Everyday
Big Data Infographic http://bit.ly/2fMPBVd
"8
Things Every Person Should Do Before 8 A.M." (http://ow.ly/FFGf306wwEW )
JK--Gimme a break. I don't start my to-do list UNTIL 8am.
Stop
calling it the "Rust Belt" unless you're prepared to also call the
southern states the "Perspiration Belt."
Considering
that Clinton
won the popular vote by margin > 2 million, commentators who treat Trump's
victory as "seismic shift" can sit on it
Black
Friday. IMHO, merchants should color-code their sites with fiscal-year
break-even status. It's Red Friday till they're in the black.
Lawnmowered
the fallen leaves to several bagsfull of pulverized organic matter. Now
emptying the airborne particles from sinus to Kleenex.
Enjoying
selected writings of Robert Hughes. His discussion o MIchelangelo's physical
ordeal painting the Sistine Chapel is especially great
Of
course, Trump was topic #1 at the Thanksgiving dinner table today. My position
on the matter is in the public record. And off my chest.
"Sarah
McLachlan and the great Tony Bennett"? No argument on Tony, but I think
Sarah deserves that praise word too.
You
need a little Christmas right this very minute? Seriously? You can't wait a
month and a day for that?
Can’t
wait to see the Secret Service’s elaborately choreographed song-and-dance in
front of Trump Tower
Power
Rangers? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Pikachu? Hey Macy’s, this is my adult
children’s nostalgia. Throw us Boomers a bone. Underdog?
Clowns.
When they make their entrance, you know the facepainted costumed zaniness has
begun. A warmup for the actual humor U hope will ensue
I
think lavish Broadway musicals should perform on 34th Street every morning. Especially
during rush hour. Manhattanites dig gridlock.
Trump
could “in theory” self-deal from his foundation, raid US treasury
& run his fraudulent businesses from White House. He’s a multitasker
Transistor.
That’s your brother after the switch.
Observing
the Thanksgiving Eve rush at Wegman’s from a comfy high stool in the cafe in
front entrance area. Quite a hive of turkey shoppers!
E-commerce
world in pre-holiday knucklecracking phase today. All my merchants reporting
updated service terms & restating privacy practices.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp 96 Tears by ? and
the Mysterians JK--1966; Fun fact: ?'s real name is Enigmus Interrogatus.
IBM
is on a push to offer IoT from development to production http://bit.ly/2foFJzZ
Data
Analytics Top Trends In 2017 http://bit.ly/2foBUus
"30
Fun Ideas for Starting New AI Businesses & Services with #Watson " (http://ow.ly/pmSx306s8S7 )
JK--Thanks Bill Vorhies for compiling these
"Data
Science Delusion" (http://ow.ly/uadP306s8B0 ) JK--No
it's not the "science of data." It's using stat tools to test empirical
hypotheses
"Data
Isn't Everything" (http://ow.ly/V8B8306s85V ) JK--I beg
yr pardon. To quote Coach Lombardi, it's th only thing. Go team! OK, U're right
"Agile
Antipatterns" (http://ow.ly/JldG306s7qH )
JK--"Antipattern" is essentially "vicious cycle": U think
it will help, but does the opposite
"Big
data...not eating data scientist" (http://ow.ly/HsJL306s6Gm )
JK--"Human intuition..necessary..in design..ML algos..feature
engineering’"
"How
machine lrnng turbocharge workforce" (http://ow.ly/pXyV306s5f6 )
JK--"Eliminate human error" (#2) is classic schlock sci-fi robot
dialog
How
many other blogs do I have up my stupid sleeve for the remainder of this year?
Don't I ever give it a rest?
LinkedIn's
invited congratulations. Creates pleasant fiction that we care about other
people's careers when they're not competing with ours.
NY
Times taking heat from the president-elect. Should change slogan to "All
The News That Gives Trump A Fit."
New
#IBM jk #MakeDataSimple #KDNuggets column:
"The Experience of Being a High-Performing Data Scientist" (http://ow.ly/xlh2306qCfC )
The
only time "self-dealing" is OK is when it refers to someone engaging
in a pleasant game of solitaire.
"Trump
Charity Admits to ‘Self-Dealing’" (http://ow.ly/YXYa306qgdY )
JK--Which, of course, means "corruption."
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Being 4 th Benefit
of Mr. Kite JK--Mr K never got his wish to challenge world. Olympics dropped
hogshead fire-jumping
"AI
Has Beaten Humans at Lip-reading" (http://ow.ly/8ePw306pMu0 )
JK--Accurate 93.4% of time, compared to 52.3% for human lip-readers.
"Project
Flogo: Golang-Powered Open Source IoT Integration Framework" (http://ow.ly/pON8306pKSh )
JK--Ultra-lightweight, programmed with Go
Checking
the Facebook newsfeed again. Appears the world's going to hell in a handbag.
Time to invest in handbags, it would appear.
Complexity
has a way of getting you in a headlock. Must always find ways to slip its grip.
Wiggle out from its excessive attention to detail
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Lady of the Ark by Kyle Craft from
Dolls of Highland JK--2016. Does this guy not have a rockstar voice, or what?
