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Scripting News, the weblog started in 1997 that bootstrapped the blogging revolution.
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Happy 40th birthday to Nick Bradbury. He was born in the spring before the Summer of LovePermanent link to this item in the archive.
NY Times: "Bonds's impending achievement would normally have the sport in a congratulatory frenzy, except that many fans view Bonds's ascendancy as the signature event of the ignominious steroids era." Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Two-word comment: "If Only." Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Wired on results from Alexa on traffic at various blogs. At least they're honest when they say it's link-baiting. ";->" Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Mike Shaver: "Why wouldn't you choose the web, given its record and power and openness?" Permanent link to this item in the archive.



     

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~About the Author~

A picture named dave.jpgDave 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.

"The protoblogger." - NY Times.

"The father of modern-day content distribution." - PC World.

One of BusinessWeek's 25 Most Influential People on the Web.

"Helped popularize blogging, podcasting and RSS." - Time.

"The father of blogging and RSS." - BBC.

"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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