We all know that Klout (an online influence measurment "service") is evil, right? Allegedly.

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The "Communication Risks" talk for the ACS went down well, although with a smallish audience of 20-30 and only two blokes. Everyone misses our regular venue and easy parking in West Perth. Many thanks to rabbit1080 for coming along for (im)moral support. I'm sorry, but I just can't swear effectively in cold blood. Ah well, I gave it a try.

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A funny (for corporate and educational purposes) thing happened a couple of weeks ago, and it occurred to me that it might usefully chew up a minute or two of "Communication Risks" airtime as a variation on the theme that technical humour is dangerous. I received permission from the relevant colleague to share (he was the one attempting humour), so I'll see if I can thrash it out in text here first before I start to rehearse the tightened verbal version. You have to be able to look your audience in the eye when telling anecdotes, and not read off a script. I'm too tired tonight to tighten it up (am in fact falling alseep now) but hope to capture the essence of the comfail.

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A couple of days ago I was asked to speak to the ACS-Women's group at their monthly meeting. I struggled to come up with an appropriate topic, and one which I could pull together in just two weeks. Many thanks for all the people who commented and passed on suggestions.

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Swancon 2010 Sunday was all about surviving until our (relatively) late night Star Trek panel, so it was spent mostly quietly in my room trying to scrape up the will to live.

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delicious_irony made me do things--terrible things--but I emerged victorious. I am the Iron Brain champion, with bonus hand actions. It was a bit rough to make us pronounce the typos.

I may never sleep again.

Other stuff happened. I'll just have to trust my memory and write it down later.

Husband is off tonight donating bass and vocals at a jazz club fundraiser for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. It would probably be helpful if I could advertise the venue, time and cover charge. Um.


*sound of crickets*


I think it's at The Charles Hotel. Tonight. For charity.

ED: And I would be wrong. It's at the Yokine Bowls Club.


*shakes fist at Hyde Park Hotel for turfing out the jazz club*

Here's a short piece on local ABC radio about Husband's Freo Prison tour (as native guide) with former medium David Wells.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2008/09/05/2356990.htm?site=perth

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I have been to Bunbury and back. Somewhere in the middle I delivered my Tech Writer talk to an intimate group of a dozen or so. At some point I will report at length on the experience, but not now. It went well. I even got to use the old heckle response "Yeah, I remember my first beer."