Category Archives: about me

The Twitter Diaries: 2009-09-13: Chicago

IMG_8822

^ The Chicago Bears on the practice field at Halas Hall

  • RT @Schlomo: Ok, I don’t follow celebs often, but following @Danny_DiVito kinda excites me! #
  • “To celebrate 30 years in business, an Italian supermarket is staging a lottery where the prizes include ten jobs.” http://bit.ly/2OlRjZ #
  • hang on. Why has Danny DeVito spelled his own name wrong in his twitter handle? @Danny_DiVito #
  • I suspect my toes exist primarily to run painfully into furniture. #
  • @nonstick yup, have now crunched the right pinky in addition to the left “ring” toe. Will have to start wearing shoes in the house. in reply to nonstick #
  • @nonstick including toes?!? in reply to nonstick #
  • Watching Die Hard. You can tell a movie is old when gas costs 74 cents a gallon in LA #
  • @c0t0d0s0 after 17 years in Italy, I have no complaints about fuel prices in the US in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
  • is there a way in FB (and for that matter Twitter) to block the notifications on everyone’s silly games? Just taking up brain space. #
  • @lewellyn I’d also like a way to ignore some kinds of tweets (e.g. sports talk, workout stats) from people whom I othewise find interesting in reply to lewellyn #
  • yday got email from an old friend hadn’t heard from in years, bcuz she is visiting Lake Como. Turns out we now live “close” in US #
  • turns out there’s a Hide feature in FB to get rid of the stupid game notices. Now need same for Twitter. #
  • old thoughts appropriate to Labor Day » “What Do You Do?” Not Defining Oneself in Terms of Work in Italy http://bit.ly/38lcDn #
  • amused that TripIt tells me “Welcome back, you’re in Tulsa.” That cd actually be useful – sometimes I do get confused as to my own location #
  • Memorial Day: bought jeans at The Gap, size 10 (down from 12). Labor Day: bought jeans at The Gap, size 8! #
  • I highly recommend this, not just to people interested in fashion: Valentino The Last Emperor – http://bit.ly/8vlsS #
  • RT @templedf: I’m totally fried. Coordinating the #sunhpc09 is a ton of work! http://hpcworkshop.com/ – good luck, my friend! #
  • @SaraD I wish parents and kids would not waste energy lying to each other. What does either side gain by hypocrisy? in reply to SaraD #
  • yet another “I’m Blogging This for Sun” t-shirt entry http://bit.ly/etf6W #
  • waking up every 2 hours with nightmares is getting old. Modern pharmacology to the rescue! #
  • today’s activities: planning for LISA (Nov, Baltimore), editing video (puppets and brains, but not together), weeding my email pile… #
  • @jowyang re Twitter reliability, good service = go where the customers are. Your needs as a co. are secondary. Very secondary. in reply to jowyang #
  • RT @RepJackKimble: does McCain have the best smile in Congress? I melt when I see it – contrast w “McCain in the lead for shit eating grin” #
  • Countries Beginning with I » Interview at FISL http://bit.ly/1UAtiF – BTW, this includes me in FRONT of the camera, for a change. #
  • Well, he couldn’t state it any more plainly… http://www.oracle.com/features/suncustomers.html #
  • @c_bright I’m all in favor of clear and open communication – there’s not enough of it in the world. So Larry suits me fine. in reply to c_bright #
  • RT @ThinGuy: I’m going to try to shout out “You Lie!” on every conference call I’m on today. LOL! #
  • looking into a Bollywood dance class – there’s a form of exercise I would actually enjoy! #
  • I don’t care what politicians get up to in private life; it’s the hypocrisy and contempt for women that gall me. http://bit.ly/1eMews #
  • Must… confront… the puppet. #
  • Why is there a bird party on my office windowsill? #
  • thank heaven for colleagues – someone just gave me a cupcake with an inch of rich chocolate frosting. Thanks, I needed that! #
  • On airport shuttle with couple who have matching impassive expressions behind matching shades, chewing gum in unison. #
  • so for our 1st National Day of Service 7 Remembrance, I’m in Chicago, serving on the board of SAGE: http://bit.ly/12TPv1 #
  • Meeting at Halas Hall, home of the Chicago Bears – an honor largely wasted on me. Anyone want pix? #
  • Tons of ideas flying about international education, service and experience for high school kids. This is fun! #

IMG_8830

^ SAGE board members Rachel Kriss, Nathan Scott (who runs SAGE), Sharon Seto. Want to study abroad in India or take your school on a really cool custom trip? We’re your folks.

