Eddie
Murphy wants to play Marion Barry in a biopic. I think he’d be perfect for the
role.
Self-driving
cars need continuous human hand on wheel and eyes facing road, though actual steering
& braking are almost entirely autonomous
Justin
Trudeau leads in race for Canada’s PM. Would be the GWBush of their country. In
line of descent from ex-PM. Not political leaning.
Getting
all our ducks in a row for Insight 2015 a week from now. But the ducks might be
disappointed that there are no ponds in the desert.
Not
sure whose free WiFi I prefer: McDonald’s or Starbucks. Both source their
caffeinated bandwidth from fair-trade sources.
Starting
my weekend with a bit of repair work on the older car. Grinding brakes are
thoroughly unnerving.
Donovan
wrote several late-60s pen-pal style songs to California "hippie"
friends/lovers: "To Susan...", "Fat Angel," "Mellow
Yellow."
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp To Susan On The West
Coast Waiting by Hamilton Leithauser from Gazing With Tranquility JK--2015.
Donovan cover.
Guided
analytics templates for self-service analytics http://bit.ly/1GhNmo9
In
30 MIN - Join us as we challenge assumptions, explore bold ideas & unexpected
insights at #TEDatIBM!
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New
#IBM jk #RockYourData #Datapalooza blog:
"Datapalooza: What’s so funny 'bout peace, love and data science?" (http://ow.ly/TrpLZ )
Spark
in the world beyond Silicon Valley http://bit.ly/1RcH1uO
IBM
CEO: It is the 'dawn of a new era' where computers think and make decisions... http://bit.ly/1RcGybZ
OMG!
My workday is nothing but timeslots that are double- or triple-booked! Steady,
Jim, steady!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Since When Are You
Gay? by Childbirth from Women's Rights JK--2015. Punkish song with great title.
Made me laugh.
"Information
and Data Quality Awards presented to ....Piyush Malik ....." (http://ow.ly/TqNE4 )
JK--Congrats Piyush! With #IBM
GBS
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Books Written for
Girls by Camera Obscura frm Underachievers Please Try Harder JK--2003. RIP
Keyboardist Carey Lander
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Leaving the City by
Joanna Newsom from Divers JK--2015. Indie's premier harpist. She's also married
to Andy Samberg.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I've Done It Again
by Grace Jones from Nightclubbing JK--1981. A pretty romantic one from the
austere disco diva.
@ibminsight The key to leading in the
insight economy is to always put the scientific process at th... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/43ew6
@ibminsight And my post from a few
years ago taking a big picture on the philosophies of big data: ... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/83eva
@ibminsight And here's one on
building machine learning algorithms that can act in accordance with ... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/63ev5
@ibminsight Here's one I wrote on
data science in the public good: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/statistical-modeling-head-heart-soul-james-kobielus?published=t …
#ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/93euz
@ibminsight An article I wrote last
year on big data ethics: http://www.dataversity.net/larger-stakes-behind-big-data-ethics/ …
#ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/83euu
@ibminsight My response to them: http://www.dataversity.net/the-bogus-bogeyman-of-the-brainiac-robot-overlord/ …
#ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/33euo
@kzeidenstein Seeing
"polls" doesn't prove anything. There are dueling market research in
practical... #ibminsight
http://www.via-cc.at/03eue
@ibminsight However, there is this
"anti-algorithm" meme going around in the media these days. Sens... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/13eu6
@ibminsight I don't think most Americans
are skeptical of any of that. That's only the skewed portr... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/63etp
@ibminsight The road near my house,
about a year ago, after the leaves had fallen: ... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/93eth
@ibminsight Franconia, Fairfax
County, Virginia. Just outside the Capital Beltway in the DC suburbs... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/93et4
@ibminsight It will be my 10th
Insight/IOD as well...my 4th as an IBM-er. Previously, I was an indu... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/33esq
@ibminsight I should note that IBM
uses Watson as our intranet search engine....and it's insanely g... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/73es7
@ibminsight Data science smarts are
availlable widely too. And many people are bootstrapping themse... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/93erz
@ibminsight I don't think this
data-driven new culture is "prohibitive," if by that term you mean
"... #ibminsight
http://www.via-cc.at/43erk
@ibminsight Access to analytic
technology empowers, but it also complicates. What data? Which analy... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/33er7
@ibminsight Tech change is definitely
transformational in high tech. Among other things, our entire... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/83eqy
@ibminsight In this new era,
individual human domain experts will give way to crowdsourced communit... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/63eq2
@ibminsight The fundamental shift is
that all developers in this new era must become, at core, data... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/13epw
@ibminsight Cognitive systems learn
from humans through natural language processing. They learn fro... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/13epj
@ibminsight Cognitive systems learn
adaptively and in real time from fresh data and from engagement... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/43epc
@ibminsight An insight-driven economy
uses cognitive computing/machine learning on big data to evol... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/23ep5
@ibminsight For every industry, an
insight-driven economy means one where every customer is empower... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/33eor
@ibminsight For all industries, an
insight-driven economy is one where data scientists are the key ... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/23eoj
@ibminsight In high-tech, it means
that our customers use data, analytics, intelligent search, and ... #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/43eo7
@BigDataGal Remember to respond under
each question as it appears. #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/33eni
@BigDataGal Hi Lillian! Can't wait to
see you in Las Vegas at Insight. #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/63enf
@ibminsight A pleasure to be here.
