Gorn.
@D_Keating Well, it wouldn’t do any harm. Overall, my mix of media work does have to sustain me. But that’s business, and it’s Sunday.
@D_Keating Thanks. I’ve got some interesting conversations happening for the first four. I just hope I can sustain it. We shall see.
@D_Keating @JoshuaWithers @MolksTVTalk @ThingCommittee Corrupted Nerds will be in iTunes when I fix a problem with the RSS feed. This week.
@JoshuaWithers @MolksTVTalk @D_Keating @ThingCommittee Well, I’ve been ON a committee… quite a few, alas. And boards. And turps.
@MolksTVTalk @D_Keating @JoshuaWithers @ThingCommittee I’ll have a listen. And I’m in Sydney most weeks, a flexible schedule.
@MolksTVTalk @D_Keating @JoshuaWithers @ThingCommittee I have no idea what you’re talking about, but I think I should be worried.
New blog post: “Weekly Wrap 160: Black dog, black sky and more NSA” http://t.co/ERWEv8Fuhp
New podcast: “Corrupted Nerds: Conversations 2”, with Sean Richmond, Sophos, debunking APTs and cyberwar. http://t.co/ZK6QD6RMwj
@leslienassar (Note that I resisted the explanation “because you’re an arsehat”, because I’m polite.)
GreenJ insatiably curious chicken is insatiably curious.
Well, @leslienassar, Corrupted Nerds is my new podcast and website. corruptednerds.com I cannot explain why you haven’t listened.
I’ve nearly finished producing episode 2 of http://t.co/eAw11TV9Jb so why not listen to episode 1 with @e_kaspersky? http://t.co/TzeGvDZn2c
Horse_ebooks Now imagine that mountain placed at the centre of a compass.
It’s just so terrible when a media outlet publishes something you don’t agree with, isn’t it! I mean, freedom of speech should be banned!
Sticky date, with podcast production and cabernet sauvignon instagram.com/p/bKxr6FiFvq/
Please instagram.com/p/bKmiNOiFsD/
Sun plan, draft: Fix loose ends at http://corruptednerds/; lunch, shopping Katoomba; podcast production; 2 x blog posts; early night.
Hello, Sunday. How is the unravelling going?
Thanks for the recommendation for @Pinboard, @garthk @viveka, I’ll be checking it my links-to-blog-post tools on Monday.
@scarrgo71 That looks lovely, but I think @markatextor’s head just exploded.
@markatextor Is this your new paper? “Brussels Sprouts and the Domino Theory”?
RT @markatextor: @stilgherrian how far would you go? pic.twitter.com/I3U6PXOwfW [I’d do many things but, no, that’s just wrong.]
@niallclugston It also appears to be operating just fine under its new owners. delicious.com
@niallclugston The point was/is easy enough. Bookmarks that you share across devices and with friends.
Once upon a time , if one wanted to save web links with a 1-par description and post daily into WordPress, one used Delicious. What now?
@RealDavidHeath Thanks very much. I missed making podcasts, as it happens, so I hope I can find a way to support corruptednerds.com
@franksting @smperris @erkpod Yes, @e_kaspersky does indeed talk about cyberwar, and I tease out his reasoning. I think you’d enjoy it.
@markatextor The brussels sprouts campaign I know not of what you speak. But I actually quite like them in a stir-fry.
@smperris @erkpod Yes, it’s purely cosmetic, and should be an easy-to-find glitch in how I set up the PowerPress podcasting plugin for WP.
@smperris @erkpod The only feed problem is that on the individual feeds the title is “Corrupted Nerds: ConversationsCorruptedNerds”. Ugly.
@erkpod I have just scheduled some time tomorrow to sort all the podcast feeds, as well as a second episode.
@erkpod I still have a bug in the RSS feeds, alas, so I have not yet submitted the podcast to the fruit-related place or other directories.
@markatextor Ah, thanks for the thought. And no disrespect to @walkleys, but the rum sounds a much better idea.
