RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Love to Move in
Here by Moby from Last Night JK--2008. Great disco-trance number.
Rum
& coke, it's no joke. My special blend. I imbibe bespoke.
Shopping
center parking lot clearing out sooner than on normal Sunday afternoon. People
heading home to watch Washington kick Packer butts
Business
section. Another financial advice column on how to save money. Let’s see if the
food section has advice on how to eat your broccoli
The
US government should bet on the Powerball. Those are our best odds for closing
the budget deficit.
And
I strongly expect that Sean Penn will play El Chapo, and himself, in the
inevitable meta-biopic.
"New
Polymer Shapeshifts Into Complex Shapes" (http://ow.ly/WQnon )
JK--Programmable matter: environmentally triggered state-transitions
Thank
you McDonald's iPhone app for fattening me with free Egg McMuffins every time
DC hockey & basketball teams lead after the 1st period.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Heroes by Hey
Marseilles JK--2016. By the way, Bowie's original got no airplay in 1977. I
first heard it in the 1980s
Hosting
an #IBM tweetjam with
Forrester Research's Michelle Goetz the week after next. She's the Forrester
analyst I follow most closely
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Fluid Is as Fluid Does: Automating the Machine-Learning
Pipeline" (http://ow.ly/WO492 )
"A
Learning Advance in Artificial Intelligence Rivals Human Abilities" (http://ow.ly/WNt83 )
JK--In one pattern-sensing task.
"A
trillion tiny robots in cloud: Future of AI in an algorithm world" (http://ow.ly/WNrYx )
JK--"Small, focused, cloud-based algorithms"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Talisman by All Them
Witches from Dying Surfer Meets His Maker JK--2015. Has early 90s grunge-soul
feel to it.
Checking
latest open-source codebase enhancements. What's major v minor? When it's at
the fifth decimal (eg, v2.5.3.2.8.4), definitely minor
"Every
Industry Will Be Disrupted By Open Data Within 10 Years" (http://ow.ly/WNonn )
JK--U might broaden that pronounce to "every life"
"Autonomous
Cars..Turn CES Into an Auto Show" (http://ow.ly/WNhQP )
JK--Kinda meta, dontcha think: "auto-autos"?
"What
you need to know about home IoT standards at CES" (http://ow.ly/WNhEI )
JK--In a nutshell: it's a total freakin' mess.
Is
Ted Cruz eligible to be president? Well, the US Constitution doesn’t explicitly
disallow morons from assuming the highest office.
"Data
Civilians & Data Jedis? What to Expect frm Big Data in 2016" (http://ow.ly/WLX7l )
JK--What? No metaphorical dig at Jar Jar Binks?
I'd
like online news sites to index content by "laughingly dated topical
refs." For example, lame "Jedi" metaphors starting late Dec
2015.
"“Deep
Speech” From Baidu’s SV AI Lab Recogs English&Mandarin w/Single Learn
Algo" (http://ow.ly/WLVW7 ) JK--Deep linguistic
structure?
"The
ABCD's of Business Optimization" (http://ow.ly/WLV3h )
JK--These "such-and-such scientist" distinctions look arbitrary.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp You Turn Me On by
Beat Happening JK--1992. Wouldn't want to hear sandpaper-voiced Calvin Johnson
do acappella
"IBM's
Rometty Betting Big On Watson's Ability To Power 'Cognitive Era'" (http://ow.ly/WLAOc )
JK--Cognitive IoT in consumer & biz apps
"Hyper-convergence":
"infra sys w/ sw-cntrc arch & tight integ cmpt, stor, ntwk, virtzn in
single-vendor hw box" (http://ow.ly/WLA7C )
"Whirlpool
#IBM Collaborate on
Cognitive Sol'ns 4 Connectd Appliances" (http://ow.ly/WL6oz )
JK--Drive personalized appliance experience
"The
Trouble w/Unstructured Data" (http://ow.ly/WL2TE )
JK--Slide preso presents research on security issues w/unfettered file sharing
"Star
Trek" people should make full-length movie based on "Trouble
w/Tribbles." Real trouble comes when chirpy little fuzzballs grow fangs
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
Post: "Stuff You May or May Not Do With Whatever Data You May or May Not
Possess" (http://ow.ly/WKAn8 )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp This Train by The
Staple Singers from Freedom Hwy JK--1965. I remember singing this in elementary
school music class
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp One Morning Soon by
Joyce+Johnita Collins from ThisMayBe MyLastTimeSinging: RawAfr-AmGospel
JK--1976. Mother-daughter
Moving
into era o driverless cars (machines that purely chauffeur) & carless
drivers (people who rely 100% on on-demand car-shares)
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "From REST to Restless: The Probabilistic Fabric of Cognitive
Integration" (http://ow.ly/WHnfH )
Interesting.
