Sitting
here deleting one email after another that point to one #bigdata blog after
another, each featuring a dumber metaphor than the last
"Baidu’s
Andrew Ng on Deep Learning and Innovation in Silicon
Valley " (http://ow.ly/EJ9KG ) JK--Video, image,
speech, & face recognition
"Why
dangers of secondhand smoke could change innovation dynamics of marijuana
industry" (http://ow.ly/EJ9Bt ) JK--Any smoke harms
lungs.
WSJ
"Countdown to Thanksgiving" (http://ow.ly/EJ8jL )
JK--Today's issue brilliantly uses graphic-novel format to present cookbook.
RT
@IBMResearch: "Pixel" a
poem about #cognitivecomputing
by @jameskobielus http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/cognitive-computing-programming-artificial-mind …
Iced
tea. There aren't any iced-tea snobs to speak of. I like that about iced tea.
Unpretentious yet refreshing. Not dripping with hipness.
What
would be radical is if all shoe manufacturers denominated sizes in length &
width of th foot that would be most comfortable in the shoe
My
shoe size is anywhere between 10 and 12, medium to wide. Per my latest
inventory of all the comfy ones of multiple makes in my closet.
Let
the record note: first Christmas carol overheard of the season: “Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer” by Gene Autry. Kohl’s. Sat Nov 22. 2pm
Dear
Uber: A tweetstorm is inappropriate for corporate apologies. It feels
insincere. And it feels dashed off in haste, not thought through
Textual
disambiguation. Breathe deep. Say it again, this time with more feeling.
Tex-tu-al dis-am-big-u-a-tion. Ah, yes. How sweet it is!
Gonna
have me a pale ale. All hail pale ale! Pale ale don't tell no tale.
“The
sky is th archive.” NASA speaker said that was trad’l astronomer reason for not
saving all observational data. Celestials move minutely
Good
speakers are prepared for the unexpected. This afternoon I cut my hand on a
podium splinter. Had to suppress curse word & soak th blood
Chris
Mattman o NASA JPL. Hands-down most interesting presentation today. Their #bigdata challenges
& approaches. Extreme-scale data science
I
speak at 4:30. Final speaker on Friday afternoon. So I’m sure I will have their
full undivided inattention.
Successful
Cities Break Down Silos, Embrace Big Data http://bit.ly/1yzAYaw
Why
Smart Cities Turn to Analytics for Managing Water, Electricity http://bit.ly/1yzAWQc
Sensors,
Big Data Analytics Propel Environmental Monitoring http://bit.ly/1yzAT6X
How
Crowdsourcing is Helping Connect the Internet of Things http://bit.ly/1yzAOjC
People
say Crystal City
Morning's
speakers spent more time than necessary defining #bigdata. Mine will be
the soul of brevity.
Yet
another “big data is like teenage sex” spiel. Yeah, sure. It’s becoming
self-service.
A
“women’s unisex rest room”? What the...?!!
Good.
I’ve tricked a lot of people into reading one of my original poems. I get my
jollies.
In
high tech conversations, there's often no way o knowing in advance if U're
being "too tech," "not tech enough" or th "wrong kind
of tech"
#ClickFrenzy 2014:
27.7% increase in online retail sales. Full alert: http://ibm.co/1AjIKJM
#SmarterCommerce
#IBMExpOne
#ClickFrenzy sales
jump nearly 28% over last year. How will US #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
compare? http://ibm.co/1AjIKJM #SmarterCommerce
"What's
New in DB2 10.5 Cancun", #DB2
Tech Talk: Live Nov. 20, 12:30 PM ET or replay: http://bit.ly/tt2014nov
with @samlightstone #IBMBLU
5
things you must know about the hot new #dashDB #datawarehousing
solution plus a demo! #KnowMOREinaDASH
http://bit.ly/ddbRonth
Hear
about gateways, #analytics
at the edge for #IoT,
IBM’s #InternetOfThings
architecture: http://bit.ly/1AbN7GD #ChatWithTheLab
Join
IBM & Hildebrand on Dec 10 to learn real world solutions that can be
implemented now: http://www.hildebrand.co.uk/IoTLondon/
IBM
#Informix and GBASE
to collaborate on locally innovated #database in China ! Read
more: http://bit.ly/1yhqgpe
Drafted
next #IBM jk blog:
" #BigData and
the Power of Positive Curation." Will probably post week after next. Next
week a holiday week.
