GrillTeam Just happened in the UK. We think someone at the BBC will be in trouble for this! pic.twitter.com/AP21cpyv7C
RT @badm0f0: only the true sparklepony would bother to deny being the sparklepony. [Uhoh.]
OH: “I’m not the sparklepony!”
So you know the Grass-Mud Horse (è‰æ³¥é©¬)? http://t.co/0Jf5kjysjF Well, there’s 273 entries in the ecosystem! http://t.co/27GAY8xROu
@leinir Ah yes. That. We should probably know better by now.
@johnthelutheran “Point of Sale”, i.e. the cash register.
@zzap Thanks. I’m adding it to the bio. “As banned by Microsoft.”
@R_Chirgwin @cjlambert Ah, it’s the current “OMFG LADYBITS ON A TELEVISION SOCIETY IS CRUMBLING IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE” thing.
@leinir (Also, sorry, any misunderstandings are due to tweeting while doing errands. I did miss one tweet earlier.)
@cjlambert I’m sure “do a Miley Cyrus” means something other than sing, but the reference is lost on me, sorry.
@dwyer_jason @benrhamilton Thank you for your sauce recommendations. I shall investigate.
@leinir Well there’s another characterisation, yes. As I’ve said to some others, it really feels like the real reason is something else.
sweary_bear I ate my first antivaxer today. As expected, it tasted like pox-ridden bullshit, with an unpleasant nutty aftertaste. No stars.
@HughRundle Damn. We’ll have to prop him up on a stick or something.
@leinir But since you read the article, you’ll know that I acknowledged Microsoft’s access rights and complained about lack of due process.
@leinir Erm, “being paid to say things” is PR and advertising. A journalist’s writing is paid for by the commissioning editor.
@simonhackett There’s nothing like waking to a freshly slaughtered critter six inches in front of your face.
@simonhackett Once I had the flu, one cat was so concerned he got me a pigeon, dismembered it, and put it on my pillow for when I woke.
RT @simonhackett: One of the cats has some explaining to do. pic.twitter.com/gBHqWreKtX [Jeez, Simon, didn’t leave much for you!]
Mobile: Walk dirt track then Railway Pde to Wentworth Falls; 1610 train to Katoomba; remainder TBA.
Pondering a wander to one of the nearby villages.
@PeteDotAscian @mikko Shoosh, you.
MT @latikambourke: Tony Abbott at a beef stud… [Oops, read that as “Tony Abbott as a beef stuff”, it was Chippendales all the way down.]
Well, @scottcarson1957, Edmund McIIhenny shall be remembered! http://t.co/3LRPK91nCD /cc @oberonsghost
@ivovic Yeah? I’m not really seeing a pattern yet, or if I am, it’s much looser. “I like this, but I don’t like that.” OK, that’s cool.
@ApostrophePong Thank you. I think it’s hilarious. Of all the things I’ve laughed about this month, this banning is 80% of them.
mikko Tech tip: If you print a GIF, it won’t move any more.
Whoever invented tabasco sauce needs to be both canonised and given a Nobel Prize.
This ABC @RNFutureTense story in tech rise and fall, predicting the death of the car, os a must-listen. http://t.co/9utkRkha4T
@CheekyGhostApps Thank you. As I’ve said, it’s Microsoft’s event and their right etc, but the process is utterly inadequate.
@CheekyGhostApps Well yes, I think there’s some other sort of politics going on, but since Microsoft hasn’t bothered to talk to me… shrug.
@CheekyGhostApps Interesting. Though I suppose I know very precisely the boundaries of Australian media law, especially defamation.
@CheekyGhostApps There were certainly stirrings in the audience. But Twitter account suspended? It’s all fair opinion.
@ScottFitzG Ah, I’d guessed you had a professional interest of some kind. I learned a lot from him, and a mad Dutchman, Henk someone.
@ScottFitzG Meant to answer this: George Turner, did the Australian Oxford Dictionary. We worked on a few words as tutes.
@jeffsonstein Look, do we have to drag Dr Thompson into this EVERY time? :P
@jeffsonstein @crikey_news @lewellyn Write clearly, explain new or possibly-new words, use trigger visuals and then, if time, ornament it.