Somebody just retweeted a tweet of mine from November 2014. You're way more
into my ancient stuff than I am. Thanks, regardless
"Human
Computation May Be Key to Solving World's Wicked Problems" (http://ow.ly/WGifp )
JK--Crowdsourced, gamified visual data analysis.
"Crazy
FFZero1 concept car: A Batmobile with UFO lines sighted in Las Vegas" (http://ow.ly/WGhI2 )
JK--Concept: driver is batsh*t-crazy.
I'm
impressed that Alex Trebek gets the pronunciations so painstakingly right for
so many non-English words. Just a mince shy of pretentious
Today
is World Hypnotism Day. It’s also World Boredom Day. So that’s a double reason
why you feel so sleepy right now.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hey Ladies by
Beastie Boys from Paul's Boutique JK--1989. The Beasties' groove was very cool
NY Jewish street dude.
Sometimes
all the diff is in deciding which foot to put forward 1st. If you've been doing
left, try right. The fresh feel of altered cadence
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
blog: "The Sisyphean Challenge of Content Curation in a Big Data
Universe" (http://ow.ly/WEHso )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Desperate and
Depressed by Margo Price from Midwest Farmer's Daughter JK--2016. Great twangy
Appalachian country.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Baby It's You by The
Beatles from Please Please Me JK--1963. Cover band that went on to write
original material.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Oriar by Heron
Oblivion from Heron Oblivion JK--2016. Very cool feedback-drenched electric
Celtic-feeling jam.
"Deep
neural nets as progrmmng assistnts" (http://ow.ly/WCm4k )
JK-Universal approximatrs gen arbitrarly accurate function-specific code
"How
Long Will Viewers Stay Immersed in VR?" (http://ow.ly/WCkGA )
JK--3-D ancient but still fringe cinema tech http://ow.ly/WCl1j
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Slipped Dissolved
and Loosed by Lambchop from OH (Ohio) JK--2008. Nashville group, though you
wouldn't guess it.
New
#IBM jk #Dataversity
column: "Top Trends to Watch in Cognitive Analytics in 2016" (http://ow.ly/WC1Hs )
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Deploying Analytic Microservices In The Internet Of Things" (http://ow.ly/WBxru )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Radio Free Europe by
R.E.M. from Eponymous JK--1988. Title refs US-sponsored Cold War over-the-air
propaganda service
Just
saw a market research study that says something "is majorly used
in..." Since when did Wayne'sWorld-speak become standard?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp No One's Little Girl
by The Raincoats from Moving JK--1983. Best to understand the Raincoats as
feminist-art-punk
I
may be wrong, but isn't this the 20th straight year virtual reality is being
touted as next big thing? What's most immersive is the hype
Microservices
architecture (http://ow.ly/WzEqI ) JK--From an ancient
geek acronym standpoint, it's sorta menage a trois of SOA+REST+ESB
What
I luv about my old-fashioned princess phone is that when I hang up on a dumb
telemarketer, handset hits cradle with a satisfying crunch
"Taming
the Data Variety Beast" (http://ow.ly/WzDmW ) JK--Suggests
"curation." Here's my Dec 2014 take on that: http://ow.ly/WzDru
"Beyond
REST" (http://ow.ly/WzCCp ) JK--Lists ancient integration
styles. I remember when each was the latest thing. I'm a grizzled geek
Going
hiking in the snow today. If I die and my pal, Kathy has to eat my flesh this
is the legal doc to say "I'm cool with that."
jameskobielus Retweeted
Examining
what passes for conversation on Twitter. Mostly a volley of attitudinal non
sequiturs among total strangers.
New
blog: "Sum total of my published output in 2015" (http://ow.ly/Wy2tq )
A
day of enjoying the sunshine after a few gloomy weeks. Wife says to put on
sunblock. I say hell no: luxuriate in January sunburn.
Star
Wars is set a long time ago in galaxy far far away. Presumably that long time
ago could’ve been before the evolution of humans on earth
Not
sure where Jeopardy got this dubious “fact” that all Caucasian babies born
w/blue eyes. Mine remain what birth certificate states: hazel
Saw
“Mistress America.” Can Greta Gerwig do anything other than this painfully
self-conscious Millennial Annie Hall shtick? Getting old.
