Going
to bring my snapshot camera to Strata, as I did the hackathon. Going to
continue some photojournalistic-style tech blogging.
“Deplane”?
Do people also decar, debus, deboat, detrain, debicycle, and deskateboard?
US
& China
pledge no cyber espionage. Yeah, right.
My
lawn’s so pathetic I barely have to mow it after July. But the mower comes in
handy for October-November leaf removal.
Catch
me all week in NYC at Strata + Hadoop World. And catch #IBM keynoters, trainers,
booth, etc. We’re a sponsor.
Love
"Mad Men" uncanny accuracy--eg, picnic scene where Don+Betty leave
their their trash there. Early 60s Americans littered thoughtlessly
Beer
doesn't actually taste better if drunk from a wine glass. But it definitely
looks classier.
Xi.
It’s not well known that the Chinese leader’s ancestry was from ancient Rome . Family name was
originally the number 11.
My
tweets don’t represent my employer’s opinion. But they do represent YOUR
employer’s opinion. So be forewarned.
Catching
up on all those Facebook friends whose newsfeeds I’ve suppressed. Way to stay
friendly is not be each other’s faces w/our Facebooks
Valet
parking. High occupancy toll lanes. Premium gas. And other absolute wastes of
your transportation dollar.
These
on-demand app-driven home-delivery services don’t suit me. Going to the store
is my favorite excuse for getting out of my house.
Reading
the news. Not pretending to understand it. Too much of it.
Brevity
is the soul of wit. It's also the edge of snark.
"Apache
Big Data Preview: Q&A with IBM’s Anjul Bhambhri" (http://ow.ly/SDfRx )
JK--Interviewed by veteran biz-tech author Daniel Dern.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Obvious by Jane's
Addiction from Ritual de lo Habitual JK--1990. Group started Lollapalooza as a
farewell tour.
"Past
performance is not indicative of future returns"? Is it even remotely
predictive? If not, dear financial advisor, why do I need you?
Multitasking?
No problem. I'll just task all my doppelgangers in all known multiverses to get
on it all right away.
IBM
boosts security of bring your own #cloud apps http://bit.ly/1Fw4Eha
Looking
forward to connecting with many people at IBM Insight 2015 in LV a month from now. Will be my 10th
consecutive. Somehow I like Vegas
jameskobielus
retweeted Tom Thai
Someone
who's familiar with Yogi Berra's malapropisms wouldn't make that comment.
RIP
Yogi Berra. Sad passing of a true immortal.
Wife
says she "missed" some memorable televised moment on Pope DC
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Neighborhood Watch
by Mike Krol from Turkey JK--2015. Nice/nasty shiv of punk attitude on this.
NYTimes
blog praises #IBM on
being a great place for working mothers. http://ow.ly/SAq3c
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Commodore Peter by
The Silos JK--1990. Nice bit of yearning folk rock with a smidge of indie grit.
Actually,
I don't think of it as editing. I think of it as "rewriting somebody
else's crap in my own image."
Editing
is like cleaning your room. It's like smoothing wrinkles from your bed linens,
folding & hanging clothes, & dusting. It's tucking.
"One
Of Chopin's Etudes, Beautifully Visualized" (http://ow.ly/Szb9b )
JK--A bit like dynamic notes on a staff.
"Spark
Release 1.5.0" (http://ow.ly/Sz9HO ) JK--Beaucoups detail
"Spark
1.5" (http://ow.ly/Sz9t2 ) JK--Blog details new
features in this latest release.
"Hadoop's
a matter of innovation, not cost" (http://ow.ly/Sz89O )
JK--Pushes back at Gartner numbers.
"When
artificial intelligence is everywhere, all the time" (http://ow.ly/Sz7Fc )
JK--Good list of features of a virtual digital assistant
"Big
data seeks 2 increase number of cyclists in cities" (http://ow.ly/Sz6yk )
JK--Visualize "desire lines" where cycling likely 2 thrive
"Deep
Learning Machine Teaches Itself Chess in 72 Hours, Plays at International
Master Level" (http://ow.ly/Sz6hx ) JK--Sans brute force
"Administrtion
Announces New SmartCities Initiative 2 Help Communities Tackle Local Challenges
& Improve City Svcs" (http://ow.ly/Sz4MZ )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Misunderstood by
Common from Finding Forever JK--2007. Hiphop with interpolated Nina Simone.