Ready to tweet my thoughts. Let's hear from the invited experts. #ibminsight http://www.via-cc.at/63en8
At
@IBMWatson event listening to panel
about Expert Storybooks in #sports.
#analyticsforall
#datascience #bigdata
jameskobielus Retweeted
Use
of analytics has exploded in sports from teams to fans to providing excellent
stadium experiences. -- @arikaplan1
#AnalyticsforAll
jameskobielus Retweeted
Stephen
Dubner, Freakonomics author, talking about sports analytics and showing his visualizations
#analyticsforall
jameskobielus Retweeted
Kaplan
of Ariball, Baseball Analytics: Getting players to stand in unusual places for
fielding is difficult. #analyticsforall
#sabermetrics
jameskobielus Retweeted
#AnalyticsForAll
Eyesight & leg strength drive putting, which drives golf wins. Data
analysis found youth advantage.
jameskobielus Retweeted
Stephen
Dubner noticed trend in ages of tennis & golf champs. See what he found in #WatsonAnalytics
#analyticsforall
jameskobielus Retweeted
Decisions,
decisions: Stephen Dubner talking sports analytics #analyticsforall
while IBM also hosting #IoT
Jam: https://www.collaborationjam.com/jam4/jam/index.action?jamId=1257932#welcome …
jameskobielus Retweeted
#WatsonAnalytcs
Expert Storybooks powers insights and consumption guided by an expert ecosystem
#AnalyticsforAll.
jameskobielus Retweeted
Omni
channel B2B Commerce Solutions https://www.mtsdevelopment.com/en-us/b2b-commerce …
#omnichannel #analyticsforall
jameskobielus Retweeted
Stephen
Dubner @freakonomics uses #WatsonAnalytics
to relate kick direction to goalie stops. #AnalyticsForAll
#soccer
jameskobielus Retweeted
Stephen
Dubner sharing sports analytics visualizations in #WatsonAnalytics
#Freakonomics #analyticsforall
jameskobielus Retweeted
With
#WatsonAnalytics
how can goalies avoid soccer hooliganism? Dubner uses data, dispels intuition #analyticsforall
jameskobielus Retweeted
RT
@VirtualMRX: "Courage and the
data in your pocket" is key to success :) #analyticsforall
Like this.
Dubner,
Football Freakonomics: sometimes analysis begins with data set and sometimes
with observation or theory #analyticsforall
jameskobielus Retweeted
Definite
intersection of #IoT
(wearables, equipment sensors) and sports analytics for performance, fan
experience #analyticsforall
jameskobielus Retweeted
#FantasyFootball
players have moved from analyzing newspaper stats to online data analytics w/
tools like #WatsonAnalytics
#AnalyticsforAll
jameskobielus Retweeted
Watson
Analytics makes analytics useful to casual users in fantasy sports #analyticsforall
jameskobielus Retweeted
.
@arikaplan1: Scouts & managers
can use #WatsonAnalytics
Expert Storybooks to analyze player health & readiness #AnalyticsforAll
jameskobielus Retweeted
Deven
Tasgaonkar & Fred Sass #AnalyticsForAll
blog: "High-value guided analytics templates for sales" (http://ow.ly/To3kt )
Deven
Tasgaonkar #AnalyticsForAll
blog: "Guided analytics templates for self-service analytics" (http://ow.ly/To2Wk )
New
#IBM Kobielus+Archut #AnalyticsForAll
blog: "When the analytics storybook becomes your business playbook" (http://ow.ly/To2zf )
"DARPA
wants vanishing drones" (http://ow.ly/TnWCf ) JK--Like hummingbirds,
bats, or off-duty pilots gone barhopping.
