I'm
expecting LinkedIn someday to allow me to endorse people for their endorsing
skills. Many people specialize in that.
Whenever
some new tech breakthrough said to "revolutionize computing as we know
it," I look for caveat "if it ever gets reliable & cheap"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp How Can You Say It
by Gloria Ann Taylor from Love Is A Hurtin' Thing JK--1975. A hauntingly
poignant slice of soul.
I've
noticed that my Twitter impressions spike every time I participate in a
Crowdchat. Amazing burst of target attention. Very effective.
Have
decided to permanently unpin Google+ from my Hootsuite streams. I've found it
entirely useless for connecting and promoting.
Enjoyed
“The Martian.” Basic storyline is about growing potatoes in an infertile field
fertilized by your own feces. Yeah, I been there.
Let
the record show that, while working the conference last week, I authored 5
articles & 2 detailed interview responses. I wrote the record
Latest
spam headline that caught my attention: "work-at-home jobs filling
fast." Really? No more homes available? How about the shelters?
"Storytelling
may be th secret to creating ethical AI" (http://ow.ly/YO9y6 )
JK--Machine-learning reading diff cultures' morality tales?
"Why
machine learning is not th silver-bullet solution to online fraud" (http://ow.ly/YO8TV )
JK--Hard to sense an ever-shifting pattern
"11
Important Model Evaluation Techniques Every1 Should Know" (http://ow.ly/YO7sd )
JK--Laetitia Van Cauwenberge on stuff few can fathom
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Quick Canal
"Using
machine learning to generate music" (http://ow.ly/YO6yu )
JK--Would it be overkill to design a neural net to press wah-wah pedal?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Plain Moon by
The Besnard Lakes from A Coliseum Complex Museum JK--2016. Good new one from
the Montreal
group.
Was
given a selfie stick. I do a lot of selfies, but I'm not sure what to do with
this. Self-flagellation? Not photogenic.
Ridley
Scott and @carrieffisher help #IBM make #AI less scary http://bit.ly/1pcJopM
by @jeffcbeer via @FastCoCreate
New
#IBM jk #TechTarget #ITKnowledgeExchange
column: “The #robotic
throttling of information overload” (http://bit.ly/1S6xLvP )
Maximo
and Watson - Life Changing Data Analysis Experience http://bit.ly/1QKEBbk
The
IT industry is launching new markets worth more than $2 trillion, IBM CEO says http://bit.ly/1QKEpbV
New
#IBMInterConnect
#OpenForData jk
blog: "Open for Data: Takeaways from #IBM InterConnect
2016" (http://ow.ly/YN0N5 )
Drafted
my latest #TechTarget
#ITKnowledgeExchange
blog "The Robotic Throttling of Information Overload"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Run by AIR from
Talkie walkie JK--2004. A nice little electronic trance track.
Very
much enjoyed engaging @sardire @ajbowles @bobehayes @IoT2040 @joemckendrick at #IBMInterConnect.
True experts. And great guys, all.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Human Behaviour by
Bjork from Debut JK--1993. She works her entire vocal tract like an
accordion-shaped larynx.
Drafted
latest InfoWorld column: "Scoping Out Graph-Shaped Business Problems"
Nice
to be home. I’ve been working for 10 days straight.
That
was a really good concert. Elton John can really rock barrelhouse style like
Jerry Lee Lewis or crisply melodic on the piano.
If
you never considered Elton John a real rocker, just catch him and his band
live. Awesomely righteous!
Expanding
the open analytics ecosystem http://ibm.co/1QdLtbF #IBMInterConnect
#OpenForData
announcements
New
#IBM jk #IBMInterConnect
#OpenForData
blog: "Expanding the open analytics ecosystem" (http://ow.ly/YIyfm )
Drafted
next #IBM jk #Dataversity
column: "Open Source Analytics Penetrating Deeper into the Internet of
Things"
"Big
data developers' hallelujah moment for distributed storage" (http://ow.ly/YHCif )
JK--Discusses Berkley AMPLab project Alluxio
"An
Introduction to Variable and Feature Selection" (http://ow.ly/YHBAM )
JK--Skip to the 10 excellent questions at the end.
