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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-08-09: CO

August 9, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ This would be overdone even in Switzerland – but it’s in Vail.

slept til 9 am – that is so unlike me! #
ah, now this is more like summer. I’d better go for a walk before temp hits the 90s today. #
@nonstick LOL! Sometimes the only answer is “Because that would have messed up the story the author wanted to tell.” in reply to nonstick #
Ross tells me that Indian culture is penetrating Italy: Jai Ho! is popular at dance clubs #
@bklein34 TEDIndia would be my ideal occasion! Hmm. Chris Anderson, distinguished Woodstock alum, hmm… <plotting> in reply to bklein34 #
RT @KathySierra: How do cos justify $$$ on marketing/ads while product/svc on life-support? Isn’t great prod/svc/support the BEST marketing? #
putting together a wine cork board is tricker than it looks. #
just to add to my communications overload, I’m back on IRC for the first time in years. Gotta be where (more of) my peeps are! #
I have yet to reach the point where exercise feels good, but at least it feels better than no exercise. A walk in the Colorado twilight. #
damn, this Strengths Finder assessment is better than a horoscope #
argh. it’s midnight and tomorrow is Monday. Must. Stop. Now. #
RT @guardiantech: Can the web save Italy’s artisanal food producers? http://bit.ly/1SduaG #
@nonstick my major non-strength is ironing. Tho not too crazy about housecleaning, either. in reply to nonstick #
nothing like starting my day feeling stupid thanks to technology #
from the not-so-evil empire: Sara Ford’s Weblog : OSCON 2009: One of the greatest weeks in my Microsoft Career http://bit.ly/182bWU #
this performance map business is hard. Can’t we just say I do stuff superbly and leave it at that? #
item on FakeSteveJobs reminded me that somone had recently told me about this very funny video: http://bit.ly/1dLtW0 #
ooookkkkayyy… that is not the result I was expecting for that particular search. Apparently Google is omniscient. #
when a community (even of friends) is based around one personality, and that personality goes rogue, the whole community hurts #
@zephoria I hope that doesn’t translate into automatically assuming that older=rigid, in adaptable, etc. That’s not always the case in reply to zephoria #
@Roam2Rome enjoy your paleness now – 20 years from now people will be complimenting you on your youthful complexion. in reply to Roam2Rome #
@gpelz I’ve seen them fail twice at crucial moments, and been told that htey are not at all discriminating in the sound they pick up. in reply to gpelz #
@trine crazy. Life’s too short for conservative hair. in reply to trine #
…and I’m still looking for a sufficiently non-conservative hairdresser in Boulder/Denver area… #
@Kimbirly can”t DM if you’re not following me in reply to Kimbirly #
UStream doesn’t save chat streams for you. FAIL #
@lbridenne76 it’s really bad when you don’t know about that limitation in advance… #Ustream in reply to lbridenne76 #
@Roam2Rome worked for me: rarely tanned (just not capable), never smoked, drink lots of water. in reply to Roam2Rome #
two nights of inadequate sleep are catching up. But overall mood is… happy, actually. #
whoever invented various & noisy forms of motorized transport for the underage set should be shot. Forthwith. #
@DavidStrauss having trouble finding one as creative as the one I like in Austin. I came out looking like Hilary Clinton last time. in reply to DavidStrauss #
(nothing against Hilary, but her hairstyle is not for me) #
@msgilligan Anyone who thinks Hilary is a little old lady has another think coming. in reply to msgilligan #
Wow, slept the night through, which almost never happens naturally. Something new in my environment appears to be good for me. #
@briansolis your reference to “Deirdre and I” threw me there for a minute. I’m pretty sure the book I wrote wasn’t with you. ; ) in reply to briansolis #
@ThinGuy seems reasonable to me. Haven’t you ever wondered what the inside of a washing machine would feel like? in reply to ThinGuy #
like mother, like daughter: Ross is thinking seriously about going to Australia next (northern) winter, to work with horses. #
listening to a preso on career transition #
relieved to hear that the old “send your resume around” is out of style – it never worked for me #
what on this MacBook is snorting at me? #
oh, damn, the elevator pitch. My career/job doesn’t condense that well #
Req for feedback: I made up “social media producer” as part of my title. Is that instantly understandable? #
@bklein34 wrote: @DeirdreS It does: I tell stories with video. I tell them in a human way that makes tech come alive to broad audiences. And I innovate.
@bklein34 wow, thanks, I love that! Can I quote you? ; ) in reply to bklein34 #
@bklein34 wrote: @DeirdreS Of course! I think what you do is so amazing!
“keep your online presence professional”. Okay, as long as you don’t consider the Italian slang dictionary unprofessional… #
@c_bright “content” clarifies but also restricts. I’m both producing the content and managing/strategizing the whole, um, performance in reply to c_bright #
@bklein34 thanks! I do love it, so am working on getting to keep on doing it. in reply to bklein34 #
despite major life complications, feeling optimistic, even giddy. #
@c_bright Done right, social media can require quite a lot of production! What Iâ€™m Doing in Brisbane http://bit.ly/DdzAt #
@ethang don’t think I have a photo unless you’re in here somewhere, may have video – editing that soon http://bit.ly/19izB3 #
@ethang sorry, I only seem to have vid of you from the neck down… Vid of me would be great – it’s rare! in reply to ethang #
finally working on drafts of the FISL interviews (all in Br. Portugese) #
FT.com / Europe – “…the â€œsystemâ€ in Italy, where businessmen pay women to entertain politicians.” http://bit.ly/FCytt #
guaranteed to raise a smile: http://bit.ly/1fg4zd – the music is Dhoom Tana from “Om Shanti Om” #
blog post: Reflections on My Career http://bit.ly/U8jWP #
@mjabali Thanks. If you find the model helpful, let me see what you do with it – I’d be curious to compare others. in reply to mjabali #
I would almost have to let this spammer slip by for being smart. #
weird. OGB meeting call kept getting “hello? hello?” interruptions in Spanish or Portugese. Who did they think they were calling? #
short on sleep again. It’s Thursday. #
trying to figure out how to get last.fm to actually play the song I want. The stuff they’re suggesting is good, but why be a tease about it? #
it’s Friday and things are a little weird. But I’m on vacation. That’s plus. #
it is so unlike me to lose things when I travel, but it’s been happening a lot lately. Damn. Gonna miss those Steve Madden gel flats. #
@jtroyer re UStream this might help, and there are a couple of other notes about UStream on my blog – Un Posto al Sole http://bit.ly/3W3VL #
@jeffreytaylor Can I just marry you? Oh, wait, I think you’re already taken. in reply to jeffreytaylor #
hitting the road that points west. Dillon CO tonight, after that no precise plans. Except to be largely offline. Ciao, tweeps! #
Picnic lunch before a hike on Dillon lake #

2 hr hike, HP6 (E hadn’t seen it), now dinner, soon sleep. Because that’s enough activity for a vac day! #
Damn. All the neighbors in Dillon sure are stingy with their wifi #
Vaca reading choices: the Penguin historyof the US, or The Virgin’s Lover (another Philippa Gregory Tudor potboiler). Hmm. #
Ross also saw HP6 this aft, says it was awesome in 3D Imax. I admit I spent most of my 2nd viewing thinking about other things. #
Both slept badly, maybe due to altitude and dryness. At least with jetlag E wakes up as early as I do so we’ll hit the road soon. #
Vail looks enough like Cortina that I don’t need to see any more. Not that I’ve spent a lot of time in Cortina. #
At 12095 ft Independence pass was too high for me – dizzy! #
Now in Aspen, another place for people with more money than sense, apparently. Must get a photo of Snark St – too appropriate for my mood. #

