Deep Text

Name: Deep Text
Author: Tom Reamy
ISBN: 978-1-57387-529-5

USING TEXT ANALYTICS TO CONQUER INFORMATION OVERLOAD, GET REAL VALUE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ADD BIG(GER) TEXT TO BIG DATA

by Tom Reamy ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 26, 2016

A remarkably authoritative, deep dive into a field that will be brand-new to many and eye-opening for all.

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A treasure trove of technical detail, likely to become a definitive source on text analytics.

This debut book by Reamy, the founder of the KAPS Group consultancy, is a highly targeted, in-depth study of an emerging area of technology—the process of analyzing large volumes of text via a variety of technical means in order to gain deeper understanding and insight into its content. In Part 1, the author defines the specific components of text analytics and describes its basics. He also eloquently discusses its value, asserting that it can save money and enhance productivity by, for example, increasing the accuracy of employee searches for specific documents so that they don’t need to be re-created. Reamy then lays out a comprehensive plan for how to implement text analytics that includes establishing a team, evaluating and implementing software, and developing specific applications. Part 2 then covers all aspects of “getting started” while providing a brief history of the technology, and Part 3 explores the development of text analytics in enterprises and social media, supplemented by case studies that demonstrate best practices. Part 4 describes search-based applications, which he calls “InfoApps,” and Part 5 looks into using text analytics as an enterprise platform. The author’s excellent concluding chapter offers a tidy summary of the entire book as well as an essay on the future with forays into cognitive computing, which “largely consists of machine learning and neural networks,” and “deep text semantic infrastructure,” which essentially tracks and comprehends content throughout an entire enterprise. The real lasting value of text analytics, writes Reamy, will be as “a means of incorporating the whole dimension of semantics and meaning in new, richer, deeper ways that accomplish the ultimate goal—making people smarter.” The book’s copious notes, appendices, and bibliography enrich the text with its lists of text-analytics companies and software and other valuable resources. One of the main strengths of this book, though, is that even when its content is highly technical, it’s so well-organized and tightly written that it’s quite enjoyable to read.

A remarkably authoritative, deep dive into a field that will be brand-new to many and eye-opening for all.

Pub Date: July 26, 2016

ISBN: 978-1-57387-529-5

Page Count: 424

Publisher: Information Today Inc

Review Posted Online: Nov. 10, 2016

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 15, 2017

Review Program: Kirkus Indie

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GENERAL NONFICTION

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NUTCRACKER

by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996

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This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)

Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996

ISBN: 0-15-100227-4

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Harcourt

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996

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GENERAL NONFICTION

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TO THE ONE I LOVE THE BEST

EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF LADY MENDL (ELSIE DE WOLFE)

by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955

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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.