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Cognitive computing: Programming the artificial mind" (http://ow.ly/EBxje ).
Warning: contains poetry.
No
quick-hits next week. Taking a breather, though working, on Thanksgiving week.
Next qh will be Mon Dec 1.
This
wk #IBMDataMag
qhs: http://ow.ly/EBvKh
http://ow.ly/EBvKi
http://ow.ly/EBvKj
http://ow.ly/EBvKk
http://ow.ly/EBvKl
Big
Media? Sentiment data may... p1: http://ow.ly/EBti8 p2: http://ow.ly/EBti9
Fri #IBMDataMag
qh in adv. Speak enggmt tomorrow
Influence
analytics? part 1: http://ow.ly/EBlwo part 2: http://ow.ly/EBlwp
Thursday #IBMDataMag
quick-hit
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Mrs. Robinson by
Simon and Garfunkel JK--RIP Mike Nichols.
"
#IBM Brings More
Security, Control to Cloud-Based DevOps" (http://ow.ly/EBgML )
JK--New Bluemix Dedicated Platform & private API tools
"
#IBM Scales DevOps for
Large Enterprises w/ New Hybrid Cloud Solutions" (http://ow.ly/EBgmD )
JK--IBM’s new DevOps Innovation Services
"Made
in #IBM Labs: Protecting
Personal Data in the Cloud" (http://ow.ly/EBg0Q )
JK--IBM's new patented Data Privacy Engine invention
"It’s
Time to Shift to Data-Centric Computing" (http://ow.ly/EBdJl )
JK--Blog by Dr. John E. Kelly III, #IBM SVP & Director of
Research
"The
Strange, Shifting Shape of Supercomputing Market" (http://ow.ly/EBcMF )
JK--Cites pivotal importance of #IBM #OpenPower GPU
machines
RIP
Mike Nichols. Pivotal figure in history of postwar skit-centric improv comedy.
Hugely great movie director. "The Graduate," for example.
"5
reasons to consider adopting in-memory computing" (http://ow.ly/EBanO )
JK--Good summary.
"When
data drives sports" (http://ow.ly/EB9WU ) JK--Better that it be
data than steroids.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Trouble by TV On The
Radio from Seeds JK--2014. Another good one from their new one.
"Cities
Find Rewards in Cheap Techs" (http://ow.ly/EB7Z5 )
JK--Planners pull data from inexpensive sensors mounted on traffic lights etc
"Trust
The Algorithms, Not The Data" (http://ow.ly/EB6PO )
JK--Huh? No way. Trust the results. The wrong algorithms skew to wrong results
"BigData
HR Analyticl Insights: Large Org Perf & Growth Over Period Pt 2" (http://ow.ly/EB41z )
JK--Exceptionally confusing visualization
"
#BigData Has
Potential to Transform Health Care" (http://ow.ly/EB3d8 )
JK--Adoption o personal health-tracking devices a tipping factor
"
#IBM shares plans 4
supercomputing future" (http://ow.ly/EB0Ri ) JK--"More
coprocessrs+acceler8rs 2 incr comput speed & powr efficincy"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Drumbeat by Weekend
from The '81 Demos JK--OMG! #KEXP
finally played one of my faves of all time!
"Top
10 Big Data Companies (By Revenues)" (http://ow.ly/EAUQW )
JK--Who's #1? #IBM. No
surprise there.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Don't Call Her No
Tramp by Betty Davis frm They Say I'm Differnt JK--1974. Deliciously dirty
lady-funk from Mrs Miles
Target
stores’ profits up. I told the wife there must be a good reason why the local
Target fixed their sign’s burned-out second T recently
If
I see another hairsplitting discussion of "bigness" in a data context
I'll scream. What's next? Learned disquisitions on "datatude"?
"2015
Predictions: Big Changes In Store For App Dev Leaders" (http://ow.ly/EyCtl )
JK--Blog flowing from #Forrester
AppDev groupthink
"Uber
Exec Floats Digging Up Dirt on Journalists" (http://ow.ly/Eyzab )
JK--Breathtakingly sinister sentiment. He still have a job?
