23 minutes ago
Listening
to Maron's podcast with Obama. Reminds me of how fortunate we've been the past
6 years to have a level head in the Oval Office.
IBM,
Box form extensive enterprise software alliance $IBM $BOX http://www.seekingalpha.com/news/2597145
I
must say I appreciate Donald Trump’s quadrennial efforts to put the bozo
content of th Republican presidential campaign right over the top
Next
week I resume my usual cadence of quick-hits, blogs, & stuff. Accent on the
"stuff."
Tip
4 biz doing biz-to-consumer survey-followup-nag email: "Your feedback
matters to us" (i.e. you) doesn't mean it matters to us (i.e., us)
"US
Army Person-Event Data Environment" (http://ow.ly/OQEp9 ) JK--To
investigate psychological factor impacts on health outcomes
"BBC
shows folly of ‘right to be forgotten’" (http://ow.ly/OQDOX ) JK--Agreed.
It's crazy to imagine you can efface historical record
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Rainbow
Connection by Kermit the Frog from The Muppet Movie JK--Amphibians are softies
at heart. Case in point.
New York’s Lake George:
A Living Lab for Solving the World’s Water Challenges http://dy.si/idsb
Galvanize:
hosts of the recent Spark Community Event and Hackathon in San Francisco.... http://dy.si/jTDLB
"Fantasy
Sports Betting: The Next 'Big Thing' Thanks to Big Data" (http://ow.ly/OPKXJ )
JK--Um, no thanks. Next big money pit, perhaps.
I'm
dismayd that Justice Scalia changed his position on jiggery-pokery. In my
profssional opinion, it is firmly rooted in British common law
jameskobielus
retweeted theCUBE
RT
@jameskobielus: Monday of last
week in downtown San Francisco
jameskobielus
added,
theCUBE @theCUBE
@jameskobielus
on @theCUBE discussing #IBM's big announcements about #spark
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=fWHw043B1Tk&feature=youtu.be …
#SparkSummit
RT
@ejacqui: Haha. I love tweeting and
then forgetting about it completely for hours until I find myself puzzled at
the replies.
Good
night out. Indonesian restaurant food. Nearby. We’ve never been there. No point
when we get better food at Indonesian parties
“Real
housewives”? Concept is self-contradictory. All of these women have paying jobs
outside the home: being “real housewives.”
Happy
for the backlash against displays of the confederate flag. As a Virginian, I
say “southern heritage--my rear end.” Slavery was sin.
"Biomimicry:
Nature's Clues to Big Data Success" (http://ow.ly/OO6GL )
JK--Urges IT-archtctr focus on emulate what evolution hath wrought
Wrote
all of next week's quick-hits. You must forgive me in advance. Plenty of overflow
analyses around Spark. Must discharge them in batch
New
#IBM jk #ITKnowledgeExchange
column: "Spark as a fit-for-purpose big data component" (http://ow.ly/ONFuQ )
I'm
still not clear on what the old black was, much less the new. Still in the dark
on that matter.
"In
1956, here’s how GM imagined self-driving car would work" (http://ow.ly/OMubc )
JK--Require ctrl tower permssion 2 switch 2 that mode
Only
appearance of Larry David in "Seinfeld." Unspeaking cameo as George
Costanza's father's cape-wearing lawyer (http://ow.ly/OMtrI )
"Trough
of Disillusionment." You know a technology is truly doomed when Gartner
demotes from there to the "Valley of the Shadow of Death."
"Algorithms
of the Mind" (http://ow.ly/OKXG7 ) JK--Good piece about
algos that "regenerate images corresponding to [a specific] concept"
He's
being marketed for speaking engagements as "Coach Joe Gibbs."
Apparently, it's an honorific that stays for life. Like "Pope
Emeritus"
Borat.
Every time I see someone citing that character, all I can think is they didn't
see Baron Cohen's follow-up: "Bruno." Killed the buzz
North Korea
survives on no rights, no food, no water, no electricity, no economy, & no
hope. Should shorten country name to "No Korea."
"Unbeknownst."
An ancient-sounding English word. Voicing it, I feel like I should be
addressing King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table
How
brands can plan for the unexpected http://ibm.co/1KaGLLC #IBMCommerce
Turning
an Unexpected Spike of Traffic into a Sales Opportunity http://ibm.co/1KaGLLC
#IBMCommerce
A
Wake Up Call for Brands: Surging, Always-On Consumers http://ibm.co/1KaGLLC
#IBMCommerce
"Mass
market." In physics, "mass" implies undifferentiatd matter
exhibiting inertial resistance to influence. No market meets that criterion
"Chaotic
Moon, IBM Watson Infer Audience Traits in Real Time" (http://ow.ly/OKdeu )
JK--Watson's Personality Insights capab. Way cool!
Chemical
Brothers "Galvanize" (http://ow.ly/OKbOP ) JK--2005. Didn't hold
back on June 15. Galvanized. Fingers on th #SparkInsight
button
"A
Look Back at Spark Summit 2015" (http://ow.ly/OJCnW )
JK--Good retrospective on Databricks blog.
