Now, I may be on a TV news program soon. My updated photo is at http://is.gd/d3N What should I wear to appear authoritative? I have no suit.
@facibus When YOU’RE King of Australia? I reassure you, Good Sir, that it’s I who will be Tsar of this Wide Brown Land.
@SeandBlogonaut My “follower army”? If only they were so organised, the unruly lot! :) Hope you’re doing well in Darwin, Sir.
@websinthe Eh? It’s @fictillius who’s waiting for his parents to call. But no, I wasn’t much of a party animal until I started at uni.
@fictillius Absolutely yes! Repeat back to your parents every dodgy discussion they ever involved you with after a late night out.
RT @fictillius: Hmmm. I am at home waiting on a call from my parents to pick them up from a party. Something is wrong here.
“Journalism is one of the great self-declared professions and crafts… ideally designed for democratisation.” http://is.gd/hMTu
RT @facibus: I still think that the label “citizen journalist” should come with a tube of hand cream to prevent chafing. [1000% agreed!]
Re-reading the Reuters editor on how Twitter etc will change journalism. For ones, a positive message. http://is.gd/hMTu
RT @Jon_Seymour: “Near unaminity”. SMH Letters editor on week’s opposition to censorwall by SMH letter writers http://tinyurl.com/bgsva4
@kcarruthers I have not yet volunteered for @trib’s masterplan. I am already seriously over-committed and under-funded. [Hint.]
@anthonybaxter Ah the Sekrit Meeting is over. I’m home (just arrived) and pondering how early to go to bed before a day of writing tomorrow.
@SnarkyPlatypus I see your evening out with workmates at that dodgy bar on Cockle Bay Wharf will be full of… annoyances.
@trib That dog is a whore.
@trib Do you want to do the ol’ define audience, set tone thing?
@trib Maybe gather a dozen people to commit to one item per week or fortnight? [shrugs] I’vd been thinking other media ideas today. ;)
@olac @ChrisClayton Editing tweets sounds creepy to me. If you said it, you said it. Editing the past IS 1984.
@trib eruditeferrets.com could be a blog aggregation of intelligent snark or possibly cartoons.
@trib What you do with ferrets is a private matter, Sir!
OH: “Like who’s Jeff Beck? Like, I know Jeff Buckley…”
@jowyang @Anders_Lundin Yes, the media hype on Twitter seems to be global. I have 4 writing commissions at the moment, 2 involve Twitter.
@fictillius That’s not “kite fun”, that’s kite FAIL! http://bkite.com/04cF1 Hint: The “kite” is meant to be in the “sky”.
@facibus Ah but I’d have dated the Internet’s demise to the Eternal September of 1993. Not 1995. http://is.gd/17wF AOL users FTL.
OH: “How is it my fault that the Internet’s being STUPID?”
The SEKRIT MEETING with @SnarkyPlatypus proceeds nicely, thank you for asking.
For those of you who suggested I adopt the Lee Lin Chin look earlier, try this for size! http://is.gd/hSQD
@deanlk One reason: Yass has the shortest railway station platform in Australia. Also a special guest.
At the gym. Pedalling. Waiting for @TardyPlatypus.
Markets in Newtown Square are growing, but isn’t it just the same cheap market crap as all the others?
Mobile. Gym etc with @SnarkyPlatypus and the our SEKRIT MEETING about “Stilgherrian Live” 2009.
“The Difference Between Panic and Urgency” http://is.gd/hSdZ Hat-top @timoreilly.
@misswired Oi! I AM working, bitch! I’m tagging your goddam photos on Flickr and “building my network of influence” on Twitter. ;)
@websinthe Rudd’s Australia 2020 summit wasn’t so much crowdsourcing policy but crowdsourcing smoke’n’mirrors.
@misswired Yes, “crowdsourcing” is just a fancy way of saying “too cheaparsed or lazy to sort it out myself, I’ll leave it for others”.
@deanlk Also, there will be a “Stilgherrian Live” road trip to Yass towards the end of February. Stay tuned for details, as they say.
@deanlk I will be trying to have minions help with “Stilgherrian Live”, yes. Also some format changes, different program types etc.
Maybe I should use this photo of me http://is.gd/hS5q courtesy of @ApostrophePong.
@pressedstarling I know about fashionfashists on News. Shoes: either the Dunlop Volleys (black, natch) or my hiking boots.
@adaptick I think ALLphotos of me are pretty daggy. I hate my chin. I’m currently tagging more on Flickr as I find them.
@ApostrophePong Have you seen this photo of you in action? http://is.gd/hS2x Should I tag them “pong” or “‘pong”?
@crispynoodles @viveka Maybe I could just do a Lee Lin Chin look. Maybe this one: http://is.gd/hS1q
RT @hopeinhell: I’m telling you, t-shirt, ass, fist.. *that’s* @stilgherrian authority.. to dress it up, a collar.. minister or dog..
RT @websinthe: If you’re going to dress newsy, dress SBS not Today Tonight. Though you wearing Naomi Robson’s dress would be funny as fuck.
This is perhaps a better photo of me for fashion direction purposes. http://is.gd/hRVD
@pressedstarling Alas, while I agree for a musician “band shirt with ripped jeans” works, this may not work for Serious News. Maybe. YMMV.
RT @Pattycam: Son just rang… “Mum, Google me and tell me where we are, I think we are lost”. Kids. *motherly snort. *found him too. :)
RT @ThePlasticAge: @stilgherrian crocs, wear crocs they scream ‘authoritative’
The be-on-TV look-like-an-expert fashion suggestions keep rolling in. I’ll summarise later today.
@ApostrophePong Um, that new portrait of me, which you call lame, was taken by YOU. http://is.gd/d3N
@simontsmall It’s a serious news program. I would be [coughs] a respected Internet expert person.
Listen, you little cockroach fuckers! It says “Extra Strength Fast Knockdown”! DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND ADVERTISING? SHOW SOME RESPECT AND DIE!
RT @trib: Could not resist registering eruditeferrets.com after seeing this http://tinyurl.com/caav7u
Some of those suggestions are getting a bit silly. This is the Internet, people, be serious.
Mobile. @ApostrophePong and I seek the Marrickville Markets. I daresay they’ll be where they were last week, and the week before.
@SnarkyPlatypus La destruction de Port Pirie est un bonus. La ville est polluée par le plomb, moche et d’autres de peu d’intérêt.
@derekbradley Perhaps I should have worn the traditional uniform of the Premier of South Australia: http://is.gd/gjt6
@SnarkyPlatypus Non, la position Carper Couche est déjà pleine. Très complet. J’ai été nommé Premier ministre du Sud Ausralia!
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour! Ma matinée a été excellente. Des rêves, un requin, une nomination politique, un currawong et un rat mort!
RT @wraptinweb: @stilgherrian Oh no… please don’t say you’ve… jumped the shark! [Bravo, Sir!]
@hopeinhell I don’t know about the shark in Hindley St, Adelaide. I haven’t been there in years.
Sun plan: Brunch with @ApostrophePong at Marrickville Markets shortly; a day of writing (3 articles); quiet evening.
@middleclassgirl I’m not sure why it was a cartoon shark, but I did escape it adequately by… flying! I didn’t know I could even fly!
@middleclassgirl I believe I was just appointed Premier. Everyone was so impressed with my ability to escape an animated shark, apparently.
@stephenfry explains how he manages 88,000+ Twitter followers and requests understanding and clue. http://is.gd/hF0s
Also in my dream: My chief of staff’s name was Chris Kendle and he said my first media appearance should be at the Exeter Hotel, Rundle St.
My dream last night: I was made Premier of South Australia after escaping from the giant animated shark in Sydney Harbour.
@jeffjarvis observes that Twitter is filled with very stale news about Google’s mishap.
@samotage Given that the technology for Conroy’s Rabbit-Proof Firewall hasn’t been chosen, there’s no telling what its failure profile is.
Lauren Weinstein: “Google Glitches - But World Doesn’t End!” http://is.gd/hW6g See last paragraph re #nocleanfeed #nocensorship
@seancarmody You’re right, http://bit.ly/10yi is far worse. Lamest synth-keyboard solo ever. MId-tempo gap FTL.
@seancarmody BTW, this kind of preludes the SEKRITPROJECT that @SnarkyPlatypus and I have devised… more news soon. ;)
@seancarmody I don’t criticise anyone for having a funny name. ;) Correct, http://bit.ly/hCSC is a shit song. ;)
RT @jny2cornell: True fact. There’s no “fuck” in broccoli. http://bit.ly/mMDR
I think we all need a gentle start to Sunday after a hectic and (for some) overly-hot week. http://is.gd/hW04 Pax Britannia!
Emerges. And why are the cats being so loud today? Ah! Artemis has brought us another dead rat. It’s a BIG dead rat, too. [sigh]
Actually I am no longer researching because it’s WAY too late given I was up before 0600 and it’s now 2300+. [exit]
@Glebe2037 @ZebraBites Ta. 2 of the 4 pieces I have to write before Monday involve Twitter and Journalism, so I’m researching.
New blog post: “Hungry currawong” http://is.gd/hTQx
New blog post: “Finally, something positive about journalism and Twitter!” http://is.gd/hTQt
@websinthe I have high-school reports saying that I’d get more value from my French lessons if I was less witty and more focussed. :/
@JenniferBennett Yes, I followed you back because I saw info about yourself and witty comments within 3 seconds of looking.
@rockyshark I don’t pay close attention to follower numbers, seems too anal. I had a few more than 1000 before, a few more than 1300 now.
Mobile. Enmore Rd / King St / lunch. Where shall I work this afternoon? Back home again? Somewhere with a view?
@jg_rat It’s times like this I’m seriously glad you’re a journalist and not an accountant. ;)
Laughing at Vodafone. Owe me $9.89 (closed account). Keep sending me a bill, charging $2.20 for a paper bill. What happens when it runs out?
@R_Chirgwin I sometimes treat Twitter as a REALLY FAST way to polish soundbites.
And thus endeth Friday, with loose ends aplenty, a busy weekend ahead, and a strange week after that. [exit]
@BrendanB @Nickhodge Agreed, if the guys in http://is.gd/hMSw didn’t have beards it’d be a complete FAIL.
I’m glad that’s all brought some joy into people’s lives this evening. :)
@Nickhodge Your recent tweet to @aeoth led me to find this image (I can’t explain how): http://is.gd/hMSw
RT @wraptinweb: @stilgherrian @NewtonMark says I have to twitter you now.
The best thing about seeing the crowd waiting for Jeff Beck at the Enmore Thdatre is that they make look and feel young.
If you look RIGHT NOW (and it’s night etc) you can see what a Moon Conjunct Venus looks like.
Resisting Sirens. Wax my ears, Baby!
@liamvickery All hail Discordia, and well met, Sir! Nice work on the Googlething. Try for “goat dominatrix” or “neocon sex kitten”. ;)
RT @NewtonMark: UK Government kills “3-strikes” notice and disconnect copyright proposal. http://is.gd/hMsA
@NewtonMark That’s not QUITE what I said. But if people DO want to follow that advice then may I suggest Twitpic?
RT @NewtonMark: Dear Twitterverse: @stilgherrian wants you to tweet at him when you’re masturbating. k thx bai. http://tinyurl.com/b9vwmr
@yeebok America is a land of immense variety. We only see big-city urban life in the TV shows (mostly). Not that I’ve been there.
@jamopo I believe your scenario http://is.gd/hMp9 will be fulfilled thusly http://is.gd/hMp0 Bon chance, Monsieur!
RT @jg_rat: KKK registrations surge. FFS. http://tinyurl.com/bnry9t
@renailemay @nickhac NEWS.com.au have now removed the link to Shifted Pixels from the story at http://is.gd/hM14 [smirks]
RT @lucasng: Did you know? Chinese video games must pass anti-addiction tests & gamers will be ‘asked’ to use real name http://zi.ma/chn
@NHBS Quick hi. I like that your website for your Virtual Assistant business is SO clear about your rates and what you do. Trust-building.
@jg_rat Sorry? A journalist worried about alcohol consumption? Are you SURE you’re a journalist?
@lukasp Plus the publican at Kelly’s has cooperated in our mass geekery.
@lukasp I used to go to The Bank a lot before renovations, and the view of the street is great, but it’s toop noisy a crowd too early…
@OpenNet Australians are using both @nocleanfeed and #nocensorship hashtags. Discussion at http://is.gd/fhsu
@josh909 Yeah I was having late-Friday drowsiness too, but codeine has killed the headache (finally!) and a a quiet potter here works.
I’m with @ApostrophePong at The Afternoon Officeâ„¢ (TAO), aka Kelly’s On King, Newtown, sipping lemon lime &bitters.
Mobile again. Errand along Enmore Rd / King St. Is it safe to visit The Afternoon Officeâ„¢?
@GeordieGuy Oh alright, I’m following you now. Blatant begging only works once per day, so no-one else better get any funny ideas.
RT @duncanriley: Change is happening in Melbourne. 45C to 35C in minutes. It’s over.
Excellent. List of new followers I haven’t even looked at is now under 60. #damnyounewslimited
RT @paulwiggins: Welcome to twitter here’s a link to a terrific presentation `about how journalists can use it http://tinyurl.com/97bzjg
@SnarkyPlatypus Yes well you haven’t had Zombie Queen Carmel on your doorstep before breakfast. ;) She’s nice enough. For a zombie.
Eek! “Twitter ‘influence’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘interesting’”, says NEWS.com.au. http://is.gd/hM14
The Presidential Tweets of @POTUSbarry1961: http://is.gd/hLQs
@comicstriphero Glad you liked today’s Twitter post. http://is.gd/hLw8 There’s lost more on the site, tagged “twitter”. More soon too.
@obliviousgeek Well if you work with marketers all day, the last thing you need is MORE of them!
@facibus Bless you, my Seagull Son. You are learning the lessons well.
@einspruch A wrote this about The Greens way back. My opinion hasn’t changed. http://is.gd/hLFM http://is.gd/hLFS Maybe ‘cept Sen Ludlam.
@xeyr @SilkCharm Hint: Set up your reminder tweets NOW in Tweetlater and you’ll look SO organised! ;)
@obliviousgeek Thanks. Nothing wrong with marketing per se, but if people walk in and ONLY talk about themselves… shoot them. ;)
@einspruch Of COURSE the SMH pimps Sartor for NSW Premier. Pro-development = more real estate adverts for a dying newspaper.
RT @SilkCharm: wait just a goshdarn minute… @SilkCharm organise? ORGANISE? o.O [Yes, my head just assploded!]
@einspruch You’re right. NSW’s choice is between a bunch of evil pricks stabbing each other while Rome burns, or a dead jellyfish.
@SnarkyPlatypus “The Unmistakable Smell Of Decay”: New Matilda on “the NSW Labor zombie army”. http://is.gd/hLA5
@StephenKelly I think I just kinda got turned on by your avatar. The #nocleanfeed cross gets the whole bound and gagged scenario going.
@duncanriley “Stiff southerlies”… “Connex servicers”… Th heat really has gotten your hormones a’flooding, eh? ;)
“Cleaning Up Australia: What are the world’s geeks saying about Stephen Conroy’s internet nanny scheme?” http://is.gd/hLxT #nocensorship
New blog post: “Choosing who I follow on Twitter” http://is.gd/hLw8
@sammyjopeters O hai, yes, you did get my attention. [pats head] Now back to work or I’ll tell @stephenconroy.
@jyesmith Yes, I’d love to be interviewed for your blog series. http://is.gd/h Same questions? DM me an email, will send Monday.
Whenever I see the words “network marketer” I think “herpes”. Is that wrong?
My main Twitterstream flows by too fast to see everything, though, so a @stilgherrian gets my attention whoever you are.
New blog post: “Disoriented concrete giraffe” http://is.gd/hRAo
Um, re all the chilli questions: I have no idea. The fact that these plants have survived at all is a miracle. I am not a gardener.
@SnarkyPlatypus C’est dommage. Je sais l’importance du commerce des femmes est à vous.
RT @kcarruthers: RT @thomashawk: New Law in the UK May Make it Illegal to Photograph the Police After February 16th http://ff.im/PyYu
Hint: To grow your chillis REALLY HOT, occasionally shock the plant by under-watering it. Increased capsaicin levels produced as defence.
@facibus @ApostrophePong And add to that breakfast, five fresh chillis, picked from our own plants just 10 minutes ago.
Sat plan: Research for articles I have to write; gym/lunch with @SnarkyPlatypus; planning meeting for “Stilgherrian Live”; quiet night.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Mon mèmes sont les inondations à travers l’Internet, comme Les Veronicas sur une chaude nuit d’été. Et toi?
So, my Tweetstats explode http://is.gd/j1Y and my Followcost goes more nuclear at 4900 milliscobles http://is.gd/42oY [Yes, it’s about me.]
@kcarruthers I thought this cartoon was more me http://is.gd/hRaq rather than http://twitpic.com/19ash but what would you know?
@oscar7g Yes, Twitter allows us to see the world’s synchronicity. http://is.gd/hR9T Thank you. Maybe.
@kcarruthers I don’t know which @gapingvoid cartoon at http://bit.ly/nmO7 you think is about me. Your linkage is useless, woman!
@kcarruthers “New World Order”, eh? Gordon Brown Tuesday: http://is.gd/hg1k Kevin Rudd yesterday: http://is.gd/hR2I Mr Obama, Sir? #fnord
Whaleage on Twittersarch. Is that because it really is over capacity, or because my search term included “Illuminati”?
@firstdogonmoon There’s already camera sounds coming from the bathroom. Careful what you wish for, especially with @ApostrophePong.
RT @kcarruthers: Possible eruption in Alaska: What will Sarah Palin do to save them? http://bit.ly/2vKMsl
RT @Klemmie: A monument to the Bush shoe-thrower (CNN) - http://tinyurl.com/cektl4
Reuters News editor tweets from Davos, beats own newswire, blogs about implications. http://is.gd/hMTu Hat-tip @hughjm.
@jaronmc Dunno how “old” your old people are, Mr Fetus, but as you get older you need less sleep and patterns shift to earlier in the day.
@woodlandalyssa Pffft! You think your mere “facts” and “evidence” can sway me? http://is.gd/hQJo #followfriday
@David_N_Wilson No problems. “Is X the new Y?” is a lazy journalistic cliché. Kill them. Kill them all. And then dance on their graves.
@woodlandalyssa Reference for your claim of #followfriday being around for weeks? My Twittersearchfu isn’t awake yet.
RT @David_N_Wilson: Why does Twitter have to be the “next” something or the “future” something. How about it’s the “Present Twitter?”
RT @wolfcat: 8000th tweet on a hot day in Melbourne will be as fucking hot at these? http://is.gd/3mEd http://is.gd/hzuV
Don’t know what a Turing Machine is? Try http://is.gd/hQDK Short version: The simplest possible “proper computer”.
RT @jasonwryan: Holy shit! A Lego Turing Machine http://tr.im/aturing (bonus soundtrack from ‘The A-Team’)
OK, everyone, you can cancel your Twitter accounts now. @coldplay is here. #sharkjump
@trib Ah! Try @followfriday and this tweet http://is.gd/hP50 from @mcbuzz. It’s all his fault. #followfriday
@trib Twitter advanced search doing 100 pages per search, only goes back 2 hours on #followfriday. Still looking…
@TheITJuggler Well done! Yes, Christmas starts with a “C”. But the cognitive dissonance for what I was proposing… ;)
0745. Currently hearing birds: currawong, corella, raven, kookaburra, rainbow lorikeet, noisy miner. We’re 5km from Sydney’s CBD.
@hopeinhell As Australians we’re obliged to word it more strongly than #yousucksaturday. Is there a day starting with “c”?
@hrheingold So you’re suggesting Tweeting isn’t writing? Please turn in your Hemingway Appreciation button NOW!
Hint to Americans: Create #followfriday? Tell the 3/4 of the planet AHEAD of you in timezones BEFORE their Friday is over kthxbai.
New followers (yes, there’s still more), you many find “Choosing who I follow on Twitter” of use. http://is.gd/hLw8 Or just say hello.
@finkisadink Cheers. When parliament returns on Tuesday, I reckon Conroy will be hammered about this. If he’s still Minister on Tuesday. ;)
“The Economy According To Mint” http://is.gd/hMCF Mint has 900,000 consumers’ financial data. See spending drop as #gfc worsens.
“Labor’s ‘deafening silence’ as web censorship trials delayed” http://is.gd/hQej #nocleanfeed #nocensorship
@OpenNet Want help updating http://is.gd/hQ9h on Internet censorship in Australia? Check http://libertus.net (top 3 links) and/or DM me.
@augustjordan “Hello London, this is Sydney calling.” Be thankful you’re somewhere too cold for a Cockroach Explosion.
@BiteTheDust I may have used the word “Ngaanyatjarra” but I believe I was RTing you?
The world is starting to feel a whole lot better with codeine and caffeine. Just anything ending with -eine improves one’s lot in life.
@rjleaman @facibus Some days you’re the hammer, some the nail… and others the piece of wood. And they’ve got a whole box of nails.
RT @mediahunter: Newspapers Saw the Digital Train A-Coming http://tinyurl.com/anrp69
RT @wolfcat: Why don’t pr0n novels ever read: “A cool breeze across his man boobs in the stifling heat?” ‘Cos if they did, I’d be the model.
RT @mrPOWer: huge potential political/societal benefits from this recession. eg: Politicisation of a hitherto apathetic and doltish populace
Emerges. I love this quiet time at dawn on the weekends.
RT @themediaisdying: HEARST’S E Paper Project : http://bit.ly/bXkO
Is there such a verb as “to outminge”? For example, “I’ve been in the media so much lately I’ll soon outminge Virginia Trioli”.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: The weather is a leftist conspiracy. El Niño sounds like a Cuban commie.
RT @Nickhodge: Free Microsoft event: Internet and Politics Forum #2 with Joe Trippi: http://tinyurl.com/cxxtcf [And me. I’ll be there too!]
RT @antibullshit: “Irish ISP will disconnect Internet users after three unsubstantiated copyright claim” http://is.gd/hGEK
@Alegrya The sunrise has been beautiful lately. I’ve been up around 0400 or 0500 most days this week.
Text 100… a PR company… that would explain the promotional items I’m finding hidden away everywhere. And strangers’ business cards.
RT @susan_m: Was fantastic catching up with old friends and @stilgherrian @kcarruthers at Text 100 Sydney’s office warming. [Ah yes…!]
Emerges. Realises that Twitter will reveal what happened last night.
@marclehmann No, no “Stilgherrian Live” tonight. Thinking next Thursday might be the night. Tho it depends on some calls… ;)
Wrapping up a long Serkit Meeting with @kcarruthers and @ApostrophePong while waiting for a Special Media Person to call back.
RT @webciety_bot: by @kcarruthers: @nicolejensen we’re gonna do something un during cebit http://uncebit.wordpress…
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: All the silly fuss over the News Limited list has stirred up some things I’d like to forget … http://is.gd/2lq0
@jeffsonstein I parodied the purveyors of “technical censorship” a year ago! http://is.gd/16It We just repeat the same points, as do they.
If anyone wants to get into speculation on the electricity market, check http://erisk.net for (not free!) intel. (I worked for them.)
RT @wolfcat: Spot price for power has gone from $30 last tuesday to over $600 today. #melbheatwave
RT @duncanriley: This is a message from NEMMCO: we’re running out of power. Sweating is good for weight loss. That is all. http://is.gd/hCb6