James Kobielus' Blog

poem End, Decade!

2009-11-27T18:51:00.001-08:00

END, DECADE!

Regret is retro.
It invites regression to
the beginning. Don’t

chase the predictive
path, algorithmic dendrites
of futurity.

Suspect you've been led
to this conclusion: Time's a
twisted spectacle.

FORRESTER blog repost Instrumenting Your Enterprise for Maximum Predictive Power

2009-11-22T17:08:00.000-08:00

Instrumenting Your Enterprise for Maximum Predictive Power

By James Kobielus

Business is all about placing bets and knowing if the odds are in your favor.

As I noted in my most recent Forrester report, business success depends on your company being able to visualize likely futures and take appropriate actions as soon as possible. You must be able to predict future scenarios well enough to prepare plans and deploy resources so that you can seize opportunities, neutralize threats, and mitigate risks.

Clearly, predictive analytics can play a pivotal role in the day-to-day operation of your business. It can help you focus strategy and continually tweak plans based on actual performance and likely future scenarios. And, as I noted in a recent Forrester blog post, the technology can sit at the core of your service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy as you embed predictive logic deeply into data warehouses, business process management platforms, complex event processing streams, and operational applications.

The grand promise of predictive analytics—still largely unrealized in most companies—is that it will become ubiquitous, guiding all decisions, transactions, and applications. For the technology to rise to that challenge, organizations must move toward a comprehensive advanced analytics strategy that integrates data mining, content analytics, and in-database analytics. Already, we’ve sketched out a vision of “Service-Oriented Analytics,” under which you break down silos among data mining and content analytics initiatives and leverage these pooled resources across all business processes.

You may agree that this is the right vision but have doubt about whether there is a practical, incremental roadmap for taking your company in that direction. In fact there is, and it starts with re-assessing the core of most companies’ predictive analytics capability: your data mining tools. As you plan your predictive analytics initiatives, you should avoid the traditional approach of focusing on tactical, bottom-up project-specific requirements. You should also try not to shoehorn your requirements into the limited feature set of whatever modeling tool you currently happen to use.

To become a fully predictive enterprise, you will need to take both a top-down and bottom-up approach to your data mining initiatives. From the top-down, it’s all about building and integrating alternate models of how your business environment is likely to evolve internally and externally. In our recent report on advanced analytics, Boris Evelson, Leslie Owens, and I sketched out the many business processes that can be enriched by predictive analytics.

So how do you instrument your company to become more predictive? For starters, assess whether your analytics tools support the following capabilities for developing, validating, and deploying predictive models:

Model multiple business scenarios: You should be able to build complex models of multiple, linked business scenarios across different business, process, and subject-area domains, using such key features as strategy maps, ensemble modeling , and champion-challenger modeling.
Incorporate multiple information types into models: You should be able to develop models against multiple information types, including unstructured content and real-time event streams, while leveraging state-of-the-art algorithm in sentiment analysis and social network analysis.
Leverage multiple statistical algorithms and approaches in models: You should be able to develop models using the widest, most sophisticated range of statistical and mathematical algorithms and approaches, including regression, constraint-based optimization, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and support vector machines.
Apply multiple metrics of model quality and fitness: You should be able to score and validate model quality using multiple metrics and approaches, including quality scores, lift charts, goodness-of-fit charts, comparative model evaluation, and auto best-model selection.
Employ multiple variable discovery and assessment approaches: You should be able to build and validate models using various approaches for variable discovery, profiling, and selection, including decision trees, feature selection, clustering, association rules, affinity analysis, and outlier analysis.

How is this different from predictive analytics as usual? Traditionally, most predictive modeling specialists focus on the latter three capabilities: statistical algorithms and approaches, model quality and fitness, and variable discovery and assessment. Most models are built in narrowly scoped business or subject domains—such as customer analytics for marketing campaign management—and only against structured data sources (such as relational tables). Traditionally, few predictive analytics projects have entailed modeling of multiple business scenarios across diverse domains--such as sales, marketing, customer service, manufacturing, and supply chain-- though in the real world these business processes are often quite interconnected. Also, many data mining initiatives fail to incorporate information from unstructured sources—such as text in call-center logs—though this content may be as important as what comes relational databases and other structured sources.

It’s very important to build multi-scenario predictive models against complex information sets, but becoming a fully predictive enterprise demands much more. To instrument your organization for maximum predictive power, you should also tool your advanced analytics to support the following capabilities:

DW-integrated data preparation: To speed up and standardize the most time-consuming predictive modeling project tasks, you should be able to leverage your existing data warehouse, extract transform load, data quality, and metadata tools to support a full range of data preparation features. These features include the ability to discover, acquire, capture, profile, sample, collect, collate, aggregate, deduplicate, transform, correct, augment, and load analytical data sets.
Deep application and middleware integration: To deliver models deeply into whatever heterogeneous SOA-enabled platform you happen to use, your predictive analytics tool should deploy on and/or integrate with a wide range of enterprise applications, middleware, operating platforms, and hardware substrate. You should be able to deploy models seamlessly into your data warehouse, business intelligence, online analytical processing, data integration, complex event processing, data quality, master data management, and business process management environments. And to play well in your SOA, your predictive modeling tools should support application programming interfaces, languages, tools, and approaches such as Web services, Java, C++, and Visual Studio, as well as emerging languages such as SQL-MapReduce and R.
Consistent cross-domain model governance: To avoid fostering an unmanageable glut of myriad models, your predictive analytics solution should support a wide range of tools, features, and interfaces to support life-cycle governance of models created in diverse tools. At the very least, your tools should enable model check in/check-out, change tracking, version control, and collaborative development and validation of models. To realize this promise, it should support a full range of tools, standards, and interfaces for import and embedding of models from other tools, as well as export and sharing of models to other environments.
Flexible model deployment: To execute modeling functions--such as data preparation, regression, and scoring—on the widest range of data warehouses and other platforms, your tools should support in-database or embedded analytics. And to scale to the max, your predictive analytics tools should deploy models to massively parallel data warehouses, software-as-a-service environments, and cloud computing fabrics. Your advanced analytics tools should also support development of application logic in open frameworks—such as MapReduce and Hadoop—to enable convergence of data mining and content analytics in the cloud.
Rich interactive visualization: To deliver their precious payload—actionable intelligence—your advanced analytics tools should support interactive visualization of models, data, and results. Ideally, you should be able to visualize all of this in your preferred business intelligence tool, or in the predictive modeling vendor’s integrated visualization layer. Of course, you have every right to expect the full range of visualization techniques--histograms, box plots, heat maps, etc.—regardless of who provides the visualization layer.

As you can see, this goes well beyond data mining as usual. Forrester has a slightly different perspective on the development of the predictive analytics market than you’re likely to get from other sources. We see a robust, flexible, SOA-enabled data mining tools as the centerpiece of advanced analytics for fully predictive enterprises. The competitive stakes are too great for businesses to take the traditional silo-mired approach when implementing this mission-critical technology.

What do you think?

Aweekstweets November 15-22 2009—whole week’s blather scraped, classified, with extended commentary only on the tech-related stuff

2009-11-22T06:17:00.001-08:00

Aweekstweets November 15-22 2009—whole week’s blather scraped, classified, with extended commentary only on the tech-related stuff

TECH-AND-TECH-INDUSTRY TWEETS

"IBM Researchers [Develop] Cat-Like Cognitive Computing" (http://bit.ly/3iq3DY): JK--Really? Computer sleeps 24x7? Bites hand that feeds it? 12:24 PM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

JK2—We’re always trying to rebuild the brain. Now we’re ratcheting down our ambition: mimicking carnivore gray matter because we don’t have the computer power to do justice to our own wetware circuitry. I recommend we start by replicating the most primitive brains in the animal kingdom: insects (do they even have brains?). Why start there? Well, because they’re such an incredibly successful category of organisms...they might have something to teach us, if we can learn to think like them. Cats? They’re recently evolved camp followers of homo sapiens. From an evolutionary standpoint, they’ll teach us what we already know: if you protect the food supply from rodents, generally keep to yourself, and provide a passive object of comfort and companionship, you have a warm place in the human hearth—as long as humans themselves survive. Insects are something entirely different: they’ll survive whether or not we do, and they might contribute to our downfall. Keep your friends close, your enemies closer.

"True BI for the Masses" (http://bit.ly/MdnYS): JK--Good @SethGrimes blog. "For the masses" overpromises BI adoption. Much best embedded 12:16 PM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

JK2—Let’s not imagine that everybody everywhere wants to spend every day experiencing the world through reports, dashboards, and other other visualization containers we associate with specialized business intelligence (BI) solutions. Most of us want all of these contextualizers, but embedded in all the apps and services we use. And let’s not imagine that everybody wants to see every scrap of information packaged in a BI-like experiences: with prebuilt visualizations, context, and insights. So it’s not productive to view the world through purely BI-colored glasses. What I love most about the Web is the passing parade of people, situations, events, images, information, trends, and experiences—arbitrary, complex, confusing, sprawling, stimulating, open-ended. The masses are happy to derive their own meanings from these messes.

RT @DavidLinthicum "On-premise vs. on-demand BI: SAP tries for best of both worlds: http://bit.ly/qf7ca": JK--BI SaaS + prem-based: hybrid? 11:01 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

JK2—Will enterprises evolve toward hybrid BI environments hosted partly on-premises and partly in the SaaS/cloud. Will the departments be allowed to mashup their own BI reports and dashboards on outsourced SaaS/cloud services, while the enterprise as a whole uses a premises-based platform? Won’t one approach crowd out the other over time as corporate IT looks to consolidate on a single platform? Either SaaS/cloud will become the dominant BI deployment approach for companies of all sizes, or the dominant approach for one segment, such as the midmarket. Or the dominant approach for deployment of one category of BI capability—such as predictive analytics against cloud-sourced data—while the core of BI is still deployed on on-premises platforms.

RT @jilldyche "Regarding predictive analytics being 'the next big thing'--how, exactly, do they know?" JK--Regression back to mean-ness. 6:58 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

JK2—Nobody truly knows the future. Some of us have models that have proven quite good at predicting futures with a reasonable degree of confidence, based on observations. That’s what predictive modeling is all about. Where analytics is concerned, there has never been a “next big thing.” Instead, all the old things (and data mining is certainly an old established discipline) just keep evolving aggressive new marketing messages to justify customers’ continued loyalty.

Don't ever recall anybody referring to predictive analytics as the "next big thing." Perhaps that's math-geeks indulging in wishful thinking 10:03 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—The key gating factor on predictive analytics’ adoption has always been the specialized statistical and mathematical knowledge required to use these tools effectively. That constraint is beginning to ease, thanks to the development of more automated visual tooling for data discovery, exploration, preparation, and modeling. But this is still a math-geek-intensive discipline—much more than, say, core BI. Let’s be honest with ourselves. No true “next big thing” demands that you first go back for college-level training in statistics.

"Why pay for DW appliance when can get one free?" (http://bit.ly/CUbEV): JK--Misleading: GP Sgl-Node is free DB SW licnse, not DW appliance 9:05 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—I’m a bit fatalistic about speaking to the press. Even when they quote me correctly, and place that quote in the right context in a well-written article, a misleading headline can screw it all up. Jeff did a good job on this one except for the headline. There’s no mention anywhere in this article of a free DW appliance (software plus hardware in a complete, no-charge package) being offered by any vendor. If there were, that would definitely be news.

RT @stheath:"SAS models can be scored in various DWs" JK--Yep, as can models created in other PA/DM tools--through PMML & other imp/exp. 2:32 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—In-database analytics is a capability that most DW/DBMS platforms support, as do most predictive analytics and data mining tools. It’s all about tools exporting models as PMML, or as native SAS code, or as Java archives, or any of various other approaches—and DW/DBMSs’ importing them and executing those models as user-defined functions (UDFs) or some other approach. Of course, vendors vary widely in the range of data mining functions—such as data preparation, regression analysis, and scoring—that can be done on which tools’ models by which DW/DBMS vendors’ platforms.

RT @jswanhart "Except that data mining tools can't give you black lung" JK--Right, but, misused, they can soil your reputation. 2:31 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—Excuse me for being quick with the metaphorical comeback.

IBM's massive media push on Smarter Planet has been content-rich. See latest InformationWeek? It's IBM "smarter business" from front to back 2:18 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—IBM was the sole advertiser on that issue.

Data miners seem to have the same love-hate relationship with their tools that old-fashioned miners have with their pickaxes and dynamite. 2:12 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—No matter how I score the various vendor tools on my forthcoming Forrester Wave for Predictive Analytics and Data Mining Solutions, I’m going to face a boatload of ire from devotees of the lower-scored tools. And even from users of the higher-scored tools who will point out the myriad feature their vendor has never got quite right—but which are not showstoppers that would cause these users to abandon the stat tools they’ve been using since their college days.

RT @HKotadia "Predictive Analytics has been "Next Big thing" for last 10 Yrs" JK--So has everything else, depending on who you talk to. 1:15 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—I’m more than happy covering the myriad not-quite-that-big things that loom large in the daily nitty-gritty of enterprise computing. A more sustainable career than riding the wave of fast-rising bubble technologies that may be big next year but obsolete the year after.

PA/DM is a discrete product segment, but converging into BI, blurring into content analytics, fed from and deploying to CEP, embedded in SOA 1:04 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—That’s the thrust of my Service-Oriented Analytics discussion.

Self-service BI not discrete mkt segment: it's reqs addr via SaaS, in-mem, mashup, lightweight, appliance, OSS, express, auto & pervasive BI 1:02 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—There are many ways to skin the “self-service operational BI” cat, and almost every vendor in this arena is doing it by a blend of these and other approaches. Everybody’s trying to take this technology out of IT’s hands and put the users in the driver’s seat. Very little of it is rocket science. Most of it is well-established and well-understood, has stable usage and integration patterns, and can be automated to a greater degree than we like to admit.

