There's
the concept of "tipping point" when trend unstoppable. I'd like to
propose a "tipsy point" when trend gets high on its own fumes.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Nobody’s Empire by
Belle and Sebastian from Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance JK--2015. Very new.
Very nice.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Make You Better by
The Decemberists from What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World JK--2015.
Brand spankin’. Gr8!
A
usual Saturday afternoon activity. I hang at Panera while the wife shops at the
supermarket. Today: Whole Foods.
We
live in the age of enumerated advice. “Top ten tips.” Would God have won
respect if Moses revealed “top 10 commandments”?
"Philip
Kennicott: French newspaper tragedy strains host-guest dynamic"
JK--Excellent essay on mutual tolerance. http://wapo.st/1DJ5mCj
My
ritual morning glance at the movies playing this evening on basic cable. I seen
75% of these. The rest? Absolutely no interest.
What
keeps me centered is the opportunity to publish yet another thought.
New
#IBM jk blogpost:
"Fathoming photos at algorithmic speed" (http://ow.ly/H4k9L )
RT
@theCUBE #FF @sandy_carter @nancy_pearson @BigData_paulz @nancykoppdw @CraigRhinehart @jameskobielus @Grady_Booch @JeffJonas #IBM JK--Tx!
"FBI:
North Korea
“got sloppy” with IP addresses in Sony hack" (http://ow.ly/H3Ff0 )
JK--Revealed IP addresses NKorea “exclusively used”
"What
We Know About Deep Learning Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg" (http://ow.ly/H3oJI )
JK--Links to interesting Jeremy Howard TED talk.
"Tip
of the iceberg"? Supposed to suggest awe, but phrase conjures premonitions
of maritime peril. Why not "dorsal fin of the Great White"?
"Are
Thoughtless Analytics Driving Your Customers Away?" (http://ow.ly/H3jRp )
JK--When targeting, put yrself in intended recipient shoes
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
blog: "The Declining Value of Social-Media Water-Cooler Sentiment" (http://ow.ly/H3cnO )
Portlandia’s
new season is off to a sensational start. The Toni-Candace back-story has me in
stitches.
Scratchy
robo-call from someone at a vague-sounding organization promising a nebulous
solution. "On a recorded line"? Record my sharp hangup
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Bowie by Flight of the Conchords from Flight
of the Conchords JK--Happy 68th to the Graying White Duke.
The
Stewart Brothers "The Rat" (http://ow.ly/H0goo )
JK--1959. Leader of Coasters-like R&B group was 16-yr-old Sylvester, aka
Sly Stone
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Heroes/Helden by
David Bowie JK--1981. Best English rockstar Deutsch self-cover since "Komm
Gib Mir Deine Hand"
"Army Building
"Physical
data visualizatns" (http://ow.ly/GZMJF ) JK--Cool. Dating to
5500 BCE Mesopotamia . Visualizations embedded
in physical objects
"Benioff
On ‘Creepy’ Data" (http://ow.ly/GZJMc ) JK--In context of
personal privacy. Beware creepy crawlers? (http://ow.ly/GZJMd )
"Next
Shift: From #BigData
to Deep Data" (http://ow.ly/GZG5C ) JK--Heavens no! This
new phrase reminds me too much of "deep doodoo"
I'm
bit weary o attempts to name next IT paradigm by attaching different adjective
to word "data." Just as superficial as "Web x.0" nonsense
Scene
from "Boyhood" that made me laugh was dad waxing rhapsodic over a
Beatles solo-output compilation he made special for his teenage son
A
single-digit morning. If I remove my mittens, I could count how cold they are
on both hands.