@familyonbikes I wasn’t on a bike, fortunately. Doubt I’ll ever be on that kind if shape in reply to familyonbikes #
“you’re holding up better than any other 46 year old I know” is not the romantic compliment I was looking for. #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-08-02: TN, CO

August 2, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

Offline all wkd at a woodstock school reunion on a lake in tennesee. Fantastic time. We’ve gone in so many directions, yet are so much alike #
Arrived Denver after 5 weeks away. I can has sleep now? #
Vishal’s new film isn’t quite out yet, but the music’s great (and a friend is in it) Dhan Te Nan Aaja Aaja http://bit.ly/VrOwf #
reunion weekend was great, but bummed that my new O’Reilly t-shirt got lost (probably blew off the boat). I love that aye-aye critter. #
@lbridenne76 would those be my videos? in reply to lbridenne76 #
RT @Fassbinder: listening to “Squallor – Usa For Italy (1985)” â™« http://blip.fm/~apfot ROTFL – translating now! #
“welcome home – now leave so we can show the house to a prospective buyer” – argh! #
@llcrowe and tomorrow I can look forward to REdoing the expense report from hell because IT was absolutely no help with the corrupted file in reply to llcrowe #
@timbray The condescending articles about Twitter seem to be written by people who have hardly used it. That kids don’t Tweet is not news. in reply to timbray #
airplane reading this last trip was “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” Weird, gorey, funny – but it probably helps to be a huge Austen fan. #
my neighbors on Wisteria Lane wake me with their chat (and yappy dog) as they pass the house on their early-morning jog. Ah, suburbia… #
@LusciousPear re hosting video, maybe Kaltura? they were sponsors, should have an interest in #oscon material in reply to LusciousPear #
reduced to doing my expense report in sections – US$ first because that doesn’t involve an exchange rate, which would upset our system #
@monkchips and probably a few atheists, too… ; ) in reply to monkchips #
@Kaltura it’s @LusciousPear who needs help hosting a 1.3 Gb video of his #OSCON preso – thanks! in reply to Kaltura #
finally have time to see which of the 1300 items in each of my emails boxes (work and personal) actually requires action #
it’s very hard to make decisions about the future when you are wallowing in regrets about the past #
RT @mtuckerb: The SETI Institute is looking for a rare individual to support us as OSS Community Manager and Evangelist http://bit.ly/erux3 #
Way to split the country! Italy’s Lega Nord wd require teachers to test in “dialect & traditions” where they teach – http://bit.ly/11RxWN #
@llcrowe I should have specified that it’s not me doing the wallowing! in reply to llcrowe #
@llcrowe only in hot tubs or Calistoga springs mud! in reply to llcrowe #
any Italian history scholar care to respond to this comment? Â» Apologia del Fascismo, in Flagrante http://bit.ly/14yH2p #
good thing I wasn’t planning on sleeping late. Some noisy construction going on nearby. #suburbia #
finishing up the last of the expense report(s) from hell – it’s taken 5 separate reports to get it all through. Now ripping 33 videotapes… #
ANSA.it – News in English – League in school dialect row http://bit.ly/SYj7V #
@italylogue you can file me under “bitching about Italian politics tweeps” #Italy in reply to italylogue #
@juliebenz OTOH, Darla was pretty damned dangerous herself. Hers was the first kill of the entire series. in reply to juliebenz #
apparently Denver is having Portland’s weather, and vice-versa. #
Whoâ€™s afraid of Silvio Berlusconi? | open Democracy News Analysis http://bit.ly/f9VD9 #
See comments: http://bit.ly/153ckc – I begin to wonder if poor English teaching in Italy is yet another semi-planned form of oppression #
What’s really sad in this article http://bit.ly/153ckc are the comments by Italians – begging to be invaded and liberated! #
not having a good night here. #
How to decide how much to reveal about yourself | Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist http://bit.ly/18VKws – okay, now I understand. Whoa. #
“… the Globe and Mail compares Italy to “a military regime,” while the Economist likens it to Colombia. ” http://bit.ly/dsUfc #
@davewiner I LOVED Hypercard, have several times sought and failed to find a replacement. in reply to davewiner #
@Roam2Rome – there is lots to compliment in Italy, but the waste (of human capital and everything else) is appalling. in reply to Roam2Rome #
my video kit has just come back from Australia, with the remaining tapes. 4 more hours of Brendan? didn’t know he talked that much #
RT @DeirdreS: New blog post: Who’s a Guy? http://bit.ly/3FgNIU @jonobacon – you’ll enjoy the irony here #
@jonobacon it usually does… in reply to jonobacon #
trying to figure out what to do for vacation with Enrico, exploring the USA. Suggestions welcome, starting from CO, no planes! #
@markingegno I’m married to a nice, smart Italian mathematician! in reply to markingegno #
@thepartycow re “How are you?” , it’s funny how people freak out if you give anything other than the expected “Oh, fine” answer. in reply to thepartycow #
@plasticbagUK I first ran across you years ago when I found your UI design for collaborative TV watching. Guess I follow you out of habit. in reply to plasticbagUK #
Microsoft @saraford and Sun @bubbva Guitar Heroes at OSCON 2009 Exhibit Hall. http://bit.ly/vFaxy #
This is why Sun gives away so many t-shirts http://bit.ly/3qzxfc #
RT @chrisfaron: Watching: YouTube – #Twitter Cops lol.. ( http://bit.ly/ajAPj ) – HUGE LOL, thanks! #
@ben I realized upon looking at the schedule that there’s 1.25 hours of DTrace alone – I wasn’t there that day, had gone to CA for OSCON in reply to ben #
@adambusch you men do have curious ways of bonding in reply to adambusch #
