Teh irony! CeBIT Sydney emails keep coming, even tho registrations are as high now, 3 weeks out, as they were on Day 1 of conf last year.
@jackienopants You write about alcomahol? OK, I must follow you… [joy]
Linux on iPod 3rd generation… someone here had done that. Who was it? Please DM, I have a very tiny question to ask.
@jedwhite How to stop vendors giving sales pitches at unconferences? Audience just (politely) walks out. Solved! No-one’s chaining them.
A quote from the slush pile: “Once you pull his pin, Mr Grenade is no longer your friend.”
The BBC says “Asian vultures could be extinct within 10 years.” http://tinyurl.com/59cp9k There’s a niche for sacked NSW ALP politicians!
@mpesce Retweet @abcnews: Iemma poll plummet ‘not good’, Watkins comments. http://tinyurl.com/49kbzz Battle lines being drawn, it seems.
@mpesce Watkins probably IS next in line, but my gut feeling is that “next in line” won’t be enough to avoid a bloody spill at ALP Council.
@Nickhodge @mpesce I’ll be surprised if Morris Iemma is still Premier NSW after Saturday. Della-Bosca was seen getting new haircut, suit.
@mpesce @bck The OS X iSync to phones is the same iSync tool as to sync with .Mac. EVERYTHING IS TEH ISYNC!
Whew! I’ve worked through most of the job ticket backlog. Another hour and I’ll be able to think about what was actually planned for today.
@SilkCharm Heh! The busy life of a silk-clad lady… I am jealous. ;)
@SilkCharm World of Warcraft b0rked, eh? I guess that means YOU’LL HAVE TO DO SOME FUCKIN WORK! :P [ducks]
Performing triage on 30 job tickets, some of which were filed up to 2 weeks ago. Erk. There goes the next couple of hours.
Uhoh. My business’ job tracking system has been failing to collect new emails for… how long? How many clients are angry? Find out soon…
Emerges into Thursday, and May, but still 2008. It’s best not to change too many things at once.
If confused by me &a@mpesceesce before, see feral goldfish at http://is.gd/asR & hallucinating goldfish at http://is.gd/asQ … see you in May!
Retweet @mpesce: “Twitter: A cross between a Salon de la Pensee and a fight breaking out at a Canadian Hockey Game. In Quebecois.”
@mpesce It’s just my Aussie false modesty. I’m actually very happy with “feral goldfish”. Sadly I am only Google #23 for that search term.
@mpesce “Possibly one of the greatest metaphors of the 21st century”? Now I must ask: “What are you smoking? CAN YOU GET ME SOME???”
@mpesce Nice strategy tho. “CeBIT, you are spammers, FOAD. Can haz free tix?” They had already read my blog before I emailed.
@mpesce OK, so “feral goldfish” was not my best metaphor… CeBIT may still give me a conference pass. :P
@fanbloodytastic “If a horse races in a forest, and there’s no-one there to bet on it, did the horse really race?”
That pronouncement “from” whitefolk? I meant “about” whitefolk. Since the Twitterverse is universally intelligent I know you worked it out.
I have been at the gym the gym I said not just drinking with @SnarkyPlatypus the gym yes honestly would I lie to you?
@andrewbarnett No that pronouncement from whitefolk was from @SnarkyPlatypus. He is a complete knut tho.
Overheard: “I dont trust white people’s judgement. Youse all look old.”
Off to King St, Newtown, for the gym the gym I said not just going drinking with @SnarkyPlatypus the gym yes honestly would I lie to you?
Back at my desk, performing inbox-zero procedures before I meet @SnarkyPlatypus at a gym/gin joint.
Lovely afternoon, but phone battery is (almost) teh FAIL. No comms may be a bonus.
Rubbish bins might be full of teh terrorisms, can’t be too careful… [gone]
Enjoying a magnificent autumn day in North Sydney before plunging into an office. Will post pics of the harbour later.