#Openfordata Live
Panel: How Open Analytics is Changing Cloud App Devel. 230pm. Great Lawn. #IBMInterConnect
Oh
wow do I love the cool breezes of the desert at night in winter. This is the
best time of day in Las Vegas
My
rollup blog on #IBMInterConnect
announcements, plus other #IBM
#OpenForData
announcements, will post to http://ow.ly/YGagB tomorrow
Fire
alarm last night at MGM Grand Las Vegas evacuated guests briefly. While
descending, I recalled the disaster at the previous MGM Grand.
This
Jeff Goldblum character--Brad Bellflower, Silicon Valley Maverick--always makes
me laugh th laugh o recognition http://ow.ly/YG4kb
#IBM Adam Kocoloski speaks
on Cloud Data Services in breakout session at #IBMInterConnect
It's
on! Follow and Retweet to win a @Runkeeper
Go subscription! 10 winners will be randomly selected. Ready, GO! #ibminterconnect
Just
chatted w/Bobby Cameron of Forrester Research, my previous employer, at #IBMInterConnect.
Send George my best. http://ow.ly/YFdGC
There's
often an awkward point in journalists' interviews with me where they assume I'm
a data scientist. I'm not. I simply study their work
"Open
Source Hardware in the 1970s" (http://ow.ly/YDmwq )
JK--Cartoon guitarist on cover resembles John Lennon in "Yellow
Submarine"
"New
AI Script-Reading Program Could Find Your Next Oscar Role" (http://ow.ly/YDlK1 )
JK--I'll only accept romantic leading-man roles
"Algo
Reduces Comms Overload for Human-robot Emergency Response Teams" (http://ow.ly/YDluJ )
JK--Squelches spurious robot2human chatter
"'5-dimensional'
glass discs can store data up to 13.8B years" (http://ow.ly/YDled )
JK--Can it survive Singularity at the end of days?
Where
does Hollywood
get all those extras to stand in the background in shots? From what source do
they crowdsource the sourcing of crowds?
New
#IBMInterConnect
#OpenForData
listicle: "5 perspectives on the disruptive potential of open source
analytics" (http://ow.ly/YD51k )
"If
You Could Read My Mind" (http://ow.ly/YBFFY ) JK--Oh really?
Predictive perfection is a mirage in any analytic-infused endeavor.
You
have to meet @jameskobielus!
Such a smart, amazing guy. So glad to meet him here at #ibminterconnect!
Was
telling Bob Hayes tonight that it feels I should have known him in highschool.
That's how familiar he feels. And it's not been long.
I
rode out on th plane from Atlanta
on Saturday with a Brian Fanzo lookalike. Turns out it was Brian Fanzo. Looking
more like himself lately
Was
sharing w/Joe McKendrick tonight how incredible it felt, in the late 90s, in Seattle , to be approached
by an actual fan. People notice!
RT
@marcbulandr: Lots of awesome #socbiz collaboration
happening at the Social reception #IBMInterConnect
Lots
of awesome #socbiz
collaboration happening at the Social reception #IBMInterConnect
"Graph
Optimizatn in Physical Space: Calculating Several Alternative Roads 2
Rome" (http://ow.ly/YAe3g ) JK--Beautifully
organic visuals
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Harry's Place by
Springsteen from High Hopes JK--2014. Just heard it for 1st time & already
one o my fave Boss songs
"Scientists
Warn that Robots & Artificial Intellignce Could Eliminate Work" (http://ow.ly/YA6JJ )
JK--While also spawning new industries
"Artificial
Intelligence Offers Better Way 2 Diagnose Malaria" (http://ow.ly/YA6yv )
JK--Deep-learning algorithmically guided microscope
Mermaid
pornography is still a taboo. Especially the most shocking of all: full dorsal
nudity.
