Podcast Featured in Wired Germany Today
If you click over in Google Chrome, it will translate it. https://www.wired.de/collection/latest/wie-ein-podcast-die-geschichte-des-internets-erzahlt
-
April 12, 2015 Early eBay Executive (and California Gubernatorial Candidate?) Steve Westly
Read more -
April 5, 2015 Early Amazon Engineer and Co-Developer of the Recommendation Engine, Greg Linden
Read more -
April 3, 2015 What Was The First Item Ever Ordered On Amazon?
Read more -
March 29, 2015 Chapter 8, Supplemental 1 – Robert Levitan of iVillage and Flooz
Read more -
March 16, 2015 Chapter 4, Supplemental 10 – Infoseek Founder (and inventor of the optical mouse) Steve Kirsch
Read more
Mike Levy, Founder of CBS Sportsline
Summary: There was a time, early on in the web era, where things were very much wide open. An entrepreneur could survey the scene and …
Glenn Fleishman Returns!
Summary: Glenn Fleishman is back to talk more about Amazon’s founding mythologies, the recent controversies surrounding Amazon’s work culture, and the effect the web revolution …
Yahoo’s Master Brand Builder, Karen Edwards
Summary: Most people agree that Yahoo the king of the dot-com-era search sites on the strength of its zany, friendly, ubiquitous brand. The woman responsible for …
Narendra Rocherolle @narendra of Webshots and 30 Boxes
Summary: How did we get from a place where people were completely skeptical of living their personal lives online to the “share everything” society we …
20 Years On: Why Netscape’s IPO Was the “Big Bang” of the Internet Era
This Sunday, August 9th, marks the 20th anniversary of perhaps the seminal moment in modern tech history. On August 9th, 1995, Netscape Communications Corporation went …
Steve Goldberg of Microsoft and the IAB
Summary: Steve Goldberg was the first hire for Microsoft’s Advertising division. He was present at the launch of such projects as MSNBC, Slate, Expedia and MSN, the portal. …
The Development of Consumer Broadband with Intel’s Avram Miller
Summary: Avram Miller was the co-founder of Intel Capital, and during the 90s, racked up some of the greatest venture fund successes of all time, …
Justin Frankel, Creator of Winamp
Summary: A conversation with Justin Frankel, creator of the Winamp application, which was arguably the software package responsible for popularizing the MP3. Listen: Listen Right …
On the 20th Birthday of the MP3, An Interview With The “Father” of the MP3, Karlheinz Brandenburg
Twenty years ago today, this email made the rounds among the dozens of engineers and researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Germany: Date: …