4. Me at @CSO_Australia Friday: “[Security megastar Bruce] Schneier joins EFF board in wake of NSA scandal” http://t.co/IdWMD61uBx
3. Me at @zdnetaustralia Friday: “Beyond Conroy: Australia’s future internet politics” http://t.co/hVQ6q802yv
2. Me at @crikey_news on Tuesday: “Remember the NSA? Snooping is the real story” http://t.co/cm4bWPwh68 [paywall, free trial]
1. I have a new podcast. http://t.co/eAw11TV9Jb Episode 1 is @e_kaspersky on all the cybers. http://t.co/TzeGvDZn2c #cyber #cybercyber
Since it’s a rainy Saturday and people have been busy through the week, my next four tweets will be me pimping shit I’ve done this week.
This week’s @RNmediareport “Journopreneurialism: a new word for a new media future” has some interesting views. http://t.co/u68MKERSfB
Sat plan re-imagined: Sleep in (done); map out next week, at least roughly; catch up on reading; early night; stay warm (forecast min 3C).
Oh. The Saturday plan labelled “sleep in” worked after all. Just from 1030 to 1300. Frmnulluminiallypfff.
I think I will have to turn around this Saturday in international waters.
It is Saturday. And it is not going to plan. And all the plan had in it was “sleep in”.
Listening to @Herring1967’s latest Leicester Square Theatre Podcast with Edgar Wright. http://t.co/XAsYxEcLjY
@OkanovicM @zdnetaustralia You are most kind.
@bernietb Glad to hear it, because that was exactly my thinking. 1-on-1, allowing us to dig deeper into issues and learn.
@bernietb He is. As you can probably tell, I enjoyed the conversation. I’ll have a new episode by Monday, I suspect.
And did you know I have a new podcast? http://t.co/eAw11TV9Jb An episode with @e_kaspersky about all the cybers? http://t.co/TzeGvDZn2c
Me at @CSO_Australia earlier: “[Bruce] Schneier joins EFF board in wake of NSA scandal” http://t.co/IdWMD61uBx
Me at @zdnetaustralia earlier: “Beyond Conroy: Australia’s future internet politics” http://t.co/hVQ6q802yv
RT @ApostrophePong: Kids’ play on the bus #yangon instagram.com/p/bGSFG0vGEc/ [Once more I’m envious of ‘Pong visiting Yangon.]
Snowden performed a critical service, writes Roger Cohen. “History, the real sort, will judge him kindly.” http://t.co/xGejAzDcZK HT @jjn1
“That’s a big olive.” instagram.com/p/bGKIi8iFi-/
“China’s Space Program Tries to Catch Up”, being a @stratfor analysis. http://t.co/91diHCC5y2
I’m late to this, but @JohnBirmingham’s “Life in the surveillance state” is a thing you should read. http://t.co/j1XQ47AZCO #nsa
“Who really invented the internet in Australia”, writes @bengrubb well about a history twice his age. http://t.co/TvTrgeHYaA
Me at @CSO_Australia: “Schneier joins EFF board in wake of NSA scandal” http://t.co/IdWMD61uBx
@skankyballerina @dj2mn I look forward to your report.
@AndeGregson Thank, Ande. It was an interesting six years.
RT @skwashd: In a Bronwyn Bishop kinda way? [A Bronwyn Bishop kind of way is a good kind of way.]
RT @ben_hr: OH: “Theatre is Foxtel for rich peopleâ€
Great Western Mistway instagram.com/p/bF9C71iFpy/
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Beyond Conroy: Australia’s future internet politics” http://t.co/hVQ6q802yv
Article filed for @CSO_Australia, which (mostly) ends the week’s work. Except for pimping the stuff I’ve done and suchlike.
Crossing the Nepean instagram.com/p/bF02PYiFi2/
Mobile: Implementing the rest of the plan.
@AttardMon I wasn’t watching at that point, sorry, I was on deadline.
Julie Bishop is hot when she gets cranky like this. I should watch Sky News more often.
Article filed for @zdnetaustralia. Ping @dobes.
Rudd is working that press gallery like a puppetmaster with a whole bucket of Vaseline.
RT @llament: What does it mean? [Does that matter? We live in a post-meaning world now.]
I have just coined the word “cybercrossroads”. You can thank me later.
Right, I’ll leave you folks to your speculation for the weekend. I have an article to finish.
Indeed, PM Kevin Rudd just said the new cabinet will be sworn in on Monday.
Joe O’Brien just said on @ABCNews24 that some are saying the ministry won’t be announced today.
@purserj @bernietb @reselsnark @jonkudelka Au contraire, there’s PLENTY for us to get on with until the announcement. ALL THE OTHER THINGS.
