Google
Maps streetview shows trees in my childhood suburban Livonia neighborhood now
much taller than my Mom’s on Detroit’s east side. Wow!
Travel
really does deepen one’s world perspective. Having toured Turkey , for
example, I pay more attention to their news, politics & history
If
you can’t afford a more spacious house or a larger yard, no problem. Just
rebrand your snug digs as a “villa.”
Draft
exemption caused seminary enrollments to swell during Vietnam War. I recall
surfeit of seminarians taught religious ed at my church
For
me, th a-ha moment came in 2nd grade. Sick a few days. Upon my return, teachers
didnt fill me in on what I'd missed. So I fill myself in
Thinking
back on my 3-decade (as of this weekend) tech career. There has never been a
plan behind it. Only a desire to stay in front of it.
Thank
you Jeopardy! Now I know that the ceiling-walking Indonesian cicak is a dwarf
gecko. Definitely not a wisecracking Cockney reptile.
What
did I do this week? Or perhaps the question is what did I NOT do this week?
1
retweet0 favorites
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Everyday I Write the
Book by Elvis Costello from Punch the Clock JK--1983. Mentions archaic tech:
electric typewriter
Come
to IBM Insight 2015, Oct 26-28. LV.
I do 2 talks: fluid DW & cognitive computng in mobile app economy.
Register: http://ow.ly/RL6K0
New
#IBM jk blog: "Hack
the weather with deep data science" (http://ibm.co/1L6S1Wf )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Electric Funeral by
Black Sabbath from Paranoid JK--1970. Every time I hear Ozzy Osbourne's voice I
start 2 giggle.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Man I'm Only Human
by The La's from There She Goes JK--1988. Great. Sounds like British
Isles folk/worldmusic.
"How
Big Data Can Improve Home Healthcare" (http://ow.ly/RJxTd )
JK--Remote health-issue monitoring, prediction, & prevention.
"How
Spark Democratizes Analytic Value from Hadoop Lakes
"6
Reasons That Apache Spark Isn't Flickering Out" (http://ow.ly/RJxef )
JK--Good discussion by Peter Schlampp.
New
Apache tp-lvl projex: Ignite (http://ow.ly/RJwTh ) 4 distrib in-mem data
fabrc & Lens (http://ow.ly/RJwZO ) 4 unif analytics plat
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Swords by M.I.A.
from Matahdatah JK--2015. The clanging sword sounds can't help reminding of
"Paper Planes" gunshots
"Data
Imprints and the Holocaust" (http://ow.ly/RJv0A )
JK--Not sure what the point is in estimating Nazi per-soldier murders committed
"About
the Curse of Dimensionality" (http://ow.ly/RJtD8 )
JK--Too many data dimensions -> overfitting -> classifier performance
decline
"Predictive
Analytcs: a Soup Story" (http://ow.ly/RJteQ ) JK--Analogy falls
apart @ model iteration unless pred anlyt model = soup recipe
"Building
Eyes for Self-Driving Cars" (http://ow.ly/RJsqJ )
JK--Uber & UAriz optical scientists collab on testing slf-drvng Ford
Fusions
"Computers
Can Predict Schizophrenia Based On How A Person Talks" (http://ow.ly/RJs6O )
JK--Minimal between-sentence semantic coherence
"NOAA
And NASA Plan To Send A Drone Right Into Tropical Storm Erika" (http://ow.ly/RJrPt )
JK--Need drone canaries for coal-mine duty.
"Economic
Forecasting Getting More Up-to-the Minute" (http://ow.ly/RJrx1 )
JK--Streaming big-data analytic economic-indicator monitoring
Odd
political/commercial email convergence. One message from Don Beyer,
congressman. Next one: from Don Beyer, Volvo dealer. Same dude.
The
remedy for brain-scattering multitasking is intensely maniacally focused
single-tasking on something, anything from the deepening pile.
Comes
a time in every work day when I take a breath & see how many windows I've
opened on my desktop. Then I shut them. One by one.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Leaf Off / The Cave
by Jose Gonzalez from Vestiges & Claws JK--2015. Nice new mid-tempo solo
one from Junip frontman
My
only purpose first thing each morning is to put dreams behind me and roll into
whatever day happens to be unfolding. You never know.
I'm
tired of lifestyle columnists advising U 2 avoid procrastination by awaking
with clear purpose each morning. That'd make me avoid waking
September
1. Suddenly there's a fall chill in the air. Even though the thermometer says
95 degrees fahrenheit.
When
test-driving cars, I can't help commenting on the neighborhoods through which
the dealer directs me. Even familiar places surprise me.
I
just registered for #StrataHadoop
in NY to see what's disrupting the big data world. See you there? http://oreil.ly/1KudOZt
RIP
Oliver Sacks. His exceptionally well-researched and carefully written books
humanized people with severe neurological disorders.
Glad
we changed the name of that mountain back to the original. USA has long
been in deep denali about its true identity.
New
#IBM jk #ITKnowledgeExchange
blog: "Top-notch data scientists are grown, not born" (http://ow.ly/RAMm8 )
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse post:
"Identifying Privacy Sensitivities Before It’s Too Late" (http://ow.ly/RAfiK )
Email
is like a roulette wheel. While new messages continue to enter your inbox, it's
best not to stare. Wait till your head stops spinning
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I'm Just a Prisoner
(Of Your Good Lovin') by Candi Staton JK--2003. Good oldschool R&B, a la
1960s Stax-Volt.
"Mount
McKinley Will Again Be Called Denali" (http://ow.ly/RzQbV )
JK--About time. Never understood why the assassinated pres deserved it
Another
day another "congrats here's yr free $1000 Walmart giftcard" spam.
Obviously bogus. They only issue them in $1 billion denominations
No,
I don’t want to know my BMI. I think a person’s bowel movement intensity is a
statistic best left unrevealed.
Require
pharma commercials 2 recite side effects in sepulchral tones reminiscent of
political attack ads. And no dogs catching frisbees!
#HackTheWeather.
Sept 18-20. San Francisco.Teams use The Weather Company data & #IBM data science tools.
RSVP here: http://ow.ly/RyMHR
