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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- RSS generated by oldSchool v0.8.12 on Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:44:34 GMT --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:source="http://source.scripting.com/"> <channel> <title>Scripting News</title> <link>http://scripting.com/</link> <description>Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:39:02 GMT</pubDate> <language>en-us</language> <generator>oldSchool v0.8.12</generator> <copyright>&copy; copyright 1994-2024 Dave Winer.</copyright> <docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:44:34 GMT</lastBuildDate> <cloud domain="rpc.rsscloud.io" port="5337" path="/pleaseNotify" registerProcedure="" protocol="http-post" /> <image> <url>https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/06/04/curly.png</url> <title>Scripting News</title> <link>http://scripting.com/</link> <description>Scripting News gets an image because it's part of a network that uses them. 6/4/25 by DW</description> </image> <source:account service="twitter">davewiner</source:account> <source:localTime>Thu, October 9, 2025 5:44 PM EDT</source:localTime> <source:self>http://scripting.com/rss.xml</source:self> <source:blogroll>https://feedland.social/opml?screenname=davewiner&catname=blogroll</source:blogroll> <item> <title><i>Cute paste</i> for WordLand</title> <description><p><i>Note this is for the 0.8 release of WordLand coming soooon. Not in the current released product. </i></p> <p>A <a href="https://herve.bzh/cute-paste-in-wordland/">friend</a> asked for this feature a few months back, before we had a Markdown mode in WordLand. </p> <p>As I'm reviewing the product for first beta I realized I could now implement the feature he asked for.</p> <p>How to..</p> <ol> <li>Copy a URL to the clipboard.</li> <li>Open WordLand, bring it to the front.</li> <li>Go into Markdown mode by clicking the M icon. It turns green.</li> <li>Select the text you want to be a link.</li> <li>Paste the URL copied in step 1.</li> </ol> <p>It creates the link for you, in Markdown syntax of course. </p> <p>To see it in HTML, just flip the Markdown button off.</p> <p>I call this feature Cute Paste. :-)</p> <p>A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUAX6UaHQMg">video demo</a>.</p> </description> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:39:02 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html?title=cutePasteForWordland</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html</guid> <source:outline text="<i>Cute paste</i> for WordLand" created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:39:02 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html"> <source:outline text="<i>Note this is for the 0.8 release of WordLand coming soooon. Not in the current released product. </i>" created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:39:16 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a133916"/> <source:outline text="A <a href="https://herve.bzh/cute-paste-in-wordland/">friend</a> asked for this feature a few months back, before we had a Markdown mode in WordLand." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:39:11 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a133911"/> <source:outline text="As I'm reviewing the product for first beta I realized I could now implement the feature he asked for." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:41:39 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a134139"/> <source:outline text="How to.." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:39:43 GMT" flNumberedSubs="true" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a133943"> <source:outline text="Copy a URL to the clipboard." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:39:40 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a133940"/> <source:outline text="Open WordLand, bring it to the front." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:18:29 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a161829"/> <source:outline text="Go into Markdown mode by clicking the M icon. It turns green." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:40:02 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a134002"/> <source:outline text="Select the text you want to be a link." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:40:04 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a134004"/> <source:outline text="Paste the URL copied in step 1." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:39:41 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a133941"/> </source:outline> <source:outline text="It creates the link for you, in Markdown syntax of course." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="To see it in HTML, just flip the Markdown button off." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:40:12 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a134012"/> <source:outline text="I call this feature Cute Paste. :-)" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUAX6UaHQMg">video demo</a>." created="Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:40:49 GMT" urlVideo="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUAX6UaHQMg" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/09/133902.html#a134049"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description><a href="https://wordpress.feedland.org/">WordPress news</a> via FeedLand.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:01:15 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a200115</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a200115</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="https://wordpress.feedland.org/">WordPress news</a> via FeedLand." created="Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:01:15 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a200115"/> </item> <item> <description><a class="anchorRightMargin" href="http://scripting.com/2025/09/18/145808.html"><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/08/reallySimpleBooks.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;"></a>The same energy that forced Biden off the ticket should get Schumer and Jeffries out of the top seats. Replace with people who can speak plainly about what's actually happening.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:58:42 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a165842</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a165842</guid> <source:outline text="The same energy that forced Biden off the ticket should get Schumer and Jeffries out of the top seats. Replace with people who can speak plainly about what's actually happening." created="Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:58:42 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/08/reallySimpleBooks.png" imageLink="http://scripting.com/2025/09/18/145808.html" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a165842"/> </item> <item> <description>I stop reading every piece that begins by wondering if the Dems or Repubs are "winning" the shutdown. Anything the Dems can do that has anything to do with governing is a win for all of us, including the Repubs, but esp the Dems. This is a new world, the old one is gone. Every day is a new reality.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:17:11 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a171711</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a171711</guid> <source:outline text="I stop reading every piece that begins by wondering if the Dems or Repubs are "winning" the shutdown. Anything the Dems can do that has anything to do with governing is a win for all of us, including the Repubs, but esp the Dems. This is a new world, the old one is gone. Every day is a new reality." created="Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:17:11 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a171711"/> </item> <item> <description>Fellow humans. If we're competing with AI, and to some extent it seems we are, consider that they have much better writing tools than we do. If we are to put up some kind of resistance to our cyber-domination, shouldn't we invest in better writing tools for bodied-intellects like us?</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:16:46 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a141646</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a141646</guid> <source:outline text="Fellow humans. If we're competing with AI, and to some extent it seems we are, consider that they have much better writing tools than we do. If we are to put up some kind of resistance to our cyber-domination, shouldn't we invest in better writing tools for bodied-intellects like us?" created="Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:16:46 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a141646"/> </item> <item> <description>I try not to run away from controversy when conventional wisdom is in the way of progress.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:44:52 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a134452</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a134452</guid> <source:outline text="I try not to run away from controversy when conventional wisdom is in the way of progress." created="Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:44:52 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a134452"/> </item> <item> <description>The big deal with WordPress, as outlined in the <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html">Think Different piece</a> is that the strong API makes WP into something quite different from what most people think it is. I think of it as an OS for writing on the web. Very analogous to what we use(d) PCs and Macs for before networks were everywhere. This came up in a thread on Bluesky about MicroPub which appears to be a redo of Metaweblog, with better identity system.