@jeffsonstein @crikey_news @lewellyn I was influenced by the Plain English movement and Hirsch’s “Cultural Literacy”. http://t.co/VMCNM8f3xh
Thinking about covering Pacific2013, the maritime tech show, ‘cos there should be good naval drone stories. pacific2013.com.au
RT @karsoe: Great photo of Hunter S Thompson by Annie Leibovitz. pic.twitter.com/9YuUhP51p8 [Agreed, one of the best of him.]
@jeffsonstei Thanks. Writing for @crikey_news helps. Well-educated, politically-engaged, just lacking tech knowledge. I enjoy explaining.
@juhasaarinen Yes, perhaps they’ve finally come to their senses.
@jeffsonstein Thank you. It was nice to be able to put talk of the Syrian Electronic Army into the context of Gartner’s scenarios.
@AnonVengeance @_cypherpunks_ To be fair to Microsoft, I have in the past found them far more open and willing to chat than most tech firms.
Me at @zdnetaustralia yesterday: “Melbourne IT breach highlights need for security culture” http://t.co/8Kpgsff1h6
Me at @zdnetaustralia Thursday: “Look, we told you about these droids”, on Android security. http://t.co/1ZcM7FZYDw
Me at @crikey_news yesterday: “Assad’s army: the future of hacking is here, with a new target” http://t.co/FvqWxuFCnP
“Microsoft bans Australian journalist @stilgherrian from its TechEd conference: ‘aggressive to speakers’.” http://t.co/Iv2PxD1spY #auteched
Thank you, @leslienassar @vealmince, that’s just reminded me to re-pimp that tweet.
I plan on covering the DiG Festival in some way, but I haven’t worked out the details yet.
Today is last day for early-bird pricing at Newcastle’s inaugural DiG Festival (Design, Interactive, Green-Tech). digfestival.com.au
@interrogativus Oh I like that, thank you!
@scott_thewspot Well I have a few ideas along those lines, but they’re very back-burner at the moment.
@chieftech @paulwallbank Thanks for the thought, but I’m long since filled up next week with other things. Good luck with it.
@scott_thewspot But at the event, I’m able to ask questions and also talk to developers and such, not just summarise canned presentations.
@scott_thewspot Oh yes, I am banned from the event. In a democracy I can write about whether the heck I wan’t (well, usual limits).
@martenhauville Some sort of pneumatic tube system could do the job.
@Taco_Lad I think “thinking” may not be the best word to describe the process that sits between Ray King’s ears.
@lukerides The world’s full of arsehats. :) But what annoys me most is the sheer lack of process, or even any communication.
Sat plan: Tidy loose ends; plan corruptednerds.com episodes 5 to 8 and their crowdfunding campaign, at a Saturday pace; quiet evening.
@interrogativus Strange indeed. BTW, my writing on TechEd was journalism rather than blogging. I do both, and broadcast / podcast too.
@jojoeffe I have NO idea what’s going on in there. I’d rather not know.
@BXGD I wouldn’t go that far, but yeah I have a nuanced view. That’s why I think there’s some internal politics behind it.
@BXGD And yet there’s certainly bits of Microsoft that are very, very good. [Shrugs.] Wondering is an explanation will ever emerge.
JakeGoulding Responsive design should be mobile-first design, then just pad the page with more pictures of cats as the screen gets bigger.
@lukerides Well, I figure my rationale for going public was spelt out in enough detail. But you don’t have to “care” to write. Many motives.
@R_Chirgwin Damn, that didn’t auto-expand properly. @span should be @spandaslui.
@BXGD Oh it’s a remarkably clever strategic move. And thanks for the (mis-spelt) #FF. Adding to my bio: “As banned by Microsoft.”
@niallclugston @prestontowers Oh look, once you manage to break the “high power sniper rifle taboo”, SO many things become possible.
joshgnosis Nothing says small government like microchipping the populace
@R_Chirgwin Yes, but that’s not “the back”. One could never forget @span, though she’s turned to the dark side now.
Aust Lib candidate proposes ”high powered sniper rifle” to inject criminal suspects with satellite-trackable chips. http://t.co/KtSddJsE1O
@Leighlo Well indeed, and that’s the misjudgment. I just laugh at that. What’s not on, though, is the complete lack of process.
