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Dave Winer, comments, and blogging: some thoughts

Dave Winer has turned off comments on his blog, and I have just started reading him again after a hiatus of a couple of years. I do not think that these things are unconnected. These days, I don’t get that … Continue reading

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John Gruber, Joe Wilcox, and why comments are anti-web

Myself and John Gruber have had plenty of disagreements. John and I have debated the reasons for the relative lack of malware on the Mac. I’ve tweaked his tail over his habit of excoriating those who make predictions and get … Continue reading

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Dave Winer’s sub-text

Dave Winer’s been experimenting with a feature he calls “Sub-text”, which lets you get more depth from a story while still being able to skim-read it. The idea is simple: You can embed a piece of sub-text underneath a paragraph, … Continue reading

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Dave Winer rewrites the history of the PC

From Dave Winer’s iPad review: “IBM didn’t try to turn the world upside-down with the PC in 1981, however, in 1984, they did, with the PC jr, and failed.” This is actually almost the inverse of the truth. Don Estridge, … Continue reading

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Quote of the day

From Alan Patrick. “Dave Winer may love his River of News, but time starved people would rather have a thinner Stream of Relevance”

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