Excellent.
Another
cool evening. Another good sleep. Tell me summer is over. Oh, yes, it's autumn.
Curious
if the Pope's going to engage in dialogue with the nutjob who's been protesting
in front of Vatican Embassy for the past 18 years.
New
#IBM jk blog: "Hack
the Weather: Weather data presents new challenges for data scientists" (http://ow.ly/SwL2p ).
All photos by me
Don’t
miss at #ibminsight-
Leverage Compute Power at the Edge: #IoT/ #M2M solutions with #Informix in the
Gateway. http://ibm.co/1MlzhFL
At
#ibminsight we
will cover Strategy and Technology Roadmap for IBM #Informix! More
details on the session here- http://ibm.co/1N9SSvo
New
Blog: A step-by-step tutorial to get you familiar with the NOSQL functionality
in IBM #Informix - http://ibm.co/1MBDIyU
#NOSQL
Read
how Idea Cellular Ltd uses campaign management solution running IBM #DB2 to retain customers. #analytics http://ibm.co/1Nd7tpP
Cathay
United Bank slashes time to market with mobile-accessible approval system based
on IBM #DB2 http://ibm.co/1TlLoJi
#analytics
Attend
this session at #ibminsight
to discover new analytical capabilities with #SAP on IBM #DB2. Session preview- http://ibm.co/1UBSNzx
Tech-talk
: #DB2 for #SAP high performance OLTP
& pureScale / in-memory database competitive comparison. Register - http://bit.ly/tt2015sep
Don’t
just be part of the audience- Be part of the action at IBM Insight 2015: http://ibm.co/1UPZ2Fl
#ibminsight
Spark
ignites conversation around building smarter apps | The Big Data Hub http://bit.ly/1LtlFJP
TED@IBM
- Necessity & Invention http://bit.ly/1KsOO5S
Hadoop:
Opening insights everywhere http://bit.ly/1LtlEFU
Big
data trends: The top eight analytics lessons for business http://bit.ly/1KsOLHe
Wrote
5 blogs on my San Francisco
trip. None of which I can recall at this moment. Too tired. Glad to be home.
My
job is to set the wheels in motion. And to always be one of those wheels.
New
#IBMInsight jk
blogpost: "Open source is opening new frontiers in the insight
economy" (http://ow.ly/StDLD )
Yesterday's
5th #HackTheWeather
#Insight4All
team to present: "B"
jameskobielus retweeted
Yesterday's
4th #HackTheWeather
#Insight4All
team to present: "Fire Pollution"
jameskobielus retweeted
Yesterday's
3rd #HackTheWeather
#Insight4All
team to present: "Weatherway"
jameskobielus retweeted
Yesterday's
2nd #HackTheWeather
#Insight4All
team to present: "Galvanized Pizza"
jameskobielus retweeted
Yesterday's
1st #HackTheWeather
#Insight4All
team to present: "Smarter Data"
jameskobielus retweeted
I
loved how Jon Hamm clambered bodily onto stage to accept his well-deserved Emmy
for “Mad Men.” Like a kid sneaking into a forbidden place
RT
@monicalynnfox: LIVE on #Periscope: 1 hr and
30 mins to our final hackathon presentations #insight4all https://www.periscope.tv/w/aM7zGzF4Tmpha0paV0xRYmR8MVlwS2tYeWRPUkFHatTsGgIz02SJ6HNtyg_zhVFyW8wiqDg0GehrSc9Hj33t …
LIVE
on #Periscope: 1
hr and 30 mins to our final hackathon presentations #insight4all https://www.periscope.tv/w/aM7zGzF4Tmpha0paV0xRYmR8MVlwS2tYeWRPUkFHatTsGgIz02SJ6HNtyg_zhVFyW8wiqDg0GehrSc9Hj33t …
jameskobielus retweeted
"Once
upon a time"? People stopped using preposition "upon" to refer
to point in distant past. Modern equivalent would be "back in the
day."
