Mark Pesce’s closing keynote from Web Directions South, “This, That and The Other”, is starting to make its way online. So far there’s the text interspersed with the pre-recorded video segments. The full video, which I helped shoot, will doubtless be online once Mark’s finished editing it.
Episode 28 on time, but chaotic
Stilgherrian Live episode 28, the Totally Natural Edition, is now online for your viewing pleasure.
The audio problems which had plagued us recently were gone, and we started on time. The talk flowed smoothly through the first part of the program, and it was maybe 15 minutes before we hit our first technical glitch. I must find a way to present images in Cam Twist that allows me to preview the picture that’s about to go to air!
For the second week running, the US Federal Reserve (pictured) was the clear winner of “Cnut of the Week”, beating nominees John McCain, Sydney Anglican archibishop Dr Peter Jensen and the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
I failed to make contact with Nathanael Boehm to talk about the big day of geekery in Sydney, including the Web Directions South conference — I wasn’t watching my Twitter messages during the program — but First Dog on the Moon phoned in again and that filled an awkward gap when I completely forgot about “Stilgherrian’s Street View”. That’s a shame, because that would have triggered more of a rant. About clueless taxi drivers.
The after-show chat included some interesting thoughts about the nature of the program, and they’ll be reflected next week. Stay tuned.
Say hello at Web Directions South this afternoon
I’m having an intensely busy week this week, but I’ll still (somehow!) find time to pop into Web Directions South this afternoon for Mark Pesce’s closing keynote “This, That and The Other Thing”. If you’re there, please say hello.
Links for 23 September 2008 through 25 September 2008
Stilgherrian’s links for 23 September 2008 through 25 September 2008, scrubbed up with a wire brush:
- Australia: Twitter statistics | Laurel Papworth: Twitter usage is up 518.12% in Australia, if you believe (1) that website traffic is the relevant metric, and (2) you can possibly measure this stuff to 5 significant figures.
- Wotnews Australian News Search: Wotnews used to be called Plugger, but they’re now associated with Wotif in some way. Wotnews harvests news from over 3500 different sources including mainstream publishers, niche blogs, direct from companies and government bodies as well as from the relentless stream of company announcements coming out of the Australian Stock Exchange.
- Tax Plans (that’s one for you, nineteen for me) | chartjunk: Viveka Weiley’s re-drawing of charts comparing John McCain and Barack Obama’s tax plans. The difference is pretty obvious.
- Text Messages Seen as Dangerously Distracting | NYTimes.com: “The act of texting automatically removes 10 I.Q. points” and many other scare-quotes.
Stilgherrian Live is tonight, but not from Webjam
Tonight’s Stilgherrian Live won’t be from Webjam 8, unfortunately, because I’m just way too over-committed to insert an outside broadcast into the schedule. I’ll try to make up for that by doing something… unusual. You have been warned.
Cnutful nominations for Episode 28?
Yes, it’s that time of the week, time to call for nominations for “Cnut of the Week” for tomorrow’s edition of Stilgherrian Live (9.30pm Thursdays Sydney time).
It’s the same rules as usual. We’re after people (or abstract forces of nature) who’ve been futilely trying to hold back the tide of digital change.
Who do you nominate, and why?
[Update 9am: It’s been pointed out to me that it’s not just digital change we’re talking about here, but any relentless tide of change.]