Are street numbers some sort of state secret in North Sydney?
En route to North Sydney to chat with client about boosting website traffic, building community etc. Meeting is at 1300. Then to Oxford St.
@jackienopants “i write, live and love alcohol,” eh? My kind of girl! Well, if I were str8, anyway…
New blog post: “I came for the gin, I stayed for the social revolution” http://is.gd/afF Television really was the drug of a nation.
@purecaffeine Telling the client to dump the project is awesome. Relates to my old post, “Scaring the shit out of clients”: http://is.gd/aeF
@andrewbarnett “Why it’s OK to lose massive productivity for the sake of $100 extra RAM?” You had the answer before: sheer idiocy.
Retweet @mpesce: Vale Albert Hoffman, discoverer of LSD. http://tinyurl.com/5zx9a6
@bck Indeed, I’ll be just down the road a few doors at 1530. Maybe a quick coffee is in order. Stay tuned.
This morning I’ll also blog a response to this fascinating article. http://is.gd/9le Wikipedia just a drop in the ocean, TV execs clueless.
Wed plan: Desk; 1300 client meet North Sydney; 1530 install client RAM Oxford St; evening gym/dinner with @SnarkyPlatypus. Meets in there?
@spinopsys Cycle-shop customers would seem to be, as I’d expect, slightly ahead of the pack in accepting Peak Oil.
@cheyes Interesting that you never even check phone messages. I check them, but reply whenever, comparing priority with other things.
@breko Welcome to my Twitterworld. Hope the cockroach thing works out.
@spinopsys Are we really at the “bargaining” stage of accepting Peak Oil? I thought it was still at stage 1, “denial”. http://is.gd/abT
@The_Rooster HI and welcome to my Twitterworld. I think I know how I blipped up… ;) The word “podcast” by any chance?
Retweet @allisonr: More solid numbers about the true size & impact of Twitter. http://is.gd/aad
@cait Thanks for the confirmation that my podcast thoughts are on the right track. http://is.gd/9X9
Emerging, and some widget on my computer says “Fine, cold early.” Correct. I’ll feel more fine after suitable alkaloids.
@ApostrophePong will kill me if I don’t make dinner NOW. Meanwhile, evolving thoughts about my podcast. Comments please! http://is.gd/9X9
@purecaffeine “Professional Networking Cards” sounds… awkward. Why not just say, “my card”? Does it need any more qualifiers than that?
@purecaffeine Non-business cards were “calling cards” in Victorian Era. If you visited when householder was out, you’d leave a card.
@kcarruthers “Trust comes from relationship & authenticity - so some bloggers will build that kind of relationship with people” Hear hear!
@mpesce I did Computing Science. If you did that too you could become like me, wouldn’t THAT be good? ;)
@andrewbarnett It’s people like you what causes unrest!
@Fifikins has just declared it Gin O’Clock, should anyone need that information.
@ApostrophePong The chef’s name is Jim, and h knows what he’s doing. All should b good for Eurovision4Geeks on Sunday 25 May. ;)
@acatinatree Acupuncture *increases* breast size? I thought the needles would, y’know, burst them boobies. Not that I’m an expert.
@mpesce “Hello, my name is Pandora. Would you like to choose the money or the box?”
@mpesce All Hail Eris! ;)
@ApostrophePong Changed menu at Kelly’s On King? Is the Pub Grub acceptable?
Message to universe: If it’s important enough to phone me about, it’s important enough to leave a message.
@mpesce That’s precisely what @leslien and I were talking about: Apache on Nokia. Seems a great way to lose what little bandwidth you have.
@leslien says “You could host your blog in your pants. that’s got to be pretty compelling.” Agreed!
@leslien Do I WANT to turn my phone into a web server? ;) Still, for Nokia/Apache fans I’ll retweet link: http://tinyurl.com/6rsbv9
Straw poll: Is surveying people on “How many times do you log on a week?” a relevant measure any more? Or on “pages viewed”?
