(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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Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2018 - Apple's New iPad

Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2018 - Apple's New iPad

Apple's new iPad, Arizona bans Uber test cars, Zuckerberg won't talk to Parliament but might talk to Congress, Foxconn buys Belkin, Apple goes to Hollywood, and will the streaming explosion revive pir...

27 Mar 201817min

Monday, Mar. 26, 2018 - The First Chrome OS Tablets

Monday, Mar. 26, 2018 - The First Chrome OS Tablets

The first Chrome OS tablet, Uber exits Southeast Asia, Tim Cook thinks Facebook should be regulated, The Fitbit Versa smartwatch, and a billion dollar ATM hacker gang is taken down. Stories from: @the...

26 Mar 201815min

Friday, Mar. 23, 2018 - The Dropbox IPO

Friday, Mar. 23, 2018 - The Dropbox IPO

Low-cost iPads are coming, Dropbox IPOs, touchscreen issues with Galaxy S9s, Craigslist pulls all personal ads, and the weekend long-read suggestions. Long-reads links:How IKEA's future-living lab cre...

23 Mar 201815min

Thursday, Mar. 22, 2018 - The Zuckerberg Interviews

Thursday, Mar. 22, 2018 - The Zuckerberg Interviews

Zuckerberg's interviews analyzed, Instagram updates the feed, IBM accused of age discrimination, early Oculus Go reviews and a wi-fi wine bottle bites the dust. Credits: Produced by @brianmcc and the ...

22 Mar 201815min

Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2018 - Zuckerberg Responds

Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2018 - Zuckerberg Responds

Zuckerberg speaks out about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Siri will read your hidden messages, Travis Kalanick's new gig, Facebook Messenger's new features, YouTube's increased ad load, Google gobb...

21 Mar 201815min

Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018 - Google Wants to Save Journalism

Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018 - Google Wants to Save Journalism

Google wants to support journalism, more on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica saga, more on the self-driving car fatality, YouTube rolls out a “go live” feature, and scandal rocks the world of HQ Trivi...

20 Mar 201816min

Monday, Mar. 19, 2018 - The Facebook Bombshell Fallout

Monday, Mar. 19, 2018 - The Facebook Bombshell Fallout

The fallout from the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica story summarized, Facebook launches a Patreon, a self-driving car kills a pedestrian and Apple might be making its own screens. Credits: Produced by @...

19 Mar 201819min

Friday, Mar. 16, 2018 - Apple Takes a Field Trip

Friday, Mar. 16, 2018 - Apple Takes a Field Trip

Apple takes a field trip, a small town bans bitcoin, Rihanna doesn't accept Snapchat's apology, Adobe transforms itself, and Lyft tests subscriptions. Stories from, @DMOberhaus and @oliviasolon; tweet...

16 Mar 201816min

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