Aweekstweets March 21-28 2015: the week I did an unexpected NYC trip

2 hours ago

LIVE on #Periscope: Watching TV https://www.periscope.tv/w/VvhxUDI5NjQ0M3w2ODEzMjRMkJB59lPqEZiSGobjjIiAeMH5qyiBvndbGiVoK76H3w== …

7 hours ago

RT @jameskobielus: LIVE on #Periscope: Springfield https://www.periscope.tv/w/VvgprDI5NjQ0M3w1ODU0MjInmjlZwjSrWGxCgNh-EzRjDXrXDUs_EOujRHqPWogwkQ== … experiment streaming selfie

7 hours ago

LIVE on #Periscope: Springfield https://www.periscope.tv/w/VvgprDI5NjQ0M3w1ODU0MjInmjlZwjSrWGxCgNh-EzRjDXrXDUs_EOujRHqPWogwkQ== …

12 hours ago

LIVE on #Periscope https://www.periscope.tv/w/VvfjejI5NjQ0M3w1MTEwMDX7Qrq1iHN_EXOhuKQ2xv4f5rhhYZr1zejAXXlnThVAaw== …

13 hours ago

Have registered for, downloaded & started using the new Periscope service for streaming smartphone2world video. Scope me on Periscope.

23 hours ago

Not sure if that "I used to hate pooping in public" YouTube commercial is elaborate put-on or most nauseating advertisement in human history

Mar 27

RIP Richard III. Perhaps, if you’d resembled Marty Feldman in “Young Frankenstein,” Shakespeare might have made you a comedy protagonist.

Mar 27

RIP Michael Brown. Songwriter-keyboardist of The Left Banke. Composed both of their gorgeous hits: “Walk Away Renee” & “Pretty Ballerina.”

Mar 27

OK, enough of the "10 articles you absolutely must read." Go the next step: "1000 articles you must urge everybody in your country to read"

Mar 27

Whew. Weak. End. Whew!

Mar 27

New #IBM JK #InformationWeek column: "Apache Spark: 3 Promising Use-Cases" (http://ow.ly/KTOuQ )

Mar 27

I'm growing nuttier as I get older. For example, I challenge myself to do & write up insanely difficult analyses while in noisy airports

Mar 27

Improbably, I continued my usual thought-leadership output through the reorg-roiled and travel-interrupted past few weeks. Hanging on fine

Mar 27

This week's #IBM quick-hits: http://ow.ly/KSona  http://ow.ly/KSook  http://ow.ly/KSop3  http://ow.ly/KSoq5 

Mar 27

Information economics? #BigData role in helping developing economies truly develop all their assets (http://ow.ly/KSnLR ) Fri #IBM qh

Mar 27

New #IBM jk blog: "Delving deeply into the narrative hierarchies of computer vision analytics" (http://ow.ly/KSljQ )

Mar 26

New #IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse blog: "Placemaking, Urban Design, & The Analytics Of Public Space Utilization" (http://ow.ly/KPbQT )

Mar 26

#BigData single version of the truth? The absurdity of declaring #datawarehouse “dead” (http://ow.ly/KP61q ) Thursday #IBM quick-hit

Mar 26

Drafted next #IBM jk #InformationWeek column: "Spark: Fog, Cloud, Or Stream?"

Mar 26

"Beyond Hadoop: The streaming future of big data" (http://ow.ly/KP2YI ) JK--But batch, like ETL, isn't fading into the twilight.

Mar 26

Just saw legitimate PR pitch to discuss potential o big data in cannabis industry. Rollups & ingestion have whole different meaning for them

Mar 25

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Take Me for a Little While by Cher from Backstage JK--1968. Nice early soul solo while she was still hitched to Sonny

Mar 25

Been a full day of workshopping in Hell's Kitchen. Hope to round it out with a healthy round o winesipping tonight up in Midtown. Manhattan!

Mar 25

Can Hadoop really change the world? http://bit.ly/1BrkWiM 

Mar 25

#AnalyticsForAll livestream April 1st http://bit.ly/waliveldn  Watson Analytics, Twitter & IBM Verse #NewWayToWork http://bit.ly/1FVNgjc 

Mar 25

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Black Cherry Pie by JEFF th Brothrhood frm Wasted On Th Dream JK--2015. Ian Anderson on flute. Yes, Tullman incarnate

Mar 25

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Origins by Tennis from Young and Old JK--2012. This one makes me feel deliriously happy.

Mar 25

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads from Remain in Light JK--1980. "There is water at the bottom of the ocean." True!

Mar 25

Quantified self? The analytics of quantified candor p1: http://ow.ly/KM5Y6  p2: http://ow.ly/KM60e  Wednesday #IBM quick-hit

Mar 25

OK, I'm up. OK, hotel-lobby coffee urns, you better be down there & steaming your little guts out. I'm a comin' down. Good morning New York!

Mar 24

Cognitv cmptg? AI + BI = decision support + decision automation p1: http://ow.ly/KJARx  p2: http://ow.ly/KJATN  Tuesday #IBM quick-hit

Mar 24

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Hold On by Tom Waits from Mule Variations JK--1999. Great song that could just as easily be a soulful Springsteen.

