Thursday, December 18, 2014

Kobielus big-data evangelization blogging output in 2014 (not including LinkedIn quick-hits, presentations, & tweets)

The Evolving Big Data Fabric Of The Travel Experience


Healthcare Analytics And The Mysterious Statistical Signatures Of Mental Health

Ambient Analytics and The Coming Of Big-Data Unaware-Ables

Cognitive Computing and the Indelible Role of Human Judgment

Does Big Data Facilitate Big-Time Manipulation?

Patting down the pachyderm: Big data prognostications for 2015

Decision Automation: Retraining And Restraining The Long-Data Arm Of The Law

Busted! The campaign against counterfeit reviews

Internet of Things: Revisiting Metcalfe's Law In The Era Of Everything Networking

Cognitive Computing: Undecidable Problems And The Limits Of Algorithmic Cognition


Machine learning molds the material world
December 18, 2014

December 11, 2014

Peeling back the layers of the smarter city

The Challenges of Master Data Management in the Internet of Things

Optimized object storage is key to streaming media

Big Data Ethics for Targeted Segmentation

Cognitive computing: Programming the artificial mind

November 20, 2014

Chief data officer: My mixed and nuanced musings on the need for one

November 13, 2014

Behavorial analytics in the era of wearables


Cognitive computing as a wearable prosthetic


Five Ways To Move Your Big Data into the Cloud

Bringing cloud-based modernization to data warehousing and analytics

October 28, 2014

Big Data Is Not the Death Knell of ETL

What's keeping data science from playing a more central role in public policy?

October 23, 2014

Self-Service Analytics, Data Warehousing, and Information Management in the Cloud

Collaborations and correlations in the common cause

Distributing data science brainpower more equitably among the haves and have-nots

Governance, Stewardship, and Quality of Temporal Data in a Data Warehousing Context

Converging in-motion and in-memory analytics

Using analytics to help hospitals avoid inadvertently sickening patients and their caregivers

October 2, 2014

The Challenges of Deploying Big Data Analytics to the Cloud

Data science's limitations in addressing global warming

September 25, 2014

September 19, 2014

IBM Watson: Core of the cognitive revolution

September 18, 2014

Immunizing your business against toxic customer relationships

September 11, 2014
Who's afraid of the big (data) bad wolf?

When big data is truly better

The analytic potency of the ontology

Raising real-time transaction and analytic processing to the next power

September 2, 2014

Consolidating and migrating to an in-memory analytics cloud

August 27, 2014

Doing something about the weather

August 21, 2014

The Larger Stakes Behind Big Data Ethics

Explore New Frontiers in Business Analytics

Using real-time analytics to identify who's scooping whom in online journalism

August 14, 2014


August 7, 2014

Algorithms are not magic

Empowering athletes with real-time, data-driven decision support

July 31, 2014

The Power of Behavioral Fingerprinting

Can a machine detect sarcasm? Yeah, right

Real-time healthcare compliance analytics can keep patients alive and well

July 24, 2014

Big algorithm libraries breathe life into big data

Real-world experiments and the Facebook controversy over mood manipulation

July 17, 2014

Big data as a factor in life-or-death decisions

July 10, 2014

Transforming the agile data warehouse in the age of the in-memory cloud

July 9, 2014
James Kobielus: Cualquiera se beneficia del big data

Streaming media and narrative power of video content analytics

IBM Watson and the power of conversation in the cognitive fabric

June 26, 2014
Data De-Duplication Should Be the Heart of all Big Data Strategies

What's machine learning? It depends on who you ask

The delicate art of data science project prioritization and triage

June 19, 2014

Big data log analysis thrives on machine learning


The Ground Truth in Agile Machine Learning

The democracy of open data

Scientists beginning to tap the research potential of the quantified self

June 12, 2014

Hadoop, whither goest thou?

