Was
going to watch White House Correspondents Dinner. Till I realized CNN intends
to run 2+ hours of idiot commentary before Obama comes on
Expert
blames childhood obesity on kids sitting staring at screens. Says “when we were
young we ran around.” Um, no. We stared at the Tube
I’m
mildly shocked I got all 3 of my April columns written in April. This month was
ferociously busy wcampaign planning & execution. Whew!
Still
chilly. Haven’t put away the winter clothes. Was warm last week, but haven’t
taken down the summers. Wardrobe-wise I’m still unsprung
Sign
of desperation? I’d call it Cruz’ Hail Carly pass.
New
#IBM jk #TechTarget #ITKnowledgeExchange
column: "Giving citizen data scientists a short leash" (http://ow.ly/4nfN5f )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I, Exhale by
Underworld from Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future JK--2016. Goth
almighty!
Drafted
latest #IBM jk #TechTarget #ITKnowledgeExchange
column: "Giving Citizen Data Scientists a Short Leash"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Come On Let's Go by
Broadcast from The Noise Made by People JK--2000. "Stop looking for
answers in everyone's face"
Graph
databases catch electronic con artists in the act http://bit.ly/1VWJxMd
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Windows by Fly Moon
Royalty from Delicious Trouble JK--2016. Love the quiet tinkly percussion on
this one.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Chromakey Dreamcoat
by Boards of Canada from The Campfire Headphase JK--2005. Feels like a
not-yet-woken mind.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp When Possession Gets
too Strong by Dolly Parton from Th Fairest o Them All JK--1970. Best warble in
all country music
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Luckenbach , Texas
(Back to the Basics of Love) by Waylon Jennings JK--1977. "Ain't nobody
feelin' no pain"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Let's Get Drunk by
The Honeycutters from On The Ropes JK--2016. She cuts to the chase.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Sugarfoot Rag by Red
Foley from Country Music Hall of Fame Series JK--1949. I'll bet this was a
popular dance tune.
"Kafka
Advances in Enterprise "
(http://ow.ly/4ndgVJ )
JK--No truth to rumor Kafka metamorphoses data scientists into cockroaches
"Ideas
for improving already-good models" (http://ow.ly/4ndfwj ) JK--They're
looking good. You'd like to take them home. It's understood
Wouldn't
it be cool if the Winklevoss twins' first names were Winkledee and Winkledum?
The
most in-demand guy in the world must be someone named Les. Everybody keeps
saying they want to do more with him.
Drafted
latest #IBM jk #InfoWorld column:
"Monetizing The Fuzzy Narratives of Social Listening"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Planet Sizes by
Steve Mason from Meet the Humans JK--2016. Nice new one from the former Beta
Band frontman.
Sesame
Workshop, IBM Launch Early-Childhood Education Initiative http://bit.ly/1VUzXJG
I'm
so old (and such a geek) that I remember when pocket calculators were the
latest high-tech & having a feature-packed one was brag-worthy
"Sesame
Wrkshp & #IBM #Watson Team to Advance
Early Childhood Educ" (http://ow.ly/4nbXjJ ) JK--Dev next-gen
learning tools #IBMandSesame
"
#IBM Expands Flash
Storage Solutions to Target New, Intelligent Apps in Cloud" (http://ow.ly/4nbX6c )
JK--Simple, scalable, accelerated
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Five String Serenade
by Arthur Lee & Love from Five String Serenade JK--1992. Beautiful,
romantic, medieval.
"6
Alternatives to Silicon Valley w/Better Weather Than Portland " (http://ow.ly/4nbWkN )
JK--Anywhere's an alternative. Weather relevant?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Not Fade Away by
Buddy Holly frm The Chirping Crickets JK--1957. Bo Diddley song. "A love a
real not fade away." Huh?
Got
my vibrator pad humming on my office-chair back this morning. To simulate the
jitters I should be feeling up & down my spine.
Used
"Sisyphean" in normal conversation yesterday. Not a sissified
locution. But "locution" might be. So I'll have to watch it.
Let
me get this straight: someone who’s losing his party’s race for the nomination
has named a running mate. To run where? Into the ground?
"John"
on a scratchy line called concerning "National Care Center of
Internet." Yeah, that sounds legit. Somebody out there actually cares
Is
YouTube targeting these interstitial tech ads at me cuz of what I do? Or does
it target those commercials at everybody? How can I know?
