A History of the Internet Era from Netscape to the iPad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
161. Jeff Bussgang on Open Market and early eCommerce
It gets my goat that these days, the history of ecommerce begins and ends with Amazon. There were so many companies and big ideas that got us where we are today, and one of the most important companies was Open Market. Jeff Bussgang is here to tell us the (today) often overlooked story of the earliest days of trying to sell stuff on the web. Today, Jeff is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
160. Growing Up With The Web With Desiree Garcia @thedezzie
An exploration of what it was like to come of age in the early web era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
159. The Forgotten Story of PLATO, with Brian Dear
Plato was an online and interactive learning computer system developed in the 1960s at the University of Illinois. But in the early 1970s, Plato got truly networked, and the users took over. Plato had already pioneered such things as touch screen computing, but the kids introduced and pioneered concepts like forums, message boards, e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, multiplayer games and even emoticons/emojis were pioneered on the Plato system.Buy The Friendly Orange Glow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
158. Bob Stein of Voyager and The Criterion Collection
Bob Stein was the founder of Voyager, publisher of the first consumer CDROM titles, and, far and away the leader of the CDROM industry in the late 1980s and early 90s. Bob was also one of the founders of the Criterion Collection, as well as the publisher of the first electronic books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
157. Rob Malda (@cmdrtaco) on SlashDot and Social Media
You might know him as Rob Malda, or you might know him as CmdrTaco, but he was the founder of the great geek social website Slashdot. Slashdot recently turned 20 years old, Rob commemorated this in a great Medium post, and so I reached out to him to tell us the story of one of the first great social media websites. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
156. Dave Winer on The Open Web, Blogging, Podcasting and More
Dave Winer has been called the godfather of a lot of things. The godfather of blogging. The Godfather of Podcasting. One of the key people involved in the development of RSS. But as you’ll hear in this great and wide-ranging chat, Dave Winer is just a software developer who has never stopped tinkering, never lost his interest in coming up with new tools and new technologies. Dave was kind enough to sit down and go over his whole career, from the very earliest days of the PC era, to the present day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
155. Giphy with Nicole LaPorte
SUMMARY:Nicole Laporte has a cover story in Fast Company magazine this month about Giphy, potentially the next big story in online advertising and marketing, as well as… search? Read her profile of Giphy here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
154. Om Malik on Blogging and Web 2.0
Om Malik is, of course, a legend. One of the first journalists on the “tech beat” in the 1990s, one of the first bloggers to “turn pro,” one of the driving forces behind the Web 2.0 time period, and one of the most trusted analysts of the technology industry in general, today he is a venture capitalist at True Ventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
153. The AOL/Time Warner Merger - Crossover with the Acquired Podcast
What is generally considered the worst merger of all time, and certainly the crescendo event of the dotcom bubble era, today we take a look at the AOL/Time Warner merger, again with the excellent guys at the podcast Acquired. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
152. David Shen on Early Yahoo and the Maturation of Online Advertising
David Shen was employee #17 at Yahoo, where he eventually had a hand in, not only the birth of advertising as the primary business model for the web but, eventually, the development of digital ads into their more modern, interactive form. As you'll hear, David recounts the early days of Yahoo, surviving the dotcom bust and taking advertising beyond the simple banner ad.And he recounts all of this in his recently published new book: Takeover! The Inside Story of the Yahoo! Ad Revolution Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
151. Facebook's First Senior Software Engineer, Karel Baloun
Karel Baloun was the first senior software engineer hired at Facebook in 2005. This was after the Accel round of funding, when Facebook truly began to staff up and grow up. Baloun was only at Facebook for a year, from 2005 to 2006, but he provides some amazing insights about the company. What was Facebook’s culture like in 2005? What were the key innovations that ultimately let Facebook succeed where others failed? Would Zuckerberg make a good President of the United States? What became of Pokey, the mascot Facebook once considered launching?You can buy Karel’s 2007 book here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
150. More SoundCloud Chat with Buzzfeed's Ryan Mac
Just as last week’s episode posted, another great piece about SoundCloud was posted on Buzzfeed by the great Ryan Mac. So, in a rare attempt by me to be topical, today’s episode is with Ryan Mac, discussing his article, which fills in some of the details about what Christina and I were speculating on last week.Ryan’s article can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
149. Christina Warren on SoundCloud
Our friend Christina Warren is back for another analysis episode. Christina recently posted a tweetstorm about SoundCloud, and its prospects for the future. So she kindly agreed to come on the show, look at the history of SoundCloud as a company, and try to help me figure out why SoundCloud finds itself on the brink of oblivion. You all know Christina from her years at Mashable and most recently, Gizmodo. As you’ll hear toward the end, she’s at Microsoft now, and you can always hear her on the Rocket podcast.The Verge article we refer to can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
148. Don Melton on Apple, Safari, WebKit and Netscape
Don Melton is popularly known as the father of the Safari web browser or WebKit. He’s basically a web browser legend. Not only does Don tell us a lot of great stuff about Safari, WebKit, Apple and more, but he was also an early Netscape employee, so we get some more great details about that company, especially in its later stages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
147. The First Text Message With Neil Papworth
The first text message (or, to be accurate, SMS message) was sent on December 3, 1992. It was sent by Neil Papworth, and it said, “Merry Christmas.” This is the story of that first text, recorded for the first time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.