On Thursday I wrote about my intent to reposition Scripting News as a place where ideas originate, and it seems to be working. My piece about reforming journalism is now the #1 item on TM. Re-wiring the attention of the TechMeme bot, while it resulted in a short term loss of attention, seems to have had the long-term benefit. ";->"
Last update: Thursday, June 3, 2010; 4:00:36 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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