Too big, too small, or just right? Balancing your social connections


Grounding cognitive computing in probabilistic data analytics



Practical Data Science and the Tricky Business of A/B Testing

Evolving the binocular vision and opposable thumbs of cognitive computing

May 29, 2014

Whipping Web Analytics into Shape to Glimpse True Customer Experience

In Data Science, Take Nothing on Faith

Big data's bogus correlations

May 22, 2014

IBM Data Magazine: Its Value and Its Vision

Don’t Understaff and Overstretch Your Analytics Development Team


Never put everything in one database basket, even if it’s Hadoop

Open climate data will focus humanity on solutions to global warming

May 15, 2014

Sports Teams: Smack That Ol’ Moneyball Right Out of the Park

Hidden Biases That May Cloud Cognitive Computing

Using advanced image analytics to spot hidden cancer patterns

May 9, 2014

Data confidence: The proof's in the process

May 1, 2014

Hadoop is Beginning to Stare Newer Big Data Approaches in the Face


April 28, 2014

Nurturing open marketplaces for predictive models and modeling expertise

April 24, 2014

Moneyball is the true game-changing application of data analytics

April 17, 2014

The embryonic days of the data journalism industry are upon us


April 10, 2014

IBM big data roundtable: The transformative power of big data


April 4, 2014

Big data powers the practical know-it-all in us all

April 3, 2014
Extract maximum insights before you purge your data

Rules of thumb for identifying and prioritizing big data applications

The Irreducibly Human Center of Streaming Music Algorithmics

Saving the Planet

Plugging a lean, mean big-data-analyzing machine into manufacturing

March 21, 2014

Using big data to tune the fusion of human physiology and machine physics

March 13, 2014
Detecting the Signs of Drama and Drift in Customer Loyalty

Caveat on use of the Internet of Things in behavioral analytics


March 6, 2014

The exabyte era is rapidly streaming our way

The cloud now has a BLU lining and BLU has a cool hub


February 28, 2014

Machine learning floats all boats on big data's ocean

Mobile data traces the contours of urban experience


Mitigating the Disruption of Real-World Experiments

Data scientists need psychological insights to tune customer analytics

February 20, 2014

Big data drives the daisy chain of value in today's economy


February 13, 2014

Pay Your Customers What They’re Worth to You

Customer experience data is too important to foul with shoddy governance


February 6, 2014

IBM Patterns and Platforms for Business Intelligence (BI): Choosing What’s Best for You



When and When Not to Have Faith in Statistical Models – Part 2

Cognitive computing can take the semantic Web to the next level

Autonomic planet: Distributed intelligence for a self-healing ecosystem

When and When Not to Have Faith in Statistical Models – Part 1

Big data overkill can stunt scientific rigor


January 23, 2014

The Beauty Metric: Choosing the Best-Fit Advanced Analytic Algorithms

Next best expert: Collaboration of people and machines on big data and analytics

January 16, 2014

Log data is pivotal to analytics on Internet of Things

Koby's predictions for the Internet of Things in 2014 and beyond

January 10, 2014

Foretelling 2014 Trends In Big Data, Hadoop, Data Science & More

What Koby's tea leaves foretell for big data in 2014


January 2, 2014

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Aweekstweets December 6-14 2014: the week I found the smooth-jazz turnoff switch

Strung the outdoor lights. Departed from tradition. No more hanging on our scrawny shrubs. Now wrapping candycane-like around tree trunks

In terms of revolutionary mottos, I’ve never understood the one about a snake not wanting anyone to tread on him.

Contemplating my year-ahead prediction blog. Actually, I'm not. I'm hoping for a Ouija board under the Christmas tree.

Put up tree & decorations, preceded by extensive pre-test of all lights. Threw away 2 totally dead strings. Have too many junky ornaments

During busy hours, Panera usually has at least one salesperson making a pitch to a prospective customer. Sometimes that pitch is religious.

Has been a quiet day. And thank goodness for that. It's been an eventful-enough week. Whew! Weekend, I eagerly await you!

