Jim
Gaffigan. Funny comedian who routinely delivers laughs. But if he screws up, he
has a good excuse: "I gaffe, again."
"American
Idol" ending after way too long. I've never once watchd an episode from
start2finish. But I've ignored it while switching channels
I'm
actually starting to follow the Washington Nationals more closely. A real solid
squad. They're on a streak. 1st place in their division.
Monkees
"Last Train to Clarksville" (http://ow.ly/Nkxym )
JK--What the? WashPost says this Boyce/Hart from POV of soldier bound 4 Vietnam
Hmm.
Hillary received emails warning about dangerous conditions in Benghazi. As if
she didnt receive similar re every other place in Mideast
"Outlet
stores." Outlet for what? The same exact merchandise you can buy anywhere
else that will carry it? The crap they can't give away?
"First
World problems." Problem #1 is thinking of yourselves as the "First
World." There's only one world, folks, and every people are in it
WSJ
article about Saddam Hussein craving for Doritos in prison. Couldn't help but
munch a few while I read it. My bad.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Look Good in Blue by
Blondie JK--1976. Most trad-pop of the CBGBs group. Beautiful lady singer,
well-crafted melodies
Read
WSJ "anatomy of a song." Bob Seger on writing Night Moves."
Inspired by KK's"Me & B McGee," "American Graffiti"
film, Boss "Jungleland"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Necessary Evil by
Unknown Mortal Orchestra from Multi-Love JK--Bit of a Steely Dan vibe here.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Stoic Resemblances
by The Helio Sequence JK--2015. Great exercise song, Get that cardio pumping.
Will
now mow the lawn and clear my brain. Have a good 3-day. I know I will.
Fight
the cold cyberwar with analytics http://dy.si/MhoYc
5
ways to make better merchandising decisions http://dy.si/q8GM
Geospatial
analytics with IBM SPSS Modeler http://dy.si/XqzqR
@Semaphorecomms @IBMSmrtrCmptng frontiers: PB
vols, real-time veloc, multistruct variety...as data pushes those magnitudes,
becomes #bigdata
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp In a Big Country by
Big Country JK--1983. If Scotland separated from UK, would it be a big or
smaller country?
"What
R Th Most Common Mistakes Made By Aspirational Data Scientists?" (http://ow.ly/NhH03 )
JK--The aspirationals' most exasperationals
"7
Techniques for Data Dimensionality Reduction" (http://ow.ly/NhGxW )
JK--Good reference. Could not be more essential to data science
"Why
Data Scientists Dont Have Time to Do Analysis" (http://ow.ly/NhFRI )
JK--And why didnt David Byrne have time for Mudd Club or CBGBs?
"Silicon
Chips That See R Going to Make Your Smartphone Brilliant" (http://ow.ly/NhF8K )
JK--With what impact on your own visual acuity?
"Say
hello to machines that read your emotions to make U happy" (http://ow.ly/NhEwE )
JK--Like a hip flask of wearable Internet of Things
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Rainbow by Robert
Plant & the Sensational from Lullaby and The Ceaseless Roar JK--2014. His
post-Zeppelin work is gr8
I
seriously hate those webpages w/embedded ad video that plays as you scroll over
it. Like annoying person always trying to get last word in
This
week's #IBM quick-hits: http://ow.ly/Nhxo1
http://ow.ly/Nhxsa
http://ow.ly/Nhxtt
http://ow.ly/NhxvJ
Hiatus next week.
#Hadoop uber-alles?
Surmounting scaling and acceleration challenges surrounding #Spark (http://ow.ly/NhwXI )
Friday #IBM qh #SparkInsight
The
lesson I learned from "National Lampoon's Animal House" was the
wisdom of the road trip. When the going gets tough, trip out.
Fitz
& The Tantrums "Spark" (http://ow.ly/NgJ2e ). 2013.
The
Shadows "Apache" (http://ow.ly/NgJ0m ). 1960.
