When it comes to technology, social software, the web and education– my professional workspace and content– I feel like I am just beginning to settle down and emerge from what would be the equivalent of my early college years. Some of you may have shared a few years like this, a heady mix of learning, socializing, partying, studying, arguing philosophical and intellectual topics that, at the time, seemed like the most important things in the world. The end of that period is defined by me as the moment when you realize how much you don’t know, how vast the world really is, but face down the potential depression of really grokking what being a lifelong learner means without giving up.

This is a long pre-amble to say that one part of learning is knowing when you are wrong, admitting it, and sharing it with as many people as you shared before. Bloggers often present over an endless series of meals without ever showing the egg on their own faces. So, here’s some of my own: I apologize to Dave Winer for being shallow and dismissive about him and his achievements. Read the rest of this entry »