6pm. COB.
@tomjsenior Art is about intent not medium. Only a fuckwit would imagine that “interactivity” would somehow prohibit artistic intent.
@tomjsenior Pah! N00bz.
@JuliusFlywheel The frame should be, IMO, “What can be done with New Medium Y?” irrespective of what models may have gone before.
@JuliusFlywheel That’s not my point. As long as you try to imagine Old Medium X jammed into New Medium Y you’re limiting your thinking.
I no more want an “internet newspaper” than I want a “radio encyclopedia”. The entire “internet newspaper” frame is WRONG. Stop now.
Nov 2010: “Lack of Flash Gives MacBook Air Two Extra Hours of Battery Life” http://arseh.at/6aw HT @peter_tonoli [Useful info, thanks.]
RT @meadea: David Gyngell said “over my dead body” will the ABC do the Kerry Packer story. http://bit.ly/fqPfQl [One can only hope…]
@sboiling It shows how desperate Microsoft must be getting these days. I’ll have to buy some shoes now. Dunlop Volleys won’t cut it.
Apparently so-called “Senator” @KateLundy and “MP” @JoeHockey are too. Whoever they are. http://arseh.at/63r #poltech
Did I mention that I’m on the panel for the Microsoft Politics & Technology Forum in Canberra on 1 June? http://arseh.at/
Anyway that’s more than enough about computer specs. Christ it’s boring stuff! I’m glad I only have to think about it every three years.
@jonoabroad Yep, I carry a spare fully-charged battery. It’s been vital for covering conferences etc when no power outlets supplied.
You folks should get the internet, apparently you can then look shit up for yourselves.
Um @peter_tonoli @BrynAU din’t ask me anything else about Apple’s battery tests, I have quoted the one line. “Browsing 25 popular websites.”
I’m just judging battery life while checking models, @smperris @skaye. Changing platforms is an expensive and time-consuming thing.
Apple has a handy guide to organising your life around their batteries’ needs, as opposed to vice versa. http://arseh.at/6av
Fine print on Apple website says the 7 hours is for “web browsing on wireless”, with the display at 50% brightness. Cheating, I’d call that.
RT @DDsD: Apple batteries are totally swappable… you just take your machine in to the Apple store and they swap it for a new machine.
Thanks @quietdiscourse @benjamint @jonoabroad @prismatic7 the answer, as usual, it that it’s bullshit and depends what you’re doing.
I ask ‘cos my 3yo machine has swappable batteries. I am suspicious of non-swappable batteries, but now Apple gives me no choice. Cunts.
Can someone with a new MacBook Pro confirm that the 7-hour battery life is not complete bullshit? I mean, if you USE the computer…
@johnthelutheran Good. ‘Cos it got me thinking got me thinking about the ritual of earnings calls and gave me the whole angle for the story.
@bucketexplorer Congratulations. Your lame word-match strategy completely ignores what I was actually asking. I’ll report you as spam now.
@johnthelutheran Yeah your comment appeared this morning at just the right time. I simple HAD to quote you in Crikey. Hope you don’t mind.
@jonoabroad The deals for Windows laptops / desktops change weekly, so I simply don’t bother keeping track.
@jonoabroad My advice for new buyers is standard: set your budget and must-haves, look at the top 4 or 5 brands and shop around for deals.
I’ll stay with Mac, @jonoabroad. Why change? And I can’t afford to replace all the software I use and re-work all my production workflows.
Oh. My MacBook Pro lease expires soon. I should get a new machine before my US and Gold Coast trips then, I reckon.
Even if Prof Flew does a good review of classification, @quietdiscourse @peterjblack, Attorneys-General can just ignore it. As usual.
I wonder what other government media releases will be poured out late this afternoon before the long weekend.
@vealmince Pretty much everything I say is a fail not of UX but of U, that is, me. At least 92%.
