168. The History of Java With Todd Sundsted

168. The History of Java With Todd Sundsted

Author: Brian McCullough April 16, 2018 Duration: 42:21
People have been yelling at me for years that I’ve not covered more technical aspects of the web’s history, especially things like Java. Specifically Java. The argument can be made that Java helped the web evolve into what it’s become. So, that’s why I was thrilled to sit down with Todd Sundsted, who is a developer who has been working with Java for more than 20 years. Todd walks us through the history of Java and why it is so important to the web’s general evolution. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brian McCullough's Internet History Podcast digs into the foundational stories of our digital world, exploring the pivotal moments and forgotten detours between the rise of the first mainstream web browser and the dawn of the modern mobile era. This isn't just a dry recounting of dates and corporate maneuvers. Instead, the podcast weaves together the intersecting threads of technology, business, and the profound societal shifts they triggered. You'll hear about the personalities, the breakthrough products, the spectacular failures, and the cultural phenomena that collectively built the internet as we know it. Each episode serves as a chapter in a larger, ongoing narrative about how connectivity reshaped everything from commerce and communication to creativity and community. For anyone curious about how we got here, this series provides essential context, revealing the human drama behind the code and the hardware. Tune in for a deeply researched, engagingly told chronicle of the forces that defined a generation and continue to shape our future.
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183. Selling the First Facebook Ads, With Matt Britton [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:35
Matt Britton not only sold the first ads to and for Facebook, way back in 2004, he gives us a really insightful and, frankly, unbiased look at what Facebook was like as a company in its very earliest days. See Privacy Po…
Emergency Podcast Announcement [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:44
Emergency Podcast Announcement Link to Amazon See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
182. Google's Matt Cutts @mattcutts [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:50
I figure most of you should know who Matt Cutts is, but if you don't, let's just leave it at this: he's about to give you the best, most behind-the-scenes oral history of early Google we've gotten so far on this podcast.…
181. (Ch. 7.5) The Story of craigslist [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:22
SUMMARY: The history of Craig Newmark, craigslist and other odds and ends that didn’t make the book! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-…
180. Part 2 With John McCrea [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:18
Simple enough: Part 2 with John McCrea. More on SGI, more on doing battle with Microsoft in the 90s. And... interesting stuff on VR and the future... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy…
179. On Silicon Graphics with John McCrea (Pt. 1) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:20
John McCrea is a Zelig-like personality who pops up in so many of the narratives we've already covered: Apple. Netscape. Doing battle with Microsoft. This is part one, mostly about Silicon Graphics, a company I had been…
178. On Google's 20th Birthday - The History of Google [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:35:02
On Google's 20th Birthday (September 4th) a re-cutting and re-airing of my comprehensive history of Google, from it's inception through its IPO. Happy Birthday, Google! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
177. NandO.net with Fraser Van Asch [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:15
Nando.net was not only a very early experiment in bringing journalism to the web, it was also one of those local ISP's that flowered in the era of the early 1990s. Fraser Von Asch was not only one of the key players at T…
176. The Epic Fail of Digg V.4 With Will Larson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:56
This story has gone down in Silicon Valley lore as the ultimate cautionary tale. Digg was the earliest high flying startup in early social media. But then, other startups like Facebook and Twitter started to steal the li…
175. How the Internet Came to Pakistan With Imran Haider [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:23
Today, we're going to continue our occasional project of getting oral histories and personal anecdotes about how, exactly, the Internet and the web came to various places around the world. On this episode we're going to…