At
the end of this summer, I'll have been in my IT career for 30 years. I've
mastered and forgotten an unholy load of plodding tech jargon.
"Polyglot"?
That's somebody who speaks like a parrot, right? Do they have any vocabulary
other than stating that they "want a cracker"?
Annoyed
by the ambiguous phrase "for the rest of us." Could refer to the 1%
as much as to the 99%. Which group does speaker identify with?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Blood by Algiers
JK--2015. Cool. Sounds like a work song by the prison band of brothers.
Ex-Maryland
governor Martin O’Malley officially challenges Hillary Clinton for Dem nom.
This won’t be his time. But he will have his day.
Before
long, there’ll be a Hypochondriac Channel on cable for all those FUD-grubbing
pharma commercials.
Clocks
and watches. I’m less interested in a personal appliance the core function of
which is to tell me the time. That I can see everywhere
Feels
like coffee has become the preferred potion of refined tastes the world over.
When’s the last time you recall going out for cocktails?
Reading
RW Emerson. Insightful, but reading 19th century erudite verbosity makes me
appreciate not having to endure its droning oration
WashPost
history comic sez Booth timed shot 2 B drowned by raucous laughline in play Lincoln watching. Line:
“sockdologizing old man trap”
The
description “hipster” always sends up red flags. Those who use it sound
patronizing. Those to whom it’s applied sound smug and superior.
Nice
to know that while I sleep somewhere on the Internet I’m always commenting on
big data. Don’t know how I do it.
IBMers
can choose btwn Macs or PCs--plans deploy 50K Apple MacBooks this year. http://ow.ly/NCAbD
JK--i’m on fence re which I should get
IBMers
can choose between Macs or PCs... plans to deploy 50,000 Apple MacBooks this
year. http://ow.ly/NCAbD
New
#IBM #SparkInsight
blog: "Answers to your burning questions about Apache Spark" (http://ow.ly/NCr3t )
Summary of recent Crowdchat
Catch
me Jun 8-11 at #Hadoop
Summit San Jose
& Jun 15-18 Spark Summit San Francisco. Working #IBM activities every one
of those days.
Big
Data Beats Cancer http://dy.si/5By2
"
#IBM Introduces
Behavior-Based Predictive Analytics by Industry" (http://ow.ly/NAIo9 )
JK--Retail, banking, telecom, insurance, etc
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Sidewinder
Sleeps Tonite by REM from Automatic for the People JK--1992. LP was their
creative & commercial peak
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp From Here To The
Door by George Jones from We Found Heaven Right Here On Ear JK--1966. He sang
with rich resonance
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Was It 26 by Chris
Stapleton from Traveler JK--Love this. Sings the ballad from deep down in his
gut.
How
to get started with Apache Spark today http://dy.si/qikQ
10
things you need to know about Spark http://dy.si/mLkW
"You're
Drinking Coffee All Wrong. Here's How to Fix That" (http://ow.ly/NxtFY )
JK--Just great. Another thing to give me the jitters.
New
#IBM #SparkInsight jk
slideshow preso: "10 things you need to know about Spark" (http://ow.ly/NvEjh )
New
#IBM jk #Dataversity
column: "Deep Learning Lives and Dies By Dimensionality Reduction" (http://ow.ly/Nvzsx )
Happiness
is discovering frozen microwaveable beef burritos wrapped nicely in the freezer
at lunchtime, calmly awaiting their yummy fate.
Sheer
scale of IBM is almost staggering. Not "almost"...TRULY staggering. I
get dizzy following every thing that's in coordinated motion
"Wearbls
& AI extend ent capabs" (http://ow.ly/Nuklu )
JK--VR, gesture controls, brain-comptr IFs, bio authnt, robotics, NLP, Watson,
etc
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Never Be The Same by
Built To Spill from Untethered Moon JK--2015. Nice new one from these guys.
Guitar sound CCR-ish
"KeystoneML"
(http://ow.ly/NsSNw )
JK--AMPLab sw framework simplifies use of Scala to construct scalable ML
pipelines with Apache Spark.