Never
understood old slogan about Coca-Cola being "the real thing." Yeah,
it's really secret syrup dissolved in carbonated water. That thing
Kudos
to the great @louistcherian for
his masterful orchestration o today's very successful #SparkInsight
Crowdchat (http://ow.ly/Ngl6X )
Statistics
on #Spark community
are in this recent blog: http://ow.ly/NfiDQ
Congrats
to @acoliver for getting today's #sparkinsight
CrowdCaptain https://www.crowdchat.net/chat/c3BvdF9vYmpfMTMxNA== …
This
has been an amazingly (over-)stimulating Crowdchat on #Spark. Wow! #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/02stc
@IBMbigdata The next generation of
business application developers--the "Millennials" and beyond-... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/52st9
@IBMbigdata #Datascience is the
core of app development in the 21st century, in which big-data an... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/42st4
@IBMbigdata Here's a cool case study
from France of Spark machine learning on accelerometer data ... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/02ssx
@acoliver You are quite right on that,
Andrew. As Spark matures as a market, expect to see soluti... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/92ssi
@IBMbigdata #Datascientists
need to implement in-memory big data development and runtime platform... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/82ssd
@IBMbigdata #Datascientists
need to deepen their skills in iterative development of machine learn... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/02ss6
@pagal882 #Spark can access and
process data stored in HDFS, Apache HBase, Apache Cassandra, and ... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/42srz
@IBMbigdata Spark is another big-data
environment---alongside Hadoop, various stream-computing, v... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/42srq
@IBMbigdata Spark is a data-scientist
real-time exploratory machine-learning development environm... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/02sri
@IBMbigdata #Spark accesses
"data lakes" built on #Hadoop HDFS,
complements the low-latency strea... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/92srd
@IBMbigdata Spark-suited scenarios
describe many projects in social analytics, mobile analytics, ... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/72sqz
@IBMbigdata Spark’s machine-learning
tools are fundamental for boosting data-scientist productivi... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/92sqx
@IBMbigdata Spark’s graph analytics
are well-suited for anti-fraud, influence analysis, sentiment... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/82sqv
@IBMbigdata You may want to include
Spark’s streaming analytics capabilities if you’re doing low-... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/82squ
@IBMbigdata If you're a data
scientist building models in Spark, you may build a starter in-memor... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/12sqr
@IBMbigdata Data scientists would use
#Spark for “schema on
read" development, freeing them from ... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/82sqq
@IBMbigdata Data scientists would use
#Spark to rapidly
model and simulate alternate scenarios, e... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/92sqh
@IBMbigdata Spark is well-suited for
exploratory analytics by teams of data scientists using Hado... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/12sqc
@IBMbigdata Spark includes runtime
engines that are optimized for in-memory processing, streaming... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/02sq6
@elesinOlalekan I'd be remiss if
I didn't mention that IBM BigInsights 4.0 has Spark inside: ... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/12spz
@elesinOlalekan Register for
Spark Summit next month in San Francisco: http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/event/spark-summit-2015 …
#sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/12spv
@elesinOlalekan Start learning
about #ApacheSpark
today at http://bigdatauniversity.com/ #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/92spr
@IBMbigdata D-Streams are a
continuous sequence of RDDs representing data streams that are create... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/42spn
@IBMbigdata An RDD is a read-only
partitioned collection of records. It includes data-integration... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/02spj
@IBMbigdata Where Hadoop has
abstraction layers in MapReduce and YARN, Spark Streaming relies on ... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/12sph
Hi
@rxin Please join the #ApacheSpark #SparkInsight
crowdchat in progress #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/92sp7
Hi
@matei_zaharia @holdenkarau @andykonwinski @pwendell @MichaelArmbrust @xmeng . Please join the... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/02sp2
@IBMbigdata Spark boosts
data-scientist productivity through in-memory performance, easier APIs, ... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/52sok
@IBMbigdata Developers and data
scientist can bring existing expertise from familiar programming ... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/82soi
@IBMbigdata Spark enables
organizations to do more and deeper analytics with less coding and fast... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/32soh
@IBMbigdata Currently in version 1.3.1,
Spark is a layered distributed-computing framework that c... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/42so4
@IBMbigdata Forward-looking
organizations see Spark as a platform to complement their investments... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/02so1
@elesinOlalekan Not a matter of #Spark over #Hadoop. It's more a
matter of Spark leveraging and e... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/82snx
Remember
to post your replies under the question frames (e.g., Q1: What is Spark?) so
that others... #sparkinsight
http://www.via-cc.at/62snr
@avi_patwardhan Spark is not an
extension to MapReduce; instead, it complements MapReduce through... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/42snm
@IBMbigdata Spark's performance
advantages come from parallelizing models across distributed in-m... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/72snf
@andbflo_denny Advantages of Spark
are speed, simplicity, versatilitiy, ability to work with your... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/92snc
@IBMbigdata This capability makes
Apache Spark well-suited for the growing range of real-time app... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/92sn7
@IBMbigdata Apache Spark's core
design feature is the ability to support iterative, distributed, ... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/82sn5
@IBMbigdata Essentially, Spark is a
next generation cluster-computing solution, runtime processin... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/52sn2
@IBMbigdata Spark is a distributed
in-memory analytics tool. #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/52sn0
@IBMbigdata Glad to be on this
Crowdchat discussing Apache Spark. #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/42smw
Join
#crowdchat
starting at top of the hour: "What is #Spark?' #sparkinsight #apachespark http://bit.ly/1HkaXPp .
