Internet History Podcast

By Brian McCulloughTechnology History

Internet History Podcast episodes

November 27, 2017 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.
1 hr
November 12, 2017 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.
1 hr 21 min
October 30, 2017 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.
1 hr 38 min
October 16, 2017 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.
24 min
October 01, 2017 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.
1 hr 9 min
September 17, 2017 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.
1 hr 46 min
September 03, 2017 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.
1 hr 6 min
August 13, 2017 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.
1 hr 3 min
August 06, 2017 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.
25 min
July 30, 2017 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.
1 hr 9 min