A lot of attention is paid to the economic side of the internet, but what about the artists that use the internet as their medium? This episode takes a look at a few pioneers of net art and their creative innovations.Transcripts can be found he

Survivors

Feb 23rd, 2021 8m 38s

When the bubble popped, an industry had to figure out how to make a buck. This episode explores the survivors of the post-bubble internet landscape.Transcripts can be found here.

The Bubble

Feb 18th, 2021 11m 12s

When the internet took off, it really took off. Speculation was rampant and it created the Dot Com Bubble. What was it like during the bubble? This episode explores the early commercial internet leading up to the crash.Transcripts can be found

Before Facebook

Feb 16th, 2021 10m 34s

Are social networks a new invention brought about by the internet? Hardly. In this episode, we look at social networks before the internet and then move onto social networks before Facebook came along.Transcripts can be found here.

Versions

Feb 11th, 2021 17m

The World Wide Web didn't exist at the beginning of the internet. It started as a proof of concept and then it started to evolve. Tech writers have categorized eras of the web into versions. This explores each version.Transcripts can be found h

Free Culture

Feb 9th, 2021 16m 19s

The internet has made copying digital goods ridiculously easy. How do we deal with copyright in a read/write culture? In this episode we talk about the rise of Napster, P2P networks, free culture, and creative commons.Transcripts can be found h

Communication Methods

Feb 4th, 2021 16m 17s

How do we communicate using the internet? What apps do you rely on? This episode takes a historical look at some of the communication platforms developed for the internet.Transcripts can be found here.

Communities

Feb 2nd, 2021 10m 58s

What comes to mind when you think of online communities? Today, social media connects the world but... do we really live in a global village? What did online communities look like before the internet? I can only speak about what I know, so this

Hacking

Jan 28th, 2021 14m 23s

What is a hacker? If your only source of information is pop culture, you might think all hackers are criminals, but that's not the case. In this episode, we go back to the original hackers at MIT at the Tech Model Railroad Club. We look at hack

Basics

Jan 26th, 2021 17m 12s

What's going on inside your computer? How does it work? Where are my files?Is real life hacking similar to what you see in movies?Transcripts can be found here.

Interfaces

Jan 21st, 2021 8m 51s

We take the interface of a computer for granted today. We see windows. We click on things with a mouse, we type with a keyboard. These things didn't appear out of thin air. They were invented.Transcript can be found here.

Inception

Jan 19th, 2021 16m 6s

Let's travel back in time to the birth of the internet when J.C.R. Licklider proposed the idea of networked computers. How profound was that idea? What were computers like during that time? How did we program them?Transcripts can be found here.

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