RT
@ebarbini: Sesame Workshop, $IBM partner to use
Watson for preschoolers http://usat.ly/1SAQE6L via @usatoday #IBM #muppets
"The
Humans Hiding Behind the Chatbots" (http://ow.ly/4na0Ff )
JK--Double-checking & tweaking algorithmic responses. Quality control.
"Artificial
Intelligence Can Now Design Realistic Video & Game Imagery" (http://ow.ly/4n9Zqe )
JK--As realistic as fantasy games need be
"Why
Machine Learning Is Our Last Hope 4 Cybersecurity" (http://ow.ly/4n9WIC )
JK--Sounds fairly dire. Last hope is smart cyberscientists
IBM
issues ‘Interop Challenge’ to fellow #OpenStack vendors.
Details from @DJRippert & @AngelLuisDiaz:
I
tend to read lengthy email chains in reverse order: back to front. Too often,
the discussion has come unglued from the original "subject"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Lovers of the Sun by
The Jayhawks from Paging Mr. Proust JK--2016. Great new one from th veteran
country-folk-rockers
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Honey and Smoke by
case/lang/veirs from case/lang/veirs JK--2016. Beautiful one with KD lead, Neko
& Laura backup
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Oh Sarah by Sturgill
Simpson from A Sailor's Guide To Earth JK--2016. Really nice. Country superstar
in the making
Saw
"Brooklyn " on DVD. Enjoyed Saoirse
Ronan's portrait of a resilient young Irish immigrant re-anchoring her life in
1950s America .
Saw
"Carol" on DVD. Another one Todd Haynes' painstakingly chiaroscuro
1950s period pieces about closeted gay people finding themselves
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Still Would Stand
All Time by Prince from Graffiti Bridge JK--1990. Nice slice of gospel from the
Minneapolis
maestro
Draft
new #IBM jk Dataversity
column "Vetting the Actual Science Behind Data Science"
New
#IBM jk #Dataversity
column: "Distributing Machine Intelligence to the Foggy Edge of the
IoT" (http://ow.ly/4n4kN2 )
Is
your investment in ECM future-proof? http://bit.ly/1VU90p0
"Big
Data in '16: How Big Is ‘Big Enough’" (http://ow.ly/4n3Ov2 ) JK--Lincoln on how long legs
should be: "long enough 2 reach th ground"
"Predicting
success: How Social Physics changing th world we live in" (http://ow.ly/4n3NGD )
JK--My head feels like an atom being smashed
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hey Paul Anka by
Sequoyah Tiger from Ta-Ta-Ta-Time JK--2016. Italian group. Why Anka? Are they
having his baby too?
"Automated
Predictive Analytics : What Could Possibly Go Wrong?" (http://ow.ly/4n3MCt )
JK--Misplaced confidence in bad bot predictions?
"Kaggle
Releases Data Sets About Global Warming: Make your own Predictions" (http://ow.ly/4n3Mo3 )
JK--Try weeding out the biases first.
"Answers
to dozens of data science job interview questions" (http://ow.ly/4n3LJu )
JK--OK, but don't try writing them on your wrist.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Cinco De Tomorrow by
Damien Jurado from Visions of Us On the Land JK--2016. Another great
atmospheric one from him.
"Facebook’s
future: AI, drones & virtual reality" (http://ow.ly/4n3JlO )
JK--Robot assistant can fuss over your FB while you get a life.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Book I Read by
Talking Heads from TalkgHeds '77 JK--1977. "I'm living in the
future." OMG, this is ~ 40 years ago
Reasonably
good weekend. Didn't think of work much. But my dreams while asleep seem to all
have work themes. Mundane stuff, no symbolism
"RIP
Prince, a legendary musician with complicated Internet history" (http://ow.ly/4n2To1 )
JK--Agonized over how musicians would make $
Played
several games of Rummikub over dinner on the deck with the wife. The woman
usually kicks my butt on games. But we dueled to a draw.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Out of Control by
Lush from Blind Spot JK--2016. Brand new. Enchanting.
Enjoying
the “Silicon Valley ” marathon on HBO. Never
seen it before. Very funny, well-written, culturally nuanced. Feels like people
I know
Saturday.
Breakfast, newspaper, workout, supermarket, lunch, housecleaning, nap, more
newspaper, dinner, cleanup. Contemplating nap #2.
