Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 7/9/2009

@steveplunkett -- okay, but RSS is just a format. There are notification protocols that are almost 10 years old and in wide use. Use em.
The TechCrunch guys are reporters not technologists. I don't think too many people are fooled, at least I hope not. :-)
.@BronsonLee --They might be better reporters if they stuck to reporting and stopped trying to crowd the technologists. Just a thought.
Does Facebook have a block command? If not, it should.
Jay Rosen interviewed Dan Froomkin at #PDF09. (Video.) http://tr.im/rCia
@brentter -- LOL! :-)
TechCrunch gets all wet over old tech. http://tr.im/rCn9
@blogdiva -- that's hot! :-)
I had forgotten that Juiie in "Julia and Julie" used our software, Radio UserLand, for her blog, hosted at Salon. http://tr.im/rCLA
InBerkeley: Smith & Hawken closing down sale starts today. http://tr.im/rD3j
Call now for a picture of a reporter you can sponsor! http://tr.im/rDto
"If Twitter gives Google its firehose, it loses a unique feature." http://tr.im/rEcI
Show page for tonight's Bad Hair Day podcast. Starts at 7PM Pacific, about 2 hours from now. http://tr.im/rEAA
AudioBoo / Promo For Tonight's Bad Hair Day Podcast. http://tr.im/rEJo
Imho, Twitter should give everyone full access to the firehose w/o license. That would lock-in a monopoly as the gateway to the live web.
The way it's set up now, eventually the dam will break and they will have to fight to stay #1.
"Where you want competition, give away the technology. Where you want to be competitive, keep it to yourself." http://tr.im/rEPe
Ghost Word: Why Local News is Your Future. http://tr.im/rEYd
After dinner mess: http://tr.im/rGaV
Today's Bad Hair Day podcast with @gartenberg and @andrewbaron. Chrome OS, iPhones, Mag.ma and realtime. http://tr.im/rGNV