Use your Twitter to access
Join
our #crowdchat
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"Spark
insights from the recent Cambridge meetup" (http://ow.ly/NeQ3d )
JK--IBM's Monica Fox reports, #SparkInsight
Machine
learning as a fluid intelligence harvesting service http://dy.si/eWLgP
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Stoned And Starving
by Parquet Courts from Light Up Gold JK--2013. Song ends before learn if
stooped to cannibalism
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp To Have and to Have
Not by Billy Bragg from Life's a Riot With Spy vs. Spy JK--1983. Great raw
working-class anthem
Machine
learning? Distinguishing voices from chatter and beauty from clutter (http://ow.ly/NesMU )
Thursday #IBM quick-hit
RT
@ibmbigdata: Join our #crowdchat starting
in a few hours on 'What is #Spark?'
http://ibm.co/1Kluq8F
#sparkinsight
Join
our #crowdchat
starting in a few hours on 'What is #Spark?' http://ibm.co/1Kluq8F
#sparkinsight
I
do recall Letterman’s short-lived morning show in th early 80s. He would
feature a fat guy drinking out of a garden hose. I said what the?
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Machine learning as a fluid intelligence harvesting service" (http://ow.ly/NdBhb )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Moses Pain by
Jonathan Wilson from Fanfare JK--2013. Good song. Sounds like Tom Petty at his
peak. But better voice
Today's
Koby LinkedIn Pulse post had a helluva 1st day in views & likes: http://ow.ly/Ndu1s
Not
sure who's ghost-writing all those blogs with my name on them. But whoever it
is, I want them to cut it out. You're wearing me out!
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Trusting the ecosystem that sustains and maintains the Internet of
Things" (http://ow.ly/NceCz )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Lavinia by The Veils
from The Runaway Found JK--2004. If she were from my hometown, she'd be Lavinia
from Livonia.
After
I print out all the important emails for the morning, I staple them &
arrange in nice piles. Then I stare & smile at them.
Applying
cost-effective, off-premises cloud-based analytics http://dy.si/iaCK
Taking
On the Data Compression Challenge http://dy.si/4vDe
Cloud
Computing: A Path to Tech Success for Young People Around the Globe http://dy.si/824KA
Only
a short window of time each summer when groundwater warms house foundation
enough for me to work w/bare feet on basement floor. Not yet
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Jane Says by Jane's
Addiction from Kettle Whistle JK--True: the actual Jane kept wig to mask hair
loss from addiction
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Love Burns by Black
Rebel Motorcycle Club JK--2001. Band took name from Brando-led biker group in
"The Wild One."
Hallelujah.
It was cool again last night. Windows remained open. Comforter snugly wrapped
around my sleeping self. Couldn't be better.
Drafted
latest InformationWeek blog: "Drones and Their Impact on Data in the
Internet of Things"
Drafted
latest Dataversity blog: "Deep Learning Lives and Dies By Dimensionality
Reduction"
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
blog: "If Machine Learning Only Had A Heart" (http://ow.ly/NbruI )
Experience
optimization? The delicate art of sensitivity mapping in data-driven
application development (http://ow.ly/NbozI ) Wed #IBM qh
Taking
a break from the quick-hits next week. Memorial Day is Monday. That's my excuse.
Otherwise, I'm working.
The
pace of change and the sheer dizzying rush of new stuff to absorb has me
feeling punch-drunk & sucker-punched in equal measure.
"Changing
the world" is trivial. Anybody can change it. However, much of it gets
changed right back. Change it for good. And for good.
Taking
the next step toward text analytics http://dy.si/cRFpm
Deloitte
and IBM to Deliver Risk Intelligence Solutions http://dy.si/d1qP
What
Mobile & Analytics have in common: The Consumer http://dy.si/dPPZ
Morning.
When I wrestle my unruly inbox to the ground. Not a pretty sight. But somebody
has to show it who's boss.
"Great
R packages for data import, wrangling & visualization" (http://ow.ly/N8k5l )
JK--Near dizzying variety of available tools
Learn
about what makes #Informix
the ideal database for #IoT.
Video featuring IBM's Steve Shoaf - https://ibm.biz/SteveSh
#cloud #analytics
Presentation
on " #IoT architectures
& capabilities" from the IBM and Intel event https://ibm.biz/IoTArch via
@SlideShare #Informix #cloud
IBM
invites you to attend joint webcast with Intel- “Constructing the #IoT solution” on May 28.