@purserj @bernietb @reselsnark I can’t be arsed with speculation. I’m on deadline, and we’ll probably know who it is in 20 mins.
RT @reselsnark: Who do you think the best person Rudd could put up for Comms? [I’m still thinking about this post-resignations.]
RT @bernietb: If Rudd is about to announce his front bench, you’d better all get your feelings cakes in the oven.
Prime Minister Rudd has called a press conference for 1230 AEST. My guess is a new ministry will be announced, including Conroy’s successor.
New photo: “Sydney’s 50 shades of emerald, all of them grey” http://t.co/hfpGYZH0PE
@T4RD1S Hey, @DailyMailUK is citing a @WIRED article with a photo of the FBI receipt. [shrugs] Seems legit. As in actually legit.
@PeteDotAscian @DailyMailUK @WIRED “Knocking off” implies plagiarism but that’s fully sourced. I happened upon @DailyMailUK’s version first.
Original “WikiLeaks Volunteer Was a Paid Informant for the FBI” by @kpoulsen at @wired, which @DailyMailUK cites. http://t.co/IcCU5gH6WT
@joshgnosis @badm0f0 Well then, if you’re on the theme, stick to it, I say!
“Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks protege was an FBI double agent”, writes @DailyMailUK http://t.co/mTRADx4bsq
Tru dat, @badm0f0. And I am now removing a GoT reference from what I’m writing this morning. @joshgnosis
badm0f0 @stilgherrian @joshgnosis one of few articles on anything in the last few months that wasn’t begun/ended/wholly comprised of GoT references.
“Data retention always comes back”, writes @joshgnosis. But opening with a Buffy reference? Really? http://t.co/SabMC7FYLv
Dear Everyone, I am again WAY behind in comms. Unless it relates to something happening before Monday night, I’ll reply Monday onwards.
Fri plan: Write for @zdnetaustralia; lunch; 1428 train to Wentworth Falls; write for @CSO_Australia en route; early night, probably.
@SMinney @crikey_news One advantage of a live radio background is that you learn where the edge of libel lies,m and can navigate that reef.
@SMinney @crikey_news Lawyers aren’t really needed if it presents facts, and then fair opinion of what those facts mean…
Which would be nice, @jturner_ibrs, if Android handset makers and their telcos effing will got their shit together and released patches.
jturner_ibrs Version stats for Android goo.gl/eFrk6 compared to iOS goo.gl/C7BJx Jelly Bean: 33% vs iOS6: 93% #BYOD #patch #ASDtop4
Security megastar Bruce Schneier has joined the board of the EFF. https://t.co/IHFxzeJ47a That’s kind of a big statement.
I suspect the PR suggesting I write for @crikey_news about an online shop for self-indulgent “luxury” trinkets reads neither me nor Crikey.
Fri plan, draft: Write for @zdnetaustralia; lunch; 1428 train to Wentworth Falls; write for @CSO_Australia en route, probably; early night.
It’s Friday. It’s going to be complicated.
Gorn.
@skankyballerina @dj2mn I have gained an understanding of your position, yes.
All the fish.
Prosperity instagram.com/p/bDm9ZWiFgD/
Having read all safety instructions, I am choosing to eat sushi for dinner tonight. I will now go to the place of sushi, and eat sushi.
@skankyballerina @dj2mn I thought Andreas Fistingvieder was something else, but in any event, harps should be banned along with land mines.
RT @niallclugston: The problem is the legal worldview and the medical worldview are poles apart. [Exactly. Biology is blurry at the edges.]
Sadly, @404ed, no leeches were prescribed.
Pharmacist recommends against certain aspects of GP’s recommendation. Because Science.
Gotta love my GPs. “I recommend we try X, but if it doesn’t work it’s not my fault, OK?”
Well that was interesting.
@cjlambert @NathanaelB @jeamland Stop it.
GreenJ …the weird turn pro. RT @ConroyMO: For everyone who’s asked ‘Why the Dalek?’ - farewell from all in Team Conroy pic.twitter.com/rKs4XVQYC6
I’m sure this medical practice is playing Enya in the waiting room because they think it’s relaxing. They are wrong. Please hand me a knife.
RT @leslienassar: Itsa me! [Well, there’s a problem solved. And ten more created.]
Do we have a new communications minister yet?