"Can
#BigData Answer
Farmers' Questions?" (http://ow.ly/Eysk6 ) JK--Discusses
"prescriptive planting" analytics.
"The
Must-Have Skills You Need to Become a Data Scientist" (http://ow.ly/Eyrnu )
JK--The "resources" section of this is most interesting
"Why
Data Management and App Dev Must Come Together" (http://ow.ly/Ey6bs )
JK--Cool discussion of interest to data scientist app-devs.
Need
competition to see who can design the most annoying browser pop-ups. Many
specimens in the wild. Creatively evil Web devs are among us
Social
sentmnt? Utility or futility o weed out bogus online reviews p1: http://ow.ly/ExlCP
p2: http://ow.ly/ExlCQ
Wed #IBMDataMag
qh
"Veolia
#IBM Join Forces to
Deliv New Digital Urban Solutions 2 Transform Water Energy & Waste Mgt Svcs
for Cities" (http://ow.ly/ExfsE )
What
an odd expression: "I hope this email finds you well." Is the email
snooping on my health or general state of mind? Now I'm concerned.
#IBM blogs on entitlemnts
included in Pure Data for Analytics N3001: Cognos (http://bit.ly/1uIW8E2 )
& BigInsights (http://bit.ly/1t4HS3V )
"Build
Human Biz on Shoulders of Personal Brands" (http://ow.ly/EwQHW )
JK--Koby playbook: soc med lets lend individ brand+ID to company
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Dead Air by CHVRCHES
from Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 JK--2014. Brand new from movie soundtrack.
Good one.
Wish
to thank editor Tara Dunn for indulging my invocation of Neil Armstrong &
Mark Twain in defense of an exquisitely minute point of style
Submitted
my next #IBMDataMag
column: "The Ethics of #BigData for Targeted
Segmentation"
Quiet
settles in. The only sound is our HVAC system moving heat-pumped air through
the ducts of the house. Warms the ducts of my heart.
Drafted
latest #IBM #Dataversity
column: "The Challenges of Master Data Management in the Internet of
Things"
IBM
has clearly transitioned proactively into the cloud era across our entire
information management p... #dashDBChat http://www.via-cc.at/62224
http://ibmdatawarehousing.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/self-service-analytics-data-warehousing-and-information-management-in-the-cloud/ …
#dashDBChat http://www.via-cc.at/9221v
http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/transforming-agile-data-warehouse-age-memory-cloud …
#dashDBChat http://www.via-cc.at/6221i
http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/bringing-cloud-based-modernization-data-warehousing-and-analytics …
#dashDBChat http://www.via-cc.at/32218
Here's
my blog about dashDB: http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/bringing-cloud-based-modernization-data-warehousing-and-analytics …
#dashDBChat http://www.via-cc.at/22208
Customers
tend to start in the low terabytes, with plans to scale up the volumes and the
varieties as ... #dashDBChat
http://www.via-cc.at/021yr
Cloud
can help with on-prem challenges by eliminating the need to invest in in-house
infrastructure an... #dashDBChat
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The
concern with on-premises is often bottom line: they need to build a data
center, hire an IT staff,... #dashDBChat http://www.via-cc.at/721y4
Customers
are concerned that they will lose control over their data if they put it in the
cloud. That ... #dashDBChat
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Cloud
is where you'll maintain your primary data reservoir, lake, sandbox, refinery
for data scientist... #dashDBChat
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Cloud
brings on-demand, self-service, agility, and scalability to data warehousing
and business analyt... #dashDBChat
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As
you move into big data territory, scalability-wise, cloud will be the first,
foremost, most cost-ef... #dashDBChat http://www.via-cc.at/921x0
When
you go with a cloud-based DW, you are always running on the latest/greatest
in-production version... #dashDBChat http://www.via-cc.at/721wq
Cloud
is the vehicle for ubiquitous data warehousing, on-ramp for users of all sizes,
with no need for... #dashDBChat
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Getting
my jittery twitteries warmed up for #dashDBChat.