Mar 24

Why a unified Hub makes perfect sense as a dynamic platform for hosting #datatechnology content http://ibm.co/1EEdEtM  by James Kobielus

Mar 24

Beginning spring 2015, #IBMDatamagazine becomes the centerpiece of thought leadership at the hub http://ibm.co/1EEdEtM  by James Kobielus

Mar 24

#IBMDatamagazine’s #nextstep in its evolution: Consolidation into the IBM #BigData & Analytics Hub http://ibm.co/1EEdEtM  by James Kobielus

Mar 24

Turning a Page http://ibm.co/1EEdEtM  by James Kobielus

Mar 24

"The #BigData Warehousing Seminar 2015" (http://ow.ly/KJnhC ) JK--May 21, NYC. Register: http://ow.ly/KJnsn 

Mar 24

"Integrated Tools That Empower Database Mgmt" (http://ow.ly/KJmUS ) JK--Bui & Miskimen on administer monitor optimize ent-scale databases

Mar 24

"Cognitive Innovation Shines a Light on Dark Medical Literature" (http://ow.ly/KJmpU ) JK--Rich Hughes on #IBM #Watson in biomedical rsch

Mar 24

"Turning a Page" (http://ow.ly/KJlbD ) JK--IBM Data mag merges w/ #IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub. I curate all Tech Mktg content on Hub

Mar 24

#SmarterWorkforce @ckburgess @mnburgess http://bit.ly/1BKAmhH 

Mar 24

Four interesting things about IBM, Hadoop and open source http://bit.ly/1FT3klH 

Mar 24

Continuous campaigning. My job now involves facilitating that. Must heed my own advice from year before last (http://ow.ly/KJjvK ).

Mar 24

World Water Day: Will Big Data Save Our Water Systems? http://bit.ly/1BKz5ay 

Mar 24

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box by Modest Mouse frm Strangers to Ourselves JK--2015. Good one from their new one

Mar 23

A yes, another day of postal mail, another "special invitation" to apply for another f***ing credit card. I feel divinely anointed as chosen

Mar 23

"Not all machine learning is created equal" (http://ow.ly/KGCwn ) JK--Discusses shifting senses in which term's been used over time

Mar 23

"5 reasons why Spark Streaming... is not stream processing" (http://ow.ly/KGAfj ) JK--See also my recent post (http://ow.ly/KGAqo )

Mar 23

Touring Test. Detects whether machine intelligence can spot tourist traps as rapidly as the most jaded human vacationer.

Mar 23

Even if no time 2 read something that's sorta interesting, I run my eyes over it. Words are textures. Like glancing at fabric. Patterns tell

Mar 23

"The Global Flow of People" (http://ow.ly/KGqqH ) JK--Cool data-driven visualization of migration flows btwn/within regions 1990 to 2010

Mar 23

"New NASA software crowdsources asteroid detection" (http://ow.ly/KGlZQ ) JK--Should crowdsource to 24x7 worldwide IoT deep-lrn sensornet

Mar 23

Pollen season definitely underway. My sinuses feel like there's a Sahara sandstorm raging within.

Mar 23

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Nancy Sinatra JK--1966. Late 60s: only time another Sinatra eclipsed Ol Blue Eyes

Mar 23

IBM Big Data for Social Good Challenge - Submission Showcase http://bit.ly/1FR9ClR 

Mar 23

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Windmills Of Your Mind by Dusty Springfield from Dusty In Memphis JK--1969. Romantic, wistful, & brassy. Beauty!

Mar 23

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp I'm Only Sleeping by The Beatles from Revolver JK--1966. Considering how busy they were, John deserved "lazy" time.

Mar 23

Drafted my latest #IBM jk blog: "Delving Deeply Into the Narrative Hierarchies of Computer Vision Analytics"

Mar 23

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Warrior by Laura Marling from Short Movie JK--2015. Nice one. Sounds like a moody Joni Mitchell.

Mar 21

Not sure if I should list self on Facebook as "public figure." A bit pretentious. Think I'll go with "historically significant personage."

Aweekstweets March 14-21 2015: the week I was never leaner

12 minutes ago

Reasonably nice early Spring day. Washed both cars inside&out. Winter slathered them both in nasty gunk. Now all draining to Chesapeake Bay

Mar 20

People misuse term "poster child." Not "shining example." Origin was pledge-bait MD-afflicted kids used in Jerry Lewis TV telethon campaigns

Mar 20

"The Mathematics of Data: Graph Analytics as a Service" (http://ow.ly/KBa27 ) JK--This will drive fog-computing cloud optimization in IoT

Mar 20

"Turning PhDs into industrial data scientists & data engineers" (http://ow.ly/KB7Zp  ) JK--"Finishing school"? Are they that raw?

Mar 20

Doctorates should be called "Elite Learning Masters of Exquisite Renown." So that people who have them must designate selves as "ELMER PhD"

Mar 20

"Why Are Geospatial Databases So Hard To Build?" (http://ow.ly/KB6Bp ) JK--Scaling of non-scalar data types with topological computations

Mar 20

New #IBM jk #InfoWorld column: "The all-consuming future of cloud analytics" (http://ow.ly/KB562 )

Mar 20

In a 24x7 online social world, when you're in th virtual presence of everything & everyone, it can be challenge to maintain presence of mind

Mar 20

This week's #IBM quick-hits: http://ow.ly/KA5WF  http://ow.ly/KA5Xm  http://ow.ly/KA5Ys  http://ow.ly/KA60b 

Mar 20

Stream computing? Complex event proc & splitting the definitional difference p1 http://ow.ly/KA57b  p2 http://ow.ly/KA59i  Fri #IBM qh

Mar 20

Big data: Not just for big business http://bit.ly/1AORKTs 

Mar 20

Why only one of the 5 Vs of big data really matters http://bit.ly/1AORCDv 

Mar 20

"Why you should use LinkedIn Pulse to self-publish" (http://ow.ly/KzYIb ) JK--You better believe it. My posts there have huge readership

Mar 20

RIP Andy Fraser. Wrote classic-rock gem "All Right Now" as bassist for British blues-rockers Free (http://ow.ly/KzWnN ).

Mar 20

New #IBM jk #Dataversity blog: "Framing the Data-Science Narrative through Spatial Composition" (http://ow.ly/KzW6d )

Mar 20

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Young Man Blues by The Who from Live at Leeds JK--1970. Good blues-rock. Sounds More Cream than Who.