"100
open source Big Data arch papers for data pros" (http://ow.ly/OJBi6 )
JK--One should skim list to identify knowledge gaps, then read
"Spark
DataFrames: Simple and Fast Analytics on Structured Data at Spark Summit 2015" (http://ow.ly/OJv1M )
JK--Good technical overview
"How
artificial intelligence explains analytics" (http://ow.ly/OJrY6 )
JK--Highlights Watson Paths visualizns to display Watson reasoning
"IBM
& Box Forge Global Prtnrshp" (http://ow.ly/OJoaQ )
JK--Includes integr8 insights from IBM Watson Analytics to content stored in
Box
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp California Stars by Billy Bragg & Wilco
from Mermaid Ave JK--1998. I craved that repose after recent Calif work trip
"Inceptionism:
Going Deeper into Neural Networks" (http://ow.ly/OJhWD ) JK--Algorithmic
computer-vision implement of believing = seeing
First
beep of the morning reminds to mute laptop. Don't need work tool that taunts me
like th Roadrunner or suggests bleeped-out profanities
Tasked
myself with writing blog today. By "tasked," I jotted down a headline
& scrounged up an article to react to. Let's see what develops
Fast
dramatic slanting rainstorm pushed its way through here yesterday evening.
Dropped the temperatures, if not the humidity. Fun to watch
My
strategy is to stay proactively on top of everything everywhere all the time
& retain the agility to abandon that strategy at any moment
Wasn't
a bad day. Caught up on stuff. I'd already pretty much caught up on sleep. Not
that I've been keeping a slumber ledger or anything.
"Deep
Learning & The Searchable Streaming Corpus" by @jameskobielus on @LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/deep-learning-searchable-streaming-corpus-james-kobielus …
"Would
you live in a Nazi relic?" (http://ow.ly/OHGWD )
JK--Why not simply tear them down? They're historically offensive eyesores.
Fred
Astaire dances in Alfred E Neuman mask in '59 TV special (http://ow.ly/OHuKY ).
What...he worry about being klutz on 2 feet? Never!
Does
anybody truly rest on their laurels? An evergreen shrub sounds like prickly
upholstery, at best. Better wallow in mud, if comes to that
Drafted
latest #Dataversity
column: "CAPTCHA as CAPTCHA Can"
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Deep Learning & The Searchable Streaming Corpus" (http://ow.ly/OHg6g
)
Beach
Boys essential white suburban squareness always been fundamental to their
appeal. Early recording of "Surfin'": http://ow.ly/OGZAW
Expected
to be the hottest day of the year so far in the DC area. Not a concern during
my work day, in my cool basement, but at night it is
Spark
at the Center of a Technology Revolution http://dy.si/gGpG
Scale
Effects, Machine Learning, and Spark http://dy.si/bHoiF
With
a Spark comes Power http://dy.si/GTGbP
IBM
Driving Spark into Real Time http://dy.si/wNZvf
IBM
Invests to Help Open-Source Big Data Software — and Itself http://dy.si/F2q2b
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Orpheo Looks Back by
Andrew Bird from Break It Yourself JK--2012. Very nice violin-driven
square-dance vibe to this.
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#IBM Delivers Docker
Based Container Services for Enterprise Cloud Application Developers" (http://ow.ly/ODXJg )
JK--Key cloud infra.
IBM
becomes the first reseller of the Docker Trusted Registry software http://wp.me/p5hvhT-7mAz
by @jordannovet
"Spark:
An Open Source Revolution Comes to Big Data Analytics" (http://ow.ly/ODdXC ).
Video from recent Spark Hackathon, SF #SparkInsight
New
#IBM jk #InfoWorld column:
"Algorithms for eyes: How deep learning can help the blind" (http://ow.ly/ODd6u )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Life on Mars? by
David Bowie from Hunky Dory JK--Suddenly noticed resemblance to Boomtown Rats
"I Dont Like Mondays"
"Obama
uses racial slur in intervu" (http://ow.ly/OD3ut ) JK--No
he didnt. "Slur" is speech act: insulting. He cited a frequent slur
word
I'd
like to see a "For Dumbasses" series. Translate the "For
Dummies" titles into snarky condescension. End every sentence with
"duh!"
"Deep
Learning Machine Beats Humans in IQ Test" (http://ow.ly/OCLUy ) JK--If
so, whither the Turing test?
"Recent
Evolution of Zero Data Loss Guarantee in Spark Streaming With Kafka" (http://ow.ly/OCIpL )
JK--Good "hardening Spark" discussion
"Reality
check." Redundant phrase. When check arrives, money's real, no longer
"in the mail." Or when it arrives, it's a real restaurant tab
"Spark
update adds R support and machine learning chops" (http://ow.ly/OCGVj )
JK--Good overview of enhancements in Spark 1.4
"LinkedIn
fills another SQL-on-Hadoop niche" (http://ow.ly/OCGyr )
JK--Pinot: Apache-licensed real-time analytics engine and datastore
"How
Machine Learning Is Eating the Software World" (http://ow.ly/OCFHH )
JK--That's a defining trend of the cognitive systems era.
