Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-30

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  • @MiriamP My belief in free will is what made it so hard for me to understand why the grown ups didn’t trust my choice to drop out of school. #
  • Checking out @davidseth’s #WDS08 preso at http://tinyurl.com/4amk7a I missed his talk but was glad to connect w/ him during the after party. #
  • Most unexpected thing learned via @davidseth’s #WDS08 slides http://chickipedia.com/ Wiki of Hot Women; 364k Google hits, “MeniPedia” 5 hits #
  • Off to eye doctor and then to the office for a looong meeting. I’m not sure which I’m looking forward to less…I really dislike optometrists. #
  • We’re trying out http://Yammer.com/ at work. Trying to get its IM integration working = FAIL. Also, whatever happened to Twitter’s IM bot? #
  • Ow, my head. Stupid me. 3:28 PM is clearly too late for breakfast when I knew I would be in a meeting all afternoon. Hate on long meetings. #
  • @ferric Agreed, they did a lot of interaction design things right this time. I’m on an iPhone app d/l spree! Trying out Twinkle & I like it! #
  • @ferric I like Twinkle for the location-based added value. I don’t use many apps cuz I want to KISS it, don’t want to install lots on device #
  • @ferric Ah, but see I got attracted to Twinkle specifically because of all the cool tweeps I met at #WDS08. LBS cool people = SO MUCH WIN! #
  • Email from my 401k investor begins: “During periods of volatility, it’s best not to make decisions based on short-term trends or emotions.” #
  • @BondageFreaky G’luck w/ chastity device search! Check out http://tinyurl.com/4nv3bh for some insights. Not perfect but very decent article. #
  • I learn cool (if random) things while reading the Apple Developer docs. Use the `sw_vers` CLI command to get Mac OS X version info quickly. #
  • Creating launchd.plist jobs is surprisingly easy once, like all things Apple, you realize you should try the simplest thing first. KISS FTW! #
  • Ha! Coding new liquid layout, I blanked on CSS filter to hide rules from IE 7 so I looked it up in my own book! http://tinyurl.com/mywebbook #
  • @mattymcg Same happened to me. @BloodyLaughter has me watching old seasons of America’s Next Top Model with her. Be afraid. Be very afraid…. #
  • @BloodyLaughter’s response to her Mac’s desktop background picture change to an image of Angelina Jolie: “Aww, she’s covered in porn.” LMAO! #
  • @BondageFreaky Hope it helps. It’s geared to inexperienced female keyholders but has some good points. Will this be your first chaste boy? #
  • @maidchaste E-stim toys have always been one of those things I’d love to try ESPECIALLY for milking purposes but never have. I’m a BIG moth! #
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Monday, September 29, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-29

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  • @suziam I live in Sydney so the return trip from #wds08 was just a long walk. Decent but difficult after all that booze courtesy @99designs! #
  • I’ve been watching unread counts in my work inbox grow since #WDS08 weekend. Now I have to go and action them all. GTD, don’t fail me now! #
  • @suziam There’s no such thing as too many drink cards. That said, with fewer cards there might have been fewer sexual innuendos that night…. #
  • Many emails completed, 4 IT tickets closed. Yeah, I think it’s time for breakfast. Don’t want to update VMware Server 2 on an empty stomach! #
  • @mollydotcom ALA post is VERY interesting after witnessing some opinionated W3C/WHATWG/Crockford tension at #WDS08 http://tinyurl.com/3wsmtn #
  • @hci I “back up” my Twitter acct to my WP-powered blog using Alex King’s excellent Twitter Tools plugin. It makes a “digest” post of tweets. #
  • @miriamp That’s classic American psychology right there! “Can I get a super-sized value meal, and a diet coke? I’m watching my weight.” Pft! #
  • @hci @wendyblackheart I used to drink sodas until I realized that I’d stop feeling like I had PMS all the time. I replaced it with coffee :) #
  • Biggest reason to ditch VMware Server 2 & go w/ Xen: no freakin’ license key hassles. Why do they make it a PITA to register a FREE product? #
  • Short break from work to read @mattymcg on #WDS08 at http://tinyurl.com/4ua55j Got me a SitePoint account now too: http://tinyurl.com/4dr6k3 #
  • @mattymcg Thank god I’m not the only one who thinks that when someone mentions DOM scripting. Topping from the bottom is so target=”_blank”. #
  • I am in awe of the patience and calm that @BloodyLaughter has when dealing with paperwork. I can do a lot of things, but not that. Not that. #
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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-28