Spin
up Hadoop and Spark clusters in minutes on a reliable foundation http://bit.ly/2fir5tQ
5
things AIs can do better than us http://bit.ly/2eZlld9
CrowdChat:
Industry experts predict http://ibm.co/2fkkdzH . Join me et al on
hursday, December 8th 2016 at 1:00 PM ET #makedatasimple
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Suddenly by
Drugdealer from The End of Comedy JK--2016. Not a bandname I'd want to declare
at the border.
IBM
Launches Global Watson IoT Consulting Solutions, named a leader in IoT
platforms http://ibm.biz/BdsZ9D #gbsnation
Stay
tuned for my 2017 analytics industry predictions on IBM Big Data &
Analytics Hub on Dec 5, + other experts' predictions throughout Dec
New
#IBM jk Data science
expert interview: James Kobielus, Steve Ardire, & Joe Caserta (http://ow.ly/AntY306nXiS )
I'm
firmly of the belief that when somebody passes away you don't mourn. You
celebrate their life. Nobody wants to leave the world gloomier.
Predicting
Big Data & Analytics in 2017. Join me & other experts for #MakeDataSimple
CrowdChat. Thurs 12-8 1pm EST
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Before The Wall by
Kyle Craft from Before The Wall JK--2016. Wow. First great song of the Trump
era.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Stranger To My
Happiness by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings JK--2014. Like th greatest Tina
Turner song Tina never did
New
#IBM jk #SPSSStatistics
blog: "Moving beyond spreadsheets into enterprise-ready statistical
analysis" (http://ow.ly/ZpE3306nzWk )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Million Dollar Loan
by Death Cab for Cutie JK--2016. Great new single from Ben Gibbard and band.
"AI
Can Do What Humans Can't" (http://ow.ly/xfdj306nydW )
JK--Sometimes. But doing stuff way faster/better than people amounts to same
thing.
"Modeling
How to Deploy 5G" (http://bit.ly/2fUszw3 ) JK--Fun fact: I
was once a product manager at a firm that modeled/engineered 3G nets
"Fighting
Wildfires Autonomously" (http://ow.ly/zV70306nwzz ) JK--Before
long, this is how all firefighting will be done. Only makes sense.
"ML
Algo Can Show Whether State Secrets Are Properly Classified" (http://ow.ly/SgOw306nwhq )
JK--Need tip-top clearance to build/maintain this
"Google's
RAISR sharpens low-res images using machine learning" (http://ow.ly/APa2306nvXI )
JK--I'd like to run all my family photos thru this
"Bias
in machine learning, and how to stop it" (http://ow.ly/tJ6M306nuwi )
JK--"Stop"? More a matter of ensuring biases don't skew predictions
"ODPi
Publishes 1st Ops Spec To Provide Devs Consistency Across App Mgmt Tools"
(http://ow.ly/49Yk306ntU6 ). JK-- #IBM @ritika_gunnar quoted
"Artificial
General Intelligence: Holy Grail o AI" (http://ow.ly/4wmY306nt4t )
JK--IMHO, we'll see sustained nuclear fusion before we see that
"Using
machine learning to generate music" (http://ow.ly/foSW306nqrI )
JK--Here's my 2016 LinkedIn Pulse post on same:
"12
Emerging Trends in Data Analytics" (http://ow.ly/yY07306npCi )
JK--"Chief Meaning Officer"? Get real. Everyone else a clueless
imbecile?
"11
Important Model Eval Techniques Everyone Should Know" (http://ow.ly/SWxS306npg4 )
JK--You mean "everyone who wants 2 B a data scientist"
"Women
In Machine Learning and AI" (http://ow.ly/15vT306noCC )
JK--I know 3 of the 15 women pictured: M.Chambers, C.Howson, C. Gentry.
"New
#IBM #Bluemix Svcs ...Accel
Data Migr 2 Cloud" (http://ow.ly/fkge306nnQN ) JK--IBM
Bluemix Lift, Decision Optzn, dashDB for Transactions
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Chain of Fools by
Aretha Franklin from Lady Soul JK--1968. Luv how the throbbing bass
counterpoints her soaring vocal
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Mama Don't Like My
Man by Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings from I learned the hard way JK--2010.
Aretha-grade classic.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Venus As A Boy by
Bjork from debut JK--1993. NIce dreamy one from the artist, who celebrates her
51st birthday today
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Into The Black by
Chromatics from Kill For Love JK--2012. Dunno 'bout that. Rotten rusted well,
Vicious burnt out bad
Form
follows function, but not in the dictionary.
Got
an offer for body waxing. I'll consider that when it comes time for me to pose
for Madame Tussaud.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Committed To The
Cause by The Radio Dept. from Running out of Love JK--2016. Nice. Sounds a bit
like Tame Impala.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Snap It Back, Strip
It Down by James Chance and the Contortions from The Flesh Is Weak JK--2016.
Another gr8 one!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Daddy Lessons (feat.
Dixie Chicks) by Beyonce from Lemonade
JK--2016. Wow. Great collaboration.
“Fake
news” aka “faux news,” which some pronounce “Fox News.” Truth in nomenclature.
If
I ever become president, I’m going to place all my assets in a blind trust.
Going to blindly trust my children to follow my instructions.
It
could have gotten pretty ugly if Pence had entered the theater in character as
Aaron Burr.
The
recent presidential election was an Icarus Moment for Nate Silver. Data
journalism’s rep also tarnished. Agonizing reappraisal time.