Everything I tweet will be on-demand and in t... #dashDBChat http://www.via-cc.at/521u6
@nancykoppdw @jameskobielus Looking forward to
hearing your perspectives on the hot new #dashDB offering on
today's Crowdchat at 2 PM ET!
Join
li'l ol' me + @_hoffman @nancykoppdw @samlightstone @ARonthal on today's chat about data
warehousing & analytics http://bit.ly/dashDBChat
I'm
attending today's chat about analytics w/ experts @_hoffman @nancykoppdw @samlightstone @ARonthal @jameskobielus http://bit.ly/dashDBChat
"Google,
Stanford build hybrid neural networks that can explain photos" (http://ow.ly/Ets91 )
JK--Hybrid? Deep convolutional + recurrent
"
#IBM Verse Fuses Cloud
Social Analytics..." (http://ow.ly/Etq7C ) JK--Enterprise email with freemium social collab
& built-in analytics
"The
Rise Of The Sensornet: 4.9BN Connected Things In 2015, Says Gartner" (http://ow.ly/EsXZe )
JK--Interesting stats.
"Why
Your Data Scientists Need 2 B Storytellers & How 2 Get Them There" (http://ow.ly/EsXkd )
JK--Good advice but applies to any biz case
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Heroin by Velvet
Underground JK--"You can all go take a walk"? I'll bet real-life Lou
used earthy epithets to dismiss
Workload-optzd
sys? Challenges o scaling 2 Facebookian proportions p1: http://ow.ly/EsSIb
p2: http://ow.ly/EsSIc
Tues #IBMDataMag
qh
"InfoSphere
Guardium Tech Talk: Data privacy and Dynamic Data Masking" (http://ow.ly/EsDl5 )
JK--Thurs Dec 11 11:30am EST #IBMDataMag
"CrowdChat:
Get to Know #dashDB"
(http://ow.ly/EsCPG )
JK--Today 2pm eastern. I and others will be on it. #IBMDataMag
"Discovering
Gold in Data Repositories" (http://ow.ly/EsCho )
JK--Vid: #IBM ecosys
helps orgs fulfill #bigdata
analytcs needs #IBMDataMag
"Garnering
Actionable Insight from Content" (http://ow.ly/EsBVx ) JK-- #IBM Redbooks: Unlock th
value of unstructured content #IBMDataMag
"Offering
Analytics for Everyone" (http://ow.ly/EsBGI ) JK--Video: Utilize
powerful analytics with #IBM
#Watson Analytics #IBMDataMag
"Explore
Data Insights" (http://ow.ly/EsBos ) JK-- #IBM Redbook solution guide
InfoSphere Master Data Mgmt & #Watson Explorer #IBMDataMag
"The
Scoop on #Hadoop: #IBM Plus Hadoop" (http://ow.ly/EsATu )
JK--Video: the full flavor of #bigdata #IBMDataMag
"
#BigData and a
Hierarchy of Data Needs" (http://ow.ly/EsAt1 ) JK--Praveenkumar
Hosangadi on analytics capab-building stages #IBMDataMag
"Textual
Analysis of #BigData:
Part 1" (http://ow.ly/EsA4I ) JK--Krish Krishnan on
entrprse-scale search and textual analysis #IBMDataMag
"Apply
Existing SQL Expertise to Capitalize on #Hadoop" (http://ow.ly/EszGw )
JK--Gord Sissons discusses alternate approaches #IBMDataMag
Incoming
GOP congress may not squash WashDC voters' referendum mandate to legalize pot.
Selling my house in the NoVa 'burbs. Moving downtown
Dreary,
dripping, and chilling out there. Fortunately, we've been spared the snow. So
far. Gray I can deal with. White in abundance? Less so
Modeling
automation? Machine learning shapes the material world p1: http://ow.ly/Eorni
p2: http://ow.ly/Eornj
Mon #IBMDataMag
qh
"This
Device Diagnoses Hundreds of Diseases Using a Single Drop of Blood" (http://ow.ly/EokSc )
JK--rHEALTH delivers findings in minutes
"
#BigData: redrawing
the insect tree of life" (http://ow.ly/Eokdi ) JK--"Originated
at the same time as the earliest land-based plants"
"
#BigData Is Stopping
Maritime Pirates From Space" (http://ow.ly/Eoj4O )
JK--Ship remote tracking via shoebox-sized "nanosatellites."