@Nickhodge I saw @mpesce run Apache on his Nokia N95 some weeks back, he said he was going to try the rest of the LAMP stack.
@Nickhodge I also think today’s First Dog on the Moon cartoon is truly inspired. Shame it’s still behind the paywall. ;)
ACMA Comms Report 2006-07 released yesterday. http://is.gd/9TF Apparently social media use up, TV down. Surprised? Lotsa (now-old) numbers.
Running Java update on an old computer. Dialog boasts “Java is found everywhere…” Yeah, like herpes.
Analysis of Microsoft’s (potential) hostile takeover of Yahoo! by Marc Andreessen, Netscape founder & venture capital guy. http://is.gd/9DJ
Client leaves with spam filters turned on and operational, joy level increased. Such simple pleasures… I think that calls for tea.
@allisonr Cheers! Now I just have to figure out how to *achieve* the 4-day week. And in just what number system I’d be 22yo. ;)
I’ve decided! Starting next week I will adopt a 4-day working week. First “day off” is Friday 9 May, my, erm, 22nd [cough] birthday.
This can’t be fucking Twitter Fuck Day, you fucktards! You haven’t given enough fucking time to fucking well plan it, you fucking cunts!
@mpesce I loved your live commentary from the SA Govt conference today. It’d edit up to make an excellent essay about how behind they are.
Retweet @jjprojects: I saw this funny book in the weekend called “Fuck this book”. Here’s the site http://fuckthiswebsite.c…
Down-tools time as far as clients go. Reading & writing & chatting before @ApostrophePongophePong promised to do something with a chicken.
@acatinatree I’m reading your tweets to decide if you’re a boy cat or girl cat. I still cannot decide, but I know that you write words good.
Failing to do creative client work today. I always fail that on a Monday. Time to rearrange the week!
@mspecht “MS PowerPoint” == Multiple Sclerosis PowerPoint?
@acatinatree If clients NEED it TODAY and can’t wait 24 hours, it’s their problem. Should have planned ahead. Took me ages to learn that.
The DPP explains why charges against The Chaser crew were dropped. http://is.gd/9wx good, clearly-written legal reasoning.
@acatinatree I think it’s about having the strength to say “No”. “I’m already booked out that day, can we do Tuesday instead?”
@acatinatree 4 day working week? Just do it! Read material linked from here: http://is.gd/9wj Works for 37signals.
@willhughes “Web 2.0” is indeed a similar thing, though I have to be careful what I say ‘cos @SilkCharm is watching… Ssssh!
@mpesce “Web 3.0” is a wank-work used by people who need to give the impression that they know more than you do because, really, they don’t.
I just got a “Dear Bloggers” email from CeBIT. Has anyone heard of CeBIT before? Maybe they should send more emails to make sure we know.
@Nickhodge Checking off Monday’s to-do list… “Subvert the hierarchy”… done! [Pats self on back]
My previous two tweets are not related in any way.
@andrewbarnett Yes, opt-out organ donation. People can USE organs once your “spirit” (whatever that is) departs. Burying meat is pointless.
@RichardGiles Emergency Porn is why they invented 16GB USB memory devices: 3 x feature-length filth vids in your pocket!
Organ donor registration form has been completed. [Insert obvious lame jokes here, and then move on.]
@mpesce They’re pimping email eh? Next they’ll extol the virtues of the horseless carriage and that new petroleum oil for lighting.
CeBIT Sydney has *another* “exclusive limited offer” of 100 free exhibition passes. That don’t sound so fuckin’ exclusive. Spammy cunts.
@mpesce You’re in a city full of repressed middle-class control freaks, and you’re telling them have no control? Will you get out alive?
Retweet @ssharwood: Lou Reed marries Laurie Anderson! http://tinyurl.com/6eu8nv Earth implodes. Film at 11.
Quote outta my slush pile: “Hong Kong, what a shit of a city! Full of skyscrapers and washing.”