“Conroy’s legacy: From factional Dalek to NBN master”, writes @joshgnosis http://t.co/rpJu7MYdL9
RT @michaelneale: what is an information industry? [Dunno, but AIIA is “voice of the digital economy”. aiia.com.au Proctology?]
By comparison, Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) thanks Sen Conroy “for his service and achievements in the portfolio”, wishes him well.
RT @firstdogonmoon: FAIRY MARTINS! http://t.co/EPvQ9haKlO [Damn, I thought that said “fairy martinis” for a moment. Sulk.]
[Deletes press release from whiney rent-seeking industry.]
Well, Dear AIIA perhaps all PM Rudd needs to do is point you to some pages on the ABS website that show you how fucking well off you are.
“Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is calling on PM Rudd “to take action to restore industry confidence in the economy”.
“Women of Canada, you can help!” http://t.co/aTkYHN6j5K
@leftventricleau Thanks. Pre-made WordPress themes and too many years of media work give you the skills to paper over the cracks.
@leftventricleau No, I’ve got nothing going. The one new thing I did have was sorta launched last week. corruptednerds.com
@leftventricleau @cfsmtbation I have abandoned work for the day, for reasons which may be explained later.
RT @cfsmtbation: Extreme cat watching. #catspam pic.twitter.com/s1qyYWoMK1 [But very good catspam nonetheless.]
@theMickMorris Indeed. I stumbled across the post looking for something else, and realised that I’ve been writing about this shit for years.
Just stumbled across my 2007 post “Oops, there goes privacy! So now what?” Does the thesis still hold? http://t.co/wuTTWGJDz3
At least there’s someone having a time that seems worse than mine, because it’s on television. http://t.co/TgJB4zz6ap
Nope, the chances of me getting any meaningful work done today is very low indeed.
This isn’t going to work.
Staring at the to-do list, trying to figure out how I can make this work, when nothing really wants to work.
Is there a list of known Sydney City Council hopefuls somewhere?
Heading back to Camperdown, in the hope that I’ll get some sort of inspiration to be able to write.
They’ve gone.
Meanwhile his colleague was on the phone, ordering two cartons of shot glasses.
He’s gone. He’s expecting a delivery of mince for “the hambuggers” and then has to buy “rolls for the hambuggers”. Demanding life, it seems.
Earlier, re Sydney City Council, he said his plan for [didn’t catch] was “to sack all 20 of them straight away”.
OH, his colleague: “My surname used to be Albanese.” Man: “Your maiden name?” “Yes.” “That’s OK, that doesn’t make you a socialist.”
OH, his colleague: “You’re smoking? I thought you gave up at the beginning of the year?” “Yeah, but Julia Gillard stressed me out.”
OH: “And wouldn’t it be great if Clover went too. What a year that’d be.”
OH: “Still, she’s from Adelaide,” he sneers.
OH: “Thank God that dreadful women is gone, we don’t have to listen to that horrible nasal drone,” he fagwhines hypocritically.
The whiney man at the next table is loudly complaining and discussing his Sydney City Council election strategy. He’s an arsehat.
Vampiric procedures have been completed. There was an also incidental conversation about poo. Of course, breakfast is next.
Mobile. Implementing the draft plan. And already I’m behind schedule. Excellent.
Thu plan, draft: 0800 let the vampires do their work; breakfast; remainder TBA, but there’s a LOT of writing I’m meant to do this week. Cry.
Oh.
Southwards.
And so ends the Competitive Carriers Coalition presser. I’ll post links to any relevant stuff this afternoon under the #cccau hashtag.