going to film FROSUG tonight – students presenting on how to do an installer during a 6 week internship #
@Slowfinger quando Ferrara sara’ in grado di diventare incinto (oppore renderlo qualcuno), la sua opinione in merito mi potrebbe interessare in reply to Slowfinger #
want to do something very, very cool this weekend? Project Bandaloop: Workshop Aug. 1-5th http://bit.ly/11wSt7 #
okay, not streaming FROSUG because UStream crashes both Firefox and Safari. WTF? #
I enjoy hearing from people who are clearly reading my (Sun) blog and asking for help with video. #
OTOH, ?s from my personal site like “How much money do I need for a week in Italy?” are getting old. #
@italylogue weird sort of spam. Are you sure it’s not just one confused individual trying to get help? in reply to italylogue #
one highlight of this weekend’s Woodstock School reunion: t-shirts saying “Om Schooled” #
@saraford unattractive? Something wrong with their eyes? Or is it the scary fact that you could kick their butts? ; ) in reply to saraford #
@llcrowe I was the source. We tried it on a different Mac and it still crashed. in reply to llcrowe #
@italylogue Weird way to fill a site, but whatever… in reply to italylogue #
@llcrowe Clay has seen this with changes to Flash – UStream may not test on Macs as quickly as on Windows (it worked on a Lenovo) in reply to llcrowe #
RT @jeffhuber: Happy SysAdminDay. “Thank you for all that you do to keep Corp America and the Internets flowing.” Amen to that! #
@debworks how are they handling the “didn’t want to go to church” part? in reply to debworks #
finally upgraded my iPhone, in hopes of curing a “calls don’t ring” problem #
@BeckyKnightly you are spamming up the wrong tree – I’m a married atheist, and heaven forbid Christians should date each other! ; ) in reply to BeckyKnightly #
@debworks I don’t think this is going to make him like church any better in reply to debworks #
@Shamu gee, I wish I was a celebrity so I could meet the stars at SeaWorld in reply to Shamu #
taking it easy this morning – coffee in bed, finishing a blog post, snarking on Twitter #
@jeffreytaylor “doom porn” – love it! Exactly captures what I’ve been feeling about media coverage of “the current crisis” in reply to jeffreytaylor #
Countries Beginning with I Â» Woodstockers Afloat: Class of â€˜79 Reunion http://bit.ly/2qE9jR #
oh, it’s lunchtime. That would explain why I’m ravenous. #
editing video of a beatnik engineer… puppet #
@ajkeen why shouldn’t a girl want to be a geek? in reply to ajkeen #
@Slowfinger credo di essere su FF, ma non ho ancora capito come utilizzarlo in reply to Slowfinger #
I go thru cycles of repeating meals I like. Right now it’s Indian-style omelets (with onions and cilantro), served Indian style on a bun. #
@nonstick dead easy, too. Fry onions til soft (brown if you prefer) in a little butter, add beaten eggs + a little milk, add fresh cilantro in reply to nonstick #
@nonstick finely chopped hot green pepper if you like as well. Make the omlette thin; when cooked, fold into quarters and put on toasted bun in reply to nonstick #
@nonstick nb – good with ketchup. in reply to nonstick #
@Smokeeater37 the Indians I’ve seen eating them are usually sitting on chairs in a tea shop. Best served with sweet, milky tea. in reply to Smokeeater37 #
pool party today with people who torture fruit flies for a living (CU bio lab). Want to make a summer pasta, can’t find little mozzarella #
Sexist bosses in Italy could face jail: http://bit.ly/fj9Zy – prob w/maternity policy is cos. then don’t hire fertile married women #
RU-486 made legal in Italy – but will it really be possible to get it? based on previous experience… http://bit.ly/8N7U9 #
RT @ringae: Not your father’s javascript: http://bit.ly/mQT5N – funny! #
I really shouldn’t start the weekend reading news about Italy. That just raises my blood pressure. #
planning some actual vacation, starting soon – yay! I adore my job, but admit to being a little burned out right at the moment. #
RT @Britopian: Companies want applicants with social-media skills – Atlanta Journal Constitution http://bit.ly/sCvVe <raising hand> #
did find the mozz – why is cheese in 4 different parts of my local supermarket? grape tomatoes marinated in olive oil, salt & pepper #
tomatoes added to fresh-cooked fusilli, will put fresh basil and mozz in closer to eating time. Also bringing fresh peaches in Merlot #
reminiscences about last weekend’s reunion include: “I always tell people that when I think of home I think of Mussorie.” True for so many. #
@dave_enz LOL! Didn’t mean to catch you out that way. in reply to dave_enz #
the peaches in Merlot were a big hit with the 6-year-old. I DID warn his parents. #
the kid’s name is Logan, apparently popular these days. His parents had not figured out the Wolverine/Hugh Jackman reason for this. #
@reiger up to @macsun Mark, I believe. Out of my hands, I’m afraid. in reply to reiger #
tsk, tsk – these Aussies are so disrespectful
http://bit.ly/T1enY #
cool things Woodstockers are doing: Necessary Angels â€” National Geographic Magazine http://bit.ly/wkdE5 (Shobha Arole) #
Cool things Woodstockers are doing: Joe Pilaar – Bhutan Adventure Guide – National Geographic Adventure Magazine http://bit.ly/HYsen #
cool things Woodstockers are doing: YouTube – project bandaloop http://bit.ly/6a5ZF #
cool things Woodstockers are doing: Chris Anderson shares his vision for TED | Video on TED.com http://bit.ly/JiYa #
@bklein34 I always want to go /back/ to India. <wistfully> in reply to bklein34 #
the relaxing Italian vacation starts with a 30 km traffic jam on a beach-going highway http://bit.ly/7rGII – what’s Italian for “lemming”? #
a man living apart from his wife is pitied and invited to dinners. a woman living apart from her husband eats a lot of meals alone. #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-07-19: Brisbane

