Internet Origins
Episodes
Jacquard's Web: Punched Cards and the Origins of Computing
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore Jacquard's Web by James Essinger. Long before computers processed data or the internet connecte...
Hard Drive: Microsoft's Origins
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore Hard Drive by James Wallace and Jim Erickson. Long before Windows dominated every desktop and sof...
The Everything Store: The Birth of Amazon
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore The Everything Store by Brad Stone. Long before same-day delivery, cloud computing, and voice assistan...
Makers of the Microchip: The Birth of Silicon Valley
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore Makers of the Microchip by Christophe Lécuyer and David Brock—the story of eight rebellious enginee...
PayPal Wars: How Peter Thiel and Elon Musk Built Digital Money
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore The PayPal Wars by Eric Jackson. The inside story of how a scrappy startup survived the dot-com crash,...
Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture by Erez Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel—the story of h...
The Search: The Origins of Google
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore The Search by John Battelle—the story of how Google transformed the chaos of the early web into orde...
Weaving the Web: The Birth of the World Wide Web
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore Weaving the Web by Tim Berners-Lee. From the chaos of CERN’s research labs to the dawn of the digita...
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: ARPANET and the Birth of the Internet
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon. From Cold War labs to university basement...
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs, the Transistor, and the Origins of the Information Age
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner. Decades before Silicon Valley, Bell Labs—the legendary research arm...
iWoz: Steve Wozniak, Apple, and the Birth of the Personal Computer
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Internet Origins, we explore iWoz by Steve Wozniak. Long before the iPhone and iPad, Wozniak’s love of electronics and partnershi...
The Victorian Internet: How the Telegraph Invented Instant Communication
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Internet Origins, we explore The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage. Long before email, instant messaging, and social network...