When
a celeb who'd been out of th news for a while suddenly starts
"trending," I suspect they may have died. I click out of morbid
curiosity
Of
course, our educational sys must be engineered to favor "genius."
History prooves they've solved all the world's problems. Will do again
How
are we going to prevent autonomous vehicles and drones from being used as
terrorists' preferred explosive-delivery platforms?
I
miss the Far Eastern Economic Review. First started reading it in grad school.
When it fold, we lost best newsweekly on the Asian economy
I
don't ruminate on work ideas on my off hours like I used to. Somehow, ideas
flow better, and are better, when developed during work hours.
Feds
have an eye peeled for rogue asteroids & such. But have they budgeted
anything at all to fend off a zombie apocalypse? I'm concerned.
Sitting
here backing up all my downloadable music purchases from th past year. Having
my whole collection on one hard drive makes me nervous
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Pick Up The Pieces
by The Royals from Pick Up The Pieces JK--1977. Sweet honeyed soul-reggae
groove.
Got
my girls their pho. Good soup is definitely comfortable food when you're under
the weather...or whenever.
Was
a good afternoon. I was left alone to develop my preso for June 18 CSCC cloud
symposium in Boston .
Deliverable of working group I chaird
Social
media. Where total and utter strangers routinely come out of nowhere to ask
favors, for nothing in return. The Mooch-o-Sphere.
Drafted
all 5 of next week's quick-hits. Now, to every other pressing task on my desk.
Many many many.
Patented
IBM invention uses #counterfraud
technique that can help stop fraudulent charges w/analytics https://ibm.biz/BdRU4J
#ibmsecurity
Allen
bought the Portland
Trailblazers & now Ballmer's buying the LA Clippers. Hope Gates keeps his
wealth out of NBA & 100% in philanthropy
Starting
Monday, I'll post all #IBM
quick-hits to the #IBMDataMag
LinkedIn discussion group: http://ow.ly/xqRiI . Please tune in there.
This
week's #IBM quick-hits: http://ow.ly/xqR4A
http://ow.ly/xqR5C
http://ow.ly/xqR7l
http://ow.ly/xqR8V
Mach
Lrng? Deep learng 2 filter text 4 known unknown & unknowable unknowns p1: http://ow.ly/xqPR4
p2: http://ow.ly/xqPSz
Fri #IBM qh
"Data
Modeling in Graph Databases" (http://ow.ly/xqNGk )
JK--One approach is the "labeled property graph." Good interview.
"
#BigData does
conception: Ovuline's curious sex map" (http://ow.ly/xqMJ3 )
JK--Says US conservatives "getting it on more" than liberals
"GGL
taps ML 2 zap data ctr elctr costs" (http://ow.ly/xqMeA )
JK--I'm stopped cold by phrase "dev'd by its self proclaimed 'Boy
Genius'"
"Quantified
Self: Disruption..BigData Science..Bio Discovery" (http://ow.ly/xqLDS )
JK--Quantified self-experimentation? Sounds onanistic
"Data
Mining and Official Statistics: Past, Present & Future" (http://ow.ly/xqL6i )
JK--I like this article for the precise definitions
I'm
moderating #IBM #BigDataBytes
videochat Fri 6-6 2pm EDT " #Hadoop: Whither Goest
Thou?" Join me @acoliver et al
(http://ow.ly/xqJVH )
"Enjoy
ML w/Mahout on #Hadoop"
(http://ow.ly/xqJg0 )
JK-- @acoliver is panelist on Fri
June 6 #IBM #BigDataBytes (http://ow.ly/xqJDi )
Most
refs to a "great leap forward" seem oblivious 2 fact said event was
devast8ng Mao-orchstr8d mass-famine campaign http://ow.ly/xpk0A
It
decided to get cold again. I wish it would not make these decisions without
first consulting me on the matter.
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Evolving the binocular vision and opposable thumbs of cognitive
computing" (http://ow.ly/xp4oN )
Jeannie
and I keep up the process of recruiting new contributors to #IBMDataMag. Landed
another one today. A good one. We have many.