July 19, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

in Brisbane. Spent the weekend offline, which was very, very nice. #

^ during my Brisbane walkabout, saw, enjoyed, and bought the CD from a band called Jambezi

social media planning for the Kernel Conference http://bit.ly/2DwHJQ – hope to stream live video for the first view of ZFS De-Dupe! #
overhearing James trying to describe to someone what I do: “she works in community on the OpenSolaris side and does, um, video stuff” #
<sigh> more wrestling with our horrible, horrible expense reporting system. #
NOT a rhetorical question: when was the last time you had good support for software, and how was it provided? (phone, email, Twitter…?) #
@c0t0d0s0 we did something similar in Brazil, too. Were you thinking of a specific magazine in Germany? in reply to c0t0d0s0 #
added a few photos to President Lula of Brazil Meets OpenSolaris http://bit.ly/3iECbx #
join the Kernel Conference Australia on USTREAM: tomorrow at 9 am Brisbane time (GMT +10) http://bit.ly/a9GCb – first up will be ZFS Dedupe! #
figuring out what sessions to attend at OSCON – suggestions? (Keeping in mind that I’m more on the people side of the equation.) #
“Maybe you’re already doing too much.” My daughter at times is wiser than I am. #
recent read: Vikas Swarup’s “Six Suspects.” Plotline a little too Bollywood with coincidences, but overall a v good and satisfying read. #
folks gathering in Brisbane for the Kernel Conf. Waiting for Brendan and Gavin to get to the office so we can have lunch #
@ElaineEllis not doing any of those things! In the Sun office in Brisbane, waiting for lunch #FOTR in reply to ElaineEllis #
wearing my social media producer hat: getting set up to stream the Kernel Confernce from Brisbane. We should be live in 30 mins #

providing text backup to a very poor video feed for the kernel conference, over a http://bit.ly/LH3oo #
> 40 viewers on the stream, ~100 people in the room #
really NOT having a good day here. I need to be doing about six fewer jobs. #
@lordorica these days, it’s pretty safe to predict that consistently bad service will sooner or later result in bad PR in reply to lordorica #
damn, damn, damn. Trying to do too many things at once = doing some of them badly. I hate it when I screw up! #
lessons learned today: 1. arriving to set up 1.5 hours early is not necessarily enough. 2. I need one of each kind of FireWire cable #
3. I need a travel-sized laptop with FireWire. #
@ThinGuy no Best Buy close enough to this campus, I fear. Must remembr to gt a 9 v battery tonight in reply to ThinGuy #
@jonobacon Â» FemCamp: Sessions & Reflections http://bit.ly/PjBXS – I can try to find the name of the woman who spoke on opensource #
Italian bloggers on strike today against a proposed Internet gag law in Italy http://bit.ly/6c4Lo – would help if someone translated this! #
@jonobacon I could talk for hours. ; ) Start by asking why I left Italy… You should come to Grace Hopper in October, too. in reply to jonobacon #
another reason I left Italy: 1. that actually WAS my most recent salary in Italy and 2. rampant tax evasion (not by me) http://bit.ly/jBqQt #
just been advised that I should redo the expense report I have aready spent >6 hours on because it “may be corrupted.” There are no words… #
@AmberCadabra there is no canonical length for online text or video – use what you need to cover the topic – no more, no less in reply to AmberCadabra #
I am SO going to need a drink tonight. Or several. Let’s see whether my date makes it to Brisbane. #
there are many things I will miss about Sun. Our expense reporting system is emphatically NOT one of them. #
more lessons: slides full of text/busy diagrams work poorly in online streaming video, but also work poorly in the room #
ZFS panel with Bonwick & Moore now live at http://bit.ly/LH3oo #
this day just keeps getting better… #
gotta love the instant results with Twitter. It appears that 1% of my followers instantly jumped onto the Kernel Conference stream #
An unusually difficult conference: one speaker missed his flight, another quarantined for swine flu. #
@lbridenne76 problem with a small toolbox of A/V kit is it tends to add a lot to the 20 lbs of kit I’m already carrying in reply to lbridenne76 #
RT @seancarlos: Italy gag law: currently see small section in English + pdf: http://bit.ly/qUu1d + Google translate http://bit.ly/MJtRX #
I’e never seen slides using duplo blocks before – fun! #
re. Italian gag law, how will the law qualify “Italian blog”? hosted in Italy? written in Italian? by an Italian citizen? #
@plasticbagUK I used Twitter to work out how many days I spent where fr 2008 taxes in reply to plasticbagUK #
@divinacucina I suppose the Alfano gag law is designed to increase Berlusconi’s stranglehold on information in Italy. in reply to divinacucina #
@mschoenu There’s not a 2×4 big enough to hit them hard enough… You can also call them cretini provinciali di… #
trying to understand the proposed Italian law. seems it wd hold bloggers to same standards as big media to “rectify” mistakes w/in 48 hrs #
failure to rectify would lead to fines of >$5000. #
but who decides what actually needs rectifying? Berlusconi has already lost at least one defamation case (against the Economist) #
@mschoenu they haven’t figured out that you are not !00% Italian? in reply to mschoenu #
@mschoenu I know – that’s why I’m surprised that people would be surprised at your son’s “foreign” name. Boh. in reply to mschoenu #
@webmink see you soon, arriving from the opposite direction! in reply to webmink #
@zalez I’ve auditioned 3 new countries this trip: Brazil, NZ, Oz. All cool, but Internet in NZ & Oz sucks in reply to zalez #
reading on @BrazenCareerist about happiness. I’m actually pretty happy, tho tired and stressed and uncertain… #
@zalez re #internetausdrucker – we generally used Luddite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite in reply to zalez #
streaming has started again at http://bit.ly/LH3oo #
@dfugate OTOH, just saw a slide on Sun/Intel collab featuring multi-ethnic people who don’t work for either in an office I don’t recognize in reply to dfugate #

