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Dave Winer

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Requests for makers of Twitter client apps

scripting.com — A few simple requests for developers who make Twitter clients: 1. Please create a static archive of your users' tweetstream in a publicly... View in Crawl 4

Requests for makers of Twitter client apps
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Rebooting the News today at noon

scripting.com — We're recording our Rebooting the News podcast in about 40 minutes (as I write this). However in a departure from usual practice, it will not ... View in Crawl 4

Rebooting the News today at noon
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Corporate blogging silos in the news

scripting.com — Arianna Huffington is one of those gifted people who have a natural personal warmth that makes you feel like you're her best friend, even if y... View in Crawl 4

Corporate blogging silos in the news
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How I read the news

scripting.com — Mark Cooper asks, basically, Dave -- how do you stay current? The core of my news-reading universe is this page. http://daveriver.scripting... View in Crawl 4

How I read the news
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A fractional horsepower news network

scripting.com — A few years ago I wrote about the need for fractional horsepower HTTP servers. Today, they exist. We take them for granted. They're everywhere... View in Crawl 4

A fractional horsepower news network
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Microsoft got in trouble doing what Twitter is doing

scripting.com — One paragraph in an email to a developer list, defines the next drama in the Twitter develosphere. "We also want to acknowledge that there... View in Crawl 4

Microsoft got in trouble doing what Twitter is doing
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"Find me stuff I'm interested in"

scripting.com — I buy lots of stuff on Amazon. Sound systems, clothes, books, gum, vitamins, light bulbs, batteries, hot sauce, cameras -- tons of stuff. The ... View in Crawl 4

"Find me stuff I'm interested in"
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Pages from Computer Lib

scripting.com — I got my copy of Ted Nelson's Computer Lib/Dream Machines back from Nicco, and took pictures of a few pages from the book and uploaded them to... View in Crawl 4

Pages from Computer Lib
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Why Twitter is so valuable

scripting.com — It's the same reason Napster was so valuable before the RIAA shut it down and destroyed it. Napster had captured the entire online music ... View in Crawl 4

Why Twitter is so valuable
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Techmeme moves toward Twitter

scripting.com — Techmeme added an interesting feature a few days ago. It wasn't announced publicly, so I'm not exactly sure how it works, but I'll t... View in Crawl 4

Techmeme moves toward Twitter
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Adding a message box to my river

scripting.com — I mocked up where I want to go next with the beautiful river stuff. http://scripting.com/images/2011/02/10/nextStepInRivers.gif All I did ... View in Crawl 4

Adding a message box to my river
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Will JSON replace XML in RSS?

scripting.com — A frequently asked question goes something like this. "I like JSON. What if apps started publishing RSS data in JSON." 1. My firs... View in Crawl 4

Will JSON replace XML in RSS?
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A river of news in JSON

scripting.com — Way back in December 1997, I wrote about Scripting News in XML. "One of the promises of XML is that it will make it possible to have different... View in Crawl 4

A river of news in JSON
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Why I feel good about staying with RSS

scripting.com — I feel good about staying with RSS. It's a good gateway. I realized that this morning when I finished a user-facing feature that builds o... View in Crawl 4

Why I feel good about staying with RSS
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Can I write a Scripting2 blog post here?

scripting.com — This is a test to see if I can manage to write a Scripting2 blog post here in the instant outliner. Let me enumerate the things I would have to do ... View in Crawl 4

Can I write a Scripting2 blog post here?
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About

Dave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in New York City. — New York
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