Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 5/28/2009

Rob Hof says Google hasn't reached the point where "complacency sets in and sparks an inexorable decline for a company." http://tr.im/mKxQ
I haven't read a review that says why Bing is so great, just hype that says it is great. So far: Rollout gets a D-minus. Product? No idea.
If you're going to show it to some people but not everyone, that can really backfire on you. No one likes to be bullshitted.
I don't care so much what it's called. What the frack does it do? Maybe you should have like you know, an elevator pitch?
Meantime, it would be cool if one of these BigCo's just did a Twitter clone that had a 280-character limit. Wow would that be cool.
I know it wouldn't work on SMS. Halle-frackin-loolya. Let's blow through that barrier! :-)
Wouldn't it be great if one of the newspapers covered the paywall story neutrally, representing the interests of readers. Go dig a bit.
Same time, if they're going to put up the pay wall we'd better be ready for a way to get the news we need outside the wall.
@jeffjarvis says they shouldn't do it -- but I'm neutral. It's their decision what to do. I won't try to influence them.
Wouldn't matter anyway, I'm a pinata, at best, to the news orgs. :-)
@jeffjarvis -- that should probably be the first hard news story for the outside-the-wall news public news org.
outsidepaywall.com is available. http://tr.im/mKCE
I bet Rich Skrenta is working on a Twitter clone. He says 140 chars is an accident. More like a train wreck. http://tr.im/mKCR
@jeffjarvis -- forgive me for saying this, but you've tried hard enough. It's time for the next stage of grieving: acceptance.
@TimOBrienNYT -- what's a hobbyhorse?
http://www.stuffjournalistslike.com/ http://tr.im/mKF0
Fake Carol Bartz has "a fucking company to run." http://tr.im/mKYc
Sorry Mike -- both Bing and Wave were botched rollouts. Neither site is live. Of the two Bing seems more useful. http://tr.im/mLdj
When two over the hill BigCo's only have eyes for each other, first everyone is confused, then bored, then they get back to work.
@hv23 -- oh yeah. Wave reeks of BigCo obsolescence