June 15, 2004

Ragging on Winer

Elisabeth Riba has the best line on the Weblogs.com blackout I've read so far:

I never knew that much about Dave Winer before I met him at Bloggercon. I wasn't terribly impressed by what I saw and heard from him while there, and everything I've heard since has confirmed that opinion of him as an egomanaical blowhard with his head in the clouds. So much for his vision of blogtopia. Maybe now bloggers can focus on real issues instead of his utopian fantasylands?

The lesson to be learned is to move to a weblog setup as much under your own control as possible. If you're on BlogSpot or TypePad, think about buying some server space. With webloggers [and here] offering the service you should expect good service and a sympatheic hand if needed.

"Death of the Gatekeeper"

UPDATE: I was waiting for Kevin to toss in his two cents. He hasn't let me down.

For more reading pleasure there's this comparison between SixApart and Mr. Winer.