"Data
science is still white hot, but nothing lasts forever" (http://ow.ly/OCFaX )
JK--Yeah & we're all gonna die some day. Happy Monday!
"Big
Data Talent: 6 Ways To Snag The Best" (http://ow.ly/OCEbd )
JK--"Snag"? Like velcro on bramblebush? Why not just wangle more
moolah?
Very
little disappoints me. That's because I keep my appointments few & select.
Must first appoint something before it can disappoint.
"Apache
Spark: Powering apps on-premise and in the cloud" (http://ow.ly/OCC2E )
JK--Good post. Glad I met Ben Lorica @bigdata
last week
"Spark
Monitoring: Handle 10B Requests a Day" (http://ow.ly/OCAey )
JK--Interesting discuss of Spark over Cassandra driving recomm engine
"Flying
faster with Twitter Heron" (http://ow.ly/OCzPI ) JK--Twitter-developed
real-time analytics plat fully API-compatible with Storm
"5
Reasons Apache Spark is the Swiss Army Knife of Big Data Analytics" (http://ow.ly/OCyvb )
JK--Good discussion by @VanRijmenam
"Architectural
Patterns for Near Real-Time Data Processing w/ Hadoop" (http://ow.ly/OCybz )
JK--Identifies use case for Spark Streaming
Getting
behind on my reading makes me nervous. I never try to be more than a week
behind. I catch up in batches.
"Fraud
detection in retail with graph analysis" (http://ow.ly/OCxpl )
JK--Good discussion of traditional killer app for graph analytics
"Overfitting
or generalized? Comparison of ML classifiers - a series of articles" (http://ow.ly/OCx7g )
JK--A textbook-grade resource!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Janitor by Suburban
Lawns JK-1981. Sounds like Yoko Ono singing "oh my genitals." I
assume that's "janitor," right?
"The
Internet of Things Transforms Transactions with Apache Spark" (http://ow.ly/OCuI6 )
JK--Good outlining of Spark advantages in IoT
"‘Brain
fingerprints': Will semantic memory ID replace fingerprints/passwords?" (http://ow.ly/OCu0S )
JK--More James Bond than practical
"Ray
Kurzweil: Human brains could be connected to the cloud by 2030" (http://ow.ly/OCtDg )
JK--Or does he have his head in th clouds now?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Ready, Able by
Grizzly Bear from Veckatimest JK--2009. A song that sort of slinks into your
lap & purrs contentedly
"7
Amazing Big Data Myths" (http://ow.ly/OCrSX ) JK--Unh unh. Sounds
more like 7 amazing strawmen constructed by the author.
I'm
often wary of the phrase "internationally recognized." Could easily
be used to characterize a Seattlite with a buddy in Vancouver.
"How
Sensor-Generated Data Enhances Your Data Warehouse's Value" (http://ow.ly/OCqZ6 )
JK--Discusses quality, security, & storage issues
"Introducing
ShArc: Shot Arc Analysis" (http://ow.ly/OCq8l ) Jk--Video motion
analytics applied to basketball trajectories.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Alberto Balsalm by
Aphex Twin from ...I Care Because You Do JK--1995. Percussion sounds like
tapping on metal railing
"The
Internet of Things Will Give Rise To The Algorithm Economy" (http://ow.ly/OCmmx )
JK--Article includes ghastly coinage: "meshternet"
"SQL
Will Inevitably Come To NoSQL Databases" (http://ow.ly/OClPQ ) JK--An
issue that the industry has beaten to death. Alright, already.
"Spark
& Storm face new competition 4 r-t Hdp processing" (http://ow.ly/OCkMA )
JK--Project Apex: OSS
version of DataTorrent RTS's engine
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Scare Myself by
Thomas Dolby from The Flat Earth JK--1984. Nice piece of jazzy pop.
Shocking
Blue "Love Buzz" (http://ow.ly/OB1TT ) JK--1969. Flipside o
"Venus." Didnt realize Nirvana's recording 20 years l8r was a cover
Hot
one today. Longest day of the year, just to compound the misery. This scorching
solstice already has me humming "Cruel Summer."
Publishers
Clearinghouse. They generate "you may have won a million" emails by the
boatload. Unsubscribe with extreme prejudice!
"Field
of Dreams." That catchphrase remains transparently manipulative a
quarter-century later. No, they won't come. Don't build it!
The
Rapid Rise of Deep Learning Computer Vision Technology http://rightrelevance.com/tw/ml_toparticles/28c96de3c03acfade3f7db4bc77e23a7234e7af0/artificial%20intelligence/artificial%20intelligence …
Bummed
that the most violent part of the thunderstorm moved thru here around 8.
Hyperventilating weatherman on TV preempted my “Jeopardy!”
