Dave Winer: in focus

If anyone could be credited with kickstarting the blogosphere, it’s this man.

The prime mover

Just about any claim concerning who started anything in this field will start a bitter argument, but if Winer’s name doesn’t come up, you know that there’s something vital missing from the debate.

Watch him, listen to him?

Here is a video of Dave Winer being interviewed by 'Robert X Cringely' (the legendary pseudonymous satyrical columnist from InfoWorld) which is video number 6 on a page (the site is called Nerd TV) of other really interesting video interviews with other leading tech figures

Want to save time and get a combined 'first contact' with blogosphere phenomena including Dave Winer, The Gillmor Gang, Gnomedex and the history of RSS and Podcasting, all in one go?  Listen to this.

A chorus of disapproval

Every time he comes up with something new (which he does regularly) it is almost inevitably greeted by a chorus of dismissal, usually based upon the personal disaffection of his detractors, who are legion.

Yet every time, at least some aspects of his latest ideas end up becoming universally adopted as best practice.

No punches pulled

He never pulls any punches, so one often finds his blog looking like a battlefield strewn with bleeding-edge ideas, often hotly contested, which makes it a compelling place to check out.

Look here first

If you want to know what’s going to happen next in blogging technology, David Winer's site, Scripting News is one of the first places to look