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:29:33 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a132933</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a132933</guid> <source:outline text="The big deal with WordPress, as outlined in the <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html">Think Different piece</a> is that the strong API makes WP into something quite different from what most people think it is. I think of it as an OS for writing on the web. Very analogous to what we use(d) PCs and Macs for before networks were everywhere. This came up in a thread on Bluesky about MicroPub which appears to be a redo of Metaweblog, with better identity system." created="Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:29:33 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a132933"/> </item> <item> <description>The ActivityPub world, which MicroPub is part of (I guess), could benefit from reading Joel Spolsky's piece about <a href="https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/04/21/dont-let-architecture-astronauts-scare-you/">Architecture Astronauts</a>.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:43:15 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a134315</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a134315</guid> <source:outline text="The ActivityPub world, which MicroPub is part of (I guess), could benefit from reading Joel Spolsky's piece about <a href="https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/04/21/dont-let-architecture-astronauts-scare-you/">Architecture Astronauts</a>." created="Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:43:15 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/08.html#a134315"/> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/08/17/dewey.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">Why we <i>all</i> should love RSS. It makes the web higher level without taking anything away.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:41:25 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/07.html#a164125</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/07.html#a164125</guid> <source:outline text="Why we <i>all</i> should love RSS. It makes the web higher level without taking anything away." created="Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:41:25 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/08/17/dewey.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07.html#a164125"/> </item> <item> <description>Thanks to <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/tanyaweiman.bsky.social/post/3m2mt5qvccs2b">Tanya Weiman</a> for observing that this blog started <a href="http://scripting.com/davenet/1994/10/07/marccantersingsagain.html">31 years ago</a>. Probably the longest-running blog on the internets. Still making trouble. And as they say, still diggin. You can always tell how long it's been by <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/07/bottomOfPage.png">looking</a> at the bottom of <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html">any archive page</a>, where it's constantly calculating, down to the second, how long this blog has been running.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:38:47 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/07.html#a193847</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/07.html#a193847</guid> <source:outline text="Thanks to <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/tanyaweiman.bsky.social/post/3m2mt5qvccs2b">Tanya Weiman</a> for observing that this blog started <a href="http://scripting.com/davenet/1994/10/07/marccantersingsagain.html">31 years ago</a>. Probably the longest-running blog on the internets. Still making trouble. And as they say, still diggin. You can always tell how long it's been by <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/07/bottomOfPage.png">looking</a> at the bottom of <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html">any archive page</a>, where it's constantly calculating, down to the second, how long this blog has been running." created="Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:38:47 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07.html#a193847"/> </item> <item> <description>Try as hard as I can I still have distinct flows and more than one place where I edit. I think that's a consequence of working on WordLand. I have to use it for serious writing, otherwise how would I know if it works. Maybe I can find a way to merge flows, but not at the moment. I still have to do some copy/pasting.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:06:46 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/07.html#a160646</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/07.html#a160646</guid> <source:outline text="Try as hard as I can I still have distinct flows and more than one place where I edit. I think that's a consequence of working on WordLand. I have to use it for serious writing, otherwise how would I know if it works. Maybe I can find a way to merge flows, but not at the moment. I still have to do some copy/pasting." created="Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:06:46 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07.html#a160646"/> </item> <item> <title>The antidote to Bigco dominance</title> <description><p>Fascinating <a href="https://www.shellen.com/2025/10/07/layover-over/">blog post</a> from Jason Shellen, tech entrepreneur, formerly with Blogger and Google. Here’s my perspective on part of the story he tells about RSS and Google Reader.</p> <p>Netscape gave us RSS 0.91 and it was good enough to create a new powerful layer on the web. Then Netscape blew up and a bunch of repeated efforts to kill it from big companies. I’ll leave it to others to say why, but they tried over and over to extinguish the spark. Independent developers were stubborn, we kept using the original format, and in the end the independents prevailed. </p> <p>Don’t ever think bigco’s are the answer. They almost always suck the life out of open systems. If you have something good going: <b>work together</b>. It’s the antidote to bigco dominance. </p> <p>If you suck up to the bigco thinking they’ll let you in, maybe they will for a short while. But what you’ll be left with may not be worth the cost. </p> <p>And just because you have a job at a bigco doesn’t make you hot shit. Maybe for a moment. </p> <p>This theory has a name, it’s described in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma">Prisoner’s Dilemma</a>, and its lesson applies in tech and in the political disaster the US has become.</p> </description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:09:50 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/07/160950.html?title=theAntidoteToBigcoDominance</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/07/160950.html</guid> <source:outline text="The antidote to Bigco dominance" created="Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:09:50 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07/160950.html"> <source:outline text="Fascinating <a href="https://www.shellen.com/2025/10/07/layover-over/">blog post</a> from Jason Shellen, tech entrepreneur, formerly with Blogger and Google. Here’s my perspective on part of the story he tells about RSS and Google Reader." created="Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:10:09 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07/160950.html#a161009"/> <source:outline text="Netscape gave us RSS 0.91 and it was good enough to create a new powerful layer on the web. Then Netscape blew up and a bunch of repeated efforts to kill it from big companies. I’ll leave it to others to say why, but they tried over and over to extinguish the spark. Independent developers were stubborn, we kept using the original format, and in the end the independents prevailed." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07/160950.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="Don’t ever think bigco’s are the answer. They almost always suck the life out of open systems. If you have something good going: <b>work together</b>. It’s the antidote to bigco dominance." created="Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:50:19 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07/160950.html#a195019"/> <source:outline text="If you suck up to the bigco thinking they’ll let you in, maybe they will for a short while. But what you’ll be left with may not be worth the cost." created="Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:11:41 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07/160950.html#a161141"/> <source:outline text="And just because you have a job at a bigco doesn’t make you hot shit. Maybe for a moment." created="Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:51:12 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07/160950.html#a195112"/> <source:outline text="This theory has a name, it’s described in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma">Prisoner’s Dilemma</a>, and its lesson applies in tech and in the political disaster the US has become." created="Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:10:41 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/07/160950.html#a161041"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2017/08/06/hippieBus.