“Bare
metal servers”: usually means the metal was, at the very least, smelted &
poured into ingots before being pressed into server shape
“Wannabe”:
Gondwanaland species that the wallaby evolved from.
I
like shopping districts more than shopping malls. With districts,you walk
outdoors, see the sky, and breathe fresh air.
RT
@Dataversity: #weekinreview
Predictions for #CogComputing
in 2015 from @MattSanchez @sardire @JamesKobielus etc http://ow.ly/G36aF
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp If You Went Away by
Daniel Wilson from Boy Who Cried Thunder EP JK--Good moody one from Ypsilanti MI
based artist.
“Guaranteed
for life”! For the life of what? A fruit fly?
My
next original quick-hit will be on Mon Jan 12.
"Industrial
Internet of Things Framework Near" (http://ow.ly/GbaEU )
JK--Effort involves ~ 115 members, incl #IBM, AT&T, Cisco, GE,
Intel
"Finding
Maturity in Your Metadata Strategy" (http://ow.ly/Gb9DU )
JK--Essential but mindnumbing element of #bigdata
implementations
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Cognitive Computing: Undecidable Problems & The Limits Of
Algorithmic Cognition" (http://ow.ly/Gb1nN )
"The
Onion’s 10 best re Google" (http://ow.ly/GaBWP ) JK--My
fave: "Google Responds To Privacy Concerns w/Unsettlingly Specific
Apology"
#IBM cloud announcements:
centers (http://ow.ly/GazR6 ), partnership (http://ow.ly/GazR7 ),
contracts (http://ow.ly/GazR8 )
"
#IBM Research Scientists
Investig8 Use o Cognitive Computing-Based Visual Analytics 4 Skin Cancer Image
Analysis" (http://ow.ly/GayZC )
New
blogpost: "Kobielus' Quick-Hits in 2014" (http://ow.ly/GauNW )
This
wk #IBMDataMag
qhs: http://ow.ly/GapGP
http://ow.ly/GapGQ
http://ow.ly/GapGR
http://ow.ly/GapGS
http://ow.ly/GapGT
Social
sentiment? Black swans & concocted controversy p1: http://ow.ly/GaoKS
p2: http://ow.ly/GaoKT
Fri #IBMDataMag
qh
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp i by Kendrick Lamar
JK--2014. Great song. A very soulful slice of very musical hiphop.
Why
is Washington ’s
professional hockey team always shouting? Because they’re all Caps.
New
JK blog: "Kobielus #bigdata
evangelization blogging output in 2014 (not incl LinkedIn qhits, presos, &
tweets)" (http://ow.ly/G7ZZ0 )
My
#IBM blog: "Patting
Down the Pachyderm: My #BigData
Prognostications for 2015" will post early in the week prior to New Year's
Day.
"Infographic:
Data Science 2015 -- What's Hot & What's Not" (http://ow.ly/G7GdY )
JK--Hmm. This aligns beautifully w/my forthcoming blog
"The
Future of #BigData
is Wearables" (http://ow.ly/G7FKl ) JK--Sources &
consumers of data, but not the big honking enchilada of it all
"Why
Neural Nets Look Set 2 Thrash Best Human Go Players For 1st Time" (http://ow.ly/G7Eyk )
JK--As w/chess, humans best play each other
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Talking Union by Pete Seeger from If I Had a Hammer: Songs of
Hope JK--Seeger goes straight for jugular on this.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Will U Love Me
Tomorrow by The Shirelles JK--Goffin's "just a moment's pleasure"
lyric was daring for 1960 radio song
So,
essentially, Kim Jong Eun can censor what Hollywood
product gets shoved at us.
Cogn
cmptng? Learning thru associational popul8n o sparse experiential matrices
w/fresh clues (http://ow.ly/G6H8j ) Thurs #IBMDataMag qh
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Machine learning molds the material world" (http://ow.ly/G6CTu )
"Yes,
A/B Testing Is Still Necessary" (http://ow.ly/G6AFk )
JK--Don't prejudge the test result before you run the test.
