Just
exercised my unfriend and block options in FB and Twitter, respectively. One
individual seemed disturbed. The other just obnoxious.
My
advice 2 so-called "futurists" is 2 rebrand as
"speculationists." You have no magic crystal balls. Not
"speculators" unless have $ riding
Glad
to be home. Have a thick stack of printed-out #cogcomputing
preso slides I'm going to ponder at length. But not on my weekend.
Solid
cloud deck. When viewed from an airplane at 30,000 feet, the day isn't
overcast. It's undercast.
If
there's ever a final episode of "Simpsons," it needs to be Bart
racing thru Springfield
on his skateboard tying up loose plot threads.
Jimmy
Buffett "Come Monday" (http://ow.ly/ADqb1 ) JK--As
Labor Day approaches, I feel this way. Yes, my girls, it's been quite a summer.
It's
always easier to keep my head straight when I visualize myself as a bobblehead.
Speaking
in any number of cities on any number of topics this fall. Pick any number below
infinity. That's what I'll be doing & where.
The
"ice bucket challenge" is getting kind of boring. What I'd like to
see is who steps up for the "molten lead challenge."
Sitting
here in the flats at the far southern end of San Francisco Bay Northern Silicon Valley . North San Jose . #IBM office building
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Heart of Darkness by
Pere Ubu JK--1975. @djkevincole
discussed cofounder Peter Laughner contribution & fast flame-out
This
wk #IBMDataMag
qhs: http://ow.ly/ABR69
http://ow.ly/ABR7P
http://ow.ly/ABR9A
http://ow.ly/ABRb1
http://ow.ly/ABRch
Data-scientist
skillsets? Teaming within open expertise communities p1: http://ow.ly/ABPQc
p2: http://ow.ly/ABPSc
Fri #IBMDataMag
qh
Uninstalled
Facebook Messenger from my smartphone with extreme prejudice. I quite seriously
cannot stand it.
RT
@skempe42: Love this panel o
speakers on #CogComputing
@ajbowles @sardire @n2semantics @jameskobielus @MattSanchez pic.twitter.com/NNxvHZpVaX
Speaker
regards jazz as pinnacle of musical achievement. Demeans rock, in this case
death metal, as undifferentiated crap. Oh, brother.
Turing
test equal parts conversation ("how does other party respond?"),
context ("response feel natural?"), cognition ("that human
think?")
Culture
shift. When someone matter-of-factly mentions her "wife" in prof
setting & nobody bats eye, you know 20th century is ancient history
At
#CogComputing,
I've met vendors o solutions that do algorithmic extract/translate/render o
data 2 insights 2 human-relevant narrativ text
Any
definition o "cognitive computing" that doesnt reference
cognition--i.e., thinking--is non-starter. What thought processes do U compute?
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Doing something about the weather" (http://ow.ly/AzLIu )
Business
travel. What I like most is the change of scenery. It's still work, but with a
different backdrop. Sometimes, it makes a difference
Nothing
terribly interesting on the Internet this morning, apart from the fact that we
live in "interesting times."
Advanced
analytics? The converged & accelerated machine learning of ensemble methods
(http://ow.ly/Aza1o )
Thursday #IBMDataMag
quick-hit
Speaker
has a thick New Zealand
accent. Unmistakeably NOT Australian. Short "e" expressed like short
"i." Pronounces "express" "ixpriss."
"Introduction
2 Deep Learning: From Perceptrons 2 Deep Netwks" (http://ow.ly/Ay92P )
JK--Good overview. Fundamental 2 cognitive computing
IGNORE
ME//An anomalous/anemone insists on/anonymity.
RIP
Don Pardo. Near as anybody can tell, he was an incorporeal being: a disembodied
voice introducing "Jeopardy," "SNL," & other TV shows
Speaker
on neuroscience @ #CogComputing
discusses problems recalling 50-year-old memories. I remember the Beatles on
Sullivan like yesterday
Listening
to Dave Sullivan of Ersatz Labs at #CogComputing
blowing my mind with excellent, in-depth tech discussion. All's coming into focus
Enjoying
ex-IBMer Chris Welty keynote at #CogComputing San Jose . Cogn sys devel
proc: metrics, data, truth, explore, fail, combine, follow.
Data-scientist
skillsets? Girding 4 commoditization o yr profession p1: http://ow.ly/AwPVV
p2: http://ow.ly/AwPYh
Wed #IBMDataMag
qh
"Excuse
me, do you speak fraud?" (http://ow.ly/AvIjE ) JK--Good visual
overview o network graph analysis & machine learning in anti-fraud
"For
#BigData Scientists,
‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insights" (http://ow.ly/AvI3S )
JK--Dumb headline. Refers to data preparation.
Earth
viewed from 30,000 feet? I see patches of green, brown, & blue down there.
