We should always be both alert and alarmed.
Discovering a disaster in the making.
RT: Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Australia’s National Security Strategy? Or Labor’s election-year cyber gimmick?” zdnet.com/australias-nat…
@vealmince Dear Sir, if we start sacking the stupid people then things will fall apart fairly rapidly.
Now playing in the SEKRIT location, LCD Soundsystem’s “North American Scum” youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2np7…
Oh shit, someone’s pressed one of @R_Chirgwin’s hot buttons. RUN FOR THE HILLS, PEOPLE.
@grechj In general, the answer to whether I’m watching <TV program> on <TV channel> is “No”.
Porn. The answer is porn.
@michaelneale @R_Chirgwin I don’t know. I just type words and email them in. What happens in the paragraph factory is beyond me.
In a private email, @BernardKeane seems to be asking @crikey_news staff and contributors to engage in “watersports”.
@michaelneale @R_Chirgwin The other day I was asked what sort of tech journalism I did, “Cloud? Infrastructure?” Models vendor silos.
@j_hutch There’s 1500+ words in a draft that rambles on a bit too much about journalism stuff. It may be some time.
@j_hutch Indeed. I’m really saying that the model of a masthead having these staff journos is maybe wrong. This feeds into a blog post soon.
@thegrenville Fuck Orwell.
@j_hutch I wasn’t meaning to be ABC-specific, but they (used to) hire arts, sports, science, medical, environment reporters.
Oh that’s right. The old journalists who manage the old journalism factories still think in terms of employees.
That’s why I consider “general reporters” to be of declining pointfulness. We have global comms now. Get a journalist who knows the topic.
That said, I’m not miffed. I understand that general news and current affairs reporters have trouble reporting anything “specialist”.
I gave ransomware as an example of low-end crime that’s hardly “national security”, doubt I said Australian online crime was “largely” that.
Me and @darrenpauli are cybersecurity “experts” in this story from “AM”, but my example was misinterpreted. abc.net.au/am/content/201…
@franksting The editor removed the amphetamines. What could I do?
@jplonie I generally type it as “The Full Tit”. That’s my other column.
“Eleven reasons to be sceptical of warnings of cyber warfare”, by @BernardKeane crikey.com.au/2013/01/24/ele… My response in @crikey_news tomorrow.
Oh. The amphetamines were edited out.
I think I just triggered somebody’s fantasies.
@juhasaarinen You haven’t ever read anything I write, have you?
New blog post: “Goodbye ‘Patch Monday’, introducing ‘The Full Tilt’” stilgherrian.com/personal/goodb…
@a7ndrew @zdnetaustralia I’m guessing you didn’t read the article?
@Andrew_Zammit No more “Patch Monday” podcast, I’m afraid. Budgets, commercial decisions etc at @zdnetaustralia. But stay tuned.
Note also that “The Full Tilt” will sometimes be in the form of an audio or video podcast. I’m versatile.
Note that my @zdnetaustralia piece is the first episode of “The Full Tilt”, a column replacing the “Patch Monday” podcast.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Australia’s National Security Strategy? Or Labor’s election-year cyber gimmick?” zdnet.com/australias-nat…
@derekbradley No, I am not at a bar.
I have filed a thing, finally, for @zdnetaustralia. My stress levels decline suddenly. Coincidence?
I’ve stopped writing my thing about the Australian Cyber Security Centre because the PM is loose in DSD and could say ANYTHING.
Right, I’m switching into writing mode now because this needs to be done early, I believe. You may all amuse yourselves with balloons.
@SnarkyPlatypus C’est ma politique officielle de ne pas se souvenir des rêves. Ou de la réalité, d’ailleurs. Plus sûr pour tout le monde.
Thu plan, part A: Write for @zdnetaustralia; invent Thu plan, part B; execute same. It may or may not involve goldfish.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis heureux des progrès de l’espèce humaine. Et vous?
Hello, Thursday. Today’s tweets are dedicated to the US Department of Homeland Security, which began operations 10 years ago today.