"You
Need an Algorithm, Not a Data Scientist" (http://ow.ly/G6x0s )
JK--Really? Who are you going to get to craft & tweak your algorithm?
"Cultural
Fault Lines Determine How New Words Spread On Twitter, Say Comp Linguists"
(http://ow.ly/G6vLQ )
JK--Net anchored in real life
"In
#BigData,
Shepherding Comes First" (http://ow.ly/G6uMX ) JK--Startups
desperately court initial customers & VCs to fund hopes&dreams
"SQL,
NoSQL? What's the difference these days?" (http://ow.ly/G6tVJ ) JK--I
can't believe we're still debating the supposed difference
Diet,
exercise, & frame of mind do make a big difference. The older I get, the
fitter I get. Stress is simply a headwind that streamlines U
How
Big Data is Transforming Design into Something Personal http://bit.ly/1z7TQ4k
Find
news & stories on how you can re-imagine work in the #WatsonAnalytics
Storybook http://bit.ly/1wOX754
"#IBM #dashDB Exits Beta in a
flash!" (http://ow.ly/G6l6f ) JK--IBM's cloud data
warehouse on #Bluemix.
Get it now http://ow.ly/G6l6g
"Building
intelligent APIs to power your mobile economy". #IBM webcast tomorrow at
11am EST. Register: http://ow.ly/G4c3l
"That
Was th Year That Was: Major Data Warehsng Events o '14 (& Predictions for
'15)" (http://ow.ly/G4bFl ) JK--Good POV from Mike
Schiff
"Why
Amazon's Ratings Might Mislead: The Story o Herding Effects" (http://ow.ly/G4bfk )
JK--Yeah, like equity analysts' herding U 2 "buy"
"Can
#BigData Machines
Analyze Stock Market Sentiment?" (http://ow.ly/G4aPu )
JK--Yeah, duh, but can they do it WELL? Ay, that's the rub!
"Sony's
new wearable display transforms any glasses into smartglasses" (http://ow.ly/G49Xd )
JK--Wearing ANY specs makes you LOOK smarter
My
personal "meh list" includes "bubble tea." I'd prefer to
ingest liquified bubble wrap, if that's what it comes to.
Drafted
next #IBM jk #InfoWorld column:
"Using Pervasive Analytics To Drive Sustainable Food Chains"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Marquee Moon by
Television JK--Love this lyric: "I remember how the darkness doubled, how
lightning struck itself."
"ABCs
of Internet of Things Consortiums" (http://ow.ly/G3PTj )
JK--Holy cow! I count 14 groups developing IoT standards.
"Stanford
'high-rise' chip takes on IoT #bigdata" (http://ow.ly/G3P9E )
JK--Stacks mem+CPU, reducing time/energy to move data btwn them
"Big
Data Challenge: Patients Withhold Medical Info" (http://ow.ly/G3LAv )
JK--Hence endangering their own lives thru misguided privacy
"Searching
For Truths In Big, Enormous, Massive Data" (http://ow.ly/G3KjX )
JK--Truth emerges as you layer more "grande" synonyms on it
"How
Hotels Using #BigData
2 Help Guests Feel @ Home" (http://ow.ly/G3JeS )
JK--Interesting overview of IHG's analytic-fueled personalizn
Most
tiresome new industry discussion thread of 2014: "data scientist"
gentry do it thisaway & mere yeoman "statisticians" do it
thataway
"Cloud
Computing , Big Data and Mobility in 2015" (http://ow.ly/G3DtL )
JK--Good analysis. Demands deeper reading.
"Watson
wannabes: 4 open source projects for machine intelligence" (http://ow.ly/G3CIX )
JK--DARPA DeepDive, Apache UIMA, OpenCog, OAQA
"How
Enterprise
Performance Mgmt Is Similar to Football" (http://ow.ly/G3C63 )
JK--OK, but a 16-point extended analogy strains patience
Curious
why Toyota named "Tacoma " pickup after PacNW city. If were
"Seattle ,"
it'd be a coffee-fueled hybrid. If "Portland ,"
a 1-speed bike
Why
do app developers need a data refinery? http://shar.es/13EP6E
via @IBMAnalytics
Have
you seen our new and improved #YouTube channel yet?
