@AuTechHeads Alas I shan’t be at the party. I have an early start to get some stuff done for an 0900 deadline. Sorry.
@rokajoAU The chat with @shanemo @BTRoam will be a “Patch Monday” podcast soon, appearing at http://t.co/gJYpi6t3 some time. #auteched
@shakirahussein @dead_aeroplane I’d suggest phoning your bank to alert them, and utilities, so they’re alert to attempts to change things.
@shakirahussein @dead_aeroplane Oh dear. DOB is a key element to cracking other things, like getting your mailing address changed…
@alicektg Ah. I have material like existing columns to create a book, but FIDO is in… 2.5 weeks. :) Maybe a Christmas season compilation.
@GTRoberts A book of the tweets would take a LOT of editing to create an interesting selection, I suspect.
Tower instagr.am/p/PeSqiTiFiZ/
Looming Sofitel instagr.am/p/PeHJ25CFuS/
Mobile: Walk across an artificial canal, as @ssharwood calls them (as opposed to… ?), to the Sofitel for the media dinner. #auteched
@bastardsheep I’ve no ideas about where to drink. I don’t know this town, ‘cos I’m always embedded. As I am now. Off to media drinks.
I could certainly collect some favourite writings, @sylmobile, but it’s the print turnaround time that’s the killer.
RT @dannolan: @stilgherrian stil_ebooks [No. Just no. People have been knifed for less.]
@lewellyn @KarlskiB Sorry, yes, I am signing them for the punters. They are buying them and telling me that they love my work.
RT @lewellyn: Print something off Gutenberg.org. Surely there’s a print shop near. ;) (A book is a book. Doesn’t matter who wrote it)
Sure, @KarlskiB, but explain to me again how the punters at the festival will be able to sign them? I need a physical thing.
Hmmm… At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas I can have a book signing session, but I don’t have a book. How fast can I create one?
DaniBevins Right, so harassing someone anonymously online = troll; harassing a 14 yo rape victim on air = star broadcaster. Got it. #stopthetrolls
jasonjordan My King James Bible says NOTHING about Trolls on Social Media. Should I spurn them, turn the other cheek or invite them into my barn?
Oh dear God I’ve suddenly realised that I’ve been Instagramming my food I’ve become one of those people.
@NickHodgeMSFT dotPeek? Is this the return of Commodore BASIC? #dev317 #auteched
@kinectchris Excellent, thank you, I’ll keep an eye open.
@ataraxite Then my work here is done. [bows]
@kinectchris Aha! Do you have a write-up somewhere of how it’s all done? I’d love to know how the parameters are mapped from your moves.
That feeling when you’ve sent an editor three story pitches to choose from and they reply saying they want all of them. ASAP. #adn
@spandaslui This is the nearly-live #auteched schedule you were after. techedau2012.azurewebsites.net
@ataraxite This will also cheer you up. http://t.co/YlUwAT4b
@ataraxite I believe this is the tweet you’re looking for. https://t.co/H4x9cD6v
RT @ataraxite: Remember when the SA Attorney-General was going to draft legislation to ban planking? [What’s “SA”?]
As just recommended to @spandaslui, the MacBook Wheel. http://t.co/Q7omnADf
In the 2.5 hours remaining until dinner I shall respond to tweets and clear my browser tabs. #adn
juhasaarinen Apparently my choices of avatars are as creepy as hell. This social media thing is difficult.
OH: “OK, I’m going to have to amuse myself with mental images of Clint Eastwood.” #auteched
OH: “I got to the grunting, and that was it.” #auteched
Just recorded a great conversation with @shanemo and @BTRoam about designing and developing for the new Windows 8 interface. #auteched
Recording with @shanemo is now 1545 instead of 1645. Yeah, that’s in five minutes. Time to align the ducks. #auteched #adn
@SnarkyPlatypus I know this event is pulling ~500Mb/s data off Telstra’s 1GB fibre link. I haven’t seen the power consumption yet. #auteched
MOAR HEALTH FOODS! #auteched instagr.am/p/PdqJ2giFkh/
Wed plan, updated: Write story pitches, transcribe audio etc; 1645 record @shanemo; 1930 #austeched media dinner. #adn
rod3000 Oh dear. The internet is going to blow.
