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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-08: Baltimore

November 8, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ Ben Rockwood’s BoF session on “ZFS in the Trenches” at LISA ’09.

at DIA. So what else is new? #
What a cruddy old plane. Why dud I choose United? #
@davewiner the nice thing about Twittef is, if soneone is boring, you can just quit following. Dunno why anyone wd bother to bitch about it in reply to davewiner #
Awaiting 43 lb suitcase at bwi #
Having lebanese food in Baltimore. Then prob a bath and a nap. Surely a 3 hr flight didn’t make me this tired? #
Just stuffed myself on excellent food at the Lebanese Taverna in Baltimore. Will likely be back here this week, with a gang #
whoa. 3.5 hour nap. Who knew I’d get jet lag coming to Baltimore? #
editing video of a very lively speaker. Brendan Gregg is worse to chase around with a camera than Jeff Bonwick. I didn’t always keep up. #
@wendybiird for a minute there I read that as “6 hours closer to having a guilt trip done” in reply to wendybiird #
my time zone is not quite happy with this body #
RT @jeffhuber: RT @comay: W00t – ZFS Deduplication arrives! http://tr.im/DSxR #opensolaris #
RT @rajadurai: ZFS now supports Dedup. Waay cool! http://bit.ly/GI2Sd #
Enjoying walking around downtown Baltimore. The people are very nice. #
now to find out how many years it will take to upload a 770 MB video on hotel bandwidth #
…especially when the hotel is full of sysadmins here for #LISA09 #
@lbridenne76 upstream B/W at this hotel appears slower than at Sun’s Bangalore office. OTOH, hotel is probably not subject to power blinks in reply to lbridenne76 #
on the 28t floor of the Waterfront Marriott. if I had binoculars, I could easily spy on a bunch of conference rooms at Legg Mason #
added photos to my weekly Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-01 http://bit.ly/GIHuq #
Reminder: summer preview of ZFS Dedup: Kernel Conference Australia 2009: Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore keynote – http://bit.ly/onzN3 #
@jeffreytaylor I have a feeling you’re using this in a different context than last time we discussed a lowest common denominator. 😉 in reply to jeffreytaylor #
upload failed. I’m dying from not-surprise. #
running stats. How is it possible that the total number of views for 2009 has gone DOWN since September? Who is negative viewing my videos? #
Being silly with colleagues #
@shawnferry hey, Apple coulda had it… in reply to shawnferry #
see the Solaris Security Summit at #lisa09 live: http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/stream1/ #
Bill Cheswick slides here: http://bit.ly/3mWIf9 #
Non-moronic password rule: pick something a friend or colleague won’t guess in a few tries #
#sec09 Bill Cheswick running thru a history of passwords/phrases/faces… #
SLIDES HERE Security Summit November 2009 – wikis.sun.com http://bit.ly/KeCsj #sec09 #lisa09 #
RT @rajadurai: I’m presenting Sun’s x4275 servers. 2U w/ 12 TB disks, 2 x quad core nehalem & 144GB RAM. Register here http://bit.ly/wRS9v #
“when it comes to equal treatment for men and women… Italy slipped to 72nd in the annual Gender Gap Report,” http://bit.ly/3ZURHo #
LISA ’09 Stream 1 http://bit.ly/2IWWoZ – Darren Moffatt speaking on ZFS Crypto #
my workday begins about 6:30 pm today, filming Sun BoFs #lisa09 til 11 pm. #
@serendipitousP thanks, wd love to, but I need to show up at the reception and then prepare to film. Why don’t you guys join us? Food & bev! in reply to serendipitousP #
got a #lisa09 t-shirt. Does this make me Miss Baltimore Crabs? #
okay, folks, we’re doing it again: four HOURS of Sun BoFs at #lisa09 to be streamed starting in about 30 minutes http://bit.ly/388lAG #
$&^%&%& argh. can’t stream tonight’s Sun BoFs after all. Exact same setup as we had for FROSUG last week, now crashes the browser every time #
“Tuesday’s uproar was the latest in a string of flaps over crosses that began at the start of the decade.” http://bit.ly/484zK9 #
@shawnferry I sure could use coffee… in reply to shawnferry #
Neuroimaging Storage Landscape – “@reiger of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research.” http://bit.ly/1MCVDJ #
@serendipitousP I think we’re down to snacks and drinks,but come on down! in reply to serendipitousP #
Woodstock School Class of â€˜81 and Others, ~1979 http://bit.ly/2DA4NS – school nostalgia, including one really dorky picture of me (age 15) #
BigAdmin BoF #lisa09 – problem with stale information on docs.sun.com , blogs are much fresher. Particular praise for Amber Road / Fishworks #
“How much free time do you think we have to read this [Sun] stuff?” <wince> #
@shawnferry how so? #lisa09 in reply to shawnferry #
Brian Leonard talking about how OpenSolaris will evolve into Solarist.Next #lisa09 #
what’s new in Solaris.next? installer, packaging sysstem, networking stack, open storage platform, ZFS Cryptop, GNU tools, FOSS & frameworks #
…zones #lisa09 #opensolaris #
@shawnferry just brought me dark chocolate covered espresso beans – thank you! #
hmm. More people sliding in for our BoF. We need more beer! #
gotta say – Brian Leonard and Dave Miner look like brothers in their matching polo shirts, both tall… #
