Been
socializing with DC-area Indonesian Catholic community for a quarter-century.
Every time we meet for mass, I notice how we're aging.
@NeilRaden @RitaJKing OK. That's fine. It was
simply a harmless tweet about the diff btwn twitter & tweeter
RT
@NeilRaden: @RitaJKing @jameskobielus hey he said that,
not me JK--No I didn't. Read my tweet. Dont misconstrue wot I said for arg
advant
What's
so special about Washington 's
football franchise? DC's basketball team dumped "Bullets" because it
reminded of urban violence.
I
really do think that as you age you realize that don't need to ask anybody's
permission to be extravagantly indulgently you.
New
#IBMDataMag
jk article: "Twisting the Kaleidoscope – Part 1" (http://ow.ly/pxboB )
Part 2 next week. All about #NoSQL
@SteveMahoney_ See my profile. I
publish at IBM Big Data Hub, IBM DataMag, Analyzing Media, Infoworld,
Dataversity, ITKE, & LinkedIn
RT
@Fact: "Mosquitoes have killed more
humans than all the wars in history" JK--That's it! This means war!
Everybody grab a swatter!
@NeilRaden No way. Difference between
"Tweeter" & "Twitter" is deterministic, not
probabilistic. Algorithm/rule: "eet" does not equal "itt."
IBM
has good editors. They help polish my stuff and don't cramp my style. I don't
take that for granted. I've endured my fair share of bozos
As
a columnist for 20+ years of Network World, I only had to produce 700 words
every 6 weeks. Now I produce that much each day. Pent-up.
Pondering
which of my recent quick-hits to extend into full blogs. The journalistic
self-discipline of deadlines forces me not to overthink.
Letting
the lady watch her Lifetime movies while I inebriate myself with music and
social goofing. Typical night at home with Jim & Egidia
Phonetic
trivia: Tom Cruise's actual last name pronounced "MAY-pah-ther." Been
meaning to look that up. Had never heard it pronounced.
Stock
of bankrupt electronics retailer Tweeter jumped due to investor confusion w/
soon-to-IPO Twitter. So much for rational market theories
Loch
Ness . Is it one and the same monster
resurfacing throughout history? Lacking a mate, why hasn't the species gone
extinct?
Relaxing
on a shutdown Saturday morning. Aimless newspaper reading. Horizontal on sofa.
Noticing subtle coloring in neighbor's high branches
I
make point of turning off TV in men's locker room at my fitness club. I don't
need cable news to wreck my peace. Workout supposed to relax
Shutdown's
distracted us all from Syria & Snowden. Not sure if that's a good or bad
thing. Populations are easily distractable.
Close
to 90 tomorrow and humid. Just when I stopped wearing short pants, summer
returns with a vengeance.
"Rage
Against the Algorithms" (http://ow.ly/pvDFa ) JK--How
"transparent" can millions of lines of code truly be? Unfathomably
unreadable
New
#IBM jk #ITKE blogpost:
"#BigData
rapidly evolving away from rotating storage" (http://ow.ly/pvBfg )
"Predictive
Analytic Evolution of R" (http://ow.ly/pvz8q ) JK--"Dificulty
integr8ng [R] into info arch that's adhoc or needs 2 B autom8d"
"Stanford
researchers to open-source model they say has nailed sentiment analysis" (http://ow.ly/pvyLZ )
JK--Linguistics geeks take note
My
Oct 25 preso at Warner
Theatre
I
have 6 public speaking engagements so far over next 7 weeks. I've already
developed all of presos. Being proactive means able to breathe
I
did full "Doc Martin" binge across many months & several PBS
channels. First 5 series. I understand the 6th just aired in UK . Can't wait
One
Internet casualty is thoughtful engagement. Every online interaction is so fast
that thoughtlessness has become the hasty default.
Future
Business: Social, Cloud, and the Millennial CEO http://ibm.co/176RgsZ #IBMsmb @danielnewmanUV
"Congratulations,
you've been selected..." to receive this robocall. [click]
Drafted
new #ITKnowledgeExchange
blog: "#BigData
Rapidly Evolving Away from Rotating Storage"
Drafted
new #InfoWorld
#IBM blog:
"Sometimes It's OK to Treat People Like Numbers"
My
hunch is Ronan Farrow was sired by the same malevolent force that spawned
Rosemary's Baby (which is, cinema-technically, his sibling).
