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A picture named daveTiny.jpgDave Winer, 56, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and editor of the Scripting News weblog. He 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 New York City.

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Dave Winer's weblog, started in April 1997, bootstrapped the blogging revolution.

Plans of mice and men Permalink.

A picture named micemen.gifWe planned and discussed and planned some more.

The question was how could I get to Amsterdam and have a persistent net connection as I walked and biked through the city. I had redundancy, at Doc's suggestion -- but here I am in Amsterdam and neither of my phones are able to get on the Internet, even over wifi.

The two phones:

1. iPhone4 with AT&T's international plan.

2. Nexus S with maxroam.com.

The iPhone just sits there. The map insists that I'm still at JFK. Gmail just sits there. Makes no difference if I'm on wifi or using KPN NL.

The Nexus S presents a screen that says it couldn't connect to my Google account. It offers to let me type in my password, which I do, and it still says it can't connect. Same with maxroam.com or wifi. (No problem accessing my Google account on my MacBook over wifi.)

I don't doubt that, given all the geeks we have here, that we will sort it all out eventually.

# 4/27/2011; 12:23:48 PM.   .

I'm here in Amsterdam and having a great time Permalink.

Scoble and I just went on a walking tour of downtown.

It's a little chilly here, but very colorful.

I'll have some pics shortly.

# 4/27/2011; 11:40:13 AM.   .


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