Take a look! #Informix
#IoT http://ibm.co/IBMInformixYouTube …
#Data security? #dashDB has that covered
for cloud #analytics.
Read the details from the expert. http://bit.ly/WRsecur
Get
the #bigdata ebook
free and find out how cloud fits, then get #dashDB. Yep, it is
included in the book! http://ibm.co/1vxcnS9 #dba
Making
Windows a little more "BLU" for the Holidays... http://bit.ly/IBMBLUonWindows
#ibmblu
BLU
is now available on Windows for speed in data reporting and analytics! http://bit.ly/IBMBLUonWindows
#ibmblu
Reading
Spiegelman's classic graphic novel "Maus" in small doses. Its
lugubrious thick dark cartoon inkmanship underlines the grim history.
Cogntv
computing? Undecidable problems & limits o algorthmc cognition p1 http://ow.ly/G2Irj
p2 http://ow.ly/G2Irk
Wed #IBMDataMag
qh
When
people say data scientists should B "storytellers," my mind's eye
sees Will Rogers sitting whittling statistical models, spinning yarns
Amusing
when Facebook calls out my full name in someone's message. Especially when it's
family addressing me casually as "James Kobielus"
"20
Ways to Make Those Boring Annual Predictions Not So Boring" (http://ow.ly/G2wtb )
JK--Hmm. Please avoid stupid Xmas carol parodies.
"Crowdsourced
Intelligence Tools" (http://ow.ly/G2vDp ) JK--Svc providers can
deliver powerful analytics to midmarket, if respect privacy
Hard
cider? What's so hard about it? Just pour it down the hatch. Goes down nice
& easy. Seamless, intuitive. No instruction manual needed.
One
of the delightful threads in the marriage between two people of different
countries is how we never stop mocking each other's accents.
1965.
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” put “emphasize” into this 7-yr-old’s working
vocabulary. “Why do we need a holiday season 2 emphasize it?”
Yule.
My brain flashed a dated association: Euell Gibbons. His roughage-munching name
was Johnny Carson laughline: http://ow.ly/FYRc6
Business
process optimization? Statistics that shape manufacturing p1: http://ow.ly/FYPDN
p2: http://ow.ly/FYPDO
Tues #IBMDataMag
qh
Posture
is important to productivity. I keep my posterior firmly planted in my chair
all day. Otherwise, I'd be doing a half-assed job.
"
#IBM InterConnect
2015" (http://ow.ly/FYHDP ) JK--Feb 22–26 Las Vegas #IBMDataMag Register
soon & save: http://ow.ly/FYHDQ
"Lifesaving
Insight for ICU of Future" (http://ow.ly/FYH02 )
JK--Case study vid: Emory
Univ Hospital
uses streaming analytics #IBMDataMag
"Dev
Healthcare Apps in Cloud" (http://ow.ly/FYGBe ) JK--Case study vid:
DataSkill uses #Bluemix
4 flexible healthcare appdev #IBMDataMag
"Mashing
Up Analytics for #BigData"
(http://ow.ly/FYGc0 )
JK--Case study video: infrastructure & analytics in many industries #IBMDataMag
"Cloud-Based
Regulatory Compliance" (http://ow.ly/FYFLK ) JK--Case study: OSRAM
Licht AG uses cloud to monitor adherence #IBMDataMag
"Game,
Set, & Match" (http://ow.ly/FYFqk ) JK--Case study:
Wimbledon 2014 applies analytics 2 offer insight behind every shot #IBMDataMag
#IBMDataMag wins
Honorable Mention in Folio Eddie Awards: B-to-B - Standalone Digital Magazine
Technology/Telecom (http://ow.ly/FYCFP )
"Playing
Atari w/ Deep Reinforcement Learning" (http://ow.ly/FYyti )
JK--Machine-learning algorithm kicks expert human butt on videogame
"OMG
approves standard DMN 1.0" (http://ow.ly/FYw9S )
JK--Dissect decisions, relate to input facts, describe detailed decision logic
Germans
preserving the ugly Colossus of Prora. Hitler’s fascist vacationland on the
Baltic. What’s the point? Tear the eyesore down!