My
daughter knew that her dear old dad loves Sno-Cap nonpareils. Great Father’s
Day gift! Favorite movie theater munchie when I was a kid.
WSJ
profile of Detroit describes it as "Michigan's
once-glittering city." When exactly was that? Before it became polluted
industrial zone?
People
hung up on getting into or their kids into Ivy League universities. What's th
big deal? I've met those grads. Smart, but not all that
Past
2 weeks in San Francisco/San Jose were an example of breaking through the 4th
wall of social media marketing. Doing it live in-person
From
the Driver to the Executors http://www.spark.tc/from-the-driver-to-the-executors/ …
Spark
and IBM InfoSphere Streams: Better Together http://www.spark.tc/spark-and-ibm-infosphere-streams-better-together/ …
New
#IBM jk #SparkInsight
blog: "Spark Summit 2015, Day 2: A gathering of today’s most dynamic data
scientists" (http://ow.ly/OyPx8 )
New
#IBM jk #SparkInsight
blog: "9 reasons why developers & data scientists are primed to spark
insight with Spark" (http://ow.ly/OyPu7 )
IBM
Apache Spark Community Event - Lightning Talks (http://ow.ly/OyPmf ) Last
Monday evening. San Francisco
Apache
Spark Community Event - Spark Panel (http://ow.ly/OyPjO ). This
past Monday evening. San Francisco.
#SparkInsight
Had
a wonderful 10 hours o deep sleep last night. I only experience that after
exhausting road trips. I didnt work today. That felt good too
Reading
WSJ profile of making of Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love.” Orig written for Crystals
or Ronettes. Their inferior versions never released.
Limbaugh
says Pope’s latest encyclical is call to vote Democratic. Necessary corrective
after decades of being preached to vote Republican.
End
of the week. Exactly where I want to be: on my sofa reading the newspapers my
wife let pile up in my absence. And drinking lemonade.
Airplane
diverted from Reagan National to Washington Dulles. Then a tornado hit Dulles.
And I was already freaking exhausted to begin with.
I
get exhausted just thinking about all the synonyms for “exhaustion” that I
currently embody.
The
core of San Francisco’s
downtown feels very East Coast. But once you climb those hills, it’s anything
but.
Stonebraker
delivered a terrific reality check on Spark, in the context of Hadoop’s recent
fast-track maturation. I am so glad he nailed it!
Now
that a fair number of people I work with have seen me at some length in person,
they realize I walk as fast as I talk & write.
My
favorite meal in San Francisco?
Something simple. A Tuesday special on tacos at some hole in the wall in North Beach.
Spontaneous nosh.
The
“gravy” moment in San Francisco
was the very end. I’d always wanted to hear DB guru Michael Stonebraker. He
didn’t disappoint. Brilliant
Highlight
of my San Francisco
sojourn? Popping out of the office late Tuesday afternoon, climbing stairs up
to Coit Tower. Sun, air, view
Looking
forward to walking my own neighborhood again after 2 weeks away. Contemplating
the familiar again.
Wife
mentioned North Carolina.
That’s cool. I like our coast too. But Kitty Hawk
fills up fast.
A
good 30 degrees warmer at home where I’m headed than San Francisco where I left. Good to leave
autumn behind. Summer is a-comin’ in!
Where
I always complete my San Francisco
trip: Perry’s at SFO, domestic terminal 1, near the Delta gates. Denver omelette.
Breakfast.
This
week's #IBM quick-hits: http://ow.ly/Ot4Za
http://ow.ly/Ot4Zw
http://ow.ly/Ot4ZV
http://ow.ly/Ot50h
Cogn
cmptg? Analytic fuel propel humanity to cosmos p1: http://ow.ly/Ot4Jx
p2: http://ow.ly/Ot4Ke
Fri #IBM qh in adv.
Chillin then
Machine
learning? The mirage of completely machine-milled data science (http://ow.ly/Ot41w )
Thurs #IBM qh in adv.
Travel day.
The
Pacific Coast
doesn’t get much more beautiful than right here at the Golden Gate National
Recreation Area in San Francisco.
Meeting
Michael Stonebraker at the Spark
Technology Center.
425 Market St.
Database industry legend. Winner of Turing Prize.
"IoT
Transforms Transactions with Apache Spark" (http://ow.ly/OsDle )
JK--Good balanced discussion of pros & cons of Spark for IoT
"Machine
learning breakthrough could revolutionize medicine" (http://ow.ly/OsCXH )
JK--More fine-grained personalized metabolic profiing.
"To
handle big data, shrink it" (http://ow.ly/OsCmH )
JK--Matrix condensation algo reduces data size, preserving mathematical
properties.
"Data
Virtualization Market is Strong" (http://ow.ly/OsBDH )
JK--Cites work of my #Forrester
bud Noel Yuhanna. We used to team on this
They
answered that question about whether they shoot horses, didn't they?
