs. Seattle
duo. Only LP
"How to Find — and Keep — World’s Best
Data Scientists" (http://ow.ly/lEdI2 )
JK--Excellent guidance: collaborative challenging culture
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
The High Road by Broken Bells from Broken Bells JK--2010. James Mercer's
excellent collaboration with Danger Mouse.
Given th distances, travel times, radiation
hazard, & other obstacles, it's clear that space will be colonized by our
robots, not our selves
"What would it take to print out the
Internet?" (http://ow.ly/lEapj )
JK--It would take massive deforestation to produce the paper alone
"Michael Douglas: oral sex caused my
cancer" (http://ow.ly/lE9pu )
JK--From field research 4 Liberace role? Oh, hetero variety. Nevermind
Disney permanently altered th ecosystem o
central Florida .
Even native alligators now wear white gloves & sing dumb songs in hi-pitch
voices
Earlier today, I predicted that when the
thunderstorm came, it'd come at 7pm. It came at 7pm sharp. A cooling summer
rain. Wish I'd wagered
Google Earth. Perfect companion when reading
Lewis & Clark's diary. Minute topographic details of North
America still evident.
Tiptoeing thru Rupert Sheldrake "Science
Set Free." Ambitious scntfc iconoclasm against intric8 lattice o strawmen
& academic scoresettling
Substitute yoga teacher. Never stopped
talking. Never started announcing moves properly. Wish she'd never come. We bugged
out early.
Thinking o asking LA Fitness 2 schedule
regular music-free periods. Nothing overhead. Sick of having my workouts
Rihannafied into submission
"Sorry, this command is no longer
supported." When that message starts referring generally to "wage
war," era of world peace will commence
Fox News reporting on the Obama
administration. Sort of like depending on late Steve Jobs for useful analysis
of Bill Gates accomplishments
This morning on "Washington Business
Report," host Rebecca Cooper apparently interviewng 2 women also named
Rebecca Cooper. Production error
Joe Biden. Efforts to depict him as a buffoon
fall flat. Intelligent veteran politician whom I generally agree with.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Behind Blue Eyes by The Who frm Who's Next JK--1971. Their best LP & one o
greatest in rock history. Ranks w/Sgt Pepr
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Hey Hey What Can I Do by Led Zeppelin from Immigrant Song JK--1970. Flipside of
single. Best Zep song not incl on LP
If William of Ockham had applied his razor to
his name, he'd be "Okm." Actually, who needs stinkin' vowels?
Semitics don't. "Km"'s enough.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Somebody's Sins by Tricky from False Idols JK--Very cool. Essentially
appropriation o Patti Smith opening to "Gloria"
Colo. Part of my brain wants to believe that
all of these outsourced data centers are on the outskirts of Denver .
Instructing your followers to retweet what you
put out is like leading stadium full of people in game of "Simon
Says," without birthday cake
Saying someone "tweets about tech"
is about as informative as saying they post Facebook pictures of their cat.
It's knuckle-cracking content
On this day in 1953, Queen Elizabeth's
coronation, the first time a monarch was crowned with TV cameras rolling
Silent tweet claims to be laughing out loud.
Sort of like an eardrum-shattering roar with the only visual the words
"nuclear explosion."
I've never watched "Arrested
Development." As with many theatrical movies, my philosophy is I'll get
around to it eventually. No rush.
RIP Jean Stapleton. She never let Archie
Bunker stifle Edith's sweetness. She often delivered the funniest comebacks to
the bigoted dude
@HanAndrewP
@sciam Excellent article, Andy. You may or
may not remember me. My wife Egidia and I are friends of your mom.
A nonagenarian puts aging research into
perspective | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/05/22/prolonging-the-buzz-with-grandma/?WT.mc_id=SA_sharetool_Twitter … via @sciam
Is matter unconscious? Does consciousness
matter? Are you conscious of this matter? What's the matter with you? Are you
still conscious?
Occam's Razor: entities must not be multiplied
beyond necessity. Really? What if necessity calls for infinite entities? God
needs no razor.
RT @kexpplaylist
#kexp
Take It In by Hot Chip from One Life Stand JK--2010. Why don't I remember it
from then? Good one.
Ironic the article (http://ow.ly/lCaI6 ) highlightd my influence on
Twtr. My best #IBM
thought leadershp on blog (http://ow.ly/lCaLw )
Home schooling. I suspect that it lets the
snootier parents rightfully claim that their child is "in a class all by
him/herself."
I'm proposing that novels can only qualify as
"beach reading" if they were also written on the beach. Sunburn is
the author's badge of honor
Hot one in NoVa. Oh....it's June. Normal one
for NoVa in summer. It's still Spring? Let's end this fiction that the climate
obeys astronomy
WSJ week in words has "bajaj"
(pronouncd "bah-jigh"): Indonesian auto-rickshaw used as taxi 4
short-distance intra-urban trips. Rattletraps!
WSJ article about sporty Schwinn Sting-Ray
bikes of 1960s. Mine was cherry red. Sad day when some bastard stole it from
bike rack @ Westland
WSJ arrticle on DC area vibrant, diversified
economy thriving in spite of sequester. It's been many years since I did work
for feds.