@andrewbarnett Well, “chicken” IS another word used alongside “twink” and “bear”, at least in 1970s, but we’ll choose not to go there today.
@acatinatree Welcome to my Twitterworld. May you survive my sense of humour, or at least die gloriously in the attempt.
@andrewbarnett That’s my quote du jour: “We’re not here to fuck chickens, boyo!” Useful in so many circumstances.
@bck Sorry, what are you doing with these “email chickens” of which you speak? Do they lay eggs, or are they for cooking? Or bed-fun? ;)
Cleaners being 1hr+ late annoying. Can’t start proper brainwork until sounds of vacuum cleaners go away, but they have yet to start.
@Nickhodge I am interested in your ideas re MSM and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
There’s a specific German word for the process of opinion- and agenda-forming, anyone know what it is? [mental block]
@garthk Yes, Celltx as the film/AV pre-prod tool http://is.gd/9P9 and Scrivener as the writer’s tool http://is.gd/6Tv … ahead of ya!
@cait I don’t listen to “many”, more a select few. Time constraints. My focus as broadcaster was always live, that’s what I want to explore.
@cait Fear not! I shall listen to your show this week, as well as many others. ;) [Click. “Global Geek Podcast” goes into iTunes.]
Maybe technically it’s Ustream to get live input, but separately record high-quality audio and post-sync for archived version. [shrugs]
@cait I’ve also noted that podcasts sound either like ABC Radio National (people talking to themselves), or worst of community (ditto).
@cait As a former ABC radio guy, I DO appreciate attention to audio, trust me! I’m brainstorming this week, and your comments noted…
@garthk CamTwirl allows me to mix in pics/video of things I’m talking about… tho thoughts are very much still evolving this week.
@garthk Current thinking is CamTwirl/Ustream for main feed, Skype for inbound voice. Will decide Monday, re-assess after pilot 8 eps.
@cait Poor audio in Ustream etc will pass. The interactivity *during* the conversation is important. Perhaps “live to tape” is a better tag?
@cait Is it still podcasting if the focus is “live”? Yes, 8 x weekly eps as a trial in May/June. http://is.gd/9kB
@deanlk I’ll report my podcasting progress in detail. It’ll be interesting to see how my traditional broadcaster’s mind makes the change.
@deanlk Re me blogging “right mix of geekery and Aust news & politics”, ta! It’s a geek’s perspective, “how it works”, on those issues.
@andrewbarnett Still, business managers who don’t understand computers by now are “incompetent”, as I’ve written before: http://is.gd/9Nz
@andrewbarnett While I admire direct and honest communication, I suspect that telling the client he’s stupid will not win me the job.
I am still trying to remember the specific German word for the process of political agenda- and opinion-formation. I hate memory loss.
@pfanderson Thanks. I try to make tweets relevant or at least amusing for people who don’t know the context. A good discipline, I reckon.
Challenge: Explain recommended choice of CRM system, SaaS over in-house serving etc, when key decision-maker has NEVER used a computer.
Tues plan: Easy client-work desk day: CRM implementation plan, spam filtering, extranet re-structure; invoicing; evening open.
How many tasteless jokes can be made here? “Beijing’s Exclusive Penis Restaurant”. Yes, what I said. http://is.gd/9M9 [Thanks, Richard.]
@pfanderson Hello and welcome to my Twitterworld. Please observe all safety precautions. (I think you’ll need them this week, it’s weird.)
@garthk I have looked for the mouse. I have found it. It looks interesting and it shall be investigated this afternoon. Ta.
Emerging into cold, clear morning light to resist the sirens’ call. The sirens are ragged today. Their song is weak. No lashing is required.
I think it’s well past my bedtime, given that @ApostrophePong and I both have early starts tomorrow, in our separate ways. [evaporates]
@cait well there goes @jjprojects theory that he’d lose followers for swearing.
