Yesterday's Tomorrow

04/09/1993 - The Future of Software

On this week's "TechNation ... Americans & Technology," hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn:

Dr. Gunn interviews author Ed Yerdan about the future of software and software authorship methods in the United States.

In the second half, Dr. Gunn interviews Peter Neumann of SRI International.

06/15/1993 - Christian Huitema

Carl Malamud interviews Christian Huitema, the new chair of the

Internet Architecture Board. The interview was conducted at the

Columbus, Ohio IETF meeting in March. Huitema, prior to taking on his

bureaucratic burden, was chair of the SIP working group. SIP is one

of the strong participants in the race to become the next generation

of IP. Huitema talks about the importance of simplicity in protocol

design and gives a unique perspective on issues such as policy

routing, resource reservation, and other key considerations at the

network layer.

02/19/1995 - Vanishing Privacy in the Information Age

03/31/1993 - Internet Radio and "Wired" Magazine

On this week's "TechNation ... Americans & Technology," hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn:

Dr. Gunn interviews CARL MALAMUD, author of numerous books, including "Exploring the Internet," and creator of the first weekly, commercial digital radio show, "Internet Talk Radio." Malamud talks about how his program came to be, how it is meant to be accessed over the Internet and transferred as data to your personal computer, where you actually play all or part of it in any order.

In our second half, Dr. Gunn interviews JANE METCALFE, President of "Wired" magazine and LOUIS ROSSETTO, Editor and Publisher of "Wired." They discuss how "Wired" is different from its predecessors, addressing the complete societal impact of technology and its latest breakthroughs. Other topics include the phenomenal success of "Wired"'s premier issue and why the BBC is "wired" while National Public Radio is "tired."

05/29/1993 - Cliff Lynch

Carl Malamud interviews Cliff Lynch, one of the most thoughtful

participants in the race to move libraries and publishers onto

electronic publishing platforms. Lynch received his Ph.D. in database

systems and is currently the Director of Library Automation for the

University of California. Lynch's most amazing accomplishment is the

amount of travel he puts in, far outstripping anybody this interviewer

has ever met in his ability to attend any and all events where a

consensus needs to be forged. His tireless activities have been

instrumental in bringing the networking and library communities

together.

In this interview, Cliff Lynch discusses online publishing, looking

at the issue of SGML as a markup language and examining the question

of presentation integrity versus the desire for revisable form

documents. Lynch also discusses the Z39.50 protocol, the scaling of

very large databases, the democratization of publishing, and the role

of the Coalition for Networked Information.

3/31/1993 - Dr. Marshall T. Rose

Carl Malamud interviews Dr. Erik Huizer of SURFnet BV, a network

service provider in the Netherlands. Dr. Huizer, in addition to his

duties for network development of SURFnet is the Area Director in the

Internet Engineering Steering Group for the Applications Area.

Applications in the IETF includes key topics such as resource

discovery.

In this interview, Carl Malamud and Dr. Huizer cover a wide range of

topics, including the future of messaging systems in a multiprotocol

world and the role of the PTT. Dr. Huizer goes on to discuss the

internationalization of the Internet and the future of the European

Multiprotocol Backbone (EMPB).

Also in this episode of Geek of the Week are three featurettes. The

Incidental Tourist features Freeling's classic books. Name that

Acronym features an obscure and, for most engineers, arcane acronym

to reverse engineer. Book Byte has a review of a book on Obfuscated C.

4/07/1993 - Dr. Erik Huizer

Carl Malamud interviews Dr. Erik Huizer of SURFnet BV, a network

service provider in the Netherlands. Dr. Huizer, in addition to his

duties for network development of SURFnet is the Area Director in the

Internet Engineering Steering Group for the Applications Area.

Applications in the IETF includes key topics such as resource

discovery.

In this interview, Carl Malamud and Dr. Huizer cover a wide range of

topics, including the future of messaging systems in a multiprotocol

world and the role of the PTT. Dr. Huizer goes on to discuss the

internationalization of the Internet and the future of the European

Multiprotocol Backbone (EMPB).

Also in this episode of Geek of the Week are three featurettes. The

Incidental Tourist features Freeling's classic books. Name that

Acronym features an obscure and, for most engineers, arcane acronym

to reverse engineer. Book Byte has a review of a book on Obfuscated C.

4/14/1993 - Daniel Lynch

Carl Malamud interviews Daniel Lynch, former computer manager at SRI,

founder and president of Interop Company, and a long-time member of

the Internet Architecture Board. This interview was conducted in

January, 1993, just before Lynch stepped down as a member of the IAB.

The interview shows the unique contribution that Daniel Lynch made to

that body.

In this interview, Carl Malamud and Dan Lynch cover a wide range of

topics, from the proper role for the telphone company to the reasons

that the current Internet does not yet address the needs of the small

corporate network. Lynch shares his views on why unified global

directories cannot work and why Netware is just as important as

TCP/IP.

Also in this episode of Geek of the Week is the Incidental Tourist,

featuring a review of Chili Pepper magazine, the capiscium lover's

periodical..

04/21/1993 - Steve Deering

Carl Malamud interviews Dr. Steve Deering, a member of the research

staff at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and a prolific

contributor to the Internet protocol suite. Dr. Deering is the father

of IP Multicasting, the basis of much of the video and audio

conferencing work done on the Internet. Dr. Deering is also chair of

the mobile IP working group in the IETF and an active participant in

the SIP work for a new version of IP.

Also in this episode of Geek of the Week is the Incidental Tourist,

featuring shopping hints for people in Bangkok and a Book Byte

segment, featuring a review of Hanna Nelson's Z-Mail Handbook.

04/27/1993 - Brewster Kahle

You might know Brewster Kahle as the founder of the Internet

Archive. However this interview took place long before that

came into existance. Nevertheless you can find seeds of the

Archive in this episode.

Carl Malamud interviews Brewster Kahle, the father of WAIS and the

founder and president of WAIS, Inc. Brewster was a member of the AI

Lab at MIT and went on to be one of the original researchers at

Thinking Machines. In this interview, he discusses his vision of

personal publishing, of a network of seamless libraries of

information, and of his efforts to work with large and small

information producers to get their data online. Brewster Kahle was

recently named a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group.

Also in this episode of Geek of the Week is the Incidental Tourist,

featuring ways to achieve gastronomic heights in the basements of

Asian department stores.