I
assume Trump’s running mate will be Chris Christie. So they can use their
campaign as a bully pulpit: no pulpit but double the bullies.
This
week at the Japanese embassy, I presented my thoughts on embedded vs. embodied
vs. engaged cognition. Everyone listened.
As
someone married to an Asian, I've weirdly never mastered chopsticks. This week
at the Japanese embassy, I forced myself. Didn't mess up.
As
we mourn dead rock stars, I should note that Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis,
Little Richard, & Fats Domino still breathe the vital.
Wall
Street Journal says Prince left 26 unreleased albums. Hence, he must have been
an utter failure commercially. Couldn't give 'em away.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp U Got the Look by
Prince from Sign “o” the Times JK--1987. Great stiletto of rock-funk.
Ended
the work week with a fairly undemanding yoga class. Glad not to have to try too
hard.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Girl from Conejo Valley
by M.Ward JK--2016. Love the song. Love how he interpolates his
"Helicopter" into this
"Is
machine learning th next commodity?" (http://ow.ly/4mZK7Y ) JK--For
repeatable fine-grained tasks, yes. For adaptive learning, no
How
does DESY handle over 5GB of data streaming into its computing center every
second? http://bit.ly/1MMOLXs
IBM/Cleversafe
proud to be named a Market Leader by @ITBrandPulse
http://bit.ly/1MMOIel
Vote
@IBM for this year's #FIRSTChampionship
sponsor video - You have until 4/26! #IBMIoT http://bit.ly/1Qs3e5M
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp We'll Meet Again by
Vera Lynn JK--1939. Memorably used in the "Dr. Strangelove"
soundtrack.
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Bridging Spark analytics to cloud data services" (http://ow.ly/4mYLmY )
Nearsighted
people like me don’t take focus for granted. You use any corrective artifice at
hand to achieve it.
Today
I used a focusing technique I developed in my analyst years: diagramming
someone’s complex question as they spoke. Found its kernel.
RIP
Prince. Second of the triumvirate of 1958-born mega pop stars to pass. Michael
gone, Madonna remains.
I’m
happy that my remarks were well received by my hosts at the embassy of Japan . Just
representing IBM
Pretty
much goes without saying the Japanese are doing amazing work in artificial
intelligence.
Choice
with consistency is the key to an effective #hybridcloud,
writes @JMcGee:
0
retweets0 likes
Me
(silent/dark entity in front row) that Paula Poundstone was talking to Strata
Hadoop. 23:00. You hear her not me
WTF?
Somebody just ended a tech blog with "Hope you have a really great
day!" Why stop there? Why not ask us to say hi to our moms for you?
"Will
the Citizen Data Scientist Inherit the World?" (http://ow.ly/4mW7a9 )
JK--Shawn Rogers on the democratization of data science
"The
next hot job in Silicon Valley is for
poets" (http://ow.ly/4mW6lL ) JK--Bots got the
hots for the Bard.
"Analyzing
the Panama Papers" (http://ow.ly/4mW6bm ) JK--Excellent
illustration of the illuminating power of graph analysis.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Jellisy by James K
from Pet JK--2016. No relation. Also, he's a she.
Richie
Havens "Follow the Drinking Gourd" (http://ow.ly/4mViJ2 )
JK--For Harriet Tubman. Big Dipper points to Polaris. The way north.
RT
@weberlarry: A recent talk that I
had with @jameskobielus on open
source, #cloud and #openfordata
"Demystifying
Deep Reinforcement Learning" (http://ow.ly/4mUIY8 )
JK--Good discuss of how reward-seeking ML algorithms learn iteratively
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Swallowtail by Wolf
Alice from My Love is Cool JK--2015. Nice chill atmospheric swell to this.
