Pondering.
@BeauGiles To confirm, yes, the editor has seen my Twitter stream and has already emailed me about my insecurities. But the story is OK.
@smperris Thank you. I shall reveal the publication in due course. I don’t want to jinx things.
@smperris Yes, a new masthead for me, with an editor I’ve never worked for before. It takes a while to get a feel for the wanted style.
@BeauGiles Yes, the editor knows my Twitter stream well, commissioned this story from what I said here in fact. And they’re watching today.
@quietdiscourse @wolfcat I have worked as an editor. Maybe that’s why I’m having such trouble.
I hate filing my first story for a new editor. Every sense of doubt in one’s own ability re-emerges. Insecurity, thy name is writer.
@charispalmer There are several reasons I don’t like working in a proper office, and that’s one of them.
@NewtonMark Change of environment has put a few things into perspective but temporary homes are frustrating. I have a blog post coming.
@Gin_ev_ra The scrubland outside the window, bathed in recent raindrops, is rather calming actually. That’s not the same as focus though.
Writing. And pacing. And looking out the window. More of the latter two than the first, which is the problem.
Just have some more. You’ll feel a lot better.
Indeed, @nzlemming, “a Gladwellian thud of wily reductionism and indolent thinking” as the lead-in put-down of her book is glorious.
RT @badm0f0: Paul Carr also wrote a piece on gamification a few weeks ago http://arseh.at/6gd [Yes, I already have it as grist in my mill.]
“Jane McGonigal’s Mind is Broken”, says another not-fan of gamification. http://arseh.at/62e /c@nzlemmingng
Thanks heaps @nzlemming. Although http://slate.me/lbVh5e wasn’t it, that triggered a memory. It was another review of Jane McGonigal’s book.
Someone tweeted me a link to a critique of gamification a few weeks back. I don’t suppose you can remember who you are?
@jamezpolley Thanks, but I think we need more bigger words in you apology there, tho. I’m not up to thinking of them tho. Deadlines, too.
@jamezpolley Yes I know that. My point was that “leverage” is so often used when “use” IS the meaning.
RT @Warlach: Is this like how I prefer to call it Profilling rather than Stalking? [Yes.]
Dear Everyone in Business, there’s no need to say “leverage” when you mean “use”. It’s not like you’re being paid by the syllable.
Crikey story filed.
@trib It’s a registerwall rather than a paywall.
Is the Australian government seeking greater regulation of internet “content”? Seems so. http://arseh.at/6g2
@j_hutch @garystark @csimps0n He rented out his secure parking spot, and hired a sports car one weekend a month.
@j_hutch @garystark @csimps0n For one friend, years, ago, it was cheaper to ditch his car, use cabs, hire cars or trucks when needed.
@j_hutch @garystark @csimps0n I’m not saying it’s the same for everyone, just pointing to the assumptions people make.
@j_hutch You don’t “need your car”. You “need transport”. I could be cheaper to use car shares when needed, for example. /cc @j_hutch
@csimps0n Yes, it has other uses, but you should still factor in a proportion of capital costs. Start from if you had no car at all.
@csimps0n In your “car is cheaper than train” calculation, I suspect you’ve forgot to include the capital cost of the car.
XmediaLab in Sydney on 10-11 June? Ta for that, @carolineshawyer, and yes please keep me in the loop. http://arseh.at/6fz
And the answer du jour seems to be “Yes, we feel great about X.” Which is good, as it goes, but feelings can be deluded.
The jargon du jour question from analysts is “Can you provide some colour on…?” They seem to want colour more than facts. Arsehats.
Why are corporate heads always “excited” about every product of financial announcement? Surely clear-minded focus would be better?
Fri plan: Write for Crikey; more writing; “Patch Monday” podcast stuff; food in Wentworth Falls?; catch up on much comms backlog many lots.
The Microsoft quarterly earnings call is in 15 minutes, such a perfect way to start the day. http://arseh.at/6fw
@sylmobile No, I won’t miss the wedding at all.
Friday, apparently. And a busy one.