BTW, my photo of TechEd AU media work room from last year, can anyone ID the women at back? One on right’s from PER? http://t.co/Iv2PxD1spY
@semibogan I have a strong constitution. I shall cope. But I must use “open-source douches” in a sentence some time.
@SVPR_Sweetheart @Beaker Thanks, glad you like the yarn. It’s just so, so silly. I’m now laughing about it AGAIN.
RT @semibogan: Thankfully, @stilgherrian won’t be banned from @linuxconfau. At least our douches are open source [Ugh! Reword please!]
Sat plan, draft: Planning for corruptednerds.com episodes 5 to 8 and its crowdfunding campaign, at a comfortable Saturday pace.
@lewellyn Gawd, having to to go to the Gold Coast would have been bad enough. It’s like Las Vegas, but without the class.
There. That should do the trick.
“Microsoft bans Australian journalist @stilgherrian from its TechEd conference: ‘aggressive to speakers’.” http://t.co/Iv2PxD1spY #auteched
Actually, I should do a tweet linking to that post that’ll do better for replication outside Australia and outside the tech community.
@BobGrrl Hah! The ol’ “Microsoft is evil” trope maybe? Nah. It’s just standdard corporate arsehattery.
@R_Chirgwin I haven’t looked to see who the keynote presenter is this year. Looking forward to your reports.
@Beaker This is true, but I’m cool with it. Microsoft has scored an own goal. And the Gold Coast? It wants to be Las Vegas, but it ain’t.
@oberonsghost Oh no, this is good! I’ve had my suspicions about that RAID controller for some time. Now the engineer agrees.
@aimee_maree I think you might be onto something there. So the classic Queenslander house with under-house space is the go?
Blog post: “Microsoft has banned me from covering TechEd” http://t.co/1jplt9oRmx
Oh NOW you want to replace that RAID controller…
Ermblfff.
@franksting Yeah sorry.
Just replace “spy” with the less melodramatic “figure out what they think and intend to do” and it’s suddenly no different from a marriage.
Are we now going to get a breathless series of news stories, “OMFG! Nation X spies on Nation Y!” YES WE KNOW THAT’S WHAT NATIONS DO.
@Asher_Wolf [Nods.] Non serviam.
RT @slimejam: Seriously, Melbourne’s snails have got to be the most existentially fucking troubled creatures on the planet.
@JasonOzolins @prestontowers Sure, but the violent aftertaste is the entire point. That is the very frisson of the style.
@RealDavidHeath Yes, that style of speaker who makes it about them and their experience, with no counterbalancing sense of humility.
@JasonOzolins @prestontowers The generation of discomfort is sometimes the precise point of using hyperbole.
@chrisjrn @snurb_dot_info No problem. I’ll be updating it each semester now, it seems, so it’ll get tighter and better-argued each time.
@chrisjrn Yes, it’s exactly the talk-though of the image that I miss. But @snurb_dot_info does in his presentation. http://t.co/7ZfIwCf8pk
@chrisjrn Thank you. That’s @snurb_dot_info’s research. The UTS students love it too. Read his blog. I’ll video next time, I think.
@ivovic I HAD TO SIT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING THE FIRST TIME AROUND I HAD PERCEPTION COMING OUT OF EVERY ORIFICE.
@expectproblems Thanks. But remember, Microsoft isn’t a monolith. Some bits have derp, some bits have extreme clue.
@yinettesys Well those tweets are probably about to be Streisanded from arsehole to breakfast time.
RT @dwyer_jason: @stilgherrian some lulz before sleepz http://t.co/OAjr4C720H [Agreed. That’s rather good.]
Thanks @trib @404ed @purserj @prestontowers @stufromoz @ivovic and others. I’m still finding the whole thing daft and hilarious.
@jpwarren @ssharwood I always did like that photo of the media work room. There is a camaraderie there.
I did say “goodnight”, but now I’m wide awake again.
@swearyanthony He’s not a futurist, he’s a charlatan.
I’m just thinking I probably should’ve put some cloud in front of that web server, in case that post goes a bit popular.
@swearyanthony Thank you. Fixed now.