My
eastern nervous system only granted me 4 pacific sleep hours last night. Rather
than hang in the twilight zone, I got me up & off to work
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Will Possess Your
Heart by Death Cab for Cutie from Narrow Stairs JK--2008. Luv the crescendoing
instrumental intro
"X
Prize & #IBM
announce $5M artificial intelligence competition" (http://ow.ly/Yznwt )
JK--To be awarded at the TED conference in 2020
Watching
Time-Life commercial for 10-DVD Bob Hope TV-special collection. None of which I
recall were all that special. Showbiz hooey!
Had
a burger and a beer in a sports bar in a Vegas casino tonight. I usually hate
casino food. But it was with Tara, who's always a treat.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Emotion Analytics and the Algorithmic Parsing of the C-Suite Poker
Face" (http://ow.ly/YyVGs )
Heading
to Nevada but
not for the caucus. I don’t get into politics or any of the other tawdry
goings-on in Sin City
Still
trying to get head around fact Kate Winslet married dude surnamed
"Rocknroll." Was hoping they'd name their kid "Alittlebit
Rocknroll"
Watched
"The Intern" on DVD last night. Light, pleasant. Wife thinks aging
Robert De Niro sexier than George Clooney. I dig Anne Hathaway.
Sitting
here at DCA trying to finish the Friday LinkedIn Pulse post I was distracted
from finishing yesterday. "Come Saturday morning...."
Another
frantic day of team preparation for #IBMInterconnect
next week. But we have the main stuff squared away. Now cooling off at the club
"Which
jobs will AI (Artificial Intelligence) kill?" (http://ow.ly/YwRdU )
JK--Provocative thoughts from Vincent Granville.
"Drones
collecting big data present new security and IT concerns" (http://ow.ly/YwQQ8 )
JK--Issues galore, buzzing just like the drones
"Apache
Arrow aims to speed access to big data" (http://ow.ly/YwPQF )
JK--Fast in-memory columnar data format
#IBM #Quarks Proposal to
Apache http://ibm.co/1KZw8OM Stream processing
prog model/runtime analytics at IoT edge
"Graph
Databases 101" (http://ow.ly/YwOqu ) JK--Good explanation
of differences from relational databases.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Everything Counts by
Depeche Mode JK--"Everything counts in large amounts." A big data
slogan if I've ever heard one
My
KDNuggets author page http://ow.ly/YwgR5 . I'll be keeping this
site furnished w/fresh original thought leadership. Thanks Gregory!
Embedding
Open Cognitive Analytics at the IoT’s Edge http://ibm.co/1QoMHGk #Quarks
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp At the River by
Groove Armada JK--1997. Samples 1957 Patti Page song. NOT "How Much Is
That Doggie in the Window?"
Public
service announcemt for people who make healthcare insurance decisions based on
spam: whatever calls self "Obamacare" is NOT Obamacare
Tune
in Sunday for the livestream of #IBMOTS. Hear from
industry experts on open tech: http://bit.ly/1PKSnH7
Looking
forward to seeing @bobehayes @sardire @joemckendrick @IoT2040 @ajbowles at #IBMInterConnect
in Las Vegas next week #openfordata.
"IoT
Sensors Give Lo-Tech Industries Hi-Tech Benefits" (http://ow.ly/Yw3aO )
JK--Luv the phrase "surreal connectivity of everyday items"
"Hybrid
IoT: On Fog Computing, Gateways.." (http://ow.ly/Yw2bV )
JK--"Hybrid" = public-cloud IoT computation, private-cloud data
storage
"Topic
Modeling Large Amounts of Text Data" (http://ow.ly/YvXd8 )
JK--Interesting discussion of how Spark can handle unstructured data
"In
Peru ,
Vultures Go High-Tech 2 Fight Garbage" (http://ow.ly/YvV3K ) JK--IoT-connectd
camera/GPS-equipd wingd scavengers. That's wild!
"Silly’
IoT Projects and Growing Heterogeneous Data" (http://ow.ly/YvUHO )
JK--The sillier ones are creativity & innovation at work.