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  • Catching up as best I can on tweets from #Arse. I would have loved to go there if #WDS08 wasn’t on at the same time. Next yr I’ll be torn. #
  • @mrpatto Haha! @mattymcg & I turned out to be more than hair brothers. We also are both into technical writing, though he’s the elder of us. #
  • @ProblmLikeMaria I want to hang out with you! Damn this other-side-of-the-planet thing sometimes. I hope you ended up having a good day. <3 #
  • The office in bldg behind my apt is no longer occupied. I suspect my lack of curtain use + me not wearing clothes had something to do w/ it. #
  • @mattymcg Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ;) FWIW some studies say that redheads have more sex than blonds…then it’s REALLY subjective #
  • Enjoyed wonderfully lazy morning, caught up with happenings @ConversioVirium, got some nice comments on old posts on my blog. Now breakfast! #
  • @wendyblackheart True, ogling naked me != productive, but OTOH they might’ve stayed. Perhaps they were scared by the #cb3k or my other toys! #
  • Oh shit. Just watched my $300 glasses die a horrible death as an incredible gust of wind blew them into traffic. Fucking good story tho. #
  • @echomikeromeo That doesn’t sound pathetic, it sounds like fun! I’m thinking “Sex 2.0″ site where you can send an SMS to a performer’s vibe! #
  • Trying to reconnect with all the great people I met at #WDS08. Currently emailing @sushimonster, trying to find others on Twitter, LinkedIn… #
  • Ahh!! Amazon FINALLY fixed their “About the Author” section for http://tinyurl.com/mywebbook with @sanbeiji and @lanej0. Only took 2 months! #
  • Sweet, my Apple WikiServer pages-to-CSV script was put on MacOSXHints.com: http://tinyurl.com/3vedcx On blog, too: http://tinyurl.com/5xl7vh #
  • http://VoteForChange.com - 2 mins to check if you’re registered to vote properly sent me to http://longdistancevoter.org/ which uses @Drupal #
  • @memphysema That’s a great sentiment! Employers who don’t let you do great work are not worth working for. Viva la revolucion! It’s time. :) #
  • Okay srsly. I love the Internet but sometimes it is just too fucking weird. Case in point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling Yeeeeah… #
  • Watching latest Daily Show episodes. Full videos are AWESOME. http://tinyurl.com/6ln25j I so heart Jon Stewart. SO heart!!! #
  • @suziam Hope your trip back home was decent. Reality on this side of the screen is a little less exciting today, too. Gotta wake up somehow. #
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-27

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  • @BloodyLaughter is drooling over pottery on our stroll through the Sydney CBD. My head is still in #wds08 and elsewhere from yesterday. #
  • VMware Server 2 finally left BETA, is now available as free Linux or Windows download. After noting one bug fixed from RC1 to RC2, me want! #
  • I seem to have picked up…a LOT of Tweeps following me after #wds08. Hello everyone! Word of warning: my tweets are NOT always safe for work! #
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Friday, September 26, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-26