Core of "analytics cloud" is a scale-out DW platform. MSFT SQL Azure may be there by 2011, but not in 2010's v1. Why not embed SS08R2 PDW? 7:35 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—Microsoft’s strategic error on cloud DW was building one stovepipe analytic database environment for Azure, and another one for SQL Server. They’ll spend several years converging them, and it won’t be pretty. And it won’t be in time to make much headway against Amazon, Google, IBM, Teradata, and others who are getting there first with more integrated cloud DBMS/DW solutions—in IBM and Teradata’s cases, with the same core database in premises-based and public clouds.

IBM provides analytics cloud platform,as do Teradata, Aster, Greenplum, Vertica, & Kognitio. But MSFT, ORCL, SAP, Sybase, and Netezza don't. 7:31 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—That list is more or less in descending order—from strong/promising to weak/non-existent--of the cloud strategies of DW vendors in today’s market.

"In-db analytics pulls together SAS, DW vdrs" (http://bit.ly/3fF0rZ): JK--SAS models can be scored in various DWs, per yesterday tweets. 7:15 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—See tweet explaining this, earlier in this aweekstweets. Lots of DW/DBMSs can import models in native SAS code. Aster can even execute those models, without conversion, in a SAS executable runtime container in the new nCluster v4.

"Microsoft ...Launch[es] Windows Azure Platform" (http://bit.ly/2sVPHP): JK--Milestone in cloud-as-platform maturity, but not DW cloud 6:46 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

JK2—Milestone in the ordinary product-management sense that it’s one step closer to go-live for Microsoft. Will Azure represent an industry milestone in the maturity, sophistication, and adoption of cloud computing in corporate environments? 2010 will be the year we learn.

MS-DOS was originally "QDOS" (quick and dirty operating system--not making this up). Was that an omen? 9:41 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

JK2—Windows—with its schizoid “wait forever for your latest goddamn mouse-click to advance the cursor a millimeter on screen” GUI—has rarely been quick, and—with the blue screens of death, malware infestations, and general look-and-feel madness—has often been dirty.

RT @Catherine_VZ "social media monitoring Attensity Cloud, incl Google Sidewiki #VOC" JK--This tech will revolutionize opinion polling. 9:24 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

JK2—I’d be interested in knowing how exit-polling on elections matches up with same-time voice-of-voter polls as expressed in the twit-o-blog-o-sphere.

RT @swooledge: "MapReduce is #1. 2009's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies" JK--And #1 most difficult to explain to the CEO. 9:18 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

JK2—Even difficult to explain to DBAs—and to other analysts.

RT @CurtMonash "Email tells me of Dataupia's resurrection" JK--Bah, marketing. Rebirth no biggie. Can they build sustainable biz? Doubtful. 9:14 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

JK2—In a commoditized market with a couple dozen competitors, re-startups had better have some awesomely innovative verge-of-commercialization technology in the labs to have a snowball’s chance.

Social network analysis: I'd like to see operational definitions of "groupthink," and content analytics that detect when it's emerging. 8:49 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

JK2—For example: Can social network analysis detect the outlines of the GOP agenda and presidential candidate shortlist for 2012 even though it’s 3 years from now? And can these algorithms outdo the human pundits in this regard? That’d be like a football coach having a mole in the opposition’s huddle.

"Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs" (http://bit.ly/3EeWP6): JK--OK, sell dreams, not products. But do electric sheep dream of columnar DBs? 7:36 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

JK2—Quite frankly, dreams are often a distraction from the main business of life. Dreams are just rapid eye movements and herky-jerky unconscious muscle spasms. Sell people quiets, comfy pillows, and firm mattresses.

"Oracle Updates Berkeley Database" (http://bit.ly/28avBy): JK--Oracle's already multi-specialized-DB vendor. Why not MySQL also? Come on EU! 7:29 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

JK2—Seriously. MySQL is what? The 13^th or 14^th most popular DBMS in the world.

"IBM Deploys Cloud-Computing Business Intelligence System" (http://bit.ly/1JTMMY): JK--Private BI/DW cloud with Cognos on System Z. 7:23 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

JK2—Mostly just an internal private cloud at IBM. The commercialized cloud will be for IBM mainframe customers. I’m still waiting for an IBM smart analytics public and private cloud that will be virtualized across DB2 and Informix, and across all OS and hardware platforms. I don’t know yet where IBM is going with this, or whether in fact they plan to go that all-encompassing.

"Cray blows by IBM to regain supercomputing crown" (http://bit.ly/3fBwCT): JK--Cray still exists? Haven't regained HPC-mkt-mindshare crown 7:08 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

JK2—Is Cray a stand-alone company or a product group within some larger vendor? Will have to look them up—again.

RT @NeilRaden "I don't agree. [Netezza] already impl DB Lytix." JK--Can't optimize scoring etc of most PA/DM mdls--i.e. SAS--w/o SAS integ 9:35 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—The point of this tweet was that SAS is the largest predictive analytics and data mining vendor by market share—hence many predictive models have been built with its tools—hence DW vendors that do in-database analytics should be able to integrate with and execute the full range of procedures, including scoring and regression-, on SAS models—hence it’s good that Netezza has a SAS partnership. Netezza’s partnership with Fuzzy Logix, vendor of the DB Lytix in-db enabling tool, is important for Netezza in-database analytics on a wide range of third-party PA/DM tool vendors’ models. Whew—hard point to make without lots of detail and nuance. Thank goodness for aweekstweets (assuming anybody actually reads this).

RT @SethGrimes "ChicTrib article on #sentiment analysis vdr GeeYee http://bit.ly/2DdbvS #textanalytics" JK--Sentiment = emotional signal 9:28 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—Sentiment analysis is in danger of becoming too popular, pre-empting formal opinion polls and focus groups, pre-empting the need to actually talk to your customers to see what’s on their minds.

RT @swooledge "'no-copy analytics'..#Forrester nu in-DB analytics rpt..http://bit.ly/3I3iaL" JK--No-copy: data stays put, models move to EDW 9:27 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—In petabyte and multi-100-TB DWs, the data’s getting too massive to move. For that, and other reasons, move the predictive and other analytic logic to the DW, rather than vice versa.

RT @SethGrimes "most advanced in-DB analytics on market": JK--From DW POV, depends on range of supported info, models, procs, tools, & APIs 9:22 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—I’m definitely going to have to SWOT the DW and PA/DM vendors’ in-database analytics features more finely in the coming year.

"IBM debuts massive analytics cloud" (http://bit.ly/1igfCL): JK--IBM's Smart Analytics Cloud will serve petabyte-scale real-time analytics. 9:12 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—That’s fine, but I still don’t have any meaningful details on IBM Smart Analytics System appliances. Still waiting. Getting a briefing update from them in December.

"SAS Intensifies In-Database Efforts" (http://bit.ly/25Zz0N): JK--SAS' in-db DW partners: Teradata, Netezza, IBM, HP, Aster Data, Greenplum. 9:10 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—SAS knows this is a must for their customers to continue scaling up and out.

"SAS to Deliver In-Db Analytic Scoring for Netezza" (http://bit.ly/sUT9y): JK--Key for Netezza: can't do in-db analytics w/o SAS partnership 9:06 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—Here I’ll simply re-post the full response from a few tweets above: “JK2—The point of this tweet was that SAS is the largest predictive analytics and data mining vendor by market share—hence many predictive models have been built with its tools—hence DW vendors that do in-database analytics should be able to integrate with and execute the full range of procedures, including scoring and regression-, on SAS models—hence it’s good that Netezza has a SAS partnership. Netezza’s partnership with Fuzzy Logix, vendor of the DB Lytix in-db enabling tool, is important for Netezza in-database analytics on a wide range of third-party PA/DM tool vendors’ models. Whew—hard point to make without lots of detail and nuance. Thank goodness for aweekstweets (assuming anybody actually reads this).”

"Google, Amazon, Microsoft Fluff Up Their Clouds" (http://bit.ly/396tqY): JK--No: cutting cloud app pricing to rain on software apps' parade 9:01 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—It’s funny that the headline writer put “fluff up” in there, as if these vendor’s announcements were insubstantial. They weren’t insubstantial, but they didn’t begin to address the pricing issues that will determine whether any of the new services are cost-effective for the mass market anytime soon. My hunch is that we’re due for a nasty price war among the cloud app/platform vendors in 2010-2012, with packaged software license revenues (watch out Microsoft!) taking a huge hit.

"Text-based content... in real-time BI" (http://bit.ly/1jU0GM): JK--Filter semantic signal from colloquial noise. @Dana_Gardner @SethGrimes 8:57 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—What’s Twitter? A cloud of colloquial noise. You can hide juicy tweetborne content in plain sight—i.e, won’t pass through the filters of many sophisticated text analytics NLP engines, because essentially written in ad-hoc arbitrary you-and-your-friends-specific code language.

Taking briefing from Zircon Computing: adaptive, distributed, scalable, real-time, parallel, OS/hardware-agnostic on-demand middleware platf 11:26 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—Interesting on many levels. But they have yet to identify a killer app.

"SAS Intensifies In-Database Efforts" (http://bit.ly/25Zz0N): JK--SAS has significantly broadened/deepened its DW vendor partnerships. 8:58 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—DW vendors missing from SAS partnership: Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, Sybase.

"Google Street View Faces Swiss Legal Challenge" (http://bit.ly/3Hm4U9): JK--Can a satellite be prosecuted as a peeping tom? 8:48 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—Give it up world. You’re visible from space. You’re also visible from airplanes and hot-air balloons. Blame the Wright and Montgolfier Brothers, if you have to start somewhere.

"Bing Adds Facebook, Videos, Wolfram Alpha" (http://bit.ly/1RyEvk): JK--Wolfram Alpha? (scratches head)....oh...last year's Google killer. 7:27 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JK2—I saw another mention of Wolfram Alpha in a vendor’s partner slides the other day. Who exactly is using it?

LIFE-OF-AN-ANALYST TWEETS

Getting ready for meeting downtown with Dunder-Mifflin. about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck

Cool...updated my SWOTs of the majority of DW vendors....been an event-packed fall-announcement season...lots of important developments. 2:45 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

Good to have my aweekstweets to reference in a pinch....even analysts with magnum-jupiters forget exactly what they tweeted and when 10:45 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

Cool thing about Twitter is that it allows analysts to call out contacts (where appropriate) with others in the industry influence ecosystem 8:51 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

Jeff Kelly of searchdatamanagement.com called, interviewed me on IBM Smart Analytics Cloud, and on cloud DW generally. 8:49 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

"The Year of BI" (http://bit.ly/2KIdaZ): JK--Nice that core coverage area stays hot, but makes nervous. Eventually "hot" gives way to "not" 8:04 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

Habitual continuity of stable morning routine, mid-day routine, nightly routine is frame through which crazy world best viewed & kept at bay 7:56 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

One of the nice things about the grind of checking the newswires/newsletters every morning is that plenty of Twitter-able events pop up. 7:51 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

Preparing for consulting engagements next week: DW & BI vendors, on successive days, different cities/states. 7:49 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

I'm noticing the yearly late-fall-surge of vendor announcements in the run-up to Thanksgiving. 7:50 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

@mcgoverntheory: How exactly is using every information source available to you, vendor or otherwise, a "crutch"? 6:41 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck in reply to mcgoverntheory

Yeah, that was a good yield of tweets to my credit....honing and owning my thoughts keeps Ockham's Razor good 'n' sharp 10:03 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

Been a slow day in Lake Wobegon in my head...Elmer Inqvist installed a new flagpole.. Actually, I lied, been anything but slow or woebegone 5:18 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

That's cool. Initial Wave vendor feedback on scorecards finds my criteria/scales valid/interesting--I sweated over that--so very important! 4:20 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

RT @cselland "analyst-in-the-world" JK--Doesn't mean analyst equally expert in all topics, but aware of delivering analysis on world stage. 4:19 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

Twitter analyst-in-the-world is the fuller context of our branding & differentiation. No trouble at all. Each must manage own entire persona 12:55 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

Big issue with Twitter in a professional analyst context: down deep, it's your personal channel to the world: it's the analyst-in-the-world 12:45 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

Individual analyst blogs, team analyst blogs...one voice, many voices in various frequencies and harmonics... 12:38 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

SHAMELESS-SELF-PROMOTION TWEETS

Kickfire webinar, "More Bang for Your Data Warehousing Budget," w/myself, Dec 9, 10-11am PST, register at http://bit.ly/6pj8Ja. 16 minutes ago from TweetDeck

Rehearsing the Kickfire webinar that we'll be delivering on December 9: "More Bang for your Data Warehousing Budget." about 4 hours ago from TweetDeck

Engaged in pre-show chit-chat on DM Radio Live Broadcast , "Predictive Analytics: Enterprise Crystal Ball" (http://bit.ly/1gJr9f). Register! 1:42 PM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Prepping for DM Radio Live Broadcast this afternoon, "Predictive Analytics: The Enterprise Crystal Ball" (http://bit.ly/1gJr9f). Always fun! 11:37 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Wayne Morris, pres/CEO of myDIALS: SaaS BI webinar: Q&A: Wayne discussing metadata integration scenarios for enterprise migration to SaaS BI 11:03 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Wayne Morris, pres/CEO of myDIALS and myself: SaaS BI webinar: Q&A on how SaaS BI complements or can supplant prem-based BI: use cases 10:58 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Wayne Morris, pres/CEO of myDIALS: SaaS BI webinar: describing governance, controls, and safeguards in their service environment 10:48 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Wayne Morris, pres/CEO of myDIALS: SaaS BI webinar: describing hosted service components, & connectors to customer prem-based data/apps 10:47 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Wayne Morris, pres/CEO of myDIALS: SaaS BI webinar: users collaboratively share their views and analytics within orgs/teams 10:43 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Wayne Morris, pres/CEO of myDIALS: SaaS BI webinar: users visually drilldown within dimensions & metrics within biz contexts (history etc.) 10:41 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Wayne Morris, pres/CEO of myDIALS: SaaS BI webinar: real-time what-if scenario & change-impact analysis with personalized dashboards 10:38 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Wayne Morris, pres/CEO of myDIALS, speaking on SaaS BI webinar: help companies continuously improve oper perf w/ KPIs & specific targets 10:36 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Tune into "Do-It-Yourself BI Done Right: The Secret Sauce is SaaS" (http://bit.ly/3QNPXt) webinar today, 11am EST, with myself & myDIALS. 9:40 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Tune into "Do-It-Yourself BI Done Right: The Secret Sauce is SaaS" (http://bit.ly/3QNPXt) webinar tomorrow, 11am EST, with self & myDIALS. 2:51 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