“The trick is to admit what we want, even if we are scared we wonâ€™t get it.. if we are disappointed, later on, well…” http://bit.ly/2HfDEj #
@shawnferry thanks, these will have me bouncing off the walls shortly in reply to shawnferry #
Solaris.Next deployment principles: scalability & ease of use, deep integ with Solaris svcs, no patching, completely safe updates… #
…better observability and control #opensolaris #solaris #lisa09 #
50+ people here for the Sun BoFs tonight. Not bad at all. #
“It was largely ZFS that was able to get Twitter to where they got” – Ben Rockwood ZFS BoF #zfs #lisa09 #
dumb spreadhsheet error = seriously undercounted some video stats for the last few months. Turns out my vids have aggregated >88k views #
RT @shawnferry: anyone not know what kstats are? (Jim Mauro shoots up hand real quick while ben isn’t looking, back of room laughs) #lisa09 #
@bahamat straight from the horse’s mouth – Ben himself #twitter #zfs in reply to bahamat #
starting to download video from last night’s BoFs. 80 people in the room by 11 pm, several asked where they cd see vid of earlier sessions #
forgetting a lot more little stuff lately than I used to but, damn, I think I have plenty of excuses! #
up earlier than I wanted to be, but shd use the time to get a good breakfast – probably won’t get lunch (booth bunny duty #lisa09 ) #
more Sun BoFs at #lisa09 – Solaris, OpenSolaris, Solaris.Next at LISA ’09 – Sun at LISA09 – wikis.sun.com http://bit.ly/rZjuM #
TED’s Chris Anderson explains why our school (Woodstock) is so special: http://bit.ly/3QAeoe – yes YES YES! #
follow-up: if you really want to know what shaped my soul and remains my first home and family, read this: http://bit.ly/3QAeoe #
bit.ly info on Chris Anderson blog smokes out lots of Woodstockers on Twitter that I didn’t know about! Following other global souls #
RT @lskrocki: Exiting the Sun Ride http://tinyurl.com/y8pfpy9 – augh! #
@bklein34 whoa, deja vu – I just heard Bill Cheswick give that talk yesterday. Video to come. #attsecurity in reply to bklein34 #
@dudulima yeah. How are you guys? in reply to dudulima #
@bklein34 tshirt definitely don’t remember the rest but shorts and sneakers v normal in the LISA crowd in reply to bklein34 #
@bklein34 ps the way u saw me dressed in Chicago not my usual uniform! We do mostly jeans at Sun in reply to bklein34 #
Survivor’s guilt? No. Survivor’s desire to have a stiff drink? Definitely… #
Pinot noir doesn’t count as a stiff drink, but it goes well with hummus #
Little Shop of Performance Horrors – Trailer – Brendan Gregg at FROSUG. Full video as soon as I have bandwidth.” http://bit.ly/3nKehB #
@vdotw I need better wine than what’s being given out on the show floor… in reply to vdotw #
@lskrocki all right! doing it in style with the Widow! in reply to lskrocki #
ZFS, Cache and Flash – Adam Leventhal of Fishworks – Sun Video http://bit.ly/1qcjnj #
Irc client foe iPhone won’t connect, iPhone running out of battery anyway, dead tired and my back hurts. Can I just go to bed now? #
20 people in solaris security bof – and not just for the beer #
@dfugate who all did we lose? in reply to dfugate #
didn’t take pictures, but we drank a nice Chianti and then Pinot Nero, and had pretty authentic Italian food as well. here’s to @lskrocki! #
@PaulSkillicorn I’m ’81 – know your name for sure! in reply to PaulSkillicorn #
why does video so often (but not always) go out of sync with the audio when captured in FinalCut Express? #
time to go recover my lost Sennheiser lapel mic, then go in search of the perfect Eggs Benedict with @rohrer. Maybe more interviews today #
…interviews on the show floor, I mean – no, I am not looking for a job! #
@shawnferry exactly where we just ate! Pretty good Benedict, served on sweet corn cakes in reply to shawnferry #
@shawnferry thanks, I’ll check that in reply to shawnferry #
@shawnferry yup, you’re right – something went wrong in the encoding, my original is fine. Thanks for the heads up in reply to shawnferry #
@shawnferry try it now – had to reupload in reply to shawnferry #
@creepyed ooh, I’d love to go dancing. What kind of dancing are you doing? in reply to creepyed #
Got my Joyent DTrace tshirt. #
1. I don’t think prayer accomplishes anything so 2. I see no point in praying for complete strangers, no matter their tragedy and…. #
3. I see even less point in telling the world that you’re doing so. Tho I do consider it a kind gesture when people I know pray for me… #
…unless, I suppose, they’re doing it because they think I’m going to burn in hell. #
@jscarp I’m not praying for you, but I am thinking of you. in reply to jscarp #
Little Shop of Performance Horrors – Part 1- Brendan Gregg speaks at FROSUG on Oct 29, 2009. http://bit.ly/3r89dH – part 2 is also up! #
Little Shop of Performance Horrors – Part 2 – Sun Video http://bit.ly/dP23D #
@davidpaulyoung only in terms of t-shirts, but I’m particularly proud of this one. 😉 in reply to davidpaulyoung #
@craigmorgan – try it again, I had to re-upload the video because the first time it got corrupted ZFS, Cache and Flash http://bit.ly/1qcjnj #
LISA ’09 Plenary being streamed now: Towards Zero-Emission Datacenters Through Direct Reuse of Waste Heat http://bit.ly/2IWWoZ #

