Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 2/27/2009

@jeffsand --- wow. You know I want one of those. How long did it take to arrive?
BTW, for those who wonder about my Kindle -- I've barely used it. I'm not excited. Can't put my software on it. Can't even write for it.
Five years ago, it would have blown me away. Look at what it does! But I'm a creative guy, that means I create stuff. And it's locked to me.
It thinks of me as a consumer. I have never thought of myself that way. I think it's an anachronism. (Which means a time capsule of sorts.)
Even though as a thing of technical lust it's a marvel of science. They should open it up in every way, the way S3 and EC2 are.
Amazon is like two companies that way. On the one hand they create the most enabling software out there. And the other is the most crippled.
Thanks I'm going to keep the Kindle cause you never know. I gave away my AppleTV cause I hated it, and then regretted it, wanted it back.
BTW, it leaked today the NYT is working with bloggers to cover NY neighborhoods. That's good! Next: Put newsrooms in the hoods too.
People thrive off face-to-face contact. A newsroom is a magic place.
Why do people become Republicans? (Not snarky or sarcastic. Definitely worth reading.) http://bit.ly/Sd1nY
Why newspapers are dead, v2.0. http://bit.ly/Cts9Y
@rickcecil -- I don't think the Times is working "with" bloggers -- I think they are still supervised by professionals.
The real transformation will happen when they accept bloggers as peers. They don't now, for sure. Not just talking about the Times, btw.
@jeffsand -- I see that they have the black ones in stock. I was hoping for blue. Now the big Q is battery. How long does 1 charge last?
@KarlRove -- Obama's "straw man" has a name, it's spelled R-E-A-G-A-N.
Th'other day I wrote about being sensitive. Fair to say this piece suggesting you eat yur dog, is fairly insensitive. http://bit.ly/N7XNB
General rule (there are exceptions): According to reporters, the more money you have the smarter you are. Theory why: Reporters are poor.
On Wikipedia, the history of podcasting has been completely removed. No one had anything to do it, apparently. :-) http://bit.ly/8MwA8
I've met Howard Dean a few times. At the DNC I walked up to him, shook his hand and called him James Dean to his face (accidentally).
I still feel bad about that. I think Howard Dean is a good man who got shafted by the media in a completely obvious way.