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October 7, 2005

A Big Day For Dave Winer

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Posted by Alex Williams

I took a bit of time today to play today with Judy. We rode the bus, walked a lot and ate well. Came home to read the good news about Dave's big score with Verisign. But first, the food...

* Greasy food at our new favorite diner
* Roasted corn, prepared Mexcican style
* Sushi, tempura and sake
* Thick, toasted artisan bread with blue cheese and apple, washed down with red wine
* Pepperoni pizza and a Bridgeport IPA at the Laurelhurst Theater while seeing one of the best films I've seen in a long time: "Hustle and Flow."

Judy is a nurse and works the night shift. So, my schedule is now quite nocturnal. Coming home about an hour ago, I opend my reader and read about Dave's day and how he got the news.

I don't want to go through the details of the sale in this post. That's been covered, though noteworthy is the deal includes audio.weblogs.com so Verisign is now a part of the podcasting community's infrastructure.

More so, I am just happy for Dave. I first met Dave when he opened a webcast I produced called RSS Winterfest. I was nervous about asking Dave to participate. But he accepted the invitation, promoted it graciously and assembled a whole bunch of interesting folks to join him in the webcast conference call from the Berkman Center.

Podcasting got off to a big start due to a lot of the work Dave did. He's a real reason why RSS is what it is today. He gets people to do sing alongs. He's a road tripper. He speaks his mind. He talks candidly about his health.

And he's one of our most valuable innovators.

Way to go, Dave. The news made my day.


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