Greenplum webinar, "Data Analytics and Cloud Computing: Convergence or Collision?" Dec 15, with self & @frankgillett (http://bit.ly/2cPRqv) 6:38 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @myDIALS: All prepared and ready for webinar with @jameskobielus http://tinyurl.com/yzqwzqj: JK--Self-service operational SaaS BI. 4:22 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

Catch webinar, me & myDIALS, "Do-It-Yourself BI Done Right: The Secret Sauce is SaaS ," Thurs Nov 19, 11am (eastern): http://bit.ly/3FV01g 8:30 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

I've been discussing that #Forrester report on In-Database Analytics with everybody for months now. Nice to see it actually "out there." 7:13 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

New Kobielus Forrester report: "In-Database Analytics: The Heart Of The Predictive Enterprise" (http://bit.ly/3I3iaL) 6:51 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

CONTINUING-TO-INDULGE-IN-SOCIAL-MEDIA-ARE-CHANGING-THE-VERY-FABRIC-OF-OUR-POSTMODERN-EXISTENCE-WAIT-A-SEC-WHY-AREN’T THESE IN TECH-TWEET? TWEETS

The most dreaded out-of-the-blue question in today's time-starved attention economy: "Hey, got a sec?" 2:51 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @vtri "Unified persona harmonizes all my facets" JK--Just a matter of sync-ing those channels, speaking one's mind in all. 6:53 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

RT @vtri "we have multi-channel/media ...so we don't have to express unified persona" JK--Disagree. Unified persona harmonizes all my facets 8:49 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

One of the most difficult challenges in today's multi-channel, -mode, -media, -tasking online society: expressing unified persona across all 2:55 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @dcunni: "The end of email?" #df: JK--Seriously doubt it: social nets' primary tool for harassing with annoying followme/followyou msgs 1:22 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

Unsocial doesn't necessarily mean "unfriendly" or "anti-social." It may just mean private, shy, respectful, aloof, and/or "needing space." 7:44 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @lmacvittie "is unsocial different from anti-social? former seems to imply passive lack while later more aggressive, active" JK--Exactly! 7:16 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

"Facebook digs in as 'unfriend' named Word of Year" (http://bit.ly/15uyPa): JK--Add "unsocial" for folks who want off this merry-go-round? 7:04 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @alecsharp: @jameskobielus @girlwithnoname "I love randomness of Twitter" JK--Thrive on tthe random: serendipitous spiritual connections. 9:49 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @girlwithnoname: @jameskobielus "all my tweets are lame so I won't bother." JK--You have a funny tweetname. That's a start. 9:02 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

What exactly is with Facebook's obsession with helping me find my relatives? Is it possible to turn off those annoying pushy messages? 9:00 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @jameskobielus @girlwithnoname: "" bad form to RT YOURSELF??" JK--Only when original tweet's lame." JK2--And when the RT's even lamer!! 8:52 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @girlwithnoname: "is it considered bad form to RT YOURSELF??" JK--Only when your original tweet's lame. 8:50 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

@jbernoff of #Forrester provides excellent advice on social media best practice. Describes "continuously updated ecosystem of influence." 8:07 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

It's useful to approach your own tweetstream as a stream with continuing motifs and themes that you yourself connect when spirit moves 8:00 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

"IT Blogwatch: Unfriend: the word of the year, apparently (http://bit.ly/339mUK): JK--Does that mean "unfriendliness" the mood of the year? 7:02 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

"45 Fast Facts About Microsoft" (http://bit.ly/4libHF): JK--Is there a Twitter app that can autostream "fast facts" from one's Twitter acct? 7:01 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

Temporal Twitter: speak 14 secs max, articulate punctuation, elide words you abbreviate, mimic voice of person you're retweeting 6:34 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @HKotadia "Who owns your tweets? Answer might actually be your boss http://bit.ly/1ZW3aL #sCRM #PR #marketing" JK--Can I lease 'em back? 9:53 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

Blogging has become premeditated for me, but social networking remains spontaneous. The former: work. The latter: fun. Guess which I prefer. 9:15 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

Online invites to connect w/ friends family & classmates are biggest virus spreaders--as are their wetware analogues during holiday sesason. 5:31 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

MUSIC-CUZ-THAT’S-WHAT-I’M-WHISTLING-WHILE-I-WORK-IF-YOU-REALLY-MUST-KNOW TWEETS

Remember those two Capote movies at same time a few years ago? Now 2 new bands: Big Spider's Back and Spider Bags. Confusing (& bit creepy). 11:17 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: No Children by The Mountain Goats #KEXP: JK--One of the funniest, most startling, most caustic marriage-breakup songs ever 3:13 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

See...i can indeed read hidden technology messages into songs that undoubtedly weren't expressing those messages. Paul is not dead, BTW. 1:08 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Wired For Light by School Of Seven Bells #KEXP: JK--"Wired for light"->fiber optics; "school of 7 bells"->Ma Bell breakup 1:07 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: We're All Gonna Die Someday by Kasey Chambers #KEXP: JK--Ah...Aussie county-western is just as sassy as the Appalachian. 2:14 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Pink Moon by Nick Drake #KEXP: JK--One of those stunning posthumous leave-behinds from someone obscure in his day. 8:12 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: California Stars by Billy Bragg & Wilco #KEXP: JK--Another classic song I've never heard over-the-air. 7:00 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Angelika by Devendra Banhart #KEXP: JK--Hirsute dude at most hippy-dippy. Rename him Donovan Banhart? Or Devendra Leitch? 9:46 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @kitson: "Pontiac Silverdome ... #recession #silverdome" JK--Site of Who concert, '74, Keith Moon, pretty girl, me 16, indelible memory 9:38 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

Listening to Vampire Weekend "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa." Remember hearing it on cold Saturday, Jan '08, Trader Joe, Cambridge MA. Sample bar 9:34 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

Speaking of Alison Statton, ex-YMG, check out her & Spike's '97 "The Shady Tree." She wrote Track 2 ("Unspoken Word") for me. I'm in credits 9:30 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order #KEXP: JK--Love Alison Statton cover version: Devine & Statton "Prince of Wales" (1989) 9:28 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @madgreek65 "Just landed in Seattle. Time to go exploring. Pike Brewery is up first!" JK--I always start with pilgrimage to #KEXP. 9:20 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @girlwithnoname: @jameskobielus garsh thanks!!! :-) JK--Reminds me of Ting Tings' song "That's Not My Name." Which I'm listening to now. 9:19 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Everything Reminds Me of Her by Elliott Smith #KEXP: JK--Must say: love a sad song, but Elliott Smith downright depressing 2:41 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist Save It for Later by The English Beat #KEXP: JK--Distracting details: piling/saving "et al" for later keeps crazy contained 7:58 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Fake Records of Rock n Roll by Daniel Johnston #KEXP: JK--This guy's still recording? Stable, apparently. Song's good. 7:45 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Winter Wonder Land by Animal Collective #KEXP JK--Maryland band's endless-cycling groove maddeningly circus-y. Name sez it 7:26 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Hold On, Hold On by Neko Case #KEXP: JK--Iconic song of this decade....at least, if, like me, you've heard it (2006). 8:55 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Lady of Spain by Dick Contino #KEXP: JK--Metal & "Legends of Accordion" in same set. God speed you Quilty 3000/KEXP!!!!!! 7:57 PM Nov 15th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: New Moon Rising by Wolfmother #KEXP: JK--These guys are now, but feel like early 70s metal. Retro update of junk rock. 7:48 PM Nov 15th from TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: C'mon And Love Me by Kiss #KEXP: JK--Decent KISS song from 1975, but still watered-down made-up buncha Grand Funk poseurs 7:46 PM Nov 15th from TweetDeck

RT @merv "jam session..me (guitar) & TSchadler (bass)...Singers welcome" JK--Love that Book of Merv. Would love to sing 3DogNight "Shambala" 9:06 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

Everybody knows what music Jim is listening to....or, wanting YOU ALL to listen to 12:39 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

TV TWEETS

Look closely at "The Office": the PCs on desktops, boxes of paper in warehouse. Has HP acquired Dunder-Mifflin? Discuss amongst yourselves. about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

Time Warner spinning off AOL? Blast from the 90s. Ah nostalgia. My kids really loved AOL back then. They also loved Barney and Friends. 12:21 PM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Wondering when "30 Rock" will shift to mocking NBC's new owner. Wondering when Comcast will replace all NBC shows with public-access cable. 1:18 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

"Shepard Smith leaning against prevailing winds on Fox News" (http://bit.ly/J2Cxv): JK--Journalists there do in fact feel pangs of integrity 7:19 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

SHOWING-OFF-MY-ECON-DEGREE TWEETS

RT @bob_sutor: "I don't think something or a process can "be innovated": JK--Orgs can be enervated by lack of innovation in their processes. 9:56 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

"Sears posts 2nd consecutive quarterly loss" (http://bit.ly/1keNwR) JK--Come see the softer side of Sears' business model. 7:03 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

Sometimes I hesitate to recommend giving CEOs BI mashup. Seeing how they tend to mashup their M&A, their d-i-y dashboards would be hideous 2:09 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

RT @craignewmark @ariannahuff "Memo to Warren Buffett" JK--The Messiah Investor of Our Times: Would be funny if he caused a Buffett Bubble! 9:55 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

RT @monkchips: "free markets cannot [have] absence of rules" JK--Core rule: market-clearing price must emerge from buy-sell transactions 9:47 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

TIME-MARCHES-INEXORABLY-ON TWEETS

Decade's ending, dontcha know. Began w/ Y2K false apocalyptics. Then 9/11, wars, hurricanes, tsunami, panics, pandemics. Calm would be nice. 7:24 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

Teaching myself to stop worrying and love the calendar. Starting to call next year "twenty-ten" and back-fit "twenty-oh-nine" to this one. 11 minutes ago from TweetDeckFrom itd.daily@it -director.com: "'It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.' Dan Quayle:" JK--Huh? Why pick on him anymore? 6:56 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

RT @lmacvittie:"May you live in interesting times" was a curse." JK--Decade also started with me under weather, flu, at NuYrsEve party. 8:19 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

Let's see, which doomsday scenario do we want to indulge this week: 2012 (too Mesoamerica), 1984 (been there done that), Y2K (killer clock)? 8:08 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

GRATUITOUSLY-SENSUAL TWEETS

Ah yes, lunch beckons....cold pizza...day-after it was warm and fresh....still quite acceptable...cold. 11:12 AM Nov 19th from TweetDeck

RT @girlwithnoname: @jameskobielus "ha! one of my fave workout songs!" JK--Mine too. Bally's plays video a lot on monitors in the club. 9:39 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

@openczun : JK--Only drank YM once--for taste, not buzz.. 6:31 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck in reply to openczun

RT @openczun "Anyone out there drink Yerba Mate ? what are your experiences compared with coffee or espresso?" JK--YM feels mellower 9:50 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

GRATUITOUS-ERUDITION TWEETS

RT @lmacvittie: "May you live in interesting times"" JK--I'll bet something lost in translation. Perhaps Mandarin original was double-edged. 7:40 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

Trying to remember why I did a Wikipedia search of Arthur Schopenhauer at mid-day and left the window up. World as will and representation? 5:20 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

COME-AGAIN TWEETS

RT @cselland: @jameskobielus and that's a problem why?: JK--And what's a problem? 12:51 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

JUST-GOOFING TWEETS

RT @pleclare @FakeAPStylebook: "Et al" is Latin for "those who know Al." JK--Actually, misspelling of "it all," which is what it means. 7:32 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

OVERSHARING-FAMILY-STUFF-ON-TWITTER-BUT-KNOWING-FULL-WELL-THAT-MY-FAMILY-WILL-SEE-IMMEDIATELY-WHEN-TWEET-AUTOSYNCS-TO-MY-FACEBOOK TWEETS

Cousin Kathryn & I both totally swamped w/ work. Born just few days apart. Common temperament, as her Facebooking illustrates. Zodiac truth? 8:19 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

NICE-TO-HAVE-A-HANDY-PRETEXT-FOR-TWISTING-IT-IN-VEGAS’-SIDE TWEETS

RT @donnyosmond: "Is it weird that I think of Vegas like second home?" JK--Not weird at all, if one's second home were in redlight district. 9:53 PM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

NOT-SUPERSTITIOUS TWEETS

RT @nselby: "Flying into Dallas on November 22. Grassy knoll, anyone?" JK--It's barely worth visiting. Nothing terribly spooky about it. 9:44 PM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

NOT-BIG-ON-CONSPIRACY-THEORIES TWEETS

RT @DataMiningTips "Numerati Can ID People w/ Just 3 Pcs of Seemingly Unrelated Info" (http://bit.ly/3Q74ND): JK--Numerati? Secret society? 9:40 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

GOT-A-RIGHT-TO-BE-PISSED TWEETS

Why is it, year after year, rolling out one fancy service offering after another, Verizon can't fix the mess that is "customer service"? 7:16 AM Nov 17th from TweetDeck

ARMCHAIR-PHILOSOPHER TWEETS

RT @bfinucane: @NeilRaden "Normal is one of the most overused terms in math" JK--And in society. 9:36 PM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

IN-MEMORIAM TWEETS

"Arrest made in slaying of 9-year-old boy in D.C. apartment" (http://bit.ly/2llBTQ): JK--Oscar was great student, a fun boy. Absolute shock. 8:16 AM Nov 18th from TweetDeck

Sad day in DC yesterday. 9-year-old Oscar Fuentes killed by gang in his neighborhood. Good student. Egidia's student. We must pay respects. 8:14 AM Nov 16th from TweetDeck