^ my view of Bryan Cantrill’s LISA ’09 talk – I was monitoring the video stream from my hotel room

#LISA09 – Bryan Cantrill – “Visualizing DTrace: Sun Storage 7000 Analytics” http://bit.ly/19Whqh – will stream live 11am US East Coast time #
Ran into Sunay. The Crossbow BoF went on til 130 am! Birds of a feather indeed. good thing I shut the camera down and went to bed at 1130 #
phew, got a late check-out on the room. Too much to do to be hanging around in the lobby til time to go catch my train at 1:30 #
looks as if they switched the streams on me for Bryan: go to http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/stream1/ http://bit.ly/2IWWoZ #
Bryan Cantrill #lisa09 “Use DTrace in anger” #
@pschow Your’e welcome, but the A/V work is being done by Usenix folks – we just paid for it. I’m frustrated by the camera work… in reply to pschow #
damn, damn, damn. Don’t make me come down there and take over that camera. #
Bryan’s a fun speaker – http://bit.ly/2IWWoZ #
if everyone would just do things my way, the world would run much more smoothly. 😉 #
wanted to be in the room, but turns out to be a good thing I’m babysitting the stream – social media production! http://bit.ly/RRxLy #
“We are actually sadists at heart, the idea of torturing machines… thank god we’re in computing and not in biology.” Cantrill #lisa09 #
http://bit.ly/RRxLy – actually LOLling at Bryan – and you don’t have to be a geek to find him funny #
staff meeting with my new boss of boss. Nice to feel welcomed. Lotta people. #
@lskrocki why? looks like a relaxing creative outlet, and a nice change from the keyboard in reply to lskrocki #
On a train from Baltimore to dc. Niceto see fall foliage again #
“he held it one of the prettiest attitudes of the feminine mind to adore a man’s pre-eminence…” #
“… without too precise a knowledge of what it consisted in.” Eliot, Middlemarch #
after yrs of waking up 6 days/wk at 6 am with a recalcitrant teen, it is truly one of life’s luxuries to laze in bed w laptop and coffee #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-11-01: Broomfield

November 1, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

^ big snowstorm this week; this picture of the Sun courtyard was taken on Friday, Oct 30th

today (Oct 25th) is the birthday of the beloved stepmom who walked out of my life 25 years ago. Happy birthday, Nancy, wherever you are. #
background: Countries Beginning with I Â» A Missing Mother http://bit.ly/2BEezb #
The Mismeasure of Woman – NYT “the situation for women as a whole wasnâ€™t improving, and was even getting worse. ” http://bit.ly/qLsjw #
Facebook #fail: “You do not have any friends” #
here comes the snow. Fortunately, not gonna stick. #
hm. Methinks this snow is going to exceed predictions. #
@apperceptions I’m the opposite – I still read lots & lots of good old-fashioned paper. Tho I’m reading a lot more non-fiction than I did. in reply to apperceptions #
Oracle E-Business Suite on Sun Blades – Sun Video http://bit.ly/1P8oa #
Solaris Operating System – Solaris Sponsors LISA ’09 “Solaris Sponsors LISA’09” http://bit.ly/LmOy9 #
everybody stop talking about food. I’m hungry! #
@shawnferry use Shazam on the iPhone – might be able to identify a buyable track in there somewhere in reply to shawnferry #
okay, okay, I’ll do grants today. I now have the POWAH! #
@KathySierra we have entire whiteboard walls at Sun. Results include: Geek Humor http://bit.ly/1KPwUD #
@missrogue it’s cedar trees, the scourge of central Texas in reply to missrogue #
@pizzocalabro oh, damn. You had to mention the Pirates of Penzance… we’re supposed to be thinking scary Halloween music! in reply to pizzocalabro #
Join us at LISA (Large Installation System Administration Conference) rohrer@borealis http://bit.ly/dLKfi – giving away lots of great books! #
@creepyed great! pls RSVP at http://frosug.org/ so we count you for the food. 500 eldorado blvd, broomfield, co 80021 – http://bit.ly/2KChkM #
I seem to have a lot of weeks when I’m counting up registrations for multiple events at once… #
catching up with a lot of old friends over the last few weeks – just when I really need them, too. Feels good. #
@creepyed hon, we gotta get you some better vampire books. Look up Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. in reply to creepyed #
Watching snow fall and fall and fall… #
RT @billstreeter: Why is pork so magically delicious? – because it tastes like human. #
@billstreeter I dunno, maybe it’s one of those ” ultimate taboo” things in reply to billstreeter #
@vdotw hell no, I think we should go for the full 18″ ! in reply to vdotw #
@Cdash *sniff* No one ever wrote /me/ a love letter with zombies in it. in reply to Cdash #
watching snow from BRM office, occasional falls of enormous sheets of accumulated snow from the roofs. Will leave by 2 when CU etc close #
I am so bad at long meetings. Especially on the phone. #
@vdotw i’m new around here, how do we measure these things? Go out in the courtyard with a ruler? in reply to vdotw #
a few gazilliion things I /should/ do. Right now, none of them are the thing I /want/ to do. #
@lskrocki @vdotw see my blog post in reply to lskrocki #
@bubbva read one of the Sookie books, not impressed. But might like it better if I started from the beginning of the series. in reply to bubbva #
@jscarp you just keep kicking that cancer’s ass! in reply to jscarp #
wy do we have 8 guys shovelling the walks in the BRM courtyard? Hardly anyone here today, and those left will leave soon! #
RT @elizadushku: I did her once. It was enough. @sionrees would it be really ironic if you went as Buffy? Maybe not. @nautibitz LOLling now! #
@bklein34 damn! Just when I’m really craving chocolate, too… in reply to bklein34 #
@creepyed no problem. We’re waiting to see what conditions look like by tomorrow afternoon. Our speaker is willing to go on with the show! in reply to creepyed #
RT @italylogue: Am I the only one who (a) isn’t watching & (b) doesn’t care about the World Series? – me neither #
Whoa. Interesting news from the mother ship #
@Cdash Security Summit 9-5, reception 5-7, BoFs 7-11… http://bit.ly/rZjuM #
it’s ON! [FROSUG] Brendan Gregg Talk tonight http://bit.ly/2p7F0Y Sun Broomfield, 500 Eldorado Blvd, Bldg 1 conf center. 6pm pizza & beer! #