Q: Why would Telstra cooperate with infrastructure sharing? A (Murrow): They get smaller share, but of a bigger pie. #cccau
A (from Malone): Cites a study that has shown direct linkage of broadband speeds to productivity improvements. Will get link later. #cccau
A (from Murrow): Wider market for apps improves individual productivity, distributed call centres more appealing, stuff yet unknown. #cccau
Q: That $12 billion productivity improvement mentioned before. Where does that come from? #cccau
Complex point about ACCC’s role in ensuring Telstra’s structural separation is implemented well. Watch for @joshgnosis’ story, his Q. #cccau
The idea of shared infrastructure [cell towers] would help address this. #cccau
Complex point about Telstra getting USO funds [?] to expand in the bush, so the “choice” ends up being Telstra or Telstra. #cccau
A (from Forman): Both, there’s both structural and regulatory issues to address. #cccau
Q: To get to the nub, to level the playing field, are you appealing the govt or ACCC or both #cccau
Trying to not say something snarky about @R_Chirgwin and @Stuartcorner and old blokes talking about the past at length. #cccau
Morrow: Aim is to give customers choice. “NBN is a vehicle to do that, but not the only one.” #cccau
Malone notes last election was NBN vs no NBN. This year it’s NBN vs different NBN, “and that’s a good thing”. #cccau
The theme of the earlier part of the Q&A was really a call for full structural separation of Telstra. (Sorry, was having my coffee.) #cccau
What Telstra knows about retailers’ customers, a handout from David Tudehope, CEO, Macquarie Telecom. http://t.co/Y5zW1glYEp #cccau
RT @leslienassar: So it’s basically the same briefing they’ve given every year since 2008? #cccau [@Australia journo just made that point.]
The four gentlemen of the CCC #cccau instagram.com/p/bANivzCFp_/
The Competitive Carriers Coalition presser is now into Q&A. I’ll only tweet the highlights. #cccau
Tudehope finishes by noting the NBN will take years to unfold, so that’s the timeframe. #cccau
Tudehope notes that Telstra uses customer data they hold as wholesale provider to advantage their retail operations. Must stop. #cccau
Conduct that needs review: sign-on bonuses, tech funds, bundling across services, exclusive deals that tie new with old services. #cccau
Tudehope notes the usual trends affecting the industry. Move to data, data move to cloud, everything move to mobility, #cccau
Up now, David Tudehope, CEO, Macquarie Telecom. #cccau
Long-term strategic agenda? NBN-industry co-investment to prevent duplication, smarter investments, e.g. USO funds to infrastructure. #cccau
Example of collaboration is sharing cell towers in an open way. #cccau
Morrow calls for a review of transmission and backhaul prices, greater industry collaboration, greater role for NBN. #cccau
Morrow: “From my point of view the objective is to reach as many Australians as possible with the best price and competition.” #cccau
Morrow says he’s a huge supporter of the NBN, it’s a “bold step”, but is technology-agnostic. #cccau
Morrow sites research that if this is handled the right way there’d be a $12 billion boost to productivity. #cccau
“The country is at a crossroads,” says Morrow. This is an “opportunity to take advantage of the digital revolution.” #cccau
There’s now more Australia users accessing the internet via mobile devices than fixed line. #cccau
Mobile phone penetration is now at 137%, highest-penetarion smartphone market in the world. #cccau
Up now, Bill Morrow, CEO, Vodafone Hutchison Australia. #cccau
Customers in regional areas have least capacity to pay (lower incomes), but broadband costs are the highest. “That needs to change.” #cccau
Malone is showing a chart of their actual gross margins on the different products. (I hope we get soft copies of this.) #cccau
“Australian market saddled by artificial constraints to competition. Wholesale market is gamed at every step. Prices are still high.” #cccau
Regulated network access wholesale prices mean there’s very little spread of pricing options. Transparency lacking. #cccau
Research says customers want choice, lower prices and innovation, but don’t necessarily go to the cheapest. #cccau
Lots of numbers and charts now. Alas, I don’t have copies, hard or soft. #cccau
Malone notes that Telstra’s market share was falling, but has “bounced back”. #cccau
Up now, Michael Malone, CEO, iiNet. Primarily residential broadband, only 20% of iiNet’s revenue comes from B2B. #cccau
“Testra retains unparalleled integration and market power”, so today presenting proposals for reform over the next few years. #cccau
Fall in price for internet services os 2.7% was the smallest drop in 5 years. Cause? Structural problems… #cccau
Average real prices for fixed voice services down 4.9% in 2011-12, 7.3% slower than in 2010-11. #cccau
Improvements are slowing, not speeding up. Line rentals prices fell 1.4% in 2011-12, after falling 4.2% in 2010-11. #cccau
Australians continue to pay the highest prices in OECD for basic call services. #cccau
Australia continues to fall on “global broadband league table”, in broadband penetration and price drops. #cccau
Intro by David Forman, Gm Telecommunications, CPR Communications. #cccau
… and Michael Malone, CEO, iiNet. I’ve just noticed that other folks are using the #ccc hashtag for something else. I’ll switch to #cccau