(Bonus) The Forgotten Online Pioneer, Bill von Meister

(Bonus) The Forgotten Online Pioneer, Bill von Meister

Since it’s a holiday week in the US, I’m going to do what I’ve done once before on Holiday weeks and give you an episode from the Internet History Podcast archives. This is a story about tech history that, if you’ve never heard it, will blow your mind. 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 Case back before AOL was AOL. What if I told you that same entrepreneur invented true, networked, online gaming—not in the era of the Xbox 360, or Stadia, but back in the days of the Atari 2600? What if I then told you that same entrepreneur invented a Napster/Pandora/Spotify/Sirius-like music service, all the way back in 1981, before the compact disc was even widely available? That Man Is William von Meister And he is the subject of this episode. This is a crazy story, about a hard drinking, heavy-smoking, women-chasing entrepreneur, seemingly from the Mad Men cloth, who was “a pathological entrepreneur” with a “reality-distortion-field” that would give Steve Jobs a run for his money. It’s a story of about a dozen harebrained businesses, none of which were really successful (excepting of course that some or all of them lent their DNA to the company that would become AOL) but all of which were way ahead of their time, and in many ways, presaged technologies we take for granted today. Sponsors: CloudBees.io Mealime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Monday, Apr. 9, 2018 - iPhone (PRODUCT)RED

Monday, Apr. 9, 2018 - iPhone (PRODUCT)RED

A new (PRODUCT)RED iPhone, Uber gets into bike sharing, Zuckerberg crams for Congress, an open source AR headset, and why phishing attacks work. Stories:Amazon spent nearly $23 billion on R&D last yea...

9 Apr 201814min

Friday, Apr. 6, 2018 - Facebook Labels Political Ads

Friday, Apr. 6, 2018 - Facebook Labels Political Ads

Facebook labels political ads, cryptocurrencies might run afoul of GDPR, SpaceX can’t post videos from space, bots help you beat parking tickets, the weekend longreads and what’s the story behind Fort...

6 Apr 201819min

Thursday, Apr. 5, 2018 - Zuckerberg's PR Offensive

Thursday, Apr. 5, 2018 - Zuckerberg's PR Offensive

Zuckerberg’s Q&A with reporters, possible social media regulations, Trump may hate Amazon but Uncle Sam seems to love ‘em, a dreaded 51% attack in crypto, and a new home for Moviefone. Stories:How the...

5 Apr 201819min

Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2018 - The YouTube Shooting Incident

Wednesday, Apr. 4, 2018 - The YouTube Shooting Incident

Everything we know about yesterday’s shooting incident at YouTube, rumors of iphones with curved glass, Zuckerberg’s going to testify to congress, Apple poaches Google’s AI chief, and a smart piece ab...

4 Apr 201819min

Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2018 - Spotify's Stock Debut

Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2018 - Spotify's Stock Debut

Spotify debuts on the stock market, but it needs to depend less on record labels, Trump seems serious about Amazon, your favorite messaging app is changing, Panera has a data leak and Swedes turn agai...

3 Apr 201818min

Monday, April 2, 2018 - Apple to Drop Intel?

Monday, April 2, 2018 - Apple to Drop Intel?

Is Apple replacing Intel’s chips? Is Grindr leaking users’ HIV status? Cloudflare wants to protect your browsing privacy, Zuckerberg gives a longer interview, Macron talks AI, a profile of Amazon’s he...

2 Apr 201818min

Friday, Mar. 30, 2018 - The Facebook Memo Controversy

Friday, Mar. 30, 2018 - The Facebook Memo Controversy

An internal Facebook memo causes controversy, Under Armour was hacked, SpaceX gets FCC approval for satellite internet, utility companies dream of electric sheep cars, and the weekend long read sugges...

30 Mar 201816min

Thursday, Mar. 29, 2018 - The Big Microsoft Re-Org

Thursday, Mar. 29, 2018 - The Big Microsoft Re-Org

A big re-org at Microsoft, Facebook cuts out third party ad data, iOS 11.3 is out, Trump tweets his “concerns” about Amazon, Atlanta is digitally held hostage and Ripple donates to charity. Tweets fro...

29 Mar 201817min

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