Dave Winer's Twitter posts for 3/17/2010

Could a scanner really be that good? (Scripting News). http://r2.ly/2qjc
I wasn't there for the Evan Williams interview at SXSW, but -- the people whose principles matter are Twitter's users. http://r2.ly/2qm3
Twitter the company is a common carrier, therefore their values only matter to the extent that they interfere with carrying.
There's a bagpipe player on the street while I'm working on a feature in River2. Bonus: He or she is good! :-)
@ethanbauley -- yeah -- I have my doubts about that. All Silicon Valley companies hype themselves that way. Old story.
@ethanbauley -- yeah -- except we've been doing this community stuff for 30 years. it's not so new anymore. better if they just do their job
@ethanbauley -- "we" means the human species.
Despite @cz's best efforts, Verizon has escalated its war with my mother. They don't seem to be conscious of it, at a human level.
@ethanbauley -- that's secondary to providing users with the freedom they require to create the medium that twitter is the back-end for
Okay if the movie industry wants to stop piracy, how come there are NO NEW MOVIES in the theaters? Just wondering.
One of the few holidays green-haired people get to participate in. (They stay indoors for Thanksgiving, Easter, etc.) http://r2.ly/8ck9
When Couples Fight on Facebook, Everyone Knows the Score. http://r2.ly/8cm2
"The East Village blogosphere went ballistic after NYT and NYU announced they would collaborate on a hyperlocal site." http://r2.ly/2qpp
Twitter's downtime contrasts with all the "Do Good" talk at SXSW. All the good that's needed from this company is to keep their network up.
What is an unconference? http://r2.ly/2s3c
Amazon has threatened to stop directly selling books of publishers unless they agree to a detailed list of concessions. http://r2.ly/2qsn
@anildash -- NYT and NYU look like Amazon and Apple to EV bloggers
Kindle for Mac now finally available. http://r2.ly/43sq
http://east-village.org/
if Repubs really thought that HCR was going to be bad for Dems, would they be protesting so much right now? http://r2.ly/2s5v