"Teach
Lit Students How To Analyze Texts Algorithmiclly?" (http://ow.ly/puFyr )
JK--Reveal linguistic patterns missed by content analysis
Join
Mon’s twitter trending #CXO
chat: Creating an Intelligent #CX http://on.fb.me/19VmJyX
w/ me & @BernardMarr 12 ET #bigdata #cem
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Fiya by
tUnE-yArDs from BiRd-BrAiNs JK--2009. Didn't realize she could also sing
pretty.
This
wk #IBM q-hs: http://ow.ly/puBpK
http://ow.ly/puBqI
http://ow.ly/puBrE
http://ow.ly/puBsG
http://ow.ly/puBtt
Marketing
campaign optimization? p1: http://ow.ly/puAQ8 p2: http://ow.ly/puARu
Friday #IBM
quick-hit
I'd
like to have Spinal Tap play #ibmiod but I'm
afraid they'd insist that we turn #bigdata volume
up to "11." That's a non-standard setting
MT
@IBMbigdata: Watch #BigDataBytes
videochat Fri 2pm ET w/ @jhurwitz
talking data in motion. http://bit.ly/bytes10313
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
We
need to ascertain whether any of those exoplanets is smarter than ours. #IBM needs new
worlds to optimize. I'll stay home, though.
I'm
thinking of saying "verisimilitude" when others say "veracity"
in a #bigdata
context. No special reason. Just want to be different.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp ITT
(International Thief Thief) by Superhuman Happiness w/ Sahr Ngau from Red Hot +
Fela JK--Wickedly energetic mix
Panel:
Kobielus, Demchenko (UnivAmstrdm), Carstens (EU): Standards 4 #BigData in
Cloud: EuroCloud Luxembourg ,
15 Oct: http://ow.ly/ptdks
"We
become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape
us." – Marshall McLuhan
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Movin' Down
the Line by Raphael Saadiq from Stone Rollin' JK--2011. Sweet soul music.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp In the
Morning by Junior Boys from So This Is Goodbye JK--The insistent electro
"too young" on this is wot makes gr8
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Wanna Be
Your Joey Ramone by Sleater-Kinney JK--1996. Hey young'uns, their guitarist was
that funny Portlandia lady
"Designing
security into the internet of things" (http://ow.ly/psLMw )
JK--Interesting multi-layered discussion.
New
York Times Magazine's "Meh List" should be called the listless list.
Apparently generated by interns from schools w/"meh" journo depts
"#IBM Teams
w/Leading Univs to Adv Rsch in Cognitive Systems" (http://ow.ly/psFdT )
JK--Also see my latest blog (http://ow.ly/psFkF )
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Cognitive Computing: Driving Intelligent Cross-Channel
Conversations" (http://ow.ly/psCq6 ) #ibmwatson
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Stick Out
Your Tongue by Elvis Costello & The Roots frm Wise Up Ghost JK--2013. Cool
collab. Acerbic late-70s EC vibe
"Movie
Marketing Predictions for Opening Weekend Box Office" (http://ow.ly/psvfY )
JK--Good new blog from #IBM
@graemeknows
"#IBM Acquires Xtify
2 Help Digital Mktrs Reach Mobile Customers" (http://ow.ly/psuIU )
JK--Content-rich in-app mobile msg/push notifs
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
I'm
deliberately ignoring any biz/IT story that has a cutesy headline punning on
"Breaking Bad." On principle.
Absolutely
no truth to rumor that I'll be skipping my #ibmiod preso in
Vegas to watch my personal yacht race on Lake Mead .
Absolutely none
"Internet's
most famous ghost towns" (http://ow.ly/pspwJ ) JK--In other words:
once-hip now-moribund quasi-socials. Usenet still around?