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">I do all my shopping in ChatGPT. There must be a way to monetize that. For example, I want to buy a new backpack to carry my laptop and other mobile stuff. I should be able to set up anywhere there's wifi. I've got a modern MacBook Air, an iPad and two phones, one iOS and one Android. The main one is Android, I have to carry the iPhone because I use an Apple watch. I imagine there must be some improvements made in backpacks since I bought the last one, which was when I lived in Berkeley, in the late 00s.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:06:32 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a210632</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a210632</guid> <source:outline text="I do all my shopping in ChatGPT. There must be a way to monetize that. For example, I want to buy a new backpack to carry my laptop and other mobile stuff. I should be able to set up anywhere there's wifi. I've got a modern MacBook Air, an iPad and two phones, one iOS and one Android. The main one is Android, I have to carry the iPhone because I use an Apple watch. I imagine there must be some improvements made in backpacks since I bought the last one, which was when I lived in Berkeley, in the late 00s." created="Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:06:32 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2017/08/06/hippieBus.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a210632"/> </item> <item> <description>I've been evangelizing <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=evangelism">evangelism</a> lately. Focus on goals and help others help us achieve them. It's a virtuous cycle, because once people figure out that they can get help by helping us, they will help us more. That is, when it works.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:05:27 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a210527</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a210527</guid> <source:outline text="I've been evangelizing <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=evangelism">evangelism</a> lately. Focus on goals and help others help us achieve them. It's a virtuous cycle, because once people figure out that they can get help by helping us, they will help us more. That is, when it works." created="Mon, 06 Oct 2025 21:05:27 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a210527"/> </item> <item> <description>Reason #29812 you know our current writing system is broken. When you want to post something that has more than the maximum characters they post an image instead of the text. I once wasted a few months making a <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=pngwriter">writing tool</a> for those kinds of posts, hoping that if it caught on we could have a shadow network that moved the actual text around the net between users.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:15:25 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a141525</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a141525</guid> <source:outline text="Reason #29812 you know our current writing system is broken. When you want to post something that has more than the maximum characters they post an image instead of the text. I once wasted a few months making a <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=pngwriter">writing tool</a> for those kinds of posts, hoping that if it caught on we could have a shadow network that moved the actual text around the net between users." created="Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:15:25 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a141525"/> </item> <item> <description>I did a <a href="https://youtu.be/pkHV7ir0_hM?si=7UbFzFiUc77FRBGA&t=416">video demo</a> of pngWriter in Dec 2016.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:22:05 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a142205</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a142205</guid> <source:outline text="I did a <a href="https://youtu.be/pkHV7ir0_hM?si=7UbFzFiUc77FRBGA&t=416">video demo</a> of pngWriter in Dec 2016." created="Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:22:05 GMT" type="outline" urlVideo="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkHV7ir0_hM&t=29s" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/06.html#a142205"/> </item> <item> <description>In 2014 I wrote a <a href="http://scripting.com/2014/09/28/myManifestoForWebWriting.html">manifesto</a> about web writing. A decade later later, I'm still trying to get writing on the web to work again. It was on a good track before <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html">the rude interruption</a>.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:59:16 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/05.html#a155916</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/05.html#a155916</guid> <source:outline text="In 2014 I wrote a <a href="http://scripting.com/2014/09/28/myManifestoForWebWriting.html">manifesto</a> about web writing. A decade later later, I'm still trying to get writing on the web to work again. It was on a good track before <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html">the rude interruption</a>." created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:59:16 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05.html#a155916"/> </item> <item> <title>Before we were so rudely interrupted</title> <description><p>I've <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=%22Before%20we%20were%20so%20rudely%20interrupted%22">used</a> this phrase a few times recently: "Before we were so rudely interrupted."</p> <p>Or, "the big interruption."</p> <p>I'm referring to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Twitter">2006</a>, when web writing was downgraded, to be 140 characters with no styling, no links, without the ability to edit. </p> <p>That's when writing on the web started going in the toilet. </p> <p>So when I say it again I may link to this post, because out here on the web, <a href="http://scripting.com/scripting/manila/bloggerCon/ruleoflinks.html">linking</a> is always allowed. </p> </description> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:04:57 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html?title=beforeWeWereSoRudelyInterrupted</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html</guid> <source:outline text="Before we were so rudely interrupted" created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:04:57 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html"> <source:outline text="I've <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=%22Before%20we%20were%20so%20rudely%20interrupted%22">used</a> this phrase a few times recently: "Before we were so rudely interrupted."" created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:05:04 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html#a180504"/> <source:outline text="Or, "the big interruption."" created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:07:57 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html#a180757"/> <source:outline text="I'm referring to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Twitter">2006</a>, when web writing was downgraded, to be 140 characters with no styling, no links, without the ability to edit." created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:05:24 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html#a180524"/> <source:outline text="That's when writing on the web started going in the toilet." created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:06:19 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html#a180619"/> <source:outline text="So when I say it again I may link to this post, because out here on the web, <a href="http://scripting.com/scripting/manila/bloggerCon/ruleoflinks.html">linking</a> is always allowed." created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:06:29 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/180457.html#a180629"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <title>Nightly email subs work again</title> <description><p>Please <a href="https://subscribe.scripting.com/">try again</a> if you've been waiting.</p> <p>Report problems <a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/issues/330">here</a>.</p> <p>It had been broken since Sept 14. </p> <p>Still diggin! ;-)</p> <p><a href="http://scripting.com/wavs/curly1.wav"><img src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2023/11/30/curly.png" width="53" height="63" border="0" alt="I'm trying to think but nothing happens!"></a></p> </description> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:15:42 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/151542.html?title=nightlyEmailSubsWorkAgain</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/151542.html</guid> <source:outline text="Nightly email subs work again" created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:15:42 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/151542.html"> <source:outline text="Please <a href="https://subscribe.scripting.com/">try again</a> if you've been waiting." created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:21:29 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/151542.html#a152129"/> <source:outline text="Report problems <a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/issues/330">here</a>." created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:20:22 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/151542.html#a152022"/> <source:outline text="It had been broken since Sept 14." created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:20:01 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/151542.html#a152001"/> <source:outline text="Still diggin! ;-)" created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:20:30 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/151542.html#a152030"/> <source:outline text="<a href="http://scripting.com/wavs/curly1.wav"><img src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2023/11/30/curly.png" width="53" height="63" border="0" alt="I'm trying to think but nothing happens!"