^ James, Brendan, Jake

I need to make a video of a bay of hard disks shouting back at Brendan Gregg. (who really is, BTW, a sexy cub) #
@NathanFillion OMG! Spoiler! in reply to NathanFillion #
note: the most useful thing in my A/V kit, after the camera, is the wireless mics. A million ways to use ’em… #
@lbridenne76 I think quiet is to be expected today. Kinda glad I’m at a conference in reply to lbridenne76 #
I don’t care what your corporate colors are, black text on a blue background for slides is just illegible. #
about to return to streaming with “x86 Fast Reboot”Sherry Moore at http://bit.ly/LH3oo #
@dfugate re. creativity, they could have got a photo of some of the actual people, tho maybe we’re not as pretty as the models in reply to dfugate #
had dinner last night with a lot of smart people. Learned interesting/scary things about the film industry. #
@davest you’ll be at Oscon? Cool! See you there. in reply to davest #
Flying out of Brisbane tomorrow. #
…and we’re back, with “Linux Kernel Security Overview”James Morris – http://au.sun.com/sunnews/events/2009/kernel/agenda.jsp #
I wish I wouldn’t keep losing bits and pieces. Where did that extra camera battery go? It’s been floating around my luggage, now can’t find #
one of the things I love about engineers is that they’re problem-solvers. Was fun watching them get their teeth into a problem last night. #
@nonstick no, for that I have the handheld in reply to nonstick #
coming up “Boomer: the new OpenSolaris audio system”Garrett D’Amore – http://bit.ly/LH3oo #
the comment spammers are running out of ideas “My mother’s name is Italian.” And that’s all it says. Blah #
@shamu – more whaley stuff for you: Countries Beginning with I Â» Opotiki http://bit.ly/2sZzWx #
had to unplug the Air, poor grounding in the plug it was sharing caused the videocamera to give me mild shocks thru every metal part #
@SaraD I’m really hoping there’s more Alan Rickman in this one. Maybe I’ll stay awake long enough to find out tomorrow night. in reply to SaraD #
via zoomata.com: Italian movie about social media called Feisbum! http://bit.ly/9Lxqq – song may be the most interesting thing about it… #
OMG, I’ve married into another species http://bit.ly/veWNA #

^ birds (including parrots) flock to their evening roosts at the Queensland University campus

one more hour of conf, then reception, dinner and… cricket? #

^ now I know why Terry Pratchett called his Australia-analog “Fourecks”

Panel – Secure Software Engineering / in-kernel SecurityCristina Cifuentes, James Morris, Fernando Gont – live on http://bit.ly/a9GCb #
lively discussion on computer security and education #
“Everything’s written in C eventually.” Gets a big laugh from this audience. #
glad the conference day is almost over. Very tired. #
Brendan talking about kernel engineering culture shock in the US: http://bit.ly/LH3oo #
awaiting my flight at Brisbane airport (to SFO via Sydney). Was up til 3 am watching cricket. I may have learned a thing or two. #
ending the overseas portion of this trip. My favorite part has been getting the right smart people together to make wonderful things happen #
what I learned about cricket last night did not include the definitions of “googley” and “hat trick”. #
Note: Aussies really do say “No worries” a lot. And you can taste wine in Brisbane airport at 9 am (no, not gonna). #
@ThinGuy I did, but about to board a plane to head back. Met lots of great people, hung out with some great “old” ones. Kernel Conf great. in reply to ThinGuy #
Waiting to board flight in Brisbane at 10:30 am Friday. I will arrive in San Francisco on Friday at 10:15 am. Let’s do the time warp again! #
Landed sfo. Confused. #
Waiting for airport shuttle to take me to san jose. Starving, but will need a shower before food. Who’s in town already? #
Appropriately? watched part of “Australia” on flight fm Sydney.Answers the burning question
“does Huge look better w or w/o beard?” #
NB: Huge definitely looks better w/o shirt #
seat partner on the flight from Sydney is doing her PhD in social media, with a thesis on fan vids. how did Qantas know to seat us together? #
wearing my geek cred: overheard someone in Brisbane airport say “OpenSolaris!” Then a guy chatted me up in the line thx to Wikipedia bag #
slept funny on the plane and seem to have pinched a nerve in my neck/shoulder. Need a massage! #
@jonobacon is the plan still on to meet at 7 to decide where to have dinner? #cls in reply to jonobacon #
@metadaddy with Ambien, I can sleep, even on planes. This stuff has changed my life! It’s a whole new order of jet lag management. in reply to metadaddy #
asked Ross about her impressions of Italy this trip. She’s alarmed by a rise in anorexia, including a couple of friends of hers. Scary. #
Milan first city in Italy to make alcohol illegal for under-16s (in Italian) | Reuters http://bit.ly/k4CEQ #
Lessee… everyone is meeting at 7 in the lobby. I have two hours to nap! #
Marriott fail: no makeup mirror. Even the Quality Inn in Porto Alegre had one! #
@lskrocki I’m so blind that I can’t see to put on makeup unless I’m about 3″ from the mirror. This is hard with a bathroom counter 3′ deep. in reply to lskrocki #
okay, that’s it, lack of sleep has officially caught up with me. Dinner at Mezcal was good, blood orange magarita aside (too sweet) #
@glynnfoster one margarita hardly counts as alcohol! in reply to glynnfoster #
@Silona be careful. A HS bully found me via internet years ago, motives were not entirely (if at all) to apologize for the past in reply to Silona #
RT @Silona: HS bullies friending on FB http://is.gd/1DjYb – fortunately, after bullying in earlier grades, I went to the right HS #
@mtuckerb hey, look me up! will be back in a few minutes #cls in reply to mtuckerb #
interesting org I’ve just learned about at #cls : http://www.freegeek.org/ #
@markwilliams I definitely want to attend your cmty metrics talk – I’m a stats geek #cls in reply to markwilliams #
@markwilliams we’ve learned from stats that traffic to a project can be v diff from *perception* of project’s health. Always measure! #cls in reply to markwilliams #
@deirdresm met Rick #cls today. Hope you can join us for dinner tomorrow! in reply to deirdresm #
@italylogue i think I’ll see @rosso first, tho! in reply to italylogue #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-06-21: Chicago, CO