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  • Veen hits generation gap point, mentions that new generation assumes public unless explicitly held private exact opposite of past #wds08 #
  • At end of day, go get Jeffrey Veen’s #wds08 presentation at http://Veen.com/wds08.pdf It was truly fantastic, with some great insights! #
  • At Jina Bolton’s #wds08 Sexy CSS preso, researching for my new book. She seems a little nervous but is speaking from obvious experience. #
  • Jina’s #wds08 talk is mostly a preview of CSS3. Could read docs myself but would definately like to network w/her, get to know W3C folks #
  • Asked a lot of questions at Jina’s #wds08 preso, might have come off a little haughty, didn’t mean to, I promise! Just have lots of Q’s. #
  • Mike’s #wds08 presentation uses the quote: “HTML is the assembly language of the web.” There’re lots of politics in this HTML5 debate. #
  • Damn sub-par Wi-Fi at #wds08. I want to check Twitter replies but can’t. If you’re @ replying to me please know I just can’t see it now. #
  • What does Mike mean HTML is not SGML? I know SGML is distinct but isn’t it an ancestor of HTML? Am I missing something obvious? #wds08 #
  • @karlw3c Cool, thanks for the clarification re HTML implementation details. #
  • Hoping we get past OpenID 101 in Myles’s #wds08 preso since I’ve learned most of this already & it was covered on http://grc.com/securitynow #
  • Gonna hit up I18N session now that #wds08 OpenID one is trying to debunk security myths. My bad for misreading the description of the preso #
  • Learned something new in other Myles’s I18N #wds08 preso: the internationally recognized symbol for currency is not recognized on iPhone kb. #
  • Another good tip from I18N #wds08 preso: extra work needed to do internationalization can be a competitive advantage cuz you can’t be sloppy #
  • Miles Byrne told me he’ll try to put his I18N presentation up on the #wds08 site. Now on to Doug Crockford’s Ajax Security. So excited! #
  • Crockford already has a great #wds08 quote: “Programming is the management of complexity.” #
  • I find Crockford’s whole approach to standards as simple, small, minimalistic and precise much more attractive than bigger standards #wds08 #
  • Crockford sees start of browser war 3 but calls for it to be at mercy of devs, not browser makers, sees 2yrs remaining on JS lifespan #wds08 #
  • @sanbeiji just spoke with Mike Smith about XPath vs CSS3 Selectors at #wds08, thinks we should put it in the book. Let’s jam on that! #
  • People managing themselves is a fundamental topic of @mpesce’s #wds08 keynote. Is that the holy Grail of egalitarianism? Social justice? #
  • @mpesce uses the education in school is dead example to showcase hyper-networked world. Children already know this, I dropped out 8yrs ago! #
  • Want to go get drinks w/ #wds08 folks but have a bad headache. Considering getting some food first tho from where? Might wander a bit. #
  • Cameron Adams is blasting Eurythmics’s Sweet Dreams at the #wds08 after party. Lights dim and I’m growing weary but networking is great! #
  • I can’t actually believe I’m still at #wds08 party. Spoke to Daniel Burka, David Peterson, Jeff Veen, others. AWESOME, but now SO tired. #
  • @johnallsopp THANK YOU for #wds08! I’m finally leaving for home but the experience & memories of my 1st conference will stay forever! #
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-25

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  • @milesb I just wrote a book, too, about webdev no less! Books are not dead, Lynne just says they need to be downloadable. Mine is! #wds08 #
  • Awesome to learn that support for SVG exists in Mobile Safari too! Dmitry’s #wds08 preso is very cool. Can’t wait to brush up on my SVG. #
  • SVG and Canvas support make front end devs like me scary for Flash developers cuz we can do graphics like them. Thanks #wds08 for that! #
  • Just asked about accessibility of SVG but sadly the answer is still no. Accessible SVG would be AMAZING for search engines, too. #wds08 #
  • @ProblmLikeMaria #wds08 is the @hashtags code for the @webdirections @WebDirectSth08 conference I’m attending today. It’s a geek fest. <3! #
  • Teale Shapcott’s #wds08 talk on usability is really a Scrum 101 talk. Noone else here does it yet?! Only Penny & I raised hands when asked! #
  • Best from #wds08 Teale’s talk 1 Buy design time with complex tech stories 2 Use the UI prototype as the design spec. 3 Do parallel track dev #
  • Talked and swapped business cards during #wds08 lunch. People love the "Styling XML with CSS" idea for my upcoming dev book with @sanbeiji. #
  • Great foundation on HCI in Gabriel’s #wds08 talk. Great phrase: explicit declarative vs implicit gestural, physical world as system UI. #
  • Excellent point Gabriel just made: humans = good social sensors so often software should inform & leave the choice of action to users #wds08 #
  • Gabriel answers my #wds08 question "Is it more XMPP-like standards we need? What’s the blockade?" Answer: Power play in the mobile industry. #
  • Douglas Crockford is slumping in his seat during Jeff Croft’s #wds08 preso. I wonder if celebs are bored at cons like this due to redundancy #
  • Must get Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style. Typography is beautiful like music, even shares the same terminolog … #
  • @TjoosDude I’m at #wds08 on my employer’s budget, I didn’t pay & I’m currently local to Sydney. Employer was happy to let me network here. #
  • Watching a clip of Seinfeld at the #wds08 closing keynote tonight. This is awesome! The Opposite, a great clip and very poignant! And funny! #
  • Did anyone else notice the terrible kerning in August’s super principles slide headlines? That said, #wds08 preso is FANTASTIC & educational #
  • The whole NUI idea takes the direct manipulation interaction design pattern to a new level. Very cool but SO academic, even for #wds08. #
  • Enjoyed networking at the after party and now at a bar for the TUB meeting talking about social media business strategy after #wds08. #
  • Totally geeked out about OOP programming and microchip design w/ a young, awesome Geek Girl, @miriamp. Now home to prep for #wds08 day 2 #
  • An awesome #wds08 day. Saw great presentations & made connections w/some awesome Melbourne folks: @suziam, @mspecht, @miriamp. Bedtime soon! #
  • @milesb Thanks for your kind words on http://tinyurl.com/mywebbook I’ll definitely be at #wds08 tomorrow, so (everyone) please do say hello! #
  • Struggling to wake up to make it to my second day of #wds08. I am SO not a morning person. Why can’t these things start at 10 instead of 9? #
  • It occurs to me now how rusty my New York speed walk is while trying to do it to get to #wds08 on time this morning. Punctuality FAIL. #
  • Yes, this is funny, but honestly I feel so bad for the tech person who has to deal with this #wds08 keynote projector failure. #
  • Veen’s great point at #wds08 keynote applicable to so much in life: information design is about helping people make meaning out of data. #
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-24