Aweekstweets November 8-15 2009—tweets hastily thrown into semi-serendipitous categories

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Aweekstweets November 8-15 2009—tweets hastily thrown into semi-serendipitous categories

TECH-AND-TECH-INDUSTRY TWEETS

Whew! Wondered if I was going to extend "dashboard" metaphor too far re "driving" social SOA gov for Ent 2.0. Slightly exceeded speed limit. about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck
Dimensional + columnar + in-mem DB in query/mart tier: 3NF RDBMS being pushed back into EDW hub. Staging going more file/inv-idx, less RDBMS about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
In a DW appliance market moving toward hardware-independence & choice (for lo-cost, commodity), why is ORCL chasing Sun so feverishly? about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
"Google Computes News Quality" (http://bit.ly/44amoS):JK--Powerful idea: smart algorithms, not editors, as Web 2.0 news arbiters/gatekeepers about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
"Google Search Visualizes Global Data" (http://bit.ly/4koIYg): JK--Curious if/when/how Google/others will put data mining in their clouds. about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @hkotadia "Social Web, Taking it Personally" #sCRM #PR #marketing" JK--What's new is continuous updated public record of all our chitchat about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
Question is (in my coverage areas): When will HP acquire a BI vendor? Advanced analytics vendor? Data integration vendor? 3:56 PM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
HP acquiring 3Com...stuff you missing when not checking the news for a few hours...not in my coverage area...can I ignore? 3:54 PM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
"Cloud Computing's New Name: Who Will Win $100 Million?" (http://bit.ly/QbYxk): JK--Engineer your clouds. Don't re-engineer nomenclature. 7:49 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
RT @powerpivotpro "Yes, a lot of people have that problem :): JK--You should pivot your marketing on that point! 7:30 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Indulge me, good folks of MSFT, while I nail down name of your self-svc BI tool, #powerpivot," in my head. Tongue wants to say "PivotPoint." 7:26 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
"Has Firefox Peaked?" (http://bit.ly/2HgWs4): JK--Definitely. Firefox benefited from mid-decade rash of IE malware. That threat's abated. 7:07 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
"Re-Architecting Azure" (http://bit.ly/i9L6V): JK--Unfortunate that SQL Azure's severe storage constraints make it unsuited for cloud DW. 6:58 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
"HP takes convrged infra notch higher w/ new DW appli" (http://bit.ly/1ljMrU): JK--Neoview Advantage: "unabashedly big iron" (on blade arch) 7:14 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Columnar databases starting to permeate formerly all-relational strongholds. Supplementing, not supplanting, for fast queries. 9:21 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
Taking MSFT briefing on SQL Server 08 R2 Parallel DW. GA 1H 2010. S-N MPP appli price starting $15K/TB usable-cmprssd data (hw, sw, install) 2:57 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
"Tim Berners-Lee: Machine-readable Web Still a Ways Off" (http://bit.ly/32HMFE): JK--Tying SemWeb to RDF-uber-alles vision? Not happening. 12:25 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
"European Commission Issues 'Objections' To Oracle-Sun Deal" (http://bit.ly/3MuprD): JK--Makes you wonder how much this truly worth to ORCL. 12:11 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
A primary objective of cloud computing is to cloud the issue of where your systems end and those of your outsourcer begin. 8:50 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
"Data Portability Issues Darken Cloud Computing" (http://bit.ly/y5h9m): JK--Clouds are cumulonimbus stacks: towering SOA, app, & data silos. 6:55 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
"Apple's Steve Jobs Named CEO of the Decade" (http://bit.ly/4achFY): JK--Undeniably, though I'm no fan. 6:51 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
"A Smartphone Owners Bill of Rights" (http://bit.ly/4vtjjS): JK--What they want overlaps FCC & FTC jurisdictions. Would also need new laws. 6:48 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
RT @RSessions "I discuss these relationships in my book, "Simple Architectures for Complex Enterprises."" JK--I'll look it up! 10:02 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @markmadsen "users should be initial [BI] developers, only handing off [to IT for] repeatability" JK--Also for production & governance 9:22 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

LIFE-OF-AN-ANALYST TWEETS

Funny thing. Didn't work today. Took day off (birthday). But work at home. Picked up my phone. Jeff Schwartz calls. Interviewed me. Twas fun 7:31 PM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
Taking briefing fr distrib data caching m.w. vdr ScaleOut Software, w/ @johnrrymer & @Staten7: technology key to high-perf trans & analytics about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @paul_a_barsch: @jameskobielus "So can we skip the cases?" JK--Uhhhh...why? about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @rbrusuelas: "@jameskobielus & I suspect real customers, not partners, resellers, past customers with intentions to implement" JK--Bingo! about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck
Vendors assume analysts want case studies for implementation details. We do, but often simply want proof that you actually have customers! about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck
Just published my #Forrester 2010 research agenda, deep in rsch proj (PA/DM Wave), big rsch rpt (In-Db Analytics) soon to pub: theme here? about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
"If analysts are researchers"? That crack ignores core work we do continuously. Analysts who skimp on research tend to go long on attitude. about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @mcgoverntheory "how deeply do you research open source w/o relying on vendor?" JK--Speak w/ everybody, read widely, probe deeply! You? about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @mcgoverntheory "What's wrong with blanket statements?" JK--Also, most analysts in most firms, large & small, do great work. I'm a fan! about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @mcgoverntheory "What's wrong with blanket statements?" JK--You're making assertions not supported by research. Analysts are researchers. about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @mcgoverntheory "An analyst firm should be willing to disclose...what packages it uses" #forrester #burtongroup: JK--Packages? What sort? about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @mcgoverntheory "Industry analysis is mediocre at best" JK--I seriously beg to differ on that. Try not to make blanket statements. about 14 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @mcgoverntheory "Do most #CIO/EAs use big analysts simply to rubberstamp archs/vdrs/strats?" JK--No way: they dig our deep thinking/rsch! about 14 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @mcgoverntheory "not only tweeting about tech but in remembering the troops." JK--"Remembering the troops"? Literal? Figurative? Explain. about 14 hours ago from TweetDeck
I love big-vendor mergers & acquisitions. Analyst feeding frenzy! Customers circle round, bombarding us with questions. Reporters too! 4:02 PM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
RT @Staten7: Yikes! So busy this week I haven't had time for lunch for the third day in a row! I guess that's one way to diet. JK--Me too! 3:56 PM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
RT @mcgoverntheory: @atmanes "gratitude & thanks for acknowledging. Let's see how many from #forrester & #gartner do same." JK--Same what? 6:59 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Some days are just more difficult than others. Today is just one of those [latter, less difficult] days. Stuff got done cuz I focused. #fb 10:05 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @SethGrimes "conf junket's all it takes to [pay analysts...to say nice things]" JK-Really? See my tweets from recent shows? 9:09 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @mcgoverntheory "Don't vendors pay analysts large sums to say nice things about their products?" JK--Since when? Research before u tweet. 8:57 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
Writing up the maturity model for my #Forrester PA/DM Wave: so you can see the larger picture behind my scales and scores. 8:42 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

SHAMELESS-SELF-PROMOTION TWEETS

Re self-service BI, check out my #Forrester rpt: "Mighty Mashups: D-I-Y BIFor The New Economy" (http://bit.ly/40wVA8). #powerpivot 7:01 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Self-service BI is a becoming one of my core focus areas at #Forrester. Has many enablers: SaaS, in-mem clients, Web 2.0, mashup, EII, etc 9:23 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck

MUSIC-CUZ-THAT’S-WHAT-I’M-WHISTLING-WHILE-I-WORK-IF-YOU-REALLY-MUST-KNOW TWEETS

RT @kexpplaylist: Needle In The Camel's Eye by Brian Eno #KEXP: JK--Truly cool Eno glamrock texture from 1973's "Here Come the Warm Jets." 40 minutes ago from TweetDeck
RT @Victor_Sokovin: "Re: Banhart...percussion and 3D sound effects" JK--He has odd warble singing in English, but not in Spanish. Hmmm... about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
Totally warming soul on latest CD acquisition: Devendra Banhart's new hippie-folk-bliss missive, "What Will We Be." B-day present to self. 7:22 PM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: I Don't Wanna Grow Up by Tom Waits #KEXP:JK--Tom, time waits for none and tombs await one & all. Love yr video tot trike 8:35 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Feel the Pain by Dinosaur JR #KEXP: JK--DJs are pros. Work through physical discomfort. Listen to listeners @loserboy about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Stephanie Says by Velvet Underground #KEXP: JK--Ever noticed Lou Reed's hippie-bliss vibe? Been there all along. No put-on about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Body by Thao #KEXP: JK--"Know Better Learn Faster": Vietnamese-American rocker's latest best LP: slogan for Internet age? about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
Caught Okkervil River on "Austin City Limits" last night. Compositions so finely crafted, performed with such passion. Sheff screams scary! about 14 hours ago from TweetDeck
Caught M. Ward on "Austin City Limits" last night. Deeply intuitive guitarist. Followed his every fingering choice with joy. Like BB KIng. about 14 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Heart Of Stone by The Raveonettes #KEXP: JK--Currently, this is stucktune that I'm glad to have powering me thru the days. 8:19 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Listened to Spill & Freunde "Sweet Home Warnemunde (cover of Sweet Home Alabama)" (http://bit.ly/1OF50H) #KEXP: JK--Deutsch/Dixie Wundebar! 9:19 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Rainy Day, Dream Away by Jimi Hendrix #KEXP: JK--Man did all kinds of soul--smooth & supercharged--with absolute authority 7:50 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist "Within You Without You by The Beatles #KEXP" JK--Once, this was my least-listened-to track on "Sgt. Peppers." Now my fave. 6:50 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
RT @mauricioswg "Best Ambiance?.... I'll be sure to look them up." JK--Not artist: name of #KEXP show, host Jon Kertzer: http://bit.ly/TwrUz 9:42 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @Mickeleh: "Enough about Owl City!" JK--Yeah. Sound like warmed-over Death (Cab for Cutie). 9:10 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

DECADE’S-ENDING-DONTCHA-KNOW TWEETS

Decade's ending, dontcha know. Sidling into my sixth decade, this is first where my musical reference points mostly artists from this one. about 14 hours ago from TweetDeck
Decade's ending, dontcha know. Stretched the already tenuous concept of "friend" to a new breaking point. 7:40 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Movie dialogue-bite from 00 decade: Napoleon Dynamite: "So you and I are friends now OK? So you got my back and everything?" Pedro: "What?" 7:36 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Decade's ending, dontcha know. I'm just happy we've made it this far. 7:24 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Decade's ending, dontcha know. Been doing a mental tally year by year of everything that's transpired, expired, still perspiring. Whew! 7:23 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Decade's ending, dontcha know. A couple of nights ago, I cleaned out my e-mail directories of names/addresses that only add clutter, stress. 7:22 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck

TV TWEETS

Seinfeld sans video: George to Jerry: "everybody's talkin' 'bout me, just drivin' 'round in Jon Voight's car" about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
Simpsons with the sound off: skateboard yr eyes with th visual flo: the jokes don't suffer: surf the grain of Matt: caughtyer laff out loud' about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @HowardKurtz "CNN doubling down on straight news by giving John King the Lou slot" JK--Glad it's not Larry King. about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
Was LOL'ing about recent Sesame Street "controversy." Fox News peeved at parody "Pox News." Somehow, CNN OK with "Grouch News Network." 6:26 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
Was thinking about Sesame Street's 40th. I was 10 when it debuted. Had long since known my ABCs at that point. Watched it for entertainment 6:23 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck

SHOWING-OFF-MY-ECON-DEGREE TWEETS

"McDonald's Investing To Prep for Recovery " (http://bit.ly/2XkiT4): JK--So the economy turns: macroboom of self-fulfilling micro prophecies 9:33 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
Would love to see wikipedia-style open-src community create visual online econ-indicator dashboard, with history&forecasts, for whole world. 9:17 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
Post-recession is like post-drought. I'll believe it when liquidity starts trickling down from on high and recharges the aquifers. about 14 hours ago from TweetDeck

SHOWING-THAT-NEW-YORK-TIMES-SHOULD-HIRE-ME-TO-TAKE-LATE-BILL-SAFIRE’S-PLACE-WRITING-“ON-LANGUAGE”-COLUMN-BECAUSE-GOSH-DARN-IT-I CARE-ABOUT-WHAT’S-HAPPENING-TO-OUR-PRECIOUS-MOTHER-TONGUE-AND-CAN-GET-ANAL-RETENTIVE-WITH-THE-BEST-OF-THEM TWEETS

One of my favorite "we've lost all perspective" terms: "overhype." By def'n, hyperbole is overstatement, aka exaggeration. BS now the norm? 12:15 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck

JUST-FEELING-ARGUMENTATIVE-TODAY TWEETS

What exactly is a "change agent"? New term for "project manager"? Are there any in operations, or is that just a hamster wheel of futility? 9:26 PM Nov 12th from TweetDeck
My jaundiced take on small and simple is "single point of failure." That, plus grand scale = catatastrophe waiting to happen. 10:00 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
Simplicity is evolutionary suicide on DNA level. Without complex and/or mutable enough genome, you won't adapt. That's "intrinsic" Miko! 12:04 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
Heat death is not death. It's the universe returning to its warm, nourishing amniotic soup, awaiting its renaissance. 10:02 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @mikojava @mkrigsman @RSessions "biosphere..complex but anti-entropic thanks to sun..scales well" JK---Till exhausts earth/sea resources 9:50 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @mikojava @mkrigsman @RSessions "complexity emergent or...entropic" JK--Entropy leads to inert uniformity: opposite of complexity 9:46 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @RSessions: "asking if simple systems are small, async, etc., or if these features support scalability?" JK--Both: what's your research? 9:38 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
Energy's a complex diet of shifting portions: oil, coal, gas, wind, sun, nuclear, hydro, bio, etc. The mix will shift back/forth endlessly. 9:37 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @RSessions "Simple systems are small, asynchronous, and data independent. All of which favor scalability." JK--Research to back that? 9:30 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @RSessions "complex systems monolithic, synchronous, ...complex data relationships...inhibit scalability." JK--Research to back that? 9:29 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @mikojava @mkrigsman @RSessions #cio #ITfail "complex systems less scalable": JK--How so? Shared-nothng MPP DW more complex AND scalable 9:16 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