Often
my best work comes when my mind is on other things. Distractions are productive
when they’re self-inflicted.
The
geniuses at Apple Store didn’t comprehend the need for earbud pads to keep the
stupid things in your ears. Chalk up one for Radio Shack
Ah,
corduroy. Ya know, I'd forgotten how comfortable corduroy can be. Corduroy it
is!
Yardbirds
"Shapes of Things" (http://ow.ly/FUVHZ ) JK--Putting myself
into a year-end prognostication frame of mind.
"2014
Highlights: Strategies & Solutions" (http://ow.ly/FUQ3F )
JK--Overview of improvements & key content in #IBMDataMag in year
gone by
"How
Netflix revolutionised television programming with #BigData" (http://ow.ly/FUMnf )
JK--Rich content metadata plays important role
"Hadoop
Happenings: Looking to 2015" (http://ow.ly/FUHiJ )
JK--Plenty of links to Hadoop-focused predictions.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Black Tambourine by
Beck from Guero JK--2005. Love the Bo Diddley-ish guitar groove that powers
this.
"Top
5 #BigData Trends Of
2014" (http://ow.ly/FUEKU ) JK--SQL+Hadoop, platf
maturity, educ options, cloud emerges, multi-analytic engines
"How
#BigData, and
Critical Thinking, Lead to Business Value" (http://ow.ly/FUz4s )
JK--Cites/quotes me at length: http://ow.ly/FUz4t
"6
Predictions for #BigData
Analytics Mkt in '15" (http://ow.ly/FUxiI ) JK--Security, IoT,
monetzn, skill gap, image analytx, storytellng
"10
data science predictions for 2015" (http://ow.ly/FUuJk )
JK--Would be more meaningful if had metrics that data scientists could model
"Dataset
Tracks World’s Open Govt Data" (http://ow.ly/FUtvl )
JK--Crowdsrcd proj ranks govts on data openness (transparency+accntability)
"Data-Mining
Twtr 4 Mental Health Insights" (http://ow.ly/FUov5 )
JK--"Users publicly mentiond their diagnosis....cues linkd 2
disorders"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Casimir Pulaski Day
by Sufjan Stevens from Illinois JK--2005. Strikingly beautiful+sad story-song.
Literary-grade
"IoT
Changing How Food Grown" (http://ow.ly/FUkrZ ) JK--Analyze field,
predict yield, tailor planting plan, farmer real-time iPad access
"Monitor
Shows Exactly How Much Power Each Of Yr Gadgets Sucking From Grid" (http://ow.ly/FUiyR )
JK-- Recogs their electronic signatures
"Researchers
build pattern-recog model that acts human" (http://ow.ly/FUgR5 )
JK--Case-oriented feature selection & similarity matching
Adv
visualiztion? Seeing spaces where numbers & words seamlessly join p1 http://ow.ly/FU7kO
p2 http://ow.ly/FU7kP
Mon #IBMDataMag
qh
Have
decided to follow only those who are original, innovative, & disruptive. If
they don't say so in their profile, they probably aren't
When
somebody flag an article as "great Friday reading," does that imply
that its value flatlines over the weekend, resurrects next Friday?
Deciding
who to "friend" on social media is a bit like picking petals off a
daisy: "I know U" "I know U not" "I know U"
"I know U not" ....
Filled
an egregious gap in my music collection. I've loved Luna's work for some time.
I bought/downloaded their best-of collection.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Look Around by
tUnE-yArDs from Nikki Nack JK--2014. Very cool & avant. A bit like Joni
Mitchell drunk on electronica