Thank
U Louis CK for ending my week with belly laughs. Better than a fresh ocean
breeze. I'd had that just a few hours before. I dig th diff
Day
2 @weatherchannel + #IBM #datascience #HackTheWeather #GalvanizeU SF #Insight4All. Teams
focused on projects.
jameskobielus retweeted
Day
2 @weatherchannel + #IBM #datascience #HackTheWeather #GalvanizeU SF #Insight4All. Teams
focused on projects.
jameskobielus retweeted
Hackathons
are slightly more interesting to watch than paint drying. People staring into
screens & typing all day & night.
I
enjoy quiet weekend streets in downtown SF. Makes it easier to imagine I'm
casually strolling, rather than walking to weekend work.
If
Carly Fiorina gets elected president, smart money has her getting impeached in
a few years & the USA
split in half a few years after that
Wearing
my Datapalooza t-shirt here out west. In the privacy of my hotel room. It's
comfy for reclining, reading, channel-surfing.
Guy
next to me at the hackathon started playing back video of a panel I was on 3
years ago. Turn that off, I insisted. My voice irritates me
My
week's been whipsawed between Manhattan 's
artificial canyons and San Francisco 's
mountain-like urban topography. 3-D cities, both.
Group
think session to help guide teams ideas for Hack the Weather #Insight4All #DataScience #hackweatherSF
jameskobielus retweeted
Teams
are forming, ideation is beginning. Live from Hack the Weather #insight4All #WeatherData #spark
jameskobielus retweeted
IBM
big data evangelist at Hack the Weather #hackathon. #Insight4All #WeatherData.
Essentially a geek 4 all seasons.
IBM
big data evangelist at Hack the Weather #hackathon. #Insight4All #WeatherData.
Essentially a geek 4 all seasons.
jameskobielus retweeted
Hack
the Weather day 1: Pizza time. Teams form. Weather geeks meet data science
geeks #Insight4All
#WeatherData
Hack
the Weather day 1: Pizza time. Teams form. Weather geeks meet data science
geeks #Insight4All
#WeatherData
jameskobielus retweeted
RT
@IBMbigdata: Participants at Hack
the Weather #hackathon
inquiring about TWC #WeatherData
APIs etc #Insight4All
Participants
at Hack the Weather #hackathon
inquiring about TWC #WeatherData
APIs, file formats, etc #Insight4All
jameskobielus retweeted
RT
@IBMbigdata: #Insight4All
Matthew Porcelli TWC discusses analytcs on storm he was involved in chasing #WeatherData
#Insight4All
Matthew Porcelli of TWC discusses analytics on a storm he was involved in
chasing. #WeatherData
jameskobielus retweeted
The
interludes when I'm simply stapling and sorting my email printouts are when I
do my best thinking. It's called "not thinking."
Typical
overheard office conversation: "There are literally hundreds of emails I
haven't looked at yet." No exaggeration: "literally."
Red
states. So-named because they're red in the face screaming every possible
inflammatory accusation at Obama.
"Textual
Data Marches On: Anticipating and Preventing Lawsuits" (http://ow.ly/Spe9h )
JK--Inmon's non-lawyerly ins & outs on the matter
"Data
Lust, the IoT and the Quantified Self" (http://ow.ly/SpdV4 )
JK--Good discussion of the user experience dimensions of IoT/QS
"The
Impact of Internet of Things on Big Data" (http://ow.ly/SpdvN )
JK--Good overview. See my thoughts: http://ow.ly/SpdCR
Have
the good people of SF ever considered building bridges between the Moscone Center Howard Street ?