Saw
“Boyhood.” Was actually more about the mom & her aging process. Patricia
Arquette was fearless, literally aging 12 years thru story arc
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Tempest by SOHN from
the album Live on KEXP JK--Sounds like an android praying to robot deity. Wild
weird cool synth
"Ford's
#bigdata
experiments: Can it transform the company?" (http://ow.ly/GX3oe )
JK--"smarter cars...smarter roads...smarter cities"
"CES
2015: AllSeen Alliance
to bring order to the IoT" (http://ow.ly/GX2Pg )
JK--Infrastructure isn't sexy, but it animates all things
"Building
the data stock exchange for IoT" (http://ow.ly/GX1JE )
JK--Discussion of cloud data brokering in Internet of Things contexts
"AI
is coming to IoT, & not all the brains will be in the cloud" (http://ow.ly/GX1ar )
JK--Device-level chip algorithms, eg #IBM SyNAPSE
New
#IBM jk #Infoworld column:
"Analytics and measurements: A recipe for sustainable food chains" (http://ow.ly/GWsRW )
"5
Predictions for Predictive Analytics in 2015" (http://ow.ly/GW17o )
JK--I'd like predictions o how many predictive models predict well
"Healthcare
Analytics: Next Frontier" (http://ow.ly/GW0af )
JK--Astrophysicist/computer scientist mines the cosmos of his quantified self
"
#BigData...Hyper
Smart Transport Era" (http://ow.ly/GVWh0 ) JK--"Closed-loop
sys....AI-pwrd self-steer/learn...dynamic speed limits..."
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Sweet Jane by Velvet
Underground frm Loaded JK--Banker & clerk saving "their monies"?
Something fishy. Check th books
Hear
latest: Informix transactional, cloud, embedded & hybrid capabilities &
transforming the #IoT: http://bit.ly/1KltK1z
#IIUG Apr 26-30
Informix
Chat with the Lab on Jan 22 will focus on #Informix in the IBM #IoT Foundation. Register: http://buff.ly/1war8dj
#InternetOfThings
Big
week for #InternetOfThings
at #CES2015! Visit
the IBM #IoT booth for
demo of solutions from IBM, Shaspa and Intel for IoT #Informix
dashDB
is a cloud-easy enterprise-secure solution for a hybrid #datawarehouse
with #dashDB. IBM has
you covered. http://bit.ly/dashvid3
Need
analytics now? These ten slides can change your work life! Learn #dashDB data warehousing
on the #cloud! http://bit.ly/dashss2
#dashDB is officially
available! Beta has concluded for #Cloudant and other #datawarehousing
plans! Get the details: http://ibm.co/1sLVTcN
New:
#ibmblu supported on
Windows and zLinux for fast answers simply delivered for departments and #SMB http://bit.ly/1Dag9rP
It
is the little announcement that's huge! #ibmblu inmemory
technology now supported on Windows and #zLinux! Details: http://bit.ly/1Dag9rP
"Hybrid
#DataWarehousing
– The Best of All Worlds" (http://ow.ly/GVBbb ) JK--Wendy Lucas
discusses 3 cloud DW use cases #IBM
New
#IBM jk #datawarehousing
blog: "Data Warehouse Modernization: Vetting Forrester’s ROI
Calculations" (http://ow.ly/GVyYW )
How
Big Data is Transforming Design into Something Personal http://bit.ly/1xPZwAj
Drafted
new #IBM #DW blog: "Data
Warehouse Modernization: Vetting Forrester's Return-on-Investment
Calculations."
Sitting
here vetting Forrester's recent TEI on #IBM Info Mgt portfolio.
Good work. Better than my own (more limited) TEI of DW from 2010.
"1795
Time Capsule Buried By Sam Adams, Paul Revere 2 B Opend" (http://ow.ly/GT9TC )
JK--Fabled microbrew recipe kept out o Redcoat hands
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Dumb Waiters by
Pychedelic Furs JK--1981. Fun fact: Richard Butler rented out his voice as an
industrial sander
New
#IBM jk #ITKnowledgeExchange
column: "Shining analytical light deeply into dark data" (http://ow.ly/GSujg )
"CES2015:
#BigData A Quiet
Star" (http://ow.ly/GSiGf ) JK--Does cloud-bsd
deploymt constitute "levitation"? Yeah, big data's got that too
"Crowdsourcing
with mobile apps brings 'big data' to psychological research" (http://ow.ly/GSgiZ )
JK--Very powerful research potential
"Smart
Software Can B Tricked into Seeing What Isnt There" (http://ow.ly/GSeMd )
JK--How will self-driving cars see in blizzards?
