What
is the matter with me? How exactly did I start letting 80s popsongs get stuck
in my head? Billy
Ocean
3-day
weekend. I've got a packed schedule. Every day, I've planned one lazy
do-nothing moment after another. Whew! Better not get to work.
Using
voice recognition to write a tweet. Curious what results.
We
don’t still sing these, but #Watson keeps them
cached in institutional memory (http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/08/tripping-through-ibms-astonishingly-insane-1937-corporate-songbook/ …)
Was
telling my girl that the only thing bigger than #bigdata is Godzilla.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Be My Lover by Alice
Cooper from Killer JK--1971. "From Detroit
city." Grew up there, but started group in Phoenix
"Crazy
Data Science Tutorial: Classifcation/Clustering" (http://ow.ly/AS8W5 )
JK--Cool beer-bottles foto. 99? Take 1 down. Pass it around
Anybody
who lists "visionary" in their profile needs to explain whether it's
a synonym for "opthamologist" or "egotist."
"How
to Become a Data Scientist" (http://ow.ly/AS8fd ) JK--I
particular like the graph on analytics job listings by programming language
"
#IBM Report: Developing
a Roadmap to Advance Enterprise Mobility" (http://ow.ly/AS7FV )
JK--Download it here: http://ibm.co/1lAaAvS
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Poison Ivy by
Bleached from For the Feel JK--2014. Nice new girl-group version of the
Coasters classic.
Inside
Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program - Atlantic Mobile http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/inside-googles-secret-drone-delivery-program/379306/ …
"Why
#bigdata has big
probs when comes 2 public policy" (http://ow.ly/ARtvB )
JK--Can data scientists light fire under policymaker feet?
"
#BigData: There's
signal in that noise" (http://ow.ly/ARsBS ) JK--I.e., insights
having nothing to do w/ intended original use of data
"Managing
IT risks of self-svc & perf: Another day as Ringmaster in #BI circus" (http://ow.ly/ARpbI )
JK--#IBM Rachel Bland on
"BI 4 BI"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp America by
First Aid Kit JK--Cover o '68 S&G. Song seemingly final nail in Mrs Wagner
coffin (http://ow.ly/ARfwi )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Gimme Shelter by The
Rolling Stones from Let It Bleed JK--1969. Soundtracks play this to symbolize
late-60s bad trip
RT
@marcobonezzi: #DB2 "Cancun Release" (10.5 FP4) is out! Check what
enhancements available today 4 #DB2 #pureScale: http://ibm.co/1lzFe8H
Wife
saw coverage of Joan Rivers last night & commented on her cosmetic surgery
as if a poorly disguised secret. It's butt of her own jokes!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Please Stop Dancing
by Th Magnetic Fields from Distortion JK--2008. Th deliberately noise-drenched
LP in their corpus
Curious
what percentage of social "influencers" are there because they post
original thinking, vs. those that simply retweet the originals?
IBM
#InfoSphereStreams
– keeping rhinos & customers safe from poachers: http://ibm.co/1nJz6Wm
#bigdata #IBM
Beautiful
cool morning out there. Kept upstairs windows open all night. Slept like a baby
or rather like parents hope their cutie will sleep
I
follow http://Salon.com
to get feed of kneejerk leftism to counteract the other knee that Fox News
keeps trying to jerk in my face
This
wk #IBMDataMag
qhs: http://ow.ly/AR0X6
http://ow.ly/AR0Yv
http://ow.ly/AR0ZE
http://ow.ly/AR11m
http://ow.ly/AR12M
#BigData -driven TV
experience? Serving active + passive audiences p1: http://ow.ly/AR0u7
p2: http://ow.ly/AR0uW
Fri #IBMDataMag
qh
Research
has always been an arduous process but now IBM Watson Discovery Advisor seeks
to change that #IBMWatson
http://bit.ly/1vSvarT
Weird
when people retweet something I put out months ago. Or flattering. Can't
imagine why anyone would page back through my stuff that far
RT
@cagedether: Very cool! James
Murphy (@lcdsoundsystem) ties
up w/ #IBM to make music
from #USOpen tennis #bigdata http://bit.ly/1AXIZbe
"The
science behind #bigdata
storage" (http://ow.ly/AP2JO ) JK-- Robert Haas on #IBM / DESY plan to dev a
big data architecture 4 science
Ongoing
Media Coverage of IBM’s Flash Ranking http://bit.ly/1sHQVZc
OK,
they're legally hitched. No word on whether they plan to legally change to the
common surname of Brangelina.