></a>" created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:23:20 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/05/151542.html#a152320"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/04/vwIdBuzz.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">I test drove three different EVs today at an <a href="https://www.cenhud.com/en/my-energy/electric-vehicles/rideanddrive/">event</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUNY_Ulster">SUNY Ulster</a> today. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_ID._Buzz">VW ID.Buzz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivian_R1T">Rivian R1T</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_EV9">Kia EV9</a>. I was surprised the one I liked best was the VW. It handled well, the others were sloppy, drive like the big cars they are. The Rivian had the best computer system, looked even nicer at first look than the Tesla. The Kia EV9 had a standard Kia computer system, far behind that of Rivian or Tesla. VW's computer was halfway between, it appeared they thought overall about the controls, but I was so impressed by the ride, and size, and the whole concept of it, and I always liked vans. I'm seriously thinking about swapping my Tesla for the VW. There are other disadvantages, I'm going to start reading up on it, until today I never gave it any thought, didn't think it would be a car for me. But I <i>realllly</i> liked it.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 01:06:19 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/04.html#a010619</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/04.html#a010619</guid> <source:outline text="I test drove three different EVs today at an <a href="https://www.cenhud.com/en/my-energy/electric-vehicles/rideanddrive/">event</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUNY_Ulster">SUNY Ulster</a> today. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_ID._Buzz">VW ID.Buzz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivian_R1T">Rivian R1T</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_EV9">Kia EV9</a>. I was surprised the one I liked best was the VW. It handled well, the others were sloppy, drive like the big cars they are. The Rivian had the best computer system, looked even nicer at first look than the Tesla. The Kia EV9 had a standard Kia computer system, far behind that of Rivian or Tesla. VW's computer was halfway between, it appeared they thought overall about the controls, but I was so impressed by the ride, and size, and the whole concept of it, and I always liked vans. I'm seriously thinking about swapping my Tesla for the VW. There are other disadvantages, I'm going to start reading up on it, until today I never gave it any thought, didn't think it would be a car for me. But I <i>realllly</i> liked it." created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 01:06:19 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/04/vwIdBuzz.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/04.html#a010619"/> </item> <item> <description><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oety7qbfx7x6exn2ytrwikmr/post/3m2fwidhqks2u">Bluesky post</a>: "The idea is to build a social network entirely out of replaceable parts. No silos, no centralization. Just the web."</description> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 01:24:18 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/04.html#a012418</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/04.html#a012418</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oety7qbfx7x6exn2ytrwikmr/post/3m2fwidhqks2u">Bluesky post</a>: "The idea is to build a social network entirely out of replaceable parts. No silos, no centralization. Just the web."" created="Sun, 05 Oct 2025 01:24:18 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/04.html#a012418"/> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/02/letBartlet.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">In yesterday's <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a131238">piece</a> I suggested people start by creating a <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/03/howtocreatefreewordpressdotcomsite.png">free site</a> on wordpress.com to be their home on the open social web.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:32:51 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a133251</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a133251</guid> <source:outline text="In yesterday's <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a131238">piece</a> I suggested people start by creating a <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/03/howtocreatefreewordpressdotcomsite.png">free site</a> on wordpress.com to be their home on the open social web." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:32:51 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/02/letBartlet.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a133251"/> </item> <item> <description>People are surprised that I'm trying to build the for-real social web as opposed to the aspirational social web. It <i>does</i> require a lot of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutzpah">chutzpah</a>. I feel that. Sometimes I put off doing things because while the coding is simple and straightforward, the immensity of it overwhelms me a bit. I don't remember feeling that way the first time around, possibly because we were doing it all step by step over approx ten years. Now it's all compressed into weeks. I know how to do it, and I've got or built the pieces I needed. But it just doesn't somehow feel right that the idea is actually becoming a thing. "This can't be happening." But we live in that kind of time. Who knows what monsters lie within. We may find out. Heh. Maybe that's where the <a href="https://chatgpt.com/share/68dfd79b-ab24-8012-86b6-d7941c09f02a">goosebumps</a> come from.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:39:43 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a133943</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a133943</guid> <source:outline text="People are surprised that I'm trying to build the for-real social web as opposed to the aspirational social web. It <i>does</i> require a lot of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutzpah">chutzpah</a>. I feel that. Sometimes I put off doing things because while the coding is simple and straightforward, the immensity of it overwhelms me a bit. I don't remember feeling that way the first time around, possibly because we were doing it all step by step over approx ten years. Now it's all compressed into weeks. I know how to do it, and I've got or built the pieces I needed. But it just doesn't somehow feel right that the idea is actually becoming a thing. "This can't be happening." But we live in that kind of time. Who knows what monsters lie within. We may find out. Heh. Maybe that's where the <a href="https://chatgpt.com/share/68dfd79b-ab24-8012-86b6-d7941c09f02a">goosebumps</a> come from." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:39:43 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a133943"/> </item> <item> <description>With the advent of AI code development tools, maybe we should embark on a project to merge all programming languages into one syntax. To undo all the chaos and make humans more competitive with machines. The fact that there are so many development bubbles is a huge waste of resources. Makes us all net-net more stupid.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:43:23 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a144323</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a144323</guid> <source:outline text="With the advent of AI code development tools, maybe we should embark on a project to merge all programming languages into one syntax. To undo all the chaos and make humans more competitive with machines. The fact that there are so many development bubbles is a huge waste of resources. Makes us all net-net more stupid." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:43:23 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a144323"/> </item> <item> <description>Some day they will have <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oety7qbfx7x6exn2ytrwikmr/post/3m2d5gwnobc24">AI actors</a> delivering the nightly news and no one will notice.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:49:34 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a004934</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a004934</guid> <source:outline text="Some day they will have <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oety7qbfx7x6exn2ytrwikmr/post/3m2d5gwnobc24">AI actors</a> delivering the nightly news and no one will notice." created="Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:49:34 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03.html#a004934"/> </item> <item> <title>Should tech run the world?</title> <description><p>With all respect to the tech industry -- why is the traffic in the Bay Area so awful. Why haven't they done anything about it. </p> <p>Wouldn't that be a good test before running the whole world? As programmer myself, I wouldn't trust the algorithm without a lot of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_assurance">QA</a>. Seriously. Think about it</p> <p>It's the strangest configuration for a metropolitan area, the center of the city is in the middle of <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/03/bayAreaMap.png">the bay</a>. (Same as Seattle, btw.)