Social
sentiment as valuable market intelligence? Emotions may reveal what words belie
(http://ow.ly/psoVI )
Thursday #IBM
quick-hit
Need
a US
constitutional amendment that makes shutdowns sufficient cause 4 citizenry 2
impeach members of Congress. By nationwide referendum
Facebook
building company housing. On Zuckerberg theory that creative professionals seek
2 relive experience o 19 year olds in college dorms
World
Economic Forum reports that Americans are fat, stressed, and unhealthy. And
forget to flush.
George
Will joins Fox News. Rumor is that he's being coached to raise his voice, turn
red in the face, and stop making coherent arguments.
Near
as I can tell, the pop biz press now calls anything data "big data"
& beginning to call anything analytics "data science."
Just
noticed name of a local dentist: "Jim J. Im." Too good to be fake.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hard Row by
The Black Keys from Thickfreakness JK--Righteously fuzzy gutbust afterhours
bluesrock best taken straight
"#BigData:
Operationalizing the Buzz". #IBM-sponsored
webinar. Thurs Oct 3, 11 am PDT/2pm EDT. Register: http://ow.ly/pr46L
"Why
big brain may be main req 4 #bigdata"
(http://ow.ly/pr1Ql )
JK--Reports CSC survey o UK CxOs. Highlights people, skills, creativity
One
final thought: Paul Mauriat - "Love Is #ibmblu"
(1968) (http://bit.ly/19hTfAk )
A7:
#ibmblu:
Reduce storage mgt costs by a) optimize storage resource, b) enable smarter
stewardshp o stord data, c) automate stor mgt tasks
A7:
#ibmblu
Storage mgt approach: optimized db that's auto-tuned, no indexes, no MVs, etc.
A7:
Optimization to eliminate admin tasks. No indexes, reduce tuning, reduce
variability in response times - all in #ibmblu
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
Caribou
"Odessa ".
Polyrythmic electronic multilayered track that to me suggests in-memory
streaming (http://bit.ly/19ZflUF ) #ibmblu
A7:
#ibmblu
Storage mgt cost reduction approaches: compression, de-dup, multitemp mgt,
archiving, purge, etc.
A6:
BLU truly changes the game in how you scan, join, agg and sort AND blend it
with faster, tiered storage. REALLY! I heart #ibmblu
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A6:
#ibmblu One
"limitation" of SSD/flash inhibiting adoption is simply that hasn't
yet completely replaced HDD in commercial solutions.
A6:
#ibmblu In
order for flash/SSD & in-mem to be deployed in broader #bigdata
contexts, needs to scale-out to PBs & beyond in the cloud
A6:
#ibmblu The
core issue with SSD/flash has been price. That's dropping fast. Secondly:
reliability. That's improving.
A5:
#ibmblu
Balancing contending uses of storage and memory is core admin task.
Increasingly a dynamic real-time headache.
#ibmblu - admins
hate juggling memory and storage. The more lights-out the better. Would rather
have spinning plates or dinner plates? Calm.
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
Tired
of "In-A-Gadda." Putting on Beatles "Abbey Road " side 2 medley: http://bit.ly/19Zck6D
A5:
#ibmblu
Storage/memory issues consume time when the underlying db doesn't auto-optimize
them. IBM's dbs, however, are auto-optimized
A5:
#ibmblu
Storage and memory issues are time-consuming for administrators because
data/apps/users always consuming max of those resources
A4:
#ibmblu
Storage optimization means multitemperature, hierarchical storage mgt across
disparate resources, old and new, of diverse techs
A4:
#ibmblu
Storage optimization means getting the best price-performance bang for your
storage/IT budget.
A4:
#ibmblu
"Storage optimization" means deploying fit-to-purpose techs (HDD,
SSD, in-mem) 4 each node/load/func. Judicious hybridizations
A4:
#ibmblu
"Storage optimization" means cost-effectively maximizing efficiencies
in compression, deduplication, & storage avail/reliabilty
#ibmblu A3 BLU
auto decides what can stay on low cost disk, and what goes in RAM. Best
price-performance automatically.
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A3:
#ibmblu In my
recent quick-hit, I argue that we've reached that tipping point in favor of
SSDs: http://linkd.in/19Z9A9t
@ibmbigdata Iron Butterly "In A
Gadda Da Vida" (http://bit.ly/19Z9bDS ) which is 17
minutes.
