A shout out to wish Dave Winer a happy 50th birthday. Congrats man.

Dave’s work has influenced the course of the entire web a great deal over the years. His advocacy of the read/write web, and building of tools to make it happen, were pivotal. I cited Dave as an influence in an interview I had with Ed Cone. IMHO, you can say he was a large part in helping bootstrap what is becoming known as Web 2.0.

If you’re reading this Dave – I hope you have a great day – and thanks again.