  • I think I just scared a football player. #
  • Meeting room overlooks the Bears’ practice field. If I got to see football this close up all the time, I might learn to like it! #
  • @ThinGuy I don’t care about the game, watching athletic young men run around is good enough entertainment for me ; ) in reply to ThinGuy #
  • Exhausting but productive full-day meeting. Bears’ chef produced passable Indian food for lunch, but we’ll have the real thing for dinner. #
  • OH “Christians like to get married young so they can have sex.” #
  • In spite of being a short week, it’s been a long week. Emotional fallout and three different cities, I guess. #
  • Amazing dinner at Tajine Casablanca in Vernon Hills – highly recommended! #
  • @Britopian would like to see job seekers turn the tables: are all hirers’ online personae as squeaky clean as they claim they look to hire? in reply to Britopian #
  • waking up slowly in Chicago, will go for a walk in the fog with an old friend, then we all head for the airport & our respective homes #
  • @JoyceSolano yrs ago
    In Milan woke up, thot “that was a bomb,” slept again. Had forgotten all about it by morning, heard the news – it was. in reply to JoyceSolano #
  • @missbhavens parents and teens mostly swear, too. Everyone needs to get over inter-generational hang ups in reply to missbhavens #
  • RT @DeirdreS: New blog post: Hallas Hall, Home of the Chicago Bears http://bit.ly/27MAKy @bklein34 – these are for you! #
  • @bklein34 sadly missed the chance to get an up-close shot if the players – wasn’t expecting them! in reply to bklein34 #
  • after being in 3 cities this week, I am perfectly happy chilling alone at home on a Saturday night, fixing my iPod & doing laundry #

Powered by Twitter Tools.