RIP
Sharon Jones. She & the Dap-Kings rose far beyond ‘60s R&B revivalists.
Made authentically great 21st century originals.
“Walter
Scott’s Personality Parade.” Dedicated to answering stuff people could easily
Google. “Has Annette Bening ever won Academy Award”?
Ancient
overhead airport recording invites us to use our "PDAs" on the free
WiFi. Darn. I forgot to bring my PalmPilot. I'm screwed.
Quest
for value: Entering a new era of pragmatism for data and analytics http://bit.ly/2foampO
Application
Discovery Webinar: Unlocking your core business assets, Empowering your
developers and Appraising... http://bit.ly/2eNCCWP
Event
Registration http://bit.ly/2eNHb3l
Wearing
my maize&blue Michigan sweater around Iowa City has
inadvertently made me a marked man. No, I don't follow college football. Stop
Which
of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is Donald Trump? Regardless, I’m pretty
sure which end of that particular horse he is.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Rock & Roll by
The Velvet Underground from Loaded JK--1970. For a 5-year-old, Jenny sure
sounds prematurely teenage.
"S.Hawking
gave humanity due date for finding another planet" (http://ow.ly/Otgl306iFNf )
JK--Should write brief history of our remaining time
"
#IBM New Chief Digital
Officer Uses #Watson
Cognitive Computng Powers To Wow Marketers" (http://ow.ly/C5EW306iD3N )
JK--Bob Lord interviewed
Google's
"AI experiments" site. Explore machine learning by playing with
pictures, language, music, code, and more:
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Way We Won't by
Grandaddy from Way We Won't / Clear Your History JK--2016. Good new one.
Old-school synthesizer.
Thought
leadership is content marketing targeted at a thoughtful readership.
"A
Plethora of Data Set Repositories" (http://ow.ly/Gj90306is9r )
JK--Actually, "plethora" means "too damn many." Not what
Granville intends.
"How
to use ML in today’s.." (http://ow.ly/sxxk306irl1 ) JK--ML
defined in 1959 (wow!) as "ability to learn w/out being explicitly
programmed"
"Human
Brain vs Machine Learning - A Lost Battle?" (http://ow.ly/RDeU306iqRC )
JK--Not a battle. Humans win under any nonhysterical scenario.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp First We Take
Manhattan by Leonard Cohen from I'm Your Man JK--1988. "Then we take Berlin ."
"AI
beating humans? Not in my lifetime, says Google's cloud chief" (http://ow.ly/9pkf306iqj4 )
JK--She's not much older than me. I expect it.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Alright by Kendrick
Lamar from To Pimp a Butterfly JK--2015. Love the mash of hiphop and modern
jazz.
"Search
Engines vs Recomm Engines & the Impact of Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/Zdzs306ipRD )
JK--Automatically identify related/similar items
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Into the Trees by
Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions from Until The Hunter JK--2016. Very
chill/trippy "Miss you."
Every
single other speaker before me at #ACTSym16 presented
awesome ongoing research of their own. Spun the gears in my brain madly.
I
suggested that ACT create standard psychometric test for gauging
schoolchildren’s love of math & data visualization. Data science aptitude
Wish
to thank John Bicknell for inviting me to speak at #ACTSym16. Talked
myself hoarse. Learned tons on psychometrics from other speakers
False
news stories are one thing & it's obviously not good. But the pernicious
influence of false issues, stoked by BS news-memes, is worse.
Jeff
Bigham, CMU, discusses using real-time machine learning to automate what court
reporters do for a living. #ACTSym16
Prof
Chris Dede as “Little Professor” at #ACTSYM16
Jeffrey
P. Bigham, CMU, "Crowdsourcing and Machine Learning for
Accessibility" #ACTSYM16
Embodying
Every Last Thing With Cognition http://bit.ly/2eJA3oM
Application
Discovery Webinar: Unlocking your core business assets and empowering your
developers http://bit.ly/2fkmkB2
Day
2 of #ACTSym16. I
speak this afternoon. Analytics for learning testing & assessment.
"79%
of US Consumers Want “Artificial Intelligence” to Know the Limits" (http://ow.ly/O9Ze306grrW )
JK--Yeah, we don't want it getting uppity
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp No Name #1 by
Elliott Smith from Roman Candle JK--1994. Beautifully sad, like most of this
late musician's solo work
"5
things AIs can do better than us" (http://ow.ly/rSLD306gakD )
JK--Uses "AI" to refer to instances of apps that derive intelligence
from AI.
Wish
to thank the good people of ACT for the fine dining and conversation on Clinton Street . Iowa City 's finest. I owe
a debt of gratitude.
New
#IBMWoW data-sci
podcast: Kobielus intervu Blanchfield Brown Mathison Shin Tamir: p1 http://ibm.co/2fZTxmU
p2
Pdcst:
@jameskobielus @dez_blanchfield @craigbrownphd @BeTheMedia @8pathsolutions @MikeTamir http://ibm.co/2fZTxmU
"What
Questions Would U Ask Yr AI Chat Robot?" (http://bit.ly/2fZB3Tc )
JK--Gartner: by 2020 avg person converse more w/these than spouse
Carolyn
Penstein Rose. "Towards Careful Practices for Automated Linguistic
Analysis of Group Learning" #ACTSym16
"Nature’s
Approach to Preserving Information" (http://ow.ly/hmw9306eTkX )
JK--Organically diversify storage, disperse copies, correct errors.