Geek
in me is excited to ride elevator at 425 Market up with young data scientists
on their way to work at new Spark Tech Ctr #SparkInsight
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Svefn-g-englar by
Sigur Rós from Ágætis byrjun JK--1999. Elegy or epiphany? You decide.
Regardless, it's a mystery
"3
reasons to run Spark in cloud" (http://ow.ly/OssRt )
JK--Sign up now 4 #IBM
Apache Spark as Service on Bluemix: http://ow.ly/Ost05
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Red Clay Halo by
Gillian Welch from Time (The Revelator) JK--2001. A perfect gem of Appalachian
bluegrass/country
"IBM:
Nurturing the Spark of Innovation" (http://ow.ly/OsnOS )
JK--Good analysis from @pund_it
Charles King. Great to have U this week!
Skipping
the quick-hits for next week. It's obvious what I've been doing 24x7 this week.
Need a mental cooldown.
I
could barely eat in peace at th Spark Summit a moment ago. Guy next to me saw
my nametag asked "You the guy who organized that CrowdChat?"
How
cold would San Francisco
feel in the summer without the supposed “heat island effect”?
New
#IBM jk #SparkInsight
blog: "Spark Summit 2015, Day 1: Energizing a new wave of data scientists"
(http://ow.ly/Os6O8 )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Susan by Aimee Mann
from Bachelor No. 2 or the Last Remains of the Dodo JK--1999. She sings with
plainspoken intimacy
RT
@dvellante: go back and watch this
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWHw043B1Tk&list=PLenh213llmcbrS58RDhZw7dpiN7NuqDHC&index=4 …
@jameskobielus just laid out
seve... #sparksummit
http://www.via-cc.at/22ye8
The
preferred noun form of "concise" is "concision." Truth be
told, "conciseness" isn't as concise.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Dreams by Beck from
the single JK-2015. New. Another great one from this guy.
Sleep
is for wimps.
The
sacred elephant and business value through enterprise Hadoop adoption http://ibm.co/1C3n9lV
#Spark fundamentally
changes the types of questions that can be asked.http://ibm.co/1Qz2fqP
#SparkInsight
Big
data = ability to achieve greater value through superior insights from
analytics on data of greater volume velocity variety & veracity.
Data-scientist
skillsets? Polymaths, prodigies, and tensions p1: http://ow.ly/Orgaw
p2: http://ow.ly/Orgd3
Wed #IBM qh
A
few days ago I met a young data scientist whose given name is
"Feynman." Talk about putting academic pressure on a kid from the
start!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Come To Your House
by Bouquet from In A Dream JK--2015. Nice one. Trippy electronica. A bit like
Broadcast.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp All Eyez on Me
(feat. Big Syke) by 2Pac JK--1996. Good one from the long-departed rapper.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Crystals by Of Monsters and Men from Beneath
The Skin JK--2015. Good new one. Catchy as hell.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Dancing at the Blue
Lagoon by Cayucas JK--2015. Love the romantic samba shuffle of this. Dance
floor seduction vibe.
San
Franciscans really love their baseball. Good for them. I dig the newly built-up
neighborhood around AT&T
Park. Families having
fun.
RT
@dvellante: @jameskobielus can literally
address 20-30 topics plus seemingly w/out taking breath #sparksummit http://www.via-cc.at/42ye4
RT
@dvellante: Watching replay of @jameskobielus on #theCUBE - in-mem graph
analytics machine learning #sparksummit http://www.via-cc.at/42ye2
Ben
Horowitz at Spark Summit describes IBM as the “rabbi” that anointed Spark. Here
I sit, the Roman Catholic embodiment of that rabbi.
Wearing
my suit jacket for yet another day of a business-casual San Francisco tech conference. Not putting on
airs. Simply staying warm.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Advertising Fatigue and The Analytics of Stealth Targeting" (http://ow.ly/Oo1TM )
#Hadoop uber-alles?
Tuning #ApacheSpark
for maximum scalability p1: http://ow.ly/OnUKx p2: http://ow.ly/OnUNx
Tues #IBM qh
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hard Sun by Eddie
Vedder from Into the Wild JK--2007. Like the late Jim Morrison, he has vocal
swagger in his DNA.
Gearing
up for Day 2 of #SparkSummit
in SF. By "gearing up," I mean "decompressing my nervous system
from yesterday's maximum compaction."
Oddest
"influence" I've been recognized as having on socials: interior
design (?!??). The only interior I care about is between my ears.
One
of life’s greatest pleasures is emptying one’s pockets. Followed closely by
filling them.
BTW,
tomorrow's quick-hit is about "Project Tungsten." U think I'm not
doing fresh analysis while in the midst of this #SparkInsight?
Today
is the single busiest work day of my entire career. By "today," I mean
"the past 2 months."