The Twitter Diaries: 2009-09-06: CO, Tulsa OK

  • @robinbloor – as a word person, you’ll like this: Hobson-Jobson: a glossary of … – Google Books http://bit.ly/1Ub4K8 #
  • @bubbva now that I think of it, it must be some sort of mark of distinction to have a puppet flirt with you #opensolaris #ogb in reply to bubbva #
  • “One of the differences… is that health care is taken care of for everyone in Italy and is not a personal expense.” http://bit.ly/oyFYF #
  • re-reading some of my own old stuff, I detect early symptoms: It’s a Nice Life, But… Living in Italy Isn’t Everything http://bit.ly/OiLM0 #
  • Between Brad Pitt and a Pitfall: New Orleans 4 Years Later http://bit.ly/14oiVw – maybe this year I’ll manage to visit my birthplace… #
  • Mom! WordPress ate my resume! (well, half of it) #
  • @lskrocki I love shopping with my daughter – she’s much better at it than I am. Must be growing up in Milan. in reply to lskrocki #
  • “final” cleanup: Resumé / Curriculum Vitae: Deirdré Straughan http://bit.ly/V9OUa – suggestions welcome! #
  • @bubbva Glad I get to go to #ghc08 #ghc09 in reply to bubbva #
  • @duncanbrandon thanks! Weird that I got email about changes to my friend’s honors when in fact he hasn’t listed any. in reply to duncanbrandon #
  • “The unemployment and hardship that Italians are likely to face… will be the reality check that counts. ” http://bit.ly/2yMOUC #
  • blog post » “I’m Blogging This for Sun” http://bit.ly/7hH1K #
  • @tgardner thanks! they were fun. Yes, I chose that obnoxious green on purpose. in reply to tgardner #
  • for me, the only solution after 13 years in Milan’s pollution (sinusitus, bronchitis, finally pneumonia) was to leave. #
  • USB video stick project almost ready – how can it take 1.5 hrs to copy <4 GB of data to the USB stick? #
  • Sooner or later, it does have to be about me. #
  • now for my next trick: duplicating 150 4 GB USB sticks with OpenSolaris videos for the OSUGs. Faster than iPods, but still slow. #
  • @lewellyn I’ve got 12. in reply to lewellyn #
  • “the capacity of women across cultures to dissolve relationships that aren’t working has been much underestimated.” http://bit.ly/3nysby #
  • today: eye dr., more USB sticks to duplicate, edit “Jack Adams: The Movie”, then hair. #
  • Penn & Teller take on the Vatican (and its influence in Italy): http://bit.ly/Ct2Pz #
  • @ghc actually, this will be my first. Which reminds me: I have a poster to do! #ghc09 in reply to ghc #
  • okay, so I have a big ego and I think I’m wonderful and fascinating. But I also think that of nearly everyone I meet. Is that arrogance? #
  • @bubbva really looking forward to it. I hear the dancing is great, too. ; ) #ghc09 in reply to bubbva #
  • @bubbva self-consciousness not a big hangup of mine. Where I went to HS, everybody who wanted to dance, danced – no one waited to be asked. in reply to bubbva #
  • oh, great. 60 of the 150 USB sticks are for mysterious reasons not compatible with the duplicator. Will have to load them from my Macs. Argh #
  • photo added » The Twitter Diaries: 2009-08-23 – Congressman @jaredpolis visits Sun http://bit.ly/Ezlfl #
  • really wish I could go to TEDIndia http://bit.ly/H8REu – that would be even better than TED Regular #
  • Argh. I have out of sync video of a puppet. #
  • unusually gray weather for Colorado – not improving my mood #
  • Time to get my hair re-pinked! #
  • RT @hemantmehta: Who wants a new Indian friend? http://bit.ly/3xoqrO #
  • @rohrer I fear people would call me “My Little Pony” in reply to rohrer #
  • Laura Kiss: Freedom of the Press! (in Italy) http://bit.ly/x1YFA #
  • thanks, LA – you’ve got the fire, we get the smoke. #
  • @rohrer not quite the demographic I was going for ; ) in reply to rohrer #
  • feeling exhausted and shaky. I guess it would help if I ate something. #
  • lots of new Sun Video today in português-brasil http://bit.ly/19B0bm – FISL 10 interviews #
  • there are bound to be up days and down days. This is one of the down ones. #
  • photos added to » Il Muro di Sormano: Where Bicycle Racers Hit THE WALL http://bit.ly/iqPTq (there’s also video) #
  • @ceri oh, so that’s why *I* have a headache. ; ) in reply to ceri #
  • copying more USB sticks, on my Windows machine. Cleaning up other loose ends. Watching the lights go out on the Titanic. #
  • added photo gallery to » FemCamp Bologna 2007 http://bit.ly/2sG1wK #
  • dinner w/ friend improved my mood vastly. Now to pack for tomw’s trip (Tulsa) – another friend. Wouldn’t be surviving this w/out friends. #
  • @saraford which begs the question: what did you buy? in reply to saraford #
  • RT @reiger: Having problems finding a NFS best practice guide/book, besides the oreilly 2001 book any thoughts? – gang? help a friend? #
  • RT @missrogue: Community is Dead! Long Live Community! (@u_m) #sxswpicks http://bit.ly/VVckd Vote! (I did. Sounds good.) #
  • @JoyceSolano unless you’re having a pillow fight in reply to JoyceSolano #
  • Europe to Review Oracle’s Takeover of Sun – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/C95XL – Oh, great. Now what? #
  • one of the best living blues guitarists playing saturday sep 5
    @ strange brew, manchester, nh, 9-12:45 :: peter parcek http://bit.ly/kxDwR #
  • @bklein34 you’ve got your tweeps to keep you company! in reply to bklein34 #
  • Why Daddy Won’t Join Twitter http://bit.ly/v72z6 – LOL! #
  • still figuring out what to do with my new haircut. Today I look like a pink Debbie Harry. #
  • @rohrer I do have cute pictures of Sun bloggers ; ) http://bit.ly/2KhVfV in reply to rohrer #
  • E checking in. Lufthansa are really being German on luggage allowance and weighing carryons. Sheesh. #
  • …I should more correctly say they’re really being airline industry. So tired of this kind of treatment. #
  • @reiger Denver in reply to reiger #
  • to someone who’s lived out of the country for a while, the way Americans wear their religion on their sleeves (and t-shirts) is a bit scary #
  • shoulda known: the tail end of the terminal where the Tulsa flight boards at DIA has no wifi. Moved back towards the center #
  • The lady with the “iPray” tshirt may be on the same flight. Really must have my “Crusading Atheist” tshirt made up. Coversation starter ; ) #
  • @nonstick I always enjoy a good argument. A good one, mind! in reply to nonstick #
  • @423Comm I’ll be back next week, come to think of it in reply to 423Comm #
  • @bklein34 I guess I need to find someone to design it in reply to bklein34 #
  • @saraford on your way to Aus? Have a blast! in reply to saraford #
  • today visiting the Laureate Brain Institute in Tulsa. Another set of smart people solving interesting problems. #
  • another worthy entry in the “I’m Blogging This for Sun” t-shirt cuteness competition: this one’s for the birds http://bit.ly/etf6W #
  • after the week I had, a 3-day weekend is definitely needed. I guess something has been lifted. I’m even sleeping well. #
  • Obama talks to the children http://bit.ly/aWWV5 #
  • just went through a bunch of old emails I never sent, some dating back a year. I’m really good at ignoring my own feelings. Not a plus. #
  • photo of a poster of Berlusconi as “The Untouchable” – can anyone give more details? http://bit.ly/2MULzP #
  • RT @alecmuffett: “oy veh http://www.driveoffintothesunset.com/ — cheesy anti-sun fud” – Community and relationships can help dispel FUD. #
  • looks as if my travel calendar remains full for the remainder of the year. If you want to meet up for a beer, ask to link to me on TripIt. #
  • 3 great things I’ve done for my kid (so far): make her a Woodstocker, buy her a horse, send her to acting camp. #
  • “shows featuring scantily clad women, now seen as a ticket to wealth… dominate the channels operated by Berlusconi.” http://bit.ly/xmhpI #
  • Quite tipsy on Maker’s Mark and watching ‘Om Shanti Om” with an old friend. Helps. #
  • @lskrocki a sterling accomplishment, you must be so proud! in reply to lskrocki #
  • @ben helps with other things. It’s been a hard week. in reply to ben #
  • @saraford so glad you’re there. Have a blast! in reply to saraford #

Powered by Twitter Tools.