"10
new words you need to know in Silicon Valley" (http://ow.ly/TnWqR )
JK--This has got to be a put-on!
"What
a difference a year of Watson Analytics makes" (http://ow.ly/TnVx5 )
JK--Listen to Rennie on 10am stream: http://ow.ly/TnVEB
"IBM
Expands Data Discovery and Q&A Power of Watson Analytics" (http://ow.ly/TnU85 )
JK--Livestream at 10am ET: http://ow.ly/TnUfn
"All-inclusive
vacation"? Do they also include the big wad of cash you'll need to pay for
it all? If so, sign me up!
Reading
John Cleese autobio. Says stillness intensifies his anxiety. Has the opposite
effect on me. Calms me deeply. I’m a meditative soul.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Wendover by The
World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die from Harmlessness
JK--2015. Wha....?
Aesop's
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" (http://ow.ly/TlKIi ).
Nowadays, he'd be the social-media denizen who cried URGENT!!!!
Five
signs an organization should try cloud-based streaming analytics http://bit.ly/1k1y516
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Mother and Child
Reunion by Paul Simon JK--1972. He didn't skip a beat in transitioning to an
awesome solo career.
If
the devil's in the details, the angels are in the generalities. Moral of the
story: the path to heaven is paved with vague non-committals
'Twas
a car-themed weekend in th Kobielus household. Mrs+I bought a new one for
ourselves. Giving older one to our son. I cleaned daughter's
I
know the music I'm playing is good when my wife starts to hum the melody on her
first listen. Whatever makes my lady purr.
Check
out the #Informix
sessions at IBM Insight 2015 at these links- http://bit.ly/1VNJz3O http://bit.ly/1G8I5PN
#ibminsight
IBM
#IoT Kit Demo Using Node
Red and #Informix
on Raspberry Pi 2: http://youtu.be/pcIg5ih_7VU?a
via @YouTube
Informix
running on the Intel gateway powering the Intel Smart Building. Great video https://ibm.biz/SmrtIntl
#IoT #Informix
Knorr-Bremse
improves reporting performance using IBM #DB2 BLU Acceleration.
Watch the video here- https://ibm.biz/BdXc5F #ibmblu
Call
for presentation abstracts is open for the 2016 IDUG #DB2 Conference in Austin,
Texas - May 23rd-May 26th! http://bit.ly/1KAiSKT
IDC
Whitepaper now in German: IBM #DB2
pureScale delivers affordable, scalable OLTP for Cloud and #BigData. http://bit.ly/db2idcgerman
Take
a sneak peek into the exciting DB2 topics to be covered at #ibminsight 2015 - http://bit.ly/1FUIm8O
#DB2 #ibmblu
Register
for Tech-talk on October 22nd to learn about #DB2 differentiators
compared to other choices such as Oracle http://bit.ly/tt2015oct
In
the #CognitiveEra,
we can build into every digital application a kind of thinking... http://bit.ly/1jZOXoM
Homecoming.
Never understood why it was felt that coming back to school equated with coming
"home."
Washington
Post reports ex-Nixon aide portrait of him as petty & paranoid. Breaking
news: ex-president also had shifty eyes & jowls.
Diet
soft drinks. I stopped drinking them a few years ago. Figured that if I’m going
2 enjoy carbonated beverages, I might as well go all in
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp My Heart’s Not In It
by Yo La Tengo from Stuff Like That There JK--2015. Group does wistful
exceptionally well.
It’s
good to have a working knowledge of lots of technologies. I can read beneath
the superficial discussions in general-circulation media.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Quinn the Eskimo
(The Mighty Quinn) by Kris Kristofferson JK--Very cool. As if sung by a hobo.
Voting
absentee ballot in upcoming county elections. Best this way. Gives leisure to
research candidates/issues, sniff out ideological bozos
New
car, newly resurfaced cul de sac. Suburban vehicular life turns another
GPS-guided corner.
Grand
opening at LA Fitness near Ft Belvoir. Just got done with yoga. A vendor tried
to sell me supplements to reduce stress. Unh-uh
Tom
Petty OKs another “unauthorized biography” on himself. Explain to me again the
definition of “unauthorized.”
“Doing
the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” It’s the
definition of probability. Rolling dice, for example.
I
heard the long list of nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. IMHO, the
only one that deserves it is The Smiths.
