Adam Curry: Dave Winer

wot

Fri, 07 May 2004 18:50:41 GMT

Andrew's been working on his Weblog Outlining Tool for Radio. Category support is now working. That means never having to leave my outliner again when posting. Lovin' it!

My next feature requests are:

Tool code-refresh (handy for beta testers)
Enclosure url input

exnodes for sale

Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:03:16 GMT

Marcus turned me onto the IBPvo project that uses LoRS. Without a doubt something big media companies will want to take a look at. Currently you can set a 'vcr' to record any television program, and download it super fast from distributed nodes. I can't get access to the system because it is intended for scholastic and research purposes only and I guess I don't qualify. I was hoping to figure out a way to attach an exnode (that's the file (200kb) you receive in the mail when your recorded program is ready for watching) as an enclosure in an RSS feed. I will pay for access to such a system/service/feed. Feel free to send me any exnodes you have layin' around :) The more I play around with this system, the more perfect it seems for RSS enclosures. When you store a file, it has a lease of 1 day before it is purged from the system. More than enough time for an aggregator to download the file and store a local copy. Self cleansing distribution and storage! I've attached an exnode of an mp3 if anyone wants to give the system a try.

enclosures problem in radio

Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:29:55 GMT

I just noticed the "Radio Userland" has a problem with long filenames when downloading enclosures. It looks like the downloads occur, but can't be written to the designated enclosures folder. This results in RU attempting to [re]download massive numbers of files each time you restart. Has anyone else encountered this?

snapping it all together

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:01:32 GMT

Dave asks how the new outliner-based CMS should be packaged. Seems like a perfect candidate for what we used to call a web-service. Connect your outliner to it and it spits back static pages to the ftp server of your choice...

building blocks

Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:24:15 GMT

"Scripting News" has changed it's header. The directory structure is becoming more apparent with each new node that is added. I already know where my 'world' will connect. This is like lego for the web, each "opml" document snaps into any other.

payment for payloads

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 09:44:31 GMT

Yesterday dave added a 35Mb quicktime video to his rss feed that automagically popped up ready to play on my machine this morning. I will pay anyone who is willing to set up a similar rss feed with daily enclosures of Letterman and/or Leno's tv show for my private viewing pleasure. If you have a TiVo, it probably can be a completely automated process, including my paypal payment to you.

wikipedia

Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:25:05 GMT

I never looked at Wikipedia until yesterday. Probably because I'm not into wiki's. Shows you something about marketing, I never knew this site is The Free Encyclopedia. Just browing around I noticed three things; 1) the contributions are thorough and professional 2) anyone can contribute and 3) It's a directory. So now I'm wondering if wikipedia has an API so applications can access this wonder resource.

weaning off the cactus

Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:58:59 GMT

As we say here in the lowlands, the quater finally dropped as more of dave's directory vision comes into view. The "Scripting News" weblog is now a node in dave's personal directory, which seamlessly connects to any other directory that supports opml. Additionally, I believe that he's rigged "Radio" so you can pull in other weblogs or similar directory nodes to (auto) publish in your personal directory or directly to your own weblog.

i want my opml web

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:57:31 GMT

The new Scripting News infrastructure is starting to come into view. With a new aggregator, opml directory and rss integration it looks like we'll be connecting our weblogs with a new kind of web. A web that keeps important items from scrolling off the screen and connects weblog content. The possibilities seem limitless. I think today is the switch, can't wait!

sn new layout coming soon?

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 14:32:23 GMT

Dave is later than usual with his first SN update of the day. I wonder if he's preparing to unveil the new layout for his weblog. He certainly dropped a few hints yesterday. Update: I admit that 'other' light day did cross my mind briefly. Toothaches suck too.

scripting my flow

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:29:16 GMT

I was reviewing the FatMan in a Bathtub session from BloggerCon and was intrigued by the Scripting News publishing system. It's a combination of both "Manila" and "Radio". I'd really like to set up a similar system for myself (a diehard RU user) but there's only one problem: I can't get the permalinks to work properly. I recall Dave mentioning something about a custom script that creates the appropriate permalinks when saving a post in the radio outliner. Another feature is that the permalinks don't break when you promote or demote posts on the homepage.

opml contacts directory

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:13:59 GMT

While reading this description of the apple OS X address book, It hit me that using OPML directories would make sharing my contacts and those of others a breeze. A directory is just like a (phone) directory I suppose. So feast your eyes on my contacts directory. If you have a contacts directory in opml, please send me the link so we can demonstrate linking in other contacts. (ps) Anyone care to write an applescript to export the addressbook to OPML?

webdir

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:43:32 GMT

Dave is threatening to take radical action to get decentralized directories happening. I wondered how this would work, so I've created a directory right here on my log's homepage as I envision the directory web working...

google directory biased?

Mon, 20 Oct 2003 21:02:53 GMT

Wow, this should spark a revolt against Google, if true. Perhaps the perfect moment to start our own decentralized directory. Which will take some marketing, just like the litle orange xml icons were used to evangelize "rss". It ain't much yet, but I've started my own directory here.

syncPod channel update

Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:46:39 GMT

The syncPod channel has bene updated with a new mp3. This feed is intended to stimulate the development of "rss" enclosure applications. Subscribe

informal schmooze

Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:11:01 GMT

Looks like the blog is working to overtime to get an informal 'thang' happening on friday before bloggercon.

Saturday Morning

Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:28:58 GMT

Hi dave, Did it work? I resent the url to you, hopefully eudora will keep it in your inbox :)

trackback for replies?

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:27:54 GMT

Looking at Dave's reply, trackback might be an interesting application to apply to converting [rss] posts into an email-like communications system.

spam free test worked!

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:05:16 GMT

It Worked!!! Dave saw my note and when I checked his feed in my outliner I saw he sent me a spam-free message. Bing!

fixing email

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:01:04 GMT

Hi Dave, I hope you have time to read my essay on how to fix email. AC