The Twitter Diaries: 2009-08-30: CO

  • @AmberCadabra hit ’em with a bunch of negatives on Amazon. They’ll learn that can’t be undone. ; ) in reply to AmberCadabra #
  • @stephenfry I am only beginning to understand cricket, but I’m happy for you – altho, from my POV, the wrong team won! in reply to stephenfry #
  • Waiting for the airshow to start. #
  • i guess the air show was canceled – storm moving in. Dang #
  • taking time off to spend with family. Of course I’m the only one awake at 8 am (late for me!), so I’m lazing over coffee. Yay. #
  • more perspective on Americans’ hysteria over healthcare, from someone who knows more than one country http://bit.ly/13W5LA #
  • have requested photos of the winners of the “I’m blogging this for Sun” t-shirts. I’m already seeing a streak of engineering competitiveness #
  • @jonasthaler drink enough coffee so you’re at least wired and weird in reply to jonasthaler #
  • @hemantmehta make sure they know the religious right wing hate you – that’ll up your coolness factor instantly in reply to hemantmehta #
  • there used to be a really good app to show me who I’m following and who’s following me, but I can’t find it now. Suggestions? #
  • Hanging out in boulder with Ross & G. Feeling mellow after a glass of Spanish bubbly at lunch. Feeling more vacated today #
  • RT @templedf: Due to some cancellations, there are now 4 openings at the #sunhpc09. Better hurry! http://hpcworkshop.com/ #
  • @saraford just realized – you’re not following me! tsk, tsk. ; ) #
  • thanks @jeffreytaylor for reminding me about Twitter Karma http://bit.ly/sq1SP . A few surprises in the list of my followings and followers #
  • hoping for pouring rain so the neighborhood teens will stop running around on their sound- and air-polluting motorized vehicles #
  • RT @comay: San Francisco OpenSolaris User Group tonight, http://tr.im/x1Fr; 6PM presentations, 7PM drinking 🙂 – sorry I can’t be there! #
  • Ross & G want to go to Casa Bonita tonight. They’re huge South Park fans. This should be… interesting? #
  • Oh lord what has our kid got us into? A liter of margaritas is probably a good idea #
  • @plasticbagUK congrats! in reply to plasticbagUK #
  • RT @pancrazioauteri: I’m looking for Grails-expert Java developers. [NB Pancrazio is a friend and former colleague, highly recommended.] #
  • typing first thing in the morning on not enough coffee leads to interesting Freudian keyboard slips #
  • to-do list for last day of vacation: spa with my daughter, then go get a new modem. Yes, I am a GIRL geek. #
  • RT @fauxpress: Reading: “Vlogger Flashmeeting this Saturday ::” (http://twitthis.com/c6rnyn) – thanks for the heads-up, hope to join! #
  • RT @martinwake: week of free hospital treatment in the communist and/or Nazi hell of the NHS. Sigh. – sorry you need it, glad you have it! #
  • using TwitterKarma to clean out spammers, decide whether I want to follow who follows me, unfollow some who don’t. Educational. #
  • @dudulima want to trade for Italy? in reply to dudulima #
  • @dfugate I think we all have plenty to stress about right now. Every now and then, when I have time I also panic about my future employment! in reply to dfugate #
  • @bubbva it’s your avatar photo ; ) in reply to bubbva #
  • Waiting for my “Positively Hot” pink toenail polish to dry. And with that, let’s meet the foot fetishist population on Twitter. <wry smile> #
  • @nilofer from years of personal experience, I recommend http://www.udaytour.com/ for travel in India #
  • all vacation over now. Wednesday feels like Monday, but at least Friday wll feel like Wednesday. And Thursdays are good anyhow. #
  • strange task for the day: loading the OpenSolaris 2009.06 repositories onto 150 8 GB iPod nanos to send to user groups worldwide. #
  • …while also creating and duplicating a new USB stick of OpenSolaris videos to go in the same shipment… #
  • RT @bubbva: message for parents/grandparents/siblings of all technical people: here’s how I fix your computer: http://xkcd.com/627/ #
  • @lskrocki R’s bellybutton piercing healed itself out in months. The nose piercing remains and is cute. in reply to lskrocki #
  • hygienist who cleaned my teeth today does lots of volunteer trips to refugee camps, etc. How could she get free air tix to go to more? #
  • iPod progress: ~40 loaded so far, but dealing with multiple iPods confuses both iTunes and Windows (no, can’t use Mac for this) #
  • @ceri it’s getting the job done, thanks – just requires the occasional restart. May get them all done tonight. in reply to ceri #
  • @llcrowe good question, will find out in reply to llcrowe #
  • up to iPod #62. Staying late, but somehow doubt I’ll get through all 150 tonight. #
  • not eating much and sleeping less than usual. I’m not sure what I’m actually running on. Sheer stress? #
  • @bklein34 definitely a factor. I should be falling over; instead I can’t sit still! in reply to bklein34 #
  • oh, and got new modem set up with a minimum of fuss (had to call Qwest to learn my PPPoE login), much faster than roomie’s – Girl Geeks FTW! #
  • “Ted Kennedy death gets expected coverage from cable news networks” – what kind of a lame-ass headline is that? #
  • “Italy ranks 67th out of 130 countries… on the Global Gender Gap Index, lower than Uganda, Namibia, Kazakhstan…” http://bit.ly/dj7jt #
  • Puzzled by a spammer who wants to buy “woman hair” from me. Sorry, don’t have any to spare. #
  • Videocracy, a documentary by Erik Gandini: in Italy, TV has taken the place of democracy http://bit.ly/2F9b8Z #
  • so the same day I get spam wanting to buy my “woman hair”, my hair appointment is canceled (stylist has bronchitis). Coincidence? #
  • Twitter Karma http://bit.ly/sq1SP reveals that @stephenfry follows me, @timbray and @webmink don’t. Ahem. #
  • @webmink very true. And I’ve had drinks with you and not with him. So I’ll forgive you. ; ) in reply to webmink #
  • about 25 OpenSolaris user group iPods to go, but won’t finish today, either. Lack of sleep catching up. #
  • learning about iPod failure rates. Of 150, 2 won’t start at all, connectors on 2 mfd slightly wrong – needed prodding with iPhone connector. #
  • waking up slowly from a decent (for once) night’s sleep. Oh,yes – it was Thursday. Today: finish the last few iPods, do video project… #
  • @alecmuffett This feels like watching the guillotine blade slowly rising, and not even knowing whose head is on the block… in reply to alecmuffett #
  • @alecmuffett looking forward to hearing what’s next! #
  • added a bit on measuring to » Reflections on My Career http://bit.ly/m4Juk (yes, I am a stats junkie) #
  • @jeffreytaylor that sounds like a blast! in reply to jeffreytaylor #
  • OpenSolaris Security – Jack Adams interviews Valerie Bubb Fenwick at OSCON http://bit.ly/KvwoH #
  • 150 iPods loaded with the OpenSolaris 2009.06 repository. minus 3 that don’t start at all, maybe the batteries are too old and flat #
  • @alecmuffett hmm, interesting idea… in reply to alecmuffett #
  • Asking questions = libel: “Berlusconi’s lawyers cited an article… containing 10 questions it wants answered ” http://bit.ly/TOr8o #
  • Agh! My fortune cookie! RT @NathanFillion: Do something today you’ve been afraid to do. A decision based on fear is the wrong decision. #
  • @rosso thanks, using those to clean out “dead” friends in reply to rosso #
  • coming up: likely one of the weirdest and most stressful months of my life. Yes, that’s why I woke up at 4 am. #
  • RT @wanderingitaly: “How to Read Sagra Posters” article http://bit.ly/RIXpo #
  • got another 3 hours of sleep. Hooray for weekends! #
  • @reiger Friday! in reply to reiger #
  • UI fail: LinkedIn tells me a friend has updated the Honors in his profile. I cannot find any way to see these. Nor do I know where mine are. #
  • okay, found mine. Still can’t see his. #
  • @ThinGuy it amazes me how little UI testing anyone seems to do! in reply to ThinGuy #
  • RT @pizzocalabro: To insurance companies, this man’s son is a pre-existing condition. http://bit.ly/qo3Qp (via @thegoodbloggess) #ba #
  • @jeffreytaylor you just have to walk into that cafeteria with your head held high and know that you’re one of the coolest kids there in reply to jeffreytaylor #
  • RT @apperceptions: videobloging video conference starting up. come and join in: http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/28db8f-18170 – I’m there! #
  • @Oracle I take it the A/C is turned off on Saturdays? in reply to Oracle #
  • @saraford you are just too cute for words! ; ) in reply to saraford #
  • not going to Europe in Sept after all, but have nonetheless managed to schedule quite a bit of travel… #
  • @saraford I know. But you look cute, which makes you ten times az dangerous. ; ) #