^ Brendan Gregg speaks at FROSUG. Yes, of course I filmed it. Yes, it will be available soon.

Lay on, MacDuff, and cursed be he who first cries “Hold, enough”! #
was amazed to discover that you can see entire movies on YouTube now. At least until someone notices. #
hmm. We have an embarrassment of engineering riches in BRM today. #
live video stream of tonight’s FROSUG talk about to start: http://bit.ly/3vyKrE #
@missrogue have you heard Los Lonely Boys? Texican music in reply to missrogue #
a classic piece of comedy to start the morning wiht a LOL: YouTube – Russell Peters in Indian-Italians http://bit.ly/45LH1 #

^ This week we also had the annual Sun Colorado Chili Cook-Off, with about 20 teams competing.
Here’s my colleague Diana Wadding; she and Lynn were serving Mark Nelson’s excellent green chili recipe.

RT @willbldrco: Brendan Gregg demoing Brendan Gregg demoing JBOD shouting disk latency http://twitpic.com/nkq74 #
pre-Halloween video: BRAINSSSSSS! – Stephen Tyree & Alex Barclay of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research http://bit.ly/3tvwua #
I suppose it would be a good thing if I found a Halloween party to go to. But then I’d also have to find a costume… #
@vdotw Oh, dear. I suspect it would take an aswful lot of wine for me to survive six little boys… or even one… in reply to vdotw #
@stephenfry here’s cheers: 2001 trip to NYC, asked 12 YO daughter what film she wanted to see. “Gosford Park, because Stephen Fry is in it” in reply to stephenfry #
weird spam subject line: “We sell you all these pills thinking about you.” #
@mtuckerb lose a day and gain an hour. Or else the universe will implode. Have fun! in reply to mtuckerb #
@dottavi peccato che non ci sono piu’ a Lecco – avrei volentieri preso un cafe’ con te. Dovresti venire in Colorado invece in reply to dottavi #
RT @webmink: SunMink blog: The Fun Theory
It may be an advertising stunt, b… http://bit.ly/eMxtx #
RT @craigmorgan: My Oracle tag-along dwarf tases me whenever I utter the word “free.” (via @fakejonathan) … found via @webmink … #
slept 7 hrs solid, then another 2. Feel great. And happy. Now to pack for Baltimore. (Yes, happy even about that.) #
oh, great. Just when I feel like writing, my blog is down. Guess I’ll do it the old-fashioned way: write first, post later. #
pack, unpack, pack, unpack… looks as if MD/DC/VA will be warmer and wetter than CO #
“Negativity bias explains why [in marriage] it takes five compliments to make up for a single cutting remark.” http://bit.ly/55u9U #
argh. Steeling myself for all the sales crap I’ll have to get through to accomplish online check-in at United #
Amused to learn of a historical cougar: Mary Ann Evans aka George Eliot at age 60 married a 40 YO man. After living 24 yrs w a married man. #
Sun Video “Kernel Conference Australia: Panel Discussion on ZFS” http://bit.ly/2oIZwk #
@jeffreytaylor good! You deserve a break. in reply to jeffreytaylor #
@lskrocki you make an adorable angel in reply to lskrocki #
@thepartycow I bought some really cool rainboots at that Cole Hardware just a couple of weeks ago in reply to thepartycow #
@pizzocalabro “But soon you’ll cage me on your shelf -I’ll never learn to be just me first
By myself.”ouch. #
@reiger umm… I guess it’s a question of what you’re /wearing/ to Rocky Horror. in reply to reiger #
@pizzocalabro being “caged on the shelf” in a marriage can happen at any age – and not just to straight people. Power struggles kill love. in reply to pizzocalabro #
hadn’t looked at Twitter Lists til just now. highly amused at the variety of categories people have put me into. #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-10-18: San Francisco