Tingly.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Medicinals by PJ
Harvey from The Hope Six Demolition Project JK--2016. Love the rising
incantational quality of this
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Once In a Lifetime
by Talking Heads from Remain in Light JK--1980. Love the paint-opaqued bandfaces
on LP cover
"Tinker
With a Neural Network Right Here in Your Browser. Don’t Worry, You Can’t Break
It. We Promise." (http://ow.ly/4mTBuX )
"Quantum
cmptg, here we come: A qubit data bus may soon be possible" (http://ow.ly/4mTAZR )
JK--How to move a qubit without destroying it
"Monitoring
Performance Across a Data Pipeline" (http://ow.ly/4mTAus )
JK--Great illustration of difficulty of pinpointing bottlenecks
"Crowdsourcing
analytics: How to find wisdom in the crowd" (http://ow.ly/4mTyo0 )
JK--Identify & tune into the most clued-in individuals
Please
quit using "tectonic shift" to ref smoothly gradual change. Tectonic
processes are eons of stability punctuated by sudden disruption
[Announcement
letter] IBM #DB2
11.1 BLU , the multi-workload database software for next-gen database
deployments- http://ibm.co/22w9xfI
Our
web page has a new look to celebrate the #DB2 11.1 for Linux, UNIX
and Windows announcement. Visit - http://ibm.co/23GVGpo #DB2v11
IBM
announces #DB2 11.1 for
Linux UNIX and Windows . Check out the new DB2 Data Sheet - http://ibm.co/1qTIhMK
#DB2v11
Is
your database ready for the #Cognitive Era?
Read this executive brochure for details- http://ibm.co/1SMlmsU #DB2 #DB2v11
Been
invited by senior representatives of Japan ’s scientific establishment to
discuss AI’s impact on digital transformation. Glad to.
Catch
me on "The Rise of the Citizen Data Scientist" (http://ow.ly/4mRZrz ).
July 19. Boston .
#TDWI Accelerate. Save
up to $675 code AC2
"The
Humans Hiding Behind the Chatbots" (http://ow.ly/4mRcMZ )
JK--Humans (ie pattern curators) train datasets that refine the algorithms
"The
Financial Threats That Machines Can See" (http://ow.ly/4mRcjF )
JK--Does a "bubble" statistical pattern literally resemble a bubble?
"MIT
AI Researchers Make Breakthrough On Threat Detection" (http://ow.ly/4mRbHj )
JK--Blend of auto/unsupervised & expert/supervised ML
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Atomic Number by
case/lang/veirs from case/lang/veirs JK--2016. Great new collab w/Neko Case, KD
Lang, Laura Veirs
"Thrilled
that AI is no longer a dirty word" (http://ow.ly/4mQVBW )
JK--Not actually a word. Never dirty. But I sort of get your drift.
"On
Big Data and Data Science. Interview with James Kobielus" (http://ow.ly/4mQROz )
http://JK--ODBMS.org
interview from February.
Always
good to have at least one friend to whom you can speak unfiltered. Even if it’s
filtered through wine. Several bottles of.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Palmcorder Yajna by
The Mountain Goats from We Shall All Be Healed JK--2004. Very hi-grade
pulp-fiction literary
"What
Happened When Ford Tested Its Self-Driving Car in Total Darkness" (http://ow.ly/4mOozo )
JK--Radar + cameras + light-sensitiv radar
"Search
4 New Medical Treatmts Zeroes In on Genetic Superheroes" (http://ow.ly/4mOo0c )
JK--Robust good health defies genetic vulnerablty
"Why
AI still needs us: To build quantum comptrs" (http://ow.ly/4mOmwP )
JK--Tech doesnt "need" us. We need us to pour our smarts into it
The
older I get, I the less I believe in some magical gift called
"genius." However, I have met a lot of exceptionally smart individuals.
"TUPAQ"
(http://ow.ly/4mOjir )
JK--Framework to auto discover/execute optimal ML algorithm among myriad. Is
there a SHAKUR framework too?
"Big
data & machine learning--is the glass half empty?" (http://ow.ly/4mOhVW )
JK--20 years ago, AI was logic-based. Now it's data-driven
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hoover Dam by Sugar
frm Cooper Blue JK--1992. So-called cuz it hoovers up every remaining drop o Colorado River water
Whenever
the conversation in my non-work life turns to IT, I have to constantly bite my
tongue. Nobody wants the depth I can easily dish out
"Why
machine learning will impact, but not take, your job" (http://ow.ly/4mOfXo )
JK--Highlights apps where human/bot collab essential
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Cool Down the Pace
by Gregory Isaacs from Night Nurse JK--1982. Nice slow-dancing romantic reggae
for couples in mood
Was
a good weekend. Spent part of it in a hoodie speeding down a largely deserted
lake past a nuclear reactor. No incidents.
First
day of Summer. By which I mean, I brought out my deck furniture and we had
dinner out there. So it's official. Am I jumping the gun?
