Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 3/16/2009

@viveka -- yes, it's cheaper. And the economics of hosting tweets is much different from hosting movies.
@segdeha -- as most blogs are unloved and unread. But some are well-loved and well-read. Let a thousand flowers bloom. One will be a rose.
How many synonyms are there for outrageous? http://bit.ly/iT0eJ
I'm at UC-Berkeley at the Chronicle going-out-of-business panel discussion. The room is completely filled. Not being webcast, it seems.
Lowell Bergman is one of the panelist. Famous for being played by Al Pacino in a movie.
The panelists are all luminaries from the media that's dying.
If President Obama twittered... http://bit.ly/cysGq
This is the event that I'm at. http://bit.ly/EAxxt
@JasonCalacanis says the film is "The Insider" -- http://bit.ly/1jz6aj
Bergman says the Chronicle never achieved the hope that we had for a great Bay Area newspaper. That's why not much outrcy.
UC panel on the future of the Chronicle: http://bit.ly/eioK
Video of this evening's panel: http://bit.ly/17hj5e
Sen. Charles Grassley is so angry over AIG bonuses that he says the executives should resign or kill themselves. http://bit.ly/2mekH0
Twitter OAuth now in public beta. It'll be interesting to see what the public thinks. http://bit.ly/xFEyx
Predictably, people said several times tonight that the web is filled with assholes.
I wish they had let us provide examples of people they respect who blog. Like Simon Johnson at http://baselinescenario.com/
Apparently professional reporters need to believe that everyone but them is either incompetent or corrupt. Not a position of strength.
Watch for the renaming of AIG. http://bit.ly/tRlNV
I think they should rename AIG to BAB for Bad Ass Bitche. With an accent grave over ze E. European flair with a bit of LA driveby.
'Kiss my fat ass,' says Meghan McCain. http://bit.ly/3qHiu