Mar 20

"5 Things Marketers Need to Know About Data Science" (http://radius.com/2015/03/17/5-things-marketers-need-to-know-about-data-science/ …) JK--Article quotes me in a call-out.

Mar 20

New #IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse blog: "Frameworks Taking Precedence Over Stacks in Big Data" (http://ow.ly/KzUjF )

Mar 19

Few things are as life-affirming as a really good chocolate chip cookie.

Mar 19

New #IBM jk blog: "The evolving shape of distributed databases in the Internet of Things" (http://ow.ly/Kyvdq )

Mar 19

Have never understood why they call the ramp where models show their stuff a "catwalk." Real cats don't line up & walk in sync. Catfights?

Mar 19

I notice WSJ editorialists are referring to Net Neutrality as "Obamanet." What's the deal w/ giving him credit? Initiative long predates him

Mar 19

New #IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse blog: "The Coming Constellation Of Remote-Sensing Things" (http://ow.ly/KxjXi )

Mar 19

#WatsonAnalytics http://bit.ly/1GtEkQD 

Mar 19

Geospatial analytics? Placemaking, urban design, anecdotal assessments... p1 http://ow.ly/KwT0t  p2 http://ow.ly/KwT1Z  Thurs #IBM qh

Mar 18

Nice to be home. When I’m speaking at a conference, before long I tire of hearing my own voice. I enjoy shutting up.

Mar 18

Still thinking about the dolphins of Savannah. How far inland do they swim upstream into North America?

Mar 18

Early years of browser wars saw Microsoft Internet Explorer blow Netscape away. Then Netscape Navigator morphed into Firefox. IE languished.

Mar 18

"What is closer to the ground than cloud?" The Fog (http://ow.ly/KtTAn  ) JK--Good summary of fog-computing use cases in Industrial IoT

Mar 18

Advanced visualzn? Framing data-science narrative thru spatial composition p1: http://ow.ly/Kte3Y  p2: http://ow.ly/Kte4Y  Wed #IBM qh

Mar 17

I tend NOT to watch TV in hotel rooms. Why? You press channel up/down on remote & it may take, say, 5-10 seconds for the channel to change.

Mar 17

I've pondered philosophical implications of "failure is not an option." That mean failure is mandatory? If so, can't opt to succeed either

Mar 17

When asked if I know [some random name] who works at IBM, I take a deep breath. Like asking if I know some random resident of Fairfax County

Mar 17

"IBM Delivers First Cloud Data Svcs w/Twitter Built-In 4 Biz Pros&Devs" (http://ow.ly/KswJR ) JK-- #IBM Insights for Twtr svc on #Bluemix

Mar 17

#NewWayToWork #IBMVerse #SXSW @joelcomm http://bit.ly/1GkzchA 

Mar 17

What do you call a revolution that backfires on itself (eg, “Arab Spring”)? A convolution.

Mar 17

#TDWI case study using obviously incorrect Wikipedia data. National Lampoon actually founded by Doug Kenney, Henry Beard, & Robert Hoffman.

Mar 17

Carnegie Mellon could save $2M with IBM partnership http://bit.ly/1Gi0JjN 

Mar 17

Surprising Insights From the IBM/Twitter Alliance http://bit.ly/1Gi0HZd 

Mar 17

"Big Data and Analytics for the Internet of Things" (http://ow.ly/Kr2R7 ) JK--Developer Day event Tues Mar 24 830am Troy MI #IBMDataMag

Mar 17

"IBM Webcast: Optimizing the Customer Experience" (http://ow.ly/Kr2Ce ) JK--Tomorrow. 11am eastern. #IBMDataMag

Mar 17

"Fueling Modern Data Warehouses" (http://ow.ly/Kr2lr ) JK--Video: integration & governance can modernize a DW with good data #IBMDataMag

Mar 17

"Analyzing for Dollars" (http://ow.ly/Kr2c0 ) JK--Case study video: Take a customer-

Mar 17

"Driving Data Governance But Keeping It a Secret" (http://ow.ly/Kr1TU ) JK--Paula W. Sigmon on overcoming cultural resistance #IBMDataMag

Mar 17

"Data Visualization Playbook: Revisiting the Basics" (http://ow.ly/Kr1Fa ) JK--Jennifer Shin on fundamental principles #IBMDataMag

Mar 17

"Injecting Open Data into the Fight Against Ebola" (http://ow.ly/Kr1uv ) JK--Steven Adler on multinational efforts #IBMDataMag

Mar 17

Every recorded meteorite impact on Earth over the past ~ 4500 years, geo-visualized: http://ow.ly/Kr0s0 

Mar 17

"We (Almost) Have Tech to Predict Potholes" (http://ow.ly/KqWJ7 ) JK--Scan predictively identifies "raveling": road surface deterioration

Mar 17

"New sensor array changes th data collection game" (http://ow.ly/KqVS9 ) JK--Should open-source this tech 4 environmental IoT monitoring

Mar 17

"Why businesses should focus on wide data, not big data" (http://ow.ly/KqTPL ) JK--Translation: "focus on variety, not just volume."

Mar 17

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp On The Banks Of The Old Kishwaukee by Ryley Walker from Primrose Green JK--2015. Country-folk-Americana artist.

Mar 17

Internet of Things? The risk of sensor-driven overnotification (http://ow.ly/KqRRv ) Tuesday #IBM quick-hit

Mar 16

Oracle-r joke-protested my "blue" whale analogy re "Big Media." I retorted: "The ocean is blue. Th sky is blue. You're surrounded. Give up."

Mar 16

Twice tonight people told me i should be a professor. As if I'm not professing further and wider already in my chosen field. This is enough.