Cubert:
an open-source high-performance computation engine for complex #bigdata analytics (http://ow.ly/Eoe97 )
Tephra,
a new open-source project that adds globally-consistent transaction support to
Apache HBase (http://tephra.io/ )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Early (feat. BOOTS)
by Run The Jewels from Run The Jewels 2 JK--2014. I'm not big on hiphop, but
this is great.
"Google
taps cloud #bigdata
satellites to track overfishing" (http://ow.ly/EobR4 )
JK--Global Fishing Watch partner w/environmntl groups
"Should
EHRs Include Social/Behavioral Data?" (http://ow.ly/EoaCG )
JK--Cited report answers that question in the affirmative.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Th Order o Death by
Public Image Ltd from This Is What U Want...This Is What You Get JK--1984. LP
title is only lyric
#Bigdata for change…use
big data to crush #social
challenges. http://bit.ly/hadoop4good #hadoop4good #hadoop
Don’t
mind Chip’s smirk. His developer skills trump crushing skills too! http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#hadoop4good #hadoop
#Bigdata can change our
world. Let’s channel Jason’s focus in #Hadoop4good http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
Join the challenge!
When
it comes to #socialgood
Jason is not fazed by squawking chickens! http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
Join the #hadoop4good
challenge
Jason
is immune to Chip’s taunts > Focus, focus! Laser focus for the @IBM http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#Hadoop4Good
challenge. #hadoop
New
world req a whole new level of ardor. http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
Use #bigdata 4
social good. Join #Hadoop4Good
challenge!
Sometimes,
#developers need
to train like athletes. Chip & Jason take #Hadoop4Good to NEW
level. http://bit.ly/hadoop4good #hadoop
R
U training as much as developers Chip & Jason for @IBMBigData Challenge? http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#Hadoop4Good #hadoop
For
#socialgood &
change…I’ll go extra mile on the finger obstacle course. You? http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#Hadoop4Good
Fingr
obstacle course? Chk. Coding & doing pushups? Dbl chk. Developers up 4 #Hadoop4Good
Challenge? http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
Practicing
4 speed & agility needed for @IBM #hadoop4good
challenge is serious business! http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#Tech = more powerful
& accessible than ever B4, let’s use it 4 #socialgood http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#hadoop4good #hadoop
#Bigdata exists in just
abt everything, let’s use it 2 make a difference! http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#hadoop4good #hadoop
Bring
your coding skills, imagination & thirst 4 change to #hadoop4good
challenge. Register now! http://bit.ly/hadoop4good #contest
Use
#Hadoop to solve real
world probs using #bigdata
& ingenuity http://bit.ly/hadoop4good #datascientist #hadoop4good
Create
an app for #socialgood
using #Hadoop http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#Hadoop4Good #IBM #BigDataChallenge
Use
city data sets & make an app for positive change. Register NOW! http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#Hadoop4Good #IBM #BigData
Use
your #developer
skills and create an app for social good. http://bit.ly/hadoop4good
#Hadoop4Good #IBM #BigDataChallenge
Rise
& shine. Unclench your mind. So begins another week. Open your work file.
Have a peek.
Who
says I watch? I monitor to see if and when it's gotten funny again. Not yet.
Catch
me this Fri, Nov 21, speaking at #BigData &
Enterprise Architecture 2014, Crystal City Hilton, Arlington VA
Hey
Lorne Michaels, reboot SNL before it expires from creative exhaustion. Drop
those musical numbers from opening monologues, for starters
Caught
"A Most Wanted Man" on DVD. Slow tedious LeCarre thriller. The late
Phillip Seymour Hoffman was his usual incredibly watchable self.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Further Down th Road by
Spacetime Continuum from Double Fine Zone JK--1999. Smooth jazz = cosmic
background radiation
Twisting
my head around the concept of parallel universes. Could our space-time
continuum be embedded in an unfathomable discontinuum?
When
someone says they're "old school," I want to ask if that was back
when corporal punishment was standard school discipline.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Forevermore by
Thurston Moore from The Best Day JK--2014. Great new noise drone jam from
ex-Sonic Youth principal
