Ah @BernardKeane the “wit of the staircase” or “esprit d’escalier” is a glorious phrase! I shall try to use it in a sentence.
ACMA has just release a snapshot report on IPTV and internet video in Australia http://bit.ly/c57pua
@jasonlangenauer Maybe the entire Coalition front bench would be better if mapped onto the cast of Rocky Horror… Well, I can dream…
RT @mrPOWer: It’s called a Tintiddle: A witty retort you wish you had made but thought of too late. http://bit.ly/bHiuao [Thank you!]
Hmmm… Why does one always think of a better snarky line five minutes after filing the story?
RT @mrgrumpystephen: I pledge to vote Liberal, if Abbott commits to becoming Australia’s first transvestite PM. [Won’t his deputy do?]
I need to find a different SEKRIT Sydney CBD eyrie, one that has a bar.
ABC Unleashed story filed! I think this one might annoy a few people. Ping @GreenJ and break out, erm, the chilled water.
OK, I’m now in my SEKRIT Sydney CBD eyrie, in precisely the right bitter frame of mind to write well. Stand by for action!
RT @franksting: We need to celebrate Fatboy Slim, random numbers and #SMEG [As long as the random numbers are BIG and out of context.]
“Social Media Day”? You’ve got to be joking! What the fuck FOR?
@trib The two paragraphs certainly need some policy work to reconcile the differences, but they’re not unworkable.
I’m tempted to say that anyone lobbying on #nocleanfeed who hasn’t already read those two documents isn’t really in the game.
On the ALP cyber safety policy, compare 2009 party platform, pars 92 & 60 http://bit.ly/doMqQk
@grum Surely people know that we don’t really care about followers, that it’s all a shallow pretense? Are they really that foolish?
Wed plan (revised): To King St for lunch now; to SEKRIT Sydney CBD eyrie to do some writing; Darlinghurst errand; dinner.
Of course paid-for tweets will be marked as such, @grum, the Trade Practices Act requires it. ;)
@tristankenney Naturally I advise you to give @crikey_news lots of money so they can continue to hire such talented staff and contributors.
I wouldn’t read too much into the ALP deleting the policy from their website, @einspruch, it’s standard for them to remove old.
Since the ALP deleted it from their site, “Labor’s Plan for Cyber Safety, November 2007” http://bit.ly/cjzJ1P
Australian Senate inquiry into online privacy, submissions close 23 July http://bit.ly/9RxEkz
RT @martin_english: It would be scarier if she had a different one !! [I cannot argue against this thesis.]
The consensus is “disc is cheap, keep everything”. I must admit I do find myself moving away from the urge to horde, though.
Pondering whether to keep all the working files for old podcast episodes. If I haven’t needed them in nearly a year, do I need them at all?
@jasonlangenauer I can say that international to domestic at LAX in 2h 20m was a bit tight, but inbound to US is MOAR TRICKIER.
Thu plan: New financial year paperwork; audio editing for Patch Monday; haircut & local errands; a spot of writing; early night, in theory.
@SnarkyPlatypus Have you pondering starting a blog? ;)
Winners of 2010 Bulwer-Lytton Prize for Bad Fiction http://bit.ly/qGMdh
@jeffsonstein I had no choice.
@jeffsonstein If by “keep them warm” you mean “endure them forcing me into uncomfortable sleeping positions”, then yes. I think.
@SnarkyPlatypus J’ai toujours méritent un prix. Je suis spéciale.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. J’ai découvert une nouvelle relation mathématique: des températures plus basses est égale à plus de chats. Et vous?
Emerges, surrounded by felines seeking warmth.
[exit]
@wiredjazz Oh IIRC it was someone else’s “towed the line” that triggered my comment. Still, you should indeed feel guilty.
@bruceyeah Considering that further, almost anything can be “shared on Facebook”. I’ll have to look at the context tomorrow.
@bruceyeah I appreciate your comments, though, ‘cos it illustrates how difficult it is to explain all the concepts.
@bruceyeah The PS3/PlayTV mistake is a howler, but iView videos do have a “share” button that includes Facebook, Twtter etc.