I
wish th online surveys that say "we value your opinion" would come
right out and say "we monetize your opinion to our advantage not
yours"
Actress
Stacey Dash, best known 4 movie "Clueless," hired as FoxNews
commentator, based on her exemplifying title o that 90s ValleyGirl flik
#BigData 's optimal
deployment model? Deeply embedded in the cloud (http://ow.ly/xnVzk )
Thursday #IBM quick-hit
"Educating
th ' #bigdata'
generation" JK-- Big Data-relevant degrees popping up everywhere http://bit.ly/1k3EBSD
pic.twitter.com/kvH7MvOiaf
"Google
Quantum Computing Playground" (http://ow.ly/xnTLx )
JK--Brwsr-bsd access 2 GPU-accel qtm cmptr w/IDE, scriptng lang, visualiztion
As
w/famous "plastics" career advice in "The Graduate," I can
never get this early recomm outa my head: "there's plenty o' bucks in T-1
mux"
"What's
Left of NoSQL?" (http://ow.ly/xnS1v ) JK--Argument would be
stronger if author discussed at least one specific NoSQL DBMS.
"
#Hadoop & cloud
computing: Collision course or happy symbiosis?" (http://ow.ly/xnRo2 )
JK--Forrester mistakenly eq8s "cloud" w/"public"
Social
media. For we in the snarkosphere, it's like a never-ending marathon of
"Mystery Science Theatre 3000."
"Are
Millennials th Answr 2 Yr Company's Data Analytics Prblm?" (http://ow.ly/xnQHQ )
JK--Sure. Hire my 20-sumthng college-educ offspring
"Modernizing
M2M Analytics Strategies 4 Internet o Things" (http://ow.ly/xnQlq )
JK--Calls 4 "investigative analytics" 4 realtime respons
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Twin Steps by Woods
from With Light and With Love JK--2014. Love the squirrelly electric guitar on
this rocker
"SAP
& #IBM Collaborate
to Serve Transportation & Logistics Industry" (http://ow.ly/xnPwm )
JK--Tailored biz apps & consulting services
"No
steering wheel. No pedals. Google gets serious about selfdriving cars" (http://ow.ly/xnPau )
JK--I look forward 2 being spam in a can
Being
invited to "like" stuff. How about inviting me to experience it
first, without presumption that I'll care one way or another?
RT
@kexpplaylist @kexp Far Away Eyes by Rolling Stones from
Some Girls JK--1978. Mick laid on fake accent thick, like McC on "Rocky
Raccoon"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Bargain Store by
Dolly Parton from Bargain Store JK--1975. Parton's a very captivating
singer-songwriter.
RT
@kexpplaylist: Okolona
River Bottom Band by Bobbie Gentry from The Delta Sweete JK--1968. Very sexy
southern voice (and lady).
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp That Old Sweet Roll
(Hi-De-Ho) by Dusty Springfield from Dusty in Memphis JK--1969. English lady
nailed Dixie vibe.
RIP
Maya Angelou. I love how the poet characterized Bill Clinton surviving
political slings & arrows: "Arkansas
mule rising up on hind legs"
In
popular mind, "data mining" is the black art of wonk-sorcerers
swirling a bubbling "big data" cauldron w/magic wands called
"algorithms"
"
#IBM Unleashes New Tools
2 Accel Data-Drvn Cities" (http://ow.ly/xmEaj ) JK--+ New digital plat
4 citzn engage: People 4 Smarter Cities
It's
way easier to manage my LinkedIn account from their smartphone Android app than
from their pathetic browser UX. Fix the latter please
My
bud @thesocialpitt showed me th
ropes o running a Google+ Hangout livestream panel. The ropes hav wrapped
around me boa constrictor style
If
I hear another commercial that boasts "bringing sexy back," I'll
scream. Tell their "sexy" to go back, all right--to the nearest
closet
New
#IBM jk #AnalyzingMedia
column: "Whipping Web Analytics into Shape to Glimpse True Customer
Experience" (http://ow.ly/xmpdB )
ATTN
IBMers & BPs: Apply for the #PureSystems #PureData @IBMRedbooks social media residency
taking place in July 2014 http://bit.ly/1huldIQ
If
great minds truly thought alike, they'd award Nobel Prizes to drones who have
no new ideas of any sort but imitate Einstein flawlessly
Big
Data is Becoming Increasingly Important for the Biomedical Industry – Video http://bit.ly/1hy3ZKH
Open
data? The democratization of standardized data in civic governance (http://ow.ly/xljDz )
Wednesday #IBM quick-hit
"
#IBM Partners w/ 28 Biz
Schools... to Help Train Tomorrow's Data Scientists" (http://ow.ly/xlhPj )
JK--Many #bigdata
jobs being created
RT
@IBM_DB2: Jim @jameskobielus Look forward 2
hearing yr opinions on our #bigdatamgmt chat
today http://bit.ly/1rgbaAK #SAP #db2 #ibmblu
"
#Hadoop, #bigdata, & th
elephant in th room" (http://ow.ly/xlfAI ) JK--Wha...?
