[01:29] local staff member on our internal blog "On a bit of a tangent, if you want to annoy/amuse a computer person you can try asking them what a Linux is. Is it a type of big cat that lives in central Asia?" [01:35] heh [01:43] ibeardslee: sorry i missed you on the bus the other day [01:43] ibeardslee: i only noticed you as you were getting off [02:13] snail: hmm? wha? [02:13] * ibeardslee seems to have had brain fade from about 8:30 this morning [02:13] ibeardslee: if you didn't notice it it wasn't a slight [02:13] :) [02:30] re: ubuntu-nz.org I do vaguely recall someone going to talk to someone about that .. can't remember who it was [02:32] Ah. [02:33] seems to be a fairly default page for eg ubuntu-cn.org [02:34] I'll put it on my list of things to try to remember to do [02:35] So long as you don't forget where you put the list. :P [02:35] have postit notes about 1/2 way around my 2x20" screens [02:36] lol [05:00] hi robert_ancell [05:01] ajmitch, hey [05:02] how was your flight back? long & boring? :) [05:03] yup :) [05:04] probably don't want it to be too exciting === Veritay is now known as IcyPole === IcyPole is now known as Veritay [19:16] morning [19:18] morning [20:56] morning [21:02] morning [21:13] morning === ojwb is now known as Guest12939 === Guest12939 is now known as ojwb [22:29] morning [22:43] Morning. [22:57] morning [22:57] * karora idly wonders how fmarier is enjoying life in Auckland... [22:58] morning [23:15] morning :) [23:18] karora: fmarier moved to auckland? [23:19] Aye, he's working for Mozilla now. [23:22] oh nice [23:22] so there's another person we can bug about firefox problems [23:25] interesting timing, I just got back from UDS yesterday & have google recruiting spam in my inbox this morning [23:26] * ojwb had one the other day [23:26] perhaps there's a recruiting push [23:26] this email mentioned UDS by name [23:27] they're very persistent given I've never responded at all [23:27] mine didn't [23:27] ajmitch: :/ [23:27] mention UDS that is, but then I didn't go [23:27] they emailed me at my @canonical.com address the other week [23:31] it's been awhile since they last contacted me, I probably haven't been active enough to get on their lists [23:38] ajmitch: you need to get blacklisted [23:39] ajmitch: e.g. ask a friend at google to put a note on your file that says or similar. Its very effective. [23:39] ah, that's a good idea [23:39] maybe i can ask _all_ the people at google to do that [23:39] kinda a reverse ddos or something [23:40] *all the people i know [23:41] only takes one [23:41] I whinged to, jaq, I think it was, after the Nth time around with 'yes, I will talk with you if you tell me your HR department supports telecommuniting' [23:42] politely, of course, and I haven't heard anything since ;) [23:42] my line is usually "let me know when you open your wellington office" [23:42] i don't think I'd want to telecommute for a large company where almost everyone else is in the office [23:42] there is an akl one I believe. [23:42] but marketing only [23:42] yeah [23:43] ojwb: as soon as they have 2 offices, you're telecommuting already, in a sense. [23:43] ojwb: for a single company, <= dunbars number, w/no telecommunity, I wouldn't want to be the odd one out [23:43] sure, but it's different being a small group vs just one person [23:43] though i'm still happy at canonical so there's a large part of "don't call me, i'll call you" in there as well [23:43] yeah, I was at eidos, and it didn't really work [23:44] but once the company has to understand time zones and cannot-do-in-person, well, I think telecommuting is a huge win [23:44] ojwb: you were the odd one out ? [23:44] this was same country, but you miss out on a lot of stuff [23:44] yes [23:44] yeah, it needs to be cultural [23:45] officially you couldn't even do it at eidos, but my boss just ignored HR [23:46] yah [23:46] first time around with google they pulled that on me [23:46] I laughed, politely. [23:46] my reply to their initial query was 'I'm happy where I am, and the things that make me happy are x,y,z,telecommuting' [23:46] ... but if you think I'd be happier with you, please explain :) [23:48] well, i'd be happy not to telecommute I think, though it might take a while to adjust as i've been self-employed or equivalent and worked from home for about 12 years [23:49] not interested in moving country again though [23:54] thumper: you're enjoying recruitment issues too? [23:54] ojwb: its exhausting [23:54] mwhudson: heh... kinda [23:54] mwhudson: are you trawling through CVs too? [23:54] thumper: no, just looking at twitter [23:54] heh [23:54] I guessed, it was a very quick response from you :)