Trump
says religious leader has “no right to question another man’s faith.” Actually,
that’s exactly what we expect from a religious leader
Here's
a link to the LinkedIn Pulse page through which you can access all my daily
posts: http://bit.ly/1mKwJIB …
IBM
Gains DoD Authorization for Cloud Services http://bit.ly/1PIxfkT
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Statistically Crunching a Crowdsourced Image of the World in
Flux" (http://ow.ly/YtY4I )
Tweeting
from the lovely environs of Alexandria .
Virginia , not Egypt . #rockyourdata http://www.via-cc.at/03t8i
Happy
to be participating in today's Datapalooza crowdchat on #datascience
modeling best practices. #rockyourdata http://www.via-cc.at/93t8e
"Software
Detects CEO Emotions" (http://ow.ly/Ysh2i ) JK--Software to detect
whether CEO has emotions? First check if he/she has a pulse
Senate
may not vote on SCOTUS nominee for another year? Doesn't surprise me. This
Congress hasn't done much work of any sort. Why start now?
New
#IBM jk #Dataversity
column: "Paths, Patterns, and Lakes: The Shapes of Data to Come" (http://ow.ly/YseIV )
Wow.
A new version of Java is waiting for me to install it. I count the days till my
next version of Java. I read the license front to back.
"How
Big Data Is Changing the World of Soccer" (http://ow.ly/YqEfY )
JK--No-hands moneyball involving on-the-field wearable sensors.
IBM
Delivers Blockchain-As-A-Service for Developers #IBMz http://bit.ly/1OgafWo
10
Key IBM Acquisitions That Could Boost Partners http://bit.ly/1OgahgK
Listen
to @BradTopol & @DuncanJW preview their #IBMInterConnect
session on #OpenStack:
http://bit.ly/1OgadxE
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Weight by Aretha
Franklin from This Girl's in Love With You JK--1970. Wonderfully Aretha-cized
cover of The Band
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Something's Calling
by The James Hunter Six from Hold On! JK--2016. But sounds very 1966. Great
light urbane soul.
TV
pharma commercial advises people > 50 to be "more aware of
things." I'm more aware of the Internet of Things. Does that count?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Gardenia by Iggy Pop
from Post Pop Depression JK--2016. Great new one from the indestructible
igneous rock of rock
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Laughing Stock by
Grandaddy from Under the Western Freeway JK--1997.
Shoegazer-slacker-psychedelic.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Cognitive Coaching: The Algorithmic Acceleration of Human
Learning" (http://ow.ly/YqnTb )
Why
do tech pubs run basic-science stories? Do they expect we IT vendors to include
support for gravitation waves in our next feature pack?
Reinventing
Securities Trading with Blockchain http://www.ibm.com/blogs/think/2016/02/16/reinventing-securities-trading-with-blockchain/ …
via @ibm
Better
Brews Come Delivered By Data Analytics http://bit.ly/1Oe1egz
Data
mining for deadly drug combinations http://bit.ly/1KTXZ2R
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Quarks: Embedding Open Cognitive Analytics at the Edge of the
Internet o Things" (http://ow.ly/YnzIf )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Me & Mr. Hohner
by Bob Darin from Commitment JK--1969.
Oh
good. A Grammy Record of the Year that I actually am not sick of by now.
"Uptown Funk" still funking me up.
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Deploying analytics microservices in the cloud" (http://ow.ly/YmEKW ).
Wherein I reintroduce SOA into the discussion.
"Machine-learning
robot could streamline drug development" (http://ow.ly/YmEyZ )
JK--Using liquid-handling robots & automated microscope
"In
boost to self-driving cars, US tells Google computers can qualify as
drivers" (http://ow.ly/YmE8g ) JK--Can they text
while driving?
"Donating
Your Selfies to Science" (http://ow.ly/YmDZX ) JK--And don't forget
to donate your actual physical self. Post-croak, that is.
"So
Jim, what exactly is it that you do for a living?" I have a long-winded
& an even MORE long-winded reply to that query. Where to start?
Finished
entire 7-season run of "Mad Men." Brilliant! Greatest TV series I've
ever seen. Tangled development of lives & careers over time
“Wintry
mix”? It’s a mix of snow, and then even more snow.