Powered by Twitter Tools.

The Twitter Diaries: 2009-07-26: San Jose CA

img_7567

^@saraford at the Community Leadership Summit

  • @AmberCadabra the book I’d recommend is Getting in Touch with Your Inner Bitch.Seriously. in reply to AmberCadabra #
  • Trying to figure out where I fit. That means defining what I do. Which is really hard. #
  • #cls discussion on women in tech devolving into semantics. Not solving anything #
  • #cls people really like to see pictures of those whose emails they are reading. Would video also be good? #
  • #cls I would like to see studies of multiple online personas, why and how people do that #
  • #cls The Ubuntu community works to recognize people who often go unsung eg translators #
  • #cls open source software as appropriate technology. How can countries make and save money using open source? #
  • #cls [In the developing world] need to train people how to use open source to make and save money. Need for local expertise. Govts are biggest IT spenders #
  • #cls NB in Africa #
  • @jonasthaler I’ve been at a conf all weekend – not sure what day it is nor what country I’m in! in reply to jonasthaler #
  • Lazing over a Brazilian dinner in San jose. Not as good as brazil, but… #
  • @davewiner still looking forward to a job where I actually use my Hindi/ Asian Studies degree in reply to davewiner #
  • @c0t0d0s0 I think I’m scheduled to video something about latencytop this week. Apparently people think I’m here to actually work. in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
  • Weakling President Asks Imaginary Man In Sky To Bless Nation http://bit.ly/weaklingprez (via @onion) #
  • Today’s program includes building puppets and filming them, then filming a Crossbow BoF. My life does not lack variety. #

