R hits the big time (and big company): Revolution Analytics joins Microsoft. Just don’t touch Hadley Wickham. blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2015/01/revolu…

Think Big is looking for experienced big data program managers, engineers and scientists, and we’re hiring. Listings: bit.ly/1yIe7MR

Prediction: These interactive personas won’t be crowd-sourced long; expect Big Data-powered personas to take over. washingtonpost.com/news/the-inter…

According to Ideal Gas Law (PV = nRT), if Pats footballs were filled at 75F and played at 35F, they would have lost ~1 pound of pressure.

Does anyone know if Windows Holographic actually uses holograms? Seems more like augmented reality, not optical Fourier transforms.

Short version: mobile devices are getting to be well-understood; big data challenges and solutions are just getting started.

I feel bad when I have to tell reporters I now work on big data instead of mobile devices. Someday I’ll do a blog post explaining why.

Another sharp analysis by Daniel Eran Dilger (he is on a roll) about how $AAPL may dethrone $QCOM in mobile chips. flip.it/BZenP

I booked a Valentine’s Day trip to a Broadway show and dinner for my wife and me. Now dis a good time to make reservations.