@ Aladin Mediterranean Cuisine

@ Aladin Mediterranean Cuisine - After a week of Jamaican and Chinese food, Middle Eastern falafel and shawarma is a nice change of pace. Jamaican spices and same Chinese vegetables repetitive.

Extending Churchman’s inquiring systems to design, by @estolter and Harold G Nelson with (i) the true, (ii) the ideal, and (iii) the real. … in the chapter “The Ultimate Particular” [...] we discuss three forms or designs of inquiry and a...

@ Emancipation Park - Waited until almost dusk for stroll in the people's park, escaping the afternoon tropical heat. Lots of families, plus ping pong players with racquets and Stiga nets.

@ National Commercial Bank - Four hours in bank rediscovering pre-computer business processes, filling out forms by hand in duplicate. They like the use of rubber corporate stamps to make documents feel more official.

@ The Whitehouse - Extending lunch waiting for torrential downpour to subside. DY sampled curry chicken as too spicy, fried chicken came with batter and sauce like Peking pork chop. Chinese heritage surfaces in Jamaica

@ Arrival Terminal - Security had me wait outside air terminal for DY to arrive on Air Canada. We'll have 9 days together in Jamaica, although work days will be in a windowless air conditioned office. At least the weekend should be mostly free time.

@ Mary Seacole Cafeteria - Home cooking in a dining hall that hasn't changed in 40 years. Walking across the UWI Mona campus is shorter than driving around the ring road would suggest. Noted television broadcasting still in analog, told that dig...

@ Dukunoo Deli - Bought lunch for 12 people on first day in new offices at UWI Mona. They chose the short walk to the deli rather than the long walk to the full canteen

@ Island Grill, Twin Gates - On Sunday afternoon, New Kingston businesses shut down hard. Island Grill for red snapper escovitch has benefit of local fish. Despite fast food atmosphere, fish is so much better than in nations far from oceans.

@ The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto - Crossover Caribbean + Canada at #uwitorontogala. Auction of @usainbolt 3 pairs of shoes garners $25,000 donation from Michael Lee-Chin.

@ Oriental Hair Salon - Stylist asked how long, I said summer short, then had anxiety as she ran buzzer through my hair sides and back. Finished with style that looks fine, I just didn't appreciate how long since the last haircut.

@ Laptop Centre - Refurb DVD drive and SODIMMs for EKI's old T61, rebuilt for DY. With only 2GB RAM, no wonder Vista was running so slow. With Ubuntu, the Thinkpad should run a lot faster

@ Peking Restaurant - Discussion with @DougMcDavid about alternate currencies, systems thinking, and different experiences on exiting Big Blue. Picked resto as partway between Elk Grove, and my drive from Oakland to Mountain View.

@ Kakui Sushi - Long conversation with Ian MItroff about his history with systems thinking, and his work. Started with connections in philosophy with Churchman and Ackoff, through to work on crisis management, which he approached from a systems pe...

@ Santa Teresa County Park - Orange lichen on rocks pointed out @jimspohrer on short hike around the County Park. Given the option, choose to walk and talk rather than sit behind a desk

@ Yolies Brazillian Steak House - Eerie as the only lunch customer in a formal restaurant with room for 300. Declined on Brazilian steak buffet in favour of salmon burger that wouldn't put me to sleep for the afternoon. Second floor location in ...

If credibility of universities in credentialing declines, can alternative institutions such as badging recognize skills and knowledge in broader T-shaped people? Both students and postsecondary institutions are increasingly embracing the ideal of ...

@ Bellagio Hotel & Casino - Scent of flowers in Bellagio Gardens assaults the nose positively. Butterflies active in the warn sunlight. Stopped to smell the flowers

At #ibmimpact, Mike Rhodin says big data is more than volume, have to deal with variety, veracity and velocity. Deterministic programming can’t handle big data, have to use probablistic programming

The IBM Global Technology Outlook 2013 was presented in the IBM Research track of the Impact Conference in Las Vegas.  The GTO slides have generally not been available in the past, but that doesn't prevent a blogger from writing up what he hears!

The Future of Intelligent Middleware, IBM Research at Impact 2013 Conference Contextual analytics Continuous insight Demos Key technical problems: unstructured, unstructured, semi-structured; have been working on scale OR performance, not both, wh...

IBM Research (Tamar Eilam, Gosia Steinder, Seetharami Seelam, Yuqing Gao), IBM Impact Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada This digest was created in real-time during the meeting, based on the speaker’s presentation(s) and comments from the audience. T...

IBM Impact Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada This digest was created in real-time during the meeting, based on the speaker’s presentation(s) and comments from the audience. The content should not be viewed as an official transcript of the meeting, b...

At #ibmimpact @srabrams on IBM Global Technology Outlook preceding 3 in-depth sessions. Mega Trends: A. Growing scale / lower barrier of entry (users, transactions, computations, data); B. Increasing complexity / yet more consumable (data and data...

At #ibmimpact, @mwieck describes a new kind of system with 3 systems of interaction: 1 systems of engagement (e.g. mobile); 2 systems of record; and 3 the Internet of things; all tied together in the cloud

@ Gate C83 - Terminal C is big! Running, with and without speedwalks, from C107 to C83 to no avail. Flight still parked at gate, but door closed. Three young women arrived about 3 minutes after me, same challenge

@ Gate F90 - Should remember to not route on @UnitedAirlines commuter flights from Toronto, as lateness and boarding adds stress into bigger hubs. Toronto to Las Vegas via Newark was cheaper than direct, but maybe not worth the stress. A 55-minute...

@ MEC Toronto - Micro-four thirds camera is too big for fanny pack, but too small for camera bag. Bought the "Charm" shoulder bag, which is classified for women. Only $5 on clearance, so brought home the "malbec" and "aegean blue" colours, and w...

Employers can tap a greater pool of potential by considering the long-term unemployed over people who churn through jobs.  What’s the catch? Employers should be realistic that training is an investment in human capital, that can pay off in bett...