@deanlk Welcome yet another stalker! Wow so much attention today, even omitting the spammers. What did I do to deserve this?
@dekrazee1 Twitter ha disabled your browser’s keyboard shortcuts as part of that censorship attempt, and the JavaScript has buggered Gmail.
I just realised that Getting Things Done HAS to reduce your inbox to zero content, otherwise the cat doesn’t have anywhere to sleep.
@pronoiapierce Oh the ███ at Twitter decided to censor high-traffic █████ if they ███. But it doesn’t work for everyone.
@eztephen Ah, you also hate it when there’s a typo, even on Twitter eh?
I was supposed to comment on the DPP’s decision to drop charges against The Chaser team. http://is.gd/9wx But I think it’s all been said.
@eztephen Welcome too, an may the gods have mercy upon your ███!
I think I might make a few statements of relevance so that my website Twitter feed doesn’t look quite so ████.
@tristankenney Welcome to my Twitterworld. If oxygen is required, masks will drop form the ceiling automatically. They probably won’t work.
@mpesce Twitter have started to ████ our ██ language just because we decided to run a Twitter █████ tonight! The █████!
@bck 移除所有的æœè£ï¼ŒåºŠä¸Šçš„樂趣。
Retweet @abcnews: British refinery strike ███████ oil price to new high. http://tinyurl.com/68xdyk
@Nickhodge They say it only seems to ████ when 由于天气转冷.
@Nickhodge I’m getting people █████ing about black ████ in their Twitter ██████ too, but only ████times. It doesn’t make ████.
@Fifikins ████ ███████ to ███ watermelon!
@PeterBlackQUT Fuck ███!
@grum It’s the first annual official Twitter Fuckfest. You ███ to say fuck in every tweet.
@Nickhodge How the fuck are we ██████ to ████ the dominant paridigm if ██ won’t ████ the cunts when â–ˆ, the fucktards?
What’s with the ████ ████████ that’s those ████ have █████ done?
AFK while mungling hard drive, then disintegrating into sleep.
@SnarkyPlatypus My fucking Facebook gift to you is one Damaged Blond. :P
Logo design FAIL. Or do we just have grubby minds? http://is.gd/9yZ
Excellent, people still find my blog by searching for “corey worthington naked” and “paul neil milne johnstone”. Chuffed.
@andrewbarnett Did you say King Crimson? I must perforce acknowledge you as a 21st Century Schizoid Man!
Retweet @abcnews: Mobile phones now outnumber Australians. http://tinyurl.com/66q3ep
@kcarruthers Cool, I like it when I influence people, for better or for worse. Especially when it’s fucking linguistically.
@fanbloodytastic Ta. As I say, brainstorm and explore possibilities this week, trim them back for reality of the 8x weekly eps next week.
OK, time to stop talking about podcasting and do some billable hours. All input greatly appreciated! More soon.
@mpesce May you enjoy my home town of Adelaide, sir! I’m sure you’ll survive.
@allisonr Dear Miss Alison: Yes, the “random semi-related posts” is a WordPress plug-in. It’s part of Simple Tags. http://is.gd/9kH
@decryption I think I must follow you because you annoy @Nickhodge’s crotch.
I’ve decided to start podcasting (finally). My initial thoughts are online. http://is.gd/9kB Comments?
@Akula Yes, I was wondering about “lovely” and “Microsoft Publisher” in the same sentence. ;) Mind you, I haven’t used it in ages.
Retweet @Akula: An apt sign from a workplace bathroom (which he claims credit for). http://tinyurl.com/4zkjzy
@SnarkyPlatypus You need to subscribe to The Bugle podcast. 30 mins weekly of news and current affairs snarkiness. http://is.gd/50G
@mpesce If you’re in a killing mood, then Adelaide is your perfect destination, of course. Shallow graves and bank vaults are the key.
@textism I do like “twat” as the past tense of “tweet”, as in “Tim Bray twat the other day that…” http://is.gd/9jK Protect strong verbs!