Fresh
layer of soothing snow on this Presidents Day. Honoring those who've come
before can distract us from the pain of choosing the next.
"Internet
Of Things Will Be Th World's Biggest Robot" (http://ow.ly/YjETq )
JK--That's a bit farfetched. No single controlling algorithm
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Tender by Blur from
13 JK--1999. Sounds like a great undiscovered early 70s John Lennon recording.
Yoga's
taught me that you can hold a pose far longer than your mind realizes. Your
muscles retain the memory of what they've held longest.
"Machine
Learning Takes On Long-Term Knowledge Acquis" (http://ow.ly/YjD6c )
JK--Personalizes lesson plans to maximize memory retention
"Big
data landscape 2016" (http://ow.ly/YjBvg ) JK--Insanely crowded,
questionably categorized, & useless clustering of vendor logos.
"Comparing
11 Internet of Things Development Platforms" (http://ow.ly/YjB2U )
JK--Useful chart includes #IBM
IoT Foundation.
"Rise
of the artificially intelligent hedge fund" (http://ow.ly/YjAQE )
JK--Complex AI engines make predictions & "vote" on best actions
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Have You Seen My
Love by Rosie Thomas from When We Were Small JK--2002. Lovely slice of slow
romantic country-folk.
I'd
like to search/replace every mention of "exponential" growth with
"logarithmic," just to add a dash of gratuitous geekiness. What base?
"Apache
Spark becomes most activ opensource project in bigdata" (http://ow.ly/Yjzp5 )
JK-- >600 contributors in 2015 up from 315 in 2014
Before
I got a smartphone, I hung out in magazine section while the wife shopped. Now
I can loiter pretty much anywhere I want. Improvement
Watched
DVD of "Grandma." Lily Tomlin seems like she's simply playing herself
in this role. Tough tender aging lesbian with serious backbone
U
think th rightwingers who control Capitol Hill are going to fast-track whoever
Obama nominates 2 replace Scalia? Political gridlock awaits
21°
and windy as all get-out. If this keeps up all the warmth will get out of my
body
Biggest
accomplishment this week was writing 8 lengthy blogs on 8 different topics when
my mind was actually on none of those topics.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Optimizing the Physical Fitness of The Community At Large" (http://ow.ly/Ygto8 )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Somehow, Someway,
Someday by The Farmer Boys from Flash, Crash and Thunder JK--1956. Cool
bluegrass dance number.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp You're The Reason
Our Kids Are Ugly by Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty JK--1978. But that didn't
deter their conception
"Six
(wait, 3.57) degrees of separation" (http://ow.ly/Ye0v3 )
JK--I'm more connected to everyone than Zuckerberg. Me: 3.12. Zuck: 3.17
I
hope Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick stay together. I'm sure the actor
wouldn't be able to stand any more degrees of separation.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Lake
Superior by The Arcs from the single JK--2016. Kind of a nice
crinkly shuffle to this one.
Obvious
scam marker is opening statement: "We've been trying to reach you."
That means this is your 1st attempt. I'm not difficult to reach
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Becoming cognitive: a new disruptor remakes the business landscape"
(http://ow.ly/YdRu7 )
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Becoming cognitive: a new disruptor remakes the business landscape"
(http://ow.ly/YdNH0 )
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Dredging the Data Lake Down to Its Muddy Bottom" (http://ow.ly/YcZIX ).
Yes, that's Madison .
Thought
leadership is actually all about voicing your own personal passions. It'll
never come if you're obsessed w/ what others want to hear
Social
listening not a good guide for thought leadership ideation. Tends to produce
blog titles such as "10 reasons big data delivers value"
Was
a pleasant working day around the house. Wife had her friends over and plenty
of bottles of vino uncorked. Liquid lunch lubricated me.