"Flash
changes design o DB stor engines" (http://ow.ly/AOCkX )
JK--Blends RAM convenience w/disk size/durab, w/access speeds btwn those
"
#Hadoop Data Via the
Cloud" (http://ow.ly/AOztA ) JK--Should have
mentioned #IBM #Bluemix Analytics for
Hadoop (http://ow.ly/AOzMp )
Thank
you for not thanking me for following you. I'll continue if your tweetstreams
are not just repeated thanks to people for following you
"
#IBM #Watson Ushers in New
Era o Data-Driven Discoveries" (http://ow.ly/AOuYo )
JK--IBM Watson Discovery Advisor available as cloud svc
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Let Loose The Dogs
by Cold Specks from Neuroplasticity JK--2014. Cool. Surprised not called
"stick to your guns"
Machine
learning? Distinguishing deep learning from its opposite p1: http://ow.ly/AOkKk
p2: http://ow.ly/AOkL4
Thurs #IBMDataMag
qh
We
also need Elbow Defender to fight back against the dude one seat over who hogs
the common armrest for the whole flight. This must stop!
Galaxie
500 "Final Day" (http://ow.ly/AObcR ) JK--1990. Cool Young
Marble Giants cover from pre-Luna Dean Wareham & crew's Peel Sessions.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Who's Producing You?
by Ty Segall from Manipulator JK--2014. Another great guitar freakout from this
guy.
Trying
out all of the music apps on my iPhone. Beats Music has cool setup. It
recommended Massive Attack “Teardrop.” Smart!
Enough
work for one day. Shutting down open windows, one after one. Close, sesame!
At
#IBMDataMag, we
don't email/newsltr subscribers same links 2 same articles week after week. Not
like other pubs. We just send fresh stuff
Bob
McDonnell's corruption defense is essentially that he was an innocent lamb led
to the slaughter by his wicked witch wife. Not buying it.
Christmas
in August. Just activated my new iPhone.
If
Monty Python decides to make a "Life of #BigData" movie, I
suppose there'll be a character named "Biggus Dattus" (http://ow.ly/AMuaK )
Very
pleasant late-August day out there. The air smells like a cherished childhood
memory of summer.
"Rsrchrs
crack text analysis 1 dataset at time" (http://ow.ly/AMiuH )
JK--Discusses #IBM #Watson auto hypothesis
gen bsd on mine sci lit
"
#IBM Study: 80% of Orgs
Turning to Citizen Developers 2 Drive Innovation" (http://ow.ly/AMbuf )
JK--Industry pros outside enterprise IT
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Consolidating and migrating to an in-memory analytics cloud" (http://ow.ly/AMapO )
#ibmblu
"What
is fog computing?" (http://ow.ly/AM8Fo ) JK--Clouds whose
primary processing nodes are network-edge endpoints--eg IoT "things"
"Data
mining keeps HAIs from spreading" (http://ow.ly/AM7R5 )
JK--Healthcare associated infections. Healthcare workers catch contagions.
#Hadoop uber-alles?
Dredging "data lake" metaphor 2 its muddy bottom p1 http://ow.ly/AM5db
p2 http://ow.ly/AM5fh
Wed #IBMDataMag
qh
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Dancehall Domine by
The New Pornographers from Brill Bruisers JK--2014. This can be mistaken for no
one but them.
