tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post6608081176422166484..comments2024-01-29T22:48:07.946-08:00Comments on The Filthy Platen: Shining a tiny light in the anguished dark. Scott Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-52425419611959898212012-12-12T03:03:41.036-08:002012-12-12T03:03:41.036-08:00Tho this government has an amazing capacity for bu...Tho this government has an amazing capacity for bullshit, doesn't it? And I agree. This uncertainty will last for quite some time.<br /><br />But I'll always have writing. <br /><br />Anyway.. I'll get past this, and be back to normal. Thanks though.Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-48306234458283422742012-12-12T02:58:54.641-08:002012-12-12T02:58:54.641-08:00Garbage talk Ivan be so frustrating at times. It i...Garbage talk Ivan be so frustrating at times. It is like trying to talk through a cloud when you are trying to address some serious issues. <br /><br />As for the backup plan, I'm seriously thinking of switching to plan B.Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-61978800634402965062012-12-12T02:53:38.220-08:002012-12-12T02:53:38.220-08:00That kind of twisting of the language is becoming ...That kind of twisting of the language is becoming the norm. Product? Well.. I make pent of 'product' every day. At least I don't try to pass it off as a newspaper.Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-51948004240988817542012-12-12T02:32:24.540-08:002012-12-12T02:32:24.540-08:00oh no, the blasted, hypocritical weaselwords of go...oh no, the blasted, hypocritical weaselwords of gov't... to cover up a raft of inept bungling and unvarnished cruelty. It's good that you're writing through this. I worry that the uncertainty won't go away for a long time - but the bumbling will continue, and that real people with real careers and responsibilities will be affected. It'd be comic if it wasn't so depressing & hopeless. rinorino breebaarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08732964644950027323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-4488385682891596302012-12-11T21:39:58.429-08:002012-12-11T21:39:58.429-08:00Robert, still faithfully reading the school librar...Robert, still faithfully reading the school library's copy of The Canberra Times - don't really know why, though - this explains a lot about the World News section lately. Section? That's a term ones must use loosely when one describes the "product".Jasper Lindellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615796112573422913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-37184628324427568332012-12-11T21:08:45.768-08:002012-12-11T21:08:45.768-08:00We knew it was the beginning of the end when they ...We knew it was the beginning of the end when they stopped calling it a newspaper and started calling it "the product". Then it was "platforms". One guy gave us a presentation in which he used a picnic blanket to illustrate that we were all outside the square. Finally we realised they weren't talking about a newspaper at all any longer, that was already dead as far as they were concerned. The end came one night when the deputy editor looked at a hole on the world page onscreen layout and said, "Make it go away". He wanted it filled with a James Bond story. I'm convinced he thinks James Bond is real, and Bond's activities should be covered among other international stories: Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Bond. This is not a Brave New World. It's a Stupid New World.Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-71015902817390731162012-12-11T14:07:09.830-08:002012-12-11T14:07:09.830-08:00I absolutely detest modern 'business-speak'...I absolutely detest modern 'business-speak' where many words are spoken, but not much is said and I can give a few examples of dealing with the Principal of my children's Primary School where I was informed that the school had 'strategies in place' for dealing with a kid who was bullying my daughter.<br />Anyway, Scott, I am relieved that your job is still relatively intact, but like I said last week, always have a back-up plan. In the meantime, have another vodka and lemonade on me. Cheers.teeritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421337385763144173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-23831379557719668512012-12-11T13:19:31.491-08:002012-12-11T13:19:31.491-08:00Well, those are some interesting samples! We often...Well, those are some interesting samples! We often use 'alternative revenue streams' here too. I wish I could broadcast some of the absurdities that came from my session yesterday, but along with the 'newspeak', there's other Orwellian things happening. <br /><br />I also haven't so much kept my job, as I've just been contracted a little further down the road, with no certainty to the future. <br /><br />I'm seriously thinking of just jumping across to 'Plan B'. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2120715572940256008.post-28199700344943216652012-12-11T08:40:55.345-08:002012-12-11T08:40:55.345-08:00I'm glad you kept your job!! Don't feel gu...I'm glad you kept your job!! Don't feel guilty for having been spared the arbitrary whack of the institutional axe. <br /><br />I think it's very kind and decent of you to write personal letters to the unfortunate.<br /><br />As for obfuscatory jargon, it's used in academic administration as much as hospitals, I can tell you that. We are looking into "alternative revenue streams" here as we "double down on the high-touch experience." -- ???Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com