"
#IBM and Spark: The
start of something big in data and design" (http://ow.ly/OmmNA )
Video. #SparkInsight
RT
@theCUBE: Live now on #theCUBE, James
Kobielus, IBM. Join us at http://live.siliconangle.tv #SparkSummit
Tune
in now to #IBM theCUBE #SparkInsight
streaming interviews http://siliconangle.tv/ibm-spark-summit-2015/ …
On
my way to # IBM partner Galvanize’s facility at 44 Tehama to kick off #SparkInsight
community event. theCUBE streaming interviews
In
San Francisco,
jaywalking is more than justified by the need to avoid a ranting crazy person
on the sidewalk in front of you
New
#IBM jk #SparkInsight
blog: "Spark delivering value in the real world here and now" (http://ow.ly/OlEYY )
New
#IBM jk #SparkInsight
blog: "The emergence of a diversified industry ecosystem around
Spark" (http://ow.ly/OlEL1 )
Teeny
tiny typeface doesn't scale to legibility in front of a large room when it's
still embedded in massive monochromatic glop o dense text
Yeah,
we built the #SparkInsight
buzz. When one's multifaceted announcement has ample substance & advances
the market, it's not that hard.
"IBM
makes cluster compute engine Apache Spark core to its cloud" (http://ow.ly/Oleb8 )
JK--Spark as a Service on Bluemix. Coming soon.
Squatting
here in the press room waiting for the opening keynotes at Spark Summit. Press
room? Me? Sure, yeah: http://ow.ly/OlduP
Spark
as a Service on #IBM
Bluemix. Sign up here: http://ow.ly/OksS5
My
Forrester blog from Dec 2011: #Hadoop + in-memory +
graph DBs (http://ow.ly/Oknzw ). Was fairly clear
something like Spark would come
Here's
my first quick-hit to focus on Apache Spark in its own right, a year and 3
months ago: http://ow.ly/Okjls
Here's
my first quick-hit that mentions Spark, in passing, slightly < 2 years ago,
in a stream computing context: http://ow.ly/Okj5C
If
you're @ #SparkSummit
this morning in SF, come hear @BethTSmith
, IBM General Manager Analytics Platform, discuss our commitment to Spark
"IBM
Wants to Push Spark..." (http://ow.ly/Okgra ) JK--Spark as a
service, cross-portfolio integ, open-source ML, etc
"IBM
Invests to Help Open-Source Big Data Software — and Itself" (http://ow.ly/Okfyz )
JK--Interview with #IBM
Analytics SVP Bob Picciano
"IBM
Announces Major Commit 2 Advance Apache Spark, Calling it Potentially Most
Signif Open Src Proj o Next Decade" (http://ow.ly/Oju9t )
Fun
fact: I managed to write all of this week's quick-hits over the weekend while
otherwise insanely work-busy in San
Francisco.
Lyle
Lovett "If I Had a Boat" (http://ow.ly/Oj5MI )
JK--1987. Love how they worked this into "Still Alice" with Julianne
Moore.
KDnuggets
interview w/ #IBM @BethTSmith re #Hadoop #OpenDataPlatform
#SparkInsight,
(http://ow.ly/Oj4hC ).
Hear her tomorrow #SparkSummit
Apache
Spark 1.4 was released this past week (http://ow.ly/Oj3Uu ).
Includes alpha-level support for accessing Spark from R
jameskobielus
retweeted Monica Fox
I'm
along the far wall, in the middle, with bald spot. You can't miss me.
jameskobielus
added,
#BigData is indeed
rocket science. Check out NASA's 2015 technology roadmaps (http://ow.ly/OihhQ ).
BTW, their logo? Still cool.
Ah
yes, good ol' American plain yellow mustard on my poppy seed bagel. A culinary
delight I picked up in the cafeteria at Holmes Jr High.
Glad
the Embarcadero Starbucks has ample security-guard coverage close at hand.
Nasty homeless person promptd quick response. God, he's back
I'm
sorry, but after 40+ years "Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts" now
resemble the Las Vegas
morgue. Every time those commercials play, I age.
"Do
I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain
multitudes." --Walt Whitman (polishing his weasel-logic)
It's
semi-mindblowing the resource that an #IBM can assemble in short
order. "An.."? The!
Wikibon
theCube at #HadoopSummit
this past week (http://ow.ly/OhmSw ). Interviewed #IBM Joel Horwitz, Adriana
Zubiri, & Anjul Bhambhri.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Specialist by
The Heavenly States from HisS JK--2015. I like it. Actually, it thought it was
LCD Soundsystem.
A
hackathon is an intensely quiet affair. Rows upon rows o people staring
intensely into screens, deep into their private coding conundrums.
Using
music in my typical fashion: distract my mind while it ponders right POV on a
complex technical topic. Writing next wk quick-hits
"Project
Tungsten: Bringing Spark Closer to Bare Metal" (http://ow.ly/Oh78v )
Jk--Hope to meet the authors this week at Spark Summit. SF
I
think "humongous" should be spelled "hhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmoooooonnnnnngggggggggoooooooooooooooooouuuuuusssssss."