Why
Simple, by Design, is Still Better : #IBMPureData System
for Analytics blog by @rhughes134 http://buff.ly/1qtNaI6
#ibmdatawarehousing
Modernizing
the #DataWarehouse
#Client #Experience : An #IBMDataWarehousing
blog by @nancykoppdw http://buff.ly/1p7yMWN
How
should my architecture change to handle #bigdata? http://buff.ly/1sts1fy
Read #ibminsight
blog by @wlucas001 #ibmdatawarehousing
Best
minds of Millennial Generation perfecting the art of getting people to click
ads? Fine. It's cool to click. Beat poetry never did 4 me
Was
telling the daughter that I have to get myself back in a working mood each
morning. I actually don't wake up jonesing for #bigdata.
RT
@BloombergLabs: @claudia_perlich writes in @HarvardBiz about recruiting Data
Scientists to do social good http://bit.ly/VKKxpB #KDD2014
RT
@kdnuggets: Google Knowledge Vault
has 1.6B facts, from fact-harvesting bot that aims 2 collect all human knowldge
http://buff.ly/1vJFxhD
"When
Big Data & Infant Privacy Collide" (http://ow.ly/AKfcM )
JK--What constitutes informed consent re newborns & their doting parents?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Can't Give You
Anything by Ramones from Rocket to Russia JK--1977. The boys had the most solid
rocking groove ever
"We
will drown in sensors before ever build true internet of things" (http://ow.ly/AKecz )
JK--Discusses hyper-niche/siloed nature of IoT
"Big
databases jump on the JSON bandwagon" (http://ow.ly/AKcQY )
JK--Writer forgot to mention #IBM
JSON support in Cloudant platform
"Why
Zipf's law explains so many #bigdata
phenomena" (http://ow.ly/AK9EG ) JK--ZL = Most frequent
word used 2x as much as 2ndmost, etc
Tommy
James & The Shondells "Hanky Panky" (http://ow.ly/AK77m )
JK--1966. Surprised a song about "doing it" got top-40 airplay in
mid-60s
"Chief
data officer may go way of chief electricity officer" (http://ow.ly/AK5Y6 )
JK--Too many similar C-level titles with similar scope
Standard
PR email pitch: "we'll be in your area soon & would like to brief
you." I don't take briefings & I doubt they know what area I'm in
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Common People by
Pulp from Different Class JK--1995. Good, but I recommend Shatner's cover. Not
joking.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp September Fields by
Frazey Ford from Indian Ocean JK--2014. Distinctive shaky-voiced singer.
Melanie-like songs.
Sitting
here trying to get my head more deeply inside neural-network algorithms. I've
been dabbling around the edges for years.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Andalucia by John
Cale from Paris
1919 JK--1973. Very nice wistful folk song.
"Creating
an Intelligent Supply Chain to Effect Change" (http://ow.ly/AJ8D6 )
JK--Case study video: optimize inventory #IBMDataMag
"Employing
Near-Real-Time Analytics for Smart Grid" (http://ow.ly/AJ8gd )
JK--Case study: electricity distrib & transmission #IBMDataMag
"Catch
Prospects in the Right Place
at the Right Time" (http://ow.ly/AJ84q ) JK--Video o real-time
retail targeted promotions #IBMDataMag
"Analyze
Rapid, Disparate Data Streams to Advance Outcomes" (http://ow.ly/AJ7VQ )
JK--Nature of analytics video #IBMDataMag
"Ongoing
Media Coverage of #IBM’s
Flash Rankings" (http://ow.ly/AJ7OH ) JK--IBM solid-state
array solutions #IBMDataMag
"Build
an Integrated 360-Degree View of the Customer" (http://ow.ly/AJ7Dv )
JK--Trisha Dutta on #Watson
Explorer & #MDM #IBMDataMag
"Apply
#BigData Analytics
to Streaming Internet of Things Data" (http://ow.ly/AJ7kw )
JK--Kimberly Madia on real-time analytx #IBMDataMag
"Rich
Data Sources for Abundant Innovation" (http://ow.ly/AJ6Wh )
JK--David Mould on new healthcare-relevant data sources #IBMDataMag
Meaty
metadata? The analytic potency of the ontology p1: http://ow.ly/AJ4qH
p2: http://ow.ly/AJ4w1
Tuesday #IBMDataMag
quick-hit
I
just realized I'm happiest when staring at a screen and giggling like an idiot.
