Pho done, no thanks to your bad puns. Back at the hotel, pondering how long I’ll be awake now given my idiotic consumption of carbs.
Surprised at the number if people who’ve had to work late today.
@jeamland I’ll get your coat now, shall I?
@SuperRoach Bugger. I can’t fix typos, they don’t trust us freelancers with access to the CMS. I mean, anything could happen.
Escaping certain death, and replacing it with pho.
Popping up to the Civic for whatever this drinks thing is called, to exchange some unfettered ideas. /cc @BernardKeane
@engochick To answer your question from earlier today, this IS an election year in Queensland. March, IIRC.
@juhasaarinen All good business ideas are prefixed with “Mega-“, we shouldn’t have to point that out.
@jonoabroad No, they generally don’t let me into the same room as the sub-editors. And vice versa, I trust.
I have no idea, @juhasaarinen, but “vile sock puppetry of the privates” is a glorious concept. I think.
@neerav Thank you. I guess it’s not a bad afternoon’s work, though of course much thinking beforehand for that one. Appreciated.
When you agree with every sub-editing decision inflicted upon your story except for one little semi-colon, life’s good.
@piawaugh @chrisjrn Ah well, the images are all over at bit.ly/zalBVo now. #lca2012
@juhasaarinen To put that into context, I think that only about 15% of my brain is working now, and half of that is trying to find socks.
@juhasaarinen What the fuck are you on about, you madman?
@intrepidfear Thank you. It’s nice to know that the little sparks I try to put into my writing survive the journey, at least sometimes.
@BernardKeane I’ll pop up for a swift half, as it were, shortly. Alas, I’m on a short-leash budget tonight.
BigfootLarry Is ‘procrasturbation’ a thing? Do people use that word? Please don’t steal my idea
So, all in all, another day of me winning friends.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Hacked or not, Ludlam’s a target of spies” bit.ly/yWQoLB /cc @BernardKeane
I suspect I haven’t quite got the hang of this “build rapport with audience” thing.
This media shit is hard work.
SCROLL BACK YOU LAZY SOD.
@chrisjrn Sadly, @zdnetaustralia did not use that bad pun. #lca2012 #groan
My selection of Linux.conf.au 2012 photos at @zdnetaustralia. bit.ly/xWiFO1 #lca2012
RT @NewtonMark: “[Should this sentence go?]” Nah, it’s ok where it is. [Oh that’s good. Given that, um, it does seem to have stayed there.]
Fark! Just filed the op-ed I’ve been powering through. Breath, walk, wait for the editor to tear it to bits.
Quack.
Shut up I am writing.
Oh. There’s something that’ll turn into an acronym by the end of today.
Aren’t Americans grown-up enough to say a big, complicated word like “republican”? “GOP” my arse!
I am writing the story I must file this afternoon. I am writing the story I must file this afternoon. I am writing the story…
@beneltham Thanks. There’s no way I could write a serious story about quarterly earnings. I’d be suicidal by the end of it.
@lukehopewell HOW DARE YOU CRITICIFY MY WORK PRACTICEZ I AM A PROFESSONEL WRITER AND STUFFS!
“2011 Independent Review of the [Australian] Intelligence Community” bit.ly/gmvcC6 HT @BernardKeane, until it’s hessian sack time.
RT @michaelmeloni: NO. HERE IT IS: youtu.be/ELol1dHjHEE [You’re quite right, Mike. But the video is very, very wrong.] /cc @engochick
Actually, make it the full nine rounds. And here’s a video. youtu.be/ZCldL3q4u-Q
Anyone who tweets a headline then the same words again because they’re the lede and it’s all automated should cop six bullets in the gut.
@lukehopewell Also, please ask your editor to tell you to stop distracting me with videos when I’m on deadline.
No, @lukehopewell, I think that video youtu.be/iypBTQYnJi4 is more your Microsoft attack turtle. And besides, it’s a tortoise.
Oh. @crikey_news? The “attack turtles” is meant to link to bit.ly/qHM9m8 but ot 404s, says @jodiem. I confirm that.
Also, I am pleased that @crikey_news left my final par in that story. As well as the attack turtles.
Re that @crikey_news piece, I need someone to remind me who first told me about Apple’s secret attack turtles.
Me at @crikey_news: “Ah, the tech-soap that is Apple will run and run”, with YOUR work and MY snark. bit.ly/zjXaOm
OH FFS MY TWEETDECK GLOBAL FILTER HAS BEEN RESET I AM BEING EXPOSED TO UNFETTERED IDEAS ON THE INTERNET I AM STARTING TO GET STABBY!
