Internet History Podcast
Episodes
18. The True Story Behind Halt And Catch Fire - An Interview With Rod Canion
26 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
An Interview With Compaq Co-Founder and CEO Rod CanionThis Sunday, AMC is premiering a new original series called Halt And Catch Fire. Set in the...
17. Co-Creator of the First Remote Ad Server, Jason Strober
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn this episode we continue our exploration into the roots Internet advertising. We’re speaking with Jason Strober, another Internet Advertis...
16. Internet Explorer Team Member, Hadi Partovi @hadip
14 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryHadi Partovi was one of the original 9 people on the Internet Explorer project. He left Microsoft in the late 90s to found Tellme Networks, whi...
15. (Ch 4.1) The Early Search Engines And Yahoo
09 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:As the early web grows, the explosion of content and websites creates chaos. Early search engines are among the most popular sites on the earl...
14. (Misc 1) The Forgotten Online Pioneer, Bill von Meister
25 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What If I Told You…… there was a crazy entrepreneur who was the true founder of what would become America Online? He was the guy who hired Steve C...
13. Co-Designer of the First Banner Ad, Co-Founder of Razorfish, Craig Kanarick
17 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryCraig Kanarick was one of the people responsible for the first ever banner ad, which appeared on Oct. 27, 1994 on Hotwired.com. As me...
12. (Ch 3.2) The Rise of AOL
11 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:America Online survives the inevitable run-in with Microsoft, only to come out the other side stronger. The company has to endure major P...
11. (Ch 3.1) CompuServe, Prodigy, AOL and the Early Online Services
03 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
www.InternetHistoryPodcast.com@brianmcc@nethistorypodSummary:We take a step back to look at the early online services: CompuServe, Delphi, GEine, the ...
10. Rob McCool, Founding Engineer, Mosaic and Netscape
02 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
www.InternetHistoryPodcast.com@nethistorypod @brianmccSummary:Rob McCool is another of the core group of original Mosaic programmers who went on to fo...
9. Jon Mittelhauser, Founding Engineer, Mosaic and Netscape
27 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:Jon Mittelhauser is another of the core group of original Mosaic programmers who went on to found Netscape. Jon worked on the Windows versions...
8. Aleks Totic, of Mosaic and Netscape
16 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:Aleks Totic was one of the original Mosaic engineers at the NCSA, responsible for the Mac version of Mosiac. They don’t call him “Mac Dadd...
7. (Ch 2.2) Bill Gates "Gets" The Internet
13 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:Microsoft was on top of the world at the dawn of the Internet Era… but like Jack Dawson in Titanic? Microsoft would pivot, and pivot hard, o...
6. Mosaic and Internet Explorer Engineer, Chris Wilson
10 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:Chris Wilson has been working on browser technology for the better part of two decades. A member of the original Mosaic team, he went on to wo...
5. Netscape and Mosaic Founding Engineer, Lou Montulli
06 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:Lou Montulli is a web pioneer. In 1991 and 1992 he co-authored a text web browser called Lynx with Michael Grobe and Charles Rezac w...
4. (Ch 2.1) Microsoft At The Dawn Of The Internet Era
26 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:Netscape has set the standard and taken the lead. But how long will it last? We take a step backwards in this episode and examine why Microsof...
3. (Ch 1.3) Netscape's IPO As The Big Bang
20 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:Netscape launches and is a smashing success. Jim Barksdale officially comes on as CEO. Netscape fights off legal threats from the NCSA and the...
2. (Ch 1.2) The Creation of Netscape
19 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:Marc Andreessen heads out to Silicon Valley. He hooks up with startup legend Jim Clark. They decide to form a company, Netscape, to build upon...
1. (Ch 1.1) Mosaic - The "First" Web Browser
11 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:Ayoung Marc Andreessen and a team of programmers at the NCSA on the campus of the University of Illinois create and publish the Mosaic browser...