Category: Tweets

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-09

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-02

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-26

  • I'm up for pool & bbq but how much capacity? A few others to invite 🙂 @grmsn @NETDe @ruthellison @bradheadland @craigthomler @camcgr #
  • Final hugs for all my fellow workers today! 🙂 @shorebuck @outsidethecubed @marcoostini @jmacmullin @bubbiting #
  • Hugs to all my fellow workers today! @vanaalst @CbnGal @tony_lewis @Mvandervlugt @grumpymojo @TagAlongTess @OZloop @flare2004 @neridahart #
  • Hugs to all my fellow workers today! @Jerub @peterhau @xfitzyx @senectus @shigawire @Djelibeybi @vk2ktj @steve_evil @chris_bloke @makarakarn #
  • Hugs to all fellow workers today! @tweetingtechno @micktleyden @allisonhornery @R_Chirgwin @Kriegaffe @aguidodavis @Glebe2037 @John_Hanna #
  • I wonder if being born is akin to the EULA in a box which asserts "in opening the wrapping you have agreed to the following conditions"? 🙂 #
  • 3rd is great 🙂 going once… twice… now, venue? Bbq or cafe is 1st choice @RuthEllison @bradheadland @grmsn @craigthomler @camcgr @netde #
  • Re lennox gardens, they need 14 days to process permit :/ @bradheadland @grmsn @piawaugh @craigthomler @camcgr @ruthellison @netde #
  • Need a location first 🙂 Suggestions? ANBG cafe for something diff? 🙂 @grmsn @craigthomler @camcgr @ruthellison @netde @bradheadland #
  • Hell yeah! Augmented environments? RT @ComputerworldAU: …futuristic halfpipe for the Tron Legacy premiere – http://j.mp/guzANK #
  • So who else is working today? 🙂 #
  • Am getting all riled up about hobbes and seeing the implications of any form of social contract to placate the masses & create power #
  • I know its silly but I love having a garden and watching flowers bloom day by day 🙂 http://twitpic.com/3itxym #
  • Interesting "We're not there to call someone a liar" (journo) Is it the media's job to differentiate truth? http://bit.ly/eTW9e5 (7mins) #
  • Haha, just gave my Nanny some lollies for Christmas, and she said "thanks for my lols". Love it! 😉 #
  • Have just gone in ballot for bigdayout gold coast txt. Wish me luck! Between tool, john butler trio, rammstein & iggy, I'm excited 🙂 #
  • Someone told me this morning they were having a great day, when I asked why he said "every day you wake with a heartbeat…" Great point 🙂 #
  • PS – with that last tweet, I do not endorse the video 🙂 Beautiful and disturbing sound, but the video is very Meet the Feebles :/ #
  • Oh, wow. This is both awesome and disturbing. Thanks @limburger2001!
    Kermit the Frog doing a cover of Hurt (NIN) http://bit.ly/gX9fKZ #
  • Listening to Hurt by Johnny Cash. Such an amazing cover, never fails to amaze 🙂 #
  • Interesting: RT from Crikey: NBN: Alan Kohler reviews NBN business plan | Crikey http://bit.ly/g6cVit #
  • A little worried re outdated geodata tho :/ RT @grmsn Victorian Spatial Council releases online map guidelines http://bit.ly/e0yw0S #gov2au #
  • 😀 RT @arcwhite My $0.02: better IT folks on policy than economic guys. Those guys accept *models* as reality. At least we know how to test! #
  • Heh, "read the label". V insightful 😉 RT @MadamQ Photo: Nyal: How a mother can be sure about buying medicines. http://tumblr.com/xoy13g63bw #
  • "IT wonks dominating the policy front, that's a frightening thought" says economic guy on #thedrum I say the geek will inherit the earth 😉 #
  • OMG! Favourite lolcat ever! http://chzb.gr/hVJZKc Thanks to my dear friend Peter Miller for emailing it through 🙂 #shaolin #gungfu #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-19