"Bot
master and techno serf: Your future in a world dominated by machines" (http://ow.ly/Tf974 )
JK--Article takes alarmist POV.
Waiting
for the leaves to turn colors. Then I'll be waiting for th colors to blanket
the lawn. Then for the white of winter snow to bury all
Never
quite sure whether to accept connect requests online from people who never
tried to connect in person in any meaningful way.
@jameskobielus Hey James, my team
published a report about the State of Data Science that I think may interest
you: http://buff.ly/1VDKCsi
jameskobielus Retweeted
One
of those kinds of days. My time in the dentist's chair was actually the
highlight.
On
slow days, TV news focuses on anniversaries of important stuff that happened on
this day in th past. Nostalgia masquerading as journalism
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Weather analytics help forecast, prevent and mitigate outages" (http://ow.ly/TdjC6 )
Almost
5 years later, competitors @IBMWatson
and @KenJennings catch up http://youtu.be/lszB8muRqQA #CognitiveEra http://bit.ly/1hub9Wm
My
favorite presumptive close on email is "you forgot to register for [some
event you never had any intention to register for]." Good try.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Dang Me by Roger
Miller from All Time Greatest Hits JK--1964. Very cool song. Sounds like he
spontaneously wrote it
"Now
Alphabet Has All 26 Letters" (http://ow.ly/TbZrs ) JK--If
Formerly Google keeps acquiring, they'll have to change name to Unicode
Looking
forward to watching my skin steadily dry, redden, and crack in Las Vegas later
this month at Insight 2015. Love that sinus dust!
"NoSQL
simply isn't hip anymore" (http://ow.ly/TbYJL ) JK--But it may still
be fab, gear, cool, rad, far out, with it, ginchy, & swell.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Empire Is No More by
Midday Veil from This Wilderness JK--2015. Big bold dramatic. Like a really
good movie theme.
Meet
Simon: a remarkable athlete whose life was transformed by the power of @Runkeeper and IBM Cloudant: http://ow.ly/TbgKt
jameskobielus Retweeted
Thinking
of asking cognitive computing expert Bob Dylan to author a blog for my channel.
Or at least compose a "Talking Big Data Blues"
When
a telemarketer calls out of the clear blue with a presumptive close first thing
out of their mouth, I respond with a presumptive hangup
MythBusters:
"Sneeze Travels 100 mph" (http://ow.ly/Tah1R ). They
should have called this segment "It's Snot-Rocket Science!"
Every
notice that people in movies all stand facing stiffly forward in elevators? In
real life, people cram, fidget, & face all directions
Aren't
rhetorical questions a way of making a point rather than expressing an
interrogative?
Loved
Colbert's bit about how unnerving it is when a large company has to remind
itself "don't be evil"....and then stops reminding itself
"McAfee
plans 2 B elected president in landslide on backs of 40M tattooed voters"
(http://ow.ly/Ta7IM )
JK--No longer person of interest
WSJ
"IBM’s New Unit Bets on Boom in Artificial Intelligence" (http://ow.ly/T5btB )
Ginni
Rometty on @CNBC: Think about digital
business, married with digital intelligence, you get cognitive. http://cnb.cx/1FRRV8R
jameskobielus Retweeted
Turning
your big data into actionable, fast data http://bit.ly/1PgHAFn
Big
Data: 20 Mind-Boggling Facts Everyone Must Read http://bit.ly/1hoxuV5
Bob
Dylan + IBM Watson. See how Watson can think with us to outthink the limits of
creativity. #CognitiveEra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=pwh1INne97Q …
Bob
Dylan + IBM Watson. See how Watson can think with us to outthink the limits of
creativity. #CognitiveEra
http://ibm.co/1QQFIS9
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Occasional Magic by
Yppah from Tiny Pause JK--2015. Waiting for them to do country-western LP:
"Yppah Yi Yo Ki Yay!!"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Complexity by Eagles
of Death Metal from Zipper Down JK--2015. Not death metal at all. A bit
rockabilly-feeling.
"Alphabet,
GGL new parent firm, issues new motto: ‘Do the right thing’" (http://ow.ly/T4s6N )
JK--Is "the right thing" sometimes "evil"?
"33
worst lines ever said by tech recruiters" (http://ow.ly/T4ppS )
JK--How about "You'll start on the help desk & move up from
there"?
"Apple's
Project Titan: 8 Rumors We're Following" (http://ow.ly/T4oE9 )
JK--Will it shut off driver usage of distracting Apple products?