Mar 16

It seems like the people who post comments on YouTube skew toward those with borderline personality disorders. Something definitely askew.

Mar 16

Just saw ad for St. Patrick’s Day cards. I’ve never given or received one. Wouldn’t a green barf bag be more appropriate?

Mar 16

Drafted latest #IBM #InformationWeek jk blog: "Frameworks Taking Precedence Over Stacks in Big Data"

Mar 16

Drafted latest #IBM #Dataversity jk blog: "Framing The Data-Science Narrative Through Spatial Composition"

Mar 16

Smartwatches. Sort of like smartphones is the sense that almost nobody will check time on the former, or does phone calling on the latter.

Mar 16

"Spark Release 1.3.0" (http://ow.ly/KnF8i ) JK--Out this past Friday. Several significant feature enhancements.

Mar 16

"8 Reasons Apache Spark is So Hot" (http://ow.ly/KnDSC ) JK--Good summary.

Mar 16

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Green Rocky Road by Fred Neil from Th Many Sides o F Neil JK--Greenwich Village folksinger w/ searching soulful voice

Mar 16

Building a Low Cost, Low Power Internet of Things http://bit.ly/1GUiQQ4 

Mar 16

"Further ado." I've never heard anyone spell out the circumstances in which we can't do without it. So it's best to always be avoiding ado.

Mar 15

RT @mbucherl: Sponsor Panel for @bigdata business outcomes @jameskobielus @GokulaMishra @johnschitka @TDWI #tdwisav

Mar 15

There was a dolphin in the Savannah River this evening. We all saw its dorsal fin break surface & go back down. Tried to photo it. No avail.

Mar 14

The Norwegians have pioneered "slow TV" that shows next to nothing happening over many hours. I propose a Paint Drying Channel.

Mar 14

The packed Zumba class just before our yoga was sweating up a storm. We spent our hour in a virtual Bikram of their perspiration mist. Ewww!

Mar 14

Catch #IBM in force at TDWI Savannah this week. We have 2 speakers, one of whom is me (keynote & 2 panels).

Mar 14

This morning I weighed myself on an old-fashioned physical stand-up scale with fulcrums. I trust those. 145. I've never been leaner.

Aweekstweets March 8-14 2015: a week of seriously supercilious Silly Putty

4 hours ago

Cool. Trader Joe has Indonesian sambal. They refer to it as Indonesian salsa. Same difference. Made in Indonesia. Give it a try.

8 hours ago

“Ex-pat.” Term seems to indicate an Irish emigrant. Happy St Pat’s Day (Tuesday) from this quarter-Pat Eire-diaspora descendant!

9 hours ago

Jimmy Kimmel is consistently funnier than Jimmy Fallon. Judge them by their respective monologue styles. Do the 11:30 toggle.

20 hours ago

Saw “Whiplash” on DVD. Superb film about an utterly driven student jazz drummer & his brutal taskmaster teacher. Gave me carpal tunnel.

Mar 13

"AI Researchers Propose Machine Vision Turing Test" (http://ow.ly/KjyUZ ) JK--A kind o Rorschach in which machines squint @ image meaning

Mar 13

"Smartphones Will Soon Learn to Recognize Faces and More" (http://ow.ly/KjwT7 ) JK--Machine learning in a smartphone-embeddable chip.

Mar 13

When someone says something will be th "[this-or-that] of the future," I smile. Unless it's been pulverized, the past too will be the future

Mar 13

Weird how utterly essential the skills honed in my many years of being an industry analyst are to my work as solution marketing professional

Mar 13

Friday the 13th. Not sure if I should be superstitious, supercilious, or super serious. Yes, I do think your rabbit's foot is effective

Mar 13

"How Deep Learning, Voice Recognition Will Change the Internet" (http://ow.ly/KidVx ) JK--More efficient searches for media/image objects

Mar 13

"Artificial Intelligence May Transition Decision Support to Actual Decision-Making" (http://ow.ly/Kidal ) JK--Great one from Mike Schiff

Mar 13

"Why Graph Databases are Perfect for IoT" (http://ow.ly/KicaH ) JK--Efficient traversal/analysis of complex behavioral graphs

Mar 13

"...DCG/Constellation Alliance" (http://ow.ly/KibvN ) JK--Considering I once workd with both people mentioned, curious how that will work

Mar 13

"Apple ResearchKit: Big Data Meets Medical Research on iOS" (http://ow.ly/Kiamf ) JK--Early apps track asthma, cancer, Parkinson's, etc

Mar 13

"Will Apple Watch Become Global, Big Data Sensor Network?" (http://ow.ly/Ki9FE ) JK--Whoa! Hold your horses! Let's see if any1 buys them

Mar 13

I'm going to propose that Francis Ford Coppola call Marlon Brando back for a sequel: "Zombie Apocalypse Now."

Mar 13

This week's #IBM quick-hits: http://ow.ly/KhXlU  http://ow.ly/KhXoU  http://ow.ly/KhXqE  http://ow.ly/KhXst 

Mar 13

Machine learning? Pick an algorithm, but not just any algorithm (http://ow.ly/KhWWF ) Friday #IBM quick-hit

Mar 13

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) by Pixies JK--TV news: do NOT play this when reporting on shark attacks. Don't get cute

Mar 13

Still puzzling over how to slip the term "heteroscedasticity" into casual conversation. That's a toughie (http://ow.ly/KhTG9 )

Mar 13

How the Internet of Things is shaping modern business http://bit.ly/1GzeNoS 

Mar 13

Building a Business with the Watson Ecosystem http://bit.ly/1GzePgg 

Mar 13

Friday the 13ths in 2 consecutive months. Is that double bad luck? Or is it like multiplying 2 negative numbers together to get a positive?

