Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 1/21/2009

Got it. "Ur" means original or stone age if they're being mean. I know it sounds unhumble, but wtf -- it's true. :-)
Maybe if Obama thinks I'm "ur" he'll listen and we can get get some great stuff using the web to move ideas around.
I never understood the idea of "getting yourself invited" -- if a party is invite-only, *they* have to think of it, no? Why play games?
@missrogue -- @whoisylvia said it well -- I only go to parties my friends are welcome at.
NY Times front page, Obama inauguration: http://bit.ly/158lk
Obama press conference: http://bit.ly/1XpP
Obama is left-handed: http://bit.ly/iQAxN
I'd like someone to make a Twitter For Purists. No #hashes, @atsigns, RT's, just "What are you doing?" and API. I would add metadata tho.
My new motto: Conversation Is For Sissies. :-)
Found out today that a conference I quite possibly would have gone to was trying to reach me, but mailing to an old dead address.
Also found out again, for the 18 millionth time, in tech it's every man for himself. Never help the other guy. Even if it costs nothing.
Photo: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. http://bit.ly/1nGXOj
@jdlasica: "Want to bet that NY Gov. Paterson decided against naming Kennedy and this is a face-saving way for her to bow out?" Yup.
NYT roundup of reviews of whitehouse.gov. http://bit.ly/6q1v
BTW, in case it isn't clear I'd like a chance to practice my craft on whitehouse.gov.
"The ACLU has obtained President Obama's draft executive order to close Guantánamo." http://bit.ly/16WJJ
NY governor David Patterson has already said he would name HRC's replacement this weekend. Olbermann doesn't seem to know this.
People who say "wait give them a chance" don't understand the web and don't understand the United States. "We the people..." I am the U.S.
The problem with Twitter is it's both a company and a platform. It can only be both for so long. http://bit.ly/17JeW
Someday you'll tell a child that news used to be printed once a day on paper, and they won't understand what you mean. http://bit.ly/15eFE