A weekly summary of what I’ve been doing elsewhere on the internets — leaving out all of the most important bits.
I can’t tell you about the highly personal things that happened last week, except to say that something which had been gnawing at the very core of my being has… changed. And my mind is still adjusting. As is my shoulder, which continues to misbehave. But codeine is dealing with that. Again.
The tooth situation is being resolved, though. Stage one of the root canal work has been performed.
I can also tell you about the nauseatingly young-and-in-love hipsters, pictured above, with their matching skateboards and matching sneakers. Well, that’s all I want to tell you about them, or I’ll get cranky.
So with the linkage…
Podcasts
- Patch Monday episode 108, “Adobe’s long battle with security flaws”. A conversation with Brad Arkin, Adobe’s head of product security and privacy.
Articles
- Flash Player 11: Adobe’s great security hope, CSO, 4 October 2011.
- iPhone release: no bunch of fives to the fore, but it’s OK, Crikey, 5 October 2011.
- Steve Jobs deserved his cult — you don’t even know how he influenced you, Crikey, 6 October 2011.
- Gillard and others honour Jobs’ memory (contributor only), ZDNet Australia, 6 October 2011.
- Global time zone database closed following legal threat, CSO, 7 October 2011.
Media Appearances
Every single media spot I did this week related to Apple and/or the death of Steve Jobs.
- On Wednesday I spoke with Adelaide radio 1395 FIVEaa about the iPhone 4S. But interest in the iPhone subsided when…
- … on Thursday the media spots about the death of Steve Jobs began. The first was with ABC Gold Coast.
- The second spot was with Triple J’s Hack.
- The third spot on Thursday was with ABC News24’s discussion program The Drum.
- And on Friday evening I spoke about the death of Steve Jobs on ABC 666 Canberra.
- On the weekend, I also provided some comments on Steve Jobs to the TECHGEEK Weekly podcast.
Corporate Largesse
- On Thursday lunch, snacks and coffee were provided to me as an attendee at the Digital Culture Public Sphere event in Sydney.
Elsewhere
Most of my day-to-day observations are on my high-volume Twitter stream, and random photos and other observations turn up on my Posterous stream. The photos also appear on Flickr, where I eventually add geolocation data and tags.
[Photo: Matching skateboards and sneakers, a rather nauseating expression of young love spotted on King Street, Newtown, on Saturday night.]