Pork belly with caramelised onion and brandy apple cream, plus salads. AKA lunch. #auteched instagr.am/p/PdZWQlCFsB/
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: There’s nothing like a well deserved Internet backlash. [‘Cept possibly A WELL-DESERVED INTERNET BACKLASH WITH TEQUILA.]
Or is it just mindless consumerism? That a person on stage holds up thing they don’t have and they must have this new thing? #auteched
Why are these developers all so eager to get a coffee cup? Do they all work at places or live in homes with no cups? #auteched
@oliyoung Possibly, but that was a statement of the evolution of my own thinking.
Hey media at #auteched! Here’s the schedule YOU can use. techedau2012.azurewebsites.net HT @Wolfbyte @baralong
The more I see tweeted about @robbiefarah the more I think @JuliaGillard has scored an own goal meeting him. Unless she plans to arrest him.
@baralong @auteched @Wolfbyte Cool. My next question is whether that URL gives me the updated schedule as announced previously this hour.
sunili OH SNAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!!!!!! #happybirthdayPM RT @andrewsayer: Deleted tweet from @robbiefarah i.imgur.com/Pqzsg.jpg
ssharwood Pretty sure the daily telegraph has violated Twitter’s design guidance with #stopthetrolls twitter.com/logo
Principles: Sweat the details. Make it safe and reliable. Balance, symmetry, hierarchy. Align to the grid. [Vague notes for self.] #auteched
@auteched How do we access that information if we have no Schedule Builder account, e.g. all the media?
@voiceofapollo I’d say “evoke” rather than “inspire”. Colour, timing, suspense, haste etc. @shanemo #dev212 #auteched
Serrels What’s the technical term for those Japanese pillows that look like girls? I want to know because of reasons.
HyperBrendan To Media Studies & Journalism students. I’ve done your homework for you, today’s Tele front page is textbook #lettuce pic.twitter.com/5gW7tUEz
I mentioned Gary Venter before. Here’s his website. all-sorts.biz #auteched
Another inspiration: Motion design, e.g. the cinematic title designs of Saul Bass. [Look him up.] #auteched
Another inspiration: Modern design / Bauhaus. “Form follows function.” A natural design follows what the object is intended to do. #auteched
Another inspiration: International style of graphic design, the Swiss school. “Information is beautiful.” #auteched
One inspiration for (not-)Metro was airport/metro wayfinding signage. Reminds me of what Gary Venter taught me in 1995. #auteched
RT @ssharwood: Users once blamed themselves if they could not make an app work. Now they blame the service provider #auteched
Digital is a valid ‘form’ for information and doesn’t have to refer to other forms. Hre’ll come back to that. #auteched
“Authentically digital” design isn’t just a wankword. Digital natives don’t need a metaphor, for example. People will tap. #auteched
If you try to design icons so people know what they do at first sight you’re wasting your time. It’s about remembering them later. #auteched
(Not-)Metro is more for consumption of information, traditional desktop apps better (?) for information going into the computer. #auteched
Thank you @shanemo for speaking honestly about his early experiences with (not-)Metro. Such a contrast with the omnipollyanna. #auteched
RT @joshgnosis: Remember when it was just movie reviewers complaining about people saying mean things on Twitter? Good times.
I’m getting a better understanding of the (not-)Metro interface principles, but it’s not something I can summarise in tweets. #auteched
Rihanna’s got a new tattoo. #auteched
Shane Morris @shanemo explaining all the rectangles #auteched instagr.am/p/PdPophiFj0/
@voiceofapollo That said, I could well swap to different sessions if it feels like I might get better value out of something else.
@voiceofapollo I haven’t really looked to see how they’re characterised. I’ve picked some threads that I find interesting to write about.
(*TIFKA Metro = The Interface Formerly Known As Metro.) #auteched
Looking forward to @shanemo’s 1130 session explaining TIFKA* Metro. The metaphor and its utility still elude me. #austeched
JohnJohnsonson CANNOT BELIEVE the Telegraph used North Korean voting cards to promote #stopthetrolls. twitpic.com/atmuqo
ssharwood Someone needs to measure the impact of #stopthetrolls on national productivity. It can’t be good.