#ACTSym16 speaker
hilariously described news-org hype-backlash cycle re new techs: "First U
present the promise, then U expose the fraud."
Christopher
Dede, "Unobtrusive Real-Time Diagnostic Assessments in Immersive Learning
Environments" #ACTSym16
First
impression: ACT's products are built on high-quality data science, tailored to
needs of higher-ed market. Very interesting. #ACTSym16
Nitesh
Chawla, Notre Dame, "Personalizing Student Learning Using Machine Learning"
#ACTSym16
At
#ACTSym16,
cognition is being discussed under psychometric approaches, abetted by machine
learning, for human-learning assessment.
I'm
here at ACT's campus in Iowa City
for #ACTSym16.
"Insight Analytics & Emerging Technologies." AI & data
science in the new workforce.
Saw
analytics education program pitched at "busy working professionals."
Wondering if they'd refuse the occasional lazy goldbricking amateur
"The
hottest new big data analytics jobs U need to know" (http://ow.ly/UK0e306e5Tk )
JK--"Machine teachers"? It's more like "machine trainers"
"Transparent
machine learning: How to create 'clear-box' AI" (http://ow.ly/VyVm306e5D7 )
JK--Visibility into their algorithmic gears & knobs
"Data
Stories: The History & Modern State of Data Journalism" (http://ow.ly/JA24306e5pB )
JK--Published before Icarus episode of election 2016
"Facebook
is bringing artsy neural networks to a phone near you" (http://ow.ly/g5uA306e59h )
JK--Video "style transfer" similar to Prisma.
"How
Facebook aims to advance AI" (http://ow.ly/GX8i306e4KG )
JK--New deep learning platform, Caffe2Go, embedded in the Facebook mobile apps
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "The Controversy over Algorithmic Newscycle Curation" (http://ow.ly/lTUE306dcMk )
Going
to speak on democratization of data science at ACT Symposium in Iowa City . I did slightly
better on my ACT than my SAT. Dbl-chkd that
Friends
come+exit socials so often, I'm frequently prompted to re-follow them. I'm like
"huh, don't I already?" That's a "deja who" moment
"Wikibon
trip report from IBM’s Watson developer conference: Keep it simple,
geniuses" (http://ow.ly/QAiv306ctWE ) JK-- @ggilbert41 on #IBMWoW
Coming
to Grips with Artificial Intelligence’s Many Manifestations http://bit.ly/2fdqdrt
I
haven’t been avoiding Facebook at all during this entire season. I primarily
keep it nailed to my own newsfeed. I control and compose that
Random
thoughts at opportune times are my way of staying sane. Too much focus deadens
the spirit.
New
#IBM jk #SPSSStatistics
blog: "Accessing the power of R through a robust statistical analysis
tool" (http://ow.ly/fKXa306bWht )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Buddy by Itasca from Open to Chance JK--2016. Nice warm languid
country-folk. LA-based. Reminds of Brooklyn 's
Hem.
A
"supermoon" fell on my birthday? Um, OK. I actually didn't need the
added gravity. The aging was sufficient. But thanks anyway.
As
noted in my #Dataversity
column (http://ow.ly/LHmY306a5wz ), hype
curve for AI got started during the Eisenhower Administration. As did I
"Ten
Take-Aways from #IBM
World of #Watson"
(http://ow.ly/msbb3069S2x )
JK--Perspective on #IBMWoW
from @SethGrimes
New
#IBM jk #Dataversity
column: "Coming to Grips with Artificial Intelligence’s Many
Manifestations" (http://ow.ly/BEK13069RFa )
"Can
deep learning help solve lip reading?" (http://ow.ly/f30E3069vI2 )
JK--Promising approach but needs considerable work to improve accuracy
"Tiny
fingertip camera helps blind people read without braille" (http://ow.ly/8FLf3069voQ )
JK--Simple but cool/powerful wearable idea.
"Media
in the Age of Algorithms" (http://ow.ly/M26Y3069udA )
JK--Tim O'Reilly recommends FB use Google "link is a vote"
news-curation approach
#Hadoop #BigInsights
customer sessions at #IBMWoW
(http://ow.ly/c0QJ3069sHP ) JK--Lots
of great #IBM case
studies.
"Deep
learning machine vision system aids blind & visually impaired" (http://ow.ly/Q1ky3069rz2 )
JK--Wearable for real-time object recognition
"Who
Wouldn't Want a Big Hex Computer?" (http://ow.ly/cL5Z3069qM0 )
JK--Looks like von Neumann architecture designed by steampunk aficionados
I
still don't understand why some revere vinyl recordings. I never heard superior
sound quality in them. Only tics, scratches, skips, & hiss
What
Kind Of Cloud Data Warehouse Do You Want? http://bit.ly/2f8PRgG Nov 14
Free
training program gives veterans new skills for civilian jobs http://bit.ly/2exyZ7g
How
to Make Your Company Machine Learning Ready http://bit.ly/2f8KOx1
"As
Watson matures, IBM plans more AI hardware & software" (http://ow.ly/7hp73069inW )
JK--Cool when my columns post same day as relevant news
New
#IBM jk #InfoWorld column:
"Deep learning is already altering your reality" (http://ow.ly/Jo713069gtl )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Anyone Who Knows
What Love Is (Will Understand) by Irma Thomas JK--1964. Great. Sounds like
Flamingos meet Bacharach
Here's
a link to the new #IBM
PowerAI SDK: http://ow.ly/ms1A3069d3M . Supports
Caffe, Torch, Theano, & OpenBLAS deep-learning frameworks.
