Summary:
A conversation with Justin Frankel, creator of the Winamp application, which was arguably the software package responsible for popularizing the MP3.
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PLEASE post edit the sound. Almost impossible to hear. Fantastic interview. SHIT sound. PLEEEEEASE repair it
Believe me, I know. If anyone out there is an audio editing expert, please feel free to grab the audio and take a crack at fixing. Or, ping me at internethistorypodcast@gmail.com and I can dropbox you the original audio. Fixing it is beyond my powers.
[…] MP3 files proliferated, the question of how to play them loomed large. Enter Justin Frankel, a laid back college dropout and “dude speak” teenager, in the words of one journalist. […]