Internet History Podcast

13. Co-Designer of the First Banner Ad, Co-Founder of Razorfish, Craig Kanarick

raig Kanarick was one of the people responsible for the ...

raig 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 podcast, there’s no “first” ad, as several were launched in a rotation at the same time. But as mentio

12. (Ch 3.2) The Rise of AOL

America Online survives the inevitable run-in with Microsoft, only to ...

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 and network capacity issues, but eventually sees itself firmly established as one of the major players of t

11. (Ch 3.1) CompuServe, Prodigy, AOL and the Early Online Services

We take a step back to look at the early ...

We take a step back to look at the early online services: CompuServe, Delphi, GEine, the WELL and especially, early AOL. Why? Well, because online services very much served as “training wheels” for the Internet. Online services were NOT the Internet,

10. Rob McCool, Founding Engineer, Mosaic and Netscape

Rob McCool is another of the core group of original ...

Rob McCool is another of the core group of original Mosaic programmers who went on to found Netscape. Unlike a lot of the others we have spoken to, he worked more on the server side of the equation for both projects. Rob was also the original author of th

9. Jon Mittelhauser, Founding Engineer, Mosaic and Netscape

An interview with founding Mosaic and Netscape engineer Jon Mittelhauser

8. Aleks Totic, of Mosaic and Netscape

Aleks Totic was one of the original Mosaic engineers at ...

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 Daddy” for nothing. He was then one of the 6 original programmers recruited by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark to for

7. (Ch 2.2) Bill Gates "Gets" The Internet

Microsoft was on top of the world at the dawn ...

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, once it realized that the Internet was The Next Big Thing. This episode outlines how younger Microsoft employees a

6. Mosaic and Internet Explorer Engineer, Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson has been working on browser technology for the ...

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 work first at Spry (producing Internet in a Box) and then later at Microsoft, where he was a major developer of Int

5. Netscape and Mosaic Founding Engineer, Lou Montulli

An Interview With Netscape Founding Engineer Lou Montulli

4. (Ch 2.1) Microsoft At The Dawn Of The Internet Era

Summary: Netscape has set the standard and taken the lead. ...

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 Microsoft was so dominant at the beginning of the Internet Era. We ask the questions: Did Bill Gates...