Mar 13

"Is the Data Warehouse Dead? Is #Hadoop trying to kill it?" (http://ow.ly/KhF7q ) JK-- #IBM DW opinion from Dennis Duckworth.

Mar 13

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive by Death Cab for Cutie from Kintsugi JK--2015. Another good 1 from their upcoming new 1

Mar 12

New #IBM jk blog: "Visualizing big science like never before" (http://ow.ly/KgiYs )

Mar 12

See the #PureAppMagic of creating a pattern in this tutorial. http://ibm.co/hybridcloudapps  http://ibm.co/1aRhDM5 

Mar 12

Create & deploy a pattern w/ #PureApp in this tutorial. http://ibm.co/hybridcloudapps  http://ibm.co/1aRhDM5  #PureAppMagic

Mar 12

Want to see #PureAppMagic? Try the #hybridcloud tutorial. http://ibm.co/hybridcloudapps  http://ibm.co/1aRhDM5 

Mar 12

It doesn’t take a 4-leaf clover to get the #hybridcloud you want. http://ibm.co/hybridcloudapps  #PureAppMagic http://ibm.co/18oBTmE 

Mar 12

Pat #PureSystems knows the #PureAppMagic of hybrid cloud – do you? http://ibm.co/hybridclouddemo  http://ibm.co/1wbRVeQ 

Mar 12

See it. Try it. Love it. Sign up for our 30 day hybrid cloud trial. http://ibm.co/hybridcloudapps  #PureAppMagic http://ibm.co/18oBTmE 

Mar 12

You won’t have to go over the rainbow to find #PureAppMagic with hybrid cloud. http://ibm.co/hybridclouddemo  http://ibm.co/1wbRVeQ 

Mar 12

It’s not luck, it’s the power of hybrid cloud w/ #PureApp. http://ibm.co/hybridcloudapps  #PureAppMagic http://ibm.co/18oBTmE 

Mar 12

3 key shifts to digital business using advanced analytics http://bit.ly/1GvV3lR 

Mar 12

How One Company Uses Big Data To Build Skis http://bit.ly/1GvUqss 

Mar 12

Drafted next week's #IBM blog: "The Evolving Shape of Distributed Databases In the Internet of Things"

Mar 12

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp 100,000 Fireflies by Th Magnetic Fields from Th Wayward Bus JK--1992. Cover artwork by brilliant Wendy Smith Walters

Mar 12

Catch "Understanding th New World of Cognitive Computing" w/ me @sardire et al, Wed Apr 1, Enterprise Data World, DC: http://bit.ly/19e240E 

Mar 12

#Hadoop uber-alles? Framewrks growing more importnt than staks in #bigdata p1 http://ow.ly/KeKpa  p2 http://ow.ly/KeKrT  Thurs #IBM qh

Mar 12

I don’t understand that stupid verdict. “Blurred Lines” sounds nothing like “Got To Give It Up.”

Mar 11

US presidential politics. Like the 17-year cicada, but every 4 years. The annoying screech builds & builds till U just want to swat them all

Mar 11

Nice to see I'm still influential even when not particularly inspired. Maybe just run on the fumes of my residual influence. Yeah, that's it

Mar 11

My challenge this week has been squeezing coherent contemplations (i.e., the blogs I'm writing) amid all the other work tasks. Typical.

Mar 11

RT @tonyshaw: This Thursday: @Daversity #webinar on #CognitiveComputing & the mobile app economy w/ @jameskobielus http://buff.ly/1EbPb1h 

Mar 11

Equities analysts. I'm curious what algorithm determines, on any given day, if their hearts are bullish or bearish.

Mar 11

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Sweet Jane by Velvet Underground frm Loaded JK--1970. 10 yrs l8r, Reed was himself an "evil mother," recording "Dirt"

Mar 11

Cognitive computing? The seeing-eye duck of artificial intelligence (http://ow.ly/Kc7Z7  ) Wednesday #IBM quick-hit

Mar 11

LinkedIn's metrics on who we're connected to thru whom. I'd also like it to automatically compute our degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon

Mar 11

Now we are moving into that brief period when snow moaning subsides but pollen moaning hasn’t yet begun to swell.

Mar 10

Interesting that business-standard practice o "bring your own device" becomes issue in the presidential campaign, re govt-official practice

Mar 10

Only Tuesday & it feels like the week's been going on for years. A lot of feverish activity to prep way for IBM's new, improved Big Data Hub

Mar 10

I see that GigaOm has ceased operations (http://ow.ly/K9Hwz ). That's sad. I read their content avidly.

Mar 10

Love in the time of streaming data http://bit.ly/1Exupf4 

Mar 10

"InfoSphere Guardium Tech Talk: Encrypting Sensitive At-Rest Data" (http://ow.ly/K9Gc3 ) JK--Tues April 7 11:30 AM Eastern #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"InfoSphere Guardium Tech Talk: Recent Guardium Enhancements" (http://ow.ly/K9G0L ) JK--Tues March 24 11:30 AM Eastern #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"DB2 Tech Talk: Get Acquainted with Data Server Manager" (http://ow.ly/K9FPS ) JK--Thurs March 26 12:30 PM Eastern #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"Accelerating Workload Exploration on Bluemix Platform" (http://ow.ly/K9FFm ) JK--IBM Redbooks solution guide #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"Fast & Seamless Integration" (http://ow.ly/K9Fnj ) JK--IBM Redbooks solution guide: Integrate mainframe source/destin8n data #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"Voices From the Cloud" (http://ow.ly/K9Fbm ) JK--IBM Redbook: Discover how to simplify cloud computing #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"Applying Innov8v Analytics 2 Energy Grid Protection" (http://ow.ly/K9ENx ) JK--IBM Redguide: Assessing smartgrid cyberhealth #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"Making Complex Systems Management a Snap" (http://ow.ly/K9EhB ) JK--Management Console for IMS and DB2 for z/OS #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"Rapid Analysis of Real-Time Streaming Data" (http://ow.ly/K9E21 ) JK--Kimberly Madia on InfoSphere Streams Version 4.0 #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"Enterprise-Scale Infrastructure for Digital Era Analytics" (http://ow.ly/K9DF5 ) JK--Cuneyt Goksu on z13 for in-memory apps #IBMDataMag

