BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Centuries ago, knights could challenge the dragons of their time with stout heart and clear mind. They had no conflict as to who was, or was not, the enemy. Neither did they have any confusion about how to deal with said enemy. In the beginning of weblogging, we also had […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I sent an email to Dave Winer and Rogers Cadenhead yesterday morning with a question: Which came first: the business disagreement or the problems with the RSS Board? If the issue between Dave Winer and Rogers Cadenhead was one of two people disagreeing about business, I wouldn’t have been that […]
For those thinking of quitting, Mr. Cranky Pants has some words of wisdom. I was smart; I quit the weblog three years ago. I had a chance to experience both the love and the loss and had a kickass sendoff. People cried real tears. I know, they said so in my comments. I came back, of course […]
Gary Turner: Maybe this is when it all unfurls and collapses in on itself, blogging having been completely consumed and repurposed by a cabal of MSM and faux-hip-and-late-to-the-party-but-hell-let’s-trash-it-anyway PR bods – and blogging’s core hacker ethic is finally sullied beyond sauvage after one too many commercial pisses in the proverbial punchbowl.
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dave Winer has been talking about retirement. Perhaps he really should. This is about as ugly as it can get in this environment. This is what happens, too, when someone with power and money, like Winer, can tromp all over another who has less of both, and get away with it […]