IBM's
Rometty on secret to success: move to the future, make decisions for long term
& bet big via @FortuneMPW http://for.tn/1LAplFh
jameskobielus retweeted
"Cognitive
Cmptg, AI Apps Have Big Future in th Enterprise "
(http://ow.ly/SoSzJ )
JK--Recap + video of August #Dataversity panel
I was on
Catch
me all weekend at #HacktheWeather
on 9/18 at GalvanizeU San Francisco http://ibm.co/1hs93GC #Insight4All
#Weather data + #Datascience + #Spark : #HacktheWeather
on 9/18 at GalvanizeU SF http://ibm.co/1hs93GC #Insight4All
#Datascience + #Spark + #weather data. Compete
for #cashprize : #HacktheWeather
9/18 at GalvanizeU SF http://ibm.co/1hs93GC #Insight4All
Build
smart data #meteorological
#apps : #HacktheWeather
on 9/18 at GalvanizeU SF http://ibm.co/1hs93GC #Insight4All
Win
cash prize predicting with #datascience : #HacktheWeather
on 9/18 at GalvanizeU SF http://ibm.co/1hs93GC #Insight4All
Predict
with the weather with #datascience:
#HacktheWeather
on 9/18 at GalvanizeU SF http://ibm.co/1hs93GC #Insight4All
Information
empowerment for your Hadoop ecosystem http://bit.ly/1QmJTEZ
"Our
chairs could be killing us." NBC's "Today" show seems to be
stooping regularly to tabloid-grade scare tactics. Gimme a break!
Does
Donald Trump have a degree in engineering? Because he seems to be engineering
the most impressive political trainwreck in US history.
"Swarms
of smart nano-satellites may offer global connectivity" (http://ow.ly/SlhYV )
JK--Semi-autonomous AI orchestrates the swarm
"Xerox
PARC's new chip will self destruct in 10 seconds" (http://ow.ly/Slhob )
JK--To keep a stored secret key out of the wrong hands.
"Get
ready to live in a trillion-device world" (http://ow.ly/SlgL7 )
JK--Sensor and sensory overload, thanks to the Internet of Things.
President
praises companies like $IBM
that are pouring money into STEM education (science/tech/engineering/math)
jameskobielus retweeted
It
has been. I hope we can see you at Insight 2015 next month. A full slate of
great sessions is pl... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/139uk
Hi.
It's a pleasure to be tweeting to you all this afternoon live from New York City . I'm here
at t... #ibminsight
http://www.via-cc.at/839tn
"This
Is How You Build Products for New Generation o 'Data Natives'" (http://ow.ly/Sh6Ay )
JK--Expects everything smart & adjusts to them
"Music
science trifecta" (http://ow.ly/Sh4Lm ) JK--ACroll on how
digital content, Internet, & data science have changed music industry.
Pleasant
2+ mile walk thru Manhattan
last night talking w/colleague Kimberly. Distracted me from the superheavy
computer bag I was lugging.
"Train
faster generalze better: Stabilty o stochastic gradient descent" (http://ow.ly/Sh379 )
JK--Persnl trainer helps me w/that + my abs
IBM
VP & I chatted about Boomtown Rats. She's from England . Didnt believe San Diego crime inspired
their hit. Proof: http://ow.ly/Sh1iX
Enjoying
Brian Foss' overnight variety mix on #KEXP. Playing mix of old
and new rock artists that sound like early 70s glam. My jr high days
Facebook
may or may not be developing a "dislike" button. Let's hope they
don't introduce an "up yours" button to intensify an unfriending.
"A
Deep Learning Tutorial: From Perceptrons to Deep Networks" (http://ow.ly/Sg3mK )
JK--Essential know-how for getting AI to work
"A
Deep Learning Tutorial: From Perceptrons to Deep Networks" (http://ow.ly/Sg3g0 )
JK--Essential know-how for getting AI to work
"Why
artificial intelligence is succeeding: Then and now" (http://ow.ly/Sg2D3 )
JK--Because expectations NOW in line with capabilities
RT
@IBMbigdata: Is #Entertainment
Ready for #DataScience?
