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Dave Winer for CTO of the United States

Started by Duncan Riley · 10 months ago

One of the promises of the Obama campaign is to appoint a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the United States should he win in November. It’s recognition of tech has a driving force within the US economy, and it’s an idea that I know I’d want copied in my na ... Continue reading »

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  • Raena

    10 months ago

    OMG, *Winer?* Captain Tantypants? Advising a leader of a global superpower? That is the funniest thing I've read all weekend and it's only Saturday lunchtime.

    Yes, he's a greybeard in blogging and whatnot, but he's also a tantrum-throwing egotist who can't put a lid on it.

    For what it's worth, I'd pick Bruce Schneier.
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  • Iso

    10 months ago

    He knows RSS and blogging? That's like endorsing someone as a Nascar driver because they can work the windshield wipers.
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  • paisley

    10 months ago

    bad idea. just like Hillary for VP.
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  • Someone

    10 months ago

    Bad idea. You need someone with some level of political experience and personal diplomacy and Dave ain't it.
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  • srem

    10 months ago

    why not tim o reily? i have nothing against dave (i follow him on twitter, which is how i ended up here), i just think tim brings silghtly more to the table.
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  • Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins

    10 months ago

    For real? That's it? I kept scanning for the punchline.

    Where's the snark? Did Pirillo steal it? Make him give it back!
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  • g

    10 months ago

    Because he's done great things lately, huh? Flickrfan?

    Plus, winer's a bit of a loose gun, dare I say, a little off. That's great on his own blog. But I'm not sure anyone in Obama's shoes would want to be associated with him.
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  • Kyle Brady

    10 months ago

    Right. Or not.

    Want a *real* list of options? Ones that avoid the Web 2.0 crap and idiotic proposals?

    http://www.kyle-brady.com/2008/08/23/americas-cto/

    --Kyle
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  • paisley

    10 months ago

    LMFAO.. i didn't have the right words.. but these would be them..

    Yes, he's a greybeard in blogging and whatnot, but he's also a tantrum-throwing egotist who can't put a lid on it.
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  • Ryan Sparrow

    9 months ago

    This is the perhaps the stupidest idea I've heard all month.
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  • nsh

    9 months ago

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

    wait.... article is serious?

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

    Dave Winer is too twatish to be a pityable retard, and too retarded to be an entertaining twat. He's like the late-term abortion of mediocrity, the unfortunately-perforated of pomposity, the platform-shoes of web2.0 fanboi-dom. I could go on....
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  • John Boy

    9 months ago

    Dave Winer is probably the last person that should be put on such a list. If you really get to know him he really isn't that technical. Just read some of his blog posts on how he can't figure out some very simple networking etc. He is also one of the most arrogant people you'd ever want to meet. It is either his way or the highway. Absolutely horrible team player.
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  • Will Cate

    9 months ago

    He's a good programmer, but his personality is abhorrent. I'm sure he'd love to have such a gig, if for no other reason than his own self-aggrandizement.
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