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  • Groggilly rising & catching up on retweets by @WebDirectSth08 makes me wish for tmrw & reminds me I’ll have to be up earlier to … #
  • SO looking forward to #wds08 tmrw! Despite doing webdev for ~8yrs it’ll be my 1st time at a conference, so I’m letting myself be nervous. =) #
  • During (sadly infrequent downtime) I like to read maillist for tech I use. It’s a great way to learn lots for free maybe even help others. #
  • @stefsull Retweet to boost signal http://womenagainstsarahpalin.blogspot.com/ "Feminism is not about achieving power typically held … #
  • Testing my apps w/excellent FF security add-ons XSS Me & SQL Inject me. http://tinyurl.com/49bele http://SecurityCompass.com/exploit … #
  • Hardened pet webapp against XSS attacks tonight, learned about #CakePHP layouts and theme support, now it’s bedtime. #wds08 when I wake up! #
  • On the train towards #wds08, my first conference ever. Of course I’m already a bit behind schedule. #
  • 2 #wds08 lessons in first 5 minutes: 1 Bring a small bag, they’ll give you another. 2 Careful what you tweet, it shows up on the big board! #
  • Total fanboy moment warning: Douglas Crockford is sitting right in front of me at the #wds08 keynote! Ok, I can be a grown up again now. #
  • Lynn Johnson talking about struggling publishing industry at #wds08 with the conclusion that publishers MUST publish on mobile or die. #
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-23

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  • Using GParted to completely reorganize Debian partitions on a test box’s virtual disk. Hardest part was the upgrade to VMware Server 2 RC2. #
  • WTF? iiNet’s DNS servers lost A records—Google, Twitter, more were down—I reconfigured office DNS to query Verizon. Any Aussies notice this? #
  • That DNS outage was about the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to me as a Network Administator. They think I “fixed” the Internet :) #
  • Augh. Unproductive day and a frustrating evening make for a really annoyed me. Wanted to get stuff done tonight but I’m just too grr to. #
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Monday, September 22, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-22

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  • Note to self: don’t leave laundry in washer overnight, especially when plagued by insomnia. It’s bad for the clothes & your punctuality. #
  • The value of having >1 communications channel is the same as having >1 one sexual orientation. Diversity is powerful iff it’s not … #
  • Magnetic poetry I crafted: 1 “Heave a knife near a storm and scream worship together.” 2 “Beneath the diamond symphony is her apparatus.” ;) #
  • @SERAPHIN13 I combined my web presence despite the x-over btw work & personal, & seems it’s actually harder for everyone else. Filters help. #
  • Been futzing with various server configurations with Trac tonight. Man, Python’s distutils framework really needs a serious makeover. Augh…! #
  • Prepping for hopefully-soon-to-be http://OrgasmLogger.com/ site - a rewrite for fun and education. Wanna help? http://trac.orgasmlogger.com/ #
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Stalker update for 2008-09-21

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  • I love quiet spring mornings like these. I can hear but not see the world around me & my little apartment & I wonder what the day will hold. #
  • Gr! Leaving the beautiful outdoors cuz coding w/out Internet is like diving w/out an O2 tank. I hate Australia’s stone age lack of WiFi. #
  • I traded a nice day outside for a productive day indoors. In the future I won’t have to make such compromises. I’m very bad at compromising. #
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