I
appreciate the bulk e-mail indicating that you "miss" me, Wal-Mart.
But I already knew that. Your greeters routinely hi-5 & bearhug me.
"Czechia"?
Really? Seems like there should be an extra syllable or two in there, like
"Czechronesia" or "Czechsylvania."
Never
quite got my head around concept o "James City County VA. "
I think its seat, Williamsburg , should call
itself "James
City County
City "
Takes
a while for our cruddy lawn to sprout semi-decent Spring shoots. Fine with me.
I’ll mow when nature runs riot and not a moment before.
Reading
NYTimes Mag architect profile of brutalist house design. Thanks, but I’ll only
indulge in cellblock decor if a judge puts me there.
If
Deadheads and Parrotheads joined forces, would Python fans resent the
competition?
IEEE
Computer Society moved their Rockstars of Big Data Austin shindig from May 24
to Nov 3. I'll speak. Not sure about the Hoobert Heevers
I'll
be glad when election is over, so can go back to bitching about the people in
power, rather than about the ones who want to be in power
"When
Is the Singularity? Probably Not in Your Lifetime" (http://ow.ly/4mJRxd )
JK--Topic smacks of pure armchair sci-fi worrymongering.
"'Your
face is big data:' Title o photographer's experiment sez all" (http://ow.ly/4mJQSR )
JK--What?! You sayin I look like an elephant?
"Improve
New-Product Batting Average w/Predictive Analytics" (http://ow.ly/4mJImT )
JK--Why stop there? Boost yr successful-product RBIs!
"Fairness
in machine learning" (http://ow.ly/4mJGxu ) JK--Don't
disadvantage minorities thru feature engineering that implicitly excludes
Democratizing
data science: Advanced analytics as a team sport http://bit.ly/1p40Zj1
Just
saw phrase "AI party trick" in a biz-tech press headline. A few of
these will spawn huge markets. Spin the bottle to wager which.
Most
basic survival skill in complex fast-changing environments is ability to
spot-analyze any arbitrary conceptual projectile headed yr way
"
#IBM & University of
Illinois to
Pioneer Next-Gen Cognitive Computing Systems" (http://ow.ly/4mJ5e2 )
JK--Releasing all to open source
Nicely
slimy piece of spam text: "we hope this message reaches you well."
Rest assured that it did. It's well, but that fact makes me ill.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp This Old House by
Derek Hoke from Southern Moon JK--2016. Sung with real heart.
Are
the doctors at Veterans Administration hospitals entitled to call themselves
veteranarians?
I
pronounce it “Chi-poat-ul” just to annoy them.
Doesn’t
Starbucks still give out fake dollar bills w/portraits of Hollywood
celebrities on them? Wasn’t that their original business model?
Fave
spam headline of the day: "Are the rumors about you true?" I'm here
to confirm that indeed they aren't.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Baba O'Riley by The
Who from Who's Next JK--1971. Love that in-your-face synth intro. Nicely set
ups the rock bombast
In
addition to "data lake" not making sense as a metaphor,
"untangling the data lake" makes no sense as a mixed metaphor. Stop
the madness!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The New Saint Jude
by Andrew Bird from Are You Serious JK--2016. Good one. Bird finally put a bird
on it (LP cover)
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Silver Lining by
Rilo Kiley from Under the Blacklight JK--2007. Love this. Their final LP before
Jenny went solo.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Tall Man, Skinny
Lady by Ty Segall from Manipulator JK--2014. Brilliant knife-edged hard-rock
guitar assault
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Merrymaking vs Mischief: Beating Machine-Learning Algorithms At
Their Own Game" (http://ow.ly/10DcgO )
Hangout:
Intro to Apache Quarks | IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub http://bit.ly/1oXqgeC
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Sunday by Iggy Pop
from Post Pop Depression JK--2016. Good one. Why "post-Pop"? Going
back to "James Osterberg Jr"?
"
#IBM Introduces
Cognitive Storage" (http://ow.ly/10C5ZR ) JK--Auto-discover
data value, manage accordingly. Still in research.
Been
winning free Egg McMuffins from my McDonald's app every time DC's teams lead at
end of 1st period. Thank U Caps and/or Wizards!