"Primitive undifferentiated tech"? It's not a stone tool
"Beware
‘Big Data’ Hype, Reports Warn" (http://ow.ly/xleRJ )
JK--Curious whethr Forrester issuing warnings re every other tech trend hype
"Brokers
use ‘billions’ of data points to profile Americans" (http://ow.ly/xlepA )
JK--Printed in th Washington Post's "Gee, Duh" section
"DARPA:
#BigData needs Big
search, Big analytics" (http://ow.ly/xldJo ) JK--"Memex"?
Named project for Vannevar Bush 1945 proposal? Why?
"
#BigData Debate: Do
Analytics Trump Intuition?" (http://ow.ly/xlcZu ) JK--A
tiresome never-ending pointless debate in this industry
"Planetary-Scale
Cloud OS Could Reshape Internet as Know It" (http://ow.ly/xl3Fs )
JK--Rehash of "federated." Global trust web infeasible
Hey
GOP, you still investigating who offed Vince Foster & orchestrated
Whitewater? I'll bet they know the truth about Benghazi !
At
some point, no city anywhere will bid for any Olympics. Bad ROI. Then Jeff
Bezos will buy it all out & host on leaky barge in Puget
Sound
Worked
today. Will work out now. Working off stress of particularly stressful day.
I've kept all informed. Thanks Sonya for the onsite w/Mom
Get
the entire set of 7 papers about BI & Analytics by @Claudia_Imhoff http://bit.ly/1oaQmbO
#ibmblu #tdwi #BI #analytics
Me
et al on #IBM tweetchat:
5-28, 12-1 ET Building a no-compromise big data mgt platform on #SAP http://bit.ly/1nAHAzW
#ibmblu #bigdatamgmt
Drafted
next #IBM jk blog:
"Evolving the binocular vision and opposable thumbs of cognitive
computing"
Let's
see. How many more concurrent interrruptions can I absorb before I totally lose
my focus and/or my mind? Let's see.
How
a sufficient #audittrail
helps computational scientists ensure discoveries are reproducible http://ibmdatamag.com/?p=14751
by James Kobielus
Post-holiday
junk mail arrives. Or as I like to think of it, more stuff to chuck. Chuck
chuck chuck chuck chuck!!!!!!!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Fight Test by Th
Flaming Lips JK--2003. Wayne Coyne's quavery voice works beautifully on this.
Neil Young's would too
"10
Algorithms That Dominate Our World" (http://ow.ly/xiDzP )
JK--"Dominate"? LOL. Some of these not even algos, just general
approaches
"MIT
tackled Earth atmosphere to give Moon broadband" (http://ow.ly/xiBBx )
JK--Just in time. Their zero residents screaming for NetFlix
"
#IBM Content 2014"
(http://ow.ly/xiyaw ).
Educational event series. Reg for next near you. Formerly called ECM UserNet. #IBMDataMag
"
#IBM #Informix Tech Talk:
High-Volume Data Mgt w/ NoSQL Sharding" (http://ow.ly/xixDi ). Today
11:30am EDT. Reg: http://ow.ly/xixNq
"Making
a Perfect Match" (http://ow.ly/xiwYm ) JK--Video: eHarmony
CTO on how they use machine-data anlytcs. Mira: http://ow.ly/xixkS
"2014
#IBM Champions for
Information Management" (http://ow.ly/xiw7Y ) JK--Congrats to the
champs! #IBMDataMag
"Podcast:
real-time analytics as cloud-based service" (http://ow.ly/xivXh )
#IBM KMadia Escucha: http://ow.ly/xivXi
#IBMDataMag
"
#IBM ebook, “Optimize
Ops: Improv Oper Effic w/ #BigData
Analytics” (http://ow.ly/xiv21 ) Download: http://ow.ly/xiv8G
#IBMDataMag
"Video:
see how text mining etc help ID fraudulent activity" (http://ow.ly/xiuz0 )
JK-- #IBM #InfoSphere #BigInsights #Hadoop #IBMDataMag
"
#IBM Insight 2014
Registration Now Open" (http://ow.ly/xiu3v ) JK--Oct 26–30, Las Vegas . Register: http://ow.ly/xiuev
#IBMDataMag
"How
to Have a Happy Conversion Mode Day" (http://ow.ly/xitIr )
JK--JStuhler on prepping for #IBM
#DB2 11 for z/OS
conversion #IBMDataMag
"When
Is #BigData Worth
Keeping & Governing?" (http://ow.ly/xit7h ) JK--V.McBurney on
policy-based apprch to big data quality #IBMDataMag
"
#BigData &
banana prices: correlation is not knowledge" (http://ow.ly/xirTl )
JK--But knowledge of correl8n may B path 2 deeper knwldg
Correlation:
the natural process responsible for the Great Barrier Reef .
