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Quote: Dave Winer on the power of blogging

Mon, 2012-07-16 20:36 -- John Hawks

Software designer and blogging pioneer Dave Winer:

Then something great happened. Gates read my email, and responded with a total Bill Gates rant, and of course I sent it back to my readers. I would say that's roughly when blogging was born. I know some people disagree. But from that point on, no one questioned the power of an individual with a net connection and a scripting language.

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