"Lawrence
Lessig: Tech Will Create New Models 4 Privacy Regulation" (http://ow.ly/WwyHn )
JK--Blockchain, for protection not regulation
Reading
a deep stack of 2015 New Yorkers. The cartoons are hit-or-miss ha-ha. Mostly
miss.
Took
down the Christmas tree, lights, & all decorations. Except the poinsettias,
which will be allowed to wilt of their own accord.
My
wife and I recently visited our friends in the Atlanta area. Some of our
friends recommended that we go to Dynast http://www.yelp.com/biz/dynasty-chinese-restaurant-alpharetta?hrid=ndxbbBM75hpE1ydr8oOLeg …
He
was smart, funny, curious and dedicated. We made a pact to give MASH all we had
and it bonded us. I loved Wayne. I'll miss him very much.
jameskobielus Retweeted
Christmas
season has an amazing body of great songs. New Year's season has just
"Auld Lang Syne" and that U2 song. Woeful imbalance.
They've
got a name for the winners in the world. Despite what Steely Dan said,
"Crimson Tide" doesn't work. Unless you consider algae heroic
NCAA
should apply "appropriate sponsor" rule on bowl games, eg "FTD
Rose Bowl," "Tropicana Orange Bowl" "Fruit of the Loom Cotton
Bowl"
Hey
Hillary Clinton campaign: Don’t send emails with subject lines such as “You and
me, James” with a “midnight tonight” call to action.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Brighter Than The
Blues by Joan Shelley from Over And Even JK--2015. Warm, jangly country-folk.
Ah
yes, the year-end ritual of purging my yellowing paper files, accompanied by
liberation of my precious binder clips. Will reuse the metal
"Beyond
algorithms" (http://ow.ly/Wsv7r ) JK--Don't be so clever
that unpredictable search experiences undermine user muscle memory
Excellent
detailed historical paper on what makes for a good (and bad) high-tech research
center: http://ow.ly/WsuGO
"Succinct
Spark: Queries on Compressed RDDs" (http://ow.ly/WsgP6 )
JK--AMPLab project enables use of Spark as searchable doc store
"Five
principles for applying data science for social good" (http://ow.ly/Wsgvn )
JK-- @jakeporway speaks from
DataKind's experience
"6
reasons why I like KeystoneML" (http://ow.ly/WseXz )
JK--Ben Lorica @bigdata on AMPLab
initiative on machine learning pipelines.
"We
need open and vendor-neutral metadata services" (http://ow.ly/WsesU )
JK--Ben Lorica @bigdata summarizes
Joe Hellerstein proposal.
Why
appliance power matters in data warehousing http://bit.ly/1ZBvSJg
Here's
a little number by Fairfax County native son Dave Grohl: http://ow.ly/Wrhri
Considering
the top 2 influencers, one must conclude that Fairfax County VA rules #bigdata. Top is BAH's @KirkDBorne http://ow.ly/WrgYt
"Can
A Cow be an IoT Platform?" (http://ow.ly/WqXNd ) JK--Is
livestock an asset to monitor, measure, analyze, & optimize? Yes. Tag 'em!
"5
things U should know about th plan to open source AI" (http://ow.ly/WqVtW )
JK--Just one AI opn-src initiative. Not all AI everywhere
#KEXP DJ Cheryl Waters had
the best slip-of-tongue: she mistakenly called him "Otis Reverend."
He certainly projected righteous soul power
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Change Gonna Come by
Otis Redding from Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding JK--1965. His version's
awesome too!
New
#IBM #ITKnowledgeExchange
#TechTarget jk
column: "Prediction 2016: Cognition comes to all things" (http://ow.ly/WqLcL )
Drafted
next #TechTarget
column: "Prediction 2016: Cognition Comes to All Things"
"2016
top trends in semantic tech" (http://ow.ly/WqnXY )
JK--Virtual cognitive assistants ensure that all "things" understand
all things
"Deep-learning
algo predicts photos’ memorability at “near-human” levels" (http://ow.ly/Wqlsw )
JK--Or how to hide info in plain sight
"Industry
Speaks: Top 33 Big Data Predictions for 2016" (http://ow.ly/Wqlf8 )
JK--Motley grab bag of stuff. Like 2015, but different
"Fogs,
logs and cogs" (http://ow.ly/Wqjig ) aka machine clouds,
machine data, & machine learning.