“Windows Store now open to all developers in 120 markets.” MSDN members have a free one-year token. http://t.co/JivZLK5K #auteched
Did @PatrickKlug essentially say that HTML/JavaScript on WinRT was the most rewarding environment he’d worked in? He did. #auteched
“Is navel-gazing our fastest growing industry?” asks @chrisberg, the troll. http://t.co/bRMD7ExW
JavaScript, says @PatrickKlug, is not, as he had imagined, slow (Java) nor unsophisticated (Script). #auteched
RT @garystark: #lettuce was trending at number 1 in Sydney earlier, but now it’s wilted. [Trending is about rise rate, not overall volume.]
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Sneaky antlers. http://t.co/6OGkCwNy [But these antlers http://t.co/WMqAkIYU are even MOAR BETTEROR.]
I see that #lettuce is current trending at number 6, but is that in Australia only? More work to do, people!
This presentation by @PatrickKlug has no #lettuce on screen at all, but certainly some animated GIFs. #auteched
dannolan If you’re a brown person in need of help you get a tent in nauru, if you’re a dickhead footballer who can’t internet you get an audience.
“Trolling Our Way To National Security”, writes @GeordieGuy. Yes, this is how it’s done. http://t.co/IeQaCV9i
Something about Visual Studio Express being downloadable and, with $55 registration fee, you’re a Windows 8 developer. #auteched
So @NickHodgeMSFT has some sort of “50 Shades of Grey” diagram on screen right now., #auteched
Front end is either DX or XAML on C, C++/CX or C#, VB; or HTML/CSS on JavaScript (Chakra). That’s on WinRT API for system access #austeched
That said, traditional apps still work, but the new marketecture reflects the new model. #autected
Process for Windows 8 app-building reflects reality of touch interfaces and selling through a store. #autected
In a session with @NickHodgeMSFT kicking off the explanations of the new stuff for developers in Windows 8. #auteched
firstdogonmoon i keep forgetting to pick up my suit from the dry cleaners
Heh! @ssharwood just asked Microsoft’s server dude, re partnerships with SAN vendors, ‘Who was the tail and who was the dog?” #auteched
RT @joshgnosis: Vodafone, this thing you sent CNET is very confusing instagr.am/p/Pc_rD7FCNe/ [Check it with a Geiger counter, Josh!]
thetowncrier America must move on from 9/11. The US Today show has; it ran a Kardashian interview during the memorial: nyti.ms/RQz8iq
Or, as the slide on screen puts it, “We have the opportunity to ‘REIMAGINE’ the IT landscape.” #auteched
That entire presentation was “We deploy some stuff on Azure, some stuff on internal Windows Servers, and each has its benefits.” #auteched
I’d be deliriously happy if, in these case studies, we were shown just ONE technical diagram instead of coloured boxes of cant. #auteched
Language that makes me stabby #46: every strategy having “pillars”. Yesterday there were “top-level pillars”. Sounds unstable. #auteched
Next case study, McGrathNicol, has 300 staff and 30 partners. IT has 13 full-time staff and 5 contractors. Again, seems a lot. #auteched
This cloud has a “core plank”, apparently. I’m not sure these folks ever listen back to themselves with introspection. #auteched
Language that makes me stabby #45: “technical deep dive” #auteched
RT @NickHodgeMSFT: THIS NEEDS TO BE BANNED. NOAW. http://t.co/eV5qfEP6 [Someone call the Prime Minister!]
Kennards Hire has a 10-person IT team for 900 staff, which they characterise as small. Fair call? #auteched
Maybe Richard Fox-Smith, IT manager from Kennards Hire, can finally provide some concrete facts. I live in hope #auteched
@autechris Well, yes, I’ve listened to half an hour of buzzword-filled marketing hype before 0900 and I’ve learned precisely nothing.
@autechris Yes, “disk” is also a common variation in the IT industry. But my house style is “disc” and I won’t be changing it today.
No, Sir, 64TB per virtual disc is not “virtually limitless storage”. It’s 64TB. #auteched
“We see virtualisation as a core part of the stack.” Sure. As opposed to…? #autechec
Um, asking whether you want to deploy on-premises, at Microsoft, or at a service provider, “blows their minds”? They’re that slow? #autechec
Apparently the new technology handled a really big load without problems. I’m glad Microsoft revealed that deep dark secret. #autechec
This is essentially a repetition of the generic marketing guff for Windows Server 2012, but for 20-odd media people. #auteched
This is the Cloud OS #auteched instagr.am/p/Pc5pK5iFhL/
OH: “And now we’re taking those learnings and raising the bar to a completely new level.” Yes, this is how they speak. #autechec
OH: “We understand that to run cloud at cloud scale you have to think about things in a differant way.” It is now 0818 AEST. #auteched
Microsoft’s Phil Goldie explains the world in four numbers #auteched instagr.am/p/Pc4xk_CFgc/
@brentos We’re down in the middle of the trade show floor. Security at the door is checking for media badges.
