I guess one of my key concerns is that the narrative will end up being “Twitter did this” as opposed to “Twitter enabled this”.
@lukephillips I’m not really a fan of anyone but, yes, I am concerned that journalistic credit will be taken where no journalism happened.
@aseetp I agree we can say CNN 1991 [that right?] = Twitter 2011, but only in a very loose sense. My concern is looseness being forgotten.
Pausing so my response captures the flavour of what I want to say, and also to eat the fried rice I just made.
@lukephillips “hq”? Sorry, you’ve lost me.
@aseetp It’s only “selective” “against” Twitter inasmuch that Twitter was the named thing being touted as the new future on this occasion.
@aseetp That’s easy. There was a headline earlier that talked about today being “Twitter’s CNN moment” or similar. This error is repeated.
RT @1159: Maybe Ch9 et al really aren’t a source most of the time these days? [Well perhaps and that’s another point again.]
@aseetp No you’re still not getting my point. “TV” isn’t the news source but, say, Nine News or ABC News or CNN.
@1159 No you’re still not getting my point. “TV” isn’t the news source but, say, Nine News or ABC News or CNN.
I really do not want those people at 795 Folsom St taking the credit for this.
I can’t stress this enough. The people at 795 Folsom St, San Francisco are not the source. Your network is the source.
What is the news source is not “Twitter”, @aseetp, but that person’s network of “friends” that they connect to via Twitter. Key difference.
The key point, I guess, @jonoabroad, is there’s no-one at Twitter HQ generating the content. They are but the passive conduits.
The entities you connect with via Twitter may be news sources, @jonoabroad, like entities you connect with via TV. Twitter’s not the source.
@aseetp Well I’m glad you have such awesome insight into how long I’ve thought about these issues. You must be clever beyond all belief.
FFS WILL YOU STUPID CUNTS STOP DESCRIBING TWITTER AS A NEWS SOURCE! THIS IS A CATEGORY ERROR YOU MORONIC ARSEHAT FUCKWITS!
More disgruntled.
It’s precisely 7 days until I leave for NetSuite’s SuiteWorld in San Francisco, wishing it wasn’t now. http://arseh.at/579
The generator is running and nothing has exploded, mostly.
Disgruntled.
“Twitter” can’t be right or wrong, @peterjblack, that’s the medium not the messenger. Grrr! Do I have to spank you?
I’m having enough trouble staying away as it is without you lot putting Kevin Rudd on the TV, #abcnews24
Joe O’Brien is finding so many different ways to say that he doesn’t actually know what’s happening. It’s an art. #abcnews24
Salesforce.com’s free Cloudforce 2011 Sydney is next Thu 12 May. They do splash out. http://arseh.at/6ix
John Naughton @jjn1 on Apple iOS location logging: “Lies, damn lies and corporate ‘explanations’” http://arseh.at/6iw
Whew! That’s all the deadline-related stuff done. Now for brunch, then the rest of the day’s work.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “APF urges criminal penalties for smartphone privacy breaches” http://arseh.at/6iu
@rbbayliss Hmmm… That would make more sense in terms of what the article said. I don’t trust mainstream news outlets with screenshots tho.
About to talk PlayStation Network hack on Perth radio @RTRFM 92.1, live stream at http://arseh.at/6io
RT @rbbayliss: I’d also expect that there are a lot of people trying to sell junk data for big bucks. [Absolutely. Buyers want samples tho.]
Reports that the data hacked out of Sony PlayStation Network is being offered for $100k. http://arseh.at/6it
RT @nickobec: [Sony] just had an information security officer giving him the title chief info… makes it look like they are doing something
Ah right. Sony has “created a new position: Chief Information Security Officer”, meaning they didn’t have one before. http://arseh.at/6is
@iain_chalmers I’m just catching up on the latest Sony stuff, ta. I also hear they didn’t have some certain key infosec qualification?
@nambor Hah! If the “Twitter is full of heteros” problem could be fixed with a twist, I’d be buying a new spanner tomorrow.
“Patch Monday” podcast: “Apple: Big Brother or just misunderstood?” with @alexlevinson, Prof Roger Clarke http://arseh.at/6ip
@trentg85 Nah invoicing is quick. I have everything set up and templated in @saasu. Chasing contractor timesheets is the annoying part.
I’m talking PlayStation Network hack on Perth radio RTRfm 92.1 at 0915 AWST / 1115 AEST, http://arseh.at/6io
Mon plan, unordered: Finish two articles; tidy Banksia Cottage; invoicing; plan the month; talk on the radio; start client website mods.
@rod3000 I can be gloriously productive here, yes. The nearest human is 300m+ away today. It’s very peaceful.
@mpesce No it doesn’t. And besides, you drink the Kool-Aid. I saw that on television.
It is indeed a lovely view, @rod3000, and here’s the view from the deck upstairs, off the bedroom. http://arseh.at/5nz
No it’s not that “it needs” more geotags, @BeauGiles, it’s that “you want” them. Slight difference. Not everything has to turn into data.
So all this action is happening at Bunjaree Cottages. http://arseh.at/4q5 Paying customers get working gas bottles. In theory.
Victory is mine! http://post.ly/1yd24
A brief investigation reveals that, yes, this is the poo of a carnivore.
I believe that would be antechinus poo on the kitchen bench. @R_Chirgwin will be well pleased.
Can haz gas! http://post.ly/1ycu0
O hai, Wattle Cottage http://post.ly/1ycmk
So, there’s another cottage down here… http://post.ly/1ycii
Right. Either way there’s no way there’s a 32kg weight difference between those two bottles. Plan B: Change cottages.
Turn, you bastard! http://post.ly/1ycaD
@iain_chalmers No, not a left-hand thread, it’s got a big green tap handle thing labelled to turn “open or “closed”.
Oh FFS who screwed down this gas bottle valve? Were they expecting Armageddon? [grunt, strain]
The Beautiful Enabling Technology of the Transfer Valve http://post.ly/1ycSU
The Culprit http://post.ly/1ycRT
Good heavens. My Posterous stream usually gets 2500 to 4000 views of each image. I wasn’t expecting that!
There is not an electric kettle, or shouldn’t be. But the worst-case scenario is moving to another cottage that still has gas, 200m away,
The view from the bed http://post.ly/1ycH1
@andrewdotnich I don’t have a gas bottle in bed. That’s pretty much the problem.
Stretches. Now before I get out of this nice warm bed I’m going to ascertain the gas bottle situation.
@franksting I’m rather not in the mood to go farting about in the dark after midnight in sub-10C conditions. It’ll wait until the morning.
RT @franksting: It involves gripping, twisting and turning. [Like so much in life, really. Also, add “finding a full gas bottle”.]
Oh. The gas bottle is empty. No heating. No stove. No hot water. Morning task: teach self how to change a gas bottle. Without an explosion.