Drafted latest #IBMDataMag column: "Pushing MapReduce’s Efficiency Envelope"

Drafted latest #IBM jk #Dataversity column: "Cognitive Computing and the Indelible Role of Human Judgment"

"Internet of Things in science, retail & on th playing fields" (http://ow.ly/FOdFn ) JK--Interesting discussion o IoT application domains

"The Problem with Sentiment Analysis" (http://ow.ly/FOdmo ) JK--Interesting graph segmentation/clustering of like-sentimented individuals

"How One App is Using Machine-Learning to Tackle Credibility on Twitter" (http://ow.ly/FOazz ) JK--Very interesting project

"We finally know when birds lost teeth" (http://ow.ly/FO8J5 ) JK--Bird genome family tree. Ostriches branched off earliest from dinosaurs

"Sentiment Analysis of 11M Tweets" (http://ow.ly/FO7Jf ) JK--Dubious biz value in parsing word-cloud nuances of "f*ck" "f*cking" & "sh*t"

"Evolution of Advertising in an Internet of Things World" (http://ow.ly/FO5Yg ) JK--Piece doesn't discuss inevitable: ad-saturated things

"Use Data-Driven Segmentation to Find Your Target Audience" (http://ow.ly/FO5aV ) JK--Good overview of segmentation-factor data sources.

"The Emergence of Brain-Inspired Computing" (http://ow.ly/FO4LW ) JK--Recap of recent #IBM Cognitive Systems Colloquium


Smarter cities? The infrastructure silo-busting imperative (http://ow.ly/FMS92 ) Friday #IBMDataMag quick-hit

Mitch Miller’s choral singalongs had all the character of your Elks lodge’s stab at the holiday favorites.

"Analysis: Is OLTP and DW on the Same Platform Such a Good Idea?" (http://ow.ly/FKCed ) JK--Interesting POV from Stephen Swoyer.

"The Coming Era of Egocentric Video Analysis" (http://ow.ly/FKBbR ) JK--Bodycam analytics

I think a big part of Einstein's genius was that he was so incredibly quotable.

Contemplating Alan Turing's theory about the "Halting Problem" (http://ow.ly/FKhlg ). Till my nervous system halted. Needs a reboot.

Mktg campaign optzn? Analytics to drive sustainable food chain p1: http://ow.ly/FJsKF  p2: http://ow.ly/FJsKG  Thurs #IBMDataMag qh

New #IBM jk blogpost: " #BigData and the power of positive curation" (http://ow.ly/FJnFk )

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Within U Without U by Beatles from Sgt. Pepper's JK--1967. Flipped from my least- to most-fave track on this classic

My Christmas "wishlist"? I just wish for a peaceful present. I live in the present. I don't need presents presented to me.

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp PALMS by NAVVI from EP JK--2014. Sounds a bit Portishead. Good one.

There's artificial intelligence & there's intelligent artificiality. Latter is intelligence (sophisticated or basic) in every human artifact

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Somebody's Talking by The Preatures frm Blue Planet Eyes JK--2014. Lively '80s feel here. A bit Go-Gos. A bit Benatar

"Made in #IBM Labs: Creating Analytics “Express Lane” 4 Cloud Data" (http://ow.ly/FEFxN ) JK--Enable more timely/efficient app processing

Smarter planet? Remote sensing th globe from every possible viewpoint p1 http://ow.ly/FECSd  p2 http://ow.ly/FECSe  Wed #IBMDataMag qh

One of the conference organizers lives in the Florida Keys. That sounds like the perfect telecommute. Except during hurricane season.

For the record, I have still not met anybody who owns a smartwatch, or, if they do, shows it off. For the record, I work in high-tech.


Sitting here writing last batch of quick-hits before Xmas respite. Doing it on the road: manual typewriter & 10-ft roll of teleprinter paper

" #IBM secures patents for 'express lane' cloud data analysis" (http://ow.ly/FCIFi ) JK--Makes cloud svc deploy more cost-eff & efficient

"Webcast: Dynamic Data Masking for Web Applications" (http://ow.ly/FCjw7 ) JK--Thurs Dec 18 2pm EST Register: http://ow.ly/FCjw8 

"Webcast: Speeding+Simplifyng #BigData Projex" (http://ow.ly/FCiWH ) JK--Tomorrow 12noon EST. Registr: http://ow.ly/FCiWI  #IBMDataMag

"Mobility Threats to Business Data" (http://ow.ly/FChOj ) JK-- #Bigdata in a minute: securing proprietary data in mobile era #IBMDataMag

"Taking a Look at Today’s Security Risks" (http://ow.ly/FChmb ) JK--Whitepaper: insights from IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence #IBMDataMag