New blog post: “Microsoft has banned me from covering TechEd” http://t.co/Iv2PxD1spY Goodnight all. #auteched
And now, a Certain Log Post, which is a bit special and of interest to developers…
RT: Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Melbourne IT breach highlights need for security culture” http://t.co/8Kpgsff1h6
RT: Me at @crikey_news: “Assad’s army: the future of hacking is here, with a new target” http://t.co/FvqWxuFCnP
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Look, we told you about these droids”, on Android security. http://t.co/1ZcM7FZYDw
Me at @CSO_Australia: “Gartner’s vision of infosec 2019: four scenarios, all bad” http://t.co/Hwrmylj0b4 #GartnerSEC
Right, before I go to bed, I’ll re-pimp the stuff I’ve done yesterday and today, and then link to to a Certain Blog post. Here we go…
Having seen the nice new table, I can confirm that it offers ample surface area for a reasonable amount and variety of sex.
@sylmobile @R_Chirgwin “Welding”? Isn’t the key issue who first has sex on the nice new table?
@ivovic Thank you. All shall be revealed in a relatively few number of hours.
Writing a Certain Blog Post. And Certain Elements of The Media have already been notified of this fact.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Melbourne IT breach highlights need for security culture” http://t.co/8Kpgsff1h6
@Colvinius @samdunn1972 My (potentially dodgy) memory had linguistics set “grammar” = “syntax”, but much supposed-grammar isn’t.
@samdunn1972 @Colvinius Yes, except apostrophe errors aren’t “grammar”, but punctuation. Your error is in error.
Me at @crikey_news: “Assad’s army: the future of hacking is here, with a new target”, also references #GartnerSEC http://t.co/FvqWxuFCnP
@juhasaarinen Rivers are stupid.
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. Yay, that’s the two biggest bits of writing done for the say. Two more to go.
Crossing the Nepean #LumiaWP8trial instagram.com/p/dnx16CiFle/
“Ian Macdonald found corrupt by ICAC again”, writes the @smh. I do like the “again”. http://t.co/2Pbudx3brc
Fri plan: Write for @crikey_news (done), @zdnetaustralia, @technologyspec (part done); return to Wentworth Falls; 2 x blog posts; TGIF.
Story filed for @crikey_news. So there’s that done.
On a completely unrelated note, my head hurts.
Meanwhile, me at @zdnetaustralia yesterday: “Look, we told you about these droids”, on Android security. http://t.co/1ZcM7FZYDw
OK, that looks like a lot of writing to do today, so I’ll start now.
@text100 @Text100aus Yeah look I think were a few survivors. I blame society. Thanks.
Fri plan, draft: Write for @crikey_news, @zdnetaustralia, @technologyspec (part done); return to Wentworth Falls; 2 x blog posts; TGIF.
Friday, which looks a lot better than I feel #LumiaWP8trial instagram.com/p/dnHTpviFsk/
OH: “Pussy and drugs, that’s all we want. Why is this so hard?”
Shut up shut up shut up.
Or possibly PR firms.
Instagram timestamps will be the death of polite society.
Everything explained! instagram.com/p/dmVfBAiFuv/
Oh Jesus wept.
Uhoh.
@sylmobile That could be one word for it.
Everything is going very very well.
@EmilyCBaxter I shall! It is always a great gig.
@jplonie There shall be no vodka, for I have no need to start a tractor tonight.
Heading down to Text100’s #xmasinaugust to see all the new shiny things. And possibly have an orange juice.
techAU Kevin Rudd doing a Reddit AMA tonight at 6pm - bit.ly/14FIjcu
@LiaTimson Ah yes, organised crime is a business with KPIs…
@JM77 Yep, that’s been my emerging feelpinion.
@JM77 Ah yes! I’ve actually been flipping between the LG Optimus G and the Nokia Lumia 925 this week.
@JM77 Indeed, my (albeit shonky) memory is failing to dredge out a face to match the name.
@JM77 To this evening’s little do? Ph yes.
@SnarkyPlatypus Surely they wouldn’t be so silly. I mean, they work in PR.
RT @ssharwood: #VMworld party pic.twitter.com/m9JLCPyKjD [They seem to have grown a bit since last year…]
Are you a bladder? Have you ever bladded?
“Bladder” is such a curious word.
NickHodgeMSFT The Zeppelins that bombed London each required the intestines of 250,000 cows to make their hydrogen bladders.
Today I received an invitation to a conference with the note: “Will ensure we have refreshments.” I think they understand how this works.
