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On The 20th Anniversary, An Oral History of the Web’s First Banner Ads

This Is The’s World’s First Banner Ad: This is almost the exact size, almost the exact resolution, exact ad. Of course, it’s not *technically* the …

Chapter 5, Supplemental 7 – Joe McCambley Discusses Advertising and the First Banner Ads

Summary: Joe McCambley is one of the more prominent names in modern digital marketing and advertising. He’s had major roles at Digitas, at AOL in …

Chapter 5, Supplemental 4 – Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser

Summary: Rob Glaser was, and is, the founder and CEO of Real Networks. If you were around in the 90s, you’ll remember Real Audio and …

Chapter 2, Supplemental 2 – The NSA And The 1990s Debate Over the Clipper Chip

Summary: What the mid-1990’s debate about the so-called “clipper chip” can teach us about our contemporary debates concerning NSA surveillance of the Internet and the …

The NSA Tried This Before – What the 90s Debate Over The Clipper Chip Can Teach Us About Digital Privacy

We’ve Been Down This Road… Something Something… Forgetting History… Something Something… Doomed To Repeat It There is a concern that the Internet could be used to commit crimes …

New Chapters… Internet Porn?

So, I’m finishing up a couple of chapters on early media responses to the rise of the Internet. Pathfinder, Wired, all that good stuff. Coming …

Chapter 4, Part 2 – How Yahoo Became The Web’s First Great Company

Summary: Yahoo became the web’s first truly great company, and in this episode, we examine why. Turning to advertising as a business model, Yahoo was …

Chapter 4, Part 1 – The Early Search Engines And Yahoo

  Summary: As the early web grows, the explosion of content and websites creates chaos. Early search engines are among the most popular sites on …

Chapter 4, Supplemental 1 – An Interview With Craig Kanarick, Co-Designer of the World’s First Banner Ad and Co-Founder of Razorfish

Summary Craig Kanarick was one of the people responsible for the first ever banner ad, which appeared on Oct. 27, 1994 on Hotwired.com. As mentioned in the …

Chapter 3, Part 2 – The Rise of AOL

Summary: America Online survives the inevitable run-in with Microsoft, only to come out the other side stronger.  The company has to endure major PR fiascos …