It looks like we have another attempt at getting two sour parties to play nicely together here. I can’t hold it in any moreR30; I’ve battled it out with Dave Winer, that’s well documented. However, deep down inside I always knew that he’s a really a good guy and that he’s brilliant on many levels. I’ve [...]
It looks like we have another attempt at getting two sour parties to play nicely together here.
I can’t hold it in any moreR30;
I’ve battled it out with Dave Winer, that’s well documented.
However, deep down inside I always knew that he’s a really a good guy and that he’s brilliant on many levels. I’ve spent more and more time one-on-one, or in small groups, with Dave over the past year and I’ve grown more and more fond of his brutal honesty, insights, and sensitivity. That last part is key, he’s a sensitive guy. People are constantly hitting him up and getting very personal with him. One time I was at an event (Gnomdex), and this guy interrupts a conversation the two of us were having and gets within three inches of Dave’s face and he starts to really give it to Dave. The guy is busy telling Dave what he thinks and what he needs to do. It was really aggressive and obnoxious, and Dave had to ask the guy to step back and we both had to explain to him that he was barging in on the discussion. I realized that’s Dave’s life a large part of the time. Folks just getting up in his face and he doesn’t like–he’s a sensitive guy. Of course, Dave doesn’t have a filter and he calls b.s. by default–that’s his DNA. It’s what’s great about him, but it’s also created this massive stand off where Dave is hitting Tim O’Reilly up every day on his blogR30;. Source: calacanis.com
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