@tassie_codriver We did indeed. But this Xmas in August is a certain media event. A preview of tech and gadgets for the Xmas season.
RT @AtomicMPC: It just bodes. [It does. It most certainly bodes.]
Oh Dear God, there’s a hashtag for today’s #xmasinaugust? This bodes… well?
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Look, we told you about these droids”, on Android security matters. http://t.co/E5U8KYFvAO
@macdonald_jimmy Agreed, I generally get quite a bit done on the train down from the Blue Mountains.
Arriving at Sydney Central #LumiaWP8trial instagram.com/p/dlJRFUiFq1/
I just realised the last few photos from the Lumia have been taken on “Night” setting. Doh! #LumiaWP8trial
RT @ABCFactCheck: High speed rail for the same price as the Coalition’s PPL? bit.ly/16UwLyk #factcheck [Sending the kids where…?]
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. Writing the entire thing within the confines of one train journey was a nice achievement.
@SnarkyPlatypus The lack of (some) apps is Windows Phone 8’s “challenge”. If the Lumia came in Android, it’d be a serious contender for me.
@SnarkyPlatypus Cameras are the Lumia’s key differentiator, and they’re very good. Did I show you the full HD video I shot from a train?
Crossing the Nepean #LumiaWP8trial instagram.com/p/dlDSuAiFiQ/
RT @bigmac: Now that you mention it, what is better than “Military grade” these days? [Child-proof?]
Mobile: Walk dirt track then Railway Pde to Wentworth Falls; 1032 train to Sydney Central; walk to UST Building 5, Haymarket for 1230.
Building a 1/3 scale Mac 512 (1984) out of a Raspberry Pi for $100 and some love. http://t.co/4vkZPWFFrO HT @quadrapop and others.
@miller_c_j @paulwallbank Actually, I think my view is quite broad. I find the “Australian SV” idea to be a bit hand-wavey anyway.
Thu plan: 1032 train to Sydney; write for @zdnetaustralia en route; 1230 UTS recording; 1500 meeting CBD; 1700 Text100 Xmas in August.
Rearranging plans slightly.
RT @leslienassar: I dropped an E. [Well it’s a nice day for it. And it saves on breakfast costs.]
RT @glengyron: Do you guys remember when SA government “managed to attract” Motorola to SA? Bwahahahaha. @leslienassar [How about the MFP?]
RT @glengyron: The second you see “Australia’s own Silicon Valley” you know it’s a complete failure anyway.
You know, @leslienassar, Australian governments’ fawning at big foreign internet companies is still so… provincial.
My Feb 2013 yarn on why I think attempts to create an “Australian Silicon Valley” are misguided cultural cringe. http://t.co/Tf7EDj7dW5
“Govt commits $6m to foster Australia’s own Silicon Valley”, writes @charispalmer http://t.co/X7MEwJCGLX And meanwhile…
I’ve posted audio and links for my UTS lecture to journalism students. http://t.co/qHybDfIjPa http://t.co/nozl9ZhhWy
RT @darrenpauli: French prosecutor opens probe into NSA surveillance program http://t.co/akP8GNKKOK [They’re just jealous.]
Me at @CSO_Australia yesterday: “Gartner’s vision of infosec 2019: four scenarios, all bad”, with many cybers. http://t.co/d75c8BLFKl
@SnarkyPlatypus The tradition at Text100’s Xmas in August is that oblivion happens at around 1705 AEST.
@S7U Well that’s one way of putting it, thank you.
LanguageLog Getting worked up over “twerk”: Perfect lexicographical storms don’t come along like this very often. On Sunda… bit.ly/16SBBfs
Thu plan, draft: Write @technologyspec; 1032 train to Sydney; write en route; 1230 UTS recording; 1500 meeting; 1700 Text100 Xmas in August.
Hello, Thursday. This is going to be a long but interesting day.
New blog post: “Algorithms and the Filter Bubble, Take 2B”, being the repeat UTS lecture, slightly different. http://t.co/R7gplqfBNV
@KarenMS_Groupie Sadly I’m not sure that’s the same thing.
New blog post: “Algorithms and the Filter Bubble, Take 2A”, my UTS guest lecture from Monday. 49min audio plus links. http://t.co/qHybDfIjPa