@wiredjazz Why? What did you do?
Home.
@Chesty48 When you’ve had ministerial staff serve out personal abuse over almost 30 years, a bit of harmless fun is, erm, harmless fun.
@jdub @chest48 “Troll”? Me?
Mobile: Emerging onto Pitt St; errand to Oxford St then back to… somewhere to read while waiting for my dinner companion.
@Chesty48 It would be churlish for me to point out that it’s actually “hear hear”, so I won’t.
I see @TheBloggess has declared Thursday “I’m ignoring your friend request because YOU ARE A TREMENDOUS ASSHOLE Day” http://bit.ly/cyZHTv
Current temperature at Sydney Observatory Hill: 13C. Just so you’ll all be happy to leave your nice warm offices.
“Toeing the line”, people, not “towing” it. Don’t make me come up there!
@wolfcat The report mentions both of those things, actually. Your skimming is inadequate.
I wonder whether the ABC checks the outbound links from my stories before posting. Could I Burtroll them?
Hey everyone! The Prime Minister has a vagina! And you know what? She had the same vagina last year too! Scary, eh?
Wed plan: Some writing for the internets, some editing of audio for the internets, all at my desk; boring errand to Darlinghurst; dinner.
RT @engochick: RT @ajbuntine: Twilight’s like soccer. They run around for 2 hrs, nobody scores, + a billn fans insist u just don’t get it.
Me at iTnews: “Photos: Inside Microsoft’s Security War Room” http://bit.ly/cfJ9Gi
Emerges, almost. Insomnia then fatigue, is there a connection?
Apparently Bill Clinton is an oilfield engineer now, which should help.
FAS: Wikileaks not whistleblowing, not journalism. “It is a kind of information vandalism.” http://bit.ly/dt2MxC
@yeebok I do not understand your pie comment.
@deptofinternets I’m getting soft in my old age. Relaxed and comfortable. The fire in my belly burns feeble.
@duncanriley My cartoon may be more accurate, but “Stilgherrian travels internationally quite frequently” certainly ain’t right. ;)
@deptofinternets I did cynically think it was a crafty promotional tactic, but I decided I was maybe too cynical.
Wondering what to make of “24 Australian Social Media Super Heroes”, of which I’m one. http://bit.ly/dv4vES
Feeling superior because I’ve already recorded both interviews for next week’s “Patch Monday” podcast. My plan to take Friday off proceeds.
To lose one hooker to a cocaine overdose would be careless, but to lose two… http://bit.ly/9wb27Y
Oh. So THAT’S how easy Skype conference calls are. This should improve my sex life immeasurably.
@NineSortJam Glad you liked the chat with @BernardKeane. We had fun, but it was overtaken by events so quickly!
Well that was exciting. I think I need a bit of a lie down now, @kristinmoore2
Mobile: An exciting walk to the Enmore Post Office and back again. My life really is quite thrilling sometimes. Thrilling, I say.
Hmmm. Article and photos filed. A “Patch Monday” interview recorded. Today hasn’t been quite as unproductive as I’d feared.
@jeffsonstein Hah! I can tell you were in the army! “Mustering” in this case is just “rounding up”.
RT @DDsD: Mallee goat cull is working: http://bit.ly/99A0VJ Might want to stay out of the area @stilgherrian [Thanks for the warning.]
@sophblack Oh dear. I read #animalswhoarefriends as #animalwhorefriends, which would be a bit different.
Failing to be sufficiently focused to produce this article efficiently.
@peterjblack Good to hear you’ll be home soon, but from this distance there really hasn’t been that much difference to your presence.
I didn’t say only read things you agree with, @oliverzip, just not things that annoy you. There’s a difference.
Dear Internets, if you find Bettina Arndt annoying, then don’t read her stuffs. It’s really quite simple.
Tue plan (interim): AM write quick article / prepare pics for same; remainder of day TBA, when my brain starts working properly.
Emerges, having fallen asleep early, then woken up and hardly slept all night. It’s your fault.
Given that I was up early today and had little sleep… [exit]
Home.