I blame it on my Boob Tube addiction from an early age.
Yes,
men also have biological clocks. Just don't tick us off. And remember there's
an "l" in "clocks."
The
#Emmy Awards are on TV.
I know this only because people are tweeting about it. Apparently, people (not
me) care about the Emmys.
Has
anybody entertained the theory that the Loch Ness Monster built Stonehenge ?
My
favorite time of the workday: after-hours. When I can play back music I shared
out during day. From my home computer with better speakers
Del-Vikings
"Whispering Bells" (http://ow.ly/AI9kh ) & "Come Go
With Me" (http://ow.ly/AI9pg ) JK--Marriage dubl.
Today our 30th anniv
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Rain Don't Fall on
Me by Blind Willie Johnson (+wife) from Praise God I'm Satisfied JK--1930 (http://ow.ly/AHspy )
The
IBM Business Tech Trends Study by Sandy Carter & Susanne Hupfer has been
launched - https://twitter.com/IBMCAI/status/502902995873726466 …
Watch
and learn more about the latest technology enabling the #InternetofThings for
connected environments. http://ibm.co/edsav
"Google
Maps' Former Lead Data Scientist Building World Largest Plant Library" (http://ow.ly/AGy1w )
JK--Big data to gladden vegan hearts
"Researchers
get access to behavioral data from Reddit, Imgur & Twitch via DERP
consortium" (http://ow.ly/AGxx1 ) JK--"Open &
ethical"
"Air-Quality
Monitor U Take with You" (http://ow.ly/AGwCf ) JK--Wearable
environmental sensor. Per my recent blog: http://ow.ly/AGxhy
"Data
Driven: Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications Coming Soon" (http://ow.ly/AGvJV )
JK--Soon the streets will stream with data.
"APIs
vs Svcs: what is difference?" (http://ow.ly/AGuFa )
JK--LOL. Sez SOA mainstream for about a decade. 2004 was when SOA declared dead
"Graph
Analytics: New Use Case for Relational Databases" (http://ow.ly/AGu5E )
JK--Interesting benchmark of column store v. Apache Giraph
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp It Was a Very Good
Year by Frank Sinatra from Where Are You? JK--1965. The year Old Blue Eyes
turned 50.
"On
#BigData
benchmarks" (http://ow.ly/AGqXO ) JK--Discusses new
TPC-C Benchmark. More here: http://ow.ly/AGr8a
"
#Hadoop-as-a-Service
to reach $16.1 billion" (http://ow.ly/AGqzr ) jK--By 2020, according
to AMR.
"Scalable
A/B experiments at Pinterest" (http://ow.ly/AGqkA )
JK--Interesting to see how they manage these operationally.
Data-scientist
skillsets? Intro ev-drvn computation into pub policy p1: http://ow.ly/AGoLn
p2: http://ow.ly/AGoN6
Mon #IBMDataMag
qh
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Cry to Me by Solomon
Burke from Home in Your Heart JK--1962. Sensational oldschool R&B. When
oldschool was newschool
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Feel by Ty Segall
from Manipulator JK--2014. This guy has a great hard-rock sound. Soaring
guitars and vocals.
"John
F. Akers, Sixth #IBM
CEO, Passes Away" (http://ow.ly/AGlx6 ) JK--RIP. Ably helmed
Big Blue through industry transition to PC era.
Our
30th anniversary. Wife & I take these in stride. The fact that we can still
stride is comforting after all these years.
Good
WSJ piece about startups with TOO MUCH passion. I encountered many in my
analyst years. Blind themselves with "vision." Jobs-wannabes
Finally
got around to ordering my iPhone. My Samsung Android smartphone was driving me
crazy with issue after issue. Let's see how this goes
Prospective
social-media "friend" promises 2 deliver 5,000 new friends. If they
each & theirs did same, I'd have every1 on Earth before long
Trendsifting.
Distinguishing the fads from fundamental innovations can be tough. Especially
when new techs enter our lives at dizzying pace.
Reasonably
good weekend. Got a reasonable amount of sleep. My reasoning skills have
returned. Just in time for the workweek.