Mar 10

"Big Data Initiatives in Developing Nations" (http://ow.ly/K9D6o ) JK--Ajay Ohri on big data enhancing lives o underprivilegd #iBMDataMag

Mar 10

IoT? The eventual orbital constellation of remote-sensing things p1: http://ow.ly/K9lPx  p2: http://ow.ly/K9lVk  Tues #IBMDataMag qh

Mar 9

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty shares #IBM’s bold agenda in her letter to investors. http://ibm.co/18UQk31  #IBM2014AR

Mar 9

Interesting blog re DB evolving from "mutable global state" to distributed always-growing log of "immutable facts" (http://ow.ly/K6OK3 )

Mar 9

"Why Chief Data Scientist in White House is Big Deal for Healthcare" (http://ow.ly/K6L6l ) JK--But U wonder if they'll have policy input

Mar 9

"The Future of Information: Revealed' (http://ow.ly/K6gE1 ) JK--Ubiquitous monitoring & IoT analytics

Mar 9

"IoT's dark side: Hundreds o unsecured devices open 2 attack" (http://ow.ly/K6g7S ) JK--Hundreds? How quaint. Brace yourself for millions

Mar 9

"Save Me From Overbearing IoT Analytics" (http://ow.ly/K6fED ) JK--Refers to consumption items with IoT endpoints that monitor & nag us

Mar 9

Monday is trash day in my neighborhood. Or, as I like to think of it, we've open-sourced our household discards to community landfill.

Mar 9

Grant-Lee Phillips "Spring Released" (http://ow.ly/K68Z0 ) JK--Spring's not released yet. Jumped the gun on the springing. Wait ~ 2 weeks

Mar 9

Glanced at rack of Fitbits at checkout lane in Kohl's yesterday. Still don't see need to be reminded of my heart rate. Nor do I weigh myself

Mar 9

How everyone can become a data scientist http://bit.ly/1GiXCYh 

Mar 9

Does Spark Streaming qualify as stream computing? http://bit.ly/1EuStPP 

Mar 9

IBM Invests $1B to Redefine Storage Economics #softwaredefined #IBMStorage http://bit.ly/1EuSqDz 

Mar 9

The beauty of big data: the L’Oréal and IBM story http://bit.ly/1EuSnYl 

Mar 9

Analytics Antics: Life before Watson Analytics http://bit.ly/1EuSmUt 

Mar 9

Morning. Daily work ritual of getting my head back in gear. Especially hard after weekends. I do it by bootstrapping a patterned self-dialog

Mar 9

"Analysts say 'Any industry can be disrupted”'… really?" (http://ow.ly/K5ZL6 ) JK--IT analyst dissects this re his own space.

Mar 9

When what I say is misattributed to others, I'm of 2 minds: I want credit, but I also want my ideas to circulate unencumbered by my ego.

Mar 9

Hey @syvylyze see "Data Scientist: Closing the Talent Gap" (http://bit.ly/1o5u2ko ), 8th paragraph @jameskobielus #quote #correctionplease

Mar 8

Now that I'm running IBM Analytics' technical-marketing social content-engagement strategy, I'm taking a breath & pondering what next.

Mar 8

"The First Computer Programmer was a Data Analyst" (http://ow.ly/K4L8L ) JK--Article doesn't substantiate that claim for Ada Lovelace.

Mar 8

Ada Lovelace. History's first programmer. Hardware, not software. But not hardcore. That's where distant descendant Linda enters the picture

Mar 8

Standard Time ended last night. Now we're on Non-Standard Time. That means we can do whatever the hell we want for next 8 months. Right?

Mar 8

YouTube now displays ad for "how to get a girlfriend." From what I recall in my long-ago dating days, the primary technique: meet women.

Mar 8

Browsed physical media section at Barnes & Noble. Beatles "Revolver" vinyl for $22? All the lonely people who miss this format will pay that

Mar 8

Serious snowmelt underway. I can hear the basement sump pump from upstairs here. Music to a homeowner's ears.

Mar 8

Mother Jones. Surprised there’s no rightwing mag called Father Smith.

Mar 8

Seems like I’m morphing into an Internet of Things evangelist. So be it.

Mar 8

A redundant phrase is “action plan.” A non-action plan is no plan.

Aweekstweets March 2-7 2015: the week I did Cleveland

49 minutes ago

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Don't Wanna Fight by Alabama Shakes from Sound & Color JK--2015. Brand new. That is SO GOOD. Crunchy R&B!!!

55 minutes ago

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Heart of Glass by Blondie from Parallel Lines JK--Live, Debbie would turn, showing her behind on "love's gone behind"

4 hours ago

Snowmelt Saturday in NoVA. Parking lots are crowded because people need to get out but many spaces still occupied by ginormous dirty piles

6 hours ago

Post-winter storm parking lots. Obstacle course for pedestrian. Not just snow piles but grime that covers every car U might brush up against

11 hours ago

Not sure what’s worse this year: winter weather or winter whiners.

23 hours ago

My LinkedIn Pulse blog today on IoT data modeling is proving to be a smash hit. Go figure. I thought its geekiness limited its appeal.