Just to drive it home
Hey
image-centric CAPTCHAs, don't ask us to identify the tigers. Ask to identify
the endangered species. Cultivate respect for life on Earth
It
doesn't scale! It doesn't scale! Who says it doesnt scale? That's what they
said about dinosaurs, 4 crying out loud! Oh, you have a point
Listen
close: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam
vel justo in lectus dictum feugiat interdum a dolor." Got it?
I
myself am not a Spark developer, but I'm enjoying overhearing the discussions
among coders at the Spark hackathon in SF right now. Osmosis
I
don’t care what anyone says but I consider bacon to be quite delicious
San Francisco. Where one
keeps a sweater close at hand, even when the sun is out on an almost-summer
day. Reaching for mine yet again.
Yesterday
I met Steve Hamm, IBM's Chief Storyteller (http://ow.ly/OgDeW ). As
IBM's Big Data Evangelist, I now officially covet his title
USA
Today revu of new bio has headline "Billy Martin: baseball's brawling bad
boy." With all due respect, I remember him as a tiresome jerk.
Lord
Huron "Louisa" (http://ow.ly/OgAsR ) JK-Starbucks on
Embarcadero now playing this. Thank you! Iconic view of Ferry Bldg & Bay
Bridge
God
made San Francisco
cool & windy so we won’t get overheated trying to climb its hills. Trust me
on this. I have it on higher authority.
New
#IBM jk #SparkInsight
blog: "Hadoop Summit 2015, Day 3: Passing the torch to Apache Spark"
(http://ow.ly/OfFgu )
Let's
see. I wrote 5 blogs in the past 24 hours. And I got 5 hours of sleep. That's
work-life balance for you.
This
week's #IBM quick-hits: http://ow.ly/Oe6Hp
http://ow.ly/Oe6KL
http://ow.ly/Oe6Q1
http://ow.ly/Oe6UV
Experience
optimization? The zen of targeted inconspicuousness p1: http://ow.ly/Oe2UU
p2: http://ow.ly/Oe2XL
Fri #IBM quick-hit
New
#IBM jk #SparkInsight
blog: "Hadoop Summit 2015, Day 2: Managing Hadoop's indistinct market
boundaries" (http://ow.ly/Ocn6r )
Hey
how about an elephant shooting sparks out of his trunk? Wait. Didn't Katy Perry
do some pectoral variation of that in some music video?
I
think they've saturated the "For Dummies" target audience. From what
I hear, though, the "For Ventriloquists" demographic is underserved
I
know the number of emails in my inbox is a finite integer. But why does
likelihood I'll differentiate and integrate them feel imaginary?
New
#IBM jk #SparkInsight
blog: "Machine learning and the Spark of accelerated insight" (http://ow.ly/Obe0O )
Hdp
uber-alles? New converged architctre o batch+streaming 4 Hadoop+Spark p1 http://ow.ly/OaTPL
p2 http://ow.ly/OaTUs
Thurs #IBM qh
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I'm Kin by Colleen
from Captain of None JK--2015. What is that? Some sort of electronic lute?
Interesting sound.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
blog: "Things Within Things Within Things Within And In And In And In
And…." (http://ow.ly/Oa38z )
RT
@arianagradow: All hands on deck
here @hadoopsummit to spread @IBMbigdata message. #@jameskobielus
aka tweeting machine @theCUBE...
All
hands on deck here @hadoopsummit
to spread @IBMbigdata message.
#@jameskobielus aka tweeting machine @theCUBE
The
Jetsons era won’t arrive until we all change our last names to concocted words
that suggest aerospace engineering.
Thinking
of writing blog called "7 Big Data Myths to Die For" & another
called "9 Big Data Myths That Go Surprisingly Well with White Wine"
"Business
driver." Won't work. IBM would never approve me getting my own private
work chauffeur. No approved vendors, for starters.
Ice
cream history would’ve been very different if Häagen & Dazs had never met.
But do they stand a chance against th Dippin Dots juggernaut?
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Building a strong foundation for Hadoop with the Open Data Platform
initiative" (http://ow.ly/O9uhW )
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Hadoop Summit 2015, Day 1: Innovation thrives as Hadoop nears
maturity" (http://ow.ly/O9udw )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp 1969 by The Stooges
JK--Curious what Iggy found so boring about the end of the 60s. The one small
step for man?
S&G
"Mrs Robinson" (http://ow.ly/O9klD ) JK--Upon their
separation, who got custody o th dossier they were keeping on her: Paul or Artie?
New
#InfoWorld #IBM jk column:
"Humans vs. algorithms: Who -- or what -- should decide?" (http://ow.ly/O9ig9 )
Interesting
to drive Silicon Valley and see where specific
vendors are HQ'd. All I can think is: "so that's what they see out their
window."
"Apache
Spark local livestream & reception" #SparkInsight
Repondez s'il vous plait. Merci (http://ow.ly/O9grs )
"Apache
Spark and its application" (http://ow.ly/O9eLI ) #SparkInsight
meetup a week from tomorrow. Moscow,
Russia
Has
anybody noticed I've been blogging on pretty much the same five-letter topic
for the better part of a month now? Nobody? Whew!