June 21, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

@AmberCadabra I’m guessing you’re getting a lot of ROI questions. What’s your answer? in reply to AmberCadabra #
@travelocity bait and switch? Twice started looking at flights MIL-AUS at $1217, twice arrived at “We’re sorry, price changed” – by $300! in reply to travelocity #
@EnricCirne wd be interesting to know: had you heard of Gaiman before you started following? why do you follow him? in reply to EnricCirne #
comparing flight prices in realtime via Skype with Enrico back in Italy. BA.com = exactly the same. Unfortunately, also expensive. #
@timbray re Iran motorcycle cops footage, give me a link – I can translate the Italian for you #iranelection in reply to timbray #
I’d really like to hear from someone who knows Farsi – what are they saying? http://bit.ly/ZD54P #
“the crowd found isolated policemen, now THEY’RE getting beat up” “They got him, there’s risk of a lynching” http://bit.ly/CBWVS #
http://bit.ly/CBWVS – shots of burning motorcycle, speaks of “the 1st victim,” not clear if that refers to the policeman or the motorcycle #
oh, no, there’s the policeman – bruised but not much #
not clear who’s doing the footage in Italian. No TV logos on it, tho the style seems pretty typical of an Italian TV commentator #
it did come from Italian news crews, see more on http://bit.ly/9C5Yv Italian journos apparently still there, tho some got beat up #
RT @DeirdreS: #iranelection http://bit.ly/9C5Yv Italian journos apparently still there, tho some got beat up #
LOL! Google ad on this morning’s Producing Social Media post is for Zmanda! http://bit.ly/1194h9 #
raining hard, seems to have got in the habit here every afternoon. And my flight for Chicago leaves at what time tomorrow…? #
<groan> Berlusconi says “I’m going to Obama nice and tanned.” Gaffe compounded. #
@darrinschaos waiting til D Day to see whether I can afford that much camera. ; ) in reply to darrinschaos #
ack! looking over my tweeple, connected to a site that first played music, then asked me to take a questionnaire, then gave another popup… #
still wishing for a “why I’m following you” on Twt. Baffled by many of my followers. Travel & food categories obvious enough, but some…? #
@Roam2Rome suspect that generational shift holds in many countries. But it’s always a mistake to assume older people aren’t interested. in reply to Roam2Rome #
is there a way to allow anyone to DM me whether I’m following them or not? #
RT @scottycline: New proxy server is up 4any protesters who need it. IP is 69.92.182.124 por … #
now that I look at who’s following me (slowly), it would be useful if follow notifications worked anymore. Some v interesting new folks #
just heard today that there’s going to be a TED India. Massive cool. Wish I could be there. Hmm. Must think… #
some neighbor’s yappy little dog has woken me up at 6:30 and 7:30 am, then again when I was trying to nap this afternoon. KILL KILL KILL #
@CommunispaceCEO the catch for social media experts is to distinguish themselves from those who merely claim to be social media experts in reply to CommunispaceCEO #
@Roam2Rome re clothing, sometimes I like to fit in, others I like to mix it up. I am convinced that Indian clothing looks great everywhere in reply to Roam2Rome #
“lat or par meaning being beaten to the verge of death.” how scary is it that Farsi has 2 words for “beaten to the verge of death” ? #
@ThinGuy mine, too, interpreted “get all that stuff off the floor” as “throw it all in the laundry basket” in reply to ThinGuy #
burst of creativity on the preso was soon over. I’m gonna be one of those speakers who submits slides at the very… last… minute… #
Woman on airport pkg shuttle saw a huge funnel cloud s of denver. While the van radio is playing “somewhere over the rainbow”. #
@algore why do
You want more followers? You hardly tweet. in reply to algore #
United’s freq flyer program is too old. Half the passengers on every flight use the red carpet. It ain’t special anymore. #
@ThinGuy today’s flight us den to chi. So they get me coming and going. I’m platinum for lift on klm, much good it does me in reply to ThinGuy #
@Shamu arrived ohare. Noticed there’s A graveyard next to the runway in reply to Shamu #
@jdlasica In NYC, what will you do that isn’t mass transit? it’s the only kind that makes sense there in reply to jdlasica #
So this is Chicago. Cta train into the city. I’m a public transport kinda gal #
This Chicago hotel has, of all things, a British pub. Magner’s cider, bangers and mash for dinner! #
Kinda freAked that my room has no windows, only skylights. Maybe I’ll like that in daylight #
time to iron. It’s been a while since I attended a conference that wasn’t all geeks in t-shirts and jeans. Wearing an actual suit jacket… #
@sfoskett Nope, this is the Club Quarters. I had bangers and mash. Stomach a bit delicate today… in reply to sfoskett #
@ThinGuy better to go with a younger airline where people haven’t had so much time to build up the mileage. Make ’em want you! in reply to ThinGuy #
@jeffreytaylor @missbhavens we have to find a time and place for all THREE of us to meet. I suspect it will be an epic occasion! #
@dave_enz Haven’t heard “tidy casual” before. Non-ragged jeans and a collared shirt? We’ve been warned FISL is t-shirts, layered for cold in reply to dave_enz #
@bubbva I’ve barely been to Chicago before. I think I was sick last time I came here, too. Not Chicago’s fault. Hope to get out tomw night in reply to bubbva #
Learning a lot at this conf but can’t tweet it for lack of bandwidth #
conosco Stefano Maffulli? sembra che saremo ad una conferenza assieme… #
@missbhavens @jeffreytaylor yup, when he said “Disneyland for adults”, New Orleans immediately came to mind. I may be there mid-Oct in reply to missbhavens #
@reiger when? in reply to reiger #
@stacylwilson ah, now I recognize you on Twitter! Your icon photo doesn’t do you justice. #
@ElaineEllis you’re in Chicago? So am I! in reply to ElaineEllis #
@debworks hi! #
@lskrocki hearing good things about you from a fellow speaker/attendee at #commtell09 in reply to lskrocki #
why I wanted my daughter out of Italy http://bit.ly/zGcRu #
RT @monkchips: very very very funny. Jim just showed us the ayePod… one for the scots. @9600? http://bit.ly/101DoQ LOL of the day! #
@koolinus I gave Italy 17 years. It just got too hard for a middle-aged foreign woman to have a professional hi-tech career there. in reply to koolinus #
#commtell09 Gallup relies on a robust social network with deep profiles to be able to quickly tap employee expertise worldwide. #
BTW, if you’re interested in Sun-related video (mostly very technical talks), I aggregate “my” stuff at http://bit.ly/19B0bm #
reminder: Are you a student interested in high-performance computing? If so: itâ€™s PARTY TIME! http://isc09studentparty.eventbrite.com/ #
@koolinus I know. And I feel deeply for all the bright, talented young people I’ve met in Italy who deserve so much better. in reply to koolinus #
@jdlasica less than 1 mo, actually http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23ohac – was May 31st, tweets all gone already MAJOR FAIL #140conf in reply to jdlasica #
Hearing social media war stories from other companies points up how very unusual Sun is in this: http://bit.ly/16ijZh #
read #commtell09 later today to see live tweets on my preso about employee video. (Being on the receiving end may be scary – my first time!) #
@u8out not sure I get the intersect between CRM and social networks. Let me know how it is – I’ll be traveling that day in reply to u8out #
@koolinus as in Sunnis, about Iran? in reply to koolinus #
RT @lordorica: SAP embedding twitter into their CRM software, so companies can support customers who report problems via their social nets #
@koolinus me la mandi? in reply to koolinus #
cool, all companies should do this, maybe include staff lists AT&T – Social Media http://bit.ly/PK7aE #
Facebook allows marketers to do incredibly targeted ads. So why do I keep getting stupendously irrelevant ones? #
Bought a romance novel (a genre I never read) because there’s a Deirdre in the title. So the unsuitable suitor is… a mathematician. #
@sumaya “how are you” is easy because most of the time people don’t expect a real answer. “where are you from?” is hard. in reply to sumaya #
note to self: become italian prime minister RT @StephenAtHome couldn’t be worse than Berlusca, and at least you have a real sense of humor in reply to StephenAtHome #
@Padmasreewas interested to learn at #commtell09 about Cisco’s social media activities, internal & external. We think alike. ; ) #
@timfoster nor any language I’ve ever heard of, at least in that useage in reply to timfoster #
didn’t get home til after midnight, but woke up at 6 am as usual, in the office before 8. Now very tired. #
Silvio Berlusconi and the press: Language problems | The Economist http://bit.ly/Q4175 #
watching #Chess in Concert. I’ve waited 25 years to see a decent production of this show. So far, so good, tho changed from the 84 version #
#Chess Adam Pascal is no Murray Head. Idina almost comes up to Elaine Page, but… we’ll see on the hard songs. #
#Chess Kerry Ellis singing “Someone Else’s Story” (which I hadn’t heard before) was worth the price of admission. #
wild lightning out there #
wishing I was with my vlogging peeps in NYC. But I must admit that going to Brazil Saturday doesn’t suck. At all. #
Boss says “I hope we find time to talk.” Well, we’ve got a 24-hour trip together to start with… good thing we like each other. #
@seancarlos how about people married to Americans? in reply to seancarlos #
final day in the office before being away until July 27th. Making sure I get all the bits & pieces of info & equipment I need to bring. #
@jeffreytaylor wd be helpful if there was something on the stream to tell me who’s talking #openvideo in reply to jeffreytaylor #
registered for OSCON (gee, that’s a whole month away!) #
Jon Stewart takes on Berlusconi – priceless! http://bit.ly/10xb8L #
RT @oracletechnet: James Gosling on life post-Oracle http://bit.ly/7FGzd (from EWeek) #
Gosling: There is Life for Java After Oracle-Sun Buyout “Sun is now a viral body in a strange host.” http://bit.ly/2mtTqc #
I’m about to be out of the office for almost 6 weeks. What am I forgetting? #
woke up at 5:30, but that’s good since I’ll have to spring fwd 3 hours for Porto Alegre – then back 15 for Auckland. Jet lag hell coming up. #
@templedf good luck with the festivities in Hamburg. Sorry I can’t be in two places at once! in reply to templedf #
Berlusconi pays “image girl” 10,000 euros to party with him [in Italian] http://bit.ly/2PXtpJ #
@AmberCadabra you waited way too long. Massage is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Or, rather, have done to you. in reply to AmberCadabra #
farming out a lot of my video editing backlog so that, in this next month while I’m traveling, I can concentrate on writing. So much to do! #
another Berlusca girl – who went well beyond “image” – was paid in “help in having a residence built” [in Italian] http://bit.ly/u7MGR #
On my way to dia. I love almost any kind of travel and do a lot of it, but this is a BIG trip even by my standards. Whee! #
@jeffreytaylor tell mike I say hi, when you get the chance in reply to jeffreytaylor #
Very easy exchange rate for Brazil. #
Flight to sao paolo canceled. We’ll probably be 24 hrs late #
Flight to sao paolo canceled. American airlines handling this very badly. 90 minutes in line already #
Finally on our 2nd flight, destination Buenos Aires. Not our original destination, but we’ll get there #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-06-07: San Francisco

