Welcome to Trade Secrets!

Welcome to Trade Secrets!

Author: Dave Winer and Adam Curry September 16, 2004 Duration: 0:00
We did our first show today, after three takes, it was a bit of a burnout, but we’re rolling now. Now I have to get the RSS 2.0 feed configured, even though Manila doesn’t have direct support for enclosures. (Postscript: Got it done. Now I have to do the user interface, but the backend part works. Jake let me know if you want the code.)" The first day got an email from a fan saying that Dave knows his tech stuff, but he hopes I won’t say the same things about President George W Bush on Trade Secrets that I say on Scripting News. I responded with a disclaimer, you don’t want to listen to this if you’re voting for President W. Or, if you’re smart, you should listen to it. Never hurts to get another point of view. But we’re not nice guys, or overly sensitive to the feelings of Republicans. Okay so Kerry changes his mind. We’ll work on that after he’s elected. Bush is much worse. He does crazy illogical and super-dangerous things. He should change his mind, the problem is he doesn’t. Anyway, we think Bush will make a great former President and look forward to throwing a great going-away party for him on November 3.

There's a certain magic in hearing something from the very beginning, especially when that beginning helped define what we listen to today. Trade Secrets is exactly that-a preserved audio artifact from 2004 hosted by Dave Winer and Adam Curry, two pivotal figures who were there as the medium itself took shape. This isn't a retrospective or a commentary; it's the original files, presented again with permission, letting you experience the raw, exploratory conversations as they happened. Tuning into this podcast is like opening a time capsule from the early internet, where the topics naturally sprawl across technology, history, news, and politics through the lens of its creators' immediate interests and predictions. You'll hear the unpolished, genuine dialogue that captured a moment when the rules were still being written, offering a unique historical context for today's digital landscape. The feed serves as a direct archive, a primary source for anyone curious about the roots of podcasting culture and the ideas that circulated among its pioneers. It’s a fascinating listen, not just for the content discussed, but for feeling the texture and pace of a brand-new form of communication finding its voice.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 13

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Trade Secrets September 25 2004 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Earlier this evening (my time) Dave suggested we try out skype in anticipation of our next TS podcast. It turned into an episode filled with brainfarts, laughter and 2 geeks trying to configure a new (non-skype) voip app…
Say goodbye to Twinkies? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Today’s Trade Secrets begins with some bad news about Twinkies, and ends with an idea about an aggregator for Netflix use. More comments and links here later. The MP3 is ready go go…