"IBM
& NVIDIA Team on World’s Fastest Deep Learning Enterprise Solution" (http://ow.ly/IEUr3069crU )
JK--IBM Power System S822LC, PowerAI SDK
Please
quit asking what Trump's position is on tech. He only has a position if a tech
somehow wronged him. His position is always "revenge."
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hurdy Gurdy Man by
Donovan JK--1968. Back when organ-grinding buskers w/chained monkeys were major
religious figures
I
laugh when newsletters flag an article an "8-minute (or whatever)
read." All I need is a 10-sec up&down glance to know if it's
interesting
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Right Place Wrong
Time by Dr. John from In the Right Place JK--1973. "Just need a little
brain salad surgery"
I'm
just slightly tired of people making a showy declaration of quitting social
media, most notably, Facebook. Just refrain from using it.
Trump
appears prepared to retain Obamacare ban on insurers not covering pre-existing
conditions. But USA 's
pre-existing condition is kaput.
I
think it's fair to say President Trump won't get even the hint of a honeymoon
once he takes office.
RIP
Robert Vaughn. Washington Post just published the greatest obit of all time.
Skip to the very cinematic end:
RIP
Leon Russell. Outlaw-looking, shades-wearing, white-bearded
performer/songwriter's contributions stretched back to rock's early days.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Angels With Dirty
Faces by Sham 69 from Angels With Dirty Faces JK--1978. Not bad. Never heard
them before.
Trying
to get my groove back into the swing of writing a fresh thought-leadership blog
each work day. Not sure how to restart that.
Worked
out. Raked the leaves. Chilling by myself. Perfectly fine. Just another
birthday. I just need space. All I ever require is space.
Damping
down anger & sustaining emotional equilibrium is essential in any
situation. I dont let crap I don’t personally control disturb that
I
just saw somebody on Facebook say "warning: non-election post."
Really? Has it come to this? FB this week is non-stop teeth-gnashing.
"Big
Data and Smart Data: Big Drivers for Smart Decision Making" (http://ow.ly/meaY3065oIJ )
JK--Highlights from my keynote this summer.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Dress Rehearsal Rag
by Leonard Cohen from Songs of Love and Hate JK--1969. Great desperate
wits--end feel to this.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Winter Lady by
Leonard Cohen from Songs of Leonard Cohen JK--1967. 3rd track on his first
album. Gorgeous.
"AI:
Fact, Fiction. How Enterprises Can Crush It" (http://ow.ly/nlss30650c1 )
JK--Hey @mgualtieri what R the 9
building blocks? U didn't list
"Spark
Poised To Break from Hadoop, Move to Cloud, Survey Says" (http://ow.ly/kePB3064ZF9 )
JK--"Poised'? Already has. Duh.
How
to thrive in a hybrid cloud world: Data governance and management best practice
http://bit.ly/2eZ7oIk
RIP
Leonard Cohen. His songwriting grew deeper, cooler, and bluesier with age.
Engaged in a delicious tango with pretension. Tres literary.
Every
day, I’m happy when the typo content in what I blog or tweet is at an
acceptably low level. Zero, if I can get it.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Embodying Every Last Thing With Cognition" (http://ow.ly/zKVw3063A6w )
Let's
see how this fool handles a crisis without his usual approach: declare Chapter
11, blame and screw everybody else, & pad his pockets.
"Without
further ado"? Actually, further ado is often what the occasion demands. A
little dab of ado'll do ya!
"The
#Watson Data Platform
& the Rise of the Citizen Analyst" (http://ow.ly/Kuk73062JkJ )
JK--Excellent #IBMWoW
blog by @BeTheMedia @CDOSummit
I
always strive to keep my inbox pristine clean. Old emails are like dead fish.
Doesn't take long for them to stink up the joint.
"
#IBM #Watson Health &
Broad Inst Launch...Research Initiatve...Study Cancer ... Drug
Resistan[ce]" (http://ow.ly/FPWC3062BFu ) JK--5-yr
$50M
"What
happens when a car gets cognitive?" (http://ow.ly/OdbN3062Btc )
JK--Discusses #IBM #Watson partnership with
General Motors on OnStar Go.
"Data
Science Predictions for 2017" (http://ow.ly/2nna3062AZP )
JK--Several are general data industry predictions. Not tied to data science
"7
Reasons Why Data Science Lacks Ethics, and How to Retrofit Morality" (http://ow.ly/RXL83062AIf )
JK--1st statement is BS, 2nd is absurd.
"Carnegie
Mellon Receives $10M From K&L Gates To Study Ethical Issues Posed By
AI" (http://ow.ly/ggHh3062Ajg )
JK--Philosophy majors rejoice!
"How
Big Data Can Help U Make Sense o Social Media" (http://ow.ly/oE4U3062zP3 )
JK--But can't tell U when you're best off without social media
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Why? by Bronski Beat
from The Age of Consent JK--1984. Fine example of jaunty early 80s
electro-dance-pop.
