Name: Dave Winer

Born: May 2, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York City, USA

  • American software developer, entrepreneur, and writer in New York City.
  • Winer is noted for his contributions to outliners, scripting, content management, web services, blogging, and podcasting.
  • Founder of the software companies Living Videotext and Userland Software.
  • Former contributing editor for the Web magazine HotWired.
  • Author of the Scripting News weblog.

Honors and awards

  • Cool Site of the Day award for DaveNet (1995).

Websites

  • Dave Winer on Twitter
  • Dave Winer blog (Scripting News)
  • Dave Winer personal website