"Filling th #BigData Skills Gap" (http://ow.ly/FCeTQ ) JK--Case study vid: #IBM & Babson College team 2 teach big data skills #IBMDataMag

"Accelerating Speed to Insight" (http://ow.ly/FCe9I ) JK--Video: speed innovation with the cloud #IBMDataMag

"Smarter Healthcare for Effective Consumer Engagement" (http://ow.ly/FCdIS ) JK--Whitepaper to download #IBMDataMag

"Fighting Fraud in New Ways" (http://ow.ly/FCd8l ) JK--Whitepaper: anti-fraud in banking with #bigdata analytics #IBMDataMag

"Rising Heroically to the Scalability Challenge" (http://ow.ly/FCcy0 ) JK--David Birmingham on #IBM #PureData DW advantages #IBMDataMag

"Platforms Well Suitd 4 Complex Analytics" (http://ow.ly/FCbNK ) JK--T.Eunice on combine DW & OSS 4 specific #bigdata analytx #IBMDataMag

"Real-Time Netwk Analytx 4 Intelligent Infra" (http://ow.ly/FCbbc ) JK--Talbot & Madia on streaming data analytics in telecom #IBMDataMag

IDC speaker notes airlines’ reliance on mainframes. I, as an IBM-er, say “bless their little hearts.”

Stating that every imperative is “at the end of the day” is bad practice. Do it all the moment you come to the office. Before coffee.

RT @ScienceTrueFact: We can udnretsnad msseed up stneceens as lnog as the lsat and frsit lttrees of wdros are in crrcoet plaecs.

RT @DataScienceCtrl: 3 Must-Ask Questions Before Choosing That ML Algorithm! (http://ow.ly/FvKXA ) JK--Very practical framework

IBM Watson Curator: Transforming Big Data Into Trusted Information For Watson http://bit.ly/12mGjb0 

Find news & stories on how you can re-imagine work in the #WatsonAnalytics Storybook http://bit.ly/12mGbIj 

IMDB lists Bob Dylan as a writer on th Jack Benny TV show. Cuz he wrote “Blowin’ In The Wind,” which Peter Paul & Mary performd on that show

Geospatial analytics? Managing the land more effectively to protect the rainforest (http://ow.ly/FAQyv ) Tuesday #IBMDataMag quick-hit

"Facial Analysis: Wall Street Nxt #BigData Tool" (http://ow.ly/FA4vx ) JK--Foretell market trends. Good luck. Write home when U find work

Orlando. My first visit was Xmas break 1974, with my dad & bros. Disney World. I remember monorail driver: a then-new geek-species: Trekkie.

"Workshop on the Research Interfaces between Brain Science and Computer Science" (http://ow.ly/FA0fF ) JK--Interesting research agenda.

Some fool commentator says RG3's demise shows football a "what have you done 4 me lately" sport. Wot U suggest? Keep loser on field losing?

"Data Visualisation: Scientfc Treatmt" (http://ow.ly/FzXAb ) JK--One classic lets us vicariously experience Napoleon's army's death march

Right after presenting today on smart mobility & Watson, someone point-blank asks how causation can be verified. Huh? Philosophy of science?

"The Case for Talking to Users in the Age of #BigData " (http://ow.ly/FzWqL ) JK--For building the narrative you're testing statistically

"How data scientists are changing the face of biz intelligence" (http://ow.ly/FzS91 ) JK--Made analytics one of th coolest college majors

RT @sltrunzo: User experience is critical in mobile app economy - I agree w/ @jameskobielus! @Mobility_Forum JK--That's me on stage in photo

"Farm Startup Seeks 2 Profit from Harvesting #BigData" (http://ow.ly/FzQPg ) JK--E-mktplace 4 farmers 2 sell info on planting, yields etc

How could folks misconstrue "Purple Haze" as "kiss this guy"? A few lines l8r, a "girl put a spell on me" (Jimi). Coming-out as bi? Doubtful

"Where The Cloud Meets The Grid" (http://ow.ly/FzO8a ) JK--Kind of a cool geeky figure-laden discussion of doing it yourself.

