@redrambles It's absurd. Calling Madagascar "isolated" from Africa is
like calling Japan
"isolated" re Asia--& it's east o Africa
not south
Just
saw The Economist describe Madagascar
as "isolated island in Indian Ocean near southern tip o Africa ."
Fire whoever didnt check map 1st
Yoga
classes in public parks. I've never seen them. My club isn't terribly friendly
4 yoga. Most days, I have to do it alone in noisy place
Was
a busy work week split in two by a brief vacation. Having trouble remembering
it all. Feels like fragments of several months. No shape.
This
week I learned I'm not the only white dude married to a Chinese-Indonesian lady
who MUST have ABBA's greatest hits on while she drives
"PaRSEC:
Design sw 4 exascale supercomputer generation" (http://ow.ly/mUOOl )
JK--~1,000x faster than today top Linux-powered petascale
"Anthropology
& data sci need each other" (http://ow.ly/mUO6S )
JK--Suggests ethnographic description o data-drivn decis-suppt cultures
"NoSQL
Database Deployments: 10 Real-World Examples" (http://ow.ly/mUNQh )
JK--Good delineation of use cases.
Catch
me live next Thurs 7-18, Wash DC, on panel w/ Sir Mark Walport, UK Govt's Chief
Science Adviser, on #bigdata
apps in battling dementia
Have
written 4 o next wk's 5 quick-hits. Biggest weekly challenge: don't make the
5th a tired lame thoughtless impatient knock-off. Breathe
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp July, July!
by The Decemberists from Castaways & Cutouts JK--I've warmed up to Colin
Meloy's adenoidal singing voice.
RT
@thesocialpitt: Looking forwd
to videochat on #IoT
today w/ @NeilRaden @jameskobielus @thomasdeutsch.http://ibm.co/BDBytes
#BigDataBytes
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Love Is th
Drug by Roxy Music frm Siren JK--1975. Cultur'd evolvd 2 suppt explic drug refs
in radio-ready song titles
New
#IBM jk
blogpost: "#Hadoop’s
Linux Analogy is Wearing Thin as the Market Evolves" (http://ow.ly/mTUDv )
"Data
Scientists Myths & Mathemagical Superpowers" (http://ow.ly/mTNyu )
JK--If U squint at end, gives me due attribution. From last year
"#IBM & Sprint
Velocity Drive Connected Car Into the Future" (http://ow.ly/mTMVD )
JK--Vehicular IoT w/ IBM MobileFirst solutions
"ZDeschanel,
MWard: Put cellphone cameras down & listen 2 our music!" (http://ow.ly/mTMgS )
JK--Put a sock in it, S&H. B happy 2 hav fans
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Drink
Nothing But Champagne by Future Bible Heroes from Partygoing JK--2013. Very
funny lyric & great DBowie mimic.
This
wk #IBM jk
q-h's: http://ow.ly/mTJYd http://ow.ly/mTJZJ
http://ow.ly/mTK0K
http://ow.ly/mTK1C
http://ow.ly/mTK2G
Recommendation
engines? Tuning the online ads that keep e-commerce afloat (http://lnkd.in/pAExa5 )
Friday #IBM
quick-hit
The
Internet of Things #BigData
Bytes Videochat, Fri July 12, 2pm ET w. @NeilRaden,
@jameskobielus, @thomasdeutsch http://ibm.co/135rS3p
Recommendation
engines? Tuning the online ads that keep e-commerce afloat: http://lnkd.in/pAExa5
"Your
Metadata: Here’s What It Can Reveal About You" (http://ow.ly/mS6IK )
JK--Good piece. Fostering new generation of metadata geeks?
"#BigData
Analysis Drives Revolution In Travel" (http://ow.ly/mS4xQ )
JK--Loyalty plan personalization, among many disruptive apps.
"Q&A:
Scrum's Role in Agile BI" (http://ow.ly/mS031 ) JK--FYI, her's what I
said on topic a few years ago (http://ow.ly/mS0i1 )
Catch
me speaking at #IBM
#IOD2013 on
"Emergence of Big Media: Evolving and Dwarfing Today's #BigData
Platforms." Nov 3-7. Details to come
New
#IBM jk podcast:
"Shooting Down Myths about Data Scientists" (http://ow.ly/mRBvX )
You
know you've been doing #bigdata too
intensely if you initiate a MapQuest search by typing www dot mapreduce dot com
I
like the fact that John Sculley is everywhere now, seemingly, speaking for
himself. Refusing to let Steve Jobs' skewed picture o him stand
Considering
broadening my professional focus to evangelizing all things good and proper in
this world. But that sounds a bit too messianic
New
#ITKE #IBM jk blog:
"Stream computing is core of the Internet of Things — and much more"
(http://ow.ly/mRyIf )
Back
to work after a quick 2 days off. Looks like the rest of world kept working on
those days, judging by the crush of emails awaiting me.