June 7, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ Sunday morning coming down: Lynn spotted this sad little scene on 4th street in San Francisco as we made our way to the first of several conferences this week

@MissExpatria wow, you auditioned? for what role? phenomenal show. in reply to MissExpatria #
@pamt456 re. Wicked, you should read the book(s). Very meaty. in reply to pamt456 #
right… time to face the day. White noise machine not quite as effective as hoped in the snore battle. #
live stream of the OHAC summit at http://bit.ly/AFkfa
(not much happening yet) #
getting ready to start #ohac #
here’s what we’re doing today: http://bit.ly/9FiUR #
Alan McClellan http://blogs.sun.com/docexchange/ will be handling my twitter stream today – I’m operating a camera (or two) #
#ohac keen on getting started with the OpenHA Cluster summit. #
#ohac Dr. David Cheriton of Stanford is kicking things off with presentation titled “The Network is the Cluster.” #
#ohac If you are following the video ustream, note we are trying to fix the buzz in the audio. #
#ohac buzz fixed. xlr needed grounding #
#ohac Think of the network as a backplane for many loosely coupled systems. #
#ohac Network congestion hidden in the enterprise by “over provisioning.” Typically less than 10% utilization. #
#ohac But over provisioning not really a viable solution for cluster network. One node can demand huge bandwidth need. #
#ohac The network in the cluster actually assumes resource control similar to an OS. The network is the operating system. #
#ohac Modern network switch is essentially a fault tolerant computer. Dual fans/power supplies. #
#ohac Maybe expand the role / use of this switch to handle this network OS role? #
#ohac Many OS management functions could reside on the switch. Scheduling, DHCP, et al. #
#ohac Huge potential for switch extensibility…but this is a conceptual shift away from the notion of a “transparent” network switch. #
@MissExpatria hello, little girl in reply to MissExpatria #
@MissExpatria could totally see you in that role in reply to MissExpatria #
@glynnfoster only for the elect. Which is a mistake in reply to glynnfoster #
#ohac Some Q&A…. Can you imagine a user process making request of this network OS? Yes, say for routing based on available capacity. #
#ohac Do you see DBs on the switch? No, but can envisage more integration between servers and switches when it makes sense. #
#ohac Nice presentation. Break time. #
#ohac Starting panel discussion – high availability today and tomorrow. #
#ohac Downtime usually ends up in the news. Hard to quantify those [negative] costs. #
#ohac Availability is part of our everyday lives. Users understand and expect availability, but don’t really comprehend how it is achieved. #
#ohac Availability requirements differ for long running jobs vs. transactional work. #
#ohac Spectrum of HA varies based on the service that is expected. What is it you want to be available and what happens if failure? #
#ohac Customers typically do not really understand their availability requirements. Often driven by their budget. #
#ohac IT, admins, staff needs to understand their entire infrastructure to satisfy availability needs. #
#ohac Availability demands change based on whether the goal is service availability or data availability. #
#ohac Lot of emphasis on simplifying the interfaces for the user so availability issues are more obvious to isolate and deal with. #
#ohac But keep plenty of tools available under the hood for the experts who you need for that one catastrophic issue. #
#ohac …and hire/pay experts who can get under the hood and address the catastrophic problem. #
#ohac Providing tools to help the experts find the problem is a product responsibility. #
#ohac Users do not usually end up with entire HA solution from single vendor….rather an aggregation of technologies. #
#ohac In the end, successful HA demands standards, usability, interoperability, and intelligent customers. 🙂 And with that, we break. #
#ohac Nicholas Solter is now speaking about “Project Colorado: A Minimal and Modular HA Cluster for OpenSolaris. #
#ohac Seem to be experiencing some problems recording the Ustream feed. Should still be broadcasting. #
#ohac Ustream feed now being recorded. Needed to save previous recording before could resume recording Nick’s session. #
#ohac OpenHA Cluster bundles bunch of key packages. to get started. #
#ohac Project Colorado minimizes hw requirements by combining COMSTAR, iSCSI, ZFS technologies. #
#ohac These provide robust shared storage without requiring NAS. #
#ohac OpenSolaris VNICs (i.e., crossbow) is used to provide cluster private interconnect (using VNICs instead of physical adapters). #
#ohac Reduces overhead of initially setting up an HA cluster. Can share resources and simplify setup. #
#ohac Cluster membership uses model referred to as weak membership…two-node cluster does not require a quorum device. #
#ohac Places premium on service availability. Good for read-only apps, test cluster, demos, development. #
#ohac Nick and Thurston demoing with laptop on OpenSolaris w/ 2 instances of VirtualBox VMs also running OSOL 2009.06 & OpenHA cluster. #
#ohac They’re clustering the 2 VB OpenSolaris guests. Pretty neat. #
#ohac Welcome, Glynn. #
#ohac OHA cluster also features sw modularization: can install ha-cluster-full (all you need) or ha-cluster-minimal & extend as you like. #
#ohac Shameless plug for the OpenSolaris Bible, which Nick co-authored. 🙂 #
#ohac This is an open project… get involved and provide inputs on where you would like the OpenHA cluster work to go. #
#ohac There is OpenHA talk at CommunityOne, and deep dive sessions on Tuesday at the Intercontinental Hotel. #
#ohac Nick notes easiest way to obviate the problems of weak membership is to build 3 node cluster. #
#ohac There is work underway to integrate MySQL replication. Will be more on this in a session this p.m. #
#ohac getting ready to start the afternoon sessions http://bit.ly/Zu7gI #
#ohac Next session is starting in a few minutes. Sreeram Duvur is going to discuss Glassfish Clustering for Telecommunications. #
#ohac track 2 now streaming on http://bit.ly/Zu7gI
Tirthankar on Getting Started with OHAC #
#ohac Telco and HA are synonymous. It’s taken for granted in most of the world. #
#ohac Need continuous service at scale. #
#ohac Challenges of application layer are many…multiple protocols, load/data partitioning, failover, rolling upgrade, preserving state… #
#ohac track 2 Tirthankar is explaining why you would need VNICs #
#ohac Clustering in telcom also requires integration into fabric of existing applications. #
#ohac track 2 Tirthankar says you should participate in OHAC for the “bragging rights” 🙂 #
#ohac track 2 Prasad Dharmavaram is now talking about Developing Custom Application Data Services on OHAC #
#ohac Ooops. Seem to have lost ustream broadcast. on MySQL / SunCluster session. Working issue. #
#ohac Apologies for usteam video probs. I believe audio is still coming through, so will wait until next break & restart ustream session. #
#ohac track 2 Prasad Dharmavaram is explaining the tools available for building applications in OHAC #
#ohac Track 1 – going to restart ustream now. Hopefully back up after break with video for you. #
#ohac track 2 short break till 2:20pm PT #
#ohac Track 1 – Looks like we’re back online with video. Sorry for those technical issues. #
#ohac Track 1 – Thorsten Frueauf and Ashutosh Tripathi are presenting OpenHA cluster with VirtualBox. #
#ohac track 2 Marcelo Leal on OHAC and AVS to provide High Available services using NON-shared disks http://bit.ly/Zu7gI #
#ohac Track 1 – Using OpenHA and VirtualBox together a great way to achieve low cost, easy to set up dev, training, test system. #
#ohac Track 1 – Requires min 3GB memory, 80 GB disk; dual-core CPU useful, and net connectivity to OpenSolaris repository. #
#ohac Track 1 – Thorsten mimics use of Solaris zones with VirtualBox guests. #
#ohac track 2 Marcelo Leal is giving a live demo on using NON-shared disks with Virtualbox http://bit.ly/Zu7gI #
#ohac Track 1 – Thorsten is in the midst of an OpenHA cluster / VirtualBox demo. #
#ohac Track 1 – Ashutosh is now talking more generally about HA in virtualized environments. #
#ohac track 2 10 minute break #
#ohac Track 1 – Taking another break now. Next up is Steve McKinty discussing HA and business continuity. #
#ohac Track 1 – Steve is getting going…. wants to serve as a reminder of why we care about HA and to discuss OpenHA geo edition. #
#ohac Track 1 – HA is really about building resilience and safeguarding interests of stakeholders. #
#ohac track 2 Jim Walker and Sekhar Lakkapragada are now live talking about Testing OpenSolaris Cloud Clusters http://bit.ly/Zu7gI #
#ohac Track 1 – Steve refers to earlier comments by panelists… most users don’t know their HA needs. This needs to be top-down analysis. #
#ohac Track 1-Need to understand things essential to reestablish service. These drive HA priorities. (What’s most important to look after?) #
#ohac Track 1 – The OpenHA cluster geo edition combines Hot site + replication. Redundant clusters. #
#ohac Track 1 – Steve is wrapping up. I think that does it for track 1 OpenHA Cluster presentations for the day. Thanks for following. #
#ohac Shutting down track 1 ustream broadcast. #
@timbray free deep dives on these 2009.06 topics today and tomorrow at C1! in reply to timbray #
want to find me at C1? I’ll be wearing a black hat, probably with a large feather in it. #
The Clownâ€™s Mask Slips -Times Online http://bit.ly/NZDlp #
today’s C1 OpenSolaris sessions will be streamed live. See http://www.ustream.tv/sun for schedule and to pick your stream. Keynote at 9 PT! #
Dave Douglas talking abt citizen engineers & exercising responsibility #