Oh this is why I can’t find this “Windows Server 2012 launch” session in the program. It’s a separate media call. #auteched
Oh. Apparently the Windows Server 2012 launch is now, at 0800, and not 0830, and not 0815. And it wasn’t the thing yesterday. #auteched
RT @glengyron: Getting the #terrorgraph at the newsagents: Troll to the Node. Getting the #terrorgraph delivered: Troll to the Home.
When will @TurnbullMalcolm announce the Coalition’s own troll policy, which will be cheaper than Labor’s wasteful’s Troll-to-the-Premises?
Today’s media breakfast #auteched instagr.am/p/Pc1yKtiFte/
The consensus in the #auteched media room is that News Ltd is being just a wee bit hypocritical today.
There is no #lettuce whatsoever in this breakfast.
Breakfast: Egg & bacon tarts, salmon & hollandaise muffins, potato pancakes, fruit on sticks, a coffee machine I can’t work. #auteched #adn
RT @en_gy: #Lettuce all join together to #StopTheBeets! [Personally I’m fine with beets, but then I’M TOLERANT.]
Mirkwood #auteched instagr.am/p/PczokriFr8/
Untouched nature #auteched instagr.am/p/PczWS1iFrx/
Indeed, @BernardKeane, with Twitter I can see for myself what my friends and colleagues are thinking.
BernardKeane Scenes from a dying industry: a untrusted outlet and its maliciously inept journalists try to enrage its readership to control a competitor
RT @michaelmeloni: @ozdj #lettuce fix that [Well played!]
I wonder if Ray Hadley eats #lettuce.
jason_a_w “Broadcaster Ray Hadley has been the victim of trolls…” is my favourite phrase from yesterday. Let’s see if we can top that today.
I, too, am disappointed about the lack of #lettuce on Twitter. Trolls must not ever eat lettuce.
ozdj I am disappointed that #lettuce has NEVER been a Twitter trending topic. How can this injustice be corrected?
Putting on pants.
RT @leslienassar: Oh dear. instagr.am/p/PcvM2rvgqO/ [Just like we demand the sender of every postcard provide photo ID. Oh wait.]
@SnarkyPlatypus Tell me more about these “Catholic skills”… ;)
@SnarkyPlatypus J’espère que les voies nasales sont accommodant à vos besoins. Bonne chance!
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. La vue du lever de soleil sur l’océan Pacifique est presque en vaut la peine. Presque. Et vous?
Mind you, there’s ZERO evidence in @JuliaGillard’s twitter feed that anyone’s even watching, let alone responding. Another PMO fail?
Dear @JuliaGillard, you’re the PM. You can LEAD if you want. But you’re choosing to be puppet to every tabloid brainfart. Why?
@leslienassar @AnnabelAstbury @latikambourke Pretty much every media outlet bases their story selection on what’s coming out of Holt Street.
RT @leslienassar: @stilgherrian @AnnabelAstbury @latikambourke Julia Gillard is the Federal Member for 2 Holt Street [A bit harsh, really.]
The sky brightens slowly… #auteched instagr.am/p/PcpTH3iFju/
Wed plan, interim: Microsoft TechEd australia.msteched.com all day; 0715 breakfast in media room; schedule TBA after that. #auteched #adn
@AnnabelAstbury @leslienassar @latikambourke It’s nasty, self-serving opportunistic bullshit, and PM Gillard is buying into it.
@AnnabelAstbury @leslienassar @latikambourke Dunno. I just see “troll” being used in a new way to make “bad people” sound like a new thing.
Dawn over the Pacific #auteched instagr.am/p/PcmyofCFh1/
RT @latikambourke: Daily Telegraph declares war on Twitter: #trolling pic.twitter.com/onQrZzeV [Rank hypocrisy has never impressed me.]
@jonoabroad There’s bits further down in that narrative that you’re not allowed to do to children, yours or other people’s.
Oh hello.