Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 3/17/2009

BTW, Shirky is wrong when he says nothing replaces print journo. That's what's wrong with his piece, and that's why the press likes it.
We're already far along in the process of replacing the gatekeepers, the intermediaries.
Shirky helped them promulgate the "You'll miss us when we're gone," rap. That's why the press is eating it up. But Shirky is wrong.
I have a blog piece going up now that lays it out.
New blog post: If you don't like the news... http://bit.ly/12jOdU
I don't understand why we only own 80% of AIG. Why not 100%.
I realize that I haven't said something clearly enough about where we're at with blogging in 2009. Thanks to Jay Rosen for showing me.
While others are uncertain about what will "replace" newspapers, I am not uncertain at all. I think we know. I have to write this up.
For example. There are two detailed accounts of last night's event at UC-Berkeley -- on blogs. How many in Bay Area newspapers? TV? Radio?
"News Pros Gather for SPJ's 'Conversation About the Chronicle'" Today at 5:30PM Pacific. http://bit.ly/19BIja
Lookin for some help with Amazon EC2 bundling. http://bit.ly/iS7Q
What Happens to the Archives of Defunct Newspapers? http://bit.ly/FnuND
KPIX, the local CBS station, picked up my report at last night's meeting at UC-Berkeley. http://bit.ly/sGiG2
I got the problem solved with EC2 and passwords, so I'm ready to take the next step in "EC2 for Poets." Tomorrow morning. :-)
A 24-year-old from Brooklyn who understood what I was saying in today's piece. http://bit.ly/XsGv6
You want to know the cool thing about EC2. I can create my own version of Windows, and you can use it. Seems like front page news to me! :-)
That's a feature we don't have on the Macintosh, btw. Just sayin.
Kirk LaPointe understood what I was saying too. http://bit.ly/Wu5lE
My very dear friends Paul and Cecile Andrews are looking for a house-swap, Seattle-to-Santa Cruz. http://bit.ly/VQQFS
So few people really tell you what they think, but Marc Canter is not one of them. I really appreciate that. http://bit.ly/sLvrf