Often controversial but always provocative, Dave Winer is one of the individuals that through skill and personality make the Web work. His work, like many influential programmers, supports the content of the Web.

From Frontier to RadioUserland to RSS to Podcasting, Dave Winer’s had a hand in it all. Inventing most of it and improving all of it. At the same time, his irrascible personality has given him the reputation of one who “does not play well with others.” Winer makes no apologies. And after all, if you are hearing this podcast or reading a blog or RSS feeds of any flavor, it is in a large measure because Winer thought it would be “a good idea” and made it happen. He’ll fill you in daily on more ideas at what may be the “original blog,” Scripting News.

A selection of quotes and a full transcript of Winer’s interview with PJM Special Correspondent Andrew Keen follows below.

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