  • Was at costume event tonight & met V. No aliteration, no sexy voice, nor knowledge of #cablegate Dullness of wit & blade. V disappointing! #
  • Interesting article: "Wikileaks did not commit a crime, House Judiciary chairman says" | Raw Story http://t.co/SHF0wZk #
  • Just heard the word irrepressible used in a speech, can't help but think about Monkey Magic 🙂 #
  • Am at a launch of an exhibition of 100 years of #Canberra in preparation for the 2013 centenary year. Check it out at Parliament House 🙂 #
  • For #web20 and #gov2au types check out http://DrupalDowunder.org – early bird rego open til xmas and call for sessions still on 🙂 #
  • At a history trivia night, having fun learning how crap my table's long term memory is 🙂 also learnt that assassins creed trumps hsc 🙂 #
  • RT city_news: Canberra CityNews Blog – @KateLundy inducted as WICked patron http://bit.ly/ftG8yB #canberra #
  • I wonder if we could fairly divide the world up into those who know the Mario Bros theme song, & those who don't? 🙂 #
  • Am at a #WIC event talking to some interesting fellow techie and #opengov women 🙂 #
  • At a #WIC event (women in computing), chatting to some fellow techie & #opengov women in Canberra 🙂 @katelundy about to speak. #
  • Latest song recorded by the wonderful Martin and I! Feedback please 🙂 http://bit.ly/fpM9aH #
  • Does anyone else find it unsurprising that some ppl are calling for "regulation of the Internet" due to #cablegate http://bit.ly/hMIksb #
  • Yeah, read that 🙂 Love it! RT @benpaddlejones Chromaroma – the gameification of public sector information: http://clic.gs/21dT #gbl #gov2.0 #
  • It's amazing how a little pain can give you focus, bring your dreams & reality into sharp contrast, help you redefine. Lots of thinking atm #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-12

  • There's a lot of security theatre atm around #wikileaks See feeling vs reality of security by Bruce Schneier http://bit.ly/evVFoX #wikileaks #
  • Annoyed at security 'experts' jumping on #payback bandwagon. "Anyone can now take down a website! But we can protect you". Nothing's changed #
  • Going home with a slightly prolapsed disc in my back. Joy :/ Yay for pain! #
  • Heh! TOTALLY! RT @case_pres: I want a Bat Cave as well. But I'm holding out until the NBN rollout so I can get real broadband in my cave #
  • Sometimes I want to move to the electorate of Batman, adopt a secret identity and spend my days fighting crime with awesome onomatopoeias 🙂 #
  • Who else is going to the Canberra roller Derby this Saturday?! Very excited 🙂 http://bit.ly/g7cs5M #
  • Wow, this is a pretty useful geocoding converter tool I thought others might find useful 🙂 http://bit.ly/dSYhtl #opendata #datavis #
  • Glued to the #cablegate & #wikileaks activity. What a fascinating day. Is this a tipping point? I think so. #
  • Awesome work 🙂 RT @elerimai: Who is @grogsgamut? He's the dude on the cover of the CityNews this week http://bit.ly/4uv5m #grogsgate #
  • Kevin Rudd just said on a live Sky News interview that Assange has the right to be presumed innocent and get consular support #cablegate #
  • I asked a cab driver what he thought was the most important thing in life. Without a pause he said "one's parents". What a nice thought. #
  • Awesome! 🙂 RT @kristydarby hehehe –> Dr. Seuss does Star Wars http://bit.ly/gv8HdF #
  • Posted video of @katelundy's talk at #media140 from Oct http://bit.ly/cyi80E Discusses media, gov, online & changing expectations 🙂 #gov2au #
  • This is *cool*. Global maths and programming competition for kids. Just wish Python was included 🙂 http://bit.ly/i93K4X #
  • Slides from Creative Commons & Public Sector Information event are now up, check them out! 🙂 http://bit.ly/dpv9Fm #ccpsi #opendata #gov2au #
  • Cool #gov2au eg for travel analysis http://kaggle.com/RTA $10,000 award for best model which will help inform NSW travel planning #gov20 #
  • Can anyone tell I was on holidays all last week 🙂 I think I've already made up my tweet quota for last week 😉 #
  • A week old, but interesting media release from ACCAN on consumer & competition safeguard bill: http://accan.org.au/news_item_full.php?id=122 #
  • RTing for work hrs 🙂 – Great article by @katelundy in The Aus on multiculturalism in response to Mr Howard http://bit.ly/ep2JC4 #auspol #
  • Cool, Armidale & Kiama getting telehealth 🙂 RT @australian: NBN to help elderly patients in NSW http://bit.ly/gsSXw0 #auspol #
  • Great article by @katelundy in The Aus on multiculturalism in response to Mr Howard http://bit.ly/ep2JC4 #auspol (disc: I work for her) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-28

