Elizabeth Osder on the NYTimes.com, Yahoo and More
Summary Elizabeth Osder is one of those digital media veterans who’s career has spanned the entire web era, from bringing the New York Times online …
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February 1, 2016 Pathfinder Executive Paul Sagan
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January 10, 2016 Founder of the First Dorm Room Dot Com, Tripod’s Bo Peabody
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January 3, 2016 Minitel, the “French Internet” That Came Before the Web
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December 14, 2015 Founder of the World’s First Commercial Website, Dale Dougherty
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December 6, 2015 Co-Founder of Feed Magazine, Stefanie Syman
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AIM, Chat Rooms, The Time Warner Merger… AOL’s History with Joe Schober
Summary Joe Schober was the longest serving employee of America Online, working there as an engineer, and later chief architect, from 1992 until just a …
Michael March on the Indie ISP Industry and the Birth of Online Spam
Summary Michael March was the founder of Internet Direct, the first commercial ISP in Arizona. Michael gives us a first-hand account of the independent ISP …
Jim McCann of 1800Flowers
Summary Would it surprise you to learn that 1800Flowers was not only one of the first ecommerce pioneers but quite possibly, the first to be profitable …
The History of the iPhone, On Its 10th Anniversary
So… Three things: A widescreen iPod with touch controls. A revolutionary mobile phone. And a breakthrough internet communications device. An iPod… a phone… and an …
The History of the Dotcom Bubble
Summary: The background, root causes and rough outline of the dotcom bubble. How it happened, why it happened and why it’s unlikely to happen again …
Sebastian Mallaby on Alan Greenspan and the Dotcom Bubble
Summary As most of you know, I’m busy writing a book that this podcast is partially source material for, and at the moment, I’m deep in …
Founder of ReadWriteWeb, Richard MacManus
Summary Sometimes you get to talk to your actual heroes. I’ve been reading Richard MacManus probably almost as long as he’s been writing on the web. …
Founder of Reel.com, Stuart Skorman
Summary At the dawn of e-commerce, if Amazon.com staked a claim in books, and sites like CDNow staked a claim in music, then Reel.com should …