"Filtering
Sources o Malware Threats" (http://ow.ly/GRYHu )
JK--Video: IBM X-Force reveals truth behind IP address reputation #IBMDataMag
"Avoiding
Data Noise to Enhance Healthcare" (http://ow.ly/GRYlt )
JK--Video: Suh explains how #bigdata analytics
improves HC #IBMDataMag
"Get
Up-to-Date Information on DB2 BLU" (http://ow.ly/GRXSv )
JK--Video: find out what’s new in #DB2 with #BLUAcceleration
#IBMDataMag
"Biz
Analytcs in Blink" (http://ow.ly/GRXqX ) JK--Vid: IBM Almaden
proj: answer all BI queries in seconds, rgrdlss o DB size #IBMDataMag
"Pushing
MapReduce Efficiency Envelope" (http://ow.ly/GRW28 ) JK--Me
on assess framwks 4 exec stat models in hybridizd infra #IBMDataMag
"Appliance-Based
Analytics & Trans Proc: Pt 1" (http://ow.ly/GRUYa )
JK--Bui & Palaniappan on rapid deploy effic data mgt #IBMDataMag
"Implement
Data Masking to Protect Sensitive Data: Part 1" (http://ow.ly/GRU7k )
JK--Biswajit Maji on obfuscation at scale #IBMDataMag
Why
#datascientists
need environments well suited for developing and executing #statisticalmodels
http://ibm.co/1vYKilf
by James Kobielus
How
the #undecidability
property is established with certainty through logic and mathematics http://ibm.co/1vYKilf
by James Kobielus
Suitable
#frameworks help #datascientists
apply #statisticalmodels
for #bigdata
infrastructures http://ibm.co/1vYKilf by James Kobielus
Pushing
the #MapReduce
Efficiency Envelope http://ibm.co/1vYKilf by James Kobielus
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Minnesoter by The
Dandy Warhols from The Dandy Warhols Come Down JK--1997. No idea why this not
on their best-of LP
Santa
getting ready for his 2nd shift. Today is Christmas Eve in the Eastern Orthodox
church. Elves & reindeer second-crew ready for service
I
don't understand "influence." I do understand appreciative readers.
Thank you one and all.
RIP
Little Jimmy Dickens. May that bird have flown up his nose on the way to
paradise.
New
#IBMDataMag jk
article: "Pushing the MapReduce Efficiency Envelope" (http://ow.ly/GPRHV )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Cherry Bomb by The
Runaways JK--1976. Origin of phrase "riotgrrl."
I'm
a bit tired of IT blogs with headlines about "why everybody
should..." (read, listen, do, follow, etc.). Nothing's THAT interesting.
Drafted
new #IBM jk #InfoWorld column:
"Behavioral Analytics in the Entertainment Industry’s Continuous
Campaign"
Drafted
new ITKnowledgeExchange column: "Shining Analytical Light Deeply Into Dark
Data"
Drafted
new #IBM jk #ITKnowledgeExchange
column: "Shining Analytical Light Deeply Into Dark Data"
Top
book on my list to read this year: "Big Data Revolution": http://bit.ly/BigDataRob
@robdthomas #BigData @WileyUpdates @jameskobielus
jameskobielus retweeted
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp See No Evil by
Television from Marquee Moon JK--1977. Great late 70s downtown band was sadly
ignored in its heyday.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Police & Thieves
by The Clash from The Essential Clash JK--1977. Great fusion of rock &
reggae.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Am I In Heaven? by
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard from I'm In Your Mind Fuzz JK--Band sounds
like named while high
Drafted
new #IBM jk blog:
"Fathoming Photos At Algorithmic Speed"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp New Year's
Resolution by Camera Obscura from Desire Lines JK--2013. "To write some
thing of value." Always mine too.