img_7590

^ Markus Flierl does his part to advertise Crossbow

  • @clickryan I’ve been pretty happy with my Skype phone in reply to clickryan #
  • @jeffreytaylor very woot! in reply to jeffreytaylor #
  • #cls was exhausting precisely because there were so many stimulating people and topics to deal with. #
  • this will be my 1st OSCON, but I fear my tolerance for formal conferences is pretty much totally gone. Unconferences much more satisfying #
  • @markwilliams much more innocent. You saw Jack Adams #cls yesterday, right? in reply to markwilliams #
  • fair warning: right now I am in the soggy everything-makes-me-weep phase of PMS. Tomorrow it will be “Look at me wrong and I’ll kill you!” #
  • @TregorySullivan thanks, more need to step away from the office politics #animalcrossing in reply to TregorySullivan #
  • Italians using Facebook to register their opposition to Berlusconi – http://bit.ly/Si8Wu #
  • DanT’s GridBlog “European Students: Want a Free Laptop?” http://bit.ly/BAi1a #
  • @llcrowe and the people who “support” IBIS would be the first throats to choke, if I could only reach them. Gah! in reply to llcrowe #
  • @Halcyon do your crocs at least match your hair? #47 in reply to Halcyon #
  • People are now saying “Do you realize you have something pink in your hair?” time to go back to my hairdresser in Austin. #
  • if I design a piece of software – the presentation video streaming mixer tool I really need for conferences – will someone build it? #
  • Filming Crossbow BoF at Oscon meeting room B1 if you’re in the area. It’s free, as in beer. #
  • Really love this little Beachtek mixer #
  • But need better headphones #
  • Okay enough about food – all I will get til 9pm is beer and munchy stuff #
  • @pizzocalabro heavens! Who knew libraries were so dangerous? in reply to pizzocalabro #

img_7600

^ getting our OSCON booth set up

  • #oscon getting ready to film the tutorial on “Becoming an OpenSolaris Power User”, ballroom A8 – join us! #
  • @vitoriosassi not a live stream, I’m afraid. We’ll make it available on blogs.sun.com/video as soon as I can. in reply to vitoriosassi #
  • RT @SaraD: Which is geekier – Comic-Con or OSCon???? – either way, it was a mistake to schedule them together #
  • “It sounds like optimism but wreaks of arrogance, he said.” http://bit.ly/3MHJe – “wreaks”?? really? #
  • cool! timing of VideoCampSF is likely to be perfect for me to attend http://bit.ly/7WY5V #
  • @craigmorgan ooh, good point – and I got it with my MacHeist bundle in reply to craigmorgan #
  • “Berlusconi’s popularity wilts as lurid tapes allege sex for favours” http://bit.ly/46r9eF #
  • my site is currently #1 hit for “ipod won’t unlock”. Surely there’s a way to monetize that. #
  • @deirdresm being in the Blue Brothers is not lame! Did you have to dance? #lameclaimtofame in reply to deirdresm #
  • Conf badges need to be printed bigger so you can see who people are without making it obvious that you’re checking them out #
  • Watched tv while on the exerbike. Amused to see a Bollywood-inspired dance group on AGT, music Jai Ho! Globalization FTW! #
  • @mtuckerb please come by the Sun booth, I’ll be there most breaks filming a puppet. in reply to mtuckerb #
  • at Jono Bacon‘s talk on community and belonging #oscon #
  • “Community is fundamentally an interdependent human system given form by the conversation it holds with itself.” Peter Bloch – Jono #oscon #
  • @jroemmele ooh, good idea [people attending conferences should have their names printed large on their shirts]. People working shows for their companies could at least have named shirts in reply to jroemmele #
  • @bubbva CES got the badge names nice and big, but that’s the only conf where I’ve seen this. in reply to bubbva #
  • “most people tend to associate with a primary community” says Jono – disagree, I belong to many (school, class, expats, Sun…) #oscon #
  • @ElaineEllis here’s hoping I get to keep it [my cool traveling job]! I would die if I had to sit still. in reply to ElaineEllis #
  • importance of hallway convos, mtg people – make a point of introducing #jono #oscon – true! best thing I did #cls was meet @saraford #
  • @lskrocki OMZ, that’s a scary dream! #Serious in reply to lskrocki #
  • “building social fabric between teams -builds mindshare, which is more important than actual reality” #jono #oscon #
  • change attitude from “This sucks” to “I’m not gonna live this way” to “I am gonna kick ass.” #jono #oscon #
  • #jono has a book available for download from http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/ – judging by his talk, it’s well worth the read #
  • #oscon Google – Getting Started in Free and Open Source – I guess my video could mostly be considered open source contributions #
  • “The currency of the open source world is beer and t-shirts” #oscon – How true! #
  • speaking of which, you can get an OpenSolaris t-shirt at the Sun booth if you install OpenSolaris – VirtualBox install is fine! #oscon #
  • Finding many ways to pay it forward #oscon Watch this space! #
  • I’m truly, madly, deeply… tired. #

img_7598

^ dunno if I should say something ironic about my Sun colleagues on the giant Monopoly board, or about “collect $200 salary as you pass.”