GRATUITOUS-ATLAS-LOVING-ERUDITION TWEETS

Curious: history books never say: when did "Europe" get generalized beyond ref to Greek peninsulas and "Asia" beyond that "minor" peninsula? 8:53 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck

RIPPED-OUT-OF-THE-CONTEXT-OF-MY-PASSING-THOUGHT-STREAM-AT-THAT-MOMENT TWEET

Was thinking about Hank the Deuce's credo this morning: "Never complain, never explain." Would that I could. Could never, that is. 6:21 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck

GRATUITOUSLY-SENSUAL TWEETS

"Under Pressure: Bathers Duck Weak Shower Heads" (http://bit.ly/36a83u): JK--Getting clean not enuff: strong warm shower is soothing massage 9:49 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
It's official! I'm going to bed! Good night! 9:27 PM Nov 12th from TweetDeck
Reading tweets, listening to Best Ambiance (new African pop) on #KEXP, enjoying Corona light. Nights like these come often enough, Mauricio! 9:27 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

OK-THIS-IS-A-LAME-EXCUSE-FOR-POETRY-AND-NO-I’M-NOT-MOVED-TO-WRITE-THE-STUFF-AT-THIS-MOMENT-BUT-MY-BROTHER-PAUL-SENT-ME-A-SPLENDID-BIRTHDAY-CARD-WITH-A-LONG-POIGNANT-POEM-ABOUT-FARTING TWEETS

A rainy chilly dead-wet-leaf day in and around DC. Very Novemberly. A great cozy-up-with-caffeine sort of morning. A tweet-tweaking mid-week 7:04 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
'Twas a lovely warm mid-autumn eve. I was bagging fallen leaves well after sunset. God bless incandescence, home-, street-, and Moon-side. 9:24 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @windley: "Morning has broken." JK--The morning meal breaks the fast. Monday morning breaks your spirit. See a pattern here? 8:51 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

JUST-GOOFING-AROUND TWEETS

RT @markmadsen "Perhaps canteloupe & antelope are related, & my cat was a small lion." JK--Yep: perhaps dandelions are too: that'd be dandy! about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
RT @MagicSauceMedia "Haagen-Dazs uses social media to help the honey-bee....help Colony Collapse Disorder." JK--Yes, spread the buzz! 8:05 PM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
RT @yourdon "Mountain goats aren't actually goats. They're antelopes." JK--Mountain lions not lions, but would munch on antelope of any name 12:09 PM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
RT @robcur "what a "petard" is... bomb...elevated into air, e.g, 'hoisted' Blown up by own bad plan." JK--I.e., splattered by own 'splosive! 9:31 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
Can someone please explain what a "petard" is, why I would have my own, and why I might have occasion to be hoisted on it. 8:42 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
RT @mkrigsman "All roads lead to failure." << href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23itfail" title="#itfail">#itfail: JK--That's a joke, sir!!! 6:40 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
RT @mkrigsman "In effect, you're saying too large and too small are both lead to failure." JK--All roads lead to failure. Good night. 10:09 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
Goofing around....just checking out the YouTube video of the poor deer caught in the lion's den at WashDC National Zoo: http://bit.ly/4q5nnt 8:55 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

FUNNY-DAMN-COINCIDENCE TWEETS

Reliving those old Livonia days with Natalie Petouhoff @drnatalie #Forrester. We undoubtedly crossed paths in 75-76 in LivStevenson halls. about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck

WEIRD-ASS-OBSERVATIONS-I-DIDN’T-REALIZE-TILL-I-TWEETED-‘EM TWEETS

My surname is my shibboleth for assessing people's actual friend-ness. If you actually want to know me, listen when I introduce myself. 12:48 PM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Telephone 2-sec silence after I pick up and say "hello," followed by mispronunciation of "Kobielus"--dead giveaway of telemarketer. Click! 10:15 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck

WHAT-THE-HECK-VALUE-ADDED-WOULD-A-KINDLE-CAFÉ-ACTUALLY-ADD-AND-WHY-DON’T-THEY-PUT-A-RETRACT-TWEET-FEATURE-IN-TWITTER-SO-I-CAN-PULL-BACK-HALF-BACKED-THOUGHTS TWEETS

RT @elliotluber "Don't most chain bookstores have coffee bars already?:" JK--Yeah, but they're not kindle cafes. Mostly phys-book purveyors. 10:21 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Whatcha wanna bet that bookstores and coffee shops merge into "kindle cafes." People will always need content- and caffeine-rich hangouts. 9:32 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck

CONTINUING-TO-INDULGE-IN-SOCIAL-MEDIA-ARE-CHANGING-THE-VERY-FABRIC-OF-OUR-POSTMODERN-EXISTENCE-WAIT-A-SEC-WHY-AREN’T THESE IN TECH-TWEET? TWEETS

"LinkedIn & Twitter Taking Self-Promotion To Nxt Level" (http://bit.ly/16H7wQ): JK--Cynical. For many, simply to tell world we're still here 7:47 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Twitter LinkedIn linkage. Saw funny advice re "don't sync drunken tweets to biz-oriented LinkedIn." Who, pray tell, is reading your tweets? 7:44 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
Re social media, here's my idio-blend: Twitter's content feeder, Facebook (personal) & LinkedIn (biz) rel-hubs, blog(s) self-digest pulpits. 7:20 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
"Twitter, LinkedIn link up " (http://bit.ly/3UOHYW): JK--Twitter's my content feeder to Facebook & LinkedIn, which are my relationship hubs 7:17 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck
That all-important 4th TweetDeck column (after All Friends, Mentions, & Facebk Status Upds). No DMs pls. Trying "Search: #forrester" 9:27 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
Wondering where the heck this new retweet icon is. Twitter says I'm part of some select beta group, but nothing's changed. What gives? 9:13 PM Nov 10th from web
"LinkedIn and Twitter Partnership" (http://bit.ly/3NVqMO): JK--Linked 'em. Maybe Twitter'll breathe life into LinkedIn, as it did Facebook 8:44 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
RT @markmadsen "That's what I meant by repeatability...140 limit :-): JK--Do what I do: condense each tweet down to indecipherable algebra. 11:30 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
RT @markmadsen "That's what I meant by repeatability....140 limit :-)" JK--Do what I do: stripe longer thoughts across multiple tweets. 11:29 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck
What's an "us-phrase"? It's like a pass-phrase: one Twitterer apes/adapts another's phrase, sans explicit attribution. Plainsight signalling 9:57 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @johnperrybarlow: "attention (which, as I've long claimed, is the new currency)...a wildly inflationary form." JK--And highly unbankable. 9:07 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
Hmmm, what's happened in twitterland since I went out to finish autumn raking (round 1)? Nothing/everything. The usual passing/racing parade 9:04 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @drnatalie: "anyone having problems with tweetdeck?" JK--No. I'm on v.0.31.3....part of the problem with TweetDeck is endless beta. 12:59 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @SethGrimes: @jameskobielus "I'm joking!" JK--Thanks for stating that: irony gets trampled beyond recognition in the Twittersphere. 9:18 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @dahowlett: "Jetlag is the suck." JK--It's bad, but news lag--analyst operating on day-old intel--stinks too. Twitter wards off news lag. 9:01 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
Bloom's off the rose. Twitter adoption has obviously plateau'd. I sense same for Facebook adoption. Same folks hashing same old stuff. 7:13 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

OVERSHARING-FAMILY-STUFF-ON-TWITTER-BUT-KNOWING-FULL-WELL-THAT-MY-FAMILY-WILL-SEE-IMMEDIATELY-WHEN-TWEET-AUTOSYNCS-TO-MY-FACEBOOK TWEETS

Just about to process extended-family's feedback on the trove of family Xmas cards that I facebooked over the weekend about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
Navigating my daughter through the extraordinarily confusing synapse map of roads in and around Burke VA--dead center Fairfax County. 12:47 PM Nov 10th from TweetDeck

WOW—DAMN—WISH-I’D TWEETED-THAT-THOUGHT-BUT-FORTUNATELY-I-STILL-GET-PARTIAL-CREDIT-FOR-RETWEETING-IT TWEETS

RT @dahowlett: "Vegas is like one giant silicon breast implant. Gigantic, false, expensive but here" JK--Spoken like true poet--and so true! 7:28 AM Nov 11th from TweetDeck

POLITICAL-TWEETS-TO-RUN-UP-THE-FLAGPOLE-CUZ-IT’S-BETTER-THAN-KEEPING-THEM-BOTTLED-UP-INSIDE-AND-IN-FACT-THEY-NEED-TO-BE-SAID-BY-JINKY TWEETS

RT @LawVolDP "Liberals threaten to sink health bill over abortion" JK--Not a lib-vs-lib thing: other liberals won't let it sink. 9:06 PM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
Clearly, it's absurd to attribute Berlin Wall's fall solely or primarily to POTUS or USSR chief during that period. I was paying attention. 9:05 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @jessiebrewer "JFK, Cuban Missile Crisis...Pope John Paul II" JK--Yep, many factors +economic & ideological exhaustion felled Soviet bloc 9:03 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @chaskielt "If not Reagan, who gets credit for fall of Berlin Wall?" JK--Popular mania + bureaucratic farce in E. Germany at Wall's end. 8:41 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @chaskielt "If not Reagan, who gets credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall?" JK--Let's not forget the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia 8:38 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @chaskielt "If not Reagan, who gets credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall?" JK--I recall Poland's Solidarnosc movement starting the push 8:36 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
RT @chaskielt "if not Reagan, who gets credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall?" JK--How about the Germans? 8:27 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck
"Berlin celebrates demise of Wall" (http://bit.ly/2QzFLp): JK--US rightwingers like to present this story as if Reagan had some role. 7:37 AM Nov 9th from TweetDeck

YES-IN-FACT-I’M-NOW-51-YEARS-OLD-AND-THANKS-FOR-ALL-THE-KIND-DIRECT-MESSAGES-ON-MY-DAY-OFF-MY-BIRTHDAY-OF-COURSE TWEETS

51+ count ing: Freud's infant ile anal ysis belied his vint age vis age: Sigmund's ash-strewn cigar-sprinkled chin grizzled & grown about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
51: Jung mapped aging to mythic "hero's journey" culminating in sacrificial death: too heavy: Carl shoulda contemplated his own name: young 8:31 AM Nov 13th from TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Birthday by Sugarcubes #KEXP: JK--With my own birthday approaching, I'm feeling very Bjork-y about it all--a good thing? 10:29 AM Nov 10th from TweetDeck

Aweekstweets Nov 1-8 2009 lazy man’s cut, 2 days early, unedited, unembellished, unclassified

2009-11-06T18:48:00.000-08:00

Aweekstweets Nov 1-8 2009 lazy man’s cut, 2 days early, unedited, unembellished, unclassified

1. I was right: slow day in hi-tech news. Gave end-of-week chance to catch up on "stuff" (e.g., docs, presos, other actual job-job work-work).14 minutes ago from TweetDeck

2. "Droid: Enjoyed" (http://bit.ly/4tt0zH): JK--Or annoyed. Avoid? What's the woid?19 minutes ago from TweetDeck

3. Prepping slides for my Thurs Nov 19 webinar with MyDialsabout 1 hour ago from TweetDeck

4. Prepping slides for my Thurs Nov 19 webinar with Aster Data.about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck

5. RT @raesmaa "How Nonsense Sharpens Intellect http://bit.ly/Hc5Ni" JK-OK, when it's the sort of nonsense we're not forced to accept as gospelabout 4 hours ago from TweetDeck

6. Going into a Microsoft briefing on StreamInsightabout 4 hours ago from TweetDeck

7. RT @kexpplaylist: Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley #KEXP: JK--What N.P. Stookey's "Wedding Song" is to nuptials, this poignant weeper is to wakes.about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck

8. Just did interview with Jack Germain of TechNewsWorld on DW vendor ParAccel. He's doing biz-of-tech "startup company to watch" focus.about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck

9. RT @kexpplaylist: I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers #KEXP: JK--When baby is born, why not say they've "gone north"?about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

10. Steady slog of tuning my PA/DM model: detail work: sorta like needlepoint: if I actually did that, or building ships in bottles, that isabout 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

11. RT @scotthumphrey"Love the song!" JK--I love "Redemption Song" original too. Also love "I Shot The Sheriff," but prefer Clapton's.about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

12. RT @jpmorgenthal: "worst recession...has apparently ended' sez AP News" JK--Not apparent to unemployed, or those w/o diversified portfoliosabout 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

13. RT @jpmorgenthal: "RT makes it look like I said it, incorrect attribution ...AP News said it" JK--Sorry. Knew that. Faulty editabout 7 hours ago from TweetDeck

14. RT @jpmorgenthal: "worst recession ... has apparently ended" JK--Not apparent to unemployed people--or those without diversified portfoliosabout 7 hours ago from TweetDeck

15. RT @kexpplaylist: Redemption Song by Joe Strummer #KEXP: JK--Is it heresy to admit that I like this version more than Bob Marley's original?about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck

16. RT @lorita "be easier to ask vendors what product names..version #s are?" JK--Not either/or. In fact, I do. I also slog thru my notes.about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck

17. RT @kexpplaylist "Seven & Seven Is by Love #KEXP" JK--LA band from 1967's "Da Capo." Weird abstract ranting rush to climax song--classic!about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

18. RT @yourdon "NYTimes rpt unemployment hits 10.2%, highest in 26 years" JK--City of Detroit's at 29% now. Peak Depression unempl rate: 25%.about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

19. Srategy maps, strategy maps---tying biz-level metrics (e.g., long-term shareholder value) to KPIs--can't get enough of 'em.about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

