The
people that WSJ calls “tech guru” tend to be equities analysts more adept at
P/E ratios than visionary tech prognostications. Snooze
Few
colleges now require English majors to take Shakespeare classes. I took Bard in
high school and a Milton class in college. Enjoyed both
Day's
been blessedly free of meetings & phone calls. Hence, blessedly full of me
getting stuff done. And not straining & rushing to do all.
Yes,
I write blogs in my sleep. Which explains why pillow, down-comforter, and
embarrassingly Freudian imagery permeates my writing.
"For
Big Data, Was The Best Of Times, Was The Worst Of Times" (http://ow.ly/M4hte )
JK--What the Dickens drives this tale of 2 outcomes?
"Predictive
Analytics: Reality Check Within Insurance" (http://ow.ly/M4gDS )
JK--Interesting findings on indstry resistance 2 pred analyt
Reality
check. The reality is when the check actually arrives & the funds fall into
your possession. Everything before that is unreal.
RT
@kexpplaylist kexp Do The Get
Down by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion JK--Good. But they're no John &
Spencer's Booze Explosion.
"MIT
develops progrmng lang to supercharge image & video machine learning"
(http://ow.ly/M4efT )
JK--Cut 1000s lines of code down to < 50
"How
PayPal beats the bad guys with machine learning" (http://ow.ly/M4d4E )
JK--Article notes #IBM
& others offer SaaS ML cloud services
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp A Day in the Life by
Beatles from Sgt Peppers JK--1967. UK now does forensic DNA test for House of
Lords membership
Tech-marketing
pros' laptops should come equipped with a "paradigm-shift" key. Hold
it + "Alt" down to inflect every statement in new mania
"From
Big Data to Big Bets on Food Science" (http://ow.ly/M4aBG )
JK--Building a massive database of all known plant proteins.
RT
@kexpplaylist: World Shut Your
Mouth by Julian Cope JK--1984. Watching 24x7 idiotic cable-TV chatter makes you
agree with this sentiment.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Every Day Should Be
a Holiday by The Dandy Warhols from The DWs Come Down JK--1997. It
is...somewhere in the world
This
was the only night this week where I had a normal-for-me sleep pattern. Felt
odd to wake up refreshed. Odd in a good way.
Caught
"The Theory of Everything" on DVD. Very good. Redmayne beautifully
inhabited the constrained body & expansive mind of Stephen Hawking
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Ain't Got No - I Got
Life by Nina Simone from At the Village Gate JK--1962. Great song! Great
body-part inventory!
"What
is data science?" (http://ow.ly/M3Ntj ) JK-- @BigDataGal indoors this time with a
static whiteboard & her book.
This
week's #IBM quick-hits: http://ow.ly/M3IHj
http://ow.ly/M3IJ2
http://ow.ly/M3IL7
http://ow.ly/M3IMu
Graph
analysis? Algos 4 detect social pattrns cnsstnt w/human-rights viol8ns p1 http://ow.ly/M3HQN
p2 http://ow.ly/M3HTg
Fri #IBM qh
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Machine-milled insights and the limits of algorithmic automation in
cognitive computing" (http://ow.ly/M3Fp9 )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Astral Plane by The
Modern Lovers JK--1975. Not to be confused with Van Morrison's "Astral
Weeks." No one does.
Microsoft-commissioned
@The451Group study of almost 2000
cloud users lists #IBM
as most likely to win cloud business http://bit.ly/1EvxI1s
My
ability to publish fresh thoughts is a gyroscope. Keeps my head pointing in the
same direction, no matter how, externally, I'm oriented
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Little Wanderer by
Death Cab for Cutie from Kintsugi JK--2015. Gibbard's lyrics are so good. Draw
you into his mind
Engaging
customer as individ? Rewards risks & mitigations of blended
physical/virtual retail experience http://linkd.in/1d3JwBH
Thurs #IBM qh
Always
fun to be accidentally poked in the eye by a fellow passenger trying to return
to his window seat. Now I have a serious headache.
Male
flight attendant with the highest pitched seemingly natural human voice I have
ever heard. Freaking me out.