@domknight I agree. The universe is unfolding as it should. I am at peace with WS-FM. Also, I have been drinking.
And now they play Van Halan’s “Jump”! Of course. http://youtu.be/swzh0ngM…
“And now the latest on Sydney’s roads, thanks to Bar Century.” Christ, I love commercial radio!
“It takes a very special person to become a foster parent… so if you have experience in taking care of teenagers…” No, I’ll stop there.
OMFG! WS-FM is running “Are you smarter than Jonno and Danno?” I mean, “Yes”, obviously, next question?
ABC has done a nice infographic of who’s minister of what http://bit.ly/aPwEnN
@bronwen Speaking of “egonomy”, I’ve been added to a list of “Australian Social Media Super Heroes” in the hope I’ll RT it. I’ve sussed it.
The other thing about good commissioning editors is that they play to the insecure egos of their contributors. And we pretend not to notice.
My previous tweet is perhaps the most important tip for freelance writers ever written.
It’s OK @NewtonMark there’s a couple of commissioning editors who accept story pitches that are just a bunch of random drunken paragraphs.
Discovering that another commissioning editor’s emails have all been marked as spam, which is why I didn’t get any work from them. Grrrr!
Is it only Monday?
Wondering how many times I can use the word “arsehat” in one email to one of my commissioning editors.
@expectproblems How dare you! Radio executives are the smartest people on the planet!
@grum The flaw in your strategy is imagining that Sydney power brokers even know that Perth exists. Sad but true. They are arsehats.
Trying to understand radio WS-FM’s news strategy. Who do they think their target audience is?
RT @thetowncrier: This is so weird…
@grum @bronwen The Sydney small bar initiative, which I’ve dubbed “The Cloverland Laws”, is copied directly from Melbourne, not via Perth.
@SnarkyPlatypus There is only one Matrix. You have been deceived.
@D_Keating Well, if people start getting into politics thru one issue, cool, but I do really hope they then branch out to a wider view.
@shevstar As a matter of curiosity, how many hours went into the production of that? Research, recording, editing, angst from EP…?
@shevstar Your Background Briefing on “Social media and sentiment mining” is a fine piece of radio! http://bit.ly/9TNhSx
@BernardKeane I’m disturbed that there’s so many people who see politics solely through this narrow lens of Sen Conroy and Teh Filterz.
Um, Apple Mail how did you manage to just delete an email I was reading and not, like, move it to the Trash but just delete it?
“Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber”: Does what it says on the tin http://bit.ly/a6mx4y HT @jasonlangenauer
Mobile: Enmore Rd; potentially even all the way to King St; exciting errands; well, not really exciting, but I can pretend; remainder TBA.
RT @deptofinternets: That whining sound you hear is The Internet. [Yes, it does seem louder today. It gets louder every single day.]
I feel obliged to remind people of the Eduganda Panda Show, with ninjas http://youtu.be/kJYvbxkb…
@trib Huh? You think bears should explain it? This is “Play School” again?
@trib It doesn’t seem obvious to many people at all, actually, hence the explanation we recorded.
Wondering why Senator Conroy keeps his job? The explanation is in “Patch Monday” http://bit.ly/btJh6B [Gotta get SOME mileage out of it…]
Humming the “Play School” theme while watching The Door. ♫ ♪ “There’s a ranga in there…” ♫ ♪
RT @expectproblems: I run entirely on alcohol. [Well it’s the only responsible thing to do. You should be proud.]
New blog post: “Viocorp Future Forum: The Future of News Reporting” http://bit.ly/djOwGJ
Your cynicism is not appreciated @jasonlangenauer @savourybanana @jeamland @wolfcat I shall have to mock you later today.
In order to achieve PM Gillard’s “sustainable” population, I will now run entirely on ethanol.
Yes @jdub it would be good to hear @BernardKeane in podcasts again, eh @sophblack?
SmartCompany Web Awards 2010 now open for entries http://bit.ly/aZGRLn
@jdub @engochick If we have any more inspiration around here, someone will need to get the fire hose.
@engochick The addition of zombies to the headline was an inspired act, thank you.