It's great when people approach me to say they follow my stuff. But could they simply stay & have a pleasant conversation? That'd mean more

A bit chilly & rainy in Orlando. I suppose the warm Florida weather will be brought from cold storage when Xmas vacation blitz begins. Soon.

Drafted new #IBM blog: "Machine learning molds the material world"

Collecting my thoughts in speaker-ready room at #mobilityforum2014. Was losing mind till I found the smooth-jazz-muzak-turnoff switch. Whew!

Crowdsourcing #BigData? Intersection of interest graphs & IoT p1: http://ow.ly/FwBD9  p2: http://ow.ly/FwBDa  Mon #IBMDataMag qh

Catching flight to Orlando to speak at Enterprise Mobility Forum re #Watson & mobile app economy. Have prop: my iPhone. #IBM #Apple prtnrshp

Reading Yanofsky's philosophy book, "Th Outer Limits o Reason," footnoting "Parade" magazine. At least he didnt cite a Sunday coupon insert

RT @Gabriele_Corno: First snow @ Amsterdam....

A wet day but not a bad one. LA Fitness did a grand opening shindig. Lots of free food from local eateries. Glad we worked out first.

#IBM is at the #TDWI Orlando Conference from Dec 7-12, 2014 http://buff.ly/1tKWmWg  : @IBMDataWH Blog by @amit505 #datamanagement

#TDWI: Modernizing a #DataWarehouse for Business Advantage http://buff.ly/1vEbBFK  @IBMDataWH

Why do small & medium #businesses need analytics? Read this Blog by @rahulag80 to know more http://buff.ly/1HY5wJw  #bigdata @IBMDataWH

Harness the Experience of Industry Knowledge to Accelerate Success in #DataWarehousing http://buff.ly/1tL33rd  @IBMDataWH #datamodel

#IBM #Industry #Models are the subject of a #paper by #McKnight Associates : Have you read it yet? http://buff.ly/1tL33rd  @IBMDataWH

#IoT will go nowhere without cloud & big data analytics by @horizonwatching http://ow.ly/ECbZ6  MT @IBMCloud


#IBMCAI #PTECH intern interviews @IBMSoftware VP @lauren_states on #cloud & more

Collab isn't just for YouTube video artists by @jyam6 http://ow.ly/FjxyB  #IBMSocialStudy #community

Collab Isn’t Just for YouTube Video Artists. #IBM Social Business Insights blog by Julie Yamamoto http://ow.ly/FtFm1 



Wait. Tom Hanks is married to someone named Wilson. So could that volleyball in the movie have gotten the part thanks to nepotism?

"High-resolution image"? Higher than what resolution. It's as vague as "big data." Bigger than what?

"Wozniak calls Apple garage origin ‘a myth’" (http://ow.ly/FsVCM ) JK--Design work happened elsewhere. Where? Bathroom? Doghouse?


Christmas songs. An extraordinarily diverse body of recordings. A genre unto itself, threaded through and illuminating every other genre.

Saturday, December 06, 2014

Aweekstweets November 29 to December 5 2014: the week thoughts occurred to me while reading recent articles

With AutoCorrect errors on voice to text, I sometimes wonder if the problem is more with my diction than their algorithm

New #IBM jk #InfoWorld column: "Peeling back the layers of the smarter city" (http://ow.ly/FrSyi )

Crazy week of system issues that's under control. Damn--jinxed it!

Catch me Monday at the Enterprise Mobility Forum, Orlando. " #Watson: Transforming #BigData into Smart Decisions in the Mobile App Economy."


Internet of Things? IoT insights that can best be revealed through graph analysis (http://ow.ly/FpHa3 ) Friday #IBMDataMag quick-hit

Another Twitter supplicant of the "I am interested to learn big data, please tell me what you know" variety. U kidding? U follow me, right?

I just asked a seeming robocall "U a recording?" The voice, seemingly a doctor @ my HMO, kept talking. Could be a live MD w/listening issues

Most phrases are in fact paraphrases of something that's been said before. Strive to be the phraser who everybody else parrots.

My personal feeling is that waiting for your own neural connections to align in the proper direction for "creativity" is futile. Force them!