</p> <p>The best answer the tech industry came up with was Uber, as far as I know.</p> <p>I lived in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Menlo Park, Berkeley, Los Gatos and Woodside over 31 years and I did nothing to fix the problem either. My answer was to move to NYC where the transit system is pretty great. Then I moved to the mountains and got a <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=tesla">Tesla</a>. </p> <p>BTW, the idea that the stars of Silicon Valley should run the world is not new. I first heard about it from Apple top level managers in the 1980s. They were not techno-fascists, but they did hugely underestimate what it takes to run the world, or even a small country in Africa. </p> </description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:59:20 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/145920.html?title=shouldTechRunTheWorld</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/145920.html</guid> <source:outline text="Should tech run the world?" created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:59:20 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/145920.html"> <source:outline text="With all respect to the tech industry -- why is the traffic in the Bay Area so awful. Why haven't they done anything about it." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:59:31 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/145920.html#a145931"/> <source:outline text="Wouldn't that be a good test before running the whole world? As programmer myself, I wouldn't trust the algorithm without a lot of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_assurance">QA</a>. Seriously. Think about it" created="Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:42:07 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/145920.html#a004207"/> <source:outline text="It's the strangest configuration for a metropolitan area, the center of the city is in the middle of <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/03/bayAreaMap.png">the bay</a>. (Same as Seattle, btw.)" created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:00:57 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/145920.html#a150057"/> <source:outline text="The best answer the tech industry came up with was Uber, as far as I know." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/145920.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="I lived in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Menlo Park, Berkeley, Los Gatos and Woodside over 31 years and I did nothing to fix the problem either. My answer was to move to NYC where the transit system is pretty great. Then I moved to the mountains and got a <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=tesla">Tesla</a>." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:59:34 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/145920.html#a145934"/> <source:outline text="BTW, the idea that the stars of Silicon Valley should run the world is not new. I first heard about it from Apple top level managers in the 1980s. They were not techno-fascists, but they did hugely underestimate what it takes to run the world, or even a small country in Africa." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:59:35 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/145920.html#a145935"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <title>Let the web be the web</title> <description><p>Yesterday I wrote about <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a131238">preserving freedom</a> by using replaceable parts to form a social web out of the web itself. Outside the silos. I'm getting comments on it. Nice to see other people thinking likewise. That's what we need to get a bootstrap going. People. </p> <p>In other words <i>the social web is the web. </i>It's made of people. Somehow we forgot that, and gave up so much.</p> <p>I was thinking I might have coined "let the web be the web" as an obvious ripoff of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9-3NxTzQ8">The West Wing</a> slogan for the new President Bartlet. But a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22let+the+web+be+the+web%22">search</a> reveals that it <i>was</i> used, but all in very good ways, so that's cool. However a <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%22let%20the%20web%20be%20the%20web%22&date=now%201-d&geo=US&hl=en">Google Trends search</a> shows up nothing. I'm going to look at this in a year or two and see if that has changed. <span style="font-size: 15px; padding-top: 2px;">😀</span></p> <p>It's such a sexy idea, I had to get ChatGPT to generate it. </p> <p><div class="divInlineImage"><center><img class="imgInline" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/03/letTheWebBeTheWeb.png"></center>Let the web be the web.</div></p> </description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:57:28 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/135728.html?title=letTheWebBeTheWeb</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/135728.html</guid> <source:outline text="Let the web be the web" created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:57:28 GMT" type="outline" description="The social web is the web. It's just that simple." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/135728.html"> <source:outline text="Yesterday I wrote about <a href="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a131238">preserving freedom</a> by using replaceable parts to form a social web out of the web itself. Outside the silos. I'm getting comments on it. Nice to see other people thinking likewise. That's what we need to get a bootstrap going. People." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:16:54 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/135728.html#a131654"/> <source:outline text="In other words <i>the social web is the web. </i>It's made of people. Somehow we forgot that, and gave up so much." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:14:37 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/135728.html#a141437"/> <source:outline text="I was thinking I might have coined "let the web be the web" as an obvious ripoff of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9-3NxTzQ8">The West Wing</a> slogan for the new President Bartlet. But a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22let+the+web+be+the+web%22">search</a> reveals that it <i>was</i> used, but all in very good ways, so that's cool. However a <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%22let%20the%20web%20be%20the%20web%22&date=now%201-d&geo=US&hl=en">Google Trends search</a> shows up nothing. I'm going to look at this in a year or two and see if that has changed. <span style="font-size: 15px; padding-top: 2px;">😀</span>" created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:26:54 GMT" type="outline" isComment="true" flInCalendar="true"/> <source:outline text="It's such a sexy idea, I had to get ChatGPT to generate it." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:57:38 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/135728.html#a135738"/> <source:outline text="Let the web be the web." created="Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:58:30 GMT" inlineImage="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/03/letTheWebBeTheWeb.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/03/135728.html#a135830"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description>New motto: Let the web be the web.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:46:41 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a154641</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a154641</guid> <source:outline text="New motto: Let the web be the web." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:46:41 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a154641"/> </item> <item> <description><a href="https://wordpress.feedland.org/">Latest news</a> from WordPress. Always looking <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/scripting.com/post/3m27nxhj5dc2b">for</a> more <a href="https://mastodon.social/@davew/115304807597336222">sources</a>. <span style="font-size: 15px;">😀</span></description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:24:10 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a132410</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a132410</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="https://wordpress.feedland.org/">Latest news</a> from WordPress. Always looking <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/scripting.com/post/3m27nxhj5dc2b">for</a> more <a href="https://mastodon.social/@davew/115304807597336222">sources</a>. <span style="font-size: 15px;">😀</span>" created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:24:10 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a132410"/> </item> <item> <description>I have a problem in the development version of WordLand. Sometimes when I bring it to the front, there's an error deep in jQuery, an event has fired and the handler is pointing to a string or number, not a function. It dies, with no stack crawl, because it was responding to a focus event or blur or something like that. Something got overwritten. I have no idea where or how it happened, but once found it will be obvious. I've been trying to figure it out with Claude and ChatGPT and I can see it's going to take a few hours of concentration and learning to figure it out. But then I realized hey -- I bet I could use the Chrome debugger to find this problem. It has Gemini built in. It has access to the running code. I don't have to act as an intermediary, gathering data, pasting stuff into the AI bot. Now I'm looking forward to doing this.