"Scripting News" is not my first blog, it's not even my second.
The first was the News page of the 24 Hours of Democracy project, started on 2/15/96. It ended shortly after the project was over, on 2/27/96.
My second blog was the Frontier News page, started shortly in March 1996. It wasn't until 4/1/97 that it was lifted up to the home page its name was changed to Scripting News.
So -- April 1 is the 10th anniverary of this weblog.
PS: David Dunham wonders if DaveNet wasn't a weblog. I wonder about that too.
Last update: Thursday, June 3, 2010; 4:00:35 PM
~About the Author~
Dave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. 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.
"RSS was born in 1997 out of the confluence of Dave Winer's 'Really Simple Syndication' technology, used to push out blog updates, and Netscape's 'Rich Site Summary', which allowed users to create custom Netscape home pages with regularly updated data flows." - Tim O'Reilly.
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