Mar 6

Calling all #PureData clients, which tools are important? Give us input so we can prioritize cert efforts. #enzee http://svy.mk/1Dpn9Pv 

Mar 6

Learn from your peers about #Informix & #IoT by attending the @IIUG 2015 event! http://ibm.co/IIUG2015  http://ow.ly/i/8w7YH 

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Mar 6

Improve reporting speed for thousands of users. See how Knorr-Bremse used #ibmblu to do just that: http://bit.ly/knorbrem  #manufacturing

Mar 6

Knorr-Bremse uses #ibmblu! 4 TB data/day, thousands of users, 60 #SAP systems with reports in 30 seconds! Listen: http://bit.ly/knorbrem 

Mar 6

Get smart about data science http://bit.ly/1G7JAsx 

Mar 6

You Shared, We Voted, and the First Watson Analytics Marketoon was Born http://bit.ly/1G7JwZS 

Mar 6

"10 types of regressions. Which one to use?" (http://ow.ly/K0ZXw ) JK--Vincent Granville crisply discusses an otherwise confusing topic.

Mar 6

"Introducing Flink Streaming" (http://ow.ly/K0YHo ) jK--New real-time stream processing feature in nouveau #bigdata analytics exec frmewk

Mar 6

"The Architecture of a Data Visualization" (http://ow.ly/K0XEF ) JK--"Multilayered Storytelling through Info-spatial Compositions"

Mar 6

"Comparing supervised learning algorithms" (http://ow.ly/K0Vp4 ) JK--Hey data scientists take note of that very useful comparison table

Mar 6

"Future of Public Space Analytics" (http://ow.ly/K0UOq ) JK--Exceptionally great discussion directly relevant to civic Internet of Things

Mar 6

"Why Women Make Great Data Scientists" (http://ow.ly/K0Tse ) JK--Please no gender generalizations. Every person has strengths/weaknesses

Mar 6

"Elemental Path Announces CogniToys" (http://ow.ly/K0SbE ) JK--1st toys powered by #IBM #Watson, offering interactive, personalized play

Mar 6

"Dark Web: anarchy, law, freedom & anonymity" (http://ow.ly/K0RrG ) JK--Good discussion of big-data analytics on it for risk mitigation

Mar 6

"How enterprises can use artificial intelligence" (http://ow.ly/K0Ra7 ) JK--Article nicely discusses how some ARE USING it now.

Mar 6

"Can #Hadoop Replace My ETL Tool?" (http://ow.ly/K0Qqh ) JK--Good analysis by TDWI's Philip Russom.

Mar 6

"The Conscious Web" (http://ow.ly/K0OFF ) JK--"Teilhard called it the 'nooshphere'"? No. That's simply how he pronounced it when drunk.

Mar 6

Gimme a break re "end o civilization as we know it." Civilization as we know it is always ending. There's always a new page we dont yet know

Mar 6

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Carolyn's Fingers by Cocteau Twins from Blue Bell Knoll JK--1988. A true Cocteaus fan actually knows the song names.

Mar 6

"No, AI Won’t Kill Us All" (http://ow.ly/K0KS0 ) JK--Oh, that's right. Elon Musk is also warning us while he's undoubtedly wielding it

Mar 6

Dear Billionaires Who Earned It Primarily from Tech: Please spare us the later-in-life apocalyptic freak-outs about techno-armageddon.

Mar 6

"CMU & IBM Launch First Cloud-Based Analytics Partnership 4 Smarter Buildings" (http://ow.ly/K0Hwh ) JK--Using new #IBM Building Mgt Ctr

Mar 6

"Recent performance improvemts in Apache Spark" (http://ow.ly/K0H6I ) JK--Article has interesting overview o programmng languages 4 Spark

Mar 6

"Near real-time queries produce more credible results for #bigdata users" (http://ow.ly/K0GIM ) JK--A pause makes user doubt response

Mar 6

"Gartner Advanced Analytics Quadrant 2015: Gainers, Losers" (http://ow.ly/K0GpZ ) JK-- #IBM remains among the industry leaders.

Mar 6

New #IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse blog: "Defining the Unified Data Model for the Internet of Things" (http://ow.ly/K0Bj2 )

Mar 6

This wk #IBMDataMag qhs: http://ow.ly/K0Apo  http://ow.ly/K0Apo  http://ow.ly/K0Asg  http://ow.ly/K0Ark  http://ow.ly/K0Asg 

Mar 6

Decision scientists? Sensor-driven wearable data in cust-engagmt loop p1 http://ow.ly/K0zLM  p2 http://ow.ly/K0zNn  Fri #IBMDataMag qh

Mar 5

"Too much human faeces on Mount Everest, sez Nepal" (http://ow.ly/JZSEt ) JK--So it's official. The world's highest point is full of sh*t

Mar 5

Glad it snowed throughout the work day, so I could at least get post-work shoveling exercise in lieu of club exercise I didn't dare drive to

Mar 5

"Exhibit devotd 2 all things Bjork is too much" (http://ow.ly/JZPGt ) JK--Gr8 opening sentence: "If Bjork isnt pretentious, then who is?"

Mar 5

"NKorea Calls Knife Attack on US Ambassador 'Punishment'" (http://ow.ly/JZOhW ) JK--State-sponsord violent assault on ambssdr? Act of war

Mar 5

A day of hoisting heavy loads overhead. My head is back to normal. For me, normal is listening to music, not straining to concentrate.

Mar 5

Scaling back the quick-hits to 4 a week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Need to keep this manageable re my workloads.