October 18, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

alarm was set for 5, so of course I woke up at 4:30. And of course I got to the airport too early, and of course the flight is delayed. #
Colleague on the same plane going to #oow09 to demo something that I know @reiger wants to see. I’ll get video for you ; ) #
Speaking of video, total views of all 150 hrs I’ve done for Sun = 55k. Not bad for mostly extremely technical material. #
Waiting for my bag at sfo. New suitcase is bright aqua – easy to spot! #
@reiger what sort of hits? in reply to reiger #
@deirdresm til the 19th, I’m i Menlo Weds & Thurs in reply to deirdresm #
Even at an event this big, I instantly run into people I know. It’s possible I know too many people #
@oracletechnet you around now? #
Listening to mcnealy #oow09 top 10 innovations from Sun Inc Blackbox, ZFS, SunRay, open storage, E10k… #
216k sparc servers in the mkt. Mysql will continue just as innodb and sleepycat have. #
Blue goes to red, and Larry’s on stage #
“we will increase the rate of contribution to MySQL” #oow09 #
Larry does not play nice with the competition. Fun! ; ) #
@empoprises I’ll be in and out of the Sun booths today pls stop by and say hi! in reply to empoprises #
@glynnfoster guess you figured ut out. Was always v short yesterday evening in reply to glynnfoster #
As for me: “early next morning she woke up in bed, with a smile on her face and an ache in hear head…” #
#oow09 keynote speaker lineup shows great diversity. I think there’s a lot to like about my future new employer! #
Hmm. It appears I should learn golf or sailing. Or maybe flying. #
#oow09 Katz on the importance of integration. $3 billion/yr in R&D.Phillips: Listening to what customers want. Me like! #
#oow09 I wince when female execs joke about shopping and shoes. We’ve got enough stereotypes to fight – let’s not do it to ourselves #
Show floor hasn’t even officially opened and the Sun booth is hopping #oow09 #
@ShashiTharoor Colbert will undoubtedly ask about sacred cows in reply to ShashiTharoor #
@deirdresm I’ll invite you to my birthday party, if you want to be in Austin around thanksgiving in reply to deirdresm #
Glad I wore a suit today. Yes, I did already own one. #
#oow09 population seems even more skewed to male than most tech confs I’ve attended. On the upside, there’s never a line for the ladies’ rm #
Mysterious booming roar coming from upstairs at moscone. A fleet of Ferraris? #
Meeting up with lots of Sun peeps #oow09 This weekend will see a lot of my old videoblogging buds. All fun! #
It’s very nice to have a chair, but I’m going to fall asleep in this dim, warm room. I’ll rest a little longer, then head back to the show #
TPC-C with Sun FlashFire 27% better thruput, 16x better response time, 8x less rack space, 4x less power #oow09 #
Filming demos at the Sun booth #oow09 #
Sometimes It can be very useful to pretend that you don’t know you’re being insulted. Smile sweetly and keep asking the questions #
Top of the Mark hotel offers free limo to anyone who steps on the property. Very classy, esp as the hotel I’m at is in sketchville #
@anitaborg_org no mine was diff situation. I can take care of condescending dweebs easily enough ; ) in reply to anitaborg_org #
@CiaoLaura yup in sf til next Monday. Not staying at TotM – I wish! in reply to CiaoLaura #
@ThinGuy yeah we don’t hate you or anything… in reply to ThinGuy #
“Berlusconi reinforced an image that would help marginalize Italian women for decades to come. ” http://bit.ly/ngSTo #
A brisk walk and caffeine might almost overcome lack of sleep and set me up for another long day. Wonder what I’m doing in SF tonight #
@ThinGuy I was wearing red paisley rain boots most of yesterday. Maybe that accounted for… Hmm. in reply to ThinGuy #
Spent most of yesterday on my feet in the booth. exhausting, but got 70 mins of footage – demos and interviews #
Also talked to many colleagues, paid it forward, and got help in return. F2F is simply more effective – no way around that #
@dudulima I wish! Not likely I’m afraid but I’m training Teresa and Rafael today. We hope Teresa gets to come to Tech Days in reply to dudulima #
@dudulima of course if you guys can buy the ticket I’ll happily come ; ) in reply to dudulima #
@pandemia Twitter in italia in Che senso? E’ gia’ globale in reply to pandemia #
When you’re doing something you haven’t done b4 u #
When u do something u haven’t done b4 u really can’t lose: if u fail, chalk it up to inexperience. If u succeed, u look even better… #
… Than those who do it all the time. So bring on the slings and arrows: I’m bulletproof on this one. ; ) #
What I’d like to do tonight is sing or dance. Karaoke or…? Suggestions in SF, anyone? #
@dudulima you know I’ll hop on a plane with little or no excuse ; ) surely there are lots of folks there who need video training. in reply to dudulima #
ended up with trainees coming in 2 separate batches. So I’m making the first group train the second group. Which means I get to sit down! #
@anitaborg_org thanks. Unlike me, some people DON’T know when they’re being insulted. ; ) in reply to anitaborg_org #
RT @jwillie: WSJ passes USA Today as biggest U.S. paper http://bit.ly/Jajg5 (wow) – there’s hope yet for this country #
my trainees, for lack of another object, filmed me training them. Looks pretty good, except for a lot of shots of my chest for some reason #
damn, missed the Gubernator at #00w09 Had other stuff to do #
Ran for the Sun shuttle in the SF drizzle. Even managed to get coffee, but now need a shower. Not used to humidity anymore #
Oh dear. Ross is most definitely her mother’s daughter. But at 20 she has the confidence it took me til 40 to acquire. Look out, world! #
I feel good (I knew that I would) #
RT @davewiner: Why you should share your childhood pictures with your friends as soon as you can. http://r2.ly/mbpf #
@jonasthaler nope, same old sense of purpose doing just fine. in reply to jonasthaler #
@italylogue – aw, thanks! “Sheâ€™s a wealth of information, and she doesnâ€™t hold back on her opinions.” http://bit.ly/1hQzmr #
Un Posto al Sole “An OpenSolaris Shirt for Women!” http://bit.ly/Mey30 #
Today feels like Friday, which is reasonable since my work week began early Sunday. #
I am blessed with so many wonderful friends. Just wanted to say “thank you”, in case I hadn’t lately. You know who are, I hope! #
Now have a few days to enjoy this city that I hope in the not-too-distant future to call home #
@jscarp I would like to, we’ll see what the possibilities are when the dust has settled. in reply to jscarp #
A pedicure seems like a good way to end this week. Followed bh dinner, then drinks with old videoblogging buds #
I know a bright and noisy place
Where ev’rybody knows my face!
A glass of wine, a fast embrace
It’s Berlusconi’s Italy” http://bit.ly/2HbInU #
RT @StephenAtHome: MLB League Championship Series have begun and I know who I’m rooting for: baseball sponsor Sun Microsystems. Go ‘systems! #
I really REALLY want a filter OUT feature on Twitter. Please, please, please. #
@droberts That does sound like an exhausting trip, but potentially fun! in reply to droberts #
Videoblogging Tips: Getting Good Sound at a Conference http://bit.ly/3mvfSg #
Lined up to get on the ferry to Sausalito with Jeffrey and John #