  • Just discovered Edward Tufte (amazing dataviz work). Am getting http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_ei to read over holidays 🙂 #opendata #
  • Only got to just over half the #ccpsi event today, but they will be publishing all the presentations, so I'll tweet them soon 🙂 Gr8 event! #
  • Listening to presentation about great #opendata #opensource & #opengov work by Mosman Council inc AR, crowd sourcing and more. #ccpsi #
  • Neale Hooper summarising the morning and mentioning that is is a combination of good copyright and good tech policy for #opendata #ccpsi #
  • Geoscience Australia re their history in opening data, how commercial reuse important for economic devel, cc-by. Value of aggregation #ccpsi #
  • Delia Browne: no commercial use may restrict schools and add statutory copyright costs. Roxanne will be chatting to her 🙂 #ccpsi #
  • Roxanne: cc is important as are open formats that ppl like openaustralia can reuse, better for public reuse. #ccpsi #
  • Roxanne taking about integrity and reuse, moral rights, public good as well as risk analysis as parts of a gov #opendata strategy #ccpsi #
  • Great talk from our favourite librarian, roxanne missingham about parl website and the importance of openness and interoperability #ccpsi #
  • Listening to talk about abs #opendata strategy inc cc usage, metadata and formats. Very interesting 🙂 #ccpsi #
  • Erk, sorry all! RT @j_hutch: @piawaugh That's http://www.data.govt.nz for some odd reason 🙂 #ccpsi #opendata #gov20 #
  • Anyone (inc public) can add a dataset to data.gov.nz, wow! Quite powerful. They also use cc and require open formats 🙂 #opendata #ccpsi #
  • Nz guy talking about their #opendata strategy and policy data they basically say don't drm as it causes issues. 🙂 #ccpsi #
  • Listening to talk about data.gov.nz. Discussing importance of clear copyright guidelines for public so they can use data, eg CC #ccpsi #
  • AG quoting BOM, APH, ABS, budget papers, GA and other examples of examples of creative commons implementation in gov 🙂 #opendata #ccpsi #
  • Anne Fitzgerald says Victorian parl inquiry to open access to psi one is the most comprehensive documents on gov #opendata #ccpsi #
  • Listening to fantastic talk by Anne Fitzgerald outlining history of open access policy in Australia dating back to 90's #opendata #ccpsi #
  • Wow, just heard that snowy hydro use cloud seeding to increase rainfall by 14%. Wow.#aeea2010 #
  • Listening to talk about snowy hydro project. Very interesting stuff. Seems like good engineering culture #aeea2010 #
  • Am attending the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards. What an awesome night! Celebrating great projects & technologists 🙂 #aeea2010 #
  • OK, going home now. Will need loud music and coke in the car methinks 🙂 /cc @jdub #
  • Hey tweeps, add your comments on @katelundy's R18+ speech on her blog: "R18+ ajournment speech – your comments" http://bit.ly/ec5VLZ #
  • Currently listening to John Faulkner talk about honesty & integrity in the media. Live @ http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/ #auspol #
  • For those interested, check out the APH website #Senate stats. Very useful 🙂 http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/work/statsnet/index.htm #auspol #
  • Had gr8 eg of #techfail *During* preso had to register new Google api, modify IP addy, reboot VM & restart services. Is it home time yet? 🙁 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-21

  • Thought I'd tweet the Reinecke review of the Government ICT Reform Program, for those interested 🙂 http://bit.ly/cw6dMC #fb #
  • Wow, listening to John Faulkner speak is always an inspiring experience! 🙂 #
  • Lovely photo of @katelundy on Remembrance Day w the Governor General http://bit.ly/cL9AcH She's wearing a beautiful hat by @annikanancess 🙂 #
  • Clarification: now in #Senate is debate on a motion to postpone the Competition & Consumer Safeguard bill debate, not actual bill debate :/ #
  • Competition & Consumer safeguards bill being debated in the #Senate with @katelundy halfway through her speech #auspol http://bit.ly/dCSmvM #
  • Just saw John McMillan's speech to the Parliamentary Library was put online 🙂 http://bit.ly/9B5hmK Very informative! #gov2au #opendata #
  • Hey @ParlLibrary 🙂 Do you guys tweet when you add new Parliamentary Library Lecture links? Looking forward to retweeting today's talk 🙂 #
  • Listening to John Macmillan talk about office of Info Commissioner in parliamentary library. Interesting! #gov2au will tweet recording link #
  • I never thought I'd say this, but I wish I knew more about database design :/ Having an awful time trying to crash course & learn. Bleargh! #