I'm
watching "The Daily Show" again regularly. Trevor Noah's great &
Jessica Williams has come into her own. Funny: http://ow.ly/T4olx
"Smart
machines are about to run the world: Here's how to prepare" (http://ow.ly/T4nGu )
JK--Hint: stock up on duct tape & bottled water
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp My Ever Changing
Moods by The Style Council JK--1984. One of my fave videos from the early MTV
rotation.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Jacksonville by
Sufjan Stevens from Illinoise JK--2005. Released on July 4, no less. Classic
indie-Americana!
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Analytics-driven targeting, personalization and engagement in the insight
economy" (http://ow.ly/T1MBh )
"What
happens when Big Data tech goes wrong?" (http://ow.ly/T1ry8 )
JK--Last week's SiliconAngle interview w/ #Gartner @merv
"ODPi
Doubles Membership, Announces Technical Milestones and Open Governance
Structure" (http://ow.ly/T1rnn ) JK--IBM an ODPi member
Videos
from last week's Strange Loop conference (Kafka, MapReduce, distribted system
design, stream processing etc): http://ow.ly/T1raq
Slides
from last week's Apache Big Data Europe event in Budapest (http://ow.ly/T1qXS )
"Not
Even People Who Write Algorthms Really Know How They Work" (http://ow.ly/T1qj1 )
JK--Complex artifacts developed by teams over time
"Why
self-service is everything in BI and big data" (http://ow.ly/T1pxt )
JK--Says business intelligence is Hadoop's killer app
"3
key ways Hadoop is evolving" (http://ow.ly/T1pfO ) JK--Cites
#IBM Rob Thomas
statements at #Strataconf
"Tesla,
Big Data & Industrial Disruption" (http://ow.ly/T1opL )
JK--Brings agile closed-loop customer experience optzn into hw/sw eng
"10
Misconceptions About Moving Big Data to Cloud" (http://ow.ly/T1nN7 )
JK--Forgot "Launch it into low earth orbit." Diff kind o cloud
"Feature
Engineering Tips 4 Data Scientists & Biz Analysts" (http://ow.ly/T1mtI )
JK--How U abstract a problem into variables to model
"A
Master Algorithm?" (http://ow.ly/T1lRX ) JK--That can discover
any knowledge from data? Can it discover the limits of that knowledge?
"NIST
Releases Draft Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems" (http://ow.ly/T1leU )
JK--Throws another IoT standards framework on the stack
"Revolution
Will Be Semantic: Web 3.0 & Emergence of Collab Intelligence" (http://ow.ly/T1kwn )
JK--Title's a mash of shopworn paradigms
"Deep
Learning & New Bayesian Golden Age" (http://ow.ly/T1hYz )
JK--One Strata keynoter confusingly speedtalkd Bayesian analysis last wk
"VW
Exposes Massive Flaw In I'net o Things" (http://ow.ly/T1gKD )
JK--Embedded things may lie. Need watchdog 3rd party things to catch
I've
come to realize that Siri implicitly knows I'm stressed. I speak less
distinctly than normal. It "recognizes" the wrong words. I mumble
"Voice
Processing: We Near New Speech Recog Apps?" (http://ow.ly/T1fyJ )
JK--Predicts machnes soon B better than us at understand speech
Thinking
inside the box is perfectly fine. As long as you realize you're in a box, and
don't mistake it for the big blue sky.
"Trick-or-Treat
a Data Scientist" (http://ow.ly/T1cn0 ) JK--Interesting.
Thanks for analyzing all the fun out of it.
"Data
Transmutation vs. Data Analytics: Round 1" (http://ow.ly/T1c9Z )
JK--Confusing, and that zodiac wheel doesn't help. Data prep?
"The
Biggest Risks of Big Data" (http://ow.ly/T1bEo )
JK--Forgot to mention "bad data-driven decisions."
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Pretty Pimpin' by
Kurt Vile from B'lieve I'm Goin Down JK--2015. New album. This song's got a
country-grunge vibe.
"How
to Become a Data Scientist on a Shoestring" (http://ow.ly/T1axQ )
JK--Per Bernard Marr: "literally 1000s of free, online courses"
"Data
Scientist vs. Decision Scientist - Is There a Difference" (http://ow.ly/T1aqb )
JK--IMHO, former's a quant, latter a domain expert
Did
a little shopping at Whole Foods. Surprised to find no whole milk. Not even any
doughnut holes. What's the deal?
Jennifer
Aniston got married 2 months ago & I just learned now. Tabloid culture not
doing its job of spammably informing us on such matters