  • about to begin a BoF session on OpenSolaris Source Juicer and other cloud-based open source collaboration tools – #oscon – ballroom A3 #
  • I easily recognize @sogrady , but he doesn’t have a clue who I am. My advantage: the video of him & Mike Shapiro I did last year. #
  • “Mr Berlusconi owns or controls much of Italian media… which have carried little info about the latest allegations. ” http://bit.ly/vTy9A #
  • @ThinGuy I’m not complaining – I am truly terrible putting names to faces. At least I don’t forget a face once I’ve shot and edited video. in reply to ThinGuy #
  • tomorrow I have to pack out of the hotel room before noon, nonstop work til flight at midnight, redeye will be too short to get much sleep. #
  • Dances with geeks. (well, I am one…) #
  • Dj doesn’t have any bollywood. Damn #
  • Where did these girls in platform heels come from? #
  • Hung over was not the best way to start this day. But I didn’t plan it! #
  • RT @estherschindler: One problem of #oscon: so many friends/contacts I want to spend time with, not enough time to do so! – amen, sister! #
  • @robbogio and, having owned turtles, I can testify that they move a lot quicker than you’d think. And get themselves into surprising places. in reply to robbogio #
  • Apparently I should be following new people and linking to them before the event even ends! Which wd prevent me forgetting to do it at all #
  • RT @sogrady: cut me and I’ll bleed small, folded up receipts – I know the feeling! #
  • @lskrocki you can tell Mr. S from me that you are one of the world’s experts, and I do know what I’m talking about. P1/2 in reply to lskrocki #
  • @lskrocki May have something to do with the fact that no one is ever famous to their own family. Pt 2/2 in reply to lskrocki #
  • @lskrocki yeah, Twitter already knows that, remember? ; ) in reply to lskrocki #
  • @jsonin whoa, too much information! #oscon in reply to jsonin #
  • about to start filming the OpenSolaris security BoF, my last duty at #oscon. Then will drive a red Mustang to the airport and collapse #
  • @jonobacon #oscon has been good, but frankly the #cls was more useful and stimulating for me. Many thanks, again, for making it happen. in reply to jonobacon #
  • ah, shucks. Either Twitter is doing some heavy recalculations and was overly optimistic before, or a lot of followers have dropped me today #
  • that’s it – I’m off the clock and mostly offline til Monday. Now to see a bunch of people I haven’t seen in 30 yrs – another of my tribes #
  • WTF?!? Even the newsstand in this terminal is closed. I can’t even buy a trashy romance to read. What kind of #lame airport is this? #
  • @mtuckerb sorry I missed you. Send that url and I’ll see what I can do for you (next week). Was good to talk yesterday! in reply to mtuckerb #
  • Flight is 1 hour late = good chance of missing cnxn in Houston, making people wait in Nashville. But had time to buy book @ next terminal #
  • A job that could help change history http://bit.ly/CFgDc #
  • @sumaya talk to @timbray! in reply to sumaya #
  • Had to run through Houston airpt, but made it to Nashville. Now waiting for the rest of my ride share, 1 fm Milwaukee, 2 fm Canada #

Powered by Twitter Tools.

The Twitter Diaries: 2009-07-12: New Zealand

^ Glynn Foster photographed me speaking on Social Media and video, at the NZ Ministry of Education

  • nice Tweetstream on the talk just completed at NZ Min of Ed #Extconv by various attendees #
  • RT @glynnfoster: http://www.flickr.com/photos/glynnfoster/3691902949/ #ExtConv me, listening. It IS all about conversation. #
  • RT @om: http://om.bit.ly/bOe5RMy Goodbye post for Compuserve. – damn! I, too, got my start on CompuServe – in 1982: http://bit.ly/lzR5Q #
  • takes an hour most mornings to do an initial check of all my networks. I’m beginning to believe my connections are a large part of my value. #
  • looking forward to getting back to warmer climes. Will have to come back to NZ in the SUMMER. But it’s a beautiful place in any season. #
  • RT @BigAdmn: (AKA “where in the world is DeirdreS”) – so I need a red & white stripey hat now? #
  • today’s video seminar went well, people found it useful. I must get over thinking that anything *I* know must be obvious to the world. #
  • trying to figure out what makes sense to do with luggage tomorrow, flight from Wellington to Auckland at 8:30 pm. #
  • @jeffreytaylor happy happy happy birthday! in reply to jeffreytaylor #
  • reserved at the San Jose Marriott for OSCON, got 4 free movie tickets. Who wants to go to the movies that weekend? #
  • TripIt doesn’t know where I am. Oh, well. It’s getting to where I don’t know where I am, either. And I have a headache. Would beer help? #
  • @alydenisof you can take comfort that you have at least one follower who is definitely older than you. ; ) in reply to alydenisof #
  • RT @DeirdreS: New blog post: This One’s for @RealShamu http://bit.ly/9TskA – okay, it’s for @Shamu #