RT
@theCUBE Evolution of #HadoopSummit #theCUBE Coverage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-b09oPWAoM&list=PL5ABFCADFA347D8E3&index=34 …
@geoffreyamoore @jameskobielus @cutting @acmurthy @tlipcon
New
#IBM jk #SparkInsight
blog: "Avoiding code bloat as data scientists embrace Spark" (http://ow.ly/O96og )
Day
2 at #HadoopSummit.
Already looking forward to the after-party tonight in San Pedro Square. But first: 9 hours of
tech discussions.
Data:
The good, the bad and the ugly—and what you can do about it http://ibm.co/1GuK9l2
#SparkInsight http://ow.ly/i/beoqn
The
Osmonds "One Bad Apple" (http://ow.ly/O8lvq )
JK--1970. Perfect example of Pat Boone-grade uber-white ripoff of
African-American vibe
I
appreciate the personal touch of a form email misfire that addresses me as
"Hi XXX." My given name is indeed hardcore, adult, & explicit.
#Spark sparks imagination
with #In-memory Graph
& machine learning #analytics
http://ibm.co/1JC4S7e
#SparkInsight http://ow.ly/i/beqSm
Practical
applications for which #Spark
sparkles brightly http://ibm.co/1JC4S7e #SparkInsight http://ow.ly/i/beqCJ
Best
way to get the most out of data : Igniting interest in #Spark http://ibm.co/1GuK9l2
#SparkInsight http://ow.ly/i/beoqn
How
will data science shape the future of business? #ApacheSpark http://ibm.co/1EFis1B
#SparkInsight #ODP http://ow.ly/i/benKg
Answers
to your burning questions about #ApacheSpark http://ibm.co/1EFis1B
#SparkInsight #ODP http://ow.ly/i/benKg
Data
scientists need powerful #analytics solutions:
Is #ApacheSpark
th answer? http://ibm.co/1RlJ8hO #SparkInsight http://ow.ly/i/bengQ
The
power behind #ApacheSpark
http://ibm.co/1RlJ8hO
#SparkInsight #DataScience #Bigdata http://ow.ly/i/bengQ
What
every data #analytics
professional should know about #Spark http://ibm.co/1Bpo5Rk
#SparkInsight http://ow.ly/i/bemzw
#ApacheSpark : A
promising & more recent #bigdata #analytics approaches
http://ibm.co/1LJGNcr
#SparkInsight http://ow.ly/i/ben0k
Cognitive
computing? Apache Spark in neuroscientific modeling applications (http://ow.ly/O7XkF )
Wednesday #IBM quick-hit
Lou
Reed "Metal Machine Music" (http://ow.ly/O6QSx )
JK--1975. What "Finnegans Wake" was to unreadable, this shrieker was
to unlistenable
A
full breakfast plus a full lunch equals a full tank of energy for the 24-hour
period in which they are consumed. Hence dinner needn't be
This
"jobs 4 U" spam has gotten smart enough to tell me the hotel I'm
currently staying in has a job for me. What is it? Making my own bed?
Big
shout-out to Louis Cherian for a very successful #SparkInsight
crowdchat. Our second. Even better than the first: http://ow.ly/O5imq
New
#IBM #SparkInsight jk
blog: "Practical applications for which Spark sparkles brightly" (http://ow.ly/O5hWI )
Spark
accelerates data scientist productivity because, like any open-source
community, it facilit... #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/42w2h
Speak
of the devil, it's John Furrier directly across the table from me!!!! #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/12vzo
Great
to have you on the chat Ali! #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/22vzm
Hi
John. So am I. In the lobby near registration. All's a buzzin' with activity.
Plenty of Spark ... #sparkinsight
http://www.via-cc.at/12vzd
Hello
everyone and welcome to the second of our crowdchat on Spark. #SparkInsight #sparkinsight http://www.via-cc.at/62vz6
I
have my coffee, am powered up here at #HadoopSummit, and
ready for #SparkInsight
#Crowdchat: http://ibm.co/1Kluq8F
Decision
scientists? Machine learning and the emergence of the algorithmic legal
profession (http://ow.ly/O4uhp ) Tues #IBM quick-hit
First
technical accomplishment at #hadoopsummit:
helping @jameskobielus with the
non-existing wifi password. #goodboyscout
Finally
get to meet my fellow IBMER @jameskobielus
after being connected on social media for so long #hadoopsummit
On
the one hand, the coffee at the Delta Shuttle gate at DCA is free. On the other
hand, it's undrinkable. Can't have everything, I guess.
I
think "Weird Al" Yankovic should be awarded the Mark Twain Prize.
How
is #Spark likely to
evolve? Share your views in our next #SparkInsight #crowdchat on 6/9 http://ibm.co/1Kluq8F
"Dusty
in Memphis"
has almost become my default "comfort food" in LPs to listen to from
my collection. Feels real good in any moment.