Aylee Nielsen http://shar.es/171G0u http://twitter.com/IBMbigdata/status/643833497283637252/photo/1pic.twitter.com/x2kMEn2aUN
Is
#Entertainment
Ready for #DataScience?
by Aylee Nielsen http://shar.es/171G0u http://twitter.com/IBMbigdata/status/643833497283637252/photo/1pic.twitter.com/cjxeyNes8S
jameskobielus retweeted
"Pope
Francis Is About to Blow Elizabeth Warren Out of the Water" (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/09/pope-francis-income-inequality-talk-pisses-conservatives …)
JK--Ridiculous headline made me chuckle.
"Crowdsourced
weather apps claim accuracy, but watch th sky anyway" (http://ow.ly/SfdCt )
JK--"Hack the Weather" (http://ow.ly/SfdOW )
Apply
streaming analytics technology to improve medical care http://bit.ly/1OcaEy8
Nice
to walk Manhattan
streets during the a.m. rush. No rush on th sidewalks. No gridlock. Just coffee
goers strolling for their morning joe
"IBM
Helps Automakrs Build IoT Connected Vehicles" (http://ow.ly/SdZb7 )
JK--Cloud svcs turn driver+vehicle data into predictive insights
"The
IoT's Data Prioritization Pearl" (http://ow.ly/SdYNd ) JK--To
help us avoid being drowned in a continuing stream of spurious alerts.
"Researchers
use Big Data 2 track spread o dengue" (http://ow.ly/SdWUP )
JK--Correl8 human movemt pattrns w/dengue climate-suitablty maps
"Boston
Pilots Smart, Solar-Powered Benches" (http://ow.ly/SdWCJ )
JK--But they fail to harvest butt heat? What a waste!
"Computers
can now paint like Van Gogh+Picasso" (http://ow.ly/SdW8K )
JK--Neural nets turn images into "digital psychedelic fever dreams"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Pale Blue Eyes by
The Velvet Underground JK--1968. Few musicians toggled from ugly to pretty
vibes as readily as Lou
"Tracking
Spread of State Legislation" (http://ow.ly/SdViN )
JK--I'm curious which state legislatures influence the most other states.
"Website
That Visualizes Human Activity in Cities Across the World" (http://ow.ly/SdV8W )
JK--Mobile phone data. Privacy implications?
"The
Internet of Things comes to the NFL" (http://ow.ly/SdUUv )
JK--Curious if they'll equip helmets with concussion sensors.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Why Would I Now? by
The Decemberists from Florasongs JK--2015. Very new. Very good. Very
Decemberists.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Dangling
Conversation by Simon and Garfunkel from Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme
JK--1966. Very J. Alfred Prufrock
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Montezuma by Fleet
Foxes from Helplessness Blues JK--2011. You imagine these guys singing this
around a campfire.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Am the Fly by Wire
from Chairs Missing JK--1978. One of those songs you immediately remember. The
band? Less so.
If
the toughest technical question I have to deal with is how to operate the
in-room coffee maker, it's a good day.
Wisdom
is knowing which of the things that don't kill you indeed make you stronger vs.
which enfeeble you with false sense of survivability
Ah
yes, a steady stream of "quick questions" that will each take
"just one minute of my time." If they came less than one a minute,
maybe
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Smiling Faces
Sometimes by The Undisputed Truth JK--1971. Great soul groove makes dopey lyric
sound kinda cool.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Walk on th Wild Side
by Lou Reed from Transformer JK--1972. NYC has never once tempted me to walk
there. Just jaywalk
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Over the Hills and
Far Away by Led Zeppelin from Houses of the Holy JK--1973. Great piece of
schizoid folk-blues-rock
"Hadoop
needs Spark to light the way" (http://ow.ly/SaXsZ ) JK--Says
Hadoop's definition a "work in progress." Not really progressing
Just
saw a computer language hyped as "close to how people think about th
world." That mean it cant go 5 minutes without thinking about sex?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Rock'n Roll by
Espanto JK--2012. Spain .
Good specimen of what the title promises.
Saw
"Paradise Lost" on list of unfilmable novels. Well, for starters,
it's an epic poem, not a novel. And it's set entirely in Heaven & Hell
Kind
of mindblowing that Verizon (a phone company, after all) doesn't have a phone
system that connects customers reliably to tech support.