ALRC’s review of the classification system will be headed by this guy, Prof Terry Flew, appointed today. http://arseh.at/6au
RT @bcammo: @stilgherrian last line of your Apple/Android article, ‘what’ should be ‘want’ [Ta. Ping @crikey_news, if anyone’s still sober.]
Clicking on the underlined text in a media release many times before I realise it’s just underlining and not a link.
This first comment on my Apple/Android piece for Crikey is the best of all! http://arseh.at/6as
@brown_note “Awesome”? Now I don’t know what to think. I’m all confused.
Me at Crikey: “Apple’s answer to Android: confidence … and shiny big numbers” http://bit.ly/hJCGkl
@quietdiscourse Which one is the bile gland again?
@HappySinger I rock ‘cos I got the ‘flu vaccine? You seriously need to get out more.
Apparently I feel crap because I’m perfectly healthy. Riddle me that!
Turns out that client would be happy with password-protected directories on his website. “Branding” by URL is just fine.
@ValerioVeo @AndeGregson @bronwen @theburgerman Oi! Dates were being talked about… yesterday was it? The other day anyway.
OH: “Yeah I spoke to her yesterday. There’s something wrong with her. She’s off her tits. Like a company would have a 12-hour shift!”
Mobile. Various places.
I have come to the conclusion that the word “awesome” now means “mildly interesting”.
@thorfi De-identified data is a myth. How many humans go from home address X to station Y to workplace Z at 8.25am each day? Unique!
Other suggestions are lock-box.com and box.net, ta @natecochrane @Nicholosophy. I shall poke around this arvo.
@skwashd A bespoke solution would probably push my client over the edge. Budget-wise, I mean. ;)
@dannolan Oops. Screen glare prevented me seeing the scroll bar. Big gap below download button indicated “the end” for me.
That and the requirement that my client must be able to brand the interface.
Well @michaelneale @jonoabroad I’m already shitty with dropbox.com. Only options on home page are “watch a video” or “download”. Fuck that.
@404ed Indeed, but alas “The requested URL http://drop.io/ was not found on this server”. Le sigh.
@jonoabroad Dropbox seems to require the end users to install software. If so, it’s not an option.
@404ed I gather dropbox.io is/was not dropbox.com?
@anthonycole I’ll let you know what I find. Such tools exist as part of larger services, of course, but this client just wants file shares.
My client needs to give his clients access to web-stored files, individual client logins, branding. Is this a service? Existing scripts?
@thorfi I agree that logging is not tracking, but it’s certainly a necessary precursor. And why log if there’s no intent to track?
Crikey story filed.
Thu plan, unordered: Write for Crikey; client liaison & planning; pitch stories to editors; medical appointments; errands Enmore & Newtown.
RT @einspruch: I think it is fun to deviate every so often. And if people are going to be humourless, stuff ‘em. [A fine philosophy!]
I think you’re right, @stuarthorrex that cloning facility would indeed be called Harvard. Though that’s not in Manhattan AFAIK.
@AndeGregson @ValerioVeo @bronwen @theburgerman I’m fairly sure I won’t be able to join you guys, but do make sure I know the venue anyway.
No-one asks about things like Apple tracking people’s location, @jonoabroad, this is just money. http://bit.ly/ichLzM
@einspruch Thank you. It’s sometimes hard to tell how people will react to an episode when it’s different from the usual fare.
Shorter Apple call: Analysts: “Could you tell us…?” Apple: “We don’t comment on the future. We’re confident. Look! Big numbers!” Repeat.
@joshgnosis Thank you, I worried that the “Patch Monday” episode on geek culture would be a bit too navel-gazing. Glad you liked it.
All these American financial analysts sound the same. There must be some sort of bunker full of cloning vats under Manhattan.
Given that these guys are supposedly the cream of global financial journalists, their questions are remarkably superficial.
@johnthelutheran Main thrust is Apple has $6B more cash in the bank, and would make even more if they just could build more things faster.
Listening to Apple’s quarterly earnings call. It’s a living. http://arseh.at/6a2
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