^ me with my Shamu hat, in the distance is Whale Island in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty

  • Web 2.0 sure is useful for our far-flung network of Woodstock alumni. Jigme just wrote me on FB that he arrived in Wellington last night #
  • last day of seminars in Wellington – two hours of conversation with a core group of interesting people #extconv – glad to have met you all! #
  • relieved to see that Brisbane will be warmer than NZ, and San Jose warmer still. My body wants the warm! #
  • @Britopian What a ridiculous, hysterical article. Most child molestation is done by someone who already knows the child in real life. in reply to Britopian #
  • RT @jmleray: RT @repubblicait “Yes we camp!” – visible protest at the G8 in L’Aquila http://tinyurl.com/m2j2wk #
  • @Shamu And note Whale Island in the background! in reply to Shamu #
  • RT @seancarlos: Italy seems to need a better PR firm http://bit.ly/nmUAY “Italy ranks 76th on the… Index of Economic Freedom” #
  • said goodbye to @glynnfoster in Wellington yesterday, realized we’ll see each other in San Jose next week. We Sunnies get around. #
  • RT @dave_enz: lunch w 2 Woodstock (India) classmates in Wgtn and a 3rd (in Wgtn from NY for the day) finds us – the power of social media! #
  • it’s a gorgeous sunny day in Auckland (though not warm). Contemplating what to do about that. #


^ So I went for a walk to the zoo. In a park along the way, saw this amusing specimen of urban wildlife a pukeko.

  • RT @zephoria: Walmart Twitter discussion policy & terms of use: http://bit.ly/18Ugvi – very clueful! Who’s running social media over there? #
  • school holidays in NZ, so the park and zoo were crawling with kids. Nope, sorry, don’t even find them cute anymore. Been there, done that. #
  • ps there are some kids I like, but those are kids I happen to find interesting as human beings, not swoon over just because they’re kids. #
  • @gpelz @ElaineEllis Okay, gals, I’m confused – what kind of event involves cupcakes AND puppies AND porn? #ignitedenver in reply to gpelz #
  • @ThinGuy well, hey, I haven’t met /your/ kids yet. I might even like them. ; ) in reply to ThinGuy #
  • :|: zoomata :|: » Blog Archive » Italy’s “Brain Drain” Becomes Big-Screen Drama http://bit.ly/bhZUb #
  • NZ’s metered bandwidth completely sucks. the families I’m staying with both run out mid-month, then access is dial-up speed for rest of mo. #
  • No water in the house this morning due to broken pipe on the street. Hope to get a shower by noon. Apparently it’s time for me to leave NZ. #
  • @ben and you put up with it?!? (bandwidth metering) It takes only one provider to decide otherwise – they’ll own the market. in reply to ben #
  • @rafmanji @ben Even Italy does better than this – on Lake Como I get 7 mbps down, 2 mbps up, unlimited, for about 40 euros a month in reply to rafmanji #
  • RT @BigAdmn: Free training for Solaris sysadmins: new advanced modules on backups, restores, UFS and ZFS. http://www.sun.com/training/solc/ #
  • Fate is playing 52-pickup with my life, and I’m still watching to see where all the cards will fall. So I’m not playing with a full deck. #
  • @bklein34 thanks. I try to stay on the laughing side, but some days it’s harder than others. That’s why I travel so hard. in reply to bklein34 #
  • @TregorySullivan the hard part, actually, is figuring out what I /want/. I’m not used to having choices about my life. It’s exciting & scary in reply to TregorySullivan #
  • 1 key to me: I don’t like routine. Once I figure out how to do something, I teach it to others, and move on. Now at that meta stage on video #
  • Gay community turns assertive in workplace- fascinating social change in India http://bit.ly/cyMTC #
  • want to go out for a good dinner in Auckland, with good NZ wine for my last night here. Suggestions? One of the party is vegetarian. #
  • RT @JackiePeters: RT @DaisyWhitney Most video views come from blogs according to TubeMogul http://bit.ly/LQDvj – doesn’t surprise me #
  • a purring pussycat sitting next to me (he’d be on me, if I didn’t have a laptop in my lap) as I work is an unaccustomed luxury #
  • @jonasthaler hmm, I’ve got a BUNCH of storage friends you need to talk to… @reiger , meet Jonas – tell him about your brain (scans). in reply to jonasthaler #
  • @tasteNZ can you recommend a restaurant to go with that wine? ; ) in reply to tasteNZ #
  • had a nice farewell to NZ dinner at Deve in Kingsland, Auckland. wines were Spinyback Pinot Noir (v sweet) and a v peppery Wishart #

Powered by Twitter Tools.