Big
data vision? The SMAC stack: http://lnkd.in/UEqFwn
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp That's Not
Really Funny by Eels from Souljacker JK--Song's got one of th gr8st manic
electro-splices I've ever heard
"5
Ways #BigData
Can Improve Your Car" (http://ow.ly/mLpJH ) JK--Cloud. Human-mach
i/f. Biz proc. Personalizd infotainmt. Behav context
When
the sister-in-law's here, I revert to more Indonesian for the important
matters. "Ada
coklat?" (got any chocolate?)
RT
@ReillyRick "Best obit ever:
Deceased Cleveland Browns fan requstd 6 Browns players B pallbearers 'so they
can let me down 1 last time'"
For
me, yoga is all about cultivating springiness into all my joints. Enables
maximum resilience, agility, balance, & poise.
I'm
always happiest when I have a crisp set of to-dos that I task myself with. I
coil my head to spring through them all in rapid sequence
Drafted
latest #ITKE #IBM jk blog:
"Stream Computing Is Core of the Internet of Things--and Much More"
""Search
theory & #bigdata"
(http://bit.ly/14XNUIK )
JK--Branch of advanced math supports targeting when location opaque.
"#BigData, bad
analytics" (http://ow.ly/mKEM3 ) JK--Good article about
human failures to apply valid interpretation to data you analyze.
"Why
does LinkedIn want to be a media company? It’s all about the data" (http://ow.ly/mKDm1 )
JK--Fresh targeted content = social magnet
"Should
politics affect whether investigative journo taught @ UW-Madison? (http://ow.ly/mKzBP )
JK--WI legislators are fools @deborahblum
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Elephant Man
by Bo Diddley from The Black Gladiator JK--Cool funk-soul from the early 70s.
Sam&Dave/Sly Stone-ish
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Ever Thought
o Coming Back by Kelley Stoltz frm Below th Branches JK--2006. Best Beach Boys
song not technicly theirs
Noam
Chomsky. I've long felt that Cookie Monster should have been named
"Num-Num Chompsky." But that's just me.
Let's
see. Sliced bread most important 20th century innovation. Toaster the epitome
of appliances. Creamy peanut butter = seamless software?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Sat by the
Ocean by Queens of the Stone Age from ...Like
Clockwork JK--2013. Sounds like long-lost 70s FM-rock gem
New
#IBM jk #SmarterAnalytics
blog: "High-Quality Data Science Demands Independent Verification" (http://ow.ly/mKr30 )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Chicken
Payback by A Band of Bees from Free The Bees JK--2005. Feels like a rockin'
beach party in 1963.
Unstructured
#bigdata?
Modeling and measuring its risk factors (http://lnkd.in/YxvxMF )
Wednesday #IBM
q-h in adv. Short vacation
#Hadoop
uber-alles? Linux analogy is wearing thin as the market evolves (http://lnkd.in/k_hqEC )
Tuesday #IBM q-h
in advance. Short vacation
#BigData under
control? The security challenge from the Internet of Things (http://lnkd.in/2vxFyN )
Monday #IBM
quick-hit
Unstructured
big data? Modeling and measuring its risk factors: http://lnkd.in/YxvxMF
Hadoop
uber-alles? Linux analogy is wearing thin as the market evolves: http://lnkd.in/k_hqEC
Big
data under control? The security challenge from the Internet of Things: http://lnkd.in/2vxFyN
Let's
see. Anthony Weiner wants to be NYC mayor, Eliot Spitzer wants to be city
comptroller. Weiner-Spitzer sounds double-dirty. Like them.
Douglas
Engelbart. Actual inventor of much of the stuff that Jobs & Gates built
their billions on. Tweakers and cashers-in.
Proof
the Apollo 11 moon-landing was staged hoax: conveniently "lost" th
original videotapes. All th other Apollo missions were blooper reel
Charles
Osgood. Oldschool calm genteel announcer in bowtie. Perfect Sunday morning
reassurance host.
"The
only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ― Socrates" JK--Blessed
be the numbskulls?
I
didn't realize Douglas Engelbart dabbled in genetic engineering. Says something
here about him inventing a mouse.
A
good Sunday morning. Family & guests starting to awake. Good host that I
am, I didn't devour all the best bagels when I got up.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Surf's Up by
Brian Wilson frm SMiLE JK--Beautiful Van Dyke Parks poem w/ Wilson music. Orig on Beach Boys "Surf's
Up"
Believe
it or not: if Abraham Lincoln were alive today, he would be the oldest person
who ever lived.
Waiting
for sister-in-law to clear customs & immigration at Dulles. We're at
Panera,Tysons Corner Ctr. Will zoom over there when she's ready
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Night Shift
by Bob Marley & Wailers frm Rastaman Vibration JK--OK. Interpol8s his
"It's Alright" which I like better
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Jah Jah the
Conqueror by Linval Thompson frm Ride on Dreadlocks JK--U dont hafta B Rasta 2
dig their devotional music
Where
there's a will there's a way to prove that the deceased billionaire was not of
sound mind when he wrote it & hence it all goes to you