Thanks
all for positive response to yesterday’s post. No, I am not starting a “sexy
movie star” thread. Curb your enthusiasm.
Drafted
all of next week’s quick hits in a single sitting. None is obvious crap. Plane
ride well spent.
Teaching
creationism in public schools. Ingenious method for discrediting public school
systems. Kids know BS when grownups dish it out.
Biz
proc optzn? Human-driven cyberplane..21st century ind val chain p1: http://ow.ly/LWk3I
p2: http://ow.ly/LWk4y
Wed #IBM qh in adv
Nice
to touch base tonight at #passbac
w/former colleague @bevelson. Boris
was/remains the dominant lobe in Forrester's big BI brain.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Search and Destroy
by Iggy & The Stooges from Raw Power JK--1973. Ann Arbor Pioneer HS
alumnus. U-Mich dropout.
"Machine
Learning Algorithm Mines 16 Billion E-Mails" (http://ow.ly/LW7Jm )
JK--Should predict when email overload has us at wit's end.
"How
Will The Transition To Self-Driving Cars Work?" (http://ow.ly/LW6D1 )
JK--That's a crisp maturity model. Data sharing & autonomy
"BigInsights
4.0 is now available" (http://ow.ly/LW5YA ) JK--IBM Open Platform
w/Apache Hadoop (BigInsights) version 4.0 includes Spark
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "The Fantastic Visualization Voyage Through the Deep Data of Human
Physiology" (http://ow.ly/LW4ce )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp America by First Aid
Kit JK--2014. Good cover of Simon & Garfunkel by the Swedish folkie sister
duo.
Simon
& Garfunkel "America" (http://ow.ly/LVXLJ )
JK--Gabardine suits no longer in style. But bowtie cameras may come back,
thanks to IoT
That
went well. Did my #IBM #cognitivecomputing
preso at #passbac (http://ow.ly/LLPcl ).
I didn't develop the slides, but I rode them.
Security
of big data? Hydra-headed security vulnerabilities of IoT p1: http://ow.ly/LTS4H
p2: http://ow.ly/LTS7X
Tues #IBM qh
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Leaving Here by The
Sonics JK--2015. Great one. Hard to believe they've been inactive for 50 years
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Accelerate your operational analytics" (http://ow.ly/LSydZ )
PureData for Operational Analytics http://ow.ly/LSygZ
"Cybersecurity,
data science & machne lrnng: Is all data equal?" (http://ow.ly/LSxIH )
JK--Discusses value of positive v negative samples
"Build
a connected-car IoT app with Geospatial Analytics" (http://ow.ly/LSv1x )
JK--Pretty cool. #IBM #Bluemix. Start your
free trial!
Internet
of Things. Why use 3 words when one will suffice? "Thingernet"?
How
many times must you iterate something before you've reiterated it? If you
reverse the process, have you thereby deiterated it?
I
feel guilty asking for a glass of water now in a California restaurant. I don't
feel guilty showering or using the commode. Go figure.
The
best nerve-relaxer when everything is in flux is simply to sit perfectly still.
Let the frenzy perfect your inner poise. Rest you.
"How
Moore's Law Changed History (and Your Smartphone)" (http://ow.ly/LR37v )
JK--Indelibly linked IT miniaturization with app value-add
Saw
the phrase "machine learning" on a billboard on Hwy 101 in the heart
of Silicon Valley. Only place on planet you'll see that. So far.
Moore's
Law is 50 years old. After age 50, you realize that the relevance of your
experience declines by 50% every 18 months.
It's
probably no surprise to anyone that I spend most of my spare moments on the
road writing. Same thing when not on the road. I write.
I
remain fascinated by the streetcars of San Jose and Santa Clara. The dream of
the 1890s is alive in Silicon Valley.
Handy
BS-generation algorithm: take any praise, make it superlative, & append
phrase “of all time.”
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Radio Free Europe by
REM JK--1983. Cold War refernce. Detroit had "Captive Nations" ethnic
festivals 4 Eastern Europe
Yes,
I'm a monthly columnist for InfoWorld InformationWeek Dataversity &
TechTarget. Cuz everyone in big data is entitled to Jimmy's opinion