"Tired of People Wasting Your Time?" (http://ow.ly/Fnxzt ) JK-- @RitaJKing on time managemnt's connection to "neuroscience of creativity"

Spam solicitations to make "serious cash." Why so grim? That the opposite of "funny money"? Which I suppose is what comedians get paid.

" #IBM Watson Analytics Beta Now Open" (http://ow.ly/FnuV2 ) JK--Sign up today for freemium predictive/visual/cognitive cloud analytics

" #IBM & Docker Announce Strategic Prtnrshp..." (http://ow.ly/Fnua9 ) JK--IBM premier provider of Docker flagship product for enterprise

Hmm, tech conf freebie from 1998. Swiss army knife. Yes, a knife for people to bring on plane home. This was 3 years before 9-11-01, mind U

What's this? Stephen Hawking thinks AI could precipitate the apocalypse or whatever? Hence, history of time would be briefer than we'd wish.

Naive Bayes? No, it has nothing to do with whether you believe Hasselhoff was watching the bay more than the babes (http://ow.ly/FlUFT )

"SQL-on- #Hadoop: Who leads the herd?" (http://ow.ly/FlT70 ) JK--Gord Sissons on #IBM BigSQL benchmarking.

December in high-tech industry annual cycle. Breather 4 marketing after an autumnload of events. Do-or-die 4 sales as ends o qtr & year near

I'm a bit harder on myself than others are regarding whether something I say is "original." I keep mental track of what's been said before

Day 2 of no access to work email. Awaiting my replacement laptop shell. If you need me, message me via socials (FB, Twtr, or LinkedIn).

"If a tree falls in th forest & no one's around 2 hear it"? What an outmoded thought experimnt. Remote sensing making that scenario unlikely

Experience optimization? Assessing #bigdata role in the grand scheme of human happiness (http://ow.ly/FlJo3 ) Thurs #IBMDataMag quick-hit

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Space Captain by Barbra Steisand from Barbra Joan Streisand JK--1971. A fairly convincing Aretha Franklin-like turn

Reading "Th Lost World o Bletchley Park" by Sinclair McKay about UK WW2 codebreaking operation. Gripping account o ingenuity & determination

Conf organizers ask me to present on "big data," & indulge me while I grope for originality. They say "that sounds fine." I think "really?"

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp At My Front Door by Harry Nilsson from Son Of Schmilsson JK--1972. Great rocking update of a 1950s doo-wop classic.

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Itchycoo Park by The Small Faces JK--RIP Ian McLagan. (Small) Faces keyboardist.

North Korean leader forbids his people to name selves or keep name "Jong-Eun." Also off-limits: "Seth" "Rogen" "James" & "Franco."

RIP Bobby Keys. Wild wailing debauched saxman on many Stones recordings. Here's him on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" (http://ow.ly/FklTD )

Stressed out by system issues. Few things bend me out of shape like my own personal technology screwing up. Caffeinating myself through it.

"6 categories of Data Scientists" (http://ow.ly/FjPS7 ) JK--Visualization looks like poisonous sea creature. Watch those data-tentacles!

"How Google "Translates" Pictures Into Words Using Vector Space Math" (http://ow.ly/FjLZp ) JK--Closed captioning via cognitve computing

OK, just because your data scientists are working w/big data & are expected to be

"5 #BigData Blunders to Dodge" (http://ow.ly/FjJGw ) JK--Underscoped, underinvested, underqualified, underplanned, under too tight sched

Add to "big data pitfalls to avoid" a separate list of "big data blunders to dodge." And don't forget "big data peccadilloes to finesse"

System issues putting a major crimp in my work day. Reverting to personal laptop.

New #IBM jk #Dataversity column: "The Challenges of Master Data Management in the Internet of Things" (http://ow.ly/FiTCY )

Healthcare analytx? Electrified “3rd rail” o deep psychog cust enggmt p1 http://ow.ly/FiCBE  p2 http://ow.ly/FiCBF  Wed #IBMDataMag qh

New #ITKE #IBM jk column: "Optimized object storage is key to streaming media" (http://ow.ly/Ffr4L )

"What data are you willing to lose?" (http://ow.ly/FfmCp ) JK--Consider recovery point & recovery time objectives in backup strategy

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Bad Seeds by Beat Happening JK--1985. Calvin Johnson seemed to tune his flat grating vocals to the key of "bad."