I'll keep you posted if other colors emerge on the horizon
Request
for definition of "big data" in "simple words." Exactly how
much simpler than "big" & "data" must these English
words be? "A"? "I"?
Chicken?
Don't be! Reach right customer w/ right offer--eg dinner-- @ right time/place
w/ #IBM Streams &
ODM Webcast. http://ow.ly/Av5lD
Cool
topics to immerse oneself in. Keeps life & work fun. There are always cool
topics, some of which are hot. That's geek-heaven sweetspot
In
a zen zone right now. Waiting to fly out to San Jose for Cognitive Computing Forum. I go
to speak, but mostly to absorb. Hot topic.
"Visual
control o #bigdata"
(http://ow.ly/AuHkI )
JK--MIT data-viz tool IDs sources o aberrant results & recomputes
visualizns w/out them
"How
This Algorithm Detected Ebola Outbreak Before Humans Could" (http://ow.ly/AuGN0 )
JK--Mined 1000s o web-based data sources for clues
Outlier
analysis. When applied to politicians' tweets, I'd like to see an analysis of
how often they're out there, lying.
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"Wizard
of Oz & new Analytics Fairytale" (http://ow.ly/AuEjO )
JK--Perfect example of cutesy allegorical overreach sabotaging a POV
When
someone on LinkedIn says I'm "perfect" to attend some event (at my
expense), I'd like them to endorse me: "James Kobielus is perfect."
RT
@KirkDBorne: "How common is
your birthday?" JK--Mine's annual, Kirk. How about yours?
Data
lake. More of an exploratory multistructured data-science archive. Call it that
instead. Dredge the muck from that definitional lake
Just
saw description of unknown actress as "iconic." Probably one o those
never-clicked icons Hollywood
requested be purged from its desktop
Those
insanely logo-dense #bigdata
ecosystem charts. Memorizing those is pointless. This innovative industry
defies crisp categories.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Trouble Every Day by
Frank Zappa from The Making of Freak Out! Project JK--1966. Great message song.
Racial relations
"InfoSphere
Guardium Tech Talk: InfoSphere Guardium on z/OS" (http://ow.ly/AtQXV )
JK--Wed Aug 27 11:30am EDT #IBMDataMag
"Webinar:
Virtual Enzee and Netezza Underground" (http://ow.ly/AtQJ1 )
JK--Fri Aug 22 11am EDT #IBMDataMag
"IBM
Webcast: #IBM Business
Tech Trends Report" (http://ow.ly/AtQxp ) JK--Join the
entrepreneur huddle Thurs Aug 21 1pm EDT #IBMDataMag
"Apply
Open Source to Real-Time App Dev (http://ow.ly/AtQ8f )
JK--Podcast: learn about GitHub InfoSphere Streams project #IBMDataMag
"Hail
to the Chief Data Officer" (http://ow.ly/AtPOX ) JK--New
#IBM website
w/comprehensive resources dedicated to CDO role #IBMDataMag
"Insights
for Competitive Adv" (http://ow.ly/AtPsX ) JK--IBM redesigns #BigData Analytics
website w/Watson Foundations capabs #IBMDataMag
"Take
Offensive Against Cyberattacks" (http://ow.ly/AtPbH )
JK--Vid on #IBM
InfoSphere Streams 4 hunting elusive black swans #IBMDataMag
"Enterprise-Level
Muscle" (http://ow.ly/AtP0Z ) JK--Video on #IBM InfoSphere BigInsights
#Hadoop #IBMDataMag
"Predict
Prevent & Act on Security Threats" (http://ow.ly/AtOQx )
JK--KMadia on stream computing for real-time security intel #IBMDataMag
"Cloud
Analytics: A Taxonomy for Service Offerings" (http://ow.ly/AtOsd )
JK--Ahmed Fattah second of 2-part series. #IBMDataMag
"Explore
New Frontiers in Business Analytics" (http://ow.ly/AtNYQ )
JK--Polish-surnamed geek splits hairs. Like always #IBMDataMag
#BigData hardcore use
cases? Assess when bigger data truly better p1: http://ow.ly/AtMSJ p2: http://ow.ly/AtMU0
Tues #IBMDataMag
qh
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp One of These Days by
Pink Floyd from Meddle JK--1971. Truly psychedelic jam best played at full
mindbending volume.
Explore
New Frontiers in #BusinessAnalytics
http://ibmdatamag.com/?p=16266
by James Kobielus
Converging
basic and advanced #analytics
paves the way for keen #insight
and #businessinnovation
http://ibmdatamag.com/?p=16266
by James Kobielus
Why
the people who use #advancedanalytics
tend to fall under the broad heading of #datascientists http://ibmdatamag.com/?p=16266
by James Kobielus
How
today’s #poweranalysts
have tools to do #analysis
that used to require a #datascientist http://ibmdatamag.com/?p=16266
by James Kobielus
Just
got email from somebody named "Tony Orlando." Had to resist the urge
to reply "Where's Dawn?"