@aDB My Twitter spew count: tweets x followers = 1660 x 165 = 273,900. That presumably means I’m not 7-digit Twitter Mafia.
Know why WordPress dashboard fails: times out waiting to check http://tarskitheme.com for updates, when that site is down. I guess I wait.
Figuring out why a WordPress dashboard won’t render. Gets stuck halfway through, but was working OK earlier today.
Interesting RSS reader GUI: “Times” for OS X released in 5 days. Is it style over substance? Does it skew news priority? http://is.gd/9qZ
@trib Transparency helps. Companies’ CS performance improves when their actions are public. Transparency always helps, long term.
@leslien Yes I know, my life theme is probably “It’s people like you what causes unrest.” ;)
“People powered”, like “self-service” before it, means NO service. Leave it for someone else to fix. Irresponsible.
@paullyoung @trib Parallel to my conversation! Get Satisfaction scary: lets companies leave hard-basket to unpaid cloudworkers and rumour.
@leslien Too often customer service is measured as a cost. Get them off the line fast, rather than measuring whether problem solved.
Customer service staff need to ask, after every call, “How did I make that person’s life better/easier?” System won’t let you? Resign now!
The concept of “service” is doing something to make someone’s life better/easier. Why does “customer service” usually make things harder?
@SnarkyPlatypus is using CAPITAL LETTERS instead of *asterisks* for emphasis in his personal emails. He must be having a c*&$ful Monday.
@garthk Thanks for the support re starting podcasting. Tech tests later this week. First episode probably 8 or 9 May. http://is.gd/9kB
Mon plan: Mostly desk day; plan client’s CRM implementation; invoicing; plan Eurovision 4 Geeks [name?]; evening free. More detail later.
emerging into the wonder that is a Monday morning with 17C max predicted. There goes the long weekend.
Playing with OS X video switching desk software CamTwist. http://is.gd/9me My poor old PowerBook G4 is being pushed to its limits.
@88Michael I wasn’t recommending Big Brother. Still, it’s interesting as a psych experiment that any uni’s ethics committee would ban.
@Nickhodge If you lke weird midgets you will appreciate this contestant in Big Brother 08. http://is.gd/9lL
@SnarkyPlatypus has chosen this song for the soundtrack to is life. Such class. http://is.gd/9lH
Currently plotting my podcasting debut. http://is.gd/9kB Lots of ideas, but will definitely do 8 weekly programs thru May/June, somehow.
Pottering at blog comments, reading, enjoying the quite, creative time of Sunday morning.
My review of “Fiona Hall: Force Field” at Sydney’s MCA. Witty organic sculptures etc. Plenty of links to pics. http://is.gd/9h4
@Alegrya Dawn is always worth watching.
Emerging into a clear morning, dawn just happened, sunrise 15 minutes away. I love this quiet, thoughtful time of day.
Australia Hotel friendless. Glenmore Hotel, The Rocks, roof garden, Margaret River SSB, many commas, one sentence.
Art ends at 5pm, apparrently. How 19th Century. Australia Hotel, The Rocks, next to pass on birthday cheer.
Fiona Hall exhibit at MCA awesome, allow 1hr+ for her alone. Witty interpretations of natural forms.
Arriving at Museum of Contemporary Art. Culture is my bitch.
Hey fat kid on train! Sit up straight! Stop chewing while Gameboying. Be less fat!
@ApostrophePong and I heading to Sydney CBD, Museum of Contemporary Art, maybe Chat Thai for fewd. Mostly AFK, will check via mobile a bit.
@leslien Hey, it’s on YouTube, of course it’s real! “Everything on the Internet is true, even the lies.”
@allisonr That’s TV professionalism! Taken out by a sled, but he still signed off the report. Retweet: http://twurl.nl/r42unq
@mpesce I love the way you always manage to bring out by bitter, cynical side… and then exceed me.