Scripting News podcast
Dave Winer
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Voicemail to NakedJen: AI, RSS, and Creative Possibility
As before I asked Claude.ai to do the show notes, from its point of view. I added links. As always if you really want to know what I said you have to listen. :-)Dave Winer left a voicemail for his…
Suspension of Disbelief in Software
As before I asked Claude.ai to do a synopsis, from its point of view. I added a link to Brent's post and a postscript. As always if you really want to know what I said you have to listen. :-)Dave…
Why men hate Democrats and more Boomer blowback
As before I asked Claude.ai to do a synopsis. I corrected one factual error (informing it, waiting for a new version, not correcting the writing). And I think it may have missed the big points of…
The killer app for AI
As with previous podcasts I asked Claude.ai to write the show notes based on a machine-generated transcript. It makes mistakes, so you have to listen to the podcast if you want to know what I really…
Frontier and Apple in the early 90s
As with previous podcasts I asked Claude.ai to write the show notes based on a machine-generated transcript. It makes mistakes, so you have to listen to the podcast if you want to know what I really…
How XML-RPC started up
As with the previous podcast I asked Claude.ai to write the show notes. It makes mistakes, so you have to listen to the podcast if you want to know what I really think. This time it wrote it in the…
Blogger of the Year
As with the previous podcast I asked Claude.ai to write the show notes. It chose to write it in the third person, which is great with me. It even filled in the first name of Jack Smith, when I…
What Would Firefox Do?
I asked Claude.ai to do the show notes -- something I really don't enjoy or have time for. So if this doesn't adequately describe the podcast, blame the AI. ;-)There's tired frustration among web…
Boastful story of Frontier and how it relates to today
I recorded this 23 minute podcast on October 31. I didn't publish it then, but I figured at some point I would. It's the story of how a product like Frontier comes into existence.I had done this…
Sarah Kendzior and Bluesky
A short podcast about Sarah Kendzior being banned from Bluesky, and why this shouldn't be like any other such event. We should learn, that systems like Bluesky depend on moderation, and they don't…
It's faster and even simpler than RSS
If I could grab you by the shoulders I would urge you to pay attention. Here's a way to push news around the net that's as fast as you can imagine it being, and even simpler than RSS. It's all about…
WordLand, the timeline and checkboxes
I'm in the homestretch on the next release of WordLand. This version has approximately twice as many features as the last one. Because, like Radio UserLand from long ago, it does both reading and…
A new model for blog discourse
When I started blogging, early on, I had a different system for discourse. Here's how it worked: First each post would go out via email to a group of eleven people. I was cc'd.The group was randomly…
Why blogging lost to Twitter and other folk songs
I'm starting to roll up the user interface of the new product, and so it's time to start talking about the features that are coming, and also let's talk about the mistakes we made last time, almost…
Last chance for the open web
I wrote a blog post last week about WordPress and the open web, and what I want to do there. It's the first time I've laid out in one place my plan for rekindling the open web, with my new editor…
A podcast from post-Katrina New Orleans.
I recorded this podcast in New Orleans on December 16, 2005. I had just spent three days there, visiting New Orleans and the Gulf coast of Mississippi, post Katrina. I've always been fascinated by…
Bird fight in the pond
My house has a view of a pond, which is endlessly interesting, year-round, through all seasons. And we have all the seasons here in the Catskill Mountains.Yesterday, I spied a large bird in the pond,…
Just answer the question, please, dear ChatGPT
Dave Winer explores his frustrations with ChatGPT's tendency to overcomplicate simple programming tasks. What should be a straightforward request for pagination code—a standard feature in virtually…
A podcast user's API
On Thursday I wrote: "It would be interesting if Pocket Casts had an API. I would love to be able to one-click subscribe to a podcast in my feed reader. I mention Pocket Casts because it's the…
Wired and Harvard, big change still coming
I've been thinking a lot about Harvard lately, and a revealing podcast interview with the top editorial person at Wired. Elon Musk wasn't over-exposed, he burned out. If he hadn't saluted like a…
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Scripting News podcast has published 25 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Arts, Business.
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