Morning
begins as they always during the work week: quick mental recalc about what's
priority right now, what can wait a split-second or two
Any
political system that makes its citizens want to defect is, all things
considered, usually defective.
Space.
The very term has an eerie emptiness about it. It’s no place. Just space.
"Why
I Hate Best Practices" (http://ow.ly/10AzsP ) JK--Don't tell me
you also hate puppy dogs and fairy tales.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Holding On for Life
by Broken Bells from After th Disco JK--2014. James Mercer deftly works 2
distinct Xcellent bands
Hey
LinkedIn, prompt people who congratulate on anniversaries to use unique phrases
rather than spamming "Congrats. Hope you're doing well."
"Self-driving
cars may not B proven safe for decades" (http://ow.ly/10AuKw )
JK--"Proven"? U don't prove such a thing. U demo in practice
"
#IBM Launches Health
Corps to Help Communities Around World Address Public Health Challenges" (http://ow.ly/10AbFz )
JK--New probono.
RT
@profNdel: "When New Hardware
Starts To Spontaneously Self-Fabricate" by @jameskobielus on @LinkedIn
"When
New Hardware Starts To Spontaneously Self-Fabricate" by @jameskobielus on @LinkedIn
"'New
Rembrandt' to be unveiled in Amsterdam "
(http://ow.ly/10zqRo )
JK--Next project: 3D-print Rembrandt van Rijn rolling over in grave
"The
Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Learning on Spark" (http://ow.ly/10zqhI )
JK--Databricksers discuss "DeepSpark" devel automation
"Machine
learnng is poor fit 4 most businesses" (http://ow.ly/10zpiE )
JK--Linthicum too narrowly construes ML as just unsuprvisd learnng
Catch
me: "Citizen Data Scientists in Era of Self-Svc Analytics" (http://ow.ly/10zndo )
JK--Jul 19, 445-530pm, TDWI Accelerate, Boston
"The
rise o the citizen data scientist" (http://ow.ly/10zmRr ) JK--Catch
me speaking on this topic at TDWI Accelerate, July 18-20, Boston
"MIT
says its 3D-printed robots can 'practically walk out of' the machine" (http://ow.ly/10zmFz )
JK--Hasta la vista, baby!
"How
AI-powered robots will protect the networked soldier" (http://ow.ly/10zmij )
JK--Asks if this is "ethical." Is warfare ethical?
"Information
Overload = ‘Cognitive Diabetes’ Sez Slack CEO" (http://ow.ly/10zlGe )
JK--Please dont ref serious diseases in dumb metaphors
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Tennessee Song by
Margo Price from Midwest Farmer's Daughter JK--2016. Nice. Singer I was too
sleepy to catch on SNL
Social
media has so completely discombobulated world culture that I’d say it’s
responsible for distributed denial of sanity.
If
the radio plays “Uptown Funk” one more g****mn time, I’m going to have a fit.
Don’t believe it? Just watch.
"Training
a Computer to Recognize Your Handwriting" (http://ow.ly/10xONa )
JK--As soon as I train my brain to recognize my chickenscratch
"Can
Machine Learning Help Lift China ’s
Smog?" (http://ow.ly/10xObx ) JK--Discusses IBM
Research China 's
efforts.
"What
Cognitive Computing Means For Chip Design" (http://ow.ly/10xNtv )
JK--Very cool holistic discussion of energy-efficiency potential
"FB's
AI Technology Describes Photos To Visually Impaired Users" (http://ow.ly/10xLNP )
JK--Should be standard in wearables for the blind
A
lot of crazy stuff eventually blows over. Just make sure you're not standing
directly underneath when they do.
Nice
that everybody on LinkedIn suddenly congratulating me on my 4th anniversary of
joining IBM. But that was 9 days ago. What gives?
Another
Monday morning, another round of checking out recommended "great Friday
reading" & wondering why none of this could wait till Monday
Reading
New Yorker profile of SNL cast member Leslie Jones. One of few new ones in
recent years that I can’t NOT watch. Wild loud brash.
Stretching
my legs with a nice neighborhood stroll on this chilly but sunny April day. At
least the air is fresh.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Funk the Fear by
Esperanza Spalding from Emily's D+Evolution JK--2016. Cool 70s-ish jazz/funk.
Love th background vox
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Chasing Shadows by
Santigold from 99¢ JK--2016. Great one. Has a indie/world-music vibe, sort of
like M.I.A.