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Scripting News http://www.scripting.com/ Dave Winer's weblog, started in April 1997, bootstrapped the blogging revolution. en-us Copyright 1997-2008 Dave Winer Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:07:16 GMT http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html OPML Editor version 0.72 scriptingnewsmail@gmail.com scriptingnewsmail@gmail.com New header <a href="http://archive.scripting.com/dir/davesWorld/history/previousHeaderGraphics/americanFlag">graphic</a>. Vote your philosophy. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/newHeaderLtaHrefquothttpar.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/newHeaderLtaHrefquothttpar.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/newHeaderLtaHrefquothttpar.html#disqus_thread Tue, 02 Nov 2004 02:33:32 GMT <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/"><img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2004/11/01/microsoft.gif" width="128" height="23" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named microsoft.gif"></a>I just got a note from Lenn Pryor, on behalf of the <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/">Channel 9</a> team at Microsoft, they're giving $1000 to feed the bloggers at BloggerCon. It's cool to get Microsoft on board, along with Adam Curry, Associated Press, Google, Bloglines and Bradbury Software as major benefactors to the greatest amateur journalism conference on the planet. Thanks ever-buddy, and now thanks Microsoft. We've gotten a bunch of individual donations since the last group thanks-to: Gene Ragan, Chris Nolan, Gabriel Rivera, Evan Williams, David Adams, JJ Allaire, 500 Hats, Erik Higgs, Steve Zellers, Rackshare LLC, Niall Kennedy, Patrick Morrison, Ed Cone. We've definitely got enough money for this conference. Thanks to everyone for their generosity. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpchannel9msd.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpchannel9msd.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpchannel9msd.html#disqus_thread Tue, 02 Nov 2004 04:12:14 GMT <a href="http://static.podcatch.com/manila/gems/un/cnNov1.mp3">Today's Morning Coffee Notes podcast</a>, wherein I ramble and sniffle and rasp (still getting over my cold) but explain how being a blogger could possibly make you rich in the next few years. Worth listening to? Depends if you want to make money on the Internet. This is the podcast Marc Canter might do in about four years, if he stays on the path he's on. ";->" http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpstaticpodca.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpstaticpodca.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpstaticpodca.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:22:40 GMT <a href="http://www.bloggercon.org/iii/foodForThoughtDinners">Please sign up</a> for Saturday night Food For Thought dinners at local Palo Alto restaurants. "First come first serve." http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpwwwbloggerc.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpwwwbloggerc.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpwwwbloggerc.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:07:04 GMT <img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2004/11/01/uncleSam.gif" width="65" height="82" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named uncleSam.gif">There was a bit of news on Larry King Live this evening. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist was asked if the President would need Senate approval to launch an attack on Iran or North Korea. He said he didn't. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. King asked former majority leader George Mitchell if he agreed, and he said firmly that he did not. Only the Senate has the power to declare war. Bob Woodward of the Washington Post was on the show, as was Rev Jesse Jackson. No one called Frist on his lack of understanding of the separation of powers. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltimgSrcquothttpimagesscri.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltimgSrcquothttpimagesscri.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltimgSrcquothttpimagesscri.html#disqus_thread Tue, 02 Nov 2004 02:55:31 GMT Macworld: <a href="http://www.macworld.com/2004/08/reviews/ipodvoicerecorders/">iPod Voice Recorders</a>. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/macworldLtaHrefquothttpwww.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/macworldLtaHrefquothttpwww.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/macworldLtaHrefquothttpwww.html#disqus_thread Tue, 02 Nov 2004 03:09:54 GMT The <a href="http://static.podcatch.com/manila/gems/un/gg.mp3">missing Gillmor Gang</a> from Steve Gillmor. Exclusive! http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/theLtaHrefquothttpstaticpo.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/theLtaHrefquothttpstaticpo.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/theLtaHrefquothttpstaticpo.html#disqus_thread Tue, 02 Nov 2004 03:01:02 GMT Tomorrow I start my drive from Seattle to Palo Alto. I'm going to take driving breaks by stopping and taking pictures of voting in small towns in Washington, Oregon and northern California. I expect I'll see a lot of Bush country, rural areas tend to vote Republican. If I can find a net connection on Tuesday night I'll upload them. Maybe other people will take pictures of their voting places on Election Day 2004. It might make an interesting Day in the Life experience. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/tomorrowIStartMyDriveFromS.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/tomorrowIStartMyDriveFromS.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/tomorrowIStartMyDriveFromS.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:05:10 GMT <a href="http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail260.html">My interview</a> with Doug Kaye is online. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpwwwitconver.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpwwwitconver.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpwwwitconver.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:04:45 GMT <a href="http://www.rds.com/blogs/doug/index.php/archives/2004/11/01/audio-from-bloggercon/">Doug Kaye would like</a> to do a webcast from BloggerCon, but he needs help from someone with a PC laptop. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpwwwrdscombl.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpwwwrdscombl.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpwwwrdscombl.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:52:13 GMT Visual Studio already supports RSS enclosures <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jledgard/archive/2004/11/01/250775.aspx">according to Josh Ledgard</a>. I'm saying "according to" because there's a wide variety of stuff people do and call it enclosure support. I'm being a hardass about this. I want the aggregator developers to meet the users and give them what they want. Tired of having developers acting like parents. This is a feature users want, maybe not a lot of them, yet, but they're leading edge people, exactly the kind of people you want singing your praises. I like the approach the VS guys are taking, using an existing feature of RSS to solve a problem the designer of the feature (me!) didn't anticipate. That's the way it's supposed to work. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/visualStudioAlreadySupport.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/visualStudioAlreadySupport.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/visualStudioAlreadySupport.html#disqus_thread Tue, 02 Nov 2004 00:20:49 GMT How the fcuk does this <a href="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/italk/">thing</a> work?? http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/howTheFcukDoesThisLtaHrefq.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/howTheFcukDoesThisLtaHrefq.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/howTheFcukDoesThisLtaHrefq.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:49:29 GMT Here's <a href="http://www.ipoding.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1135&mode=nested&order=0&thold=0">how</a> the fcuk they did it. Thanks to Thomas Creedon for the pointer. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/heresLtaHrefquothttpwwwipo.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/heresLtaHrefquothttpwwwipo.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/heresLtaHrefquothttpwwwipo.html#disqus_thread Tue, 02 Nov 2004 00:25:02 GMT <a href="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2004/11/01/podcast-production.jpg">Adam uses</a> an outliner to organize his podcast production work. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpimagesscrip.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpimagesscrip.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltaHrefquothttpimagesscrip.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:57:17 GMT Roger Benningfield wrote to say that his blogging software, JournUrl, <a href="http://support.journurl.com/index.cfm?fa=skin.read&group=14&thread=838&message=1266&date=all">supports enclosures</a>. I took a look and yes it does. My <a href="http://manila.podcatch.com/ping/feedDebug?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.journurl.com%2Fusers%2Fadmin%2F%3Fkeyword%3Dpodcasting%26template%3Drss-full">debugger</a> likes his <a href="http://support.journurl.com/users/admin/?keyword=podcasting&template=rss-full">feed</a>. And then I got an email from a WordPress developer explaining that they had enclosure support too. There's still some confusion about that. We'll certainly figure it out on Saturday, Matt Mullenweg is going to be at BloggerCon. I'll ask him what's up. ";->" http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/rogerBenningfieldWroteToSa.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/rogerBenningfieldWroteToSa.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/rogerBenningfieldWroteToSa.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:23:04 GMT Mini-editorial. The syndication community used to be a very nice group of people, and now it is again. It's really very simple, we make software for users so they can have fun and do what they want. What the bits look like on the wire is nowhere near as important as the user experience. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/minieditorialTheSyndicatio.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/minieditorialTheSyndicatio.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/minieditorialTheSyndicatio.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:21:41 GMT Can you or your organization help with webcasting BloggerCon this coming Saturday? If so, please <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dave/profiles/sendMail?usernum=1&referer=/2004/11/01">send</a> an email. <a href="http://www.bloggercon.org/2004/10/31#a1846">We have onsite audio</a> and wifi, 3 streams, and potentially 100s of remote people who want to tune in. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/canYouOrYourOrganizationHe.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/canYouOrYourOrganizationHe.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/canYouOrYourOrganizationHe.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:48:07 GMT <img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2004/11/01/votemobile.jpg" width="140" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named votemobile.jpg"><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/31/more_on_apples_break.html">Cory Doctorow</a> finds another utility to work around Apple's user-sabotage. I gave this whole situation some thought on yesterday's walk and I have a few comments. 1. We already knew Apple treats its customers with high disregard. The only people they hold in more contempt are Mac developers. 2. I told you so. 3. So did <a href="http://www.scripting.com/davenet/stories/DocSearlsonSteveJobs.html">Doc Searls</a>. 4. You want to pay the music companies? It's good to pay for what you use. Go ahead and buy the songs from Apple, and then load up LimeWire and download the MP3 of the song you just paid for. Assuming they let you delete songs (I honestly don't know), delete the one you bought and replace it with the MP3. The quality may be lower, but you'll enjoy it more knowing that you can use it any way you like. http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltimgSrcquothttpimagesscri.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltimgSrcquothttpimagesscri.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/11/01/ltimgSrcquothttpimagesscri.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:18:53 GMT Survey #1: <a href="http://www.bloggercon.org/surveys/run/dwiner@cyber.law.harvard.edu/whoWillWinTheElection">Who will win the election?</a> http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/10/31/survey1LtaHrefquothttpwwwb.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/10/31/survey1LtaHrefquothttpwwwb.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/10/31/survey1LtaHrefquothttpwwwb.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 03:53:30 GMT Survey #2: <a href="http://www.bloggercon.org/surveys/run/dwiner@cyber.law.harvard.edu/whenWillWeKnow">When will we know the result?</a> http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/10/31/survey2LtaHrefquothttpwwwb.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/10/31/survey2LtaHrefquothttpwwwb.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2004/10/31/survey2LtaHrefquothttpwwwb.html#disqus_thread Mon, 01 Nov 2004 03:57:50 GMT