What “Facts” Dave?
Dave amended his post on the Wired piece to add: These mob attacks are fun for you guys, but they’re not fun for the people who get ganged up on. Some people take advantage of that, and use it to build...
View ArticleDave and Video Cameras
About a week ago, Dave spilled some bits talking about why he hates video cameras. In sum, it looked like this: I’m at a cocktail party, but I’ve been drinking water because I’m being taped in every...
View ArticleOut of His Element
Dave might know a thing or two about tech (although that is debatable) but he doesn’t know a thing about the entertainment industry. [I]n this case, the execs, the nemesis of the Internet, seem to be...
View ArticleNPR Sez Dave Winer Did Not Invent Blogging
Christmas came a day early at Eye on Winer: NPR has begun a week-long history of blogging that doesn’t exaggerate Dave Winer’s grandiose and bogus claim to have originated the medium. NPR’s first audio...
View ArticleDave Winer, Unmarried Man
On Aug. 31, 1986, Knight-Ridder Newspapers ran a feature story on the 3.6 million never-married American bachelors. You might recognize one of them. THE UNMARRIED MAN 3.6 MILLION LIVE ALONE, DELAYING...
View ArticleIs Dave Winer Washed Up?
After announcing its closure last week, Dave Winer changed his mind and kept running NewsJunk — his latest overhyped product. A look at the traffic stats on Alexa and Compete shows that he needn’t have...
View ArticleDave Winer, ‘Miscreant Idiot Savant’
Dave Winer’s having a cow on Twitter about some reporter who he thinks betrayed him: Here’s the problem — reporters apply the same rules they apply to politicians to bloggers. about three hours ago A...
View ArticleDave Winer Saves the Newspaper Industry
Dave Winer’s solution for the dying newspaper industry is to open up the newsroom to unpaid experts with time on their hands: Here’s how you take the first step toward the open newsroom. Pick a story...
View ArticleDave Winer Thinks Judges Should Cover Trials
Dave Winer at a UC-Berkeley event on newspaper journalism: I said the sources would take over the news. Not enough reporters covering the courtroom? The judge will report, as will the jurors, the...
View ArticleJournalist: Winer Knows Nothing About Media Business
Here’s something you don’t see often: A technology journalist at a major publication who acknowledges that Dave Winer doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about. Jason Pontin, the editor and...
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