"Cognitive
IoT: Where CogCmptg & Internet of Things Meet" (http://ow.ly/Wq1Ea )
JK--IoT generates 2.5 quintillion bytes o new data daily
"The
Next Wave of Robots Will Learn From Each Other" (http://ow.ly/Wq0KP )
JK--Iterative sensor-data-driven ML to fine-tune motor skills
"6
Predictions For BDA & Cogn Cmptg In 2016" (http://ow.ly/Wq014 )
JK--I told Inhi she's the most recognizable IBM face (after Ginni)
Clicking
thru to another "10 big data predictions" article. Most of these
become "10 slides we predict you'll not want to click 1 at a time"
In
writing industry predictions for the coming year, I need to check the mirror
occasionally, see if I'm wearing my Captain Obvious glasses
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Piano Has Been
Drinking (Not Me) by Tom Waits JK--1976. Tom on "Fernwood Tonight" (http://ow.ly/WpUCL
)
"5
Ways ML Reinvents IT Rootcause Anlysis" (http://ow.ly/WpXn2 )
JK--Noise reduce, anomaly detect, wkflo automate, 360vu, recurr detect
"All
I Want for Christmas is Improved Analytics" (http://ow.ly/WpX4G )
JK--You should have asked Santy Claus for a non-lame headline.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Lazarus by David
Bowie from Blackstar JK--2016. Good new one from the Great Greying White Duke.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Orpheo Looks Back by
Andrew Bird from Break It Yourself JK--2012. Love his pizzicato on this
fiddling/whistling tune
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Plain Moon by
The Besnard Lakes from A Coliseum Complex Museum JK--2016. Good one from the
Montreal group.
RIP
Meadowlark Lemon. In honor o th Harlem Globetrotters great, here's Louis
Armstrong doing "Sweet Georgia Brown" (http://ow.ly/WpOvN )
Today
on Facebook: every other news post is about how the world is going to hell,
& every other friend post is about peachy the holidays are
Rewatching
2003’s hypnotically beautiful “Lost in Translation.” Sofia Coppola’s movie
still feels very much the essence of this century.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Everwhere That I'm
Not by Translator frm Heartbeats & Triggrs JK--1982. NY, Tokyo, Nova
Scotia? That's not everywhere
Rushing
to patent office right now. Got surefire idea: hoverboard propelled by
rapidfire battery explosions. Surprised no one beat me to it
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Knower by Youth
Lagoon from Savage Hills Ballroom JK--2015. I like that knocking counterrhythm.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp How It Ends by
DeVotchKa from Live at KEXP JK--No spoiler alert here. You already know how
this will end.
The
trick to reading forbiddingly complex technical material is not to read too
deeply. You'll go blind (to the deeper patterns that matter)
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Fly Guy by Doug
Hream Blunt from My Name is DHB JK--Cool unknown soulster from 1980s.
Re-released 2015 on Luaka Bop
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Necessary Evil by
Unknown Mortal Orchestra from Multi-Love JK--2015. One of year's best. A bit
like Hot Chip.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Big Black Coat by
Junior Boys from Big Black Coat JK--2016. I love the oldschool electronica vibe
on this.
I
visualize "fog computing" as a concentric fractal mandala with
progressively thinner circles pushing outward, endlessly, from the center.
IT
industry still has no dominant architectural diagram for IoT "fog
computing" (aka "edge computing"). I like this: http://ow.ly/WnPvr
The
older I get, more annoyed I feel by new year rolling around. It's not the aging
part of it so much as th "crap...tax season approacheth"
I
created FB fanpage for [something I like]. Now FB prompts to create group
"friends who like [something I like]." Feels terminally nerdish
Well
oh well, it’s winter, but I’ve still not needed to take out my winter coat. My
fall jacket is still sufficient. I’m still not shivering
WSJ
article on best & worst TV ads of 2015. I recognize none. Shows how little
TV I watch now.
Open
Source Software Went Nuclear This Year - in 2015, we shouldn't underestimate
the power of open source. https://apple.news/AFaWOwqVDSG6CusRXz44Bmw …
Pondering
my 2016 predictions column for #TechTarget. By
"pondering," I mean "studiously avoiding thinking about it in
any serious way."
I
woke with a tight left knee this morning. Yoga sort of helped it. What I am
doing now is even better: simply walking & breathing & spacing
Watching
"Frasier" pilot on Netflix. David Hyde Pierce is gay, of course, but
apparently his character was also. Niles' spouse: Roger Maris
Ah
yes, unfriending is such sweet sorrow...accent on the "sweet."