Mar 5

"IBM Acquires AlchemyAPI, Enhancing Watson’s Deep Learning Capabs" (http://ow.ly/JYpq0 ) JK--40,000 develprs have innovated on AlchemyAPI

Mar 5

"SoftLayer to Offer OpenPOWER Servers to Help Clients Better Manage Workloads in Cloud" (http://ow.ly/JYoIR ) JK--"Bare metal" as a svc

Mar 5

The Race to Probe the Twittersphere http://bit.ly/1EpTlnn 

Mar 5

Machine learning? GPU-powered deep-learning algorithmic accel p1: http://ow.ly/JXY9z  p2: http://ow.ly/JXYbQ  Thurs #IBMDataMag qh

Mar 5

Waiting for 4-8 inches snow to start piling up, per overnight forecast. Just hunkering down, working, expecting post-work work of shoveling

Mar 4

What's with th "it is a great honor to request your presence at..."? Anybody can try to grab a piece of my time. You'd B honored if I accept

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Mar 4

Oh gosh, that's right. I am totally behind on wishing every single one of my Facebook friends happy birthdays. What is the matter with me?

Mar 4

Storage optimization? Analytic-driven intel in hybrid storage fabric p1 http://ow.ly/JUzKI  p2 http://ow.ly/JUzLQ  Wed #IBMDataMag qh

Mar 3

Level-setting #bigdata concepts apples-to-apples means I'm often concurrently juggling concentric apples, oranges, pomegranates & coconuts

Mar 3

Having grown up outside Detroit gives me a perfect reference frame for sizing up Cleveland. They and Buffalo are cousin cities. Erie-strewn.

Mar 3

Absolutely no chance of the Cuyahoga catching fire on this soggy winter day. The Cavs, however, burned th Celts like an industrial blowtorch

Mar 3

Cleveland's got a good downtown stadium/arena district. The Cavs know how to orchestrate a sporting event for maximum entertainment value.

Mar 3

New #IBM jk #InfoWorld column: " #Hadoop is probably as mature as it's going to get" (http://ow.ly/JU0sC )

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Mar 3

What do Led Zeppelin and your baby have in common? http://bit.ly/1FRsxuA 

Mar 3

You Shared, We Voted, and the First Watson Analytics Marketoon was Born http://bit.ly/1FRssqO 

Mar 3

"CeBIT Global Conference" (http://ow.ly/JRYZo ) JK--March 16–20 in Hanover, Germany Register http://ow.ly/JRZcm  #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

"DB2 Symposium: Advancing DB2 for Linux, UNIX, & Windows Skills" (http://ow.ly/JRYMM ) JK--9-unit, webinar-format this month #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

"The #BigData Revolution" (http://ow.ly/JRYAu ) JK--Storytelling approach to gain inspiration for big data revolution #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

"Enhancing #Hadoop with Powerful Enterprise-Grade Capabilities" (http://ow.ly/JRYmW ) JK--Whitepaper: BigInsights Linux Sys z #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

"Automating Distributed Computing Resources" (http://ow.ly/JRY91 ) JK--Whitepaper: Apply autonomics to modernize DB2 for z/OS #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

" #BigData Projects and Return on Investment" (http://ow.ly/JRXXc ) JK--Wikibon Project analysis report #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

"Putting the Action into Actionable Insights" (http://ow.ly/JRXIV ) JK--Download Wikibon analysis report #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

"How to Game the Turing Test" (http://ow.ly/JRXyN ) JK--Me. I got game. #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

"What Is a Data Warehouse After All?" (http://ow.ly/JRXch ) JK--David Birmingham on adaptive DW architectures #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

"Living in the Mobile Moment" (http://ow.ly/JRWWA ) JK--Erik Burckart on mobility & contextual data for rich experience #IBMDataMag

Mar 3

#Hadoop uber-alles? Open source Hadoop has found its commercial sweet spot (http://ow.ly/JRPWJ ) Tuesday #IBMDataMag quick-hit

Mar 2

Is Victoria's Secret using cryptography to keep it that way? Regardless, she's not making much of an attempt at cloaking it.

Mar 2

How catchphrases, keywords can be engineered to trick humans into thinking they’re engaging with a http://ibm.co/1DL2Oo1  by James Kobielus

Mar 2

Why gaming a #Turingtest is challenging considering #intelligence is gained through experience http://ibm.co/1DL2Oo1  by James Kobielus

Mar 2

A #Turingtest may mimic #humanintelligence, but #intelligence is acquired through life experiences http://ibm.co/1DL2Oo1  by James Kobielus

Mar 2

How to Game the #TuringTest http://ibm.co/1DL2Oo1  by James Kobielus

Mar 2

New #ITKnowledgeExchange #IBM jk column: "Spark and its growing pains" (http://ow.ly/JPXpB )

Mar 2

New #IBMDataMag jk column: "How to Game the Turing Test" (http://ow.ly/JPX18 )

Mar 2

Drafted next #IBM jk blog: "Defining the Unified Data Model for the Internet of Things"

Mar 2

Drafted latest #ITKnowledgeExchange column: "Spark and Its Growing Pains"

Mar 2

Drafted latest #Infoworld column: "The All-Consuming Future Of Cloud Analytics"

Mar 2

"AVG unveils invisibility glasses to defend against facial recognition" (http://ow.ly/JPhXc ) JK--And imply wearer is "up to something"

Mar 2

Catch my #Dataversity Smart Data webinar: "Cognitive Computing in the Mobile App Economy" Thurs Mar 12 2pm EST. Reg: http://ow.ly/JPfC6 

Mar 2

" #IBM Delivers Record Performance to Cloud, Mobile and Web App Developers" (http://ow.ly/JP1g2 ) JK--SPECjEnterprise2010 benchmarks

Mar 2

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Bored In the USA by Father John Misty from I Love You, Honeybear JK--2015. Spliced-in laughtrack/audience are spooky

Mar 2

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Perfect Day by Lou Reed from Transformer JK--1972. Perfect example of placid aggression in fairly creepy lyric/vibe.

Mar 2

#BigData vision? Something singular may or may not this way come p1: http://ow.ly/JOHDA  p2: http://ow.ly/JOHFQ  Mon #IBMDataMag qh