Spam
tells me I have nonexistent bank accounts in institutions I've never heard of
& that they're at risk. I find those risks acceptable
Writing's
always the best mind-clearing strategy for me. Mine clouds up all th time.
That's why I write so much. Precipitate it out of there
New
#IBM jk #ITKnowledgeExchange
#TechTarget column:
"Accelerating deep learning to superhuman proportions" (http://ow.ly/QRWj3060STf )
Drafted
new #ITKnowledgeExchange
#TechTarget
column: "Accelerating Deep Learning To Superhuman Proportions"
"
#IBM & Topcoder
Bring #Watson to >
1M Devs" (http://ow.ly/VX0G3060H1l ) JK--Easy
Watson access from Topcoder-run hackathons/coding competes
#IBM Intu Gateway (http://ow.ly/tmHx3060GIt )
JK--Enable #Watson in
the physical world via robots, spaces, objects, and avatars.
"IBM
Launches Exprmntl Plat 4 Embedding #Watson into Any
Device" (http://ow.ly/ARg53060Gs9 )
JK--Project Intu: sys-agnostic embodied cognition
Oh
yeah, maybe President Trump will surprise us. But it always seems like his
surprises are not the good kind. Trepidation abounds.
"Big
data ecosystem for science" (http://ow.ly/wPeF3060nXi )
JK--That's a very interesting set of science-enabling platforms, tools,
libraries
"The
current state of machine intelligence 3.0" (http://ow.ly/3dmc3060nBI )
JK--Interesting marketscape by a couple of VCs.
Yeah,
it's been said I'm stubborn and self-involved. Fair criticism.
My
philosophy of life is simply to weather crap as it comes, forging straight
ahead with whatever U were planning to do in the first place.
"Complex
neural nets made easy" (http://ow.ly/FzjP3060mPE )
JK--Chainer: open-src FW for build computatnl deep learning graphs during
training
"Analytics
in the Stock Market: Made for Each Other" (http://ow.ly/KRoX3060j70 )
JK--Ditto elections, but Nate Silver et al screwed up bigtime
"Autonomous
Vehicles: Feds Step on the Data-Sharing Pedal" (http://ow.ly/tnsL3060iVS )
JK--Public safety is at stake as tech develops.
"Shining
light on Facebook’s AI strategy" (http://ow.ly/u3Xq3060iA2 )
JK--Investing in deep learning to reswizzle content into any shape/style
Hard
to believe that the same nation follows its first black president with this
obnoxious white racist. Schizoid as can be.
No
point or even possibility of sleeping after this nightmare. I’ll probably push
thru a sleep-deprived workday till I drop.
Drafted
new #IBM jk #Dataversity
column: "Coming to Grips with AI’s Many Manifestations"
Doing
something constructive (in the middle of the night) to keep my mind off this
horseshit. Finishing a tech column I began yesterday.
Today
I've received robo-calls from President Obama, Governor McAuliffe, &
chairperson of the Democratic National Committee. OK, already!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The World the People
Together (Come On) by The Dandy Warhols JK--2008. One of my desert-isle
exercise songs. Work it!
"Machine
Intelligence in Ad Tech" (http://ow.ly/WLGb305Yp03 )
JK--Modeling multidimensional "moments" when consumer might B
receptive to pitch
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Love My Way by The
Psychedelic Furs from Forever Now JK--1982. Richard Butler sounds like creepy
cult leader on this
"Docker,
machine learning top tek trends for 2017" (http://ow.ly/D7zT305Ynru )
JK--As well as making sure my cotton Dockers R machine-washable
"Samsung
announces AI assistant 4 Galaxy S8 smartphone" (http://ow.ly/71St305YlNg )
JK--Intelligntly predicts when it'll spontaneously combust
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I'm Free (feat.
Junior Reid) by The Soup Dragons JK--1990. Here's the Stones' original:
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp (Whats So Funny
Bout) Peace Love & Understanding by EC http://ow.ly/l5Nd305Yir6
JK--1979. Here's Nick Lowe's original
"Agilience
Top Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Authorities" (http://ow.ly/b8SP305Yekg )
JK--Yowzah/WTF! I rank higher than #Watson
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Was Made to Love
Her by Stevie Wonder JK--1967. Also love Beach Boys "sonofabitch"
cover on "Wild Honey" that year
My
favorite new CAPTCHA prompt is "Confirm Humanity." I not only confirm
humanity, but I confirm every sentient life form.
Going
to vote at a precinct in a school named after the lawyer who wrote the national
anthem. Oh say can anybody sing it?
IBM
- IoT Boot Camp (SFO)
Apache
Spark, Cloud Data Warehouse & Hadoop : IBM Cloud On-demand Analytics
IBM
- Spark PoT (SFO)
Drafted
next #IBM #InfoWorld column:
"Deep Learning and the Algorithmic Diffraction of Modern Experience"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Crucify Your Mind by
Rodriguez from Cold Fact JK--1970. "That makes you Tom the curious, makes
you James the weak."