"Impressions
From Strata London And Big Analytics Israel 2015" (http://ow.ly/NsSAk )
JK--Big themes: real-time, stream processing
"Running
Spark on Hdp" (http://ow.ly/NsS8n ) JK--Modes: local
(single JVM), YARN clustr (spark-submit), YARN client (distrib spark-shell)
"Elephant
in Big Data Room: Data Locality Irrelevant for Hadoop" (http://ow.ly/NsQci )
JK--Processes execute just as fast if disk remote
Onalytica
says I'm #16 most influential individual big-data tweeter (http://ow.ly/NsKwb ).
Note: I also manage #1 most influential brand
One
of those days I'd describe as not merely busy, but monstrously so.
Caught
"Lucy" on DVD. Exceptionally preposterous sci-fi with Scarlett
Johansson, and Morgan Freeman just doing a Morgan Freeman imitation.
#IBM CEO Ginni Rometty #13
on @Forbes list of the World's 100
Most Powerful Women http://onforb.es/1KxnoxK #PowerWomen
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Big Data Analytics, GMOs, and the Future Cuisine of Space-Dwelling
Humanity" (http://ow.ly/Nr5bV )
"Data
Science & Open World Assumption" (http://ow.ly/NqZy5 )
JK--Seems 2 mean modeling unstruct/unlabeld/probablstc data w/unsup learning
Build
a Big SQL app using the IBM Analytics for Hadoop Service http://dy.si/rTwYk
Applying
Cognitive Computing to Color for Effective Design http://dy.si/iLfB
Saw
"Top Five" on DVD. Chris Rock seems to think remaking "Stardust
Memories" was good move for a comedian's midlife-crisis film. It wasn't.
Siri
responds to spoken queries with "OK James here's..." How can I reset
this to make it "yes Master, here's.."? Like "I Dream of
Jeannie"
RIP
John F. Nash Jr. Even if U ignore his Nobel Prize winning maths achievements,
can't help but be impressed how he overcame schizophrenia
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Let Go by The Very
Best from Makes A King JK--2015. Very cool power "world" groove. Malawi , UK ,
Sweden .
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Can't Keep Checking
My Phone by Unknown Mortal Orchestra frm Multi-Love JK--2015. Great song title.
Pure gadget angst
"The
Truman Show"? I think it was about President of the United States
being unaware that unseen others were causing the buck to stop there?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Waiting Room by
Fugazi from 13 Songs JK--1989. Arlington-based punk band acquired considerable
non-DC-area fanbase.
"A
virtual chauffeur? Not so fast, drivers say" (http://ow.ly/NoFRB )
JK--Self-driving vehicle tech coming faster than people realize.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Maggie's Farm by Bob
Dylan from Bringing It All Back Home JK--1965. His best "protest
song." Everybody can relate.
RIP
Anne Meara. Wisecracking Irish Catholic female half of best husband-wife comedy
team since Burns & Allen. And mother of Ben Stiller
If
shrunk autonomous vehicle tech down to a wearable, combined it with haptics,
& fitted it to blind person, would they need seeing-eye dog?
“Populist.”
Exactly which segment of the population does a politician have to appeal to in
order to be considered a “populist”?
Steve
Hillage "It's All Too Much" (http://ow.ly/NnnXa )
JK--1976. Improves on Beatles' original. A rare feat. George Harrison
composition
Stopped
into tiny Danish furniture store on a neighborhood corner in Georgetown today. Loved the design elegance.
Need a good reading chair
Futzed
with a few of the smartwatches at the Apple Store in Georgetown today. Not impressed. Definitely
not hankering to wear one.
Almost
stopped into Ben & Jerry's today. But thought better of it. Much as I love
ice cream, I'm not going to pay insane prices for scoops
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Smalltown Boy by
Bronski Beat from The Age of Consent JK--1984. I love this moody electronic
dancebeat.
I’ve
loved Georgetown since the summer of 1978 when I
lived here while working as an intern in Washington
DC
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp It’s You by Nao from
February 15 JK--Cool soul. Sounds like a lost Sade track.
The
Irish vote is starkest example yet of the disconnect between what the Catholic
clergy preaches and what Catholic people actually believe
I've
bought 7 albums this year so far. Spending my 3-day just enjoying them. Right
now, from early Jan: "Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper"
HEY
WAL-MART, IF I TWEET LOUD ENOUGH WILL YOU DELIVER THE PATIO FURNITURE WE
ORDERED!!!! IT'S MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!