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The Twitter Diaries: 2009-10-11: Broomfield

October 11, 2009 Deirdre Straughan Leave a comment

Sleep status: not good. Back to my own bed tonight, if that helps. #
5-minute interviews from Grace Hopper – sooner or later Teresa & I will be on here YouTube – EdandAshleyShow’s Channel http://bit.ly/15Vb9p #
Tucson Airport has really good wifi. #win #
@stevenbjohnson what you have found is the Nebraska of Italy. I could say more, but I’d probably get a bunch of Nebraskans mad at me. in reply to stevenbjohnson #
@stevenbjohnson my former stomping ground. If you need restaurant recs let me know in reply to stevenbjohnson #
Somewhat unusual to see people in suits at DIA. They seem to be here for a religious conference #
@alecmuffett LOL you’d have an awfully distorted perception of humanity, whichever one you chose in reply to alecmuffett #
Back in CO, lunch at Bloom then spa/gym, dinner in Boulder. “Normal” life resumes tomw. Writing tocatch up on about #ghc09 #
@Schlomo reminding you to look in the chron for oracle open world passes for me thanks! #
Mood improved by food, as usual. I’m not high maintenance but I do require regular feeding. And coffee. #
@creepyed great to see you too, pity we weren’t seated together – would have driven everybody crazy! Let’s plan to get together #ghc09 in reply to creepyed #
back home to my own Internet connection – we can now resume our regularly-scheduled programming. All lines are open. #
YouTube – James Taylor – Your Smiling Face (live 1988) http://bit.ly/kSSgV #
@RepJackKimble Question 2: “agreed on anything” in reply to RepJackKimble #
recovering from a difficult conversation by reading a useful classic: “Getting in Touch with Your Inner Bitch” http://bit.ly/3baIDJ #
Italy’s top court cd strip Berlusconi’s immunity “Berlusconi uses politics to protect himself from his legal concerns” http://bit.ly/ifGwF #
blog post Â» Gallery: The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2009 (mostly pictures of cacti) http://bit.ly/1dXvRL #
YouTube – “Berlusconi looks like the kind of guy that, if you told him to go f*ck himself, he’d give it a try!” http://bit.ly/KFdME #
NB the YouTube link came from @abeggi on Facebook – we need a way to RT from Facebook to Twitter! #
I guess I could try staying awake as long as possible in hopes that, when I do sleep, I’ll sleep hard. #
interviews with me/ and Teresa #ghc09 – I actually like myself in this video! thanks Ed & Ashley!http://bit.ly/w56QQ #
RT @alexkrasne: RT me http://bit.ly/lEV6t – good opportunity for Bay Area ACTIVISTS and artists to learn how to use video (VideoCamp SF!) #
running stats while I wait for the rain to stop so I can go home and… run more stats #
listening to an album I hadn’t heard in decades, amazed how much I remember: word for word, note for note – Miracles http://bit.ly/A8PxM #
damn. My poor old 160 Gb iPod classic keeps losing its marbles and having to be restored. And I keep losing my playlists. #
amazing how energizing a phone bitch-and-whinge session with a dear old friend can be. #
@ajkeen ergo, only men and bearded ladies can be social media experts? in reply to ajkeen #
@ajkeen well, you did tell me I needed to grow a goatee to be considered a social media expert. ; ) in reply to ajkeen #
@ThinGuy I think by the time the incubation period is over, OOW will be past and gone. And you will have infected us all. ; ) in reply to ThinGuy #
Denver/Boulder girl geeks: looking for a Denver (north) location for the next Front Range GGD, Nov 19th. Suggestions? (Help also welcome!) #
@creepyed The First Colorado Front Range Girl Geek Dinner: Jai Ho! – Un Posto al Sole http://bit.ly/ErboR #
ps The Colorado Front Range Girl Geeks have a FB group which is the major communications channel now, so join us there! #
final days for early bird discount! OpenSolaris Developer Conference – Oct 28-30, Dresden Germany http://bit.ly/hKSPx #
@OrganizeFISH there are GGDs all over the world – check the main GGD website for one in your area in reply to OrganizeFISH #
@OrganizeFISH I would strongly encourage you to start a GGD in your area – SO much fun! in reply to OrganizeFISH #
@OrganizeFISH the only difficulty I had was finding people the first time around. Once they heard about it, all were VERY enthusiastic. in reply to OrganizeFISH #
@creepyed great! Have them join us on FB. in reply to creepyed #
RT @Silona: response to the sexism and shuttleworth controversy http://www.peterzale.com/helen/001.html helen queen of the internet! #
