Claude Shannon, Father of Information Theory
Summary: Claude Shannon was a mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as “the father of information theory.” In the pantheon of cool people who made …
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April 16, 2017 The Napster Story with Jordan Ritter
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February 19, 2017 MG Siegler on TechCrunch and GV
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October 30, 2016 Chamath Palihapitiya on Facebook, AIM and WinAmp
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September 18, 2016 Founder of Friendster and Nuzzel, Jonathan Abrams
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September 4, 2016 Mike Slade on 80s Microsoft, NeXT, Starwave and Steve Jobs’ Return to Apple
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The Godfather of Streaming Music, Robert Reid
Summary: Robert Reid, the founder of Rhapsody, can be considered the Godfather (founding father?) of the streaming music reality we now live in. But guess what? …
Kottke.org’s Jason Kottke, @jkottke
Summary: Jason Kottke, of kottke.org fame, was one of the early bloggers, one of the first bloggers to go pro, and one of the few …
The History of Java with Todd Sundsted
Summary: People have been yelling at me for years that I’ve not covered more technical aspects of the web’s history, especially things like Java. Specifically …
NYTimes Technology Columnist Farhad Manjoo
Summary: Today, a man who needs no introduction: New York Times Technology Columnist Farhad Manjoo. This episode was recorded about two months or so ago, …
Amazon, Hulu and Oculus with Eugene Wei
Summary: No joke, this is one of my favorite episodes we’ve ever done. Eugene Wei was an early employee at Hulu, so we get some …
Claire L. Evans, Author of Broad Band- The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
Summary: Claire Evans is the author of the new book: Broad Band The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. This is the …
The History of Online Video with JibJab’s Gregg Spiridellis
Summary: Gregg Spiridellis has been making things go viral on the web since before the term VIRAL was even a thing. His company, JibJab has …
Venrock’s David Pakman on Apple’s Music Group, N2K, eMusic and Dollar Shave Club
Summary: David Pakman is a well respected venture capitalist at Venrock, but also a lifelong musician and music fan. Earlier in his career he played …
Jeff Bussgang on Open Market and Early eCommerce
Summary: It gets my goat that these days, the history of ecommerce begins and ends with Amazon. There were so many companies and big ideas …