@IBMbigdata #ibmblu
"Sister Ray" almost over. Switching to "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida"
to tide me over.
RT
@InfoMgmtExec #ibmblu A2: There
will always be a place for disk but well down the Storage Hierarchy now. The
bottleneck now is cost.
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A2
Memory/cache is wasted when we keep objects we don't need or the workload isn't
mission critical #ibmblu
Retweeted
by jameskobielus
A2:
#ibmblu HDD
will linger longest in hi-vol archival systems where real-time speed less
important.
A2:
#ibmblu The
price-performance advantages of disk are eroding for most apps. By end of this
decade, in-mem/flash will be ubiquitous.
A1:
#ibmblu Disk
is scale-out to the PBs and beyond. Flash and memory still primarily for
smaller volumes.
A1:
#ibmblu Disk:
cheap. Flash: more expensive, but becoming price/perf competitive with disk.
Memory: expensive, but getting cheaper fast
A1:
#ibmblu
Benefit of disk: nonvolatile. Benefit of flash: faster than disk. Benefit of
memory: lightning speed.
@CrystaAnderson Correction:
14:57: http://bit.ly/19Z5Y7m
@CrystaAnderson #ibmblu I'll put
on "Sister Ray" for the duration of the chat....wait...only 17
minutes....infinite repeat.
"#BigData 4
Telco Begins 2 Unleash Sys o Engage" (http://ow.ly/pqHzk )
JK--Good discuss by @practicingEA.
Refs #IBM The
Now Factory acq
#ibmblu Looking
forward to twitterchat today. Join me for #ibmblu chat 10
minutes from now, 1 PM ET to discuss http://bit.ly/19Z49qW
"Hacking
Internet of Things: Weaponizing your coffee pot" (http://ow.ly/pqG16 )
JK--Talks about prospect of living with IoT zombies
Join
us today, 1 PM ET for #ibmblu
chat http://ibm.co/15WFYKX Strike a Balance:
Disk vs Memory
Time
stands still. Among other shutdown casualties is access to NIST's official US cesium
atomic clock (http://nist.time.gov/ ).
@SteveMahoney_ I have a Toshiba
Android tablet.
"FB
widens Graph Srch 2 include posts..." JK--Cool. Here's "Photos by
James Kobielus of IBM Big Data and Analytics" (http://ow.ly/ppZp0 )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Love Action
(I Believe in Love) by The Human League from Dare JK--1981. Somehow their
lightweight vibe proved durable
Information
economics? (http://ow.ly/ppPl9 ) Wednesday #IBM quick-hit
RT
@Laughbook "Never get too
attached to someone cuz attachments lead 2 expectations & expectations lead
2 disappointments" JK--Laughbook?
Jeff
Bezos officially takes ownership of Washington Post. Don't screw up my morning
paper, Jeff. It's one of the best, anywhere.
Really?
Huge interest in Obamacare HIEs on day 1? He fooled large numbers of Americans
into thinking they need affordable healthcare?
I'm
impressed how widely I'm read inside IBM. Other IBMers materialize constantly
out o the Blue 2 ask my advice. Pun intended. Via Sametime
RT
@TheOnion: Government Shutdown
Forces National Zoo To Turn Off Panda Suicide Cam http://onion.com/1fH33ri
Hey
idiot rightwing congress fools: take your beef with ACA to the polls in 2014.
Fund the laws on the books. Now.
"Cash
cow"? Just thought up the alternative "cash spigot." More fluid
flows from a spigot than an udderly tapped-out female bovine.
On
big decisions, it's important not to think too hard. On smaller decisions that
bring big ones to fruition is where hard analysis is key
Overheard
rival make unsupported disparaging remarks about my current & former
employers on matter on which I'm a principal. Duly noted.
@evanwolf Nonsense. It most certainly
is about GOP vs. mainstream Americans. Republicans are dysfunctional influence
on American governance.
What's
next, Boehner? Have all the animals at National Zoo euthanized?