@missbhavens now I know why I’m hungry all the time – everyone keeps tweeting about food! And it all sounds yummy! in reply to missbhavens #
@jowyang who has support staff who need artificial aids to understand customer emotions? The Aspies are mostly in engineering. in reply to jowyang #
hey @digitalsista – if you think yr followers might be interested: FREE Security Summit – http://bit.ly/KeCsj – Baltimore Nov 3 (with LISA) #
@digitalsista …and I’d love to meet you if you could make it up there yourself #
just realized @EventTechDept from the Tucscon Starr Marriott has been following me since #ghc09 – way to stay on top of service! Kudos #
checkin’ my tweeps, find some really impressive people started following me at #ghc09 – thanks, I’m honored! #
…but I should warn those new to me that I tweet on many wildly disparate topics: tech, social media, Italian politics, language, atheism #
okay, I admit that at this point /sto cazzeggiando/ (I’m just dicking around). Time to get back to the dreaded executive preso. #
@wordymusic Spamalot only involves one set of coconuts, as I recall in reply to wordymusic #
@shawnferry @Cdash you guys gonna drop in on us at LISA/Security Summit? Beers on me! in reply to shawnferry #
@Cdash that’s me – lubricating the community with beer ; ) in reply to Cdash #
@digitalsista great! I would really enjoy meeting you and talking. Looks like you do interesting things. #ghc09 in reply to digitalsista #
@shikohtwit that’s okay, it was a busy time & we all had lots of people to talk to! Pls stay in touch & tell me more about your rsch #ghc09 in reply to shikohtwit #
maybe my tag line should be “Putting IT Together”. I seem to spend most of my time and energy connecting people – and love doing it! #
“Italy’s highest court has overturned law granting PM Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while in office” http://bit.ly/eYi0W – yeeha! #
@AmandaLorenzani a pox upon him! And all his houses. in reply to AmandaLorenzani #
Jack Adams and Nnenna Nwakanma of FOSSFA – Sun Video http://bit.ly/KBgL5 #
If [B’s] legal troubles pile up or he is threatened with jail he cd be tempted to go into exile as his mentor Craxi did http://bit.ly/x9DvX #
RT @dboyll: Larry: “We are not interested in buying #Brocade.” #oracle – I do love clarity in an executive! #
travel plans changed (for the better) – I’ll now be in SF Nov 11-19. Looking forward to seeing lots of old friends, meeting new ones. #
will do a contest at LISA for the coolest/funniest geek t-shirt, examples here: http://bit.ly/3d8RlH – find me and get your photo taken! #
Join us at LISA to learn and talk about Solaris, OpenSolaris, & Solaris.Next http://bit.ly/rZjuM – register before Oct 12 to save $300 #
Jack Adams Goes Walkabout at OSCON 2009 – Sun Video http://bit.ly/18vmyH #
The Constitutional Court is a political organ. The trials against me are a farce. I will go on with or without the law. http://bit.ly/4hC2yn #
in case you couldn’t tell, Berlusconi’s attitude worries me. Shades of Fascism loom, and some Italians actually seem to want it. <shudder> #
Kung pao scallops and garlic spinach at pfchang’s – now I’m ready to go home and spend the rest of the night on that damned preso #
@saraford you don’t have pf chang’s in your neck of the woods? in reply to saraford #
running the numbers. In FY09 I shot ~150 hours of video, about half of which has actually been edited and published so far… #
@tablewhite Met one of your colleagues at #ghc09 ; she wants to hear more about our women@sun group #
@deirdresm just in FY09, I shot video in about 19 events/locations: Dublin, Grenoble, London, Bay Area (x n), Austin, Mpls NYC, Brazil in reply to deirdresm #
@willsnow your dog watches Monty Python? in reply to willsnow #
@nnenna did you see your video? http://bit.ly/KBgL5 #
@tablewhite whoops, sorry! I am now #
@jenniferwelker and getting ticks in delicate places? Hmm. in reply to jenniferwelker #
BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Berlusconi’s annus horribilis “Next Image” http://bit.ly/2qCYtv #
damn. Haven’t had stress headaches in a while, could really do without them now. #
well… maybe I’ll have a chance to sleep tomorrow night… #
@nnenna camera guy?!? That was me! ; ) Glad you liked it – I think it came out very well, you’re a great on-screen presence. in reply to nnenna #
getting ready for our big preso to VP, while also wking on LISA, SC09 party, and oh yes need to do materials for next wk’s vid workshops #
