Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 7/4/2009

"Kevin Rose, later tweeted to his then 759,310 followers that Wordnik was 'truly amazing.'" http://tr.im/qUZh
Wordnik didn't know what "green-field" means. It's in Wikipedia. Google knew it. http://tr.im/qUZI
Arrington on Wordnik's Iack of launch. Rose saying it's cool is meaningless, even if he has more followers than @god. http://tr.im/qV3p
He boasts that @topsy launched successfully through TechCrunch. Another Twitter search tool. Zzzzz. http://tr.im/qV3N
If it was such a great launch why does Topsy only have 1159 followers? http://tr.im/qV46
BTW, apparently Kevin Rose tweeted about @topsy too, so it was hardly a controlled experiment. Maybe it's just more useful than wordnik?
IOW maybe TechCrunch is as important as lawyers and PR people, i.e. not very important.
I know Mike thinks I turned on him, but I believe in calling your friends on their bullshit, what else are friends for? :-)
When I launched bit.ly, I went with RWW. I was sure Marshall would get it. I was sure Arrington would blow me off cause he didn't like me.
I would say bit.ly launched pretty well, wouldn't you? :-)
If I were launching a gadget, I'd go with @jkontherun, not gizmodo or engadget. They like Apple and Palm, and wouldn't care about me.
I'd also go with @gartenberg, because everyone respects him. In search, @dannysullivan.
I would never go to @techcrunch cause I'm on their blacklist. And if I weren't I still wouldn't go, because I truly hate blacklists.
Maybe we should start a website with all those who TechCrunch is feuding with whose products they won't cover. Might be very interesting.
Correction: Wordnik does have "greenfield" w/o the hyphen, but not the interesting tech definition. http://tr.im/qVaF
Here's a guy whose poor spelling interferes with his ability to insult properly. Bad form. http://tr.im/qVbi
I'm thinking of moving to Germany where my last name means "From Vienna." Life would be easier, that's for sure. :-)
@julie_posetti -- don't know what this is in reference to, but it doesn't sound like a question that has a simple answer.
@aj8 -- software guys thrive on being told where they screwed up. I feel that way about my writing too. If I make a mistake I want to know.
Clerical Group Defies Leader on Disputed Iran Election. http://tr.im/qVq0