"Machines
Can Recognze Something After Seeing It Once" (http://ow.ly/ecda305VADq )
JK--But must 1st B trained on instance-relevant categories
"AP
wants to use ML to automate turning print stories into broadcast ones" (http://ow.ly/8xpJ305VA3P )
JK--Tailor core content into spinoffs
"Software
Dreams Up New Molecules" (http://ow.ly/2648305VzzM ) JK--Deep
learning taps knowledge corpus 2 virtually construct/test drug options
"Combining
Human Computing & ML to Make Sense o Big (Aerial) Data" (http://ow.ly/iWLB305VyN6 )
JK--Planet's surface should B minutely readable
"Future
of AI" (http://ow.ly/XiED305Vyci )
JK--There's no "objective function" for AI decision-making
optimality. It's all ethics/normative.
RIP
Janet Reno. A tough, compassionate attorney general with integrity and
backbone. My fave Bill Cllnton cabinet member.
Geez
I need this campaign to be over. George Will actually made a cameo appearance
in my dream last night. He was pissed off about something
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I'll Go Crazy by
James Brown from Live at the Apollo JK-1962. Chicago 's Buckinghams did a great cover in
1967.
Emails
piled up over weekend that require my prompt attention. Some stranger needs to
wire $21.4M to me ASAP. Can't keep them waiting. Click
My
wife is a polling-place worker. I'll vote on Tues whenever she texts to tell me
the lines are shortest. I expect it to be packed all day
There's
nothing like a highly polarized national election campaign for indicating which
of your Facebook friends need to be unfollowed now.
I'm
pretty sure the Nobel Prize wasn't a Swedish referendum on Bob Dylan's voice.
But if you think it disqualifies him, think what you will.
The
older I get, the more I realize I know too many people too well. It's best not
to remember so much. The fresher the friend, the faster.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp $mall Bills by
Regina Spektor from Remember Us To Life JK--2016. Great new one from this
singer-songwriter
Personally,
I'm worried about giving Evan McMullin the power to push the button. That keeps
me awake at night.
ScyllaDB
on Compose: Learn more about #Scylla, its lower
maintenance requirements and more. http://bit.ly/2fja849
In
high-tech marketing, one is frequently required either to live up to the hype
or live it down. Or simply live on it.
"The
speed of thought" (http://ow.ly/WR1c305QKTd )
JK--Cognition timescales governed by latencies of brain stem, limbic system,
& neocortex
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp They're Tearin' The
Labor Camps Down by Merle Haggard from Let Me Tell You About A Song JK--1972.
Cool one.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Pint of No
Return by Johnny Paycheck from Bars, Booze & Blondes JK--1969. C&W
trifecta: artist, song, & LP names
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Steelin' Home by
Noel Boggs & his Day Sleepers from Ultra-Rare Western Swing JK--1954. Gr8
country dance instrumental
jameskobielus
@jameskobielus is rated #4 on
Artificial intelligence @Agilience.
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Me
speaking on "big media" streaming analytics at a Smithsonian
symposium in late 2013. Tune into 31:00-53:00:
"Deep
Learning is Revolutionary" (http://ow.ly/6rU0305PlyJ )
JK--Gr8 one on how these algos stand poised to radically reshape human
experience
"What
Is the Future of Data Warehousing?" (http://ow.ly/a2O1305PkZb )
JK--By @Ronald_vanLoon whom we
were delighted to host last wk at #IBMWoW
FYI,
beyond the presidential & congressional races on the ballot next Tues in
VA's 8th District, I'm voting No, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, & Yes
Now
those long-suffering Cubs fans must wait another 108 years till the next Series
title. 2124 will be here before you know it. Trust me.
"Artificial
Intelligence and the Future: Should We Worry About Our Data Jobs?" (http://ow.ly/liNT305OED7 )
JK--Discusses recent @sardire preso
Report:
2016 Temkin Experience Ratings of Tech Vendors http://bit.ly/2eDeH8e
For
the next few days, all you need to do to ingratiate yourself into any
water-cooler conversation is say "hey, how's about them Cubbies?"
"Deep
Learning Papers Reading Roadmap" (http://ow.ly/eEca305OqkA )
JK--Very good free online resource for those inclined to self-educate.
"Cognitive
bias cheat sheet" (http://ow.ly/ZBZ6305OpHP ) JK--Need
scanneling tunneling microscope to read that Cognitive Bias Codex.
"Data
science gophers" (http://ow.ly/EHCn305Opor ) JK--Makes
case for adding Go language to R & Python in yr data science development
arsenal
“The
oldest man to homer ever in a World Series Game 7”? Whoever compiles these
factoids for MLB needs to get a life!
Watching
the World Series to take my mind off the election... D’oh!
#IBMWoW 2017. Save the
dates: Oct 29 to Nov 2 2017. Las Vegas .
"
#IBM Acqs Expert
Personal Shopper frm Fluid 2 Delivr... #Watson to ...
Consumers" (http://ow.ly/qnRJ305Mg8t )
JK--Dialog-bsd product recomms
"
#IBM Drives Cloud
Storage with New All-Flash and Software Defined Solutions" (http://ow.ly/uMnr305MfOq )
JK--Many new storage solutions.
"
Celgene & #IBM #Watson Health...Collab
...to Transform Patient Safety Monitoring" (http://ow.ly/TKOe305MfxF )
JK--Adverse drug reactions
"
#IBM Security Adds
Cognitive Behav Biometrics to..Protect Banking Customers from Cybercrime"
(http://ow.ly/7N9a305MfaK )
JK--Gesture models
Dear
Home Improvement Companies: Don't sic your post-job customer-satisfaction
survey hounds on us till you've actually finished the job.