The Economist, brilliant as always at the subtle dig. Take a good look at the photograph. http://bit.ly/EyrRr #
“â€œMr. Prime Minister, I am a woman who is not at your disposal.â€ http://bit.ly/1dKGaq – you go, Ms. Bindi! #
phew! that went well. Having a celebratory shot of Talisker from boss’ stock. But 2nite may be another late one – need to talk w @jimgris #
@lskrocki uh…. reality is I’ll likely wake up at 6:30 no matter what, as I nearly always do. So let’s keep the date. in reply to lskrocki #
RT @u8out: Now this is bold advertising: http://bit.ly/7Vpz5. – wow. And to think that all these years we’ve never done advertising. #
colleague saw me packing a box & worried “Is she leaving?” No, just shipping AV equip to CA. “I got thru all of this year, & I’m here!” #
my long stressful day (1 in a long, stressful week) ended with a sometimes painful but ultimately great massage. Right on campus. Now-food! #
“Italyâ€™s problems, inc years of sub-par growth, pervasive corruption & deficit & national debt among Europeâ€™s highest. ” http://bit.ly/lMvSQ #
a good song to start the day: 7000 CaffÃ¨ http://bit.ly/16PJSl (with translation) #
haircut for tomorrow, new hairdresser, hope I like what I get. Keeping up on all this girly stuff is a lot of work. #
a friend just pointed me to this great list of tech blogs, All by Women. | JavaWorld’s Daily Brew http://bit.ly/qc6r0 #
@lskrocki I find it… soporific in reply to lskrocki #
hmm. This guy is speaking my language. Like! #
@Schlomo you gonna be hangin at HoS on Sunday? Might bring some friends over after the keynote #
What. A. Week. Now 1 day to figure out 2 or 3 kinds of wardrobe for next week. Suspect I should NOT wear Sun uniform (jeans) to OOW. #
@bubbva good to know, thanks! I was planning on black trousers and shoes anyway in reply to bubbva #
@glynnfoster looking forward to seeing you ! in reply to glynnfoster #
RT @oracletechnet: you’ll see more geeks at OpenWorld than JavaOne, I suspect #oow09 – that’s my tribe ; ) #
@oracletechnet are those Oracle folks in the videos? BTW, I’m coming to OOW armed – with my camera. #oow09 in reply to oracletechnet #
no snow yet, but we’re getting some hellacious wind gusts up here – NREL: MIDC/NWTC M2 Real-Time Weather Display http://bit.ly/4wKoXR #
Silvio Berlusconi: “I believe there is no one in history to whom I should feel inferior. Quite the opposite.” http://bit.ly/nuQ3 #
“said that he had spent â€œ200 million euros on judges,â€ only to be corrected, adding, â€œExcuse me, on lawyers.â€ ” http://bit.ly/WovCa #
@monkchips monitoring illegal logging is a dangerous job. I can’t see sending young volunteers to do it. in reply to monkchips #
have no idea what I’m doing for Halloween. Nor what I’m going to wear. It’s been decades since I celebrated it, really. #
@monkchips hmm. We could just arm the WWF? ; ) Seriously, I like the idea. Could provide employment protecting instead of destroying in reply to monkchips #
last week was crazy busy. Get up at 5 tomw to fly to SF and begin an even crazier week. But it’ll be a blast, tons of people to see and meet #
the girl geek packs: dress slacks, silk camisole, potpourri… USB cable, batteries, mics, tripod… #
RT @ghc: thinking about #ghc09 and what made it so fabulous: the community of 1600+ intelligent technical women who gathered there to share #
@deirdresm jealous! in reply to deirdresm #
happy with the new haircut – yay! Lots of other (more important) things to be happy about, too. #
another thing to be happy about: Ben Rockwood will be joining us for LISA ’09 – http://bit.ly/rZjuM #
@jeffreytaylor damn, looks as if Chez Panisse is not open on Sundays in reply to jeffreytaylor #
to do today: buy Ross’ tickets Austin-Milan-Austin, then Austin-Sydney. That’s your Christmas present from me, kid. And then some! #
…but she is, after all, my kid. Which means that travel is as necessary to her as breathing. #
@davewiner if your enemies played fair, maybe they’d be friends after all in reply to davewiner #
RT @RobinGood: The Pedagogy of Fun – FABULOUS! – http://bit.ly/2Ci1xL thx 2 @NancyWhite via @moehlert @josiefraser @edwebb #
@davewiner weird – your reply generated two auto-spams, I wonder that set off the bots? in reply to davewiner #
@mtuckerb courage, independence, and kindness #lazytweet #parent in reply to mtuckerb #
@dfugate what’s the recipe for your toddy? I might could use it… in reply to dfugate #
was in a great mood all day, why am I crashing now? Does Desperate Housewives get to me that badly? #

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