RT @BernardKeane: Independent review of intelligence community finds everything’s just fine is.gd/82Nv0E don’t you worry about that
Commencing productivity enhancement procedure 6, aka “Opening the mini-bar”.
Overall, the random RI encounters today have been most acceptable.
RT @kjmci: @j_hutch nine minutes to cut a damn sandwich in half. [You’re not meant to use your tongue for that.]
Lunch and meetings done. I’m on a new deadline now so, apart from random silliness and pimpage, I’ll interact properly after 1600.
I always love how corporate media places are mystified by the names of their own contributors. “Do you have an appointment?”
En route, on foot, to CBS Interactive. Consider this a kind of warning.
Crikey story filed. It’s a tad cranky. Sorry, @thetowncrier.
Meeting / recording over. Now in the foyer of A Certain George St Office Tower writing a piece for Crikey. About Apple. Don’t judge me.
Someone called “John” just said hello ‘cos he thought he recognised me. From his AA meeting. My day is full of win.
Compulsory too, @andrew_hedge? Well, I always seem to do better with a bit of compulsion. No wait.
So, crowdsourcing my lede for a Crikey yarn is modern and ethical, right?
Complete this sentence: “Apple [verbs] all the things.”
Wed plan, updated: 0930 meeting; write re Apple; lunch; write about paranoia and secrecy; plan “Patch Monday” podcast; TGIW.
Mobile. Attention limited.
@noplaceforsheep But you CAN’T be a real person, you’re not on television!
@no_filter_Yamba Oh dear.
Linux.conf.au photo story filed for @zdnetaustralia. Preparing to drop off washing at the laundry and walk to my 0930 meeting in the CBD.
@chrisjrn Cool. Not that I’m planning to, but I need to give instructions to the appropriate minions. You’re right about Tridge launch pics.
@chrisjrn There’s only so much I can reveal at this hour. Also, do you consider cropping an image to be a derivative work?
Attempting to write witty photo captions that won’t have @engochick killing me. I suspect I am failing.
@SnarkyPlatypus @sylmobile I’m fairly sure a “cocktrail” is something else. You can probably download a KML file.
I have a proper work environment.
@sylmobile @SnarkyPlatypus You shouldn’t have to stroll to the bar. A proper work environment would have people who bring drinks to you.
BTW, I’ll upload all of my own photos late today, once I’ve done a few higher-priority tasks. #lca2012
Thanks, @bleeters @aimee_maree, I was guessing it was Arduino-related but it always pays to check. #lca2012
I’m now looking at my own crap Linux.conf.au photos and better ones others took for a @zdnetaustralia gallery to be done by 0900. #lca2012
Can anyone who was at Linux.conf.au identify which session this hardware is from? flic.kr/p/bduEkV #lca2012
OK, folks, I have a thing to finish before 0900, so I’ll leave you to your own devices for a moment.
RT @bleeters: Really, @Radio2UE want to know what a troll is? It’s like the whole planet doesn’t know their mid-eastern mythology.
Either that or how it’s named after the original Victoria-era troll, Sir Anthony Trolling.
I’m on Sydney @Radio2UE at 1530 AEDT Saturday explaining what trolling is. I’ll be telling them about its origins in shale oil seams.
Spam comment: “Utterly composed articles, thanks for entropy.” My pleasure.
FakeAPStylebook Reporting on your own superheroic activity while in your secret identity as a reporter is an ethics violation, MR. KENT.
@TheDanBarrett @BreakfastNews Yes, but the @abcnews wording still implies that “where” is other than “entire planet, online”.
Arranging things so I walk past the beer taps on the way to the breakfast buffet? Both cruel and awesome all at once.
Wondering why @abcnews assumes Assange’s TV show has to be “broadcast” in a “where”. Still living in the past… /cc @BreakfastNews
RT @BreakfastNews: Julian Assange to host his own TV series bit.ly/xv48YZ [Orly? He’s a woefully bad presenter. Sigh.]
Oh. Yeah. Previous reference to “Tue plan”? Make that “Wed plan”. Thanks, @kyna62, we’re off to a good start here!
Signs I need more sleep #86: Opening a packet of sugar and pouring it straight into the bin. Pro tip: Sugar in coffee, empty packet in bin.
Tue plan, interim, unordered: Write 3 stories; 2 Sydney CBD meetings; washing; organise “Patch Monday podcast prior to pseudo-long weekend.
See mt tweets from around this time, well, from around 0700 or so yesterday for a comprehensive [cough] review.
Right. So that’s why my “old” AIR-based TweetDeck was crashy. Interactions with new TweetDeck changing (“corrupting”) stored data. Maybe.
Oh, I’m going to be awake now? Really? Well, here we go then…