{"id":271,"date":"2009-06-09T21:52:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T21:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2009\/06\/09\/on_nutters\/"},"modified":"2009-06-09T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T21:52:08","slug":"on_nutters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2009\/06\/09\/on_nutters\/","title":{"rendered":"On nutters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tube strike in London this evening. Knew I was going to be late home so cycled in, under the expert navigational tutelage of a certain NNer, and cycled back again along the Thames Path realizing just how much I love this city. Had dinner, bath, and a glass of whisky<\/a> and now I’m feeling relaxed, which means I’m going to witter about any old thing that enters my head.<\/p>\n

\nAs I said in my keynote at the RIN (I blogged about it… ah, here<\/a> and slides<\/a>, too), if you’re me, you get nutters writing to you and asking you to do stuff for them. And then they insult you, but that’s all right because I just laugh in my beard at them and get Eva<\/a> to say rude things (see slide 40) on my behalf. <\/p>\n

\nI got two people writing to me today, asking for interviews with me for projects. One was a DPhil student (with enough information that I could google her and find out that yes, actually, she sounds interesting), who sent a politely-worded and literate email, who was happy to come to London to chat, and most accommodating with respect to my work day. The other some random student doing a dissertation at a somewhat northern<\/em> University. Asking for a phone call or skype conversation. He happened to also cc: a Dr Gee of Norfolk\u2014I’ve seen such emails before and it’s basically asking “will you do my homework for me please?”. (Before you ask, I assume they’ve seen my disclaimer<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\nNow, this is a bit like Twitterers following you and then you go and look at their profile and see that they’ve protected their updates. Look, if I don’t actually know you, I can’t be arsed asking you to allow me to see your updates, no matter how interesting you think you are. A little bit like that, anyway. Except much, much worse.<\/p>\n

\nGuys, I’m busy. I’m not a student: I actually work for a living. Time, actually, is<\/em> money. If you want something from me, then throw me a bone. Make it worth my while. I’ll put you in my calendar and have lunch, as long as I think I might get something from you: even if it is just a massive ego stroke, or chance of lunch with a half-way interesting person.<\/p>\n

\nBut don’t assume I agree with your half-baked ideas, don’t think I’m here to do your homework, and above all remember: I don’t like sitting next to the nutter on the bus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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