Register- http://bit.ly/IBMIoTWeb #Informix
Balluff
uses IBM #DB2 BLU !
50 times faster access to complex #analytics reporting
in #SAP BW system https://ibm.biz/BdXjeC #ibmblu
New
ROI study finds #ibmblu #inmemory to be
cost efficient and mature! More details in this Wikibon Study- http://bit.ly/1bmsPQI
Want
to learn more about sizing DB2 BLU solutions? Attend the May 28th #DB2 Tech-talk. Register
here - https://ibm.biz/BdXHDy #ibmblu
Share
your expertise with thousands of peers at the #IBMINSIGHT 2015
conference. Submit session proposals by May 29- https://ibm.biz/BdXYhU
Big
data under control? Warring imps in the debate over AI impact p1: http://ow.ly/N8eE3
p2: http://ow.ly/N8eF0
Tues #IBM qh
No
useful pattern in readership metrics on my LinkedIn Pulse posts. Most populars
vary widely in subject matter, style, & intended audience
Hey
folks who want me to praise their books to help them market them: If any of you
write poetry, and it's good, I might. Otherwise, nah.
I
listen to music played overhead at stores. Sometimes I hear good songs I wasnt
aware of, eg Sheryl Crow "Abilene" (http://ow.ly/N7brv )
A
day my head was in the zone from first to last. Might have been the Twilight
Zone.
Comes
time in each workday when I walk outside to grab the physical mail. Not that I
badly need to get it now. But I badly need fresh air.
Please
join us on “What is Spark?” #SparkInsight #ApacheSpark
Crowdchat Thurs May 21 11am ET http://bit.ly/1Ago3zX
"Go
ahead, get grandma out of your feed" (http://ow.ly/N5nbG )
JK--No. Just be 100% yourself to 100% of family/acquaintances on socials
"Working
with Apache Spark Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shuffle"
(http://ow.ly/N5m7b )
JK--Insights from data scientist
Interesting
preso on Apache Ignite (incubating), a distributed framework for in-memory data
management (http://ow.ly/N5lS7 )
"Machine
Learning Methods For Captcha Recognition" (http://ow.ly/N5ksM )
JK--Interesting preso on topic of great import to online security
Statisticians
know that regression to the mean is inevitable. But regression to the nasty or
the just plain unpleasant is to be avoided.
"Outliers."
Word is a sort of a conceptual shibboleth. Business geeks interpret it in
Malcolm Gladwell terms, analytics geeks in stat terms.
"An
Introduction to Deep Learning...." (http://ow.ly/N5eSs )
JK--Statistical analysis learning through hierarchical layers.
Are
you paying attention to your telecommunications customers? http://dy.si/CxxD
Getting
started with Spark: How smart is your app? http://dy.si/yaS3
How
smart retailers turn data into differentiation http://dy.si/Zen8p
A
week till Memorial Day. Bugs starting to come out in summer formation. My hands
are starting assume battle stations in the swatting war.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Servant by Hanni El
Khatib from Moonlight JK--2015. Great one. You don't know if this show of
submissiveness is token
My
work email inbox on a Monday morning. It's a bit like waking up to find the
lawn you mowed Friday afternoon is once again waist-high.
Pointed
out to my Deadhead friend that, like them, musicians can build large loyal
followings without substantial airplay. Wilco for example
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Heinrich Maneuver by
Interpol from Our Love 2 Admire JK--2007. Thought this calld "how are
things on the west coast?"
Basic
cable seems to have an endless supply of documentaries about World War II and
the Nazis.
Which
evolved first: the chicken or the egg? I think the answer is obvious. Nobel
committee: just wire me the award money.
CNN
wonders why its ratings are anemic. I don't. Last night, it, typically,
broadcast a 3-hour straight "Atlanta Child Murders" documentary
Sitting
here contemplating strategy for dodging all obnoxious online campaign
advertising that's sure to come during 2016 presidential race.
Waiting
for Connecticut friends to traverse the Eastern Seaboard in their automobile
and get here so we can commence Sunday evening partying
Need
to adopt “-ghazi” as standard suffix for concocted scandal designed to
discredit a political opponent.
Wife
learning power of multi-channel e-commerce. Shopped/bought new patio set via
smartphone, laptop browser, call center, & in-store visit
Chicken
gizzards. Just grossed out my daughter with the fact that her paternal
grandfather enjoyed eating those nauseating digestive organs.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Reformation by The
Fall from Reformation Post TLC JK--2007. UK punk/post-punkers have averaged 1
LP/yr since late 70s
