pudge's Journal: Moving on from RSS

We all know that Dave Winer has ruined RSS. So now it is time to move on.

The Project aims to replace RSS with something that is technically superior, easier to use, and not controlled by Winer. All are, in my opinion, necessary.

Slash will happily support this when it is done and the tools are available. Well, Slash won't happily do anything, let alone support this, but I will happily add support for this to Slash. It's still sorta early in the process, and I am too busy to participate, but I trust the people involved, and I am very optimistic about it. Fight the bad, support the good, and save the world!

Why?

[BWJones]

So, why do you think Winer is so dammed hard to get along with? Lots of folks appear to have problems with him and working with him. Just curious from your perspective.

Re:Why?

[pudge]

There have been far too many bits transmitted on this topic. I'll just say it is a personality conflict.

Re:Why?

[Hemos]

I've known a number of people who have had problems working with Dave. I personally have had no problems with him, and actually get along fairly well with him.

But in my observation of the interaction, Dave's got a forceful way of delivering his opinion on something - and that's not something that people also appreciate/desire. It's not so much the substance of the communication, but the style.

Re:Why?

[BWJones]

Dave's got a forceful way of delivering his opinion on something - and that's not something that people also appreciate/desire. It's not so much the substance of the communication, but the style.

I can certainly appreciate that perspective. Some folks while being incredibly productive can be abrasive due to their brute force manner of accomplishing tasks and working with others. I guess the correlary in my life has been when I was doing intraoperative monitoring for neurosurgery cases. Sometimes you cl