"Magical
Machines: Will In-Memory Change the Way We Work? (http://ow.ly/xirkX )
JK--Good stats on the improving economics of RAM.
"#Hadoop’s new components
go mainstream" (http://ow.ly/xiqgr ) JK--Spark & Tez??
That statement's a bit premature, Mr. Brust.
"Forget
'the Cloud,' Computing's Future in 'the Fog'" (http://ow.ly/xipp6 )
JK--Geez. Enough metaphors in play. Stop raining on my Cloud
"Know
this right now about #Hadoop"
(http://ow.ly/xip53 )
JK--Well, not exactly "right now." Grab a cuppa joe first. It's heavy
material.
""Zone
Architecture" model explains how big data fits into IT strategy" JK--
#IBM RClements explains http://bit.ly/1jpWViY
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Protection by
Massive Attack from Protection JK--Always good to have at least one Tracey
Thorn vocal in rotation.
"LEVAN:
Learning EVerything about ANything" (http://ow.ly/xiiEB ) JK--My
elem school was on Levan Rd
in Livonia .
Coincidence? I think not
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Mistakes of My Youth
by Eels from Th Cautionary Tales o Mark Oliver Everett JK--2014. His best
scratchyvoice delivery
I'm
curious if the Milli Vanilli guys are invoking "right 2 B forgotten"
to have Google delink their bit o infamy from the historical record
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp My Silver Lining by
First Aid Kit from Stay Gold JK--2014. Nice new one from the Swedish
country-folk sister duo
So
sad. Most people don't get into Twitter. Most also dont get into all o my
musical tastes. Guess I gotta abandon all. Th people hav spoken
Big-data
discovery? The power of Bayesian search (http://ow.ly/xiabw )
Tuesday #IBM quick-hit
New
jk #IBMDataMag
article: "In Data Science, Take Nothing on Faith" (http://ow.ly/xi95q )
Sonya
and I had the Science Channel on during the day. A "How It's Made"
marathon. I was in geek heaven. So that's how they burnish badges!
Sonya
had the TV on while I was ironing my dress shirts tonight. "The
Bachelorette." I couldn't stop snarking. Phony staged hottie sentiment
"TED
founder thinks #bigdata
needs big makeover" (http://bit.ly/1meJh6J ) JK--He needs to
understand subject & eschew obscenity-laced...
Something
inside me now wants to listen to deep silence.
Operators
are always standing by. Standing by what? The water cooler? Get back to those
cubicles! Strap on those headsets! No lollygagging!
Hung
out in Old Town Alexandria with my girl. Attended Mass at St. Mary's. Several
subtle wording changes in liturgy since last time I went.
I
appreciated spam notifying me every single day that every single online account
of mine is being suspended unless I take immediate action.
I
have a scientific approach for deciding who to follow on LinkedIn. If someone's
name brightens my day, they're in. Eg. "Pepper Roney."
RIP
Prince Rupert Louis Ferdinand Frederick Constantine Lofredo Leopold Herbert
Maximilian etc etc. Managed the Stones' financial affairs.
Sitting
here Starbucksing myself silly, reading "5 myths about caffeine" in
Sunday WashPost. US coffee consumption actually peaked in 1949.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Mind Your Own
Business by Delta 5 frm Singles & Sessions 1979-81 JK--Recent rerelease.
Gr8 postpunk Rough Trade indie
I
occasionally get John Maynard Keynes mixed up with Maynard G. Krebs. Must be
the facial hair.
Casually
browsing the current range of media obsessions & pop-culture controversies
to determine which ones I give a crap about. None so far