Over 600 students at #c1 today 87k in osum community #
@lbridenne76 and we’re about to return the visit at FISL! #
@macsun are you here in person? #
Recs on a full-featured twiiter client for iPhone? #
Communities seem to need recognizable leaders. But there’s a risk in relying on a personality to brand your comunity #
@monkchips OTOH there’s a new release of OpenSolaris you can get your hands on right now. #
@monkchips cloud APIs avail at kenai.com/projects/suncloudapis #
#c1 john fowler sez opsol 2009.06 is the bee’s knees #
@Silona see you at the c1 party tonight? Shd intro you to ghc team #
Tired of hearing American execs slaughter Indian names. #
“as network developers we’re a bit GUI-challenged”. Cool anyway: drag and drop network creation #c1 #
@lskrocki what is the twazzup stream using? My gang isn’t represented #
Want to find me at #communityone today? I’m wearing a black Aussie hat #
Learn more about network virtualhzation in today’s session with architect Sunay Tripathi. #communityone #
@darios se non lo bloggate voi, probabilmente non lo sanno. Immagino che i mass media italiani sono focalizzati su Berlusc/Noemi in reply to darios #
Pete Dennis & Brian Leonard introducing what’s new in OpenSolaris 2009.06 in the Managing OpenSolaris Track, esplanade 304. #communityone #
for full coverage of the Managing OpenSolaris track follow @u8out today #
RT @jeffhuber: Learning how to become a ZFS Ninja from the master himself @benr. http://www.cuddletech.com/blog/ #communityone #
Managing OpenSolaris track #communityone live on Ustream.Tv http://bit.ly/J2hWP #
Developing ON OpenSolaris track #communityone live on Ustream.Tv – http://bit.ly/3S0V4 #
Managing OpenSolaris streaming live at http://bit.ly/OU4JO #
@webmink I suspect using the #communityone hashtag would help in reply to webmink #
#communityone #opensolaris Managing OpenSolaris track ~120 people in the room, 30 on the video stream #
if you have questions for the speakers, tweet them with #opensolaris hashtag – specific speaker or track, there are two running! #
@jeffreytaylor are they? we have smarter strategists @Sun. We did invent a nice media platform, though: https://slx.sun.com/1179274388 in reply to jeffreytaylor #
#communityone #opensolaris Becoming an OpenSolaris Power User with Dave Miner, co-author of “The OpenSolaris Bible” #
@altae check http://bit.ly/fxqQq
for the opensolaris tweet stream #
whee! Aaron Newcomb and I will speak at FISL on Using Video to Communicate About Open Source Software #
still need to sign up for tomorrow’s FREE deep dives on OpenSolaris at C1 West? go to http://bit.ly/dJvbx #
producing social media coverage for an event like this is a whole ‘nother job – in addition to the emcee/track organizing job I’m also doing #
@RealShamu that is one happy tiny monkey!! in reply to RealShamu #
@lskrocki I, for one, am thankful she’s wrong! Wild women FTW! in reply to lskrocki #
@pclark Open Storage with ZFS & COMSTAR 5 pm today Esplanade 304 #javaone #cloudcamp in reply to pclark #
Sun execs wandering around Moscone Center in knight costumes (with Kelly N. as the princess) – photos to follow! #
@Silona ummm… party tonight? we’re all running tracks today and tomorrow. Or catch us at the OpenSolaris deep dives at the Intercon tomw in reply to Silona #
thanks to @u8out and @AltaE for live tweeting our OpenSolaris sessions today (and tomorrow) – doing a great job! #
I love bit.ly more every day. Who do I pay for this service? #
RT @tmolini: Sun Crossbow gang #communityone #opensolaris #crossbow http://yfrog.com/67886pj #
RT @dreamofitaly: RT to win 1 of 5 copies of La Bella Lingua by Dianne Hales courtesy @dreamofitaly 5 RTs randomly selected Friday #
coming up: last session of the Managing OpenSolaris track today, Open Storage with ZFS and COMSTAR – mostly demo! #
6 pm – 7 pm OpenSolaris Town Hall in Esplanade 305 #
@Silona there’s no such thing as being too busy for networking, especially when you’re unemployed. ; ) in reply to Silona #
@Silona party tonight 7-9 pm at Moscone, always useful to show your face. Probably useful to turn up and hang around in general. in reply to Silona #
@jeffreytaylor your mum is a pleasure – I will gladly have dinner with her again anytime! in reply to jeffreytaylor #
La Repubblica.it – Ten questions to Berlusconi http://bit.ly/8krLo #
@jeffhuber aw, shucks… #CommunityOne in reply to jeffhuber #
@altae live tweeting the developing in #opensolaris track #communityone #
Chris Armes creating an #opensolaris distro before our very eyes #
No #
#opensolaris Crossbow BoF tonight at Intercon 3rd fl ballroom 530 pm. Come hear from early some adopters about network virtualization #
Twitter is way slow on #javaone coverage. Pretty sure @templedf tweets were done over an hour ago not 45 secs #
@templedf thanks for the live tweets. V useful for those who had to be elsewhere #
#opensolaris sadly, tracks not streamed today but video will eventually be available #
@SaraD I should drop by there and say hi to @schlomo #
one more very full day to get through. I can has sleep tomorrow? #
Family doesn’t get that running around filming engineers doing strange things IS work #
Enjoying the sunshine in Yerba Buena park #
Next team finally arrived. Filmed them doing tech support dancercise #
Did I mention they’re playing the Go Game? #
The next person who tries to talk to me about unions is going to get hit with a tripod #
@medgno If you can recommend a venue that doesn’t habitually rip off its corporate customers #
@lbridenne76 I was allowed to film out in the park. In the intercon hotel I have to pay expensive union labor to SCREW IT UP #
The Marriott BtW had no problem letting me run my own show #
It would be cheaper to fly all our attendees somewhere – anywhere! – else in the world #
@Silona I’m in intercon sutter 5th fl along w sev people u sd meet #
@nonstick perish the thought. Didntbwe fail a long time ago to unionize high tech? #
Back at osug meeting waiting for Go Game results #
@davest the Go Game was great as always! #
@ben will keep it in mind. Is it unionized? ; ) #
Discussing how #opensolaris user groups can collaborate with each other #
@ben sounds as if you need a differnt type of professional services! #
Is it a bad sign that I dreamed about Larry Ellison last night? #
@missbhavens take a deep breath and remember: you’re only going to wear it once #
@nonstick he was an evil hyper Catholic conspiracist a la Da Vinci Code – and I hated that book #
Lots and lots of discussion at osug leaders meeting #
@vdotw suckiness of food options at DIA is a big issue for me – I’m there way too often #
Not enough time for my social media/videoblogging talk to osug. A bit disappointed, a bit relieved #
Lots of good info coming out of this mtg. A lot of smart people are passionate about #opensolaris #
@jeffreytaylor darn that gay conspiracy! #
User groups need leadership succession planning #
#communityone ends for us with an osug dinner at the Crab Houss. Looking forward to NOT getting up at 6am tomw #
Don’t have a book to read, so I’ll play a game on the iPhone to wind down for sleep. Won’t take long #
@jeffreytaylor when is it? #
I am so done for this week. R&R with hubby today, heading north tomw. Intercon jacuzzi sounding about right… #
Enrico won a USB kit at J1. Includes a black plastic box with on/off switch & USB connector w flanges so it can’t actually connect. ??? #
Sex with Ducks http://bit.ly/MkAUn #
leaving San Francisco today for Santa Rosa and Calistoga. Under orders from the boss to have a mud bath. #
@NathanFillion The Barge pub in Milton Keynes – lovely old place, good food, too. in reply to NathanFillion #
where’s a good place for breakfast near the Intercon in San Francisco? Mel’s is NOT the answer. #
tip: a blog comment that links to a porn site or better sex tips – probably spam #
@amandachapel LOL “Troia” in Italian means “whore” #ethics in reply to amandachapel #
@lbridenne76 take a deep breath and think about… sleeping late tomorrow! in reply to lbridenne76 #
generation gap: my daughter’s online presence is mostly on Facebook these days, mine is mostly twitter #
@robbogio thanks, but we’ve got a pretty full schedule already, and have to get back to our flights Sunday noonish. in reply to robbogio #
@amandachapel now, now – don’t give away all our linkbait secrets! in reply to amandachapel #
Massage and mud bath in Calistoga perfect ending to a hard week. Now -wine! #
@glynnfoster now I know what category of gifts to get for you! What are microplanes? #
words you never want to hear from your kid: “What do you know about the Cook County jail?” #
hotel has thoughtfully supplied half-and-half to for the in-room coffee maker – yay! #
at C1, Irish colleague Robert told me Sun’s Dublin office have started videoblogging as a result of my January visit – yay! #
@pizzocalabro umm… lots of Village People imitators in that parade? in reply to pizzocalabro #
an old classmate we hadn’t heard from since graduation popped up this week. Always interesting to learn about life journeys #
LOL! RT @pizzocalabro: No Means No: More candid conversations with library patrons http://bit.ly/YHugx #
By complete chance, the first winery we stop at is owned by a Sun alum. Excellent Syrah-Zin blend #
@dreamofitaly Thanks! Looking forward to reading it. in reply to dreamofitaly #
not impressed with Arrowood’s Rhone tasting, didn’t really like any of the 4. Whereas I liked all 6 tasted at http://bit.ly/MtdCf #
just received email containing a photo of “Italian golf shoes” – black and white. Very spiffy, but… why? No explanation given. #
so !#$%#$%$% tired of all the “offers” United Airlines makes me wade through to just get checked in #

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