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