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:52:32 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a145232</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a145232</guid> <source:outline text="I have a problem in the development version of WordLand. Sometimes when I bring it to the front, there's an error deep in jQuery, an event has fired and the handler is pointing to a string or number, not a function. It dies, with no stack crawl, because it was responding to a focus event or blur or something like that. Something got overwritten. I have no idea where or how it happened, but once found it will be obvious. I've been trying to figure it out with Claude and ChatGPT and I can see it's going to take a few hours of concentration and learning to figure it out. But then I realized hey -- I bet I could use the Chrome debugger to find this problem. It has Gemini built in. It has access to the running code. I don't have to act as an intermediary, gathering data, pasting stuff into the AI bot. Now I'm looking forward to doing this." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:52:32 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a145232"/> </item> <item> <description>Someday soon you're going to read a post here, have something quick you want to say, click on a little icon, the editor opens, you write, post, and it's on your blog. I get a pointer. I can read it, and if I want, I can attach it to my post. The writing stays in your space, so you have an archive of all your writing. We let the web be the web.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:58:33 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a145833</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a145833</guid> <source:outline text="Someday soon you're going to read a post here, have something quick you want to say, click on a little icon, the editor opens, you write, post, and it's on your blog. I get a pointer. I can read it, and if I want, I can attach it to my post. The writing stays in your space, so you have an archive of all your writing. We let the web be the web." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:58:33 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a145833"/> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2020/12/12/asGoodAsItGets.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">One of the things we can do to preserve freedom, is to resume using the open internet to communicate instead of the silos of Zuck and Musk et al. When you use the web instead of a silo you are helping build community outside, where free speech is the default. The more of us who communicate outside, the more people will be attracted. Your participation helps draw people out, where independent developers can create new tools for you without waiting for permission of big companies who own the network you're using. It's like voting. The more people do it, the stronger we all are. I've spent the last 31 years insisting on that freedom for myself as a writer and developer and sharing it with others. As people flocked to Twitter and Facebook, etc, you thought I was gone, finished, a loser. I know they think that about me. But honestly, I also knew the open internet would come back, because I knew its value, and I knew eventually the silos would reveal their <a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/500716650/donald-trump-clinches-the-presidency-in-major-upset">real cost</a>. They may appear free, but there's a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk_salute_controversy">price to pay</a>. I hope you'll consider using the tools. If you want to get started, create a free site on wordpress.com. Just create it. That will be your home on the open social web. And btw, you don't have to agree with my politics to be part of it. That's kind of the whole point. ;-)</description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:12:38 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a131238</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a131238</guid> <source:outline text="One of the things we can do to preserve freedom, is to resume using the open internet to communicate instead of the silos of Zuck and Musk et al. When you use the web instead of a silo you are helping build community outside, where free speech is the default. The more of us who communicate outside, the more people will be attracted. Your participation helps draw people out, where independent developers can create new tools for you without waiting for permission of big companies who own the network you're using. It's like voting. The more people do it, the stronger we all are. I've spent the last 31 years insisting on that freedom for myself as a writer and developer and sharing it with others. As people flocked to Twitter and Facebook, etc, you thought I was gone, finished, a loser. I know they think that about me. But honestly, I also knew the open internet would come back, because I knew its value, and I knew eventually the silos would reveal their <a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/500716650/donald-trump-clinches-the-presidency-in-major-upset">real cost</a>. They may appear free, but there's a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk_salute_controversy">price to pay</a>. I hope you'll consider using the tools. If you want to get started, create a free site on wordpress.com. Just create it. That will be your home on the open social web. And btw, you don't have to agree with my politics to be part of it. That's kind of the whole point. ;-)" created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:12:38 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2020/12/12/asGoodAsItGets.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02.html#a131238"/> </item> <item> <title>I have a very large head.</title> <description><p>Normal hats don't fit. Not even close.</p> <p>So I buy my caps from <a href="http://BigHatStore.com/">BigHatStore.com</a>.</p> <p>In prep for my trip to Ottawa later this month for WordCamp Canada, my first trip out of the country in a long time, I wanted to get a new hat. </p> <p>They don't have a big selection of NBA hats, so there's no Knicks hat that fits my head.</p> <p>And they didn't have any Mets hats for some reason. </p> <p>I thought -- I'll get a Wisconsin hat! I went to grad school in Madison and loved it there. You know Fuck em Bucky! But they didn't have any Wisconsin hats either. </p> <p>I was dejected, but noticed they <i>did</i> have Harvard hats. </p> <p>So I got one. </p> <p>Which reminds me of a joke a famous VC told when we were walking around on the Stanford campus in 2004. </p> <p>It goes like this...</p> <p>How can you tell someone went to Harvard?</p> <p>Pause.</p> <p>I give up.</p> <p>They tell you!</p> <p>Haha. </p> <p>Or they wear a Harvard baseball cap. </p> <p>I plan to tell that joke a few times, while wearing the cap. :-)</p> </description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:45:02 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html?title=iHaveAVeryLargeHead</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html</guid> <source:outline text="I have a very large head." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:45:02 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html"> <source:outline text="Normal hats don't fit. Not even close." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="So I buy my caps from <a href="http://BigHatStore.com/">BigHatStore.com</a>." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:45:15 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#a144515"/> <source:outline text="In prep for my trip to Ottawa later this month for WordCamp Canada, my first trip out of the country in a long time, I wanted to get a new hat." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="They don't have a big selection of NBA hats, so there's no Knicks hat that fits my head." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="And they didn't have any Mets hats for some reason." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="I thought -- I'll get a Wisconsin hat! I went to grad school in Madison and loved it there. You know Fuck em Bucky! But they didn't have any Wisconsin hats either." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="I was dejected, but noticed they <i>did</i> have Harvard hats." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:45:50 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#a144550"/> <source:outline text="So I got one." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="Which reminds me of a joke a famous VC told when we were walking around on the Stanford campus in 2004." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="It goes like this..." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="How can you tell someone went to Harvard?" created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:46:03 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#a144603"/> <source:outline text="Pause." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:46:04 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#a144604"/> <source:outline text="I give up." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="They tell you!" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="Haha." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="Or they wear a Harvard baseball cap." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:46:21 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#a144621"/> <source:outline text="I plan to tell that joke a few times, while wearing the cap. :-)" created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:46:26 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/144502.html#a144626"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <title>Don't focus on the Democratic Party</title> <description><p><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/02/letBartlet.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">I don’t like the Democratic leaders in Congress, but that doesn’t matter. People say what they’re doing won’t work. I agree. But the elected Democrats swore an oath, to uphold the Constitution. With that constraint there isn’t much they can do other than try to force the Repubs to do the same, and that isn't likely to work. It hasn't so far, but it's all they can do without breaking the Constitution themselves. Think about it. All these minds, and we haven't come up with anything.</p> <p>What brought this home was a comment by a Democratic congressperson saying on CNN last night no matter what they do Trump won’t obey if he doesn’t want to. It’s true. They could get Repubs in Congress to fund Obamacare, but Trump could ignore it. That’s reality. What do the pundits think they should do?</p> <p>Here's the unvarnished truth. Whatever the answer is it <i>can't</i> come from the Democratic Party. </p> </description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:36:55 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/143655.html?title=dontFocusOnTheDemocraticParty</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/143655.html</guid> <source:outline text="Don't focus on the Democratic Party" created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:36:55 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/143655.html"> <source:outline text="I don’t like the Democratic leaders in Congress, but that doesn’t matter. People say what they’re doing won’t work. I agree. But the elected Democrats swore an oath, to uphold the Constitution. With that constraint there isn’t much they can do other than try to force the Repubs to do the same, and that isn't likely to work. It hasn't so far, but it's all they can do without breaking the Constitution themselves. Think about it. All these minds, and we haven't come up with anything." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:37:09 GMT" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/02/letBartlet.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/143655.html#a143709"/> <source:outline text="What brought this home was a comment by a Democratic congressperson saying on CNN last night no matter what they do Trump won’t obey if he doesn’t want to. It’s true. They could get Repubs in Congress to fund Obamacare, but Trump could ignore it. That’s reality. What do the pundits think they should do?" created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:37:24 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/143655.html#a143724"/> <source:outline text="Here's the unvarnished truth. Whatever the answer is it <i>can't</i> come from the Democratic Party." created="Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:37:49 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/02/143655.html#a143749"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2020/12/15/deanForAmericaBumperSticker.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">A very small <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/01/bloggersRoomDean.png">picture</a> of the blogger's room at Dean For America in <a href="http://scripting.com/2004/01.html">January 2004</a>. A big chunk of political history happened in this room. I was there, in the runup to the Iowa caucus and on the night of the famous <a href="http://scripting.com/2004/01.html#theFamousDeanRant">Dean Scream</a>. Here's a picture of my digital <a href="http://essaysfromexodus.scripting.com/myCamera">camera</a> in 2004. It wasn't cheap and as we know it was futuristic. That was possibly one of the first digital selfies.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:35:45 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01.html#a133545</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01.html#a133545</guid> <source:outline text="A very small <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/01/bloggersRoomDean.png">picture</a> of the blogger's room at Dean For America in <a href="http://scripting.com/2004/01.html">January 2004</a>. A big chunk of political history happened in this room. I was there, in the runup to the Iowa caucus and on the night of the famous <a href="http://scripting.com/2004/01.html#theFamousDeanRant">Dean Scream</a>. Here's a picture of my digital <a href="http://essaysfromexodus.scripting.com/myCamera">camera</a> in 2004. It wasn't cheap and as we know it was futuristic. That was possibly one of the first digital selfies." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:35:45 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2020/12/15/deanForAmericaBumperSticker.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01.html#a133545"/> </item> <item> <description>I started <a href="https://palfreylaw.wordpress.com/">this site</a> to hold some of the essays <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Palfrey">John Palfrey</a> posts on Facebook, where they are out of reach of the tools of the open web. John is a longtime friend, for over 20 years, and we did some <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=palfrey">great stuff</a> together in the early days of the blogosphere. I will happily turn the site over to JP any time he wants, and provide personal support if there are problems. I want him in my online web family, and Facebook simply does not make that possible. It's a silo, as we know and that means it's basically a world unto itself. If we want to solve the problems of the world, we have to step out into the open space where what we write is not so local or controlled.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:29:32 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01.html#a132932</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01.html#a132932</guid> <source:outline text="I started <a href="https://palfreylaw.wordpress.com/">this site</a> to hold some of the essays <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Palfrey">John Palfrey</a> posts on Facebook, where they are out of reach of the tools of the open web. John is a longtime friend, for over 20 years, and we did some <a href="https://daytona.scripting.com/search?q=palfrey">great stuff</a> together in the early days of the blogosphere. I will happily turn the site over to JP any time he wants, and provide personal support if there are problems. I want him in my online web family, and Facebook simply does not make that possible. It's a silo, as we know and that means it's basically a world unto itself. If we want to solve the problems of the world, we have to step out into the open space where what we write is not so local or controlled." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:29:32 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01.html#a132932"/> </item> <item> <description>All the <a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/blob/master/blog/opml/2025/09.opml">September posts</a> in an OPML file.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:52:50 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01.html#a135250</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01.html#a135250</guid> <source:outline text="All the <a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/blob/master/blog/opml/2025/09.opml">September posts</a> in an OPML file." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:52:50 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01.html#a135250"/> </item> <item> <title>Frum's dilemma</title> <description><p>Listening to today's <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/10/the-david-frum-show-sam-harris/684424/">David Frum podcast</a>, from a journalist who says he reps the facts-only brand of journalism. He says his guest invented podcasting in 2014, about 14 years after we started it. </p> <p>He then says that anyone in tech in the late 1990s made hundreds of millions of dollars. I didn't make very much money on those terms in the 90s, but I did a lot of the creating in that period. </p> <p>Both of which tell you more about who he pays attention to than anything resembling the truth.</p> <p>Maybe the first thing journalism can do is let up on the arrogance, they represent their own point of view and nothing more. Humility.</p> <p>Regardless I find that Frum is worth listening too, because he asks questions that are worth thinking about. </p> <p>In today's podcast he asks if the Dems ever get control of government, should they use the new norms to punish the Repubs who so damaged our system. He says it's a tough question, I say he's made it unnecessarily complicated.</p> <p>The same people are also breaking laws that are on the books. Let the reconstituted DoJ do their jobs. And if there's one thing I'd insist on, they get an AG who doesn't dream a lot about how everyone means well, and they kick off the prosecutions immediately on taking office. And if the courts have been corrupted, then you have to deal with Frum's Dilemma, but not until then.