Notices by Dave Winer ☕️ (davew@mastodon.social), page 2

@pfefferle

I think that's the intro. We'll see. I'm having a lot of fun with this. Every time I explain it to smart people I figure out how to explain it in general.

@pfefferle --

after our conversation I realize it's time to write up an informal spec of how the network i'm envisioning will work.

i need it for the work i'm doing, and definitely will need it to explain how it works. and maybe get some ideas from people who review it.

@pfefferle -- do you still need examples?

The penalty for ABC and Disney should be we stop watching their stuff.

@pfefferle

i would start by asking chatgpt

@pfefferle

https://medium.com/@michellemonet/there-has-to-be-a-pony-in-here-somewhere-a-thanksgiving-wish-61bb645ffd63

@pfefferle

Thanks Matthias! I really enjoyed our talk. Lots to think about. 🤔

Until we start working together and for each other it’s going to keep getting worse.

@evan

Evan -- I looked into it, and it appears they can do it. I don't think they should. It doesn't say anything about their product that means anything. I would have gone for a name that means "Make A Lot of Money" or "You can trust us with your money" for the other side of the bargain.

My guess is they want to turn this into a billion dollars or more because it's related to AI. I wish I had never heard of this. I don't care about that kind of tech. ;-)

@pfefferle

You know that you're over the hill...

When your mind makes a promise..

That your body can't fill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHcGkGdiEHc

@evan

just responded to a comment from 17 years ago.

edwin went on to found feedly.

@evan

btw --

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascripting.com+identi.ca

@evan

btw i was ready to help you too. shortly after i moved to nyc and got settled in i was going to come up to montreal for a visit, but somehow right at that moment you and a bunch of other familiar people were meeting privately with someone from google. i had seen that movie before too in many instances of the tech industry.

i see the long journey you took from that, i think we might have gotten there quickly.

did you write the software in identi.ca?

@evan

i was very impressed with pointcast.

that CNN on the Desktop piece ran in Wired.

and they quoted it everywhere.

it was a breakthrough. probably not the most elegant implementation, but wow what an idea.

@evan

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascripting.com+pointcast

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascripting.com+castanet

@evan

thanks for the callout. ;-)

it's the first i've heard of it.

i'll do some reading and thinking.

@evan @suzannealdrich

I published a screen shot of your post on my blog.

http://scripting.com/2025/09/08.html#a150606

Like I said in the post, everything else is baloney. Put that at the top of every spec you write, so people know not to drift into bullshit-land. ;-)

@evan @suzannealdrich

I have the answer to that good question.

https://feedland.social/opml?screenname=davewiner&catname=daveverse

That’s the collection of feeds that reps my web writing.

@suzannealdrich

i use automattic's bridge to activitypub, so i don't have to worry about the innards.

but i like the way the web works better.

that's what i'm going to stick with.

@suzannealdrich

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

to get rid of the difference so we really can write in our home and have it go where ever we want.

everyone wants this.

we have pingbacks in RSS and they work, and wordpress supports them.

it's the obvious way to go.

masto and bluesky have to hook up to our network, not vice versa.

http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html?title=thinkDifferentAboutWordpress