By
affixing his name to his signature law, Republicans have reminded people that
Obama cares. Republicans, however, don't. This is obvious.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Confidence
by The Dodos from Carrier JK--2013. Hey #ibm #iod2013
organizers: let's get them/this for the event.
Drafted
my next #IBMDataMag
article: "Twisting the Kaleidoscope: Bringing NoSQL into Sharper
Focus." It's very technical, detailed, & long
"5
Ways Cities Are Using #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/pnPdk )
JK--Seattle , WashDC, NYC, Chicago ,
Baltimore , Boston ,
Milwaukee , Newark ,
Lyon
"#BigData &
Drones: A Driving Force in Precision Agriculture" (http://ow.ly/pnNC1 )
JK--References #IBM
Research’s Deep Thunder project
"Data
Scientist vs. Statistician" (http://ow.ly/pnMqa )
JK--Sez former has domain expertise + quant skills. Latter has just the latter.
Hipster.
Seeing distressing upsurge in use o term in non-ironic/non-nostalgic contxts.
What's next? Wearing berets & declaiming beat poetry?
"How
to Apply #BigData
Analytics in Retargeting" (http://ow.ly/pnLpC ) JK--Good discussion
but doesnt say how differs from "targeting"
"Organizing
Analytics & #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/pnKUw )
JK--Tom Davenport analyzes pros/cons of centers of excellence & other
structures
My
usual morning slog through blogosphere. Anybody actually saying anything even
remotely interesting about #bigdata etc? I
sip chamomile
Q4.
The slow roll into darkness. How's that for a cheery note on this shutdown
morning?
Catch
me live on Oct 25 on stage at Warner Theatre, Wash DC, for Smithsonian program.
My preso: "Big Media: Inventing the Streaming Society"
#IBM to Acquire The
Now Factory (http://ow.ly/pnBbU ). Ireland-bsd analytics
sw vendor helps CSPs analyze subscr experience in real-time
Geospatial
analytics? (http://ow.ly/pnAZm ) Tuesday #IBM quick-hit
RIP
Gates Brown. Ace pinch-hitter for Detroit Tigers in 1960s & 1970s. A solid,
respected supporting player.
RT
@NHardijzer: #IBM acquires @TheNowFactory to boost #IBMBigData #analytics w/
#Mobile and #Cloud monitoring
svcs http://ibm.co/14yjuvz
I
advise the president to not give an inch.
Wondering
if Gerard Depardieu & Edward Snowden have enrolled in Russian language
classes yet. Would be funny if they attend Sochi Olympics
Most
things have no follow-through. No flowthru. Things fall through. They're
thoroughly through.
I
even use my heads-up GPS locally now on routes I could figure out without GPS.
I cuss out TomTom when it makes a dumb recommendation.
Was
kinda weird being on-premise at a federal agency today. Like blizzard
approaching. Budgetary snow day of uncertain duration approacheth
At
the NIST #BigData
Workshop in Gaithersburg MD.
Big
identity? Authenticating correcting opting out o th aggregated you p1: http://ow.ly/pkZ5W
p2: http://ow.ly/pkZ7u
Monday #IBM q-h
I
hesitate to think about the potential of autonomous vehicles for self-driving
explosives-delivery platforms.
I
just saw the term "Web 3.0" pop up. First time in a year or so. Are
people already getting nostalgic for dumb wannabe paradigms of yore?
"Techie."
It's sort of like "foodie." An idiotic term that implies some precious
picky fetish: the thing for its own sake. Drop it.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Undertow by
Ivy from Long Distance JK--One of 2 good songs I'm aware of with this title.
Other is by Stuart Moxham
Vegan.
For those who aren't foodies, that refers to the native cuisine of Las Vegas : cactus pulp
pressed into silicone-injected poker chips
Interestingly
and conveniently, most of my Indonesian in-laws are fluent in English. When
they travel the world, that's their lingua franca.
NBC
"Meet The Press." I have an idea for a coldcut-centric spinoff
"Press The Meat." National Butcher Council--interested? Too
suggestive?
Stubbleman
pic.twitter.com/M0WIC9vnX0
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp In the
Kingdom by Mazzy Star from Seasons of Your Day JK--2013. Great new one. A
soulful coffee reverie.