20. RT @kexpplaylist: "Mrs. Cold by Kings of Convenience #KEXP" JK--These laidback Norwegians most definitely are channelling Simon & Garfunkel.about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

21. Oh, my, do I hate slogging through literature looking for precise product names and version numbers.about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

22. RT @jameskobielus "Shins' "New Slang": somehow this 2001 song stands for whole decade in aging mind" JK--Cuz comes from "Oh Inverted World"!about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

23. Ahhh.....Shins' "New Slang"....somehow this 2001 song stands for the whole decade in my aging mind.about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

24. Already a slow news day...or is that tempting fate?about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

25. Life is elbowing a comfort zone in a room that remains perpetually hot and crowded.about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

26. What's funny is that no one in my family has ever considered me in any way funny.about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

27. @iwisenet "The best revenge is massive success.-F.Sinatra #quote http://iwise.com/yxvyv" JK--Yeah, with the wiseguys on your side.about 9 hours ago from web in reply to iwisenet

28. RT @kexpplaylist: "We Got A Bleeder by Goblin Cock #KEXP" JK--A "There's Something About Mary" reference, for sure.about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

29. RT @PoemVidz: "I accept the universe! #quote by #MargaretFuller" JK--That's not the problem. Does it accept us?about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

30. RT @joanna_rustin: #ff @jameskobielus "Helps me laugh and learn....Great "tech dude" to follow for.." JK--Gotta put this lady on the payrollabout 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

31. "Space Elevator Contest Heats Up" (http://bit.ly/2pn7TS): JK--Cool idea. Get away from balllistics-dependent earth-orbit colonization.about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

32. Another morning of scanning last day's worth of software industry press releases. Seeing what marketing comms folks been up to recently.about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

33. Facebook tweaks my vanity only to disappoint me. Sends auto-msg when someone "tags" me in photo. More often than not, I'm not in the photo.about 9 hours ago from TweetDeck

34. RT @monkchips "SAP in the post-Netweaver era" JK--Huh? When did that begin? Guess I didn't get the memo.about 10 hours ago from TweetDeck

35. RT @alisonbolen "What do you think George Jetson was doing at work pushing that button for hours?" JK--Marveling on how Dagwood-like he was.8:15 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck

36. RT @hkotadia "Creativity in the Age of Social Media" http://bit.ly/2pZx1s #sCRM #PR #marketing: JK--Messing around on a global scope.7:48 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck

37. Creativity is like intelligence. If others don't approve of its fruits, they call it something else: "messing around" or "acting stupid."7:42 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck

38. Interesting/amusing/disturbing trend of young rock bands incorporating F-word into their names, inviting career failure.7:30 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck

39. RT @johnperrybarlow "Stand before mirror, look yourself calmly in eye, relax, ..." JK--Self-conscious. Can't relax. Close eyes first and try7:28 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck

40. RT @johnperrybarlow "Great EFF salon in SF tonight..eclectic luminaries...brainstorming Net to be." JK--Any interesting thoughts to share?7:26 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck

41. RT @OracleBlogs "Inference on the Semantic Web ... power of the Semantic Web." http://ow.ly/15ZAwZ: JK--What's ORCL's SemWeb strategy?7:24 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck

42. RT @rhirsch @rickmans "Novell first major corp to ann Google Wave adoption http://bit.ly/4G0vRf" JK--Must've gotten some superspecial invite7:23 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck

43. Twitter needs to give users the ability to disable Direct Messaging.6:57 AM Nov 5th from TweetDeck

44. Clearly, Twitter now has a yawning vulnerabilty that needs fixing--by them.11:52 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

45. I haven't sent a single DM or clicked on a single embedded link today. Whatever's happening in Twitter is not my fault.11:43 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

46. Nostalgia = evenings evening scores and mourning over your old odd sodden mornings of yore.11:17 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

47. Predictive enterprise must factor multi biz scenarios, info types, stat algos, quality metrics, and var selection options into robust models11:14 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

48. RT @kexpplaylist: Sour Times by Portishead #KEXP: JK--Very cinematic quasi-eastern European dirge-y drone.8:52 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

49. RT @lmacvittie @rbrusuelas @jameskobielus "good" is ... well, I'm alive, ain't I?" JK--Exactly. A good morning is any morning sans mourning7:45 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

50. "Droid Renamed Milestone for Europe, South America" (http://bit.ly/1utlgl): JK--Why not for whole world? "Droid" sounds too geeks-gone-wild.7:33 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

51. "Microsoft's Mundie: Time right for tablet computing" ( http://bit.ly/2XpnUJ): JK--MSFT said same in mid-90s. Give it up: smartphones rule7:27 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

52. "10 Reasons to Hate the iPhone" (http://bit.ly/3OpQrI): JK--Walled garden, network lock-in, so-so phone, smug users, etc.7:22 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

53. RT @lmacvittie: "Good morning!" JK--Well, that depends. Define "good"!7:13 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

54. It is often awkward being the "tech dude" at the party and being asked to help the host fix their PC. Then I have to explain.......7:12 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

55. Do see Microsoft BI mashup (PowerPivot) and CEP (StreamInsight) support in SS08 R2. Excellent.7:09 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

56. Don't see any Microsoft packaged BI, performance mgt, or MDM solutions on SS08R2 PDW (fka "Madison"). Surprised. Thought they'd go there.7:06 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

57. Another morning of weeding out the "urgent-to-you" from the "urgent-to-me" messages.6:22 AM Nov 4th from TweetDeck

58. RT @cavitron "service-oriented analytics...paper available?" JK--If #Forrester customer, check out the teleconference I did this morning.8:34 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

59. RT @cavitron "service-oriented analytics...is a paper available on this?" JK--Check out my #Forrester blog from Oct 1: http://bit.ly/TENto8:33 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

60. RT @cavitron "very interested in your view on service-oriented analytics...is a paper available on this?" JK--Will deliver report in Q2 20108:31 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

61. RT @merv "rock & extended family"." JK--More like America's mixed-race musical parents--blues/C&W--and THEIR extended family.2:42 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

62. 9 of 9....now to the next step2:18 PM Nov 3rd from web

63. SOA practitioners. What do we call them? Service orientators? And if we do, what do we call their offspring? Service orientator tots?1:56 PM Nov 3rd from web
64. 8 of 91:32 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

65. RT @merv @mauricioswg "Hmmm...Jimmy Cliff nominated to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame " Good news": JK--Issue: why call it "rock & roll" HoF?1:27 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

66. RT @mauricioswg "Hmmm...Jimmy Cliff's still alive, right? << Yes, and nominated to join Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2010" JK--Explains it.1:07 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

67. Listening to Built to Spill, "The Wait," from "You in Reverse." Don't tell me this one isn't zen incarnate.1:02 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

68. Hey @rschmelzer , ya gotta stay proud, speak out loud, not be bowed or cowed, not slink or shrink into the crowd.1:01 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

69. Hmmm...Jimmy Cliff's still alive, right?....why has #KEXP played both "The Harder They Come" & "Many Rivers to Cross" on same day. Love 'em12:54 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

70. RT @mhweier "pitch biz, tech, or biz-of-tech comments to gen'l biz press<
71. Microsoft announces SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel DW: pricing (http://bit.ly/HW1Go) datasheet (http://bit.ly/1aWTox). FKA "Madison."12:45 PM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

72. RT @tpohlmann: @jameskobielus "When I hear NYTimes & Analytics, I think your answer is Biz": JK--This reporter wanted to talk biz-of-tech11:55 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck
73. Cool....NY Times calling to interview re adv analytics. Never sure whether to pitch biz, tech, or biz-of-tech comments to gen'l biz press.11:15 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

74. Anyway, back to scoring my #Forrester Wave on Predictive Analytics and Data Mining Solutions.10:53 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

75. Want to thank HP's @santaferraro & other attendees to #Forrester tconf on "Service-Oriented Analytics." Q&A from chat questions fine with me10:52 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

76. Just delivered my #Forrester tconf on "Service-Oriented Analytics." Companion doc to follow in Q2 2010. More than happy to discuss anytime.10:51 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

77. Ahhh..Buddy Holly & Crickets: "Well...All Right." Buddy's original is stirring. Also, check out Waylon's 70s version: tribute to late buddy9:27 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

78. Posting my #Forrester 2010 research agenda very soon. Hi-lites: DW/cloud, Adv Analytics/Unstructured, BAM/Process Analytics, EDW Wave update9:20 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

79. RT @SethGrimes: "#SemanticWeb ...way in advance of usable tools & broad market." JK--I did SemWeb article in '06. Always "next big thing"9:07 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

80. Read that Paul Reubens attempting Pee-wee Herman comeback. He wonders if he's long since had his day. I say he simply needs to stay creepy.8:00 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

81. RT @SethGrimes "#SemanticWeb initiatives in media & publishing." JK--OK. But these verticalized. SemWeb has no huge horizontal push.7:54 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

82. "MicroStrategy BI License Revenues Up 39%" (http://bit.ly/4uCGDB): JK--Bravo! BI's a very robust market.7:50 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

83. "The Semantic Web's the Next Frontier" (http://bit.ly/3l2Xku): JK--Not really. Name me a customer with a "semantic web" initiative.7:39 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

84. Good to see Microsoft showing progress on SQL Server "Madison."7:03 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

85. RT @nenshad "why will biz users be compelled to trust pred models?" JK--Not a matter of trust. Do you trust every datum in every report?6:31 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck

86. Here's a fourth way of looking at it. Dynamic, complex business environments demand inline predictive logic to automate micro-decisions.9:01 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

87. Let's put it a third way. Predictive modeling is moving away from arcane statistical regression, toward immersive interactive exploration.8:57 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

88. Let's put it another way. Predictive analytics isn't about to any more omniscient. But getting more efficient at running models up flagpoles8:52 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

89. Let's put it this way. Science is PA/DM writ cosmic. Just a more powerful launch vehicle for aiming thought missiles. Most have no impact.8:49 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

90. Statistical models are nobody's salvation. Just a more finely calibrated crosshairs for aiming business projectiles. Bada-bing or bada-BUST.8:46 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

91. RT @nenshad "pred analytics will incr in adoption NOW?" JK--PA/DM silos dissolving, in-db EDW as focus, embed in SOA apps, svc-or analytics8:43 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

92. RT @nenshad "pred analytics ... supposed to have been ind savior for decade plus" JK--Really? News to me.8:40 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

93. Yes, whippersnapper, I'm old enough to remember when all those virtual brands used to be physical things called "publications" & "products"8:36 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

94. When you reseat your fingers a little differently on the keyboard and mouse, somehow it feels like you have new powers.8:35 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

95. These darker post-daylight autumn nights are cool. Inhabit the well a little longer. Indoor incandescence somehow feels reborn.8:34 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

96. RT @jameskobielus: "Aster 'data-application Server' v 4.0" (http://bit.ly/3bI3ta): JK2--Why? EDW becomes apps heart of predictive enterprise8:29 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

97. "Aster Adds 'data-application Server' in Version 4.0" (http://bit.ly/3bI3ta): JK--Most important DW industry announcement this fall.8:27 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

98. Most memorable conversation today: Helped #Forrester customer quantify vast accordion range of "DW" projects: in biz stakes, scope, costs.8:25 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

99. Most memorable lesson in elementary school was when they taught us to think critically about advertising manipulation. Childhood's true end.8:18 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

100. It's funny how some people get famous, rich, & respected in their own right--and still feel so insecure that they must namedrop constantly.8:12 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

101. Ah, should have done that a long time ago: d DM column from TweetDeck. Installed Group: Tech News in place. Don't like to msg on Twtr.8:04 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

102. Always reluctant to believe such-and-such is future of this-or-that as proclaimed by so-and-so in position to ka-ching from my thinking so.7:56 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

103. Any phrase that's been in artificial circulation for 5+ years (eg, press) but has entered no one's organic parlance, is affectation. Discard7:45 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

104. It's always good to scout out the walking paths wherever you are. Transportation is inherently unreliable. Your feet less so.7:39 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

105. BI success rates: to the extent this is merely to justify IT programs, investments, jobs, careers, etc., it's suspect. Users just need info.7:37 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

106. BI success rates: quantify delivery of actionable intel: adoption rates; info volume,quality,breadth,depth,dissem, etc. Overkill factor?7:34 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

107. BI success rates: "actionable intel's expression in intelligent actions" is tautology: any info can be fool's pretext: results prove smarts7:29 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

108. BI success rates: actions' actual impact on biz is an exercise in anecdote harvesting--aka case study research--aka oral history7:24 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

109. BI success rates: quantify delivery of actionable intelligence, its expression in intelligent actions, & those actions' actual impact on biz7:23 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

110. RT @nenshad @merv: #tdwiconf "self-reported BI success rates" JK--A bit like employee self-appraisal: success inflation.7:17 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

111. It's to not have to nail a "down economy" theme in pronouncement after pronouncement. "Down economy"'s been done to death!4:49 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

112. It's All Souls Day. I could use a good sanctifying dose of All 60s Soul. Any Stax/Volt, Atlantic, or Motown will do.4:22 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

113. Good to know nothing super-duper-significant crossed newswires while I was head-down in my Wave today. The cosmos semi-respected my space.4:20 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

114. 7 of 93:51 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

115. Ah, yes, Iggy and the Stooges comes on, "Raw Power," puts me in an Ann Arbor frame of mind, betcha didn't realize Jimmy Osterberg Jr from A22:38 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

116. 5 of 9 scored so far2:30 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

117. "Virt Worlds Employee Avatars Need Dress Codes" (http://bit.ly/4FdbP2): JK--Physique codes? Yr avatar can't be conspicuously hotter than u.2:28 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

118. I ain't gonna change my Twitter password. I did that during last month's hack. Once burned, twice shy. BTW, I've barely used it today.2:24 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

119. RT @kexpplaylist: Ed Jackson by See Me River #KEXP: JK--Listening to 2009 classic rock story-song. You'll replay for the charge, and climax.11:39 AM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

