Displaying episodes 1 - 12 of 12 in total
Inception
J.C.R. Licklider envisions a world of networked computers. A group of pioneers turn his idea into a reality.
Interfaces
Douglas Engelbart founds the field of Human Computer Interaction and technology becomes mainstream through exponential growth in computing power and user friendly inte...
Basics
What makes a computer a computer? How does it work?
Hacking
The Tech Model Railroad Club at MIT births the term hacker. What does it mean to be a hacker?
Communities
What have online communities looked like? A memoiresque journey through the rise of walled gardens, bulletin board systems and underground scenes.
Communication Methods
At it's heart, the internet is a communication tool. What can we learn from the ways we've tried communicating on the internet?
Free Culture
The rise of Napster ushers in P2P networks and concerns of piracy. Arguments for the distribution of cultural artifacts are made by Lawrence Lessig with the introducti...
Versions
Web 1, 2, 3... why do people refer to the World Wide Web with versions?
Before Facebook
What did social networking look like before Facebook?
The Bubble
After extreme growth in the late 1990s, the tech industry crashed in March of 2000. Months later, the 9/11 terrorist attacks would alter our relationship with technolo...
Survivors
After the bubble burst, the remaining technology companies figure out how to survive.
Art and the Internet
We all know the mainstream internet, but what about the people that use the internet to make art?