Scripting News: 8/17/2009

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tr.im goes open source, community supported

A picture named ninja.gif Marshall has the announcement.

I think it's great. I know that Eric Woodward wanted to move on from tr.im and this gives him the opportunity to do that, but allows the community that's gathered around tr.im to continue.

I am part of that community -- having build an application that gets a lot of use, and one that a lot of people want. To match Eric's generosity, I will release the app behind the 40twits site as open source.

It's the app behind these sites:

http://dave.40twits.com/

http://jay.40twits.com/

http://nieman.40twits.com/

It builds on the tr.im API.

Let a thousand flowers bloom!

Last update: Monday, August 17, 2009 at 12:24 PM Pacific.

Dave Winer, 54, 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 Berkeley, California.

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