120. Listening to 13th Floor Elevator's classic 1966 acid song, "You're Gonna Miss Me," with the fantastically histrionic Roky Erickson on vocals11:36 AM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

121. I have developed that skill for my own amusement over the past 14 years, ever since I began writing "Pieces of Fate" (my poetry book).10:30 AM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

122. Weird and wonderful how idle wordplay can produce cool results before I'm conscious: enterprises new to BI: the "New-BI Newbies"10:29 AM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

123. November's chilling on the thermometer, but heating up on the economy, judging by how fast my consulting pipeline's growing.10:25 AM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

124. Twitter is somebody to turn to when there's nobody to turn to to say what needs to be said to whoever for no particular reason.9:28 AM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

125. "Enterprise 2.0:...Businesses...Better Tools" (http://bit.ly/2UNRZb): JK--No one says "Enterprise 2.0" in real life. Faux theme. Give it up6:21 AM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

126. I remember Don Bowen leaping out on stage at Catalyst 2002 with wooden sword in hand, screaming, to make point (rhetorical). Scared me silly6:17 AM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck

127. "Man is the only animal who eats the ice in his drink" --Martin Mull10:10 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

128. Developing cost model for data warehousing projects. Discussing it with #Forrester user customer tomorrow.10:08 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

129. Got a full week of work ahead of me. Keeping vendor briefings to an absolute minimum. Scoring my #Forrester PA/DM Wave.10:06 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

130. Almost forgot. Still freaking about reforming US healthcare ins industry. Expanding Medicare is road to socialism. World's ending--right?10:03 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

131. Almost forgot. Year ago we freaked about economy crashing. Some forced mergers, bailouts, takeovers, bim bam boom. Crisis over now--right?10:01 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

132. Almost forgot. Coupla years ago we were freaking about oil running out. Rushed to biofuels, then solar, then wind. Crisis over now--right?9:58 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

133. It's nice to be able to follow my itinerant actor son on his roadtrips through Facebook. Be nice to see his performances too.9:34 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

134. What Web institutions, if any, are too big to fail?9:27 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

135. Imagine continuous personal geolocation + in-cloud predictive analytics. Your smartphone will anticipate & preprovision your journey.9:25 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

136. "Verizon Expands Droid Invasion with Eris" (http://bit.ly/3vv5eD): JK--You will never be lost again. Unless you want to.9:20 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

137. Internet began & crashed 40 years ago (http://bit.ly/35ScEa).Communism began to crash 20 years ago (http://bit.ly/4wbO5V). Nothing's forever9:17 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

138. Sunday nights at my computer doing fun aimless browsing tweeting schmoozing & the like, are weightless counterweight to weeks past & pending7:58 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

139. Listening to Neko Case and the Sades, "Rated X," from "Making Singles Drinking Doubles": Way cool Loretta Lynn cover.7:30 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

140. Advice to humorists: Take comfort in yr discomfort, in others' discomfort. Seat yrself real comfy cozy in that thar cushion. Then let 1 rip!6:35 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

141. I followed progression of Don Bowen's cancer from Facebook updates. Understood totally why he was doing it. But made me feel voyeuristic.5:39 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

142. A heartfelt goodbye to Don Bowen (http://bit.ly/3lFF8). Nice guy with whom I worked at Burton Group. 51/cancer. Both of us 1958 Scorpios.5:35 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

143. Dear Facebook: Quit asking me to wish people happy birthdays. That's the sort of from-the-heart gesture that an anonymous bot-prompt mocks.5:31 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

144. Bought Raveonettes' new LP "In and Out of Control." Another splendid set of dark sonic surf. This power-duo continues its brilliant streak.5:28 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

145. Been pleasant weekend. Rather enjoying the overcast. Had packs of happy trick-or-treat kids Halloween. Wet-leaf coloration carpet glistens.5:25 PM Nov 1st from TweetDeck

Aweekstweets October 25-November 1 2009

2009-10-30T22:03:00.000-07:00

Aweekstweets October 25-November 1 2009

SUNDRY WHATEVER TWEETS: JK2---Yes, I love music, plus verbiage, beverage, reportage—as well as dwelling on this age and signs of my aging.

I only have one symbol in my handy emoticon vocabulary: the winking/in-confidence/between-you&me eye: ;-). My Latin vocabulary far richer.11:39 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2--I’ve always felt that emoticon resembles a nervous eye tic. So it makes sense that I favor it.

FYI, "sine qua non": without this, nothing: absolutely essential element for success. It's actually in my working vocabulary of handy Latin.11:35 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Which reminds me. What does The Onion’s motto “tu stultus es” mean? Is it real Latin? My guess: “You are stupid.”

Monday Morning Wake-Up Song of the Day: Ulrich Schnauss "A Clear Day" from "A Strangely Isolated Place." UK-based ambient electronica artist8:23 AM Oct 26th from TweetDeck

JK2—Ulrich is UK-based. I suppose you thought he was from Dusseldorf or wherever in Germany. Did you realize that folk singer-guitarist Jose Gonzales is from Sweden? True. He was born in Argentina, but his family immigrated when he was young. This archaic notion of nationality needs to treated as the mighty mashup that it truly is. I’m a hypermongrelizing American, so I know this stuff from birth.

Listening to XTC "Senses Working Overtime." To wit: "Trying to take this all in..tell the diff btwn a lemon & a lime" Ain't that the truth!3:00 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—It’s very important for me to unload my sensory cache regularly so I can breathe easier. Tweeting, blogging, chatting, meeting, schmoozing—so now you know me a bit better. As if you didn’t already sense all this.

This tweet sponsored by "Tazo Organic Iced Green" brand all-natural green tea w/ spearmint & lemongrass. Actually, not sponsored--but good!12:44 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—It’s non-filling, non-jangling, non-tooth-decaying. And it comes in a solid glass bottle with a resealable cap. A perfect tweeting tea.

RT @donalddotfarmer "'CNN Global Minute'...all...news u need?" JK-CNN is to hi-quality journalism what Bazooka Joe comix R to graphic novels12:37 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—OK, that was a bit harsh. In all fairness, Wolf Blitzer doesn’t have an eye patch or pull a turtleneck up over his mouth.

No, I won't pay for Hulu on-demand programming. I rarely spend time watching TV of any form any more. Don't need additional sedentary habits12:17 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—Which is why I tweet standing up whenever I get the opportunity.

Fairly fed up with most US continuous news cable channels. Just no journalistic depth. Only one I learn something from is ABC News.12:14 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—I regularly turn to ABC News’ cable channel on my Verizon FIOS at home to get a deep dive and broad context that the sensationalistic partisan-compromised breaking-newshound channels just seem incapable of.

RT @rwang0 @kitson "Morrissey is 50...I can't be the only one troubled by this." JK--With ya. I mope about his age as much as mine (50->51)1:52 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—Morrissey was prematurely old in his/our 20s. He’s growing into a physically appropriate curmudgeonly mopage-dotage. I like to believe I’m avoiding the mopage-dotage fate. Let’s wait and see.

SUNDRY TECH TWEETS: JK2---Yes, I continue to mash up all my current focus areas (predictive analytics, data mining, data warehousing, BI, etc.) with all my priors (identity management, messaging/collab, network/app security, etc.), and throw in all my key cross-cutting themes (cloud, social networking/media, SOA, virtualization, etc).

RT @SethGrimes: @ManyaMayes “entity analytics?” JK—Identity (of people, groups, things, objects, etc) analytics (classify, associate, link)4:43 PM Oct 27^th from TweetDeck

JK2—Essentially, this is at the core of the MDM focus on governance of the definition of vocabularies for domain entities (customers, employees, organizations, products, finances, etc).

WashPost just emailed first “afternoon update” to my morning paper. What if hardcopy reverted to Sunday-only digest, w/ daily email updates?4:07 PM Oct 27^th from TweetDeck

JK2—Essentially, this is going to happen, and sooner than we like to think. The Washington Post, great traditional newspaper that it is, continues to run at a loss, and lose classified ad revenues.

Upgraded to TweetDeck v0.31.3 this A.M. Funny how tiny little visualization enhance—tweet goes white-background on-click—makes big diff.1:58 PM Oct 27^th from TweetDeck

JK2—Seriously. User-personalized, interactive, flexible visualization is so fundamentally important to the future of Twitter and all other social media tools. If we’re going to live and breathe in these environments, we need to feng-shui them to our idiosyncratic hearts’ delight. I love the black-on-white display of traditional paper-based news delivery.

RT @cmooreforrester: #IOD2009 "ERP structures biz process;BI measures [it]+pred analytics optimizes [it]" JK--Keys to predictive enterprise8:06 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—For me, predictive enterprise is the uber-theme of this past week’s Vegas conferences: IBM beginning to absorb SPSS, SAS continuing to deepen its data mining value-prop, and SAP continuing to ignore predictive analytics, and settle deeper into its core-BI rut, at its competitive peril.

Usual first-thing-in-morning e-mailing activity: moving false positives from spam folders, moving false negatives to everlasting oblivion.8:26 AM Oct 26th from TweetDeck

JK2—Reminds me: Spam filters everywhere should incorporate inline predictive models that can be auto-trained, auto-scored, and auto-updated to assess the spam-likelihood of inbound stuff, but to auto-learn from each of our “move to inbox” “leave in spam folder” and “delete obvious spam or leave to moulder in bulk mail folder” behavior.

Curious whether someone's running bimbo-bot generating bogus babe-lure Twitter followme requests when sees tweets re Las Vegas. Been getting12:01 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—There seems to be this cultural assumption that male business travelers to Las Vegas are surreptitious (actual or potential) sex tourists. Dear Twitter-body-botters: Please opt me out of that annoying assumption.

“The Web’s Creator Tweets” (http://bit.ly/2TLSZz) @timberners_lee: JK—Hey Tim, how’s about them Twitter hashtags? Semantic Web or apostasy?11:54 AM Oct 25^th from TweetDeck

JK2—OK, at this point, 10 years or more into this “Semantic Web” initiative, let’s stop pretend this is the next big tech-religion thing. And let’s give up this “Web 3.0” branding on its all. Tim’s got his knighthood, but his Holy Grail quests feels a bit quixotic at this point.

RT @JeromePineau "Does it sound like this ... when you read stuff about clouds? http://bit.ly/fGipU" JK--Yep: nebulosity key cloud criterion11:30 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—The zeitgeist cloud on this will pass. As soon as it precipitates the mature, pervasive, distributed, ubiquitous enterprise-grade environment of the coming decade. Which is almost here.

SUNDRY ANALYST-LIFE TWEETS: JK2---Yes, I’m a road warrior who loves to reconnect with my peers/friends/colleagues/competitors at these events. I live for it.

Notion that industry analyst is invited party crasher really applies. Vendors love having us around. Then we start calling 'em as we see 'em12:49 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Vendors actually want us to challenge them. They’re doubly impressed when we can do it persuasively. And when we can hold a drink or two while doing it. And when we can do it over and over. To the extent we’re still being invited to their tables, in spite of what we tweeted last night, we’re doing our job. To the extent we’re not being invited to their table, all the better: that means we’ve identified their true competitive sore-points.

Wait a darn minute: I can tell Hackathorn v. Winter. Check my Facebooked foto of Hackathorn from Mon. Blame it on desert dust! Or exhaustion2:57 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—Actually, blame it on somebody else at a vendor-sponsored party saying I have to meet Richard Winter, and then leading me to Richard Hackathorn. I was tired and stressed from trying to carry on a lively tech conversation in a noisy room. Momentary “Huh? Where am I?” brain fart.

Sitting here in hotel room working on my #Forrester PA/DM Wave scoring.1:27 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—Speaking of being tired and stressed on the road, even in a quiet room by myself, when my head is noisy.

RT @JAdP: @NeilRaden @jameskobielus @rwang0 "At 53, I'm planning my next 2 careers." JK--Going on 51, I'm into my third quarter-life!11:55 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—First Q-life: education. Second Q-life: building. Third Q-life: capstoning.

VEGAS TWEETS: JK2---Yes, Vegas is a city that I’ve visited far more times on business over the past few years than I care count. The smart money is on me continuing to have to go there as a central requirement of my job as industry analyst.

OK, Vegas fancypants THEhotel: None of this "hair cleanser" "hair masque" "body balm" hoohah! Why not THEshampoo, THEconditioner, THElotion?19 minutes ago from TweetDeck

JK2—I have to be careful not to condition with lotion. Same color. Same bottle size/shape. Funny names I have to read through watery eyes and translate through tired mind.

Seriously ferocious winds in Vegas today. On the positive side, mostly sunny, and pleasantly (for jacketed people) cool.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck

JK2—When it’s not the middle of the broiling summer, and your sinuses have adjusted to the particulate matter in the air, Vegas is a fairly pleasant outdoor environment to walk around in. Away—as far as possible—from the Strip.

Las Vegas is such an extraordinarily efficient high-thruput biz conf city. When's last time Obama came here to do anything but give speech?11:44 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—While we’re on the subject, when’s the last time I came to do anything but attend a tech show? 1994, specifically: stop on multi-city consulting trip. Before then: 1976—family driving tour of the country.

Cool air in Las Vegas tonight. Cooler coming. Refreshing desert breeze will build to stiff desiccating stay-inside batten-everything wind.12:39 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Did it ever?!!! Glad I kept my lip balm handy.

Early morning Vegas. City Ctr project appears nearing completion. Thrill to watch first rays of rising sun glint off its towering insolvency10:44 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—It’s fun to walk around and contemplate all the massive at-risk investments that are not mine.

Definitely delaying that lunch. First 24 hours in Vegas always stealthy brutal on the system. No need to binge anything from the get-go.3:09 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—Acclimating to Vegas requires a week at last. I never stay that long. Hence, I’m always slightly off on business in this city.

Predawn Vegas. Always tough to find decent breakfast. Walked harrowing Sinatra, cut to Harrah's, down Strip till sidewalk narrows. Starbucks10:42 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—Seriously. Why don’t they put a decent IHOP or Dunkin’ Donuts on the Strip?