New “Patch Monday” podcast at @zdnetaustralia: “Conroy, Lundy and zombies” http://bit.ly/btJh6B Includes @BernardKeane @Bruff @macgibbon
Thank you @daev @stryqx for suggesting “weed and daytime TV” and “drinkin’ and whorin’” as substitute Monday plans.
@leighsales I hate to break it to you, but the Julia Rudd image is from 24 June or earlier http://bit.ly/cOI4h9
@deptofinternets Well there IS no point internetting at all. Richard Alston was right, broadband is only good for gambling and porn.
@virtualpete Yes there does seem to be a rather unhealthy fascination with the Prime Minister’s vagina.
How many mistakes in Henry Ergas’ NBN op-ed? http://bit.ly/b2YL5N This many, says @R_Chirgwin http://bit.ly/aY9KEP
Mon plan: Potter at my desk until inspiration strikes. No, I do realise that isn’t much of a plan. Got a better one?
I also find it curious that The Australian gives @Sally_Jackson’s Twitter ID as @sally—jackson, which is made of fail http://bit.ly/a5Pqo4
I find it curious that @Sally_Jackson, like most journalists, refers to Twitter as a “site” rather than a “service”. http://bit.ly/a5Pqo4
“Patch Monday” podcast filed! (We’re trying to get them online on Monday mornings to see if it’s more convenient for people.)
Hmmm… This curry smelt much better on the way in last night.
Emerging, in a manner of speaking.
Disgruntled.
“Social media and sentiment mining” episode of ABC Radio’s “Background Briefing” is now online http://bit.ly/9TNhSx
@manfromaunty I’ll link to it when there’s something to link to, tomorrow. Some will be in the “Patch Monday” podcast but not all. Patience.
Spending far longer on this audio editing than I’d intended. However I think there’ll be much of interest for #nocleanfeed folks tomorrow.
@Sally_Jackson I am of course picking the tiniest little thing out of a perfectly good report. :)
@Sally_Jackson I get avoiding repetition, but I’d contend that network, site and service have quite distinct meanings here.
Some people need to learn that sphincters must be relaxed occasionally, otherwise they really do become full of shit.
@p_perez Two guys are walking a poodle and Tim Freedman, eh? Is he on a leash?
Sun plan: Edit most of the “Patch Monday” podcast, in between bursts of lazy reading.
Emerges. Cautiously.
[exit]
Home.
No, I am not half of Twins of Destiny.
I’ll show what a fucking moon looks like…
Smirking.
Christ the way some people are behaving you’d think this was the first half-arse lunar eclipse in the history of Christendom.
Arabella wins. Always.
Izote is worth bookmarking for the future, I think @DamianM http://bit.ly/a3uILE thank you. :)
@jmacmullin I have only been to African Feeling once, years ago, and was underwhelmed. I found the menu lacked variety. YMMV.
Our current plan is 1. finish this jug of cocktails [ahem] 2. buy wine and not drop it 3. head to King St South and paw at the windows.
Wow synchronicity with La Parillada! http://bit.ly/dgothd Thank you @aptronym @dekrazee1 bookmarked for future group action. Erm, well, yes.
I must admit I am starting to sound a bit fussy, but it’s more that I eat out a lot and know most of the patch.
@Catatonickid If you mean Sumalee Thai at The Bank Hotel, they’re closed after the fire. Bank’s Thai is OK, but I have issues with them.
Agreed @Reemski Kammadhenu is a great place. And SO cheap. And they have BYO yes. But we did curry last week. Sigh. So fussy! ;)
We’ve been to the Botany View a few times recently, @iain_chalmers, and I agree it’s good. Their wine list is complete shite though.
Oh sorry @aptronym I see that @_Perama is winworthy http://bit.ly/9EINUW but for a more special occasion I think. Thank you.
Ah @Reemski @aptronym key words are “~2km radius from Newtown” and “platter”. Sweet dishes are not high on the agenda. Dead animals FTW!
Look, we have needs here, people! The Swiss restaurant website was amusing, yes, but this is not the point! WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO EAT!