Drafted latest #ITKnowledgeExchange column: "Optimized object storage is key to streaming media"

"Hoisted by One’s Own Master Data" (http://ow.ly/FeD5s ) JK--Video: #BigData in a Minute #IBMDataMag

"Ten Ways #BigData Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing" (http://ow.ly/FeBet ) JK--Good summary of recent McKinsey study.

"1 World Trade Ctr - Analyzing New Elevator System" (http://ow.ly/FevC7 ) JK--Data modeling to optimize efficiency throughput timeliness

"Creighton Data Science Students Take Aim @ Human Trafficking" (http://ow.ly/Feuik ) JK--Bottlenecks in trafficking flow for interdiction

"Scaling Up Machine Learning, the Tutorial" (http://ow.ly/Fet46 ) JK--In-depth stuff, multi-slide deck, for the autodidacts in us all.

“Statistical Crisis in Science” (http://ow.ly/FeqXC ) JK--When correl8ns corrobor8ng pseudo-science significant (http://ow.ly/FeqXD )

"Life beyond algorithm: Turing & future o cmptg" (http://ow.ly/Fep15 ) JK--Also looked at intrinsic algorithmic limits: "incomputability"

"Spark lights a fire under #bigdata processing" (http://ow.ly/Fen4U ) JK--Core data structure is a resilient distributed data (RDD) set

In Alan Turing days, "computer" was the title of occupation performed by people. With #bigdata, will "analyst" job evolve away from humans?

Healthcare analytics? Possib of appliance-enbld whole-body self-diag p1 http://ow.ly/FdVHF  p2 http://ow.ly/FdVHG  Tues #IBMDataMag qh

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp In the Morning by Junior Boys from So This Is Goodbye JK--2006. For me, a classic song from the decade gone by.

"Putting Together Innovation Puzzle" (http://ow.ly/FdHMf ) JK-- #IBM Video: solving puzzles inspires innov thru context cmptg #IBMDataMag

"Uncovering Data Clues Everywhere" (http://ow.ly/FdHfn ) JK-- #IBM Video: Discover context-aware stream computing #IBMDataMag

"Business-Transforming Context-Aware Analytics" (http://ow.ly/FdGVM ) JK-- #IBM Software ebook: making sense of #bigdata #IBMDataMag

"Cloud & On-Premises SaaS Integration" (http://ow.ly/FdGxx ) JK-- #IBM Redbook: Integrate InfoSphere MDM & SaaS apps #IBMDataMag

"Evolving Information Management System" (http://ow.ly/FdG6b ) JK-- #IBM Redbook technical overview of IMS Version 13. #IBMDataMag

"Raising the Performance Bar" (http://ow.ly/FdFAJ ) JK--Robert Catterall on DB2 11 for z/OS performance enhancements #IBMDataMag

"Accel Query Workloads to Streamline Biz Operations" (http://ow.ly/FdF6N ) JK--Cuneyt Goksu on #IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator #IBMDataMag

" #BigData Ethics 4 Targeted Segmentation" (http://ow.ly/FdELG ) JK--Me exploring blurry line btwn profiling & discrimination #IBMDataMag

"Constructing Internet of Things Solutions" (http://ow.ly/FdEeU ) JK--Dec 10, #IBM Executive Briefing Center, London #IBMDataMag

Petards. Do they exist only to hoist their owners? And what's a petard anyway? I'm even losing my grip on "hoist." Help!

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Staircase at the University by Morrissey JK--2014. "If it breaks yr legs then dont come running to me." Ah, Morrissey

"Join #IBM at the TDWI Orlando Conference, Dec 7-12" (http://ow.ly/FdC6P ). Booth #205 at the Expo. Next-gen data mgt & BI solutions

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp My Sad Captains by Elbow from The Take Off And Landing of Everything JK--2014. Very PeterGabrielesque. Very Elbow.

Starting to see a shift toward people reaching out to me because they heard me at a conference vs. having read the same in my blogs. Hmmm.

