#frocktober day 20. A serious work conference demands polka dots.
Month: October 2014
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Still a little bitter.
Florida State’s Jameis Winston Performs Admirably Under Scrutiny, at Least on the Field – NYTimes.com – I found it enormously telling that when Winston and his coach met on the field immediately after the game, the microphones picked up the coach’s repeated admonishments: “Be humble. Be HUMBLE.” You don’t normally have to remind non-jackasses to be humble.
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Camp Creative
Ten years ago, I went to a five day summer craft camp called Camp Creative with my mother-in-law. I’ve been on the email newsletter list ever since. I just happened to look at this year’s classes… and I’m BLOWN AWAY. So many potential zombie apocalypse training courses!
- Build a canoe
- Bush furniture making
- Make a pair of desert boots
- Metalwork – make a BBQ pig/camp oven
- Learn to play the harp
Okay, maybe not that last one. But still. Don’t you think the rag-tag bunch of survivors rebuilding humanity might like to listen to some harp music each night?
Edited 21/04/2025: Some of the course links are no longer available and are not archived.
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MONA
Tasmanian Devil – The New Yorker – An article about David Walsh, the weird, weird guy behind the creation of the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Tasmania. We’re going there next month. (It has a poop machine.)
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Sniff.
Fake deaths, cheap resurrections, and dealing with real grief – For Our Consideration – The A.V. Club – Surprisingly emotional piece from the AV Club.
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Frocktober
Just reminding folks that Frocktober isn’t just a fun hashtag – it’s actually raising money for a really great cause. If you’d like to donate to ovarian cancer research, my fundraiser page is here.
Edited 21/04/2025: Removed fundraiser link.
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Good grief.
Quinnspiracy / What To Expect When You’re Expecting (the internet to ruin your life) – “Try and remember if there’s any places you have accounts for that you might have forgotten. For example, they got into a dominos.com account I had made and forgot about to try and send someone a pizza. It can be especially damaging if that account is automatically set up to charge any of your accounts.” ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
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#frocktober day 20. A serious work conference demands polka dots.
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Shared today on Twitter
#frocktober day 19. More vintage polyester for watching football and sewing. http://t.co/La9znaX9Q8
RT @BuildaLibrary: My daughter wanted to be Han Solo for Halloween and asked me to be Princess Leia. Thanks for the assist @HerUniverse! ht…
Bookmarking for future: Galloway talk on digital winners and losers as recommended by @davidthodey . http://t.co/6wzGfDJanJ #telstrasummit
RT @Telstra: CEO @davidthodey presenting at #telstrasummit. Stream live: https://t.co/Q0ojvB2Of7
Process improvement will only get you so far. You have to put yourself in the place of the customer – advocacy. @davidthodey #TelstraSummit
No expense accounts at Telstra? *mind blown* #TelstraSummit
RT @nsmale: “You can’t treat customers well if you don’t treat each other well internally.”-@davidthodey Awesome sentiment #TelstraSummit
Using Twitter to hijack meetings with their own partners. HA! Brilliant. @joefernandez #TelstraSummit
Consumers don’t trust brands – they trust each other. (Suddenly tempted to look up my @klout score.) @joefernandez #TelstraSummit
@nsmale @JoeFernandez Same, although as I’m not a dude, I’d just say he seemed really cool. (Girls like beer too!)
Selfies are human emoticons. Hmm. #TelstraSummit @briansolis
@nsmale No offence taken – was just trying to parse “dude” as a compliment. 🙂 http://t.co/mfbE9963B5
“There are only 2 ways to influence human behaviour: manipulate it or inspire it.” Jedi-like wisdom from @briansolis. #TelstraSummit
I’m not sure, but I think you lose Klout by pronouncing gif without the hard G, @briansolis. #jifhorror #TelstraSummit
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Shared today on Facebook
#frocktober day 19. More vintage polyester for watching football and sewing.
