My week Monday 24 to Sunday 30 June 2013 was rather complicated, at least emotionally.
As will be explained tomorrow on Tuesday Thursday.
Nevertheless, I managed to create some media objects along the way. And here they are.
Podcasts
I’m very pleased to have launched my new podcast and website, Corrupted Nerds.
- Corrupted Nerds: Conversations 1, a conversation with Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab. If we’re going to be accurate, then this was really published in the previous week. But I forgot. So sue me.
- Corrupted Nerds: Extra 1, being Senator Brett Mason’s “corrupted nerds” speech in the Australian Senate from 21 August 2012, which inspired the title. This was published last week too.
- Corrupted Nerds: Conversations 2, a chat with Sean Richmond, senior technology consultant from Sophos Australia and New Zealand, about personalised malware, defense in depth, and why advanced persistent threats (APTs) and cyberwar are over-hyped.
I have yet to arrange any funding for this podcast, so I’ll be seeking that soon — and I’d be more than happy to hear your suggestions.
Articles
- Remember the NSA? Snooping is the real story, Crikey, 25 June 2013, in which I point out that the global hunt for Edward Snowden is in fact a distracting narrative.
- Beyond Conroy: Australia’s future internet politics, ZDNet Australia, 28 June 2013, in which I look at the issues that will need to be tackled by any future Australian communications minister.
- Schneier joins EFF board in wake of NSA scandal, CSO Online, 28 June 2013. Bruce Schneier’s EFF move sends a powerful message.
Media Appearances
None.
Corporate Largesse
- Since Saturday 8 June I’ve been using Vodafone’s new 4G network while in Sydney, and their existing 3G network while in the Blue Mountains, with a Samsung Galaxy S4 handset that they’ve loaned me.
I’ll be writing about my experiences on Monday.[Update 2 July 2013: I’ve just posted my write-up of my experiences. Yeah, it’s Tuesday.
The Week Ahead
The new financial year starts on Monday, so I daresay the morning will be full of administrivia. I’ll then be heading down to Sydney, because…
On Tuesday morning I’m attending a discussion on data sovereignty and the cloud, hosted by data centre firm NEXTDC, along with financial services company Aon and law firm Baker & McKenzie. That will be followed at the same event by the launch of the University of New South Wales’ report Data Sovereignty and the Cloud — A Board and Executive Officers’ Guide. I’ll be reporting this for someone, but as yet I don’t know who that will be.
I’ll be in Sydney again later in the week, probably Thursday, for a medical appointment, but that’s not confirmed yet. When it is, I’ll arrange my writing and media production schedule around that. There’s definitely stories to write for ZDNet Australia and CSO Online, plus an episode of Corrupted Nerds, and there’ll certainly be things that pop up along the way.
And then the weekend is unplanned.
[Photo: Sydney under the clouds, photographed from the Rydges Camperdown hotel in Sydney on 25 June 2013.]