</p> <p>And of course I'm not one of the people he can hear, but if you're one of the people he does listen to could you send this his way. Thanks! :-)</p> </description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:11:01 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html?title=frumsDilemma</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html</guid> <source:outline text="Frum's dilemma" created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:11:01 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html"> <source:outline text="Listening to today's <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/10/the-david-frum-show-sam-harris/684424/">David Frum podcast</a>, from a journalist who says he reps the facts-only brand of journalism. He says his guest invented podcasting in 2014, about 14 years after we started it." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:15:38 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html#a211538"/> <source:outline text="He then says that anyone in tech in the late 1990s made hundreds of millions of dollars. I didn't make very much money on those terms in the 90s, but I did a lot of the creating in that period." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="Both of which tell you more about who he pays attention to than anything resembling the truth." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="Maybe the first thing journalism can do is let up on the arrogance, they represent their own point of view and nothing more. Humility." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="Regardless I find that Frum is worth listening too, because he asks questions that are worth thinking about." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="In today's podcast he asks if the Dems ever get control of government, should they use the new norms to punish the Repubs who so damaged our system. He says it's a tough question, I say he's made it unnecessarily complicated." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:21:49 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html#a212149"/> <source:outline text="The same people are also breaking laws that are on the books. Let the reconstituted DoJ do their jobs. And if there's one thing I'd insist on, they get an AG who doesn't dream a lot about how everyone means well, and they kick off the prosecutions immediately on taking office. And if the courts have been corrupted, then you have to deal with Frum's Dilemma, but not until then." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="And of course I'm not one of the people he can hear, but if you're one of the people he does listen to could you send this his way. Thanks! :-)" created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:15:59 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/211101.html#a211559"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <title>We like Twitter. So blogging must be dead.</title> <description><p>I was having a conversation with Dan Knauss from the WordCamp Canada team. He said that people in the WordPress world don't think of it as a blogging community. I can see why they resist that, blogging has gotten a lot of bad PR in the last 19 years. The same bad PR that RSS got, and I felt that was so wrong, as wrong as what people said about blogging. </p> <p>We like Twitter. So blogging must be dead. I understand -- I get it. But that's marketing, and only necessary because Twitter wouldn't let blogging be part of what they did. I'd be happy to talk about that during my keynote if people want to hear why I think that. </p> <p>Anyway until 2017 I tried to fit in between the silos. 2017 is when I realized it was hopeless. I couldn't write for the web and for the silos at the same time, I had to choose, so I went with the web. Instant happiness. </p> <p>Okay so you don't emphasize blogging in the WordPress community. This imho is a mistake. </p> <p>Even if it was a community built around a style of sneakers or audio equipment I would say it's a mistake not to build a custom blogosphere just for the community. In the past we would have used Twitter for this, but I don't think anyone in their right mind wants to try to do that now. Esp a community, like WordPress, that has open web built into its bones. </p> <p>I don't have a lot of time to write this morning, so let me leave you with this story. It took years to boot up blogging as a community. I thought everyone would want to do it as soon as they saw what it was, but there needed to be a critical mass before there could be a critical mass. Logically impossible, right, but somehow it happened anyway. But slowly, in fits and starts. </p> <p>But podcasting, in contrast, happened much more quickly. The reason? We already had blogging to build on. We had a way to communicate without the press in the middle. That's the power of blogging. We build our own news system. Do things the journalists don't understand or are counter to conventional wisdom. </p> <p>So imho it's only coincidence that WordPress happens to be a great blogging tool. It can be that and all the other things it is. It's going to be something else too, if I have my way -- it's going to define the basic software that powers the social web. Not peripheral, but central. That and RSS. Incredibly powerful combination, and I think ready to be a strong alternative to the silos. In order for that to work, we have to reboot the blogosphere, so we will do that. :-)</p> <p>Cross-posted from <a href="https://canada.wordcamp.org/2025/we-like-twitter-so-blogging-must-be-dead/">WordCamp Canada</a>. </p> </description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:12:33 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html?title=weLikeTwitterSoBloggingMustBeDead</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html</guid> <source:outline text="We like Twitter. So blogging must be dead." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:12:33 GMT" type="outline" metaImage="https://imgs.scripting.com/2025/10/01/failwhale.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html"> <source:outline text="I was having a conversation with Dan Knauss from the WordCamp Canada team. He said that people in the WordPress world don't think of it as a blogging community. I can see why they resist that, blogging has gotten a lot of bad PR in the last 19 years. The same bad PR that RSS got, and I felt that was so wrong, as wrong as what people said about blogging." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:12:37 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html#a151237"/> <source:outline text="We like Twitter. So blogging must be dead. I understand -- I get it. But that's marketing, and only necessary because Twitter wouldn't let blogging be part of what they did. I'd be happy to talk about that during my keynote if people want to hear why I think that." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:16:57 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html#a151657"/> <source:outline text="Anyway until 2017 I tried to fit in between the silos. 2017 is when I realized it was hopeless. I couldn't write for the web and for the silos at the same time, I had to choose, so I went with the web. Instant happiness." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="Okay so you don't emphasize blogging in the WordPress community. This imho is a mistake." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="Even if it was a community built around a style of sneakers or audio equipment I would say it's a mistake not to build a custom blogosphere just for the community. In the past we would have used Twitter for this, but I don't think anyone in their right mind wants to try to do that now. Esp a community, like WordPress, that has open web built into its bones." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html#aNaNNaNNaN"/> <source:outline text="I don't have a lot of time to write this morning, so let me leave you with this story. It took years to boot up blogging as a community. I thought everyone would want to do it as soon as they saw what it was, but there needed to be a critical mass before there could be a critical mass. Logically impossible, right, but somehow it happened anyway. But slowly, in fits and starts." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:15:37 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html#a151537"/> <source:outline text="But podcasting, in contrast, happened much more quickly. The reason? We already had blogging to build on. We had a way to communicate without the press in the middle. That's the power of blogging. We build our own news system. Do things the journalists don't understand or are counter to conventional wisdom." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:16:16 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html#a151616"/> <source:outline text="So imho it's only coincidence that WordPress happens to be a great blogging tool. It can be that and all the other things it is. It's going to be something else too, if I have my way -- it's going to define the basic software that powers the social web. Not peripheral, but central. That and RSS. Incredibly powerful combination, and I think ready to be a strong alternative to the silos. In order for that to work, we have to reboot the blogosphere, so we will do that. :-)" created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:12:48 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html#a151248"/> <source:outline text="Cross-posted from <a href="https://canada.wordcamp.org/2025/we-like-twitter-so-blogging-must-be-dead/">WordCamp Canada</a>." created="Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:12:49 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2025/10/01/151233.html#a151249"/> </source:outline> </item> </channel> </rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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