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I’m a Blogger!

In Internet on 17 April 2008 with Comments Off

Dave Winer is having a conniption after Comcast terminated his account. I know, that’s pretty much par for the course for Winer, but one Winer comment* is worth the read:

I told him this wasn’t much of a threat if they weren’t willing to put it in writing, and I wasn’t intimidated. I also told him [...]

Actions, Not Words

In Internet on 29 March 2008 with Comments Off

Chris Pirillo recently gave his version of Dave Winer’s meltdown at Gnomedex 2007. My take on his comments are that one, Winer wasn’t alone in his opinion, and two, no one else would have handled the situation in the same way but, hey, that’s Dave Winer.
Dave Winer, of course, took Pirillo’s comments as vindication. [...]

Dave Winer Can’t Control Wikipedia

In Internet on 21 March 2008 with Comments Off

Dave Winer recently complained about wikipedia:
Wikipedia is therefore a puzzle to me. Because while it’s helpful, it also hurts me, because my biography there is more of a vendetta, by anonymous people, who seem self-centered and immature, but it’s impossible to tell what axes they have to grind, because they’re largely anonymous.
Here’s Winer’s Wikipedia entry.
Two [...]

Winer Whines

In Internet on 5 March 2008 with Comments Off

Dave Winer recently noticed his name absent from the Wikipedia page on blogging and went into full whining mode on his website:
I looked up blogging to find the names of some more obscure ones, the first hit was the Wikipedia page, and out of curiosity I searched the page for my name. It’s not there. [...]

Consolidating

In Internet on 4 January 2008 with Comments Off

For 2008 I’ve decided to consolidate my online activities. As Thoreau said, “simplify, simplify”.
Writing
All writing will be done on teamryan. In the past I’ve tried using Vox for more trivial writing, but that (obviously) hasn’t worked. I have my hands full keeping one site updated. So if it’s important enough for me to write, it [...]

The Irascible Dave Winer

In Internet on 23 March 2007 with Comments Off

While searching for the creator of the first blog Cnet recently labeled Dave Winer “irascible”. Dave Winer took offense:

They call me “irascible.” Not sure if I’ve met either of the authors in person, I wonder how they formed that opinion and why they feel the need to label people like that.

Lately Dave Winer has also [...]

No-www.org

In Internet on 9 February 2007 with Comments Off

I recently changed the way teamryan handles the www prefix. Both teamryan.com and www.teamryan.com have worked in the past. Both still work but www.teamryan.com now redirects to teamryan.com in the browser address bar. It’s a cleaner, easier, and more logical way to handle a website address.
No-www is a site that shares that philosophy.

No-www.org strives to [...]

Teamryan.com: Not For Sale

In Internet on 30 December 2006 with Comments Off

Over the years, ever since I built my first web-page, I’ve searched for the perfect domain name. After going through four or five, I decided thatteamryan was the perfect choice. It contained my last name, allowed for possible future Ryans to use it, and didn’t box me in design wise. Unfortunately it was already taken [...]

Reading Between the Lines

In Internet on 30 November 2006 with Comments Off

Recently Dave Winer linked to an article on iPodObserver with the following quote:
58% of current iPod owners who are planning to buy a new digital media device in the next 12 months are ‘likely’ to choose Microsoft’s Zune.
After the release of the Zune marketwatch reported that the iPod claimed 5 of the top 10 and [...]