Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 2/9/2010

My first Buzz tweet. Not sure if you'll be able to read this. Let me know. http://r2.ly/xcp7
After 15 minutes I remember that Google is mean and distrusting and filled with side-goals that have nothing to do with delighting users.
When I first tried Flickr it was pure fun. Same with every other product that ended up being big in the social media space.
I got to the API and saw: No Twitter compatibility. That's a big red X over the future of Google's latest misadventure. Pfffft.
Google Buzz? Pfffft. (Scripting News). http://r2.ly/38gi
How do I get Buzz out of the user interface of Gmail? Show me where I opted in to this horror. I want the option. This is so fucked up.
@njashanmal -- read the follow-up from this morning. There was an assumption that they would embrace Twitter, its users and developers.
@DanHugo -- consider yourself lucky
They put a virus into Gmail. They're killing their own product. Fools. Stupid. Grrr.
@steveplunkett -- incorrect
There's a command to turn off Buzz at the bottom of the Gmail page. http://r2.ly/xcq3
I had lunch today with Josh Young of Huffpost to talk about a regular Berkman-like weekly meetup in NYC. http://r2.ly/xcqd
Is Manhattan exempt from snowstorms? http://r2.ly/xcfy
inessential.com: On the benefits of thin-server RSS syncing. (It's good to see Brent take a leadership role in RSS.) http://r2.ly/xe4p
Immature tech companies try to turn the clock back. Smart ones know it doesn't work, and build on what already works. Pave the cow paths.
Snow? No. #rain
East Coast Braces for Another Snowstorm. http://r2.ly/xcxy
What's wrong with Google Buzz. (Scripting News). http://r2.ly/xcyh
@JamesLappin -- did you like "how do I turn this fucker off?" as opposed to "how do I turn this off?"
@JamesLappin -- because "fucker" is what I *really* said. :-)