I love the secular Christmas songs of the pre-rock era best. Nostalgia for my parents’ era. Memories of my parents.

Catch me speaking next week at Enterprise Mobility Forum in Orlando. #BigData #mobility #IBM #Apple

"Bump Tracker: Nine Months of #BigData" (http://ow.ly/Fb5xF ) JK--Prenatal tracking to benefit expectant mother & unborn child.

How #bigdataanalytics powers #profiling applications that offer a #360degreeview of the customer http://ibm.co/1vCjKdV  by James Kobielus

Why profiling in a commercial context is legit if customers are content with the value they realize http://ibm.co/1vCjKdV  by James Kobielus

Organizations should evaluate their intentions when engaging models for profiling customers http://ibm.co/1vCjKdV  by James Kobielus

#BigData Ethics for Targeted Segmentation http://ibm.co/1vCjKdV  by James Kobielus

Drafted next #IBM jk #InfoWorld column: "The Challenges of Algorithmic Counterfeit Busting"

"Astronaut watches NFL game in space" (http://ow.ly/FaZGO ) JK--Didnt realize were playing games in space. BTW, I shot elephant in my PJs

New #IBMDataMag jk column: "Big Data Ethics for Targeted Segmentation" (http://ow.ly/FaXW4 )

Dec 1 is World AIDS Day. #KEXP playing artists who succumbed. Here's Freddie Mercury w/Queen: "We Will Rock You" (http://ow.ly/FaEjw )

"TheGoodData wants your browsing data to benefit good causes" (http://ow.ly/FaekA ) JK--Microloans in developing countries, 2 B specific

"Crocodile attack database ‘will aid conservation efforts & save lives’" (http://ow.ly/F9Ae3 ) JK--Save lives? Better than common sense?

"A Climate Model of White Christmases—Through 2100" (http://ow.ly/F9yBD ) JK--Not sure if this is a joke. How about 24 days from now?

"Inside 1st Audio Library o Alcohol-Addled Speech (Which Just Might Help Stop Drunk Driving)" (http://ow.ly/F9x2T ) JK--Tricky to perfect

"New Gene Studies Suggest There Are Hundreds of Kinds of Autism" (http://ow.ly/F9vaR ) JK--Like "cancer," a category for diverse maladies

"Data Innovation in Africa" (http://ow.ly/F9tMq ) JK--Data science to tackle disease, crime, corruption, hunger, & poaching

Cognitive computing? Fathoming photos at algorithmic speed p1: http://ow.ly/F9oge  p2: http://ow.ly/F9ogf  Monday #IBMDatMag quick-hit

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Crosseyed And Painless by Talking Heads JK--The "facts are simple" rap reminds of Tom Tom Club "Wordy Rappinghood"

"Thanksgiving Sets Historic Milestone as Mobile Drives > 50% o Shopping Traffic, Per #IBM Digital Analytcs Bnchmrk" (http://ow.ly/F9exA )

Please stop using "the father of..." honorifics for male pioneers in various fields unless U evenhandedly designate women "the mother of..."

It was a good 4-day. I barely noticed one day slipping into the next. A slipstream of pleasant distractions. That's what holidays are for.

It's December. Think I'll play me a little Decemberists. "This is Why We Fight" (http://ow.ly/F92KX )



Saw “The Fault in Our Stars” on DVD. Lovely little tearjerker.

Nearing 10th anniv of 1st time I blogged. Wrote it in Denver. Was the thing to do, per Zevon: http://ow.ly/F6YVX  http://ow.ly/F6YVY 

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Champions Of Red Wine by The New Pornographers from Brill Bruisers JK--2014. Great atmospheric use of their voices

Smartwatches in lieu of smartphones. On the theory that the time is more accurate if the device it’s displayed on is strapped to my body.

RT @bobehayes: Top 10 presentations about #datascience / #bigdata on SlideShare http://bit.ly/1CuZvUi  w/ @jameskobielus @DiegoKuonen

Ron Burgundy also advises the Obama girls to stay classy.


"Statistics Are Dead..." (http://ow.ly/F5xqX ) JK--Not entirely true. Only 7 out of 100 statistics are dead, with a margin of error of 3