Weird
when people on socials declare that some long-deceased famous person has just
died. I doublecheck their Wikipedia page to be sure.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Every Other Freckle
by alt-J from This Is All Yours JK--2014. I love the vaguely Chinese quality of
the melody.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "What’s the Threshold at Which Big Data May Be Considered
Mainstream?" (http://ow.ly/Ya2lo )
Today's
post was hugely popular (http://ow.ly/Y97A1 ). I thought yesterday's
far better (http://ow.ly/Y97Cy ), but no one liked it
It
strikes me how the publications that oversaturate their coverage of big data
also tend to oversaturate the "is big data hyped?" angle.
Caught
"Ricki & The Flash" on DVD. Damn that Meryl Streep. She's even
convincing as a low-rent Chrissie Hynde wannabe.
Proposition:
it’s sophomoric to pronounce “sophomore” as 3 syllables. I’ll expect your term
papers on that topic on my desk by Friday at 5.
“Middle
of nowhere”? What happens at the frontier between nowhere & somewhere? Is
it like a black hole’s event horizon?
Isn't
it time for a political candidate that was designed to THINK? #thinkwatson http://watson2016.com/
Watson
for President in 2016 (http://ow.ly/Y8BKX ). It's time to elect
the first artificial intelligence into office.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Crowdsourcing Verbal Context for Deep Visual Analysis" (http://ow.ly/Y8cvU )
Wish
to thank Ken Robertson for reaching out directly as a fellow Jefferson Airplane
geek. There aren't many of us. Deadheads far outnumber.
My
mental life revolves around finding material to comment on. Much of that is the
past material of my comments themselves. It all builds.
3.9
million electric meters and 1.3 million gas meters transformed by #ConEd & #IBM http://ibm.biz/BdHTPF
When
someone says they're in a "firedrill," I recall the sound of Allen
Ravenstine's analog-synth on this Ubu track: http://ow.ly/Y7J3u
60
meals in 30 minutes. Challenge yourself at #ibminterconnect
http://www.ibm.biz/ic16-shn #stophungernow
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp All Known Things by
Eleanor Friedberger from New View JK--2016. Another good 1 from her latest.
Reminds of Aimee Mann
HOT:
#datawarehousing
software-defined environment available for preview. Request access: http://bit.ly/DDB-PRV
Big
data book author asks for positive blurb re their manuscript. I send them
actual review: pro&con. Let's see the excerpt. I know th game
Curious
what psych theory Hillary's campaign is employing with tactics such as emails
where Chelsea
announces "My Mom is down in the polls"
Starting
my workday with my usual mindfulness exercises. To counterbalance how mindless
I obviously am the rest of the day.
"Artificial
Intelligence and Neural Nets on Small GPUs" (http://ow.ly/Y5PK6 )
JK--Run those algorithms on mobile phones & IoT endpoints
New
#dashDB
software-defined deployment option preview. Request access: http://bit.ly/DDB-PRV
New
#IBM LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Controlling the Weaponization of Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/Y56iu )
RT
@kexpplaylist: Walking on the
Moon by The Police from Reggatta De Blanc JK--1979. Most reggae-ish of early
hits. LP title alludes to that
"Building
a Network of Micro-Satellites in Space" (http://ow.ly/Y4sVX )
JK--Asteroid early-warning system would be logical app for these
"Sensing
Human Skin to Improve Rescue Operations" (http://ow.ly/Y4sz9 ) JK--On
flip side, sounds like also has military-targeting apps
"Bringing
Neural Networks to Mobile Devices" (http://ow.ly/Y4s3Q )
JK--Deep learning accelerated through improved core-level memory mgmt
"Europe
Needs Smart Policies for Smart Things" (http://ow.ly/Y4rEV )
JK--Serious topic, but headline almost sounds like a joke.
Scanning
latest crop of open-source data project announcements re incremental
enhancements w/version numbers such as 0.6.0.1. Zzzzzzzzzzzz!
"Is
Spark replacing Hadoop?" (http://ow.ly/Y4qun ) JK--Not really.
Discusses how they are co-evolving in a dynamic industry landscape.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Ghost Who Walks
by Karen Elson JK--2010. Very cool. Sounds a bit like Nancy Sinatra.
Mornings
proceed on the sheer force of habit. A morning person is just someone most
comfortable following habitual patterns.