"Analytics
Autom8n Profit & Employment" (http://ow.ly/GOZCW )
JK--Devlin ignores my actual focus: shifting balance: decis suppt v autom8n
As
the year begins, I add #InformationWeek
to the roster of channels that post my columns. @DHenschen & I go way back (to my
analyst years)
"Machine
Learning for Biomedical Literature Triage" (http://ow.ly/GOBc9 )
JK--Which, of course, has been a #Watson use case from th
start
"The
future of storage: 2015 and beyond" (http://ow.ly/GOvHW )
JK--Very interesting and detailed look-ahead.
"
#Bigdata’s big
ideas" (http://ow.ly/GOtzE ) JK--Good compendium
and classification of interesting O'Reilly blogs from past year.
"Hadoop
Isn't for Everyone" (http://ow.ly/GOsDL ) JK--OK. But what is
for everyone?
"Internet
of Things (IoT): The Third Wave?" (http://ow.ly/GOrQT )
JK--1990s: Web. 2000s: mobile. 2010s: IoT. Hmmm.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Th Night They Drove
Ol Dixie Down by Th Band JK--1969. Historians say no proof Richmonders sang
"na na na" that night
"Deep
Learning in a Nutshell" (http://ow.ly/GOotv ) JK--Good primer. Like
a college course textbook. Yes, there's math.
Everything's
being explained in proverbial "nutshell." Could squirrels be hoarding
all the world's wisdom? Why? Post-apocalyptic domination?
"11
Clever Methods o Overfitting & How 2 Avoid 'Em" (http://ow.ly/GOlFw )
JK--Dont build models that explain everything & predict nothing
The
trick to keeping your spirits up in all circumstances is thinking of all the
ways things could be better, not how it could be worse.
Breathing
in the atmosphere of a new year. Deep inhale thru the nostrils. Long exhale
from the mouth. Oxygen floods mind & muscles. Relax.
"Let’s
just concede defeat 4 open standard for IoT" (http://ow.ly/GO3PD )
JK--That's premature. Plenty of open initiatives. No single one
Sunny
with scattered, wispy high clouds. Low 40s with mild breeze. Air is clear.
Quiet street. As good a January morning as can be expected
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Shall Be Released
by Joe Cocker from Mad Dogs & Englishmen JK--1970. Dynamite Dylan cover.
"'Smart
House' predicted smart home in 1999. So where is it?" (http://ow.ly/GNZsr )
JK--Why a 1999 baseline? Oldest prediction in th book
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp My Mistakes by
Eleanor Friedberger from Last Summer JK--2011. She has a "tough/smart
lady" voice.
Just
committed my first errant input of "2014" for current year. Won't be
the last.
Exercised
a lot over the holiday period, but also ate and drank a lot. Slept a lot too.
Did nothing a lot.
Wish
to thank my lovely, literate daughter for lending me her personal copy of Laura
Hillenbrand's "Unbroken." Exceptionally page-turning
Whar’s
your Mad Magazine Don Martin Character Name? I’m Rance Fleezitz.
Starting
to unpack my memories of 2014. Actually, no. Continuing to unpack my
realization of how ancient the 20th century now is.
#KEXP listeners' list of
top LPs of 2014 is real solid. Forget the rank ordering. Good releases up and
down the list: http://ow.ly/GLdeh
What
happens when you mix antibiotics with probiotics? Do they cancel each other
out?
Reading
profiles of transportation-improvemt projex slated for DC metro area in '15.
Ranking them in head by pain-in-ass reduction potential
January
4. A Sunday. Pretending that it’s still the holiday season. It is...in some
cultures. That’s good enough for me.
Still
don't get the point of devices that count steps. Just allot yourself a certain
time & a certain distance to walk. Just go. Don't count
Saw
"The Skeleton Twins" the other day on DVD. Wiig & Hader's
"yeah we can do drama" vehicle. OK, but still prefer them in comedic
material.