Use
predictive analytics to reimagine the customer experience http://bit.ly/2e207eq
'
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp NIV by Lambchop from
FLOTUS JK--2016. Brilliantly morphs Kurt Wagner's mumbled vocals into an
electronic slurry
"Recurrent
Neural Nets: 3rd & Least Appreciatd Leg o AI Stool" (http://ow.ly/gjqy305Jq7v )
JK--Other 2 are convolutional & spiking neural nets
"Accelerated
Computing and Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/Q79Z305JpFR )
JK--New era is big-data/AI/GPU-powered software that writes itself.
"Making
Cars Driverless for Under $1,000" (http://ow.ly/b7oY305JnP6 )
JK--Dunno. I don't want to put my life at risk to save a few bucks.
Halloween
was a bust at our house. Only 2 groups of trick-or-treaters. Thinking of
advertising next year on Nickelodeon or something.
Catching
up on biz-tech reading I let pile up last week. It's not enough to pay
attention to everything. Needs 2 B everything, and then some
Overviews
o #SparkSummit
Europe in Brussels
last week. Day 1: http://ow.ly/XfXW305HrJF Day 2: http://ow.ly/oXIo305HrR1
#IBM was there in force
"Hey
Silicon Valley: President Obama Has To-Do List for You" (http://ow.ly/vXAa305HoPj )
JK--Interesting that piece puts GM in Silicon Valley
"The
End of Analytics?" (http://ow.ly/7SPB305Ho0D ) JK--Davenport means
"end" as in "purpose." Recommendation engines driving next
best action
"3rd
Generation Spiking Neural Nets" (http://ow.ly/vu8P305HlEY )
JK--Emulate neural interconnect comms as short trains of spiking signals
If
U happen 2 B in Iowa
in mid-Nov & happen 2 go 2 ACT conf, U just may happen 2 hear me speak on
data science. Crazier things have happened
"This
Contact Lens Will Kick-Start Internet of Disposable Things" (http://ow.ly/53nI305Hi3r )
JK--Unpowered objects use ambient radio signals
"Elon
Musk says all Teslas will now be built 2 be fully self-driving" (http://ow.ly/7tkH305HgFI )
JK--Open issue: tech's life-saving potential
"How
Yahoo Uses Hadoop, Deep Learning & Big Data Platform" (http://ow.ly/Dw9t305Hg6G )
JK--Use deep learning to auto-optimize multiuser gaming
Caught
~70-year-old Iggy Pop on "Austin City Limits" last night. Yeah, he
has a derelict face, but my daughter noticed his "girl" back. Yoga
Watson
has a new gig...Meet IBM Watson Business Coach
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Burn The Witch by
Radiohead from A Moon Shaped Pool JK--2016. Awesome lyric: "this is a
low-flying panic attack."
Personally,
I'd like to see Dylan accept his Nobel in Sally Field style, wide-eyed,
emotionally needy: "You love me! You really love me!"
There
is no pressure that a nice deep breath can't relieve. For a 2-3 seconds. Then
repeat the process. Indefinitely.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp You Want It Darker
by Leonard Cohen from You Want It Darker JK--2016. Spooky, creepy, sexy.
Classic Leonard Cohen.
"Chinese
Firm Sez Its Cameras Used 2 Take Down Internet" (http://ow.ly/Hv6B305H2U8 )
JK--Highlights need 4 internatl IoT security cooperation
#IBM and #Qubole take data
science and #ApacheSpark
to the public cloud https://shar.es/1IbH09 via @qubole
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Put a Spell On You
by Screamin' Jay Hawkins JK--1956. Yeah. Ladies really luv them scary screaming
suitors
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Dead Alive by The
Shins JK--2016. Great new single from James Mercer & buds. Reminds me: it's
Halloween!
"New
#IBM Watson Data
Platform Puts Machine Learning Into The Hands Of Everyone" (http://ow.ly/r6tS305GZEV )
JK--BMarr on #IBMWoW
announcement
"How
to Calm Your Nerves Before a Big Presentation" (http://ow.ly/z3Mq305GZhv )
JK--Above all, don't imagine audience naked. Aroused isnt calm
Another
morning, another crop of unsolicited biz emails saying I'm "invited"
to do something that involves me doing work at my own expense.
This
morning in the biz tech media: everything is reaching a tipping point. The
world’s wildly off-balance.
Hope
my podcast roundtable recording with invited influencers at #IBMWoW turned out OK. I
rather enjoy moderating.
I
have every Beatles studio LP on my media player. I always start at “Help!”
Specifically, “The Night Before.”
I
never read big buzzy trends books. Always feels like being herded into some
author’s revenue model.
Dumb
trend-troll Facebook post: "What Mallory from 'Family Ties' looks like now
is just insane!" What I look like now is insane too. Older
Election
2016. Media covers non-issues in-depth. Such as the integrity of the
vote-counting process.
Missed
a call from some number in the United
States . Who do I know there?
Las
Vegas air always make me a bit sick feeling till I get acclimated. But what
sickens me even more is seeing watered lawns in the desert.
Urban
Dance Squad "Deeper Shade Of Soul" (http://ow.ly/9Nnq305F6Ck )
JK--1990. My "deeper shade of simplicity" blog title derived from
this.