There's
misperception of me as "book-smart." Honestly, it took me forever to
realize laying them down splayd open tends to break the binding
It
sounds truly pathetic when a message states that "A friend wants you to
like a page on Facebook." It's come to this? Begging to be liked?
"Sturgeon’s
Law, #BigData &
the New Literacy" (http://ow.ly/ArFSl ) JK--Actually,
Sturgeon's own work violates that. ~90% of it was great
"Photo
Editing Future Based on Machine Learning" (http://ow.ly/ArEFE )
JK--Yikes! Will we ever be able 2 trust foto verisimilitude again?
"Machine
predicts heart attacks 4 hours before doctors" (http://ow.ly/ArE4t )
JK--Wow! Think of the life-saving potential!
"How
Genes Could Predict Who'll Get PTSD" (http://ow.ly/ArDk1 )
JK--Even if could, unlikely that militaries would grant combat exemptions
"State
Open-Data Policies & Portals" (http://ow.ly/ArC4M )
JK--Very useful detailed state-by-state overview.
"Making
Sense o #BigData
w/Virtual Reality & Unconscious Mind" (http://ow.ly/ArBcO )
JK--Collective Experience o Empathic Data Sys proj
"On
Path to Adv Analytx, Data Silos Still Major Stumbling Block" (http://ow.ly/Arz8L )
JK--Multichan mktg thrives on unified customr data
Siloes.
Tech metaphor that always puts me in a "Green Acres" frame of mind.
Always curls my lips into a smile, half-expecting Arnold the Pig
Apache
ARGUS project (http://ow.ly/Aruas ) JK--Framework to
enable, monitor & manage comprehensive data security across Hadoop
ecosystem
My
wastebasket. I'm going to reposition it as my repository for curationally
deprecated content. Yeah, that's it.
"AMPLab’s
Tachyon" (http://ow.ly/ArrI3 ) JK--Distrib FS on HDFS
lets multi Hdp&Sprk jobs access same data at mem speed without corrupting
"Apache
Storm and Spark Streaming Compared" (http://ow.ly/ArriB )
JK--Good SlideShare 4 compare these stream-computing open-source projex
Mahout
algorithms for recommendation engines. Good SlideShare. Heavy-going practical
data science: http://ow.ly/ArqqU
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Tall Man, Skinny
Lady by Ty Segall from Manipulator JK--2014. Nice crazy chaotic guitar freakout
on this one.
"How
do I become a data scientist? An evaluation of 3 alternatives" (http://ow.ly/ArnVU )
JK--Good comparative table of alternatives.
"Concepts
in Predictive Machine Learning" (http://ow.ly/ArmDq )
JK--Interesting masters thesis. Download: http://ow.ly/ArmKH
"How
NYC Fire Dept Uses DataMining" (http://ow.ly/Ark22 )
JK--Pred model assigns each inspectabl bldg a risk score 2 priortze inspections
Facebook's
flaky API annoys me. Occasionally it craps out in middle of a Hootsuite session
without warning. Sometimes it double-posts. Geez
Service-oriented
analytics? #BigData
analytics consulting as a service (http://ow.ly/Ar34q ) Monday
#IBMDataMag
quick-hit
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp It's All in My Mind
by Teenage Fanclub from Man-Made JK--2005. I like their harmony singing.
Privacy
and social experimentation http://bit.ly/1t9W9iT
Sitting
late in the evening alone listening to music on my laptop at home. Perfect time
to finish the wine. Perfect time to be selfish.
Hypertension:
high blood pressure. Its cerebral correlate is hypercognition: high thought
pressure. Curious if they mutually reinforce.
Challenging
myself on the strength machines at LA Fitness. Trying to get to point that I
can press at least my body weight in any direction.
Just
bought & am downloading St. Vincent 's
eponymous 4th LP, from earlier this year. Been meaning to spend time with Annie
Clark's artistry
I'm
generally better informed when I avoid TV news. I'm also calmer. No need to
process the sounds of broadcasters' sensationalizing voices
Speaking
at #Dataversity
Cognitive Computing Forum in San Jose
CA
Love
when people's auto-created "#bigdata personal
newspapers" have "stories via @jameskobielus" that R simply
music videos I tweeted about
"As
one guy at the suicide hotline said: 'Life isn't for everybody." -- Robin
Williams to Terry Gross (NPR Fresh Air) in 2006
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hunger Strike by Temple of the Dog
JK--1991. I always thought this was Pearl Jam. Great one, nevertheless.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Alive by Pearl Jam
from Ten JK--1991. Another Seattle
grunge group whose sound grows more classic with age.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Brother by Alice in Chains from Sap
JK--1992. Seattle
grunge group. Cool sound. Has aged well.
Caught
"American Hustle" on DVD. Lots o great performances, especially th
ladies. Can't decide if I love Amy Adams or Jennifer Lawrence more