SAP TWEETS: JK2---Yes, I made good on my commitment to do three Vegas vendor shows in 3 days. Shoulda also made Penn & Teller, just to lighten things up.

RT @nenshad "SAP R&A conf...SAP's reptg options... No product strategy?" JK--Some of that: BOBJ Voyager, EPM. Mostly best practices, though.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck

JK2—But these were nothing new. SAP re-presenting roadmaps that they’d long ago brought to the attention of Forrester and other analysts, not to mention their customers.

SAP R&A conf. Attendees mostly SAP ERP R/3 users, who may/may-not have Ntwvr BI/BW and/or BOBJ. Vendor/users tend/extend massive legacy.about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck

JK2—SAP’s burden and boon. Some vendors would die for such problems. Some vendors will die trying.

SAP R&A conf. Caught talk on SAP's EPM Suite roadmap: v7.5 (this year), v.8.0 (2011). Two years till next major rev? Why so long a wait?about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck

JK2—I fear that BOBJ’s product development and innovation metabolism has slowed to a sluggish trickle as more SAP runs through its veins.

SAP Rptg & Analytics conf. Caught talk on SAP's reptg options: R/3, BW, & BOBJ. Blessing of flexibility or vexation of complexity & legacy?about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck

JK2—I think it’s more the latter. SAP needs to migrate R/3 customers as soon as possible to full BOBJ stack on BI front end, and to migrate BW customers to BWA (but with BWA expanding in scope to offer a truly enterprise-grade, scalable, high-performance, real-time, massively parallel EDW appliance for hub-and-spoke, federated, and cloud deployment).

SAS TWEETS: JK2---Yes, my primary research focus right now is in-database analytics which is the convergence of my two core Forrester coverage areas: predictive analytics and data mining (PA/DM) and data warehousing (DW).

Had a very stimulating day at SAS #M2009 at Caesars. The dinner with the SAS team was fun. Social media, text analytics, shape of the futureabout 23 hours ago from TweetDeck

JK2—Manya Mayes drilled me for vision on integration of social media (current and future) with text analytics, BI, PA/DM, EDW, and cloud. Well, “drilled” is too harsh a word: She engaged me in an interactive brainstorming session over a delicious meal, surrounded by herself and other smart/nice SAS products people.

SAS #M2009: Very research-infused conference. Section of the exhibit floor dedicated to PA/DM projects from higher ed. I learned stuff!8:15 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—My mnemonics for SAS are one part “subject area specialists” and one part “statistical and analytical software.” Both SAS facets were in abundance at the show.

SAS #M2009. What SAS & Aster are discussing sets stage for radical scaling of SAS predictive analytics: regression, scoring, data prep, etc.5:39 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—And I expect SAS to continue engaging with Teradata—and with other large DW vendors (Aster’s a startup, of course)—to keep pushing that envelope on the EDW platforms in which their customers have invested.

SAS #M2009. SAS' Shamlin sez: "Aster is a lovely thing to SAS. Aster 'ecosystem' is open and extensible to us."5:30 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Aster has painstakingly architected their platform for openness and extensibility with all partners, not just SAS.

SAS #M2009. EDW as analytic app server? Tell us more. Well, you can check out my recent #Forrester tconf, or #TDPUG preso, or coming report5:20 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Coming out 2 weeks from now, my editors tell me.

Remember @ManyaMayes and everybody forevermore: i before e except after c and especially if it's me no i before u so u no wot to do.4:53 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Me enforcing my “personal brand nomenclature orthography” with SAS and the world through this tweet. A losing battle. I’m vigilant about all the misspellings and mispronunciations. James Kobielus-brand caffeinated anlaysis.

SAS #M2009. NEvangelopoulos, U-Nrth TX: "Understanding Latent Semantics in Textual Data." Assoc txt with root social idea-belief constructs4:00 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—To be honest, my brain glazed over. But he clearly knew what he was talking about. Great audience Q&A.

Conferences such as #M2009 are key recurring industry events where predictive analytics and data mining professionals share best practices.2:03 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—IBM’s and SAP’s shows this week were also excellent in that respect.

SAS #M2009, Kim Larsen, Charles Schwab, "Net Lift Prediction Models": core topic in evaluating model quality, robustness, predictive power2:01 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Model quality is the sine qua non of the predictive enterprise. Invalid business models drive businesses out of business.

SAS #M2009. Got great update from John Brocklebank on SAS' social network analysis tools and on customer applications. Very impressive.1:48 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—SAS has a significant headstart on the industry in research and commercialization of social network analysis.

SAS #M2009. Berthold/Univ.Konstanz. Interactively labeling images. Discussing the relative accuracy and uncertainty of various classifiers.12:39 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—He discussed his research in detail.

SAS #M2009, Berthold, UnivKonstanz. Interactively learn classifiers of images: bio expert labels examples w/ auto-classify rest (20M imgs)12:25 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—This is such fundamentally important research for the age of social media. I absolutely must read the original research at my nearest opportunity.

SAS #M2009:Neafsey/Ford's awesome PA/DM dictum: "If don't start with good segmentation, you'll be chasing mirage." Sine qua non of targeting11:34 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—It’s all about understanding the real customer: past, present, future. Not seeking out reinforcing evidence for your self-serving stereotype of the customers as you wish they were.

SAS #M2009, Neafsey/Ford:"Junky data makes junky segmentations. Sometimes simplest segmentation is best." Right: don't overcomplicate models11:30 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Dwelling on the underlying stat and math of these models, overcomplication is an occupational hazard.

RT @swaynette: "Tuesday's #M2009 Agenda http://bit.ly/2MqJuM Try "Advanced Analytics on Multi-Terabyte Datasets" at 3 pm" JK--I'll be there11:27 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—The SAS/Aster Data preso.

SAS #M2009 , Neafsey/Ford. Customer stat segmentation enables rollup into "voice of the customer," w/o need for myths anecdotes hunches11:04 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Fact-based predictive enterprise. Not fiction-based.

SAS #M2009, Neafsey/Ford. "Whiz kids" (R McNamara et al.) in 50s/60s instilled deep Ford analytics culture, which remains strong.11:02 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Too bad McNamara didn’t apply fact-based predictive modeling to our Vietnam fiasco. Clearly, he didn’t predict soon enough the fate we experienced. Or, maybe he didn’t, but his customer (LBJ, and the US at that time) was in love with myth anecdote hunch—of the fictional self-serving variety.

Looking forward to full day at SAS #M2009 today. Data mining projects, though deep on math/stat, are always fascinating at biz-level too.8:00 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—SAS’s M2009 conference was in fact primarily business-focused, but with a strong grounding in statistical and mathematical research.

IBM TWEETS: JK2---Yes, I’m positive on IBM’s SPSS acquisition, and many other information management initiatives. But IOD often leaves me a bit dissatisfied: it’s not the best environment for deep drilldown on the IBM offerings and directions in which I’m most interested.

RT @craigmullins: #IOD2009 "attending stream computing overview" JK--IBM InfoSphere Streams--CEP w/ embedded pred analytics--is pioneering8:08 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2---InfoSphere Streams has a proprietary language—called SPADE—for developing a pipeline or workflow of CEP processes that may include inline predictive analytics. I see SPADE as the forerunner of what hopefully will be CEP-oriented extensions to SQL-MR to process information in motion with as much agility as information at rest.

Yesterday & today, here in LV, I've been meeting with the most vertical-savvy adv analytics vendors: IBM/Cognos (#IOD2009) & SAS (#M2009).1:56 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—I should also mention SAP in that respect. By “vertically savvy” I mean that they have the widest range of industry-specific analytics solutions, including logical domain models and solution accelerators. I also mean that their product teams, partner ecosystems, and consulting groups are organized by verticals.

Going down to the exec breakfast with Ambuj. #IOD2009.8:48 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Ambuj gave a good talk about IBM’s laser focus on delivering solutions that help customers achieve what he calls “information-led transformation.” It’s clear to me that IBM GBS’ Business Analytics and Optimization (BAO) consultant force is their focus on delivering this customer value. The products groups will increasingly provide platforms, packaged apps, and tools that incorporate logical domain models and solution accelerators developed in partnership with GBS/BAO.

RT @dadicool: "any plans to blog about what you learned during this [#IOD2009] conversation [re IBM Smt An Sys pricing?]" JK--Most certainly8:20 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—I will, as soon as IBM gets me that info. Still waiting.

Still pondering flat per-TB pricing on IBM Smart Analytics System solution appliances, announced today at #IOD2009. Still awaiting details.12:52 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—C’mon Jeff. I’ll have to ping you this week.

Hardly ate tonight. Hardly drank. Hardly had the hot tech discussions of the day subsided when cool evening chat on all the same got going.12:49 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—My brain was friend at the end of the day. But I recover reasonably well. I walk it off.

Reflecting on very interesting discussion w IBM execs on vertical pkging of IBM Smart Analytics Sys appliances leveraging Cognos blueprints.12:44 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—But I still need to see the details on which Cognos blueprints are incorporated into which ISAS versions.

Very good dinner conversation at #IOD2009 with Deepak Advani, Peter Griffiths, and Erick Brethenoux of IBM on advanced analytics--and life!11:20 PM Oct 26th from TweetDeck

JK2—I think Cognos and SPSS will complement each other nicely. But I’m still waiting for a more concrete roadmap for them to work together. Both are focused on “new analysts”—i.e., average information workers wanting to mashup their own BI views (Cognos) and build their own predictive models (SPSS). Make this stuff pervasive.

IBM has strong heterogeneous in-db analytics story with SPSS. The acquired vendor has integrated with most DW/DBMS platforms from long back.5:16 PM Oct 26th from TweetDeck

JK2—SPSS models can be exported through a wide range of interfaces to a wide range of third-party DW/DBMSs, enabling regression and scoring to be handled efficiently on the target platforms.

IBM #IOD2009 will soon open advanced analytics R&D centers in WashDC and London. Already in China and NYC. Significant investment.4:42 PM Oct 26th from web

JK2—That’s a very significant corporate commitment to advanced analytics. It will pay off richly for IBM in empowering smart researchers the world over to apply sophisticated mathematical models to a wide range of business and scientific problems.

IBM #IOD2009 has launched DB2 PureScale for extreme scaling for OLTP apps. But where intersect with InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse strategy?4:41 PM Oct 26th from web

JK2—I didn’t see any clear overlap. Considering that Oracle positions Exadata v2 as a combination DW/OLTP machine, that was a significant gap in IBM’s go-to-market messaging on the PureScale release.

IBM #IOD2009 has key diff in predictive analytics: in-stream live-CEP mining through InfoSphere Streams, now able import models via PMML.4:39 PM Oct 26th from web

JK2—That means that, in theory, any predictive analytics or data mining tool that implements PMML (i.e., them all) can publish models to real-time streams. I’m curious whether, how, and when the PA/DM tool vendors will adapt their tools to support regression, scoring, and assessment of CEP-optimal models.

IBM #IOD2009 has interesting Hadoop strategy. Looking forward to my discussions with Advani, Powers, Brethenoux, etc later.4:36 PM Oct 26th from web

JK2—But IBM still hasn’t productized Hadoop in its DW and PA/DM strategies. A lot of these futures stories were left largely unaddressed at this year’s IOD. I expect MapReduce/Hadoop, InfoSphere Streams, SPADE, DW/OLTP integration, and ISAS to be key focus areas at next year’s IOD.

IBM #IOD2009 has made predictive analytics uber-theme. Excellent talks by Mills/Goyal/Krishna/Advani, etc. Ample vision/solutions/customers.4:35 PM Oct 26th from web

JK2—This theme was obvious at the event itself. In the run-up to the event, in the pre-briefings, there was no clear big theme, other than the underwhelming “information-led transformation.”

IBM #IOD2009 discussed pricing on new Smart Analytics System solution appliances. Purely per-TB for whole stack, incl. deployment svcs!4:30 PM Oct 26th from web

JK2—If so (per Arvind Krishna on the dais at lunch at IOD), that approach--flat per-TB pricing on ISAS solutions--would seriously disrupt the DW market. But I’m still waiting for confirmation.

Thanks to IBM's T. Inman, A. Warzecha, D. Laverty, S. Soares, A. Ramirez, R. Rusting, & D. Dorman for well-done #IOD2009 partner showcase10:37 PM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—My third year in a row co-judging the IOD partner showcase. Hope to keep the streak going.

Vegas for IOD 2009: my 4th straight. Mandalay Bay always great convention venue. THEhotel is fave LV hotel: non-Vegas-y minimalistic decor10:54 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—The rooms are tidy, elegant, well-appointed, comfortable, and quiet.

Vegas for IOD 2009. As usual, IBM has so many announcements planned for tomorrow that I can barely wrap my head around them all. Good stuff.10:46 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck

JK2—I have to diagram them to myself, then stare at the diagram. Still, I always leave stuff out, even after I double-check my pre-briefing notes.

SUNDRY OTHER VENDOR-LY TWEETS: JK2---No, I’m not just paying attention to the vendors whose shows I’m attending in any given week.

Discuss Netezza's in-db analytics capabilities in my soon-to-publish #Forrester report. Important for its adv analytics ISV partners.1:53 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—Just today (back at home) I saw another Netezza solution-partner press release: “Netezza Teams with NetIQ to Provide a Comprehensive Enterprise Data Compliance & Security Solution.” Netezza’s TwinFin platform is in big demand by both enterprises customers and ISVs looking for a scalable analytics platform.

Recent Oracle press release with 26 named Exadata customers: http://bit.ly/1DWz6F.12:36 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—I hope Oracle circulates a list of Exadata v2 customers within the first 6 months after shipping the platform (due to go GA within a month or so).

RT @davewiner: Amazon Releases Relational Database As A Service. http://bit.ly/2EInZZ JK--Wow. Geared for DW, BI, analytics? Briefing? Demo?1:03 AM Oct 27th from TweetDeck

JK2—MySQL in the cloud. Ironic that MySQL is the big cloud over Oracle’s plans to acquire Sun. Hopefully, Oracle’s acquisition of Sun won’t be rendered asunder by regulatory dunderheads.