OMFG this is just THE best restaurant website ever! Or is that “eva”? http://bit.ly/mqm3q
Previous successes include 3 Olives, Cafe Brasil, Sherpa Kitchen, La Bohemia…
Now, where can we find the word “platter” within a couple kilometres of Newtown? Petersham may work? Marrickville?
ViciousPotato Will you stop mangling my porcupine?!
Mobile: Enmore Rd; King St; gym; The Realm of Painâ„¢; parts unknown, which shall become more known.
“Social media and sentiment mining” on ABC Radio’s Background Briefing” Sun 9am / Tue 7pm / podcast http://bit.ly/9TNhSx
Live train map for the London Underground http://bit.ly/a9lHKB
Accused of “oversharing”? They’ve confused your life with media, says @jeffjarvis http://bit.ly/a1aFOv Includes bonus anal probe pic.
Well @jasonlangenauer I have seen that “device” before, I am no longer afraid http://bit.ly/8XztQ1
So @trib is this video you found http://youtu.be/tKK37G-Z… better or worse than this party flyer? http://bit.ly/bh0IVC
“Manifesto: I Am Not a Brand” by @maureenjohnson is also a fine rant http://bit.ly/cTsEJK
International diplomacy through better hardware http://post.ly/knXZ
Quiz: What do you know about Julia Gillard? http://bit.ly/db5tPg I got 86% which is quite tragic.
Starter hints for video journalism with pocket cameras / phones, from BBC http://bit.ly/9BqVFx (2 min video)
I am ignoring your chocolate croissant jokes, @iain_chalmers @davidlmorris
I think this conversation thread is heading in quite the wrong direction. @DanielleWarby would doubtless agree.
True, @davidlmorris, but to dribble shit you have to be full of it to begin with.
RT @davidlmorris: But some need to learn to tighten their sphincters for fear they might be dribbling shit.
@renailemay Why are YOU “tinkering around with DNS” instead of delegating it to a competent minion?
@jamezpolley No, I am not falling into your logic trap there. I simply will not.
@SnarkyPlatypus Non non non! Je crois que c’était le vin rouge qui a induit le désespoir. Nous avons besoin de la vodka.
In my dream, we killed the wrong people while making a TV commercial. Apparently it would’ve been OK if we killed the right people.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je pense que les gens de moutons comme choisir de ne pas se tenir pleinement informés. Je désespère. Et vous?
Still, “Sensible refinement of existing emergency-power laws” doesn’t make for a good headline, does it?
There is NO (new) “internet kill switch” in this US law. http://bit.ly/90oxxd Ping @duncanriley
Sat plan: AM reading and maybe even writing; 1100 record for “Patch Monday”; PM eventually to gym & post-gym activities, as is my routine.
New blog post: “Weekly Wrap 3” http://bit.ly/cRQnq4 which comes with a soundtrack http://youtu.be/V8l5fthf…
@firstdogonmoon Blip bleeple blip blip. Beep blipple blipple blip blip. Bleeeeep blip?
George Orwell’s birthday was yesterday for Aussies, but you can still watch “Animal Farm” free. http://youtu.be/NZldlyeR…
Emerges, more or less. More less than more, though.
Noticing how much I was sucking up to my commissioning editors earlier. It’s Friday. I can’t help myself.
Now now @deconstructo @darkstardeity I can’t reveal “Patch Monday” until Monday. ;)
Well that was a MOST interesting conversation about Sen Conroy and Sen Lundy, and you can hear it in “Patch Monday” on, erm, Monday.
Home.
Ah. Re-scheduled for 5.30pm. That means I can head home via the bottle shop and do it from there. Home, not the bottle shop.
Pondering the wisdom of scheduling an interview recording for 5pm on a Friday. Still, I’ve only had the one bottle of cabernet merlot.
What is this @franmolloy? The Good Editor award? (closes in next hour) http://tinyurl.com/3a5pp… But it’s Friday!
@jonoabroad Ah, you seem to understand my strategy. Yes, commissioning editors